The bifurcation of AP meant that Telangana has now got it’s own association of lady entrepreneurs. Association of Lady Entrepreneurs of Telangana State (ALETS) was launched on Saturday by a group of successful entrepreneurs in the state to empower women. “Women, especially those in rural areas, are very industrious and have a lot of ideas. We will go and give them guidance in business planning, capacity building, marketing awareness through linkages,” said M Sarita Reddy, founder-president of ALETS. Earlier, there was an Association of Lady Entrepreneurs of Andhra Pradesh (ALEAP) established in 1993.  That group which is based in Yousufguda, Hyderabad has already started limiting it’s activities to residuary AP. The lady entrepreneur associations work with the mission to leverage entrepreneurship development and ...

Hyderabad has it all. A galaxy of educational research institutions, outstanding infrastructure, an affordable lifestyle, and a cosmopolitan culture that makes it the hub of global tech companies. It is now reaching out for the next level. Cabinet Minister for Panchayat Raj & IT, Telangana State, K. T. Rama Rao spoke on how he plans to go about the transformation On his technology vision There is a definitive sense of purpose in what we have been doing in the last fifty days. We are at the second position in IT exports at eight billion dollars and want to scale up swiftly. For this, we have a three-pronged strategy.One is to build a tech incubator ecosystem and a start-up culture in the ...

Jayesh Ranjan, VC & MD, Telangana Industrial Infrastructure Corporation, shares the spirit of the Telangana industrial policy, that is to be unveiled shortly, in an interview with ToI. How interested is industry and the investor community since the new Telangana government has taken charge? Just about 2 months have passed by since the new state has been formed and the new government has taken charge. The kind of enthusiasm that has come from international, domestic and local industrialists and investors, I haven’t seen such a phenomenon before. Practically the who’s who of the business community has paid a call to Hyderabad to meet the Chief Minister. No single week has passed without one mega investment decision or the other getting announced. ...

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao said the State’s Industrial policy will be out in 3 days and it would combine the best of suggestions and policies the State Government looked at in last 2 months. Speaking with a group of delegation led by Piramal Group chairman Ajay Piramal, he assured that the policy would be implemented in its letter and spirit. He reiterated a ‘chasing cell’ would be monitoring from the CMO the progress of investment in the industrial sector by industrialists from all over the country and abroad. He said that the government would identify a land bank, declare that land exclusively for industrial purpose, develop it in all aspects, provide power and water and then place it at the ...