Gujarat calls off prestigious Vibrant Summit-2022

Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, a biennial event was conceptualized in 2003 under the visionary leadership of Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India (then the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat). The Summit has today evolved into one of the most reputed global forums for business networking, knowledge sharing and strategic partnerships for inclusive socio-economic development.
The 10th edition of the 3-day business summit was scheduled from January 10 2022. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who first conceptualised VGGS in 2003, was to inaugurate the 3-day Summit at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar.
The Gujarat Government has deferred the mega business congregation Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit (VGGS) 2022 as the State continued to witness a sharp surge in Covid-19 cases with the threat of Omicron looming large.
Notably, the government did not consider conducting the Summit online, unlike JP Morgan Chase & Co’s annual healthcare conference on January 10-13, which was moved online after several participants raised concerns over Omicron. After Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel reviewed the Covid situation and the Omicron outbreak in the State, the government decided to temporarily postpone the Summit. It is not decided when the event will be convened next. The government has declared that in the larger public interest and keeping welfare of all citizens of the State in mind, the Chief Minister has decided to postpone the 10th Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit for the time being. Besides the Vibrant Summit, Ahmedabad civic authorities have also suspended the annual flower-show held on the Sabarmati Riverfront and the International Kite Festival which is a major attraction for kite flyers around the world.