Telangana CM to participate in WEF at Davos

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy along with IT and Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu to participate into Davos, Switzerland to participate in the World Economic Forum annual meeting to be held Davos (Switzerland) from Jan 15 – 19.

The Chief Minister along with an official delegation will be leaving for Davos, tonight to participate in the 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), where the CM also been spoken at the WEF Congress Centre, a special honour to get during his very first visit to Davos.

WEF is the premier international platform where government leaders, global CEOs, industry captains, social entrepreneurs and newsmakers meet every year in a collaborative spirit to address global issues and shape the agenda for government, industry and societal action.

WEF is an invite only event and attracts participation from over 3000 delegates every year that includes representatives from 100 governments, the top 1000 global companies, all leading international organizations, NGOs and media.

The Chief Minister was invited by WEF to patriciate in this year’s event soon after he assumed office.

Since Telangana formation, this is the first time for Chief Minister to lead the official delegation.

Principal Secretary (IT and Industries) and Principal Secretary to CM are also part of our delegation.

WEF provides an excellent opportunity to meet and interact with top industry leaders both from India and abroad and share the new government’s vision and priorities.

It is also an ideal platform to showcase the strength of our State as a leading IT and Life Sciences hub and attract investments.

During his 3-dsy visit, the CM will be meeting as many as 70 industry leaders includes CEOs and CXOs of top global companies like Novartis, Medtronic, AstraZeneca, Google, Uber, Mastercard, Bayer, LDC and UPL. We will also be meeting captains of Indian industry including Tata, Wipro, HCL Tech, JSW, Godrej, Airtel, Bajaj. Interaction with leading business chambers like CII and NASSCOM as well as media networks are also planned.

The Telangana Government expect to sign several MOUs and close significant investment deals in different sectors like pharma, electronics, data centres, defense & aerospace, food processing and renewable energy.