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Liverpool, Telangana explore strategic partnership in life sciences, tech, sports

Hyderabad, Liverpool is keen to build a strategic partnership with Telangana in life sciences, technology, sports and the creative economy, the state government said on Saturday.

Corporate Directors of City Development, Liverpool-Susan Finnegan and Nuala Gallagher-along with colleagues from Liverpool Football Club, met Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy in London during his ongoing visit to the UK.

"Liverpool is keen to build a strategic partnership with Telangana, focused on life sciences, technology, sports and the creative economy. A Liverpool delegation will visit Hyderabad in October to formalise the partnership," the Telangana CMO said on X.

Separately, former state Chief Secretary and government advisor K Ramakrishna Rao visited Imperial College London.

During his meeting with Amanda Wolthuizen, Vice President for Strategic Engagement, and Rosanna Gillespie, Senior International Relations Manager , Rao highlighted Telangana's strengths and outlined opportunities for collaboration.

Amanda, who is also chief of staff to the College President, expressed interest in exploring several opportunities, including offering short-term and executive education programmes in Hyderabad, as well as collaborative research and exchange programmes, a press release said.

Rao invited them to Hyderabad for the Invest Telangana Global Summit on December 7-9 this year, it said.

Imperial is a world-leading university in science, technology, engineering and medicine, as well as business, it added.

On August 21, Reddy invited Oxford University to bring its executive education programmes and specialised research capabilities to Hyderabad and set up a centre in the city.

The CM, who visited the 900-year-old institution as part of his UK tour, held talks with Professors Maya Tudor of the Blavatnik School of Government and Faisal Devji of Balliol College. He outlined his government's 'Telangana Rising' vision and the state's plans to transform Hyderabad into a global education hub.

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