Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described an all-women IT centre set up by India’s Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) here as the “glory of Saudi Arabia”.
“I am meeting those professionals who are now the glory of Saudi Arabia,” said Modi in the first engagement of the second and last day of his bilateral visit to Saudi Arabia. “This atmosphere I am witnessing here today has the potential to give a strong message to the world.”
Modi said that in today’s competitive world “we have to unite our strengths, both natural and human, for optimum progress”. He said that when women power becomes part of the development journey, it gathers fresh momentum.
The Prime Minister said that the atmosphere he witnessed at the all-women’s centre on Sunday appeared to be a harbinger of a positive force for the world. He invited the women IT professionals to visit India, and said their visit would make a huge impact even in India.
Modi emphasised the role of technology in governance, and said e-governance, for him, meant easy governance, effective governance, and economic governance. He invited them to see the “Narendra Modi App” and even share their views on women empowerment in India.
“Vande Mataram. Matri Devo Bhavah (Salutations to Mother. Mother be the god)” wrote the prime minister
on the message board at the centre.