Assures them speed of doing Biz

Andhra Pradesh’s Minister of State for Education, IT & Electronics Mr Nara Lokesh, was recently in America (from October 25 till November 1) pitching AP to NRIs, investors in California.

In a series of meetings with top notch executives of various technology companies he spoke about Chief minister Mr N Chandrababu Naidu’s vision of a Swarnandhra Pradesh by 2047.

Similarly in a round table meeting with NRIs organized by the Indian Consul General Dr K Srikar Reddy in San Francisco Mr Lokesh reiterated the state government’s focus on speed of doing business while also laid strong emphasis on job creation, skill training and development.

‘Our 1st focus is to deliver on job creation which we had alluded to in our pre-election rallies and we will deliver on our promise of 2 million jobs over the next 5 years’ said the young IT minister.

He highlighted to them the advantages of investing in Andhra Pradesh keeping in mind the 6 new investor-friendly industrial policies launched by the government. 

The IT & Electronics minister also spoke about a decentralised development model where each district is being developed with specific focus areas.

‘The Southern part of AP will focus on Automotive manufacturing, renewable energy, the Chittoor and Kadapa region will focus on IT and electronics while Visakhapatnam will focus on IT, Chemical, Pharma and even medical devices’ said the minister.

Similarly, Mr Lokesh spoke about the opportunities in data centres, renewable energy, green hydrogen, ports and shipping, establishment of aviation university, development of capital region (Amaravati) etc. 

Mr Lokesh also met Micro- soft’s celebrated CEO Mr Satya Nadella and seeked his assistance for digital governance initiatives in AP and also in making Amaravati as AI capital.