Wealth generation is my prime aim: AP CM

Amaravati: Terming his recent US tour a successful one, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said he had gone to the US for creating wealth in the newly formed Andhra Pradesh.

Addressing the media in the Secretariat at Velagapudi on Saturday, Naidu explained that his aim to develop the state as a knowledge hub got a shot in the arm during the US tour.

He said he and his team members have utilized each and every minute in the US for ways to develop the state. While terming knowledge as wealth, he stressed that where there is knowledge there is development.

Maintaining that the present Fourth World Revolution has the Internet of Things at the core, Naidu said his prime purpose of the US visit is to study the latest innovations in technology at Silicon Valley, California.

Observing that Indians have got prime positions in the IT sector across the world, he said it is a proud moment for us. “Of every four IT professionals, there is one from India. Of every four of Indian techies, there is one from Telugu states,” he said.

When he was the Chief Minister in the combined state of AP, he increased the number of engineering colleges from 30 to 350 keeping in mind the changing world scenario, which gave its fruits in the later days. There are lakhs of IT professionals from Telugu states are working as software professionals across the world, Naidu said.

Terming his US visit as most fruitful one, Naidu said his visit has paved way for bringing solar storage to the state. He said he had visited the Tesla company, manufacturing of solar panels for residential needs and also for cars.

“Through installing solar panels on house tops, we can utilize solar energy for residential needs and also as energy for running cars for which the storage technology will be provided by Tesla,” he said.

“While establishing solar storage technology, we will provide energy to agriculture pumpsets in the first stage,” he announced. “In the second stage, we will focus on solar energy generation and its storage which will change the entire power scenario in the country,” Naidu said.

His government will design village-level power grids, which is an innovative idea and which will be a revolution in the power sector, he claimed. “AP will be developed as solar energy generation hub, which will be helpful in protecting the environment.

“My aim is to reduce the power charges in the future, which will become reality if we generate surplus solar energy. I have focused mainly on energy, agriculture, education and medical services during my US tour,” said Naidu.

The government has come to an understanding with Iowa University, one of the best universities in the world, for establishing Mega Seed Park in AP, he said. Taking the help of Netherlands University too, the government will launch innovative experiments in the agriculture sector in the state, he said.

Referring to the USIBC Transformative Chief Minister Award, he said he had received the award for getting brand image to the state. Recalling his visit to Google X, Naidu said the company has come forward to take AP as its pilot project for doing experiments, Naidu claimed.

Adding further, he said that Franklin Templeton, an expert company in Financial Technology, evinced keen interest in developing Visakhapatnam as Financial City. Nutanix came forward to support AP in cloud computing software technology, Naidu said.

Disclosing that Google, Apple, Tesla, Franklin Templeton, Cisco, Qualcomm, Zoho and other international companies have shown interest in investing the state, he said the agreements made with EVX solutions and Innova Solutions will create thousands of jobs in AP.

International architect company M Moser has also evinced interest to become partner in the construction of Amaravati, Naidu said.

The NRIs in the US are interested in establishing 28 IT companies in AP, where they will be provided lands on lease at Amaravati and Visakhapatnam, he said.

When he met Dell representative Srikant Satya at Dallas, he also expressed his readiness to establish a call centre in Amaravati or other place in AP, Naidu said.

Referring his visit to Mayo Hospital, the best corporate hospital in the world located in Rochester, Naidu said he had made a bid to bring its branch in AP.

Taking the inspiration from the Mayo hospital, which is providing its health services under Patient First slogan, the AP government will also take up People’s First slogan and an announcement will be given in the Collectors meet, which will be convened in the coming days, Naidu said.