Year 2025: Lokesh Heralded A Vibrant Era For IT
31 Dec 2025 9:58 PM IST31 Dec 2025 9:58 PM IST
Lokesh was instrumental in organising the mega events which stole the show
Nara Lokesh (File picture)
Vijayawada: Minister Nara Lokesh, who handles the IT and electronics department, strived hard in 2025 to make Amaravati capital a Quantum Valley. The crowning of these efforts came through a government order clearing Raiden Infotech’s massive `87,520 crore data centre project and land allotment for a Google-linked hyper-scale facility.
The year saw the minister making significant improvements in the education sector too, which he handled along with other departments for the past year and a half.
In innovative ways, Lokesh continued the Praja Darbar tradition through 2025, so far holding 79 sittings where he had direct engagement with the masses to solve their problems. These sessions drew very large crowds and long queues.
At these sittings, Lokesh received petitions, issued on-the-spot directions, and pushed local functionaries to resolve the long-pending problems. The Praja Darbar is cited as a direct, hands-on grievance forum rather than a one-off PR event.
The minister has been active in engaging students. An example is the Shining Stars award events, where he honoured toppers and engaged directly with school/college students. Video clips of such friendly, informal interactions circulated widely.
As education minister, he visited schools and junior colleges, used Praja Darbar to take up school-related grievances, and promoted schemes designed to boost attendance and performance.
The government set a public target of ‘full enrolment’ across 42,000 government schools and announced classroom/facility upgrades (Mana Badi – Mana Bhavishyathu), donor portals and a star-rating mechanism for schools to drive accountability.
Minister Lokesh stated that the ITE&C department notched up Amaravati Quantum computing centre incorporation, IBM quantum computer installation approval, a 45,000 sq-ft AQCC building at `104 crore, and a state Quantum Mission, all backed by new Quantum Computing, IT/GCC, Data Centre and Electronics Manufacturing policies.
At the 30th CII partnership summit in Visakhapatnam, with the efforts of Lokesh, MoUs promised `1.22 lakh crore investments and 2.32 lakh jobs, with TCS, Cognizant campuses, Daikin’s Sri City expansion and Ratan Tata Innovation Hub adding firepower.
“Government schools kicked off 2025 with “No Bag Day” every Saturday for sports, arts and life skills, a unified digital app replacing 45 teacher apps, and a neutral cream-olive uniform alongside NCERT-aligned bilingual QR-coded curriculum for Classes 1-10. The Teachers Transfers Regulation Act enabled web-based counselling, first-cycle transfers and 4,000 promotions, while 35.94 lakh SRKVM kits, Mission Akshara Andhra and 81.14 per cent SSC pass rate (Parvathipuram Manyam at 93.90 per cent) set academic benchmarks,” Nara Lokesh stated.
Lokesh was instrumental in organising the mega events which stole the show, namely Yogandhra yoga drive for lakhs of students, Guinness-verified Mega PTM 2.0 with 53.4 lakh parents-teachers and 1.5 crore total across 61,000 schools, AI/STEM/Robotics labs in 50 Visakhapatnam schools, and year-end 75-Day Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Mission, 100-Day SSC plan and MUSTABU wellness drive for 7.5 million students. Mega DSC filled 16,347 teacher posts.
Lokesh explained that a robust skills pipeline trained 4.10 lakh youth in 2024-25, certified 1.88 lakh and placed 1.45 lakh via 1,483 job fairs offering 99,665 opportunities across 175 constituencies.
He said cluster skilling targets regional needs like quantum in Amaravati, drones in Rayalaseema; SEEDAP placed 68,876 rural youth; global push includes German training for 2,300 nurses (55 B2-qualified for GCC), Japan engineering jobs and Project Blue Diamond. Naipunyam AI platform ties it with resume-building, job-matching and QR certificates.
In innovative ways, Lokesh continued the Praja Darbar tradition through 2025, so far holding 79 sittings where he had direct engagement with the masses to solve their problems. These sessions drew very large crowds and long queues.
At these sittings, Lokesh received petitions, issued on-the-spot directions, and pushed local functionaries to resolve the long-pending problems. The Praja Darbar is cited as a direct, hands-on grievance forum rather than a one-off PR event.
The minister has been active in engaging students. An example is the Shining Stars award events, where he honoured toppers and engaged directly with school/college students. Video clips of such friendly, informal interactions circulated widely.
As education minister, he visited schools and junior colleges, used Praja Darbar to take up school-related grievances, and promoted schemes designed to boost attendance and performance.
The government set a public target of ‘full enrolment’ across 42,000 government schools and announced classroom/facility upgrades (Mana Badi – Mana Bhavishyathu), donor portals and a star-rating mechanism for schools to drive accountability.
Minister Lokesh stated that the ITE&C department notched up Amaravati Quantum computing centre incorporation, IBM quantum computer installation approval, a 45,000 sq-ft AQCC building at `104 crore, and a state Quantum Mission, all backed by new Quantum Computing, IT/GCC, Data Centre and Electronics Manufacturing policies.
At the 30th CII partnership summit in Visakhapatnam, with the efforts of Lokesh, MoUs promised `1.22 lakh crore investments and 2.32 lakh jobs, with TCS, Cognizant campuses, Daikin’s Sri City expansion and Ratan Tata Innovation Hub adding firepower.
“Government schools kicked off 2025 with “No Bag Day” every Saturday for sports, arts and life skills, a unified digital app replacing 45 teacher apps, and a neutral cream-olive uniform alongside NCERT-aligned bilingual QR-coded curriculum for Classes 1-10. The Teachers Transfers Regulation Act enabled web-based counselling, first-cycle transfers and 4,000 promotions, while 35.94 lakh SRKVM kits, Mission Akshara Andhra and 81.14 per cent SSC pass rate (Parvathipuram Manyam at 93.90 per cent) set academic benchmarks,” Nara Lokesh stated.
Lokesh was instrumental in organising the mega events which stole the show, namely Yogandhra yoga drive for lakhs of students, Guinness-verified Mega PTM 2.0 with 53.4 lakh parents-teachers and 1.5 crore total across 61,000 schools, AI/STEM/Robotics labs in 50 Visakhapatnam schools, and year-end 75-Day Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Mission, 100-Day SSC plan and MUSTABU wellness drive for 7.5 million students. Mega DSC filled 16,347 teacher posts.
Lokesh explained that a robust skills pipeline trained 4.10 lakh youth in 2024-25, certified 1.88 lakh and placed 1.45 lakh via 1,483 job fairs offering 99,665 opportunities across 175 constituencies.
He said cluster skilling targets regional needs like quantum in Amaravati, drones in Rayalaseema; SEEDAP placed 68,876 rural youth; global push includes German training for 2,300 nurses (55 B2-qualified for GCC), Japan engineering jobs and Project Blue Diamond. Naipunyam AI platform ties it with resume-building, job-matching and QR certificates.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle )
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