February 6, 2019
Bengal Global Business Summit: A look back at the last three editions
The Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) is an annual flagship event organised by the Bangla Government to showcase the State’s investment potential and to highlight its business enthusiasm in front of the global business community.
Over the past few years, BGBS has emerged as one of the foremost business summits in India. Some of the top industrialists have participated in these summits, along with several international companies.
Starting in 2015, BGBS has brought substantial investments to the State. It is an event that recognises Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s efforts at generating industrial growth and prosperity for Bangla.
BGBS 2016
The second edition of the summit was held on January 8-9, 2016. The plenary sessions were addressed by dignitaries from India and abroad who shared their thoughts and experiences.
The summit focused on B2B (business-to-business) and G2B (government-to-business) interactions.
BGBS 2016 had the presence of industry leaders, senior ministers from India and abroad, heads of business and government leaders from 26 countries including USA, UK, Italy, Spain, Germany, Japan, China, Korea, Bhutan, Bangladesh, etc.
Living up to the tagline of ‘Bengal Surging Ahead’, BGBS 2016 concluded on an optimistic note. Rs 2.50 lakh crore of business investment proposals were received at the summit.
BGBS 2017
The Bangla Government organised the third edition of the BGBS on January 20-21, 2017.
Inaugurated by then President of India, Pranab Mukherjee in the presence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, BGBS 2017 was aimed at projecting Bangla to the global investor community.
Day one of the summit hosted plenary sessions on start-ups and entrepreneurship and multi-country Interactions while day two hosted eighteen sessions including eleven parallel sectoral sessions on focus sectors, special sessions on start-ups, country sessions, round-table discussion on a rising Bangla in emerging Asia and discussion on apparel and allied sectors.
BGBS 2017 was attended by 4,000 delegates from 29 countries. Japan, Poland, Italy and Germany were the partner countries.
Rs 2 lakh 35 thousand 200 crore (US$ 36 billion) of business and investment proposals were received at BGBS 2017.
BGBS 2018
The fourth edition of the BGBS took place at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre on January 16-17, 2018.
Japan, Germany, Italy, Poland, South Korea, France, Czech Republic, the UK and the UAE were the partner countries.
Over 1,046 B2B meetings and 40 B2G meetings took place during the summit.
BGBS 2018 received the participation of over 4,000 delegates from 32 countries from Europe, the Americas and Asia as well as from India.
The fourth edition of the summit saw attendance from Mukesh Ambani, Lakshmi Mittal, Sajjan Jindal, Sanjiv Puri and Sanjiv Goenka, among others.
The 2018 summit received investment proposals worth Rs 2 lakh 19 thousand 925 crore, with the biggest success being the potential for creation of 20 lakh new jobs in the State.
