Primus Partners was pleased to associate as the Knowledge Partner for the Government of Andhra Pradesh’s IT, GCC, Co-Working and IT Infrastructure Investment Promotion Roadshow held in Hyderabad, positioning Visakhapatnam as a high-potential destination for technology-driven investments along India’s east coast. The roadshow brought together over 100 CEOs, senior industry leaders, ecosystem stakeholders and senior government officials, creating a strong platform for dialogue on the state’s technology growth agenda and investment opportunities.
Delivering the opening remarks, Ms. Raksha Sharda, Vice President, Primus Partners, highlighted Andhra Pradesh’s investor-centric approach and emphasised the importance of sustained government-industry collaboration to enable long-term and scalable technology investments. She also presented key insights from the Primus report Reimagining India’s East Coast: Vizag’s Rise as a Hub for GCCs, which captures industry perspectives and global enterprise location trends, positioning Visakhapatnam strongly across key parameters such as cost efficiency, talent availability, infrastructure readiness and ecosystem maturity.
The roadshow included addresses by Shri C. M. Saikanth Varma, IAS, Chief Executive Officer, Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board; Shri Bhaskar Katamneni, IAS, Secretary, Information Technology, Electronics and Communications, Government of Andhra Pradesh; and Mr. Sreedhar Kosaraju, Chairman, Andhra Pradesh Digital Technology Industry Network. Industry representation included Ms. Sundari Patibandla, CEO and Co-Founder, iSprout Business Centre, and Dr. Srinivas Pindi, Vice President, Phenom.
The roadshow concluded with an engaging and interactive discussion, reflecting strong investor confidence in Andhra Pradesh’s technology-led growth story and reinforcing Visakhapatnam’s positioning as a credible, scalable and future-ready destination for IT and GCC investments, supported by a transparent, facilitative and execution-driven investment environment
