The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026 in Davos turned into a launchpad for Telangana’s growth ambitions on Tuesday, as global industry leaders gathered at the India Pavilion to explore investment opportunities in one of India’s fastest-growing states. Stakeholders, industrialists, and business delegates interacted with policymakers and experts to understand how Telangana is shaping the future across sectors from semiconductors to life sciences.
Discussions at the forum focused on innovation, sustainable growth, and leveraging the State’s ecosystem for next-generation industries.
Telangana’s Minister for Information Technology and Industries, D Sridhar Babu, took the stage to invite global investors to partner in the State’s long-term vision, “Telangana Rising.” Addressing leading industrialists, he highlighted Telangana’s emergence as a national role model for Ease of Doing Business, offering a highly conducive, policy-driven industrial ecosystem.
“We are not waiting for the future; we are building it,” he said, calling upon global companies to leverage the State’s strengths and actively participate in its growth journey.
The Minister also outlined an ambitious roadmap to scale Telangana’s economy to USD 3 trillion by 2047, prioritising key growth sectors including pharmaceuticals, life sciences, biotechnology, healthcare innovation, electronics, semiconductors, hardware manufacturing, IT and ITeS, aerospace and defence, textiles, food processing, agro-based industries, renewable energy, and green technologies.
He emphasized that this strategy is backed by institutional reforms, forward-looking policies, and visionary planning.
Highlighting recent achievements, Sridhar Babu noted that Telangana has mobilised investments of around Rs 2.5 lakh crore over the past two years and remains committed to attracting new industries while creating large-scale employment for its youth.
He later announced that Life Sciences Policy 2.0 and the Telangana AI Innovation Hub (TAIH) would be unveiled from the Davos platform, boosting the State’s global brand and positioning Telangana as a preferred destination for next-generation industries.
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