State industries and IT minister K.T. Rama Rao vowed to transform Hyderabad as the global hub for life sciences and pharma industries. In his chaste American accent he gave a presentation where the delegates heard him with rapt attention.
Unlike his other family members and party leaders KTR is very good and he speaks chaste English with American accent which is a great asset to him and also the TRS.People in Telangana talk about Ramanna(KTR) and his English speaking ability. In the same fashion he can speak Andhra language apart from the Telangana dialect. His attitude is be a roman when you are in rome.
The delegates who came for the Bio Asia meeting were spell bound after hearing the speech of KTR here. The way he respects the elders shows his culture. KTR always takes blessings from the Governor Narsimhan and also takes his guidance whenever required.
“Hyderabad already has a place in global pharma map. But the Telangana government wants to take it to the top with the proposed pharma city,” the minister said addressing the delegates of the BioAsia 2017.
“The Silicon valley is considered the world’s top destination for IT sector. We will transform the Genome Valley along similar lines for pharma and life science sector,” he said.
The three-day event was inaugurated by Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan. The event witnessed many strategic partnerships and investment announcements, involving a total budget of over `3,000 crore.
Earlier in the day, the minister visited the Genome Valley in Shamirpet to inaugurate and to lay foundation stone for several firms.
It is considered as one of the biggest pharma clusters in Asia with over 200 pharma companies, employing 10,000 people. He laid foundation stone for new SEZ of city-based vaccine manufacturer Biological E. Limited, which involves a capital expenditure of of Rs 300 crore, SME Knowledge Park, MN Park (second phase).
