No Indian City Like Hyderabad: KTR

Hyderabad: Telangana IT minister KT Rama Rao leaves no chance to proclaim that he is a true Hyderabadi. The minister hailed Hyderabad as the best city in India terming it a perfect amalgamation of history, culture, heritage and exuding a new age vibrancy.

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KTR said the aforementioned words in the background of ongoing WCIT-NILF 2018. The city is hosting two mega technology events--Nasscom India Leadership Forum (NILF) and the 22nd edition of the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) which started from February 19 to 22.

The WCIT is being organized for the first time in the country and Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the summit through a video conference, which had the who's who of the global IT industry in attendance, according to senior official of the state IT department. Since Nasscom is the host of the of WCIT, the 26th edition of NILF is a limited edition. Telangana is the state partner for both the events, the official added. Both the summits are being conducted at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre from Monday through Thursday.

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That apart, Sophia the humanoid, who is a Saudi citizen, will also be a key attraction. This will be her second sojourn in the country, having attended the TechFest at the IIT Bombay late last year.

Navdeep Bains, the Indian-origin Canadian minister for innovation, science and economic development, Hans-Paul Bürkner, BCG chairman, national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand, Adobe chairman Shantanu Narayen, leading Hindi actress Deepika Padukone and Sadhguru of Isha Foundation are among the speakers.

At least 20 CEOs from Fortune 500 companies and 100 other top executives besides over 5,000 delegates are expected to attend the conference.