Upcoming Technology Workshops in Surat

Surat, previously known as Suryapur, is a city in the Indian state of Gujarat. Surat is also called the "city of flyovers". It is the administrative capital of the Surat district. The city is located Surat is Gujarat's second-largest city with a population of 4.6 million at the 2011 census. It is the eighth largest city and ninth largest metropolitan area of India. Surat is the 34th-largest city by area and 4th-fastest developing cities in a in a study conducted by the City Mayors Foundation, an international think tank on urban affairs. The city registered an annualised GDP growth rate of 11.5 per cent over the seven fiscal years between 2001 and 2008. Surat was awarded "best city" by the Annual Survey of India's City-Systems (ASICS) in 2013. A moat divides the older parts of the city, with their narrow streets and historical houses, from the newer suburbs.