Delegates of leadership programme tour Sri City

Tirupati: Participants of the Leadership for Academicians Programme (LEAP), a weeklong workshop being held at the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Sri City toured the Sri City Integrated Business City on Tuesday.  

The team, comprising 25 senior professors from the leading higher educational institutions, on its arrival at Business Centre, was received by the MD Ravindra Sannareddy.

Briefing the visitors about the unique features of the eco-industrial park, he said that they aimed at building a holistic eco-system for providing a sustainable environment to the best brands for setting up their ventures, strengthen the concept of providing urban amenities at a rural setting, and boost the economy of the region. During the briefing session, they all evinced keen interest and quizzed on different aspects of Sri City.

The team went round the mega industrial township and witnessed the works in progress at the production units Alstom India, the French industry that manufactures metro rail coaches. 

The IIIT Sri City and National Institute of Technology (NIT) Tiruchirappalli, in collaboration with the Singapore based Nanyang Technological University organised the workshop.