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Prakash Yatra - An Introduction
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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
INDIAINDIAGUJARAT GUJARAT WAY
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.
Ravi Pokharna Director Relationships, Engineering WatchAlumnus - FMS, University of Delhi
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ENGINEERING THE
INDIAINDIAGUJARAT GUJARAT WAY
Pawan Kumar
Mesmerised By
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.
is a research analyst and has
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
INDIAINDIAGUJARAT GUJARAT WAY
ENGINEERING WATCH
Gu
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olar
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THE IN
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ENGINEERING THE
INDIAINDIAGUJARAT GUJARAT WAY
Works with DFID - UK aid from the Department of International Development
Mesmerised By
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
One project you visited made you feel like
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.
Single most important factor which
has led to the immense progress
which Gujarat has made
Political leadership and committment of Mr. Narendra Modi.
ENGINEERING WATCH
GS
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ENGINEERING THE
INDIAINDIAGUJARAT GUJARAT WAY
Satellite education
Bureaucrats’ attitude
Marketing strategy
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.
One project you visited made you feel like
visiting a facility of global scale and repute
Mesmerised By
Opinion about replicating the Gujarat
growth story to other states of the country
Gift city
Single most important factor which has led to
the immense progress which Gujarat has made
Leadership quality of Chief Minister and vision as well.
ENGINEERING WATCH
Gu
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atio
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Fin
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Tec
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IFT
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THE IN
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ires
to
ca
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to
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ia's
la
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fin
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erv
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po
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by
off
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ob
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firm
s a
w
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in
fra
stru
ctu
re
an
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faci
liti
es. I
t ai
ms
to a
ttra
ct t
he
top
tal
ent
in t
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cou
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y p
rov
idin
g th
e fi
nes
t qu
alit
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f lif
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ith
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to
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ship
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d
mu
lti
spec
iali
ty s
pec
ial e
con
om
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on
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ENGINEERING THE
INDIAINDIAGUJARAT GUJARAT WAY
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)
3 Differentiators of Gujarat
I think it is not going to be easy, but it is possible. But what it needs more than anything else is the willingness from the political parties/leaders and stringent actions against bribes.
Opinion about replicating the Gujarat
growth story to other states of the country
Kids City, Kankaria Lake.
One project you visited made you feel like
visiting a facility of global scale and repute
Single most important factor which
has led to the immense progress which
Gujarat has made
Stringent laws against corruption and bribery. A professional & progressive work environment even in Government.
University Topper, Second & Third Year-B.Com. (Hons.), Faculty of Commerce, Banaras Hindu University, 2010-11. PGDM, Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad
ENGINEERING WATCH
Ka
nk
ari
a L
ak
e i
s o
ne
of
the
big
ge
st l
ak
es
in
Ah
me
da
ba
d.
A
lak
efr
on
t w
as
de
ve
lop
ed
a
rou
nd
it w
hic
h h
as
ma
ny
pu
bli
c a
ttra
ctio
ns
lik
e z
oo
, to
y t
rain
, kid
s ci
ty, t
eth
ere
d b
all
oo
n
rid
e, w
ate
r ri
de
s a
nd
wa
ter
pa
rk, f
oo
d s
tall
s a
nd
e
nte
rta
inm
en
t fa
cili
tie
s.
Ka
nk
ari
a
Ca
rniv
al
is a
we
ek
lo
ng
fe
stiv
al
be
ing
he
ld
he
re
in
last
w
ee
k
of
De
cem
be
r.
Ma
ny
c
ult
ura
l,
art
a
nd
so
cia
l a
cti
vit
ies
are
o
rga
nis
ed
du
rin
g c
arn
iva
l. I
t is
lo
cate
d i
n
the
so
uth
ern
pa
rt o
f th
e c
ity,
in
Ma
nin
ag
ar
are
a.
Ka
nk
ar
ia
La
ke
w
as
b
uil
t b
y
Su
lta
n
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tub
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in
15
th c
en
tury
. Th
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ork
wa
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mp
lete
d i
n 1
45
1 C
E a
nd
wa
s k
no
wn
as
"Qu
tub
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or
"Ha
uj-
e-K
utu
b".
It
wa
s u
sed
fo
r b
ath
ing
by
th
e k
ing
s. I
t h
ad
a w
ate
r p
uri
fica
tio
n s
yst
em
bu
t it
ha
s b
ee
n lo
st w
ith
th
e t
ime
. A
t o
ne
po
int
of
the
cir
cula
r la
ke
, th
ere
op
en
s a
wa
lkw
ay
wh
ich
la
ter
me
rge
s in
to a
ga
rde
n c
all
ed
Na
gin
a W
ad
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hic
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me
an
s b
ea
uti
ful
ga
rde
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n U
rdu
) th
at
is
loca
ted
in
th
e c
en
tre
of
the
la
ke
. W
ith
an
a
pp
rox
ima
te
circ
um
fere
nce
o
f 1
.4
mil
es
(2.3
km
), i
t re
pre
sen
ts t
he
re
ga
le h
isto
ry o
f A
hm
ed
ab
ad
. It
is a
34
-sid
ed
po
lyg
on
ha
vin
g
ste
ps
wh
ich
lea
din
g d
ow
n to
wa
ter
lev
el.
