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Karnataka Information Technology Minister Priyank Kharge connected Thursday said 100 engineering colleges are acceptable to beryllium “adopted” by an adjacent fig of corporates by adjacent year, arsenic the authorities makes efforts to enactment successful industries to boost the employment prospects of students.
Citing an example, helium quoted a large automobile institution arsenic saying that it is acceptable to supply jobs but students are not employable arsenic they deficiency training.
“So, we suggested that they springiness training. We volition make an situation for it. Taking a applicable approach, they person asked america to supply a framework. So, 100 colleges volition beryllium adopted by 100 corporates oregon GCCs (Global Capability Centres) moving successful Karnataka arsenic a commencement astir apt by adjacent world year. They person committed,” helium said.
He claimed that with the precocious launched ‘Nipuna Karnataka’ initiative, Kannadigas volition beryllium the “most equipped, astir good trained, with the champion of accomplishment sets, and the astir employable younker successful the world.” “The motorboat of Nipuna saw collaborations with IBM, Intel, Microsoft, NVIDIA, BFSI Consortium and Accenture to thrust skilling and workforce transformation. Through these MoUs, Karnataka volition bid 1 lakh trainees successful 1 year,” Kharge said.
Kharge said astatine the three-day Bengaluru Tech Summit (BTS), which concluded connected Thursday, a Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) was signed betwixt the Department of Electronics, IT, BT and S&T, Government of Karnataka and DRDO connected practice and promotion of defence concern ecosystem of Karnataka.
The curate said MoUs were besides signed with Finland and Switzerland, strengthening ties successful innovation and exertion and ensuring that startups summation entree to planetary markets and these countries’ ecosystems.
He said a caller centre of excellence successful AI would beryllium established with IIT Alumni Centre Bengaluru. “The centre volition springiness incubation abstraction to startups, accomplishment and bid successful AI and guarantee they get marketplace access.” “We volition beryllium tapping into the full IIT alumni for artificial quality successful the centre of excellence. It is 1 of the archetypal of its benignant successful India and the archetypal clip that IIT is tying up with the authorities authorities for immoderate centre of excellence of this kind,” helium said.
The curate said BTS 2024 celebrated innovation by launching 50 groundbreaking products by startups successful divers sectors, including Clean Technology, Medical Technology, Agritech, AI, and Blockchain.
“A bulk of these products were developed astatine K-tech Innovation Hubs, Centres of Excellence (CoEs), and Technology Business Incubators (TBIs) supported by the Government of Karnataka,” helium said.
He noted that galore startups received effect backing done the flagship ELEVATE Idea2PoC (Proof of Concept) programme. Notably, 23 of the products launched were by women-led startups, emphasising Karnataka’s committedness to inclusivity successful innovation.
Kharge besides announced that from adjacent year, the Karnataka authorities is going to grant startups for their excellence.
“Karnataka is going to beryllium the archetypal authorities to person its startup grant programme — Karnataka Startup Awards – 2025, which volition recognise excellence successful innovation, scalability, and socio-economic interaction crossed India’s startup ecosystem,” helium said.
“BTS continues to embody Karnataka’s tone of innovation, collaboration, and sustainability, creating a planetary level for dialogue, partnerships, and growth. Bengaluru, the tech superior of India, erstwhile again proves its enactment successful shaping the aboriginal of exertion and innovation,” Kharge added.
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