In an exclusive interview with Ashok Kumar, eminent cricketer Venkatesh Prasad hopes that Bangalore will rise above its restraints to prove itself as the IT hub of India.

Absolutely, there is no doubt that Bangalore is very much the IT hub of India. There are so many things which make us feel that Bangalore is rocking. Take for instance the number of political and corporate luminaries visiting Bangalore from all over the globe apart from so many things which keep happening here.

Hyderabad too, is fast developing as the IT sector hub and I feel it is very very close to Bangalore. There are many other visible factors to explain that (The progress of Hyderabad in the IT sector). Look at the polity of Andhra Pradesh which is so keen to develop the Information Technology sector in this state with special focus on Hyderabad.

Whatever Hyderabad is scoring over Bangalore in terms of IT sector it is because of the pro-active actions of the government of Andhra Pradesh taken in that regard. I would like to share with you that once I was putting up at one of the hotels in Bangalore, where I came across the Chief Minister of Andhra who was in the city (YSR) to scout for some of the IT companies to Hyderabad. Such initiatives I feel make a lots of difference. Efforts made by Chandra Babu Nadu in this regard during his regime also set up strong foundations for what today is more readily being recognized as Cyberabad

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