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.
Lokesh called for collaboration between IIT alumni and the state government to develop systems based on the concept of “Visible Governance, Invisible Government. Lokesh invited delegates to visit Amaravati to assess the pace of development. He appealed to the Pan-IIT community to partner with the State in its development over the next decade. “People have given us five years. We have to show results within that period. “Policies must be built to withstand scrutiny.
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.
He said the government was seeking to institutionalise faster decision-making rather than relying on ad-hoc mechanisms. He said the government was working with international planners and architects while seeking to combine global expertise with Indian execution and knowledge transfer. He said the State government was working with three broad principles — Speed, Service and Stability. On speed, Lokesh said the government was focusing on converting investment commitments into operational projects and employment rather than limiting itself to signing memoranda of understanding. Our focus is execution,” he said. On service, he said the government viewed entrepreneurs and industrialists as partners in economic development and was seeking to work with industry on policy formulation and implementation. On stability, Lokesh said policies should be capable of withstanding legal scrutiny and political transitions. Lokesh said the state was also exploring the use of Artificial Intelligence in policy-making and preparation of government orders, including analysing past experiences to develop more robust policies. Technology can help government learn from the past and create more robust systems,” he said.
