*IT/BT Minister said land will be immediately provided for the expansion of the airport*
*Tech Park will be set up at Open Varsity building: Dr.C.N.Ashwatha Narayana*
Mysuru: Technology park will be set up here in the building which belongs to Karnataka State Open University and required land for expansion of Mysuru airport will be provided immediately, Dr.C.N.Ashwatha Narayana, the Minister for IT/BT and S&T stated on Monday.
Addressing the day-long event,‘The Big Tech Show@ Mysuru’, he told that a ‘Mysuru Experience Center’ which also gives a feel of the tech ecosystem of the city will be established at the exhibition center.
In the present day, cyber security is becoming essential for every person. The city of Mysuru should leverage the existing tech ecosystem and become a cyber security hub, the Minister felt. He added, at least 15 companies should start their Global Capability Centers (GCCs) in the city.
Sharing experiences of his recent visit to Dubai World Expo, he told, investors are ready to invest in Karnataka in terms of lakhs of crores. In the same way, the state should grow ‘Beyond Bengaluru’ also to absorb the investment in the right way, Narayana opined.
“Though Startups in the state are seeing major investments, 90% of it is coming from outside and only 10% is from domestic investors. But domestic investors should come forward to invest and make use of the opportunity to garner economic benefits,” he told.
“The government is taking all measures to nurture the tech echo system evenly all across by introducing Engineering R& D policy, Fab policy, providing land subsidy, power subsidy, mandatory 30 weeks of internship for engineering students among other measures,” he explained.
Rajeev Chandrashekhar,, Union Minister for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Electronics & IT who addressed virtually participating from Delhi said, Karnataka should become a state of 300 Billon Dollar economy by 2025 in line with Prime Narendra Modi’s target of the country becoming a trillion-dollar digital economy by then.
B.V.Naidu, Chairperson, Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM) said, Rs 45 crore has been sanctioned by the government to set up a Common Facility Center in the city to promote the growth of innovative industries in the region.
Dr.E.V.Ramana Reddy, ACS, Dept. of Electronics, IT/BT and S&T said, in the post-pandemic situation when ‘work from home & work from anywhere’ has become the norm, the city has tremendous potential to emerge as a Cyber Security Hub and to have GCC’s.
Debjani Ghosh, President NASSCOM also addressed. Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraje Wodeyar of Mysuru Royal Family, Pavan Ranga, Dr. Meena Nagaraj, Director, Dept. of IT/BT attended the event.
Later Minister Narayana met Vidyashankar S, Vice-Chancellor, Karnataka State Open University, and discussed setting up an IT park in the building of 1 lakh sq. ft which belongs to the University.*
‘The Big Tech Show@ Mysuru’ held on Monday witnessed the inking of 3 MoUs in presence of Dr.C.N.Ashwatha Narayana, the Minister for IT/BT and S&T.
An MoU between KDEM and Bherunda Foundation will work to attract Digital Economy investments into Mysuru and create employment opportunities. Royal Family of Mysuru will promote Mysuru towards this and work with KDEM.
Another MoU between KDEM & ISAC will see to set up Cyber Ranges in key locations to make Karnataka the most favored Engineering & Research and Development destination.
The third MoU between the Government of Karnataka & VM ware will be to empower 1500 women with the skills required to return to their technology careers.
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