INTEGRATED ECOSYSTEM TOWARDS

ACHIEVING DIGITAL TELANGANA

ANNUAL REPORT

Information Technology, Electronics &

Communications Department
Government of Telangana
2017
FROM THE
MINISTERS DESK
I am pleased to continue the tradition of releasing the
Annual Report of the ITE&C Department on the occasion
of State Formation day for the 3rd consecutive year. Like
the previous 2 years, the year 2016-17 was a highly
successful one for the growth of the IT Industry in our
State of Telangana. Data from 2016-17 reveals that we
have shown impressive results in terms of IT exports and
employment, and for the 3rd year in a row, the growth is
significantly more than the national average growth.

While we have positive developments of our State on the

one hand, we also need to monitor some of the
worrisome global trends closely. Trends like protectionist
policies being followed in different parts of the World,
growing automation and a drastic decline in the
employability of conventional skill sets, are both
challenges and opportunities for us. So far, we seem to
have managed the challenges well, and I feel confident
that we have the agility to identify opportunities better
than others and maintain our outstanding growth in the
future.

All the Wings and Institutions under the ITE&C

Department have continued to do well during 2016-17,
and establish high reputation among their stakeholders.
T-Hub, TASK, T-Fiber, Mee Seva, to name a few, have Sri K. Taraka Rama Rao
today become national role models being emulated in Hon'ble Minister for IT, MA&UD, Industries &
many other States. The new institution to find place in the Commerce, Mines & Geology, NRI Affairs
list during 2016-17 is SOFTNET, which has made a very Government of Telangana
encouraging beginning by reaching out its services in
large numbers to various user groups.

We are expecting 2017-18 to be the year in which the last

batch of new initiatives that are at the planning stage to
get launched. Some major initiatives that we can look
forward to this year include T-Hub Phase -II, T-App Folio
(m-Governance Platform of Telangana), Mee Seva 2.0,
T-Works, IMAGE towers, to name a few.

The support of the IT Industry and other stakeholders for

all our initiatives has been very commendable. I convey
my appreciation to all of them, and hope to get their
continued cooperation this year also.
DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW
Information Technology, Electronics & Communications Department plays a crucial role in:
a) Policy formulation for IT and ESDM sector
b) Conceptualising and initiating various e-Governance initiatives
c) Promoting investments in IT, ITES, ESDM and other emerging technologies through proactive measures
d) Creating a congenial environment for IT and ESDM companies to setup/ expand their operations in the State
e) Monitor the benefits of IT percolating to the last mile of the State
f) Providing strong communications backbone in the State
Telangana State targets to achieve more than INR 120,000 Cr worth of IT exports by 2020, growing at a CAGR of
16% and create more than 4 lakhs of direct employment and 20 lakhs of indirect employment by 2020.
The Department has one HOD i.e Commissioner, Electronics Services Delivery (ESD), one Public Sector
Undertaking i.e Telangana State Technology Services (TSTS) Ltd., two registered societies i.e. Society for
Telangana Network (SoFTNET) and Telangana Academy of Skill and Knowledge, two companies Photonics Valley
Corporation and T-Hub Foundation.
The ITE&C Department has Promotions, Communications, Infrastructure, e-Governance and Administration
Wings.

IMPRESSIVE GROWTH STORY

The IT, E&C Department has set a target of doubling IT/ ITeS exports in five years and is moving decisively
towards achieving it.
States IT/ ITeS exports registered an impressive growth rate (YoY) of 13.85% during 2016-17 which is about 4%
higher than the national average.
Direct employment generated by Telangana IT sector reached 4,31,891 with 24,506 new professionals in the last
year added to the list. It also provides indirect employment to about 7 lakh people.

2016-17
85,470 2015-16
75,070 2016-17
2015-16
4,31,891
4,07,385

2014-15
66,276 2014-15
3,71,774

2013-14 2013-14
57,258 3,23,396

IT/ITES Exports* Employment*

INR Crores No. of Professionals

(*The statistics were provided by Director of Software

Growth in IT/ITES Exports Percentage
Technology Parks of India (STPI) and Development
All India* 10 % Commissioner, SEZ)
Telangana 13.85%
(* Projected by NASSCOM)

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 LAUNCH OF SECTORAL POLICIES
In the ICT Policy 2016, Telangana Government has identified a number of emerging technologies and resolved to
position the State as a leader within the country in those sectors.
In this direction, the ITE&C Department has brought out four specific policies. Apart from the four sub-policies
launched on 4th April, 2016, four other sectoral policies viz. Cyber Security, Data Centres, Data Analytics and Open
Data were unveiled on 15 September, 2016 at Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) in the presence of
Honble Minister for IT, Industries, MA&UD and NRI Affairs Sri KT Rama Rao. Two more policies - IoT and
Electronic Waste - are in the pipeline and will be launched soon.

Cyber Security Policy 2016

Build awareness about cyber security
and safe cyber practices among citizens
Build capacity and protect our Critical
Information Infrastructure
Equip professionals with requisite cyber
security skills and knowledge and
establish a pool of Cyber Warriors to
work with the State

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Data Analytics Policy 2016
Provide access to large amounts of data
generated by the Government and
develop a mechanism to ensure its
sharing and interoperability
Create a conducive environment for
transforming breathtaking ideas into
products
Leverage the power of analytics to
provide its citizens with smart solutions

Data Centres Policy 2016

Promote Hyderabad as a major

Data Centre Hub
Promote manufacturing of related
products such as servers, racks etc.

