Archive · 26 Aug 2026
Naidu to Open PanIIT Andhra Pradesh Innovation Summit
Andhra Pradesh will host a technology summit in Vijayawada on October 3, 2026.
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu is expected to open it.
The meeting will bring together more than 500 people.
These include startup founders, company leaders, investors and researchers.
They will discuss technologies such as artificial intelligence, healthcare, green energy and quantum computing.
PanIIT Alumni India is also considering building a Centre of Excellence in Amaravati.
The organisation has asked the state government for land.
Organisers hope the summit will help make Amaravati an important centre for advanced technology in India.
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu will inaugurate the PanIIT Andhra Pradesh Summit 2026 in Vijayawada on October 3.
The summit will focus on innovation, DeepTech and technology-led growth under the Swarnandhra Vision 2047.
More than 500 delegates are expected, including startup founders, CEOs, investors, policymakers and technology experts.
PanIIT Alumni India is exploring a Centre of Excellence in Amaravati and has sought land from the Andhra Pradesh government.
Organisers aim to make the summit annual and promote Amaravati as a leading DeepTech hub in India.
- Who
- Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, PanIIT Alumni India, startup founders, CEOs, investors, policymakers, academics and technology experts.
- What
- The PanIIT Andhra Pradesh Summit 2026 will bring together participants to discuss innovation, DeepTech and technology-led growth.
- When
- October 3, 2026.
- Where
- Novotel Vijayawada Varun in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.
- Why
- The summit aims to catalyse innovation under the Swarnandhra Vision 2047 and support Andhra Pradesh’s technology-led economic growth.
- Event
- PanIIT Andhra Pradesh Summit 2026
- Theme
- “Catalysing Innovation for Swarnandhra Vision 2047”
- Expected attendance
- More than 500 delegates
- Participants
- Around 100 startup founders, 50 CEOs and 50 investors or venture capitalists, alongside policymakers, academics and technology experts
- Main topics
- DeepTech, artificial intelligence and machine learning, MedTech, pharma and healthcare, green energy, semiconductors, data centres, quantum computing, defence and aerospace
- Proposed facility
- A Centre of Excellence in Amaravati, potentially PanIIT Alumni India’s first such facility in India
- Research spending
- India spends around 0.65 per cent of its GDP on research and development, according to remarks cited at the event briefing