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Advanced Manufacturing, Future Skills Key to Gujarat's Growth: Advani
A very important business leader named Vir S Advani spoke about Gujarat, a big state in India.
He said Gujarat is like an industrial powerhouse that can help India grow a lot.
He thinks Gujarat needs better factories and new technologies to become even stronger.
He talked about machines that can work on their own and computers that help make things.
He also said workers need to learn new skills for the jobs of the future.
Small and medium businesses, called MSMEs, should become more competitive too.
He wants rules to be simpler so companies can start and grow easily.
Gujarat has new chances in areas like computers, planes, defence and clean energy.
His group, CII, is helping by running skill centres in three cities.
He believes Gujarat can become a trillion-dollar economy if everyone works together.
CII Western Region Chairman Vir S Advani said Gujarat is positioned as a key growth engine for India's next phase of industrial expansion.
He identified competitiveness, ease of doing business, advanced manufacturing, future skills, technology and resilient supply chains as central to Gujarat's next growth cycle.
Advani called for regulatory simplification, single-window clearances, faster environmental approvals and resolving inverted duty structures.
Gujarat is seeing growing opportunities in semiconductors, defence and aerospace, green hydrogen, renewable energy and advanced manufacturing.
CII is running skill centres in Sanand, Rajkot and Vadodara and supports MSMEs through export-readiness programmes and Industry 4.0 adoption.
- Who
- Mr Vir S Advani, Chairman of the CII Western Region and Chairman & Managing Director of Blue Star Ltd
- What
- Stated that advanced manufacturing, future skills and competitive MSMEs are key to Gujarat's next phase of industrial growth
- Where
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- When
- Not specified in the article; the remarks were made at a CII Media Roundtable in Ahmedabad
- Why
- To highlight the factors needed to strengthen Gujarat's business environment and set a benchmark for industry-led growth in India
Key facts
- Speaker
- Vir S Advani, Chairman, CII Western Region; Chairman & Managing Director, Blue Star Ltd
- Event
- CII Media Roundtable
- Location
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Key growth drivers
- Competitiveness, ease of doing business, advanced manufacturing, future skills, technology, resilient supply chains
- Emerging sectors
- Semiconductors, defence and aerospace, green hydrogen, renewable energy, advanced manufacturing
- CII skill centres
- Sanand, Rajkot and Vadodara
- Government cooperation
- CII will support the Government of Gujarat for the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit in January 2027
- Recent engagement
- Investopia Global – Ahmedabad Edition hosted by CII Gujarat in July, strengthening ties with the UAE
Quotes
Mr Vir S Advani
Chairman of CII Western Region and Managing Director of Blue Star Ltd
“Gujarat’s next growth phase will bring together large industry, MSMEs, start-ups and global players to build competitive ecosystems and scale new opportunities.”
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“For investments to come in, what is required is skilled talent, competitive MSMEs, technology, innovation, infrastructure and resilient supply chains.”
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