The honorable Minister of IT, Telangana , Mr. Kalvakuntla Rama Rao, currently on a tour of the United States to promote Brand Telangana was in Silicon Valley - Bay Area, California.
The minister had meetings with industry giants such as Google, Facebook, Cisco, nVidia among others to invite them to invest in Telangana and make Telangana the hub for IT and manufacturing.
Out of his busy and very successful trip he took out some time to meet the NRIs living in Bay Area. Bay Area Telanganites organized a diaspora event called as “Mulakat” at India Community Center, Milpitas, CA. More than 1000 NRIs attended to meet and greet the minister.
The Evening started with a Presentation by Bay Area Telanganites regarding their activities in CA such as the Telangana 5K run, Million March, Telangana Float,Telangana Daawat and the various other programs followed by lighting of lamp at Prof. Jayashanker photo.
The minister, Mr.KT.Rama Rao, explained the new Industrial policy of the Telangana Government which is implemented to attract more industries to choose Telangana as their destination.
Mr. KTR spoke at length about the TS-ipass in which applications received will be cleared within 15 days. Examples of this effective scheme are MRF and Amazon India which got clearances in less than 15 days. He also explained about the other flagship initiatives.
The audience listened keenly as the Minister explained the incentives being offered by the Telangana Government for industries which choose Telangana as their destination. Many NRI’s were heartened by the efforts undertaken by the Telangana government to attract more industries to Telangana which would in turn generate jobs and fuel economic growth.
The audience got a chance to ask questions to the Minister directly regarding the industrial policy, women empowerment, governance, which the minister answered in great depth and wit.
Also present at the Daawat were Mr.Jeevan Reddy, MLA armoor; Mr.Damodar Reddy, Founder of Alliance Semi Conductors; Mrs.Shaista Ali, Founder of an NGO We are One; Mr.Jose Esteves, Mayor of Milpitas and various other dignitaries and CEOs. Mr.Jose Esteves, Mayor Of Milpitas presented a commendation and the city Key to the Minister.
Bay Area Telanganites thanks the many supporters who donated generously to make the event a grand success.
Bay Area Telanganites Team: Srinivas Manikonda, Srinath Muskula, Srinivas Ponnala, Santosh Addagulla, Madhu Salvaji, Sreeramana Kommareddy, Hari Gakkani, Naveen Jalagam, Rajanikanth along with many volunteers were instrumental in organizing the mulakat.
Special Thanks to TDF President Vishweshwar Reddy Kalavala , Ravinder Gaddampally and Vithal Dande.