Open Data Policy 2016

Assist various departments/institutions
of the government to proactively share
data in both human readable and
machine readable formats, using open
standards, and under open license.
Lay down the process of public listing of
certain data sets that are not part of the
negative list.
Define a process to engage with data
users (Citizens & others) for better
outcomes.
Address all privacy & confidentiality
concerns while sharing data.

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 E-GOVERNANCE INITIATIVES
INTEGRATED PEOPLE INFORMATION HUB (IPIH) - CITIZEN 3600
A path-breaking platform that is open for all the Departments, wherein data from a large number of diverse sources
will be processed and records will be linked using non-primary keys without depending on a unique ID like Aadhaar
Number. The platform gives a real time 3600 view of citizens details. It was launched in 2016.

Key Technologies used

Datalytics (Data + Analytics)
Master Data Management
Data Mining
Record Linkage & Network Analysis
Context-based Relationship Discovery

Outcome
The IPIH Platform has achieved following broad outcomes:
Higher revenue mobilization by preventing leakages
Proper targeting of beneficiaries with respect to welfare programmes
Certificate-less Governance to the citizens
Technology-backed smart policing

GHMC
Trade License Collections saw an increase of 50% from
28.6 Cr to 42 Cr for 2016-17 FY. This hike is due to the
comparing of IPIH Trade License data with
Commercial Tax data and the identification of about
1,00,000 taxpayers. The number of tax payers also
grew from 42,836 to 76, 622 - a 79% increase. These
are highest ever figures for GHMC and there was no
change in tax rates for the period mentioned.

