Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani and Mahindra group chairman Anand Mahindra.
Mahindra group chairman Anand Mahindra and Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani have zeroed in on ‘TecHalli’ because the new title for Bengaluru, days after the previous requested the Twitterati to recommend new a title for the tech metropolis, as a substitute of calling it the ‘Silicon Valley of India’.
Taking to Twitter on Saturday, Anand Mahindra stated, “We have a result @NandanNilekani who agreed to be a co-judge shortlisted four entries and then we both converged on one entry from those that we thought was the most appropriate. And the winner is (Drumroll please) ‘TecHalli’ submitted by @SrinivasPReddy.”
What is TecHalli?
Explaining why he feels that ‘TecHalli’ is the right identify for Bengaluru, Anand Mahindra stated the entry cleverly put the ‘H’ in Tech to double use.
“By capitalising the ‘H’ he drew attention to ‘Halli’ meaning village/place in Kannada. So we now go from Silcon Valley to TecHalli! Srini, DM@MahindraRise your mailing address to receive a model Pininfarina H2 Speed car,” Anand Mahindra stated.
He additionally replied to the Twitterati who stated that many wouldn’t know the that means of ‘TecHalli’.
One consumer tweeted, “Good and congratulations to the winner. But Silicon Valley is a metaphor and when u say TecHalli of India internationally, no one will understand what it means unless they know Kannada.”
To this, Anand Mahindra replied, “Well it’s time they made an attempt to understand what it means. Much of the world doesn’t speak English and didn’t initially understand what Silicon Valley meant either.”
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Welcoming the new identify, one other consumer stated that Bengaluru was a ‘Halli’ (village) as soon as upon a time earlier than reworking right into a Silicon Valley.
“So TecHalli is a reminder to all of us that we should not forget our roots,” he stated.
On Tuesday, Anand Mahindra had thrown up the problem on Twitter by asking the Twitterati to present a new title to Bengaluru, as a substitute of calling it the ‘Silicon Valley of India’.
In a collection of tweets, Anand Mahindra had stated that he was not ‘thrilled’ with the town (Bengaluru) being known as the ‘Silicon Valley of India’.
The discourse began after Mahindra tweeted a information article that acknowledged that continuous Bengaluru-San Francisco flight is more likely to resume from June 10.
How it started to recommend identify for India’s excessive tech metropolis
“A Shuttle between 2 High tech Valleys! Like many, I’m not thrilled by Bengaluru being called ‘Silicon Valley of India’. Too derivative & ‘wannabe’. What do you think would be a good, original title for India’s High-Tech capital? Haven’t had a caption competition for a while,” he stated in a tweet.
“The person who gives the best title for Bengaluru stands to win a special prize picked by him,” he stated.
In one other tweet saying the prize for one of the best caption, Anand Mahindra posted an image of a scale duplicate of the Pininfarina’s H2 Speed automobile and wrote, “So here’s a variation on the caption competitions. This is the gift for the person who sends in what I feel is the best suggested new title for Bengaluru in place of Silicon Valley of India.”
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