Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is coming to Amaravati today, February 16 2026. He will have talks with N. Chandrababu Naidu and other senior officials from the state. They will discuss how to work on public health and using technology to govern. They also want to start projects that use artificial intelligence. Bill Gates and the officials from Andhra Pradesh want to make these projects a success. The visit of Bill Gates to Amaravati is a deal, for the people of Andhra Pradesh.
Bill Gates is going to come to the State Secretariat in the morning. He will meet the Chief Minister Naidu, the IT Minister Nara Lokesh and the Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan. The Gates Foundation has been helping with some health programmes. Bill Gates wants to talk to them about how to get these health programmes to more people. The main goal is to make sure more people can get help, from these health programmes that the Gates Foundation is supporting.
State Municipal Minister P. Narayana said that the visit is going to be about working with other people to make public health better and using artificial intelligence to make the government work more efficiently and deliver services to people all over the state. The main goal of the visit is to make these partnerships stronger. State Municipal Minister P. Narayana wants to use intelligence to improve how the government runs and delivers services to people, in the state.
Talks on Health, AI and Expanded Collaboration
The Gates Foundation is doing a lot of work on health projects in Kuppam which is in the Chittoor district. Today people will talk about how the Gates Foundation can make these health projects bigger so they can help people in Andhra Pradesh. The Gates Foundation wants to help a lot of people, in Andhra Pradesh with their health projects.
Gates and state leaders will talk about how to use Artificial Intelligence to make things better in areas like the government and services that people use every day. They also want to use Artificial Intelligence to help with farming. This is something that Andhra Pradesh’s really interested in. Using technology to make life better for people. Gates and the leaders of Andhra Pradesh want to make sure that Artificial Intelligence helps with the way the government works and the services that people get. They think Artificial Intelligence can make a difference, in peoples lives.
Real-Time Governance & Vision 2047 Presentation
After the meeting Gates will go to the Real Time Governance System Centre. This is where people, in charge will show him how they use real time information and technology to make things better. They want to improve how the government runs things. Gates will see the Real Time Governance System Centre. Learn about real time data and tech tools.
Chief Minister Naidu will also talk about the states plan called Swarna Andhra 2047. This plan has ideas to improve things like healthcare and digital health records. It also includes diagnostics. Using technology to make public services better. The main goal of Swarna Andhra 2047 is to make Andhra Pradesh a model for governance, in India. Chief Minister Naidu wants Andhra Pradesh to show everyone how governance can be done in an better way.
Field Visits and Technology Showcases
The people at the Secretariat met with Gates and the people who are traveling with him. Now Gates and his delegation are going to visit a farm near Undavalli village. At this farm they will see how drone technology and artificial intelligence solutions are used in farming. This is something that Gates and his team’re really interested in because they want to talk about how technology can help people who live in rural areas. They think that technology can make a difference in the lives of people who live in the countryside. Gates and his delegation want to see how drone technology and artificial intelligence solutions are being used at this farm, near Undavalli village.
This marks Gates’ third visit to Andhra Pradesh, undertaken at the invitation of the Chief Minister to deepen collaboration between the state government and the Gates Foundation.
In summary: Bill Gates’ visit to Andhra Pradesh today underscores expanding global cooperation in public health, artificial intelligence, and technology-integrated governance — areas that state leaders hope will accelerate development and deliver scalable solutions for citizens across the region.
