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Since 1948 an organization of Trade and Commerce came into existence in the Rajkot city by the name of ''Rajkot Vepari Mahamandal" and just in couple of years organization has grown tremendously and appeared with a new name of "Rajkot chamber of commerce" An organization who stood behind every growth of Rajkot city. "Rajkot chamber of commerce" has helped all the ways since its inception to Rajkot District & industries based at Rajkot city and surrounding areas. Rajkot Chamber of commerce is a organization of various engineering & commercial industries based at Rajkot city.
By the year 1950 the Rajkot Chamber grew as a Backbone of Rajkot region and today has earned a remarkable position for developing Business & .ndustries as Rajkot city.
Rajkot Chamber has played a vital role in getting the base requirements for Rajkot city which includes:
1. Facility of Broad Gauge
2. Telecommunication facilities at Rajkot
3. Establishment of GIDC area at Rajkot
4. Chamber played a lead role in setup of University, Doordarshan kendra, & Medical colleges to invite more students & to boost educational awareness all over district.
Rajkot chamber provides suggestions and also take essential steps to boost the local business of Rajkot district across the globe, Today chamber can proudly stand for the achievement of Industries based at Rajkot. Business houses and industries at rajkot have been doing business with few of the powerful economies of the world, Like Usa,North America, & European areas.
Chamber's main area of interest is to bring the businessman of the nation and foreign countries in contact with each other and to encourage the foreign business and to develop a bridge l between the two countries. Rajkot chamber always takes the initiative. Delegates from countries like USA,North America, & Europe have always been in close relation with chamber and have their regular visits every few year which has resulted into the expansion of business and trade from Rajkot city to various countries across the globe.
With a humble intention to provide essential information to members of chamber, we arrange exhibitions, seminars and get togethers through which members of chamber can come toghether and share the views and can gain the required knowledge which helps to make Rajkot & its business house more powerful and keeps apart from other business houses & industries.
We are proud to say that members of chamber are having business with the few MNC giants based in India and the production of the core products are done at rajkot city. Automotive giants, chemical giants, ceramic giants based in india are having regular business with members of Rajkot Chamber. Continuous growth of chamber had helped whole Rajkot district & today there are 1600 Members from all over rajkot district with chamber. Rajkot Chamber has got the facility of an A.C. Hall, Administrative Office with modern facilities and it has got the facility of library also with the latest books.
Rajkot is famous for its Bandhani Sarees, mirror-work, patch work, bead work, jewellery market, silk embroidery and Watch Parts. The city hosts several of small scale manufacturing industries which has grew to Major Export house from Gujarat region today. Some of the industrial products that Rajkot is popular for includes:
« Bearings
« Diesel Engines (Largely exported to Africa and Middle East)
« Kitchen Knives and other cutting appliances
« Watch Parts : Watch Cases & Bracelets
« Auto Parts
« Forging industry
« Casting industry
« Machine tools
« Software Development
« Rajkot is famous for its Gold purity. It has one of the largest Gold Market called 'Soni-Bazar'. Today, Gold jwellery exports from rajkot has reached a milestone and jwellery from rajkot is major demand across all over india. In coming years multiple Speical zones are going to setup at outskirts of rajkot city which includes sectors like Automotive, IT, Castings etc.
Rajkot is connected to major indian cities by air, railway and road. Daily flights are operated by Jet Airways, Air Deccan and Indian Airlines. The city is well connected to other major cities of Gujarat such as , Junagadh, Amreli , Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar Surat etc. by bus services operated by private and state-owned transport corporations. Rajkot is a main railway junction of Saurashtra, trains for the all the major cities of India is available from here.
Annual Turnover of Rajkot based Diesel Engine Exporters: 700 Crores
Annual Turnover of Rajkot based Bearing Manufacturers : 200 Crores
Annual Turnover of Rajkot based Machine Tools manufacturers: 800 Crores
Annual Turnover of Rajkot based Foundry Industries: 1500 Crores.
Mahatma Gandhi, great Indian Leader, Father of the Nation and a thinker who is adored in India, spent his early years in Rajkot when his father was a Diwan to one of the Saurastra Nawab, and the house where Gandhi lived is now a museum named Kaba Gandhi No Delo. He went to school in here (Alfred High School, now known as Mahatma Gandhi High School).
 
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