Motion picture maker and entertainment company Dreamworks has outlined its interest for expanding their production facilities in India and sought partnership with Telangana Government for their long term plans.

On the fifth day of the official business trip to US, Telangana Minister for IT and Industries Mr KT Rama Rao met Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of Dreamworks, at their office and assured State support to their plans, while extending invitation to come to Hyderabad.

According to a statement, the Minister described the attributes of upcoming film city in Hyderabad, which would be an ideal location for the future production facility of Dreamworks.

With Dreamworks looking at creating high-end theatre ecosystem to promote their movies, it has asked Telangana to create a conducive environment. Dreamworks and Telangana agreed to collaborate to create Dreamplay, a small scale theme centre, which can become a tourist attraction in Hyderabad.

The Minister visited La Kretz Innovation Campus in Los Angeles to understand the functioning of Los Angeles Clean Tech Incubator (LACI) where he was taken on a tour of the incubator.

Many of the innovations being incubated are relevant to Hyderabad and Telangana. It is a 60,000 sq ft incubator focused on cleantech innovation and commercialisation activities.

The LACI leadership gave a high-level overview of various cleantech technologies and solutions developed by various entrepreneurs who are housed in the incubator.

During the meeting, the Minister introduced T-Hub concept to the LACI team and sought cooperation and partnership. They were invited to visit T-Hub for establishing the same.

Related Topics
comment COMMENT NOW