Speaking to the media the young IT Minister mentioned that he wants to see Andhra Pradesh as the emerging Information Technology hub. He also thanked central Government for the clearance of much awaited Centre of Excellence for Internet of Things (IoT).

 

Expressing concern about the post bifurcation status of IT sector in AP Lokesh asserted that the state enjoys only 0.5% of IT export market whereas the neighboring state Telangana has 99.5% share of IT exports.

Informing about the mega IT event the minister declared that state government will hold a two-day long international business conference on blockchain technology at Visakhapatnam schedule on 9th and 10th of October.