Telangana News

Telangana government signed an MoU with Microsoft Corporation India and the software giant will now provide cloud, machine learning and mobile-based solutions to improve citizen services, education, healthcare and agriculture in the state.

Speaking about the pact, Telangana IT Secretary Jayesh Ranjan said, "Telangana government believes that ICT is the key to building not only a stronger economy but also an efficient and effective governance system."

"Through this partnership of ours with Microsoft, we are confident about bringing in advanced solutions pertaining to our initiatives under the Digital Telangana programme," Ranjan added.

Microsoft India (R&D) Managing Director Anil Bhansali said, "Over the past year, we have experimented with cloud, mobile and machine learning based solutions for better citizen connect as well as to help students, farmers and patients in India."

"We are delighted to bring many of those learnings to Telangana and explore new uses for these world-class technologies."

In an attempt to bring the revolution in the education system, Telangana government has launched an innovative ICT enabled solution for government schools called TS-CLASS (Telangana State Computer Literacy and Skills in Schools).