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India home minister Amit Shah to visit Vibrant Gujarat on Jan 12; summit in PICTURES

Several business leaders, both from India and abroad, besides heads of state, diplomats and other dignitaries took part in the event where several high-profile commitments were pledged to contribute to Gujarat’s industrial growth.

(L-R) Governor of the Indian state of Gujarat, Acharya Devvrat; p resident of Timor-Leste Jose Ramos-Horta; UAE president Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan; Indian PM Narendra Modi; Mozambique president Filipe Jacinto Nyusi; Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala, and Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024, in Gandhinagar, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. (PTI Photo) EDS: IMAGE VIA PMO

By: Shubham Ghosh

INDIAN home minister Amit Shah will on Friday (12) address the concluding session of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit in Gandhinagar in the western Indian state of Gujarat.

Shah, who hails from the state and is the second most powerful man in India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party after prime minister Narendra Modi, will attend the event in the afternoon.

Indian home minister Amit Shah
Indian home minister Amit Shah (ANI Photo)

Modi inaugurated the three-day summit with the theme ‘Gateway to the Future’ at Mahatma Mandir in Gujarat’s capital Gandhinagar on Wednesday (10). The summit was started by Modi in 2003 as the then chief minister of Gujarat. The current edition, the 10th, was originally set to be held in 2021 but was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Several business leaders, both from India and abroad, besides heads of state, diplomats and other dignitaries took part in the event where several high-profile commitments were pledged to contribute to Gujarat’s industrial growth.

Here are some pictures from the summit from the first and second day:

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Vibrant Gujarat Summit pictures
Indian road transport & highways minister Nitin Gadkari (C) and Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel at a seminar on ‘Electric Vehicle Manufacturing – Charging Ahead to 2047’ during the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024, in Gandhinagar, Thursday, January 11. (PTI Photo)
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Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks at a session during the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024, in Gandhinagar, Wednesday, January 10. (PTI Photo) IMAGE VIA @nsitharamanoffc
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Indian electronics and IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw (L) speaks with Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel at a seminar on semiconductor & electronics during the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024, in Gandhinagar, Thursday, January 11. (PTI Photo)
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Microsoft India and South Asia president Puneet Chandok speaks at Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024, in Gandhinagar, on Thursday, January 11. (PTI Photo)
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Indian ports and shipping minister Sarbananda Sonowal (R) with Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel at the ‘Port Led Development and Strategies to Establish India as the Transshipment Hub of Asia’ seminar during the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024, in Gandhinagar, Thursday, January 11. (PTI Photo) EDS: IMAGE VIA @CMOGuj
Micron Technology CEO Sanjay Mehrotra speaks at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024
Micron Technology CEO Sanjay Mehrotra speaks at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024 in Gandhinagar in India’s Gujarat state Wednesday, January 10, 2024. (PTI Photo)
Toshihiro Suzuki
Suzuki Motors president Toshihiro Suzuki addresses the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024, on January 10. (ANI Photo)
Mukesh Ambani
Reliance Industries Chairman and MD Mukesh Ambani addresses the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024, at the Mahatma Mandir Convention and Exhibition Centre, in Gandhinagar on Wednesday, January 10. (ANI Photo)
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Indian prime minister Narendra Modi greets his Czech counterpart Petr Fiala during the inauguration of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024, in Gandhinagar, Wednesday, January 10,. (PTI Photo) EDS: IMAGE VIA PMO
Vibrant Gujarat Summit pictures
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi at the inauguration of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024, in Gandhinagar, Wednesday, January 10. (PTI Photo) EDS: IMAGE VIA PMO

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