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PM to inaugurate Vibrant Gujarat Summit on January 18
    Gandhinagar, Jan 11 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi
will inaugurate the ninth edition of the Vibrant Gujarat
Global Summit here on January 18.
    The summit will be held at the Mahatma Mandir here
from January 18 to 20.
    Modi will be on a two-day visit to the state on
January 17 and 18, said Gujarat Chief Secretary J N Singh
here Friday.
    On January 17, Modi would inaugurate Vibrant<br>Gujarat Global Trade Show', he said.<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On January 18, Modi will inaugurate the summit. In the<br>afternoon the prime minister would have one-to-one meetings<br>with some of the heads of states who would be attending the<br>event, Singh said.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the evening, the prime minister will take part in a<br>round table interaction' with the heads of global sovereign
wealth funds, pension funds and institutional investors.
    On January 19, the prime minister is scheduled to
visit Silvassa, the capital city of the Union Territory of
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, where he would lay foundation stone
for a medical college.
    The summit was conceptualised by Modi in 2003 when he
was Gujarat chief minister with a view to attract investors to
the state. PTI PJT PD
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