Lokesh meets global leaders at Davos

Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh team is continuing its tour in Davos. Education Minister Nara Lokesh met Hitachi India MD Bharat Kaushal and urged him to cooperate for implementing HVDC-model of modern technology for power transmission in AP.

Taking to X, Lokesh mentioned, “I urged Bharat Kaushal to expedite the grounding works of three waste-to-energy plants (Kadapa, Anantapur, proposed in the state. He said that measures would be taken for the construction of the plants after speaking to the company representatives. Bharat Kaushal explained that Hitachi was developing systems to improve public services delivery in alignment with real-time data analytics.”

Lokesh also appealed to the WEF Healthcare head Shyam Bishen to cooperate with the state officials to make Andhra Pradesh into a Healthcare Technology hub. He asked Bishen to cooperate in realizing the Swrandhra-2047 goals a reality. He also asked Bishen to assist in taking up training programmes for providing global-level health medicare in the state. When Bishen said that they were planning to begin ‘Medicine from the Sky’ programme in India, Lokesh urged him to initiate the services in Andhra Pradesh. Bishen revealed that they were planning to use AI and other latest technology in quality medicare.

Lokesh also met World Trade Centres Association chairman John Drew and urged him to set up a Trade Hub in AP.

Joh Drew also said that 13 World Trade Centres were functioning in India and seven of them are under construction.

To this, Drew said they would consider establishing the World Trade Centre.