Hyderabad: IT minister K.T. Rama Rao told the press here on Wednesday that the state’s startup incubator, T-Hub, had become a hot topic worldwide. He also disclosed officially that Telangana state was establishing an “outpost” for the T-Hub at Silicon Valley, California, the global hub of innovation and home to tech giants.
He said T-Hub was providing the best outputs alongside innovative ideas. “Impressed by this programme, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has given assurance to work with TS on some projects. Our startups are enjoying international exposure. Big companies like Cisco, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and others have tied up with startups at T-Hub and are funding innovations there,” he said.
He said that TASK (Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge) was a successful programme taken up by the government. “We are now expanding the programme to rural areas. We have signed an MoU with Singapore for developing TASK further and it will be multi-faceted in some aspects,” he said.
Mr. Rao added that three IT parks would be established at Budvel near Rajendranagar, Miyapur and on the outskirts near Shamshabad airport under PPP mode.
What KTR said:
Transparent development of IT sector
Growth in state over 1 per cent of national average
Rs 66, 276 crore exports in FY 2014-15
In FY 2015-16, exports worth '75,070 recorded
IT-policy announced by the government got a global reorganisation
Training given to 45,000 students through TASK
T-Hub, a startup incubators’ center became role model to the rest of India
