Latest Answer: Apart from Ahmedabad and Surat, Vadodara, Gujarat's 3rd largest city, which has various growth drivers at present. With several chemical industries setting up base here. The city became popular with the title of Chemical Industries Capital of the State. Further, the begining of various PSUs made it the 1st cosmopolitan city of Gujarat in the nineties. Today, it is home to several large scale industries and public sector units such as Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd., ONGC, Gujarat Alkalies and Chemical Ltd., and Gas Authority of India Ltd,.