SWITCH GLOBAL EXPO ON ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
AND INNOVATION, 6TH TO 10TH OCTOBER 2016, VADODARA, GUJARAT,
INDIA
SIDELINE EVENTS
WORLD ELECTRICAL BUYERS SUMMIT
POWER MINISTER CONCLAVE BY DEPARTMENT OF POWER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT
THE WORLD FAMOUSGARBA DANCE
FESTIVAL OF GUJARAT
As part of
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’initiative,
in October, 2016 Vadodara, Gujarat, India will be hosting an international
exhibition SWITCH andsummit with the theme of Electrical Engineering, Power Generation and
Innovation.
SWITCH
2016, to be held from 6th to 10th
October 2016,is promoted by the
Department of Energy & Petrochemicals, Government Gujarat with Federation of Gujarat Industries as
the organizing and implementation Partner.
The Switch
Global Expo aims to be a biennial platform for suppliers, buyers and
innovators. The exhibition will involve showcasing manufacturing capabilities
by national and international players and will be a chance for engineers,
scientists, academics and manufacturers to showcase their products and
innovations for the power sector.
Poised to be India’s Manufacturing Hub for Electrical Engineering, Vadodara and Gujarat has made great strides in the field of
engineering and power. Thanks to this and many other factors, Gujarat ranks as
one of fastest developing states in the country Under the Leadership of its
Honorable Chief Minister Smt. Anandiben Patel, Vadodara is home to most of the leading power equipment manufacturers of
India.
SWITCH – 2016, will bring
together mavericks and proven stalwarts of this field together. From providing
a platform to start-ups to organizing a conducive exchange of technologies and
networking with potential buyers and sellers, both national as well as
international, Switch – 2016 has it all. The exhibition will see more than 1,00,000 visitors from around the world
along with a pavilion dedicated to resale and refurbishing options.
Switch – 2016 will be
Inviting more than 8,000 highly qualified and strategic buyers. With more than
2,500 key buyers across countries, 200 buyers from Europe, 75 buyers from 20
utilities in the Middle East will be among many others from around the country
as its guest.
Switch -2016 has received participation from more than 1000 Domestic Manufacturers and about 200 International Manufactures who are
displaying their companies and participating in the exhibition
Switch -2016 has booked charted Flights and Trains from Mumbai and
Delhi enabling Travel of more than 10,000 people daily along with 27,500 room
nights in 100 kms periphery of Vadodara, Local Travel to Exhibitors will be
arranged by the organ sing committee by deploying Switch Express buses across
the city.
World Electrical Buyers Summit (WEBS)a congregation of World’s Leading buyers of Electrical
goods being organized on the sidelines of SWTICH has received participation
confirmation from Power Minister of over 15 countries of the world,30 Power
Ministers from India, PowerSecretaries of States of India and Delegations from
95 foreign Utilities and 102 Indian Utilities, along with about 1150 large
corporates of India have agreed to Participate.
SWITCH – 2016 is designed
to be definitive electrics marketplace and will provide the widest range of
switchgears, 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.
The exhibition Which will be Held at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
International Expo Centere , Vadodara will be spread across 80,000 sq meters
making it one of the largest Expo on Electrical and Innovation in India.
The expo will
have an INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
SUMMIT a first of kind in the country Wherein Innovators will be given
stalls to display their work & About 15 leading Innovators and Celebrities
will speak Along with that an Incubators forum will be available to exchange
information with Investors, Bankers and HNI for giving an interaction platform
to encourage Venture capital funding into the start-ups of industry. The Technology Summit will have
wide-ranging discussions on Manufacturing Technology, Asset Management,
Renewable Energy and Other Technical Subject leading corporates GE, Siemens,
ABB and Suzlon are the Technical Partners in the Summit.
DURING
1ST OCTOBER 2016 TO 10TH OCTOBER 2016 Gujarat &
Specifically Vadodara hosts the Traditional Navratri Garba Festival wherein
about 40,000 people dance for 9 nights at one location and there are small
small groups of people who perform Garba across the city, the visitors to
Switch will also be able to enjoy the festival at
Vadodara.