India, Sept. 23 -- Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday appealed to young technocrats to become partners in developing Swadeshi technology to make India No. 1 in the world in technology innovations

"Though we are strong in technology, we are still depending on other countries for various needs. We need to develop inhouse technology without depending on the developed countries," Naidu said, while participating as chief guest at the 28th national conference on e-governance at Visakhapatnam with the theme of Civil Service and Digital Transformation.

Stating that India is the largest user of artificial intelligence, the chief minister said it should make the best use of our inhouse talent. Citing the example of South ...