Hyderabad: The Telangana Rising delegation, led by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, made key strides on Tuesday at the 56th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. The state secured strategic global partnerships across innovation, healthcare, artificial intelligence, agriculture, and climate action.
Telangana–Israel to pilot AI and climate tech collaborations
The day began with a high-level discussion between Telangana officials and Alon Stopel, Chairman of the Israel Innovation Authority. Talks focused on joint efforts in agriculture, climate resilience, and startup-driven innovation. Israel expressed strong interest in partnering on deep-tech, AI, healthtech, agri-tech, aerospace, and cybersecurity. The two sides agreed to initiate joint AI-driven pilot programs with Israeli startups.
Royal Philips eyes healthtech partnership with Telangana
Later, the Telangana delegation met with Jan Willem-Scheijgrond, Vice President and Global Head – Government and Public Affairs at Royal Philips. Philips expressed intent to partner with Telangana in AI-based health technologies and explore establishing a knowledge hub in Hyderabad. The company invited the delegation to visit its global headquarters in the Netherlands.
The Telangana team showcased the newly launched Next-Gen Life Sciences Policy 2026–2030. The policy envisions building a $250 billion life sciences economy by 2030, with a focus on medical electronics and R&D.
CM Revanth Reddy highlighted the development of the PURE (Peri-Urban Region Economy) cluster between the ORR and RRR to scale pharma manufacturing and logistics. Minister for IT and Industries D. Sridhar Babu said this cluster, along with the new life sciences policy, Genome Valley, and a 300-acre medical devices park, will anchor Telangana’s ambition to become a $3 trillion economy by 2047.
He also noted Hyderabad’s leadership in medical tourism and AI-enabled emergency healthcare, positioning the city as a strong candidate for the Philips hub. Plans were also shared for a dedicated AI City in Hyderabad.
Shakti Nagappan, Director of Telangana Life Sciences, added that major players like Medtronic, Olympus, and GE already operate embedded R&D centers in Hyderabad.
Impressed by the state’s momentum, Willem-Scheijgrond remarked, “Telangana’s AI-led disruption in healthcare is impressive.”
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