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.