Google Wants to Partner with Telangana on Ag & Climate

Hyderabad: Google's Asia Pacific head on Tuesday promised to work with the Telangana government on traffic control and cybersecurity in Hyderabad.

During his meeting with Google's APAC president Sanjay Gupta on the sidelines of WEF summit, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy briefed him on Telangana's vision, explaining Telangana's CURE, PURE, RARE framework for regional economic growth and plans to make core Hyderabad pollution-free. 

Sanjay Gupta said the organisation would be happy to fully support Telangana in traffic control, cybersecurity, agriculture, startups and climate change. Revanth Reddy thanked the Google team for setting up the first ever Google for startups hub in Hyderabad.

During a meeting with Willem Uijen, chief supply chain and operations officer of global consumer goods giant Unilever, Revanth Reddy encouraged the global GMCG major to set up its Global Capability Centre (GCC) in Telangana. The Chief Minister explained about Hyderabad’s rapid transformation as a global hub for GCCs.

Uijen said the company would be happy to explore Revanth Reddy’s invitation.

Royal Philips, a health technology company, also expressed its keenness on partnering with Telangana in AI. The company invited a 'Telangana Rising' delegation to visit its headquarters in the Netherlands.

During its meeting, Jan Willem-Scheijgrond, vice-president and global head (government and public affairs), Royal Philips, expressed interest in partnering with the state in the AI space. Revanth Reddy said Telangana is building a world-class, sustainable industrial cluster designed to transform pharmaceutical manufacturing and R&D.

“Telangana’s AI-led disruption in healthcare is impressive. We invite the 'Telangana Rising' delegation to visit our headquarters in the Netherlands,” said Willem-Scheijgrond.