The city of Hyderabad is more than 400 years old, having been founded in 1592 by Sultan Quli of Qutub Shahi dynasty. The state of Andhra Pradesh, of which Hyderabad is the capital, is one of the 28 states and 7 union territories of India. This region has continuous and uninterrupted history of more than 2000 years and has several historical monuments and places of natural beauty spread all over. Apart from Hyderabad, participants at TENCON 2008 may like to visit other places such as, Warangal, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Tirupati, all within a few hundred kilometers from Hyderabad and well connected by road, rail and air. For more information about Hyderabad and Andhra Pradesh please visit the following websites:

www.aptourism.in
www.hydonline.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyderabad,_India

Several tours are being planned for participants and their families during and after the Conference.