Hyderabad, Oct 14 Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday told delegation of Mayors from UK that the state is well placed for aggressive growth in the next few years with its focus on expansion in manufacturing sector and availability of large talent pool and a conducive business environment.
A high-level UK delegation led by Mayors of South Yorkshire, York and North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire — Oliver Coppard, David Skaith and Tracy Brabin respectively — met the CM here, an official release said.
The meeting focused on strengthening Telangana-UK regional partnerships in trade, investment, innovation, education and culture, in context of the recent signing of the India–UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).
The CM said Telangana, being the youngest state in India, emerged as one of the most dynamic states with dominance in information technology, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, biotechnology, aerospace and defence, and electronics manufacturing.
He invited UK-based investors and industrialists to attend the upcoming Invest Telangana Global Summit 2026 to be held on December 7-9 in the ‘Bharat Future City’ being developed on city outskirts by the state government.
The CM said former British Prime Minister Tony Blair played a key role as a knowledge partner in preparing the state’s long-term development roadmap “Telangana Rising 2047,” launched in December 2025.
Blair was among several global leaders, leading economists, tech leaders, and industrialists who helped shape the state’s 2047 roadmap.
The mayors called for collaboration in advanced manufacturing, healthcare, digital technology, defence, aerospace, technical textiles, skills and R&D, the release said.
The UK delegation was keen on revisiting Telangana in the near future to translate the Telangana- UK relationship into a concrete trade, investment and institutional partnership.
Oliver Coppard, Mayor of South Yorkshire, said that Yorkshire, with as many as 1,50,000 businesses across sectors, and Telangana, being the highest per capita GDP state in India, have their interests in alignment, the release said.
“We can leverage the massive scalability and the ‘hugely impressive’ digital economy ecosystem that Telangana offers with its large talent pool and resources”, he said.
Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire, drew parallels between Yorkshire and Telangana. With many shared interests, we are like brothers and sisters, she said.
The Chief Minister explained to the delegation that Hyderabad successfully hosted the 72nd Miss World Pageant in May 2025 during turbulent geopolitical times.
He also threw light on the state government’s special emphasis on skilling the youth in the wake of artificial intelligence.
The state government launched a unique university – Young India Skills University — dedicated to direct skilling by large businesses, he said.
On the occasion, the Chief Minister unveiled the UK-India Business Council’s report ‘UK-India CETA & Regional Synergies’.
State IT and Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu said the Chief Minister recently led a delegation to the UK and forged partnerships with leading universities and businesses.
(PTI News)
