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ENGINEERING THE

INDIAINDIAGUJARAT GUJARAT WAY

DHOLERA : SPECIAL INVESTMENT REGION

JANMARG :: AHMEDABAD BUS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM

GUJARAT MARITIME BOARD

GUJARAT INTERNATIONAL FINANCE TEC-CITY (GIFT)

GUJARAT SOLAR PARK

KANKARIYA LAKE FRONT, AHMEDABAD

GUJARAT STATE PETROLEUM CORPORATION

NARMADA CANAL

SABARMATI RIVER FRONT

SARDAR SAROVAR PROJECT

From the dawn of Indus Valley Civilization to the current times, Gujarat has registered an impeccable presence. It was the first to give refuge to the survivors of religious persecution in Iran and faced the very initial brunt of foreign invaders who made an attempt to abrogate its indigenous culture & prosperity of its industrious populace. The Gujarati resilience never gave in. It erected a strong resistance time and again and emerged victorious despite all odds.

The astounding progress made by the people of Gujarat in the last decade has become a global talking point. It has become one of the most industrialized states of the country with a per capita income above the national average. The a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s o n s e v e r a l o t h e r developmental parameters have been mesmerizing as well.

What is it in Gujarat that makes it such a vibrant place and how can its success story be replicated in other parts of the country? To u n d e r s t a n d t h e s a m e o u r D i r e c t o r Relationships, Ravi Pokharna underwent a 3 day educational tour to Gujarat aptly named as "Prakash Yatra", along with a group of 10 select youngsters who were chosen from a pool of 200 applicants from across the country.

Engineering India, the Gujarat Way is thereby a compilation of the first hand experiences of these youngsters. Hope this booklet would somewhat help in understanding the innate DNA of Gujarat's success.

Raghav Mittal Editor, Engineering Watch

ENGINEERING THE


Prakash Yatra - Glimpses

This Governance tourism trip was meant for the individuals interested in seeing the developmental work of Gujarat.

More than 200 young students and professionals applied to be the part of the trip. Finally a group of 15 was selected by an academic jury.

During the three day trip the group got an opportunity to meet and hear from the leadership of the a) Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam- The Sardar Sarovar project built on Narmada, known as the lifeline of Gujarat is benefitting the

irrigation, drinking water supply situation, power conditions, wild life conservation along with flood control; b) Gujarat International Finance Tech City better known as GIFT - being built as a global financial hub with the support of world class infrastructure and resources; c) Dholera Special Investment Region – being developed as a global manufacturing and trading hub. It is a very ambitious project aiming to double the employment potential, triple the industrial output and quadruple the exports from Gujarat in the next five years; d) Water and Sanitation Management Organization - the highly successful community managed program of water management and sanitation; e) GMB Ports

The BRT bus ride of Janmarg which is awarded as the Best Mass Transit Project by GOI and also bagged the Award of excellence in the Best ITMS project category by GOI, made everyone realize what visionary planning and effective governance can achieve. A model which has tragically failed in States like Delhi has been executed so well and efficiently in Gujarat goes on to say that the leadership does matter.

The group also visited the Sabarmati River Front and the Kankariya Lake Project which is one of the highly acclaimed and awarded urban development project nationally.

Longest trip in the 3 days was to Charanka (130 km) which houses a huge solar park which produces 600mw of electricity, a project which has helped Gujarat put itself as an energy surplus state from being an energy deficit one few years back.

Visit to Mahatma Gandhi Ashram brought into light the rich cultural and historical role Gujarat plays on the national map. The warm reception by the senior team at Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) was very appreciated by everyone in the group.

The last but certainly not the least, visit was at BISAG (Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo- Informatics). The group was pleasantly shocked to see what a small team at BISAG is able to achieve which remains a distant dream in the other states of country. With the effective use of space technology and its innovative usage in solving regular rural and urban issues sets high benchmarks for the other India states to achieve.

The group couldn’t have asked for more. One hour free flowing unrestrained chat with one of the most popular leaders of the country, Hon Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi. And what inspiring aura that he carries, everyone got awestruck with his presence. Rather than choosing to hear laurels of his government he instead kept on insisting everyone to give him feedback and suggestions to further improve the governance of the state. Towards the end he appreciated RMP for its efforts and invited more such group for the governance tour of Gujarat.

