Russia to send 200 officials and entrepreneurs to Vibrant Gujarat

New Delhi: President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi and senior Russian ministers will be among the star attractions for the 2024 edition of the Vibrant Gujarat summit to be held from January 10 to 12.

Nyusi is an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad. Zayed Al Nahyan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi share a strong personal chemistry. Modi will visit Abu Dhabi in February for the inauguration of a Swaminarayan temple there.

Senior Russian ministers are expected to lead a team of 200 Russian officials and entrepreneurs including governors from Far East Russia. India is steadily increasing its presence in resource-rich Far-East Russia and the Vladivostok-Chennai shipping corridor is enabling the two countries to boost trade in a big way. The Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024 will include a session on Gujarat's roadmap to Viksit Bharat @ 2047 and an MSME conclave.


As a precursor to the summit, a programme is being planned in Ahmedabad to celebrate 20 years of Vibrant Gujarat as a 'Summit of success'. The programme will showcase the evolution of Gujarat since the first such summit to attract investments in the state in 2003. Two curtain raiser events for this year's summit were held in New Delhi and Mumbai.

In addition, various seminars and events were organised to showcase Gujarat's distinctive accomplishments, strengths across sectors, and its preparedness to lead the visions of Aatmanirbhar Bharat and Viksit Bharat @ 2047. Various themes of the seminars include food security, advanced technology, startups and innovation, health care and life science, and sustainability, to name a few.