India Power Week to be "switched" by Gujarat
SWITCH is a part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Make In India initiative.
The event will be held at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Expo Centre in Vadodara, from Oct 6 to 10, 2016.
The expo will have an assured presence of over 8,500 key buyers and over 1,00,000 visitors. Federation of Gujarat Industries is the organizing and implementation Partner for the event.
SWITCH will offer a platform for the industry players from West Bengal to showcase their products and explore business opportunities with globally reputed companies.
Nitin Mankand, VP Federation of Gujarat Industries said: "SWITCH will offer a unique platform for companies from West Bengal to meet, network and explore business opportunities in the power and electrical sector. It is designed to be a definitive electrics market place and will provide the widest range of switch gears, cables, conductors and fiber optic wires, transmission line technologies, control and automation, transformers, among many other products. This exhibition will also have specific pavilions for students and institutes as well as safety."
More than 1000 domestic, and about 200 international manufacturers, and more than 8500 highly qualified and strategic buyers from across the globe will participate.
At SWITCH 2016, events such as World Electrical Buyers Summit (WEBS) and Innovation and Technology Summit will be held.
Surinder Kumar Negi, MD Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Ltd said: "The Innovation and Technology Summit will be a first of its kind in the country, wherein innovators will be given stalls to display their work and will feature 15 leading innovators and celebrities as speakers."
"In addition, an Incubators forum will be available to exchange information with Investors, Bankers and HNIs for giving an interaction platform to encourage Venture capital funding in the industry. The Summit will have wide-ranging discussions on Manufacturing Technology, Asset Management, Renewable Energy and Other Technical subjects. Leading corporates such as GE, Siemens, ABB and Suzlon are Technical Partners in the Summit."
Besides, each attendant will be hosted at the Vadodara Navratri Festival, and at Historic Navlakhi Palace Ground to experience the cultural heritage and community bonding in Gujarat.
(Reporting by Suchismita Roy)
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