Hyderabad: Hyderabad has been identified as an IT destination in the country and would soon emerge as a major IT hub in this part of the world, according to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu.

Speaking at a seminarin Hyderabad, he said that due to pro-active role played by the state government in building the right infrastructure and deployment of manpower, the IT industry recorded a growth rate of cent per cent for the last eight years.

The seminar, "Challenges of global marketing: A perspective for the Indian IT software and services industry", was organsied on the occasion of opening of NASSCOM Regional Office in Hyderabad.

Naidu said NASSCOM being a premier association of software industry at national level could play an important role in promoting and shaping the information and communication technology at the national level and in various states.

He said his government, which successfully launched digital administration, would soon be "corruption free" as all transactions would be carried on in a transparent way and there was absolutely no scope for any underhand business.

Naidu said the Microsoft president, Bill Gates who will be on a visit to India next week, preferred to stay a full day on November 14 in the state capital acquainting himself with the progress being made in the IT sector, interacting with the captains of IT industry and a visit to Satyam Computers.

PTI