T-Works is holding a three-day a Maker Faire, a globally known event where artists, design makers and product makers congregate, from November 9 to 11 at the Hitex expo facility.

The event is expected to attract over 200 ‘makerpreneurs’, artists and other stakeholders showcasing their products and services. Dale Dougherty, the man behind building the global event Maker Faire will take part in the event. The faire is expected to attract 20,000 visitors.

Amitabh Kant, Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog, Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary (IT and Industries), Telangana, Ramanan Ramanathan, Mission Director of the Atal Innovation Mission, and Chintakindi Mallesham, a Padma Shri awardee and self-taught inventor of the Asu Machine, an automated weaving machine, will address the inaugural session on Friday.

“Maker Faire works towards becoming one of the key contributors to Hyderabad’s Design and Product industry,” Sujai Karampuri, Chief Executive Officer of T-Works, an upcoming space for hardware startu-ps, has said.

“Though couple of smaller versions held in the country before, this is the first time the large version of Maker Faire is happening in India at Hyderabad,” he said.

T-Works will commence full-fledged operations in April next. The first phase will have 78,000 sq ft of built-up area, which offers mentorship and access to sophisticated equipment required to design and make hardware products.

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