Tag: Visakhapatnam

Bill Gates Visits Vizag for AP AgriTech Summit

Bill Gates Visits Vizag for AP AgriTech Summit

Microsoft Founder Bill Gates on Friday said he was really excited at meeting Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu for the first time over 20 years ago. Addressing the valedictory of the three-day AP AgTech Summit 2017, the Co-Chair of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recalled his meeting with Naidu who was then chief minister […]

Chandrababu Naidu asks Bill Gates to support agriculture sector

Chandrababu Naidu asks Bill Gates to support agriculture sector

Deccan Chronicle | Nov 18, 2017 Expressing concern over the farming crisis, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Friday asked Mr Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), to offer support in agriculture, nutrition and health sectors of AP, and help the state government develop a model […]

Vizag will become country’s fintech hub in future: N Chandrababu Naidu

Vizag will become country’s fintech hub in future: N Chandrababu Naidu

(Economic Times, Mar 29, 2018) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today said Visakhapatnam will become a fintech hub in the country in future as information technology sector was gaining momentum in the state. It was a good sign that a Fortune 500 company like Franklin Templeton Investments had chosen to set up a […]

Franklin Templeton gets 40 acres to set up tech campus in Vizag

Franklin Templeton gets 40 acres to set up tech campus in Vizag

(B Dasarath Reddy, Business Standard, January 13, 2018) Acting on a detailed proposal given last month by the US firm, Andhra Pradesh government has allotted 25 acres to FTI and 15 acres to Innova on Rishikonda, now home to Fintech Valley, besides extending other incentives through orders issued earlier this week. Besides offering land at […]

Blockchain technology has potential to create wonders: CM Naidu

Blockchain technology has potential to create wonders: CM Naidu

ANI | October 9, 2017 Blockchain technology is the real future for the safety of any transaction, said Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu while addressing the International Blockchain Business Conference in Visakhapatnam on Monday. The Chief Minister inaugurated a two-day international Blockchain Business Conference starting today by lighting the lamp in Visakhapatnam. FinTech […]

This Indian City Is Embracing BlockChain Technology — Here’s Why

This Indian City Is Embracing BlockChain Technology — Here’s Why

(Sharanya Haridas, www.forbes.com, Mar 5, 2018) After changing Hyderabad into an IT hub which houses India’s Google and Facebook headquarters, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu now aims to transform Vizag to a world-class fintech ecosystem bringing government, academia, corporates, investors, entrepreneurs together. In 2016, Naidu announced an ambitious FinTech Valley Vizag plan. That makes […]

Vizag to emerge as hub of new age technologies

Vizag to emerge as hub of new age technologies

By Mohammed Shafeeq | October 19, 2017  | IANS Visakhapatnam or Vizag, as it is popularly known, may emerge as the hub of new age technologies as top financial technology firms are looking at this coastal city to start operations. The keen interest shown by some national and global players for a presence in Fintech Valley Vizag […]