Tim Cook to inaugurate Apple development centre in Hyderabad Thursday

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: Tim Cook will on Thursday inaugurate Apple's development centre in Hyderabad in the presence of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.

Tim Cook is in India on a five-day visit and arrived Tuesday night on a private jet from Beijing and is staying in a large suite at the iconic Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai.

"Chief Minister KCR and Tim Cook will inaugurate the facility tomorrow. State IT Minister K T Ramarao will also be present during the function," sources said.

Apple may use the facility as mapping centre for its applications, they added.

A spokesperson of Apple said the entire event will be kept as a private affair and media will not be allowed.

Cook will also be in Bangluru Thursday to set up an app design and development centre to support developers in India creating innovative mobile apps for its iOS platform.

On his maidan visit and his first day today, Tim Cook met with honchos of India Inc, leading bankers and the Bollywood royalty.