Other dignitaries present at the inaugural ceremony included ArcelorMittal chairman and CEO Lakshmi Mittal, ESSAR Group chairman Shashi Ruia, UB Group chief Vijay Mallya, former President of the Confederation of Indian Industries Venu Srinivasan, Baba Kalyani of Bharat Forge, Sajjan Jindal of JSW Steels, among others.

On the first day of the event itself, 29 companies signed 41 MoUs, including Arcelor Mittal’s Rs.. 30,000 crore integrated steel plant coupled with captive power plant, JSW’s proposed Rs.. 15,000 crore capacity expansion of its integrated steel plant coupled with a captive power plant, and Rajshree Cements’ Rs.. 3000 crore capacity expansion of its cement and captive power plants and United Breweries' Rs.. 45 crore beer brewery project.