Union Minister for Defence Manohar Parrikar on Saturday complimented the Government of Telangana for creating the largest incubator in the country and appreciated the impact of T-Hub.
He went around T-Hub facility in between his busy schedule in the city and spoke to the technocrats gathered there. He underlined the importance of start-up ecosystem and said new ideas would emerge from such initiatives.
Addressing the gathering, Mr. Parrikar said: With technology you can make a difference. When I ventured into politics, I realised my engineering background and technological knowledge could be used to help the State. We need to create confidence among people that politicians are also good. Ultimately, politics will deliver.
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“Introducing technology is simply the best effort made by me. In 2002, I took the bold initiative of introducing a new technology for sewage treatment in India. The second initiative was garbage treatment as tonnes of garbage is dumped everyday. We opened a plant in Goa which cleared the garbage in the area completely. Technology can be a solution to many requirements of our country,” Mr. Parrikar told them explaining how technology helped.
Telangana Minister for Industries and IT K. Taraka Rama Rao, IT Secretary Jayesh Ranjan, T-Hub CEO Jay Krishnan and T-Hub Founder and COO Srinivas Kollipara were present on the occasion. Three start-ups from T-Hub -- Banyan Nation, Graphene and Bodhaguru -- presented their start-ups and ideas to the Defence Minister. Mr. Parrikar had engaging conversations with them as he enquired about their start-ups.