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HMWSSB
The databases of TSSPDCL, GHMC and Commercial
Taxes Dept were checked with HMWSSB's using IPIH
and 41,857 domestic water connection accounts were
identified as possible commercial connections. The
commercial tariff is about five times that of domestic
tariff. HMWSSB expects that there would be a
reclassification of about 20,000 domestic connections
as commercial ones - a 65% increase.
Civil Supplies
IPIH Platform had identified that about 90,000 ineligible
families from higher income groups in Hyderabad were
availing benefits that are meant for below poverty line
families. The ration cards were withdrawn in August 2016
resulting in savings of about Rs. 5.5 crore per month.
Vigilance and Enforcement Department
IPIH platform identified that 40,000 ineligible students
from higher income categories have applied for
scholarship after analyzing the data from e-PASS
database for the year 2016-17.
Housing Department
IPIH platform is being used for identification of genuine
beneficiaries for 2BHK Housing Scheme.
Telangana Police
IPIH platform is assisting Telangana Police in effective
crime investigations, smart policing and quicker
passport verification.
TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS FOR DEPARTMENTS
Digital Dashboards:
Partnered with Administrative Staff College of India
(ASCI) for mapping the information flow in seven select
departments i.e. ITE&C, MAUD, Industries & Commerce,
Panchayat Raj & Rural Development, Education, Social
Welfare and Health, Medical & Family Welfare.
Artificial Intelligence and Analytics
After signing an MoU with Microsoft, PoCs have been
conducted with the Health Department on a dashboard
for RBSK (Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram) and
Education Department on identifying potential school
dropouts.
e-Health Centres
Four more e-health centres have been commissioned in
remote locations, of which work has begun in Siddapur
and Nagaram, thus taking the total count to 7.
Disaster Management Portal
The heat wave portal launched last year has been
revamped and work has begun on expanding the portal
to now include a module on floods.
GHMC - Telangana Sishu Aadhaar Project (T-SAP)
Launched in three selected Government hospitals at
Petla Burj, Sultan Bazar and King Koti in Hyderabad.
Under this, Aadhaar Card, Birth Certificate and Birth
Defect Registration Certificate will be issued for new born
babies at Hospital level and the same would be pushed to
the Digital Locker. More than 6,000 infants were already
given services. Health Department, GHMC, UIDAI RO -
Telangana and CSC (SPV) are other stakeholders. IT
Department has assisted in the development of e-Birth
Defect Registry Web Application.
e-Blood Banks
Software for improving blood bank services and making
safe blood available to citizens. Health & Family Welfare
Department, National Health Mission (NHM), Telangana
State Aids Control Society (TSACS) and Telangana State
Blood Transfusion Council (TSBTC) are stakeholders.
A team has visited Odisha to study eBlood Bank
Application Software that it has been using for three
years. It was found to be useful and Telangana
Government is considering adopting it.
Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram
RBSK Application was designed, developed, rolled out
and maintained for Health, Medical and Family Welfare
Department. Conducted training to field staff in 31
districts.
Janahitha
Citizen Relationship & Grievance Management System
(CRGMS) or Janahitha will enable a citizen to file
grievances through multiple entry points like e-mail,
WhatsApp, web portal, mobile phone and dedicated call
centre. A Pilot is taken up at Suryapet District
Collectorate.
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MERIT Application
Medical Education and Research in Telangana (MERIT)
Web Application for Health, Medical & Family Welfare
Department. Stores medical research content for
collaboration at national and international level.
Amma Odi Web Application
For Health, Medical & Family Welfare Department that
enables pregnant woman to register themselves and
receive monetary assistance online.
Vemulawada Temple eServices
Hon'ble Minister for IT has launched the Online Sevas
and Room Booking Services for Sri Raja Rajeshwara
Swamy Devasthanam, Vemulawada
Farmer Registration service
Developed for Telangana State Micro Irrigation Project
(TSMIP), Horticulture Department. It enables farmers to
register through MeeSeva centres for availing subsidy for
horticulture/sericulture crops. More than 50,000 farmers
have enrolled.
TSTDC Portal: Online bookings for the Sound & Light
Show at Golconda fort (on pilot basis) and for boating at
Hussain Sagar have been commenced.
Telangana State Paramedical Board: A new web portal
and mobile application have been developed.
Agriculture Department
1. Maa Bhoomi - Maa Panta Initiative has been
launched.
2. 1,781 Samsung tablets have been distributed to
Agriculture Extension Officers.
3. Agriculture Department website has been
redesigned.
4. Soil Health Cards distribution initiative has been
taken up.
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Prohibition & Excise Department
1. Excise e-Governance Project has been taken up to
automate services.
2. License for liquor shop, license for liquor
distribution, license for narcotics (ND4) drugs for lab
purposes, licenses for rectified spirit, bar license,
event permits and grievances requests are being
processed online.
General Administration Department (GAD)
Telangana is the first state where pilot of e-Sanad Project
of Ministry of External Affairs, GoI for documents
certification by GAD (NRI Section) has been launched.
Telangana State Public Service Commission
Assisting the TSPSC to set up ICT Infrastructure and
Web Application
Assistance to Departments in EODB Ranking
Towards improving Ease of Doing Business Ranking,
fifty six Online Licensing Management System Services
have been enabled in Agriculture Department, eight
each have been enabled in IGRS, Legal Metrology
Department, Civil Supplies Department etc.
Aaadhar Enabled Payment System (AEPS)
AEPS is a bank-led model which allows for online
interoperable financial transaction through the business
correspondent of any bank using the Aadhaar
authentication.
Aadhaar Enabled Bio-Metric Attendance System for
1. Telangana State Tourism Development Corporation
2. ITE&C Department
3. Siddipet Collectorate Office
4. District Medical & Health Office, Siddipet
eOffice
Hyderabad, Mahbubnagar and Sangareddy District
Collectorates, ITE&C, MAUD Depts. in Secretariat,
EPTRI, ACB, TSMDC, HMWS&SB and CDMA are
implementing eOffice initiative
CAPACITY BUILDING & TRAININGS
State Level Workshops
a. Cyber Security workshop for about 150 State
Government officers from 23 Departments.
b. Geographical Information System State Level Seminar
was conducted in collaboration with Telangana Remote
Sensing & Applications Center (TRAC) and Environmental
Systems Research Institute (ESRI) - a Global GIS Solutions
Software. Seventy five State Government officers from 20
Departments participated in the seminar and requirements
related to GIS initiatives in the following departments
finalized:
Mines & Geology
Health, Medical & Family Welfare
Women & Child Welfare
Transport
Roads & Buildings
Horticulture
c. One Stop Services: Conducted training for 600 OSS
operators in 4 Districts.
d. Awareness on Digital Signatures and PKI Workshop was
conducted for all the Department and District-level officials
in coordination with C-DAC, Bengaluru.
Digital Financial Literacy
ITE& C Department, Government of Telangana has taken up
3-tier approach to sensitize citizens and merchants at District,
Mandal and Gram Panchayat Levels to train Citizens on digital
finance and to enable them in using various mechanisms of
digital financial services such as Cards, AEPS, USSD, IMPS,
UPI, e-Wallet and Bank PoS machines etc.
Outcomes
1. 7,13,540 citizens trained
2. 1,17,908 merchants learnt to transact using Electronic
Payment Systems
3. 373 workshops conducted at District, Mandal and Gram
Panchayat Level for Merchants, Traders etc
e. One-day Workshop was held for Department
officers on Internet Security and m-Governance.
f. Women Boot camps were organised in
coordination with 'Girls in Tech'.
Initiatives on Digital Financial Literacy and Digital
Financial Transactions in Telangana
Unique Achievements
Telangana stands number one in the country in
digital transactions. Recorded over 15 crore e-
transactions in five months. The share of digital
economy reached 5% of the GSDP
T Wallet
The official digital wallet of Telangana State the
first for any State Government. Anytime, Anywhere
Platform for digital payments. No extra charges for
the citizens
Supports payments for both Government, Private
Organisations and individuals
Accessible on desktops, laptops, smart phones,
feature phones and MeeSeva centres
Digidhan Melas
To spread awareness on digital financial
transactions and to improve the digital financial
literacy among citizens four DigiDhan Melas were
conducted in Hyderabad, Warangal, Nizamabad
and Karimnagar.
Yadadri, the first cashless temple town
Telangana Information Technology Association
(TITA), under its 'Digithon initiative empowered
1,015 merchants in the temple town of Yadadri to
adopt cashless transactions.
Ibrahimpur in Siddipet District became the first
cashless village in South India.
 ELECTRONIC SERVICE DELIVERY (ESD)
Electronic Service Delivery (ESD) is a major step towards Governance through Accountability, Transparency and
Innovation.
A platform consisting of two components eSeva and MeeSeva, ESD has redefined the way Government services
are delivered to citizens by bringing in more than 600 services of 40 departments through 4,200 centres spread
across the Telangana State. With the core principle anytime, anywhere service delivery, ESD has taken
Government to the citizens doorsteps by integrated and collaborative approach offering services in a seamless
manner within defined timelines with a real time SMS based tracking of the applications.

