Fintech Valley Vizag, State government’s flagship initiative, kick-started the Blockchain Business Conference 2017 with the Fintech Valley - TiE Global Summit Golf Tournament at East Point Golf Club here on Sunday.
The golf tournament, hosted by Fintech Valley Vizag in collaboration with TiE Global, is a precursor to India’s biggest blockchain conference that is set to begin on Monday.
Over 80 guests, 40 CEOs of various companies and 40 members of the East Point Golf Club, participated in the tourney.
The tournament was inaugurated by Vice Admiral HCS Bisht, Flag Officer Commanding- in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command.
Winners of the tourney include T.S.N. Murthy, senior VP, systems engineering at CG CorEl Technologies (overall winner), Lt. Col. Mathew Thomas, professor (gold winner), K.S.R.K. Raju, secretary CREDAI (silver winner), Noel Treasure, director, Vizag Chamber of Commerce and Industry (gold division runner-up), Sachin Tummala, managing director, Corpus Investment Group (silver division runner-up), N. Appa Rao, Coronmandel Fertilizers (longest drive), Karanbir Singh, HSBC (closest pin).
J. A. Chowdary, special chief secretary and IT advisor to Chief Minister said, “It is important to bring in social equity to a beautiful city such as Visakhapatnam. This event is to not only bring the CEOs together in Vizag but also to show the aesthetic side of the city for them to commit long-term investments.”
District Collector Pravin Kumar said, “This is the first time we are hosting so many CEOs for a Golf Tournament in Vizag.
This would definitely showcase the hidden potential of tourism in this region while creating job opportunities.”