Duddilla Sridhar Babu, Minister of Information Technology, Electronics & Communication, Industries & Commerce and Legislative Affairs, Government of Telangana, Speaking at the Invest Telangana Global Summit 2026 Roadshow in Chennai on Thursday.
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The Telangana government is developing an exclusive 200-acre drone park to build a complete ecosystem for the drone industry. “We will also introduce a drone policy, as some form of regulation is necessary,” said D. Sridhar Babu, Minister for Information Technology, Electronics and Communications, and Industries and Commerce, Telangana. He indicated that the policy would be doled out soon.
Making a pitch about the opportunities in his state at the Chennai Roadshow of the Invest Telangana Global Summit 2026, organised along with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the Minister said: “We have not come to Chennai to compete with Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu has its strengths, and they are formidable. Telangana has its own. We have come with humility, to ask you to be part of our journey.”
The Minister highlighted Hyderabad’s rise as a global technology hub and home to a fast-growing community of Global Capability Centres, Genome Valley’s production of a third of the world’s vaccines, the state’s aerospace manufacturing base and T-Hub, one of India’s largest startup ecosystems.
Setting out the case for partnership, he pointed to opportunities for Coimbatore pump makers to set up second plants in Telangana to serve central and northern India, for Tiruppur knitwear entrepreneurs to work with Telangana cotton in Warangal, and for Chennai auto component suppliers to build EV electronics with Hyderabad’s engineers. “When Tamil Nadu and Telangana work together, South India grows stronger. And when South India grows stronger, India moves forward,” he said.
The Invest Telangana Global Summit 2026 will be held from December 7 to 9, 2026 at Bharat Future City, Hyderabad.
Published – October 16, 2026 12:22 am IST