KEY STATISTICS
3,62,46,570 persons served
2,65,000 citizens served on 22
June, 2016; the highest in the
history of ESD
110 Government owned centres
4,200 Franchisees/Kiosks
40 Participating Departments
More than 600 services offered
Amount routed 4085.43 crore

MAJOR INITIATIVES
MeeSeva 2.0 with a completely re-engineered platform for a
better user experience and service delivery
T-Wallet, the official digital wallet of Telangana State, is ready to
be launched. This Anytime, Anywhere digital payment option is
the first wallet by any State Government in the country
T-App Folio, a comprehensive m-Governance platform for all
Departments of Government of Telangana. Telangana is the
second State in the country to launch this kind of an application
T e-Vault is a step towards achieving certificate-less and paper-
less Governance
Digitizing 1,100 Call Centres
Geo-fencing of all MeeSeva centres
Increase in commission to Franchisees and salaries to operators

http://www.tg.meeseva.gov.in https://www.facebook.com/TGMeeSeva https://twitter.com/MeeSeva_tg

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MEESEVA TRANSACTIONS
12096.7
11890.5 Month-wise ESD Transactions (In lakhs)
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RECOGNITION
Received prestigious Skoch Order of Merit
Award in September, 2016
About 6 teams from India and abroad visited
ESD to study the platform from the best
practices perspective

CSR ACTIVITY
Active Participation in Telangana Haritha Haaram
More than 20,000 saplings were planted through
more than 4,200 ESD Centres across the State.

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 ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING
Government of Telanganas keen understanding of the Electronics ecosystem enabled it to gain much ground in its
engagements with various strategic partners.

Promotion of ESDM
Two EMCs, one at E-City in Raviriyal and
another at Maheshwaram, have received final
approval from Government of India (GOI) with
Rs. 400 Cr. sanctioned for infrastructure and
common facility development
To promote domestic manufacturing, an LED
park in 120 Acres created at Shivnagar in
Medak with most of the local manufacturers
having provided Letters of Intent (LoIs)
Datawind, a Canadian company setup its
facility in Telangana.
Smartron sets up its mobile manufacturing unit
in Hyderabad
Academia and Industry interaction held to
facilitate communication between the local
companies and the academic Institutions to
enhance the current curriculum to make
students prepared for the marketplace.

T-WORKS
India's largest prototyping centre for electronics, electro mechanical and mechanical start-ups.

Status
Operating model validated through Indian Hardware Startup Survey which received responses from over 70
hardware startups across 8 cities, many expressed interest to move to T-Works.

Progress
Collated list of startups in the electronics, electro-mechanics, and mechanical hardware space
Listed 200+ Equipment, Consumables, Paraphernalia with approximate cost
Engaged with top academic institutions in Hyderabad as academic partner
Discussions with over 10 industry partners in consumer appliances, IoT, MedTech, AR/VR, CleanTech etc. Also
entering into partnerships with top CAD/CAM and EDA Software providers
$500,000 worth industry sponsored equipment ready to move to site. Rs. 8 Cr equipment list ready for
procurement

PHOTONICS INITIATIVE
Government of Telangana has taken up Photonics initiative to explore alternative computing paradigms. It has
instituted Photonics Valley Corporation for evolving an ecosystem at Hyderabad for mobilizing technology, R&D
and manufacturing partners among other stakeholders.

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 TELANGANA STATE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
Telangana State Technology Services (TSTS) is the Nodal Agency for consultancy and hardware & software
procurement services for all government departments in the State

Turnover FY 2016-17: Sections Turnover in INR (Cr)

2015-16 2016-17
0.25% Procurement 77.91 126.72
IIP & Networking 42.32 56.68
35% eGov & Consultancy 135.38 170.38
SCA Operations -- 0.44

16% Tech. Manpower Supply 5.43 7.43

2% Technology Service Unit 0.66 0.91
*Grand Total (Rs.) 261.70 362.56

0.1%
47%

Procurement IIP & Networking eGov & Consultancy

SCA Operations Technical Manpower Supply Technology Service Unit

PROJECTS AND OUTCOMES

Consultancy Projects & e-Governance Initiatives
Took over Service Center Agency (SCA) operations to lead the delivery of Government Services and manage the
franchisees in the State
Implementation of new e-Procurement System for State of Telangana
Mobile Services Delivery Gateway (MSDG) Framework for all the existing Meeseva services
Infrastructure up-gradation for GSTN and Modernisation of Border Check posts for Commercial Taxes Department
Special Purpose 4K Resolution Surveillance Cameras for Hyderabad City Police
Citizen Friendly Services for Transport Dept. (CFST)
Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System for GHMC Sanitation Workers

Hardware & Office Automation Projects

Tablet PCs procurement for Agriculture, Social Welfare, Tribal Welfare, Education, Commercial Taxes, Health &
Family Welfare, Planning, Revenue Departments, Hyderabad City Police and State Election Commission
CCTV Surveillance System procured for School Education Dept., Osmania University, State Police Academy and
High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad
Preparation of DPR for T-Fiber Project
Procurement of ICT equipment for Government Degree Colleges
Establishment of Digital Class Rooms for Govt Degree Colleges
Procurement of Crime Investigation & Forensic Tools/ Kits for setting up of Forensic Labs

Infrastructure & Networking Projects

Procurement of Computer Hardware & Campus LAN Infrastructure for NIMS
Procurement of 64K SCOSTA Smart Cards & other consumables for Transport Dept.
The Integrated Traffic Management System (ITMS) is being replicated for Cyberabad

http://www.tsts.telangana.gov.in

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 EVENTS &
CONFERENCES

1 2

3 4 5

6 7 8

9 10 11

1. Capgemini 10,000 Employees Celebrations

2. August Fest 2016
3. TATA Strive Skill Development Centre
4. NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2016
5. T-HUB Innovate for Digital India
6. Copart India Tech Centre Inauguration
7. Digital India Conclave
8. ACT Fibernet 1GBPS Event
9. IITF 2016 Telangana State Day
10. SCSC Cyber Security Conclave 2.0
11. ICANN 57 Inaugural
12 12. ICT4D Conference Inaugural

