Hyderabad: Telangana Government’s vision is to transform Telangana into the textile capital of South Asia by 2047 said Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy.

He expressed his Government’s desire to create green textile hubs, giving priority to environmental sustainability. We will be skilling our youth, especially women workforce, so they can combine traditional knowledge with the latest tools in designing, cutting and stitching, he added.

The inaugural session of the 13th Asian Textile Conference (ATEXCON 2026) was jointly organized by premier global summit for the textile and apparel industry by the Telangana Government and Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) held on Friday at HICC in Hyderabad. In his inaugural address at the summit he said that the State Government can offer industrialists and investors the best of infrastructure, land, power, water, incentives and quick execution.

We have policies that can match the best globally and most importantly, we have the best human resources, he said. Over 1,200 delegates from textile hubs across the globe attended the summit. If you have a vision, we are your perfect partners for global success. Together, we can create an end-to-end textile ecosystem that can be a game-changer for the world, he added.

He also said that Telangana can be a major partner across the global value chain. From the cotton fields of Telangana to fashion shows in London, New York, Paris, Milan, Tokyo or Dubai, we will be your partners across the value chain.

He referred that Telangana’s famous Pochampally ikats, Gadwal sarees, Warangal durries and the weaves of Narayanpet, that textile was not just an industry but a lifeline for the state’s weaving communities.

Revanth Reddy also said that Telangana has both ‘skill and will’ to become a top destination for textiles. We have established Kakatiya Mega Textile Park at Warangal with many apparel parks. We are leaders in many verticals, from deep-tech to pharma and life sciences, from aerospace to defence, from manufacturing to energy, he added.

The ATEXCON conference, structured around the theme ‘Reimagining the Future of Global Textiles, includes thematic panel discussions. The sessions will focus on three areas Fibres & Fabrics, Manufacturing and Supply Chains (AI/Automation), and Markets and Trade’.

YoungOne Corporation chairman Kihak Sung, CITI chairman Ashwin Chandran, CITI deputy chairman Dinesh Nolkha, Sangam India vice-chairman and Rajasthan Textile Mills Association chairman Dr SN Modani and School Net India CEO and MD RCM Reddy prominent business leaders attended the ATEXCON 2026.