Andhra Pradesh will be made knowledge hub of India, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said on Wednesday.
He was addressing a function in which President Ram Nath Kovind dedicated Andhra Pradesh (AP) Fibre Grid and drone project to the nation.
“We are trying to make Andhra Pradesh no.1 in the country and it will be made knowledge hub of India. Students of AP are very strong in Information Technology (IT) and they are ruling in world IT industry,” Naidu said.
Talking about the economy of the state, Naidu said, “Our economic parameters are very strong vis a vis India. However, post bifurcation we have got down in some parameters, but we are striving to reach top position.”
He thanked President Kovind for dedicating Andhra Pradesh (AP) Fibre Grid and drone project to the nation. Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan was also present on the occasion.
The vision of Fibre Grid project is “to establish a highly scalable network infrastructure, accessible on a nondiscriminatory basis, to provide on demand, affordable and end-to-end broadband connectivity of 15 Mbps for all households and 100 Mbps to 1 Gbps for institutions & Offices by 2018, to enable realization of the Vision of Digital AP, in partnership with the Government of India and the private sector.”
AP State FiberNet Limited (APSFL) is responsible for undertaking the works of AP Fibergrid , its operations and maintenance and business activities.
