Shri Narendra Modi - 10 must read speeches - page 48

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and direction of Gujarat in this knowledge century of India.
I need not highlight achievements of Gujarat in Industrial
Progress, Investment and Infrastructural Development.
The Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit of 2011 is
a proof for this. The whole country has taken note of it.
After achieving the first place in industrial development,
investments in Gujarat, our government has shifted its focus
to education and health because they are centre of overall
development.
In 2001, when I was given responsibility of Gujarat there
were only 11 universities; today we have 41 universities.
There are more universities than the number of colleges
in the last decade and all the universities are world class
universities.
My government has taken several initiatives in the education
sector. The 5th Vibrant Summit saw a commitment of $ 450
billion of investments with 7,936 MoUs signed amounting
to Rs 20.83 lakh crore. Of these 84 MOUs were signed in
different categories among higher education in the State and
their international counterparts that included United States
of America, Canada, South America, Australia, United
Kingdom and South Asian countries. Investment was just
one aspect of it. The main aim was to find out the steps to
be taken to create the knowledge based society. 33 leading
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