Nizamabad: IT and Industries Minister K.T. Rama Rao inaugurated the IT Tower in Nizamabad on Wednesday. Fifteen companies have commenced their operations at the state-of-the-art 55,000 sq ft building.
Besides IT companies which will boost employment to locals, the IT Tower also houses the Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (TASK) Centre and RGUKT Basara’s Innovation Hub. The Minister inaugurated these centres that will empower youngsters in enhancing their skills and foster innovation.
Already, the IT Towers are functional in Warangal, Khammam, Karimnagar, Siddipet and Mahbubnagar. And Telangana’s journey to enhance the IT landscape in Tier-II/Tier-III towns has taken another significant step forward with the new IT Tower in Nizamabad. Soon, the IT Tower in Nalgonda will be inaugurated and approval was received for an IT Tower in Adilabad.Vemula Prashanth Reddy, Roads and Buildings Minister; K.R. Suresh Reddy, Rajya Sabha MP; MLAs Bajireddy Govardhan, Bigala Ganesh, Ashannagari Jeevan Reddy, Shakil Aamir Mohammed; Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary of Industries & Commerce Department; E.V. Narasimha Reddy, VC &MD of Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd (TSIIC); Vijay Rangineni, CEO of IT Investments; Shrikant Sinha, CEO of TASK; Prof. V. Venkata Ramana, Vice Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT), Basara and others were present at the occasion. (INN)