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Govt. of Telangana and NASSCOM to host WCIT 2018 at Hyderabad
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Government of Telangana and NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Services Companies) together have chosen Hyderabad to host the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) in the year 2018. This is the first time that the prestigious global event will be held in India.
The WCIT will bring together world’s leading thought leaders, including business delegations from amongst the 80 countries that WITSA represents globally. The representatives include companies keen to do business in India, along with government functionaries and innovation driven academia. WCIT will additionally provide the State an ideal audience including global decision makers who would be participating at the event and making relevant trade and investment decisions.
NASSCOM has sought support from the government of India for the event.
Shri. KT Rama Rao, Minister for IT, Government of Telangana said, “India has made a mark globally and the Indian ITeS industry has helped it create a niche for itself on the global landscape. We are thankful to NASSCOM to bring WCIT to India and select Hyderabad to host this prestigious confluence of global technology leaders. We are sure that WCIT will help the world, view Telangana and Hyderabad from a new perspective. “
R Chandrashekhar, President, NASSCOM, said, “We are extremely proud to have the opportunity to Co-Host WCIT 2018 along with the Government of Telangana. With the WCIT 2018, we aim to focus on digital empowerment to define new paradigms for emerging verticals and build a conducive ecosystem for growth."
Hyderabad will showcase some of the important achievements in the field of technology, and infrastructure and the State’s openness and transparency of doing business on a global platform. Quantitatively, as seen from the key deliverables achieved from previous WCIT’s, a direct ramification for Hyderabad will be the ability to generate employment and millions of USD through direct business opportunities and investment decisions. The WCIT will also lay a huge focus on organizing B2B business events with business delegations from across the world. On the innovation front, this will help attract VC funding and provide support for innovation driven early stage technology companies in the state.
