Narendra Modi to address global IT event in Hyderabad on Feb 19

Telangana principal secretary for IT and Industries Jayesh Ranjan has confirmed that Modi will deliver the inaugural address through a video link

Updated on: Feb 14, 2018, 16:46:05 IST

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver the inaugural address at the World Congress on Information Technology 2018 (WCIT) in Hyderabad from February 19.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi listens to Arun Jaitley’s Union Budget 2018 speech at Parliament in New Delhi. (PTI File Photo)

Telangana principal secretary for IT and Industries Jayesh Ranjan has confirmed that Modi will be delivering the inaugural address through a video link, being organised by the software industry lobby Nasscom along with state government.

This is for the first time that the WICT is being held in the country.

The WCIT’s official page on the Nasscom website also indicates that Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe, Union IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, state chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and Sophia the humanoid are expected to speak at the three-day event.

Other key speakers include Navdeep Bains, Canadian minister, Hans-Paul Bürkner, BCG chairman, and chief national coach of the badminton team Pullela Gopichand, Adobe chief Shantanu Narayen, actress Deepika Padukone and Sadhguru of Isha Foundation, as per the information available on the website.

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