Chandrababu Naidu wants Stanford as knowledge partner
“In fact, my daughter-in-law is also from here and I claim that I am a member of the Stanford family by association,â€he said.
Vijayawada: Dr Lloyd B. Minor, dean of Stanford University, has said they are specialists in precision care and want to completely change the very nature of health care to that of personalised care focused on keeping people healthy.
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, during his meeting with Dr Lloyd, mentioned that he always admired Stanford for its academic excellence, which prompted him to encourage his son to pursue his higher studies here.
“In fact, my daughter-in-law is also from here and I claim that I am a member of the Stanford family by association,” he said.
He also said: “For Andhra Pradesh to grow at 15 per cent every year, we would like to have Stanford as our knowledge partners.” Later, Mr Ajay Jain made a presentation on Andhra Pradesh.
Templeton to expand research
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has called on Franklin Templeton president-COO Ms Jennifer Johnson, during his US visit.
Ms Jennifer mentioned that their journey with India so far has been very comfortable and that they are looking for right opportunities for expanding their operation.
“We are in Hyderabad, thanks to you Mr Naidu. We built a huge campus there during your last tenure,” she quoted.
Ms Jennifer informed the Chief Minister that her colleagues attended the Vishakhapatnam Fintech conference held in March. “It looks very promising for us," she remarked.
Thanking Ms Jennifer, the Chief Minister said his government is giving a big push to Fintech and that it is working towards further improvement of infrastructure and e-governance in a big way.
When Ms Jennifer enquired about the availability of high-end talent, the Chief Minister said, “All over the world for every four IT professionals, one is Indian. Out of every four Indians, one is from my state, indicating that Telugus are the best and brightest from the global talent pool.”
Ms Jennifer said they were looking for a good land with a sea view.
Ms Jennifer said she needs to convince her board that high-end talent in artificial intelligence, data analytics, processing is available in Vishakhapatnam.