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 FOREIGN
VISITS
1 2

3 4 5

6 7 8

9 10 11

12 13 14

1. With Mr. John Chambers, Executive Chairman, CISCO
2. With Mr. Stacy J. Smith and Mr. Robert H. Swan, Intel
3. With Mr. Osvaldo Di Campli President &
Head - Global Enterprises & Public Sector, Nokia
4. At Ericsson Experience Center at Santa Clara
5. With Mr Ram Shriram, investor and founder of Sherpalo
6. With Mr. Shantanu Narayen, CEO Adobe and
Mr. Keerti Melkote of Aruba Networks
7. With Mr. Bipul Sinha, CEO, Rubrik, Inc.
8. With Mr. Jason Horwath, CIO, Electronic Arts
9. With A-STAR Representatives
10. With Mr. Siva Sivaram and Mr. Manish Bhatia,
Western Digital Corp
11. With Mr. Sanjay Jha, CEO, Globalfoundries
12. With Mr. Jure Sola, CEO & Chairman,
Sanmina Corp
13. With Mr. Doug Britt, President, Flextronics
14. With TiE Silicon Valley members

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With Mr. Milin Desai, VP, Vmware With members of IT Serve Alliance With Mr. Daniel Sturman, SVP, Cloudera

MoUs

1 2

CISCO-GHMC on Smart City Pilot To assist Goa Govt. on IT Development

MEETINGS

1 2

3 4 5

1. With the delegation of UK Parliamentarians

2. With Sri K Padmanabhaiah, Chairman, ASCI
3. Interaction with students at IIT Madras
4. With ISRO Chairman Sri A.S. Kiran Kumar
5. With Uber CEO Mr. Travis Kalanick 6

6. With the representatives of Pegatron Corporation

7. With Delaware Governor Mr. Jack Markell

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 SPREADING IT TO TIER-II LOCATIONS
IT Incubation Centres announced for Warangal, Karimnagar and Khammam Districts. Land parcels
identified in these districts.

Warangal - Emerging IT Hub

Government has taken some key initiatives for the city of
Warangal with an aim to make it another IT destination in
Telangana.
IT SEZ in an area of 45 acres
IT Incubation Centre - 15,000 sq. ft. built up space in Plug &
Play Mode
The 15,000 sq.ft Phase-II IT Incubation Centre at Madikonda
coming up with an investment of Rs.6 crore will be operational
by the end of 2017
IT Incubation Centres are coming up in Karimnagar and
Khamman Districts in a 25,000 sq.ft. built up space with plug
and play facilities
Ventois Software, Dallas, USA and Kakatiya IT Solutions have
set up their operations at Warangal IT Incubation Tower
ECLAT Health Solutions inaugurated IT KPO in Karimnagar. IMAGE TOWER
The training and delivery centre will house 1000 employees
Innovation in Multimedia, Animation,
Telekha Networking Technologies, Huzurabad and Kakatiya Gaming & Entertainment Tower is coming
Hub for Social Innovation, Nizamabad have started their up in 6 lakh sq.ft. space with an estimated
operations cost of Rs. 570 cr. Will be completed by
Many US-based companies - Advance Soft, Cloud Integrator, 2018
RK Technical Services, Shub Solutions, Sriven Technologies,
TechnoGen Inc., Vinsys, Tanla Solutions - have shown interest
in setting up their operations in Khammam

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 TELANGANA ACADEMY OF SKILL
AND KNOWLEDGE (TASK)
A unique skill development initiative from IT, E&C Department aimed at improving the quality of graduates coming
out of colleges by imparting industry-grade skill sets. More than 1 lakh youth from across Telangana have been
skilled since TASKs inception in June, 2015.

CATEGORY 2015-16 2016-2017

TASK Registered Colleges 294 527
TASK Registered Students 29,738 45,229
Students Skilled through TASK Initiatives 43,271 62,678
Faculty Skilled through TASK Initiatives 888 2,045

UNIQUE SKILLING INITIATIVES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Ranked No. 1 in the country on ESDM skilling enrolments and certification
Skilling programmes through ICICI Foundation and CallHealth Services Ltd for unemployed youth from
BPL families. More than 600 of them placed
Dedicated skilling programme for 145 Persons with Disabilities
Business English Certification Pilot completed in 5 districts of Telangana in collaboration with University of
Cambridge
Conducted Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Pilot in collaboration with Life Sciences Sector Skill
Development Corporation and CII-Telangana. Handed over Assessment Certificates to 76 Qualified
Chemists
Launched TASK Mobile Application for IOS and Android versions

https://www.task.telangana.gov.in/ https://www.facebook.com/task.ts @taskts

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 AWARDS
SKOCH Platinum Award for Revamping Skilling
Initiatives for youth in Telangana in the IT/ITES Sector
and Order of Merit Award for qualifying among the Top
100 projects in India
Recognised by CISCO as NETACAD Champion for
the contribution and commitment to CISCO Networking
Academy Program

Launching of Mobile App

MOUs SIGNED

With IBM Career Education

To provide IBM Career Education courses on Bluemix,
Worklight, Infosphere Big Insights

