Roadshows held in Aus to promote Vibrant Gujarat Summit

In a bid to promotethe'Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2017' in Australia, the Gujarat government held a roadshow here today to woo Australian investors and seek cooperation in areas like education, clean energy, mining, agro and food processing, sports and tourism.
A 15-member delegation, led byManaging Director of Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation Pankaj Kumar,held the firstroadshow in Melbourne showcasing severalfocus sectors includingclean energy, clean technologies, mining and mining technologies, education, sports and sports technologies, research, design and financial services.
"We are looking forward for this opportunity to establish collaborations between various sector experts and businesses to strengthen relationship between the state of Gujarat and Australia," Kumar said.

"We will be meeting political leaders,business leaders,universities experts, government officials and companies CEOs during our visit here," Kumar said adding thatthe roadshows were also being organised in Canberra, Sydney andBrisbane.
"The key emphasis of these roadshows will be onease of doing business in the state as well in rest of the country and the focus areas areeducation, clean energy, mining, agro and food processing, sports andtourism," Kumar said.
"The roadshows will exhibit Gujarat as a favourable investment destination and as one of thefastest growing state inIndia. Gujarat is alsoa manufacturing hub," Kumar said.

"Our team will be focusing on education which is second most important sector and we will meet vice chancellors, academicians of several Australian universities," he said.

Yesterday, the delegation also met some members ofIndian diaspora and Indian Australianbusinesscommunity membershere at ameeting organised by Australia-India Women Entrepreneurs Forum (AIWEF).
Australia's trade in goods and services with India was Australian Dollars 13.565 billion (USD 9.72 bn) in 2014-15 with Indian exports of goods amounting to Australian Dollars 3.805 billion (USD 2.726 bn).
The Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit is a biennial investors' summit organised by the Gujarat stategovernment and its eighth edition is scheduled in January 7-13 next year.