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SME Times News Bureau | 16 Oct, 2021
Karnataka being a hub of startups in India is keen to offer
ground-breaking solutions to private companies and government
organisations of UAE in various sectors ranging from logistics to
infrastructure, oil-and-gas to environment and waste management to
healthcare C.N. Ashwath Narayan, the Minister for IT/Bt and Science
Technology said in Dubai on Saturday.
Addressing the Inauguration
Ceremony of 3 days event 'World Dubai Expo 2020', he said that some of
the sectors in the UAE that are witnessing the massive presence of
Indians, especially Bengaluru based start-ups and tech majors.
"Karnakata
government which is playing the role of a facilitator has been
undertaking all tech-focused initiatives in line with achieving the
vision set by our Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make India reach the 5
trillion dollar economy by 2025. Shared economic visions and
geopolitical outlooks have spurred the two sides (Karnataka and UAE) to
seek to expand cooperation across multiple domains including in
investment, technology, and the knowledge economy", Minister Narayan
explained.
Karnataka is one of the prosperous states in India
with an estimated GSDP of $220 billion and has been a leader in sectors
of Information Technology, I-T enabled services, Electronics, Machine
Tools, Aerospace, and Biotechnology, he pointed out.
Further, the
Minister added, "Karnataka has a robust Startup which includes
MNCs/GCCs, incubators, and accelerators. Besides the State is home to
premier higher education institutions such as Indian Institute of
Science (IISc), the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), the
International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), and several
others. The state has sector-specific policies for IT, BT, Electronics
System Design & Manufacturing (ESDM), Animation, Visual Effects,
Gaming and Comics (AVGC) in order to give a push to the growth of the
technology sectors and innovation in the State."
He said,
Karnataka is a leading global innovation hub due to partnerships
established with innovation hubs such as UAE, adding that the government
of Karnataka is interested to strengthen its relationship with the UAE
on common grounds of innovation and technology.
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