Hans News Service Hyderabad

ChiefMinister A Revanth Reddy invited Oxford University to offer education in Telangana. The Chief Minister, as part of the Telangana Rising delegation, met top academics in 900-year-old Oxford University to discuss partnership with Telangana.

During the meeting, the Chief Minister held talks with Professors Maya Tudor of Blavatnik School of Government and Faisal Devji of Baliol College. The Oxford University expressed keenness to work with the state's youth and working professionals.

The CM gave an elaborate outline of the Telangana Rising vision and the state's plans to transform Hyderabad into a global education hub. He invited Oxford to bring their executive education programmes and specialised research capabilities and rich ecosystem to Hyderabad and set up a centre there.

K Ramakrishna Rao, Advisor and Ex-officio Special Chief Secretary, CMO, gave a detailed presentation on the opportunities available to foreign universities as part of the Central government's National Education Policy, with emphasis on advantages they would have in Hyderabad and Telangana. Professors Tudor and Devji responded positively and offered several contexts for collaboration with the Telangana government.

The Telangana delegation also invited the Oxford representatives to send a team for the Telangana Rising Global Summit, which to be held in Hyderabad on December 7, 8 and 9. Subsequently, the Chief Minister visited the portrait of later former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi at Somerville College, of which she was an alumnus. The portrait was gifted to the college by Sonia Gandhi in 2002.

Later in the day, Revanth visited the Utilita Bowl run by the GMR Group, along with Kiran Kumar Grandhi, Corporate Chairman of GMR Group. The integrated sporting facility includes a golf course, other sporting infrastructure and a hotel.

The Chief Minister held discussions with Rao and the GMR global sports unit and invited him to invest and contribute to creating world class sporting infrastructure in Telangana.

The Chief Minister is slated to visit the Emirates Stadium to watch an EPL match featuring current champions Arsenal and Coventry later today evening.