With Internshala
For providing Internships, Online Trainings for
Engineering Graduates; 10,234 students availed it

With Salesforce
To provide Salesforces Apex and Visual force courses
for Engineering Graduates
MoU with TATA Strive

With CallHealth
To create productive livelihood opportunities in the
healthcare sector 78 youth have been skilled and 44 have
been placed at CallHealth Offices

With TATA Strive

To offer Empowerment Coaching of Facilitators (ECF) for
faculty members and Finishing School Projects for
unemployed youth in the BFSI sector MoU with CallHealth

With BSE Institute Limited

To provide skilling and employment for youth in
BFSI Space

With Certiport
To make available Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS),
Autodesk Certified Professional (ACP) and Autodesk
Certified User (ACU) certification to students

MoU with Salesforce

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 T-HUB
Indias largest technology incubator located at IIIT-Hyderabad campus, T-Hub is the fastest-growing startup engine
catalyzing Innovation, Scale and Deal Flow.

T-HUB PHASE - II
Coming up in an area of about 3 lakh sq.ft. (5 lakh sq.ft. campus), T-Hub Phase-II will be operational by first half of 2018. It
shall house 3000 entrepreneurs. The designs of T-Hub Phase-II were released and tenders for the construction finalised.

T-BRIDGE
T-Bridge is an initiative that connects Indias start-up
ecosystem with that of the worlds. IT Minister Sri KT
Rama Rao inaugurated the T-Hubs outpost at Ubers
headquarters in San Francisco, US in October, 2016.
Under the T-Bridge programme, Telangana forged
partnerships with Uber, TiE Silicon Valley and California
Governors incubator iHub. Telangana becomes the first
State in India to come up with such a novel idea.

FACT FILE HIGH PROFILE VISITS

Physically incubated startups: 250
Number of Graduated ventures: 50
Cumulative turnover of ventures (Incubated &
Graduated): 100 Cr
Current employment (Incubated & Graduated): 1000
Funds raised through grand challenges/ business
plan competitions etc.: 6 Cr
Cumulative quantum of external funding raised
(debt +equity): 24 Cr
Events conducted: Future For Health, UN Global
Compact, TiECon, Cube Tech Fair, Get in the Ring,
AVPN Conference
Sri Manohar Parrikar, former Union Defence Minister |
Sri Ravishankar Prasad, Union ICT Minister | Ms. Ada
Yonath, Nobel Laureate | Mr. Vinod Dham, Father of
Pentium Chip | Mr. Travis Kalanick, Founder and CEO
of Uber | Mr. Bhavish Agarwal, Founder and CEO of
Ola Cabs | Mr. A.R.Rahman, Music Director and Mr.
Resul Pookutty Film Sound Designer | Mr. Tenzin
Priyadarshi, Director of The Dalai Lama Centre for
Ethics and Transformative Values at MIT | Mr. Vasant
(Vas) Narasimhan, M.D., Global Head of Drug
Development and Chief Medical Officer for Novartis

http://www.t-hub.co/ https://www.facebook.com/THubHyd/ https://twitter.com/THubHyd

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 T-HUB FIRST
ANNIVERSARY

SUCCESS STORIES
Banyan Nation incubated at T-Hub, was declared one of the three winners of the Innovate for Digital India
2.0 organized by Intel. The award includes a grant of INR 5 lakhs
Auth Base won the Hot100 Technology award and Kheyti Farmers won the Global Social Venture
Competition 2017
LoanYantra won 2nd place in Khoj 2017 organized by ZNationLab and gained the popular vote in the
Fintech and Mobilty theme conducted by Capgemini India
YES Bank partnered with Click&Pay, a T-Hub portfolio company to provide customers with mobile based
payment solution
Team Hug won the prestigious Innovation & Entrepreneurship competition and stood first for Regional
Finals in India

T-Hub is one of the most energizing places I've been to. The way in
which it has been designed and the way in which it has developed and
TESTIMONIALS

brought together a whole ecosystem and community together, I think
it's brilliant.
- Aruna Sundararajan, Secretary, Meity
I'm impressed by what I saw, I like the kind of projects that people are
working in, the seven set of cutting edge areas including fintech and
healthcare and I'm really looking forward to a lot of good things coming
out of this place.
- Tenzin Priyadarshi, Director of The Dalai Lama Centre for Ethics
and Transformative Values at the MIT

We're super excited to work to develop entrepreneurs, and working in
conjunction with T-Hub has allowed us a great environment to work with
local entrepreneurs and help bring their technologies to market.
- Eric Alexander, Head of Business, Uber APAC
Great environment, fantastic atmosphere and it is very infectious live
and energetic and full of enthusiastic environment. The chances that
entrepreneurs will actually be unicorns coming out of this incubator are
one hundred percent.
- Rajiv Makhni, Managing Editor, Technology, NDTV

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 DIGITAL TELANGANA
SUPPLY SIDE INITIATIVES
1. Telangana Fiber Grid (T-Fiber)
Envisioned to establish a state-of-the-art network infrastructure to achieve the goal of Digital Telangana and to
usher in digital democracy through affordable & reliable high-speed broadband connectivity to every household,
government and private institutions in Telangana.
T-Fiber shall provide high speed broadband connectivity to over 3.5 Cr. people and institutions in Telangana by
connecting the 10 Zones (31 Districts), 584 Mandals, 8,778 Gram Panchayats, 10,128 Villages. T-Fiber will also
form the basic platform for the provision of a number of services like e-governance, e-health, e-commerce,
e-banking, video on demand, etc.

