Referring to the Telugu diaspora in the United States, the deputy chief minister said, “America has always been described as a great melting pot. Today, Telugu is one of the newer flavours in that melting pot, bringing with it aroma, enterprise, and a very Hyderabadi confidence in the future."
Hyderabad: "We used to say Telugu people were going to America. But today, Telugu itself has gone to America,” Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka said, referring to a recent claim about Telugu being the fastest-growing language in the United States.
Speaking at a grand reception hosted by the United States Consulate in Hyderabad to celebrate the 250th anniversary of American Independence, Bhatti said that American companies are coming to Telangana not only for cost-based reasons, but for capability, scale and trust.
With US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor and US Consul General Laura Williams in attendance, Bhatti said, “If you give us a development centre, we will send back a global CEO. In the 1990s, when Hyderabad was beginning its journey as an IT city, Microsoft came here… Years later, a Hyderabadi, Satya Nadella, rose to lead Microsoft globally.”
Referring to the Telugu diaspora in the United States, the deputy chief minister said, “America has always been described as a great melting pot. Today, Telugu is one of the newer flavours in that melting pot, bringing with it aroma, enterprise, and a very Hyderabadi confidence in the future."
The next chapter of the Telangana-US partnership, Bhatti said, will be written in artificial intelligence, life sciences, clean energy, resilient grids, electric mobility, higher education, research and entrepreneurship.
The Deputy Chief Minister and the Ambassador also unveiled a ceremonial plaque marking the renaming of the road adjoining the US Consulate as “Donald Trump Avenue.” The Telangana government said the move honours the United States and reflects Hyderabad’s growing importance in strengthening US-India ties.
Praising Hyderabad’s contribution to the relationship between the two countries, Gor said the city’s progress in areas such as information technology, aerospace and defence demonstrates the strength of bilateral cooperation. “Nowhere is the rapid growth of our partnership more visible than in Hyderabad,” Gor said, adding that ongoing trade and investment initiatives would further strengthen economic ties between the two nations.
Consul General Laura Williams praised the region’s growing innovation ecosystem, particularly in aerospace, defence, artificial intelligence and biopharmaceuticals. She said the US Consulate remains committed to supporting collaboration, talent exchange and innovation between the two countries.
