On the second day of three-day CII Partnership Summit and Sunrise Andhra Pradesh Investment Meet, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu made a presentation on real-time governance and his vision to establish a data-driven economy.
Mr. Naidu showcased the use of Alexa-Amazon’s cloud voice service on the status of horticulture and education in the East Godavari and Srikakulam districts. Later, on video-conference mode, he interacted with a student of Andhra University and, in reply to her query, said that ₹100 crore had been allotted to encourage innovative ideas among youngsters. He said his dream was to generate one entrepreneur from each family by providing 15 Mbps connections at₹149 to use Internet, TV and phone facility by AP Fibre Grid.
He said that instead of developing the fibre grid by laying underground cables, which would have cost the exchequer a whopping ₹6,000 crore, AP was the first State to provide bandwidth by connecting cables to electric poles at a cost of ₹320 crore.
Stating that a seamless and data-driven economy by ensuring optimum use of new technologies was very crucial for any State, he elaborated on how, in A.P., land data had been digitised and the State was introducing Bhudhaar with 11 digit unique numbers on the lines of Aadhar to access latest information on land-related issues. The project, he said, would be completed by year-end.
The Chief Minister said that for achieving real-time governance, all offices would be fully computerised by March. Hybrid cloud management would make the State a cloud hub in a partnership with Microsoft. “By installing surveillance cameras, I can monitor the situation on the roads, find out the number of street lights and their functioning, and about potholes and eve-teasing or any robbery taking place anywhere,” he stated.
He said virtual classrooms had been provided in 4,000 schools and 2,000 more would have the facility shortly. “A.P. is the first State to set up a Drone Corporation to undertake soil testing, spray pesticides, and even distribute food and medicines in case of exigencies,” he pointed out.
Among others, Nitin Sisodia, CEO, Sohan Innovations Lab; Sibabrata Das, COO, Automberg Technologies; Peter Vesterbacka, co-founder, Lightneer Inc; and Amit Narayanan, CEO, Autogrid Systems Ltd., were present.