The key objectives of T-Fiber are

To create a scalable, robust, resilient, secure and long- lasting digital infrastructure to deliver various services,
applications, content from Govt. and service providers
To extend Optical Fiber Cable and installation of CPE up to every household for delivering G2G, G2C &
Telecom Services

T-Fiber piggybacks on Mission Bhagiratha Project, which provides safe drinking water to every household through
water pipelines, thereby achieving Right of Way (RoW) across the whole state.

T-Fiber network architecture adopts a layered topology for achieving the stated objective. It would be a combination of
ring and layered architectures starting State HQs down to individual households.

The network architecture is divided into following layers

Core backbone - SHQ to Zone (District)
Mandal layer - Zone to Mandal
Gram Panchayat layer - Mandal to Gram Panchayats
Access layer - Last mile connectivity on GPON to every household

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Training to Agencies on Duct Laying
More than 30 training sessions, live demos on
laying the PLB HDPE Duct and its accessories
were conducted across all the districts of
Telangana for Mission Bhagiratha agencies.
Review on T-Fiber
Workshop on Business Models
A workshop was held for Original Equipment
Manufacturers (OEMs) and System Integrators on
11 & 12 January, 2017 and elicited inputs on
feasible business models for T-Fiber from them.
The focus areas included
Operating Model for Connectivity
Monetization strategy
Types of Services (G2G and G2C)
Project Update
Request for Proposal (RFP) for identifying a System
Integrator for implementing the project is being
prepared
A business modelling and revenue generation strategy
is being formulated
Process for creation of Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV)
i.e. T-Fiber, which will be the nodal agency for
implementation, operations and maintenance of the
State-wide network infrastructure, has been initiated
Duct Laying with Mission Bhagiratha
Laying of PLB HDPE duct with Mission Bhagiratha
kicked off in June 2016 and a total of about 10,000
kms of duct was laid as of March 2017. A total of
1500 Manholes/Joint chambers and 800 route
markers were installed along the duct.
Workshop on Network Architecture Solutions
A technical workshop was held for Original
Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and System
Integrators from 21 - 26 July, 2016 and elicited
inputs on feasible network architecture solutions
for T-Fiber from them.
Minister inspecting T-Fiber equipment
TESTIMONIALS
The government of Telangana, a state born of the 2014
secession from Andhra Pradesh after its residents accused
the government of systematic neglect, is doing something
unprecedented in India: bringing broadband internet to every
rural home in the region, some 23 million people in all.
WIRED Magazine
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2. Public Wi-Fi Project
Internet is one of the greatest enablers of development and the Department has drawn elaborate plans to bridge the
digital divide that exists today.
The Hyderabad City Project has been expanded to cover about 250 locations. About 1000 locations will be brought
under the project by 20th June which is observed as World Wi-Fi Day.

DEMAND SIDE INITIATIVES

Similarly, on the demand side, the intention is to create a need for people to be digitally literate by providing more and
more digital services and then make each and every person digitally empowered so that he/she can make best use of
these services. The strategies for this include:

Digital literacy program

1. NDLM MOBILE AUDIT SURVEY
Objective of NDLM Mobile Audit Survey is to ascertain the quality standards of Training Partners, VLEs, Examination and
thereby bringing in transparency and achieve conformity with the NDLM guidelines. It also surveyed trainees to
understand their proficiency in the skills imparted.

A total of 45 Training Partners, 790 VLEs and about 1.37 lakh citizens were surveyed using this application which is a
unique initiative by ITE&C Department, GoT. Directorate of ESD was the State Implementation Agency (SIA) and an MoU
was signed with Common Services Centres (SPV) for the purpose.

Under National Digital Literacy Mission, a special drive was inaugurated in GHMC area with 25 Training Centres to make
10,000 citizens digitally literate.

SKOCH AWARD FOR

RBSK WEB APPLICATION

2. WORKSHOPS AT UNIVERSITIES
One day workshops were conducted by Capacity Building
teams in five Telangana Universities to engage the youth
with the Digital India programme. Osmania Univesity,
Hyderabad; Telangana University, Nizamabad; JNTU,
Hyderabad; Kakatiya University, Warangal and Palamuru
University, Mahbubnagar were among the 100
Universities selected nationwide.

The workshops expected outcomes are:

1. Sustainably connect youth with the Digital India
programme
2. Creating a pool of master trainers
3. Registering youth as Digital India Volunteer in
DigiSevak

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3. DIGITAL FINANCIAL INCLUSION ACCESS & AWARENESS (DFIAA)
In the backdrop of Telangana Government firmly backing the Union Governments decision to demonetize certain
currency notes to make India a cash less economy, there was an urgent need to create awareness among the citizens
regarding basics of digital finance services.

Under the project titled Digital Finance for Rural India: Creating Awareness and Access through CSCs Capacity
Building Teams of ITE&C Department held awareness sessions on various digital financial services such as IMPS, UPI,
Bank PoS machines etc.

4. PMGDISHA
Under Prime Minister Grameena Digital Sakshartha Abhiyan (PMGDISHA), about 20 lakh citizens are targeted to be
made digitally literate by the end of 31 March, 2019 in Telangana. This is in the line with achieving Digital Telanganas
vision of making at least one person of every family in the State digitally literate.

