CM Bhupendra Patel Chairs High-Level Meeting, finalised the organisation for the Chintan Shibir

Gandhinagar, Sept 2025: The State Government’s 12th Annual Chintan Shibir will be held from 13th to 15th November 2025 at Shrimad Rajchandra Ashram near Dharampur in Valsad district. State Cabinet ministers, senior secretaries, and officials will participate in this Shibir.
 
Chief Minister Shri Bhupendra Patel presided over a high-level meeting in Gandhinagar, during which the organisation and planning of this annual Chintan Shibir were finalised.
 
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, during his tenure as the Chief Minister of Gujarat, initiated this collective annual Chintan Shibir in 2003 to make state governance more citizen-centric and public welfare-oriented, and to develop a culture of ease of governance. Under the leadership of Chief Minister Shri Bhupendra Patel, the State Government has continued this tradition by organising the 12th Annual Chintan Shibir, giving new direction to administrative management through the timely use of technology, transparency, and sensitivity.
 
The 12th Annual Chintan Shibir, organised by the Administrative Reforms and Training Department of the State Government will be held with the permanent theme: Samuhik chintan thi samuhik vikas taraph (From Collective Thinking to Collective Progress).
 
For this year’s Chintan Shibir, a list of topics for collective thinking and deliberation has been prepared, which includes nutrition and public health, growth and diversification in the service sector, capacity building for Viksit Gujarat, public safety, green energy, environment, and other subjects. During this three-day Chintan Shibir, other activities are also planned, including trekking, cycling, advanced meditation yoga, night-time games, and cultural programs. Participants of the Shibir will travel in groups to Valsad on 13th November by the Vande Bharat train and will return to Ahmedabad by train after the Shibir concludes.
 
The Shibir will begin on 13th November with an inaugural session, and over the next two days, various discussion sessions and group meetings will be held throughout the day, featuring lectures by subject matter experts.
 
To ensure the comprehensive organization of this 12th Chintan Shibir, a meeting was held under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister, attended by Chief Secretary Shri Pankaj Joshi, Principal Advisor to Chief Minister Dr. Hasmukh Adhia,  Additional Chief Secretary to Chief Minister Shri M.K. Das, Additional Chief Secretary of General Administration smt. Sunaina Tomar, Additional Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Smt Avantika Singh, Secretary Dr. Vikrant Pandey, and senior secretaries including the Secretary of the Administrative Reforms Department.
 Source: Information Department, Gujarat