page_title: Software industry in Telangana
section_title: HITEC City
hierarchical_section_title: Software industry in Telangana / HITEC City
caption_attribution_description: English: Qualcomm technologies building located in Mindspace, Hyderabad
context_page_description: The Indian state of Telangana has a significant amount of software export in India. While the majority of the industry is concentrated in Hyderabad, other cities are also becoming significant IT destinations in the state. In Hyderabad, the central region of the business happens in HITEC City, in the Madhapur suburb. Initiation and Development of HITEC City by the then-chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu prompted several IT and ITES companies to set up operations in the city, and also rename the city as "Cyberabad" by Mr Naidu. Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu persuaded Microsoft CEO Bill Gates to set up its first development center out of Redmond, Seattle in Hyderabad. There have been extensive investments in digital infrastructure in Telangana. As of 2020, Hyderabad has 600,000 employees in the IT/ITES sector, working in more than 1500 companies.
  The IT exports from Hyderabad stood second in the country at ₹128,807 crore in FY 2019-18 improving from previous year ₹109,219 crore in FY 2018-19.
context_section_description: The IT industry got a major push By setting up  Larsen & Tubro with policy maker APIIC built a special economic zone called Hyderabad Information Technology Engineering Consultancy City or simply HITEC City. It started the era of Software & IT in Hyderabad.
caption: Qualcomm building in Raheja Mindspace
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