Indeed the trip was a memorable one for all of us.

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Pawan Kumar

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Industry oriented planning and development. Punjab is an agricultural state. However, Gujarat has more focus on Industry.

Use of technology in different spheres of life was more. Technology is welcomed in government offices in Gujarat as an aid to work, however, in Punjab it is taken as challenge.

Food was in more variety but less nutritious in Gujarat than in Punjab.

3 Differentiators Of Gujarat

The ownership spirit of Gujaratis for their state. Most of the people whom we interacted with, owned Gujarat as their state and its development as their duty. This was exciting to see people putting their state before their self interests.

Pawan served with Grail research, Evalueserve. He also served as Global Co-President ShARE (an international student think tank with presence in 15 countries). He is currently pursuing his MBA from IIM Indore.

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ENGINEERING WATCH

Others state can copy the 'willingness' and 'approach' of Gujarat to development. Copying the model might be challenging keeping in view different contexts for different states. My state, Punjab, should learn the adoption and implementation of technology in agriculture. Guj-Sat project aimed at mapping agricultural information through database is worth copying by other states. This will help us in re-distribution and optimization of scarce resources in our country.

Opinion about replicating the Gujarat growth story to other states of the country

Trust and backing of Gujarat people on their political leadership allows the government to function and perform. It generates a strong political will and vision for the government. This becomes a vicious circle over time. People trust government, government strengthens, strong government performs, people trust the performing government more.

Single most important factor which has led to the immense progress which Gujarat has made

One project you visited made you feel like visiting a facility of global scale and repute

Gujarat Solar Power Project producing 500 MW power is really very ambitious, sophisticated and fascinating to visit. Private-Public partnership at such a scale and with such a futuristic approach is appreciable. I loved the vision, planning and implementation of this project. It reminded me of my visit to Wind Farms in Germany last year.

ENGINEERING THE


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The Ownership and Pride demonstrated by different departments of their role and contribution to the development of Gujarat.

World Class Infrastructure

Motivated work force

Team work and conjoint action (bureaucracy and polity)

3 Differentiators Of Gujarat

Gujarat has demonstrated a feasible and doable model of development comprising of conjoint planning and action by bureaucracy & polity facilitated by IT and technology to monitor progress and performance.

Opinion about replicating the Gujarat

growth story to other states of the country

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visiting a facility of global scale and repute

GSPC :: They seem to be emerging as a n a t i o n a l t r e n d s e t t e r a n d s e t t i n g benchmarks for the sector.

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Leadership quality of Chief Minister

3 Differentiators of Gujarat

More interaction with youth of the same state to find new ways of doing things. Also doing the marketing for their project in better way. May be use of social media.



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the immense progress which Gujarat has made

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The Economic growth and the percolation of benefits till the lowest class and villages unlike in many other states.

Mesmerised By

Organised Government work

Support to businesses that in turn leads to economic growth

Facilities even in villages (such as 20hr plus electricity which is difficult even in cities in my home state of UP)


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has led to the immense progress which

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Stringent laws against corruption and bribery. A professional & progressive work environment even in Government.

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It requires a Strong will power of a State head, so I don't think my state(Uttar Pradesh) can replicate this…..atleast in next 5years.



Gujarat Solar Park

Strong Will Power

Ankur Sharma

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Single most important factor which has led to

the immense progress which Gujarat has made

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Director at VIYAT CLEANERS PVT LTD ; Bachelors Of Technology (B.Tech) in Electronics & Communication; Studied and Tested various components of IFF RADAR at Bharat Electronics Limited Sahibabad(Ghaziabad)

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The vision of the Government of Gujarat which is not thinking of just the 5 year political terms but undertaking ambitious projects like BRTS and GIFT which will create immense value in the long run.

Commendable law & order Professional Management of public service points No lags or corruption faced by the citizens in getting issues resolved.

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It will be very difficult unless the leadership desires it. Gujarat has been able to create an atmosphere where development has become the core and it will be extremely hard to replicate unless similar leadership is shown by other states.

The solar project in its scale, novelty and ambition is absolutely world class.



The clear, concise political will which instated by Shri Narendra Modi. The leader defines the path on which the office bearers tread.


has led to the immense progress

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