Gandhinagar : Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has clearly expressed confidence that today’s youth is fully equipped to participate in Vibrant Economy of Gujarat through its advance innovations and startups.
In this context, he said that India is a young country in the world and this demographic dividend will bring a startup revolution and make the country a world class.
Chief Minister inaugurated the Vibrant Gujarat Startup and Technology Summit 2018 in Gandhinagar for three days from today. He exhorted young startups of enthusiasm and swirling that the young leadership in the world, with youth willingness to do something new, and with innovative young people in the field of technology, will lead the youth in starting innovation and technology.
Chief Minister said that 40 global leaders will be given guidance in this biggest start up and technology summit in India. Not only this, for the day-to-day challenges of people, the idea of technology in this event will be discouraged.
PM Narendra Modi gave the role of introducing Startup Initiatives by focusing on three subjects in 2016. This focus area of simplification and hand holding, funding support and insects and industry academy partnership and incubation has resulted in an opportunity to contribute to the nation's progress for youth startup in India.
Chief Minister said that start-up will be important in transforming and altering the use of time-consuming technology in processes running according to our tradition. He said firmly that youth has the ability to be Job giver from job seeker.
The Chief Minister added that today, more than 200 thousand startups in India have created a total market value of 50 billion US Dollars.
Vijay Rupani said that Gujarat has promoted 184 startups and has given details of funding from the state government, by 2020, for promoting two thousand new ventures in the state and aiming for investments of Rs 7,000 crore. Honoring the country's first state as the Gujarat Student Startup Policy, the Chief Minister said that the government is moving towards giving more than 60 universities, more than 1,000 educational institutes and millions of students to benefit the policy.
He applauded the organizers by expressing the joy that the Prime Minister's Meake In India and Startup India are getting through a much more broad-based summit. Mr. Ked Hansler, Consulate General of Canada, Consul General of Canada, who was specially present in this Summit, said that this summit will provide the best opportunities for future economic development with startup and technology. He called this summit the emerging industry entrepreneurs and the best opportunity for startup, considered the society a strong economic relationship between Canada and Gujarat.
