Telangana is making real advancement in AI, ML and blockchain: Jayesh Ranjan - ET Government

For Telangana, information technology (IT) plays a significant role in its GDP. Overall services continue to contribute the maximum – around 55 per cent – of which IT contributes about 40 per cet in the state's GDP. Now, with emerging technologies such as AI and ML playing a defining role, the state is looking to leverage these frontier technologies to strengthen public service delivery and tech innovation. In an exclusive interview with ETGovernment's Mohd Ujaley, Jayesh Ranjan, principal secretary - IT, Electronics & Communication Department said: "Emerging Technologies is the one area where we are making real advancement. In Telangana, these frontier technologies are being explored by different government departments to improve governance, public service delivery and creation of new jobs."