Tamil Nadu is entering next major era of IT innovation: Finance minister PTR

: Naduis at a historic moment as we are entering the next major era ofIT innovation, state finance ministerPalanivel Thiaga Rajansaid on Friday.
“While cities like Bengaluru and Hyderabad have been better at drawing talent, our time is now. We must use this transition in the world of tech to areas like fintech, IoT and others and reclaim

our spot as the best ecosystem for technology,” thefinance ministersaid. He was speaking at the inaugural session of day two of the Umagine tech conference in Chennai.

Rajan said Silicon Valley was once a sleepy farmland and went through many transitions to arrive at where it is now. Similarly, TN too has the talent and has been a pioneer in leveraging tech, according to him.