Pramesh S Jain & Dr B Thomas (Special correspondent)
The doors of our government are open, the doors of my heart are open.We will march ahead with you lending shoulder to shoulder. .
Government is always ready to co-operate with you, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai assured the CEOs of IT, BT companies during his interaction with them as part of the curtain raiser for ‘Bengaluru Tech Summit 2022.’
“Our government will lend shoulder to shoulder for the IT, BT industry to march ahead together. We will provide every possible help.Karnataka is in command position in the IT,BT sector.
The Bengaluru Tech Summit is celebrating its silver jubilee.Over 100 heads and CEOs in the IT, BT and Startup sectors participated in the interaction and appreciated the initiatives of the State government,Bommai said.
The State government would walk hand in hand and lend shoulder to shoulder with the companies in IT, BT and other sectors to create more and more startup clusters and attract research talent, Bommai said.
India is different from the western countries. India has its own social structure. Hunger and hurry for progress is a natural instinct of man.
There is tremendous interest for integrated development of all industrial sectors in the country and it is supplementing state’s growth, Bommai said.
“We all need to work together to develop Bengaluru as the number one Silicon City in the world.Growth of every sector is a challenge and provides opportunities for the government.
We need to use the challenges and opportunities as the springboard to reach greater heights,” Bommai said.
CEOs of various companies have conveyed the need for policy changes, simplification of rules and the need for skilled human resources. We have started working on these aspects in our own way, Bommai said.
HSR Layout, Koramangala and Indiranagar have a high concentration of IT, BT companies and Startups.These areas have evolved into Technology hubs.
But they are not planned layouts.Plans have been drawn up to ramp up infrastructure facilities in Bengaluru to give a big boost for IT, BT, Research and Startup sectors, Bommai said.
About Rs8000 cr has been provided for this purpose in the budget. Work to fix the roads would be taken up immediately after the monsoon season.
Metro Third Phase, Bengaluru Suburban Rail, Peripheral Ring Road and STRR works would be taken up.
Tumakuru,Hubballi,Mysuru and other cities are being provided with good infrastructure under the ‘Beyond Bengaluru’ project to ensure fair spread of companies all over the state, Bommai said.
Preparations started 7 months before the Tech Summit
Silver Jubilee edition of Bengaluru Tech Summit from Nov.16
The flagship Technology event of the Asia,the 25th anniversary edition of ‘Bengaluru Tech Summit 2022’ would be held from November 16 to 18.
Preparations for the big event has already started in all seriousness, IT, BT minister Dr. CN Ashwathnarayan said.,
Programmes would be organised in USA, England,Japan and other countries as supplementary events to make Bengaluru Tech Summit to be held at Palace Grounds a grand success.
Karnataka has set a target of contributing $1.5 Trillion in making India a $5 Trillion economy, Ashwathnarayan said.
Karnataka has drawn the biggest share of 40% of the Foreign Direct Investment India drew in the last financial year.
It amounts to $17.3 Billion. Karnataka is at the top spot in exports too in the country, Ashwathnarayan said.
Recently the State government has implemented its Data Centre Policy-2022 with a target of attracting Rs10,000 cr investments in the next 5 years, he said.
Head of State IT Vision Group Kris Gopalakrishnan, Startup Vision Group head Prashanth Prakash and senior officials were present.
