Hyderabad, Oct. 4 -- Andhra Pradesh IT and education minister Nara Lokesh on Saturday sought the support of the Pan-IIT alumni community in transforming the state into a developed economy and contributing to the national goal of Viksit Bharat-2047.

Addressing the Pan-IIT Andhra Pradesh Summit 2026 in Vijayawada, Lokesh urged IIT alumni to connect Andhra Pradesh with experts, entrepreneurs, investors and institutions across sectors and help guide the state's cluster-based development strategy.

The summit, themed "Andhra's Resilient DeepTech Decade - Anchored by PanIIT," is being attended by more than 800 delegates from the global IIT alumni network, including over 50 corporate CEOs and CXOs, more than 100 unicorn founders and startup lea...