Andhra Pradesh to Set Up Technology Park for Women Entrepreneurs

By: Women Entrepreneurs Review Team | Friday, 13 November 2026

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has announced plans to establish a dedicated technology park for women entrepreneurs in the State. The facility will offer free land and incentives to support women-led businesses and encourage entrepreneurship.

He also announced that the State government would facilitate the participation of five women entrepreneurs from Andhra Pradesh at the Davos Summit, providing them with an opportunity to showcase their businesses and connect with global industry leaders and investors.

Speaking at the ‘Women and Growth Summit-2026’, organized as part of the 31st CII Partnership Summit in Visakhapatnam, Naidu emphasized the importance of creating more opportunities for women in business and leadership. He said women could achieve significant progress when given equal opportunities, access to resources and institutional support.

Key Highlights:

• Andhra Pradesh plans to establish an exclusive technology park offering free land and incentives for women entrepreneurs
• Five women entrepreneurs from the State will be facilitated to participate in the Davos Summit
• The State's self-help groups have 1.13 crore women members, generating nearly ₹1 lakh crore in annual turnover with a 99.6% loan repayment rate

The summit was held under the theme ‘The Women Who Will Shape the Next Economy: Leadership, Capital, Ambition’, bringing together industry representatives, entrepreneurs and women leaders to discuss women's role in shaping economic growth and entrepreneurship.

Referring to recent corporation elections, Naidu noted that while women secured five positions, the government had provided opportunities for eight women to serve as mayors. He emphasized the importance of increasing women's representation in decision-making roles and urged political parties to support the implementation of 33 per cent reservation for women in legislative bodies.

Noting the importance of women's self-help groups in the State's economy, he said that there were 1.13 crore women members in the self-help groups in the State with Rs 30,000 crore of corpus funds. The groups were creating a turnover of almost Rs 1 lakh crore and the loan repayment ratio was 99.6 per cent.

The government was working on creating a market for the products of the DWCRA women under Swayam Andhra. He emphasized that ownership of assets is the most important factor and said the Government had recently issued house-site pattas to 60,000 people in Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Mangalagiri, and the value of those pattas was Rs 50,000 crore. The CM underlined the contribution of women towards natural farming.

Smriti Irani, the former Union minister, Suchitra Ella, President of the CII Alliance for Global Good and women leaders were present.