5 SCHOOL COMPUTER LITERACY PROGRAM OR TS-CLASS

To teach every child class 6 onwards, the basics of computers.
Under the TS-CLASS program, there are 4 focus areas:
a. Infrastructure - Includes setting up on necessary hardware to deploy digital learning solutions.
b. Content - Includes digitization of current curriculum and additional useful resources
c. Training - Includes teaching method of system operation, maintenance and content delivery to enhance
sustainability
d. Connectivity - Includes provision of minimum 2 MBPS network to the devices in the digital classrooms
Currently, the program has been launched in 3,300 Government High Schools across the State. This will be
expanded to all high schools in the State in the coming academic year.

AWARDS

1 2

1. Certiport Global Champion of Digital Literacy

Award to Sri KT Rama Rao
2. CSI-Nihilent Award of Excellence under the
State with best e-Governance Initiatives
category
3. Special Jury Award under Cyber Security
Initiatives by a State category from Data
Security Council of India (DSCI)

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 SOCIETY FOR TELANGANA NETWORK
(SOFTNET)
An initiative that provides quality education and training to identified groups and that achieves the last
mile connectivity harnessing the potential of Satellite Communications and Information Technology.

PROJECTS & OUTCOMES

Entered into a fresh MoU with ISRO that came into effect from 28 September, 2016
Removed the restrictive clauses that prohibited Govt. sponsorships and distribution of channels
through commercial cable networks
Name of the Society changed from SAPNET to SoFTNET
Mana TV broadcast was limited to transmission through Receive only Terminals (ROTs). Negotiated
with Multi System Operators (MSOs) and Cable Operators for transmission over cable. Reaches over
5 million cable homes in Telangana
Started coaching classes for TSPSC Group II Services aspirants. Broadcasts 500 hours of content from
October 2, 2016
TS-Class programme launched from November, 2016
Broadcasts coaching classes for IIT, NEET and EAMCET from December 1, 2016
Former MLC Sri Chukka Ramaiah, aka IIT Ramaiah is the knowledge partner. Over 550 hours of
recorded and live content telecast
Launched Polytechnic Entrance Coaching classes on March 31, 2017
Providing guidance to unemployed youth on various competitive exams held by IBPS, SSC and UPSC
Broadcast short films, promotional films by Telangana Tourism, Telangana State Police
Promoted digital and cashless payments through awareness videos
Digidhan Melas held in Hyderabad, Warangal, Nizamabad and Karimnagar

YouTube Channel Statistics:

Status by Views Watch Time (Mins) No. of Subscribers
June, 2016 10,233 25,443 59
May, 2017 1,03,32,488 6,37,70,926 48,065

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 DIGITAL CLASSES
LAUNCH

MoU WITH
ISRO

TESTIMONIALS

Special thanks to our IT minister K.T. Ramarao Garu for
providing g2 classes it is very useful for the rural areas those
who had no money to join in coaching centres which is far
away from their home. last but not the least sir please provide
gr1 classes [sic].
- Prashanth Reddy on YouTube

http://softnet.telangana.gov.in/
https://www.facebook.com/manatvsoftnet
- Santhosha Chari on YouTube
https://twitter.com/manatvhyd
https://www.youtube.com/softnetmanatv
ENGAGING CITIZENS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA
Digital Media wing is responsible for connecting with and engaging citizens, disseminating information on
the digital media platforms.

Projects and Outcomes:

Portals:
Development and Launch of 29 District Portals in the
backdrop of Districts Reorganization taken up in October,
2016. A Knowledge Transfer Session was held for DIOs/
eDMs
GIGW Compliance Project (GCP): About 400 websites
under Telangana Govt are being audited to conform to
guidelines formulated by NIC.
Telangana Bhavan Portal
Krishna Pushkaralu Portal
Brahmin Samkshema Parishad Portal
Press Academy Website

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Social Media:
Facebook pages created for 31 districts. Twitter handles set up for all the District Collectors
Orientation/ Training programmes held for PROs of Ministers/ Depts and DIOs/ eDMs
Started telecasting several of Chief Ministers official programmes live on Facebook reaching lakhs of people
Info-graphics commemorating important milestones and major achievements of the Government prepared and
posted on social media platforms

Page Reach Likes

STATISTICS OF Telangana CMO 1,38,58,915 5,93,000
FACEBOOK PAGES
(FROM 1 JUNE, 2016 24 MAY, 2017) IT Minister 5,39,41,955 4,21,000

Total Reach 7.2 crore -----

OPEN DATA INITIATIVE

Telangana is only the second State in India to launch Open Data Policy in September 2016. The policy is in line
with the overall vision of the government of building an integrated IT ecosystem in the State. Open Data would
serve the important purpose of encouraging data-based decision making in the government & enable private
organizations build solutions for pressing social issues.
Extensive consultations were held before the policy was finalized including a round table with relevant stake
holders to solicit their feedback on the draft policy.
The following activities were undertaken in the past year:
A 'Public Data Devthon' was organized in T-Hub with problem statements and data sets
of five different government departments
A list of case studies relating to impact of open data has also been compiled by the open data unit
The Director, Digital Media spoke at the 'International Open Data Conference, 2016' in Madrid, Spain
The Annual Budget Summary 2017-18 booklet was designed & developed for the use
of legislators and officials
The beta version of the State Open Data Portal - www.data.telangana.gov.in - has
been launched with over 30 data sets about the new districts

INDIA INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR (IITF) - 2016

IT, E&C Department assisted Industries & Commerce Department in setting up Telangana Pavilion at Pragati
Maidan for India International Trade Fair (IITF) - 2016 whose theme for the year was Digital India - Digital
Telangana.

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