Telangana Chief Minister K.Chandrasekhar Rao is making his firstever foreign trip in his life.

He never visited any foreign country in his life. Infact, he did not have passport till he become the chief minister. He got the passport only a week ago.

He worked as union minister and state minister. He worked as the deputy speaker of undivided Andhra Pradesh. But, no foreign trip in his life.

He is leaving for Singapore on Tuesday leading an official delegation.

He has one son and a daughter. Both of them worked in USA before entering Telangana politics. But, their father restricted to India only till now.

KCR will leave for Singapore on Tuesday to attend the conference of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Alumni Association. He will be accompanied by Finance Minister Etela Rajender and senior officials. The delegation will return to Hyderabad on Aug 24, officials said. The association extended an invitation to Rao to attend its conference scheduled Aug 22-23. The chief minister will meet Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and other dignitaries, who are also scheduled to attend the conference.

The association has invited him to speak on the investment opportunities in Telangana and the proposed industrial policy. The alumni association assured that it would arrange facilitate a meeting with CEOs of various firms.

KCR, as Rao is popularly known, claimed that he is the first chief minister of any Indian state to be invited to the meet. "I will use the occasion to market Telangana internationally," he said.

Officials said the chief minister would study the Singapore's industrial policy as he is formulating Telangana's industrial policy on similar lines. He is also likely to hold talks with the Singapore government.
KCR will explain the features of his proposed industrial policy and will invite investments into Telangana.

After the end of Singapore tour, KCR will leave for Malaysia.

-Sakshipost