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riculums, proven administrative domestic and foreign investment 2019, Hyderabad is the best Indian
systems, highly-qualified teachers into the state. According to several city to live in.
and excellent infrastructure. For industry leaders, KTR was one of “The best feature of Hyderabad
instance, the syllabus/curriculum of- the stars of the recently concluded is that the political leadership here
fered by IB schools is holistic, rigor- World Economic Forum conven- doesn’t suffer the ideological confu-
ous and practical and makes learning tion at Davos, Switzerland where he sion that is common to India’s politi-
an enjoyable experience for children made a strong presentation detailing cal class. TRS is a pro private enter-
as it provides opportunity to learn the ease of doing business in Telan- prise government which understands
through flexible subject combina- gana. As a result the state govern- that stable law and order and high
tions. All this makes students ready ment signed MoUs (memoranda of quality local governance is of vital
for employment anywhere in the understanding) which could bring importance to industry and business.
world,” says Ratna Reddy, founder Rs.4,200 crore by way of foreign in- This is why Telangana is attract-
of CHIREC International School, the vestment from pharma, life sciences, ing massive foreign and domestic
first international school in the city logistics and banking and finance investment and is all set to transform
and now a Cognita Group school. companies by year end. into an industrial powerhouse state.
Yet perhaps the major motivation Moreover on ease of doing busi- And when incomes rise, good schools
factor behind Hyderabad emerging ness parameters — availability of become inevitable,” says the CEO of
as the most preferred location for power, water, high-quality housing, a major IT company who prefers to
high-end international schools is the logistics and single window clearance remain anonymous.
stable governance provided by the of greenfield projects — Hyderabad With momentum building up for
TRS government led by the father- far outshines Bangalore/Bengaluru legislative assembly elections sched-
son duo of CM Chandrasekhar which has become infamous for uled for next summer, the pro private
Rao and IT & industry minister official corruption, perennial traffic and foreign enterprise development
K.T. Rama Rao. Unlike most jams and pot-holed roads. Accord- model conceptualised by the TRS
politicians, they seem to have few ing to the New York-based Mercer government will be put to test.
reservations about inviting private Consulting’s Quality of Living Index M. Somasekhar (Hyderabad)

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