17 years ago, Chandrababu Naidu, then CM of Andhra Pradesh in which Hyderabad is located made a PowerPoint presentation to convince Bill Gates to open one of Microsoft’s biggest software development centres in Hyderabad. Indian government has now partitioned Andhra Pradesh into two states called Telengana and Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad will become part of the state called Telengana in the coming years. Chandrababu Naidu has again become the CM of Andhra Pradesh and he is inviting current Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to start a similar Microsoft development center in his new state and promising all the help he needs. He has chosen Anantapur to be the main technology centre because of the availability of land and infrastructure as well as its proximity to Bangalore. And Anantpur is also the home town of Staya Nadella. Meanwhile, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has also invited Satya Nadella for a meeting to discuss the possibility of expanding IT industry in Hyderabad. Before that, Microsoft India chairman Bhaskar Pramanik is also having a...

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