Minister for IT-BT, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Priyank Kharge, Dr. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Chairperson of Biocon, B.V. Naidu, Chairman, Karnataka Digital Economy Mission, and Dr. Ekroop Caur, Secretary, Department of Electronics, IT&BT, and ST, will be at the event at Tamarind Hall, Taj West End, Race Course Road, 12 noon.

The Mangaluru cluster of Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM) will organise a business delegation meet at AlKhobar in Saudi Arabia on September 7 as part of its Beyond Bengaluru initiative. Rohith Bhat, CEO of 99Games and lead industry anchor of Mangaluru cluster of KDEM, will highlight the potential of coastal Karnataka region at the meet.

The Mangaluru cluster of Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM) will organise a business delegation meet at AlKhobar in Saudi Arabia on September 7 as part of its Beyond Bengaluru initiative. Rohith Bhat, CEO of 99Games and lead industry anchor of Mangaluru cluster of KDEM, will highlight the potential of coastal Karnataka region at the meet.

The Mangaluru cluster of Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM) will organise a business delegation meet at AlKhobar in Saudi Arabia on September 7 as part of its Beyond Bengaluru initiative. Rohith Bhat, CEO of 99Games and lead industry anchor of Mangaluru cluster of KDEM, will highlight the potential of coastal Karnataka region at the meet.

More than 46 global companies have set up shop in cities beyond Bengaluru in the last 18 months and 130 more are in the pipeline, having expressed interest in these clusters, Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM) chairman BV Naidu revealed during the press meet.

More than 46 global companies have set up shop in cities beyond Bengaluru in the last 18 months and 130 more are in the pipeline, having expressed interest in these clusters, Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM) chairman BV Naidu revealed during the press meet.

The Press Meet was also addressed by Dr. Kiran MazumdarShaw, Chairperson, Vision Group on Biotechnology; Shri B.V. Naidu, Chairman, Karnataka Digital Economy Mission; Dr. Ekroop Caur, IAS, Secretary to Government, Department of Electronics, Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Govt. of Karnataka; Shri Shailendra Tyagi, Director, Software Technology Parks of India Bengaluru and Shri Darshan H.V, IAS, Director, Dept. of Electronics, IT, Bt, and Managing Director, KITS, Govt. of Karnataka.

The Press Meet was also addressed by Dr. Kiran MazumdarShaw, Chairperson, Vision Group on Biotechnology; Shri B.V. Naidu, Chairman, Karnataka Digital Economy Mission; Dr. Ekroop Caur, IAS, Secretary to Government, Department of Electronics, Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Govt. of Karnataka; Shri Shailendra Tyagi, Director, Software Technology Parks of India Bengaluru and Shri Darshan H.V, IAS, Director, Dept. of Electronics, IT, Bt, and Managing Director, KITS, Govt. of Karnataka.

The Press Meet was also addressed by Dr. Kiran MazumdarShaw, Chairperson, Vision Group on Biotechnology; Shri B.V. Naidu, Chairman, Karnataka Digital Economy Mission; Dr. Ekroop Caur, IAS, Secretary to Government, Department of Electronics, Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Govt. of Karnataka; Shri Shailendra Tyagi, Director, Software Technology Parks of India Bengaluru and Shri Darshan H.V, IAS, Director, Dept. of Electronics, IT, Bt, and Managing Director, KITS, Govt. of Karnataka.

The Press Meet was also addressed by Dr. Kiran MazumdarShaw, Chairperson, Vision Group on Biotechnology; Shri B.V. Naidu, Chairman, Karnataka Digital Economy Mission; Dr. Ekroop Caur, IAS, Secretary to Government, Department of Electronics, Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Govt. of Karnataka; Shri Shailendra Tyagi, Director, Software Technology Parks of India Bengaluru and Shri Darshan H.V, IAS, Director, Dept. of Electronics, IT, Bt, and Managing Director, KITS, Govt. of Karnataka.

A 25-crore seed fund has been launched for Mysuru and others will soon follow. Thirty per cent of the fund is contributed by the state government, 30% by financial institutions and the rest by local business leaders,” said BV Naidu, chairperson of Karnataka Digital Economy Mission. Naidu told TOI that a 300,000 sq ft ‘global tech centre’ is coming up in Mysuru to help the department invite companies to commence businesses at such locations. “We understood that calling smaller cities and towns of Karnataka Tier 2 or 3 was demeaning for the locals and the image of the place. Hence, we shifted to referring to them as emerging clusters and have started by giving them a ‘tech flavour’…,” he added.