The inauguration was done by Chief Guest Shri Jayantrao Patil, Honourable Finance Minister of Government of Maharashtra. Present at the ceremony were Shri Eknath Thakur, M.P., Rajyasabha and President, Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, Shri M.N.Chaini, President, Maharashtra Economic Development Council and President (Corporate Affairs), Reliance Industries, Shri Subhash Dandekar, Advisor Mega-Tech 2006 and Past President - Maharashtra Economic Development Council, Past President - Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture and Shri Rajkumar Chordia, Vice President, Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture.

Also present were Shri V.V.Deshpande, Secretary General, Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture and Shri Anil Deshpande, Chief Executive Officer, Maharashtra Economic Development Council.

Chief Guest and the Guests of Honour gave a fitting introduction to the current status of Maharashtra with respect to industrial development.

The opening ceremony was followed by a round of the guests around the exhibition halls. The guests and exhibitors exchanged ideas about the current situation of industry.

The exhibition lasted 4 days and ended at 7 pm on February 5th, 2006.

Exhibition highlights :

No. of Exhibitors : 160

Exhibition regions : Participants was from Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Secunderabad, Jodhpur, Haryana, Kolhapur, Satara, Sangli, Aurangabad, Nashik, ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot, etc.

Result of visitor survey :

Total No. : 13,517

Regions from : Mumbai, Pune, Kolhapur, Sangli, Thane, Satara, Karad, Nashik, Dhule, Aurangabad, Jalgaon, Ahmednagar, Vapi, Surat, Vadodara, Bangalore, Chennai, Indore, Jabalpur, Ahmedabad, etc.