India Pavilion inaugurated at Dubai Expo 2020

The World Expo 2020 has been organised in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022. Union minister Piyush Goyal said that India received the largest and strategically located plot from the Dubai authorities for the pavilion. Among the 192 participating countries, India will have the biggest pavilion in the expo. The main theme of the Dubai Expo 2020 is “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future”. Among the 192 participating countries, India will have the biggest pavilion in the expo

“Dubai authorities gave us a strategic location and one of the largest land plots. PM Modi personally gave us ideas and guidance on how to make the India pavilion one of the best,” Goyal said.

The Expo was originally scheduled to take place from 20 October 2020 to 10 April 2021 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Expo 2020 is the first to be held in the MENA & SA (the Middle East and North Africa & South Asia) region. 

Purpose: World Expos provide a platform to showcase the greatest innovations that have shaped the world we live in today. The grand event will have 191 country pavilions.

India Pavilion

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi participated in the launch of the India Pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020 through video conferencing on October 01, 2021. He invited global investors to invest in India and be a part of India’s growth story. The theme of the India pavilion at the Expo is “Openness, Opportunity, and Growth”

It will showcase resurgent India’s march to becoming a USD 5 Trillion economy, the exceptional fightback against COVID-19, and the country’s emergence as a global business hub presenting huge opportunities for the world.