Tariffs, Tough Calls, and Diwali Prep – 1,700 Entrepreneurs Gather in Surat with Strategy on Their Minds

Surat (Gujarat) [India], August 7: You could say it started like any other Tuesday in Surat – buzzing traffic, hurried tea breaks, and a steady pre-Diwali pace. But step inside the sprawling venue of the Progress Alliance Mega Business Meet 2025, and you’d feel something different in the air. Not just the usual optimism – but urgency.

Over 1,700 business owners and entrepreneurs from across Gujarat weren’t there for small talk. They came with a purpose: to regroup, rethink, and…