Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will participate in the World Congress on Information Technology to be held in Hyderabad from February 19-21.

The event is organised by Nasscom, World Information Technology and Services Alliance and the Telangana state government.

Over 2,500 people from 30 countries are expected to participate. A Nasscom delegation comprising R Chandrasekhar, president Nasscom, BVR Mohan Reddy, founder & executive Chairman, Cyient Limited and CP Gurnani, managing director and CEO, Tech Mahindra Ltd. met minister KTR. The minister said that all the state government agencies were already geared up to ensure smooth conduct of WCIT. The Nasscom leadership gave an overview of the Conference and explained the preparatory work underway for WCIT.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the Chief Guest of the event (With inputs from Times of India)