Global Summit To Have 154 Delegates From 44 Nations

Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka today said that 154 delegates from 44 countries across six continents would be participating in the Telangana Rising Global Summit.

As per reports, of these, 46 delegates are from the United States alone.

All political parties in the State are being invited to the event, and officials are personally reaching out to extend invitations. The Chief Minister, Deputy CM and other ministers have already met key leaders to invite them. Invitations have also been extended to all other States.

Vikramarka said that the main objective of the summit was to build a 3-trillion-dollar Telangana economy by 2047. The vision document for this initiative was drafted collectively by the entire Cabinet under the leadership of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, and was prepared with guidance and inputs from NITI Aayog and ISB Hyderabad.

Speaking to the media with ministers Sridhar Babu and Mohammed Azharuddin, the Deputy CM said that the summit would commence at 1:30 pm on December 8, inaugurated by Governor Jishnu Dev Varma. The Chief Minister will deliver the keynote address at 2:30 pm.

The speakers on the first day will include Nobel-winning economist Abhijit Banerjee, Eric Swider (Trump Media & Technology Group), minister Sridhar Babu, Karnataka Deputy CM D K Shivakumar, Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi, businesswoman Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, union minister Kishan Reddy and Vikramarka himself.

Following the inaugural session, multiple department-specific sessions will be held. The sessions will run from 3 pm to 4 pm, featuring the relevant ministers, Principal Secretaries and subject experts.

Similar sessions will continue on the second day, December 9, starting at 9 am and concluding with the closing ceremony at 6 pm. The details of the dignitaries attending the closing ceremony will be announced shortly.

Vikramarka said that the Telangana Rising Global Summit 2025 was a special and strategic initiative being conducted with the intention of attracting new investors to Telangana. He described it as a summit directly connected to Telangana's future, and said that it would significantly benefit the State's long-term interests. He appealed to everyone to contribute in their respective capacities towards making the summit a success.

Expressing hope that airline connectivity issues would ease by then, he said that alternative arrangements would be made if any challenges arose. If important dignitaries faced travel difficulties, special flights would be arranged, the Deputy Chief Minister said.