Th
e c
en
tra
l g
ard
en
an
d t
he
wa
lkw
ay
ha
d
be
en
re
va
mp
ed
an
d u
tili
tie
s a
re e
nh
an
ced
. U
po
n c
om
ple
tio
n o
f th
e r
en
ov
ati
on
th
e l
ak
e
wa
s o
ffic
iall
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na
ug
ura
ted
in
a w
ee
k l
on
g
ev
en
t k
no
wn
as
"Ka
nk
ari
a C
arn
iva
l".
Th
e
ina
ug
ura
tio
n
cere
mo
ny
fo
r re
no
va
ted
K
an
ka
ria
la
ke
fro
nt
wa
s h
eld
on
De
cem
be
r 2
5, 2
00
8.
Kan
kari
ya L
ake
Fro
nt,
Ahm
edabad
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Roads(Highways)
Peace(Law and order)
Uninterrupted Power Supply
Roads(Highways)
3 Differentiators of Gujarat
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.
One project you visited made you feel like
visiting a facility of global scale and repute
Gujarat Solar Park
Strong Will Power
Ankur Sharma
ENGINEERING THE
INDIAINDIAGUJARAT GUJARAT WAY
Opinion about replicating the Gujarat
growth story to other states of the country
Single most important factor which has led to
the immense progress which Gujarat has made
Mesmerised By
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)
ENGINEERING WATCH
Jan
mar
g ::
Ah
med
abad
Bu
s R
apid
Tra
nsi
t S
yste
mEN
GIN
EERIN
G
THE IN
DIA
IND
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RAT
GU
JARA
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AY
Des
ign
ed
by
C
EP
T
Un
iver
sity
, Ja
nm
arg
also
k
no
wn
as
Ah
med
abad
BR
TS,
is
a b
us
rap
id
tran
sit
in
Ah
med
abad
, In
dia
o
per
ated
b
y
Ah
med
abad
Jan
mar
g L
imit
ed,
a su
bsi
dia
ry o
f A
hm
edab
ad M
un
icip
al C
orp
ora
tio
n.
Bes
ides
giv
ing
pri
ori
ty t
o b
use
s, t
he
syst
em i
s d
esi
gn
ed
to
p
rov
ide
d
ed
ica
ted
la
ne
s fo
r p
edes
tria
n
and
n
on
-mo
tori
zed
ve
hic
les
lik
e cy
cles
an
d r
ick
shaw
s et
c.
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INEE
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RACHIT SHARMA
ENGINEERING THE
INDIAINDIAGUJARAT GUJARAT WAY
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.
Mesmerised By
3 Differentiators of Gujarat
Opinion about replicating the Gujarat
growth story to other states of the country
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.
One project you visited made you feel like
visiting a facility of global scale and repute
The clear, concise political will which instated by Shri Narendra Modi. The leader defines the path on which the office bearers tread.
Single most important factor which
has led to the immense progress
which Gujarat has made
PGDM, IIM RanchiWorked with the Planning Commission of India in the capacity of a student intern and assisting on the12th Five year Plan of India.
ENGINEERING WATCH
ENG
INEE
RIN
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THE IN
DIA
IND
IAG
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dar
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Pro
ject
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e S
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roje
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to
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veri
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ract
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ides
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to
tal
po
wer
gen
erat
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of
14
50
MW
sh
ared
by
th
ree
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hya
Pra
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5
7%
, M
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ash
tra
- 2
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d G
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16
%.
Th
is
pro
vid
es u
sefu
l pea
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g p
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rid
of t
he
cou
ntr
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wh
ich
h
as
ve
ry
lim
ite
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pro
du
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n a
t pre
sen
t.A
ser
ies
of m
icro
hyd
el p
ow
er s
tati
on
s h
ave
also
bee
n
pla
nn
ed o
n t
he
bra
nch
can
als
wh
ere
con
ven
ien
t fa
lls
are
avai
lab
le. T
he
can
als
are
also
bei
ng
cove
red
wit
h
sola
r p
ow
er p
anel
s to
gen
erat
e fu
rth
er e
lect
rici
ty.
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roje
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pro
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d p
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n t
o r
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reac
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mea
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10
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uch
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y a
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f 4
.0 l
ac i
n
Gu
jara
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