chennai tamil nadu has been a leader state when it comes to industrialisation even during the pandemic it has managed to secure mous worth more than rs 30000 crore said states it minister r b udhayakumar on fridaytamil nadu has also launched a blockchain policy ethical ai policy and cyber security policy during covid in order to ensure safe and ethical adoption of these emerging technologies he saidthe minister was speaking at ficcis tego technology enabled growth and opportunities 2020 virtual conferencetamil nadu has always been in the forefront on new initiatives in this regard and is also gaining momentum over supportive policies of the government continuous infrastructure upgrades and inward migration of the working population responding to the increasing employment opportunities udhayakumar saidhe also drew attention to the work being carried out by the states centre of excellence in emerging technologies ceet set up by the tn egovernance agency in january 2019detecting internal bleeding from ct scan computervision based attendance system and iot internet of things based monitoring of water supply in rural areas are some of the projects undertaken under ceet for leveraging tech in citizen services he saidspeaking at the inaugural session hans raj verma ias additional chief secretary it dept of the tn government said the state is uniquely poised to harness best benefits of technology for the next wave of growth and with the bharatnet programme the state is looking to link around 17600 villages via broadband connectionother speakers at the inauguration of the conference included stpi director sanjay tyagi nagaraj mylandla chairman financial software systems fss kavitha dutt chairperson ficci tn state council and jmd kcp group and v rajaram convener and head technology panel ficci tn state council among othersficcis virtual tego conference will be held on october 9 10 friday saturday