Telangana, Karnataka Should Partner To Strengthen Industry Value Chain: Sridhar Babu
Global companies whose first India centre is in Bengaluru, he said, could make Hyderabad their second home, drawing on talent from IISc, IIT Hyderabad, ISB and IIIT, and on startups from T-Hub
Hyderabad: Industries and IT Minister D Sridhar Babu on Friday proposed a partnership between Telangana and Karnataka industry, describing the two states’ strengths as complementary halves of a single value chain.
He was delivering the keynote address at the Bengaluru Roadshow of the Invest Telangana Global Summit 2026, organised with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), at Artezia Hotel.
“We have not come to Bengaluru to take anything away. Karnataka has its strengths, and they are extraordinary. Telangana has its own. We have come with humility, to propose a partnership,” the Minister said.
He noted that Bengaluru’s standing as India’s startup capital, home to more unicorns than any other Indian city, and as the centre of Indian aerospace and space through HAL, ISRO and NAL.
Global companies whose first India centre is in Bengaluru, he said, could make Hyderabad their second home, drawing on talent from IISc, IIT Hyderabad, ISB and IIIT, and on startups from T-Hub. “Design and scale. Science and manufacturing. Ideas and execution. These are not rival strengths. They are two halves of one value chain,” he said.
The Minister highlighted Hyderabad’s rise in twelve years into one of the world’s great technology cities, Genome Valley’s emergence as a life-sciences powerhouse, and the global aerospace leaders that build and service engines and aircraft components in the state’s parks. He also thanked investors for the trust they placed in Telangana at the Telangana Rising Global Summit last December.
Under the leadership of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, he said, the Telangana Rising 2047 vision is being driven by Bharat Future City, a net-zero greenfield city with an AI City and India’s first dedicated Mobility Valley; the Young India Skills University; the Regional Ring Road and new industrial corridors; and the Musi Rejuvenation Programme.
He outlined the state’s CURE, PURE and RARE framework for region-wise growth, the Core Urban Region Economy within the Outer Ring Road for IT, services, Global Capability Centres and innovation, the Peri-Urban Region Economy between the Outer and Regional Ring Roads for manufacturing, industrial parks and logistics, and the Rural Agriculture Region Economy beyond for agro-processing, food processing and green industry.
“CURE thinks, PURE makes, RARE grows,” he said. “Kempegowda’s towers once marked the limits of a city. Let today mark the end of limits between our two states,” the Minister said, inviting Karnataka’s industry to the summit. “See what we are building. Tell us what you want to build. And let us build it together, for Karnataka, for Telangana and for India.” he said.