New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- Bill Gates, chairman of the Gates Foundation, visited Andhra Pradesh's Real Time Governance Society (RTGS) centre at the state secretariat in Amaravati on Monday.

Andhra Pradesh's Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu briefed him on the state's technology-driven governance model spanning civic services, digital land records and public health.

The Amaravati stop was part of a broader India itinerary that also included the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, a government-hosted event focused on responsible AI development, global inclusion and the democratisation of AI resources. Gates had initially been listed as a "Global Visionary" alongside OpenAI's Sam Altman and Google's Sundar Pichai. However, his name was ...