Telangana Governor welcomes Prince Rahim Aga Khan V, seeks deeper partnership with AKDN

Telangana Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla welcomed Prince Rahim Aga Khan V to Hyderabad during his first official visit to India and called for deeper cooperation between Telangana and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in education, healthcare, urban development and community welfare. The Governor highlighted AKDN’s longstanding contribution to the state, particularly through urban renewal, community healthcare, women-led development and employment generation, as well as the Aga Khan Academy near Hyderabad. He also recognised the Aga Khan Trust for Culture’s conservation and landscape development of the Qutb Shahi complex as a notable example of public-private partnership. Prince Rahim Aga Khan V emphasised the benefits of these initiatives for local communities and expressed the importance of strengthening the development partnership with Telangana. The meeting underscored the potential for the AKDN’s work to contribute further to inclusive, sustainable and people-centred development in the state, building on a longstanding relationship between Telangana and the Network.