Karnataka is globally recognized as the Information Technology (IT), Biotechnology (Bt), Research and Development (R&D) and Start-Up capital of the country with Bengaluru being branded as the most dynamic city in the world and Silicon Valley of India.
Karnataka has historically been a hub for technology and R&D based institutions in India, and boasts of adequate infrastructure to support its vision. The Department of Electronics, IT, BT and S&T through its innovative initiatives has been promoting Karnataka as the most preferred destination for frontier technologies, creating a conducive environment for Electronics, IT, BT and S&T related industries. Karnataka is the first state to draft its own IT, Biotech, ESDM, AVGC and Start-up policy and has set up 9 CoEs, incubation & learning centres.
Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society (KITS) helps the Department of Electronics, IT, BT & S&T in facilitating and promoting the sectors in the state. KITS act as a synergic liaison between Industry and Government. KITS also focuses on tapping Karnataka's large IT talent pool, functioning as a key driver for augmenting foreign investments and collaborations, to enhance skill development, mutual industry facilitation and encourage start-ups and MSMEs.
Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society (KITS) helps the Department of Information Technology and Biotechnology in facilitating and promoting the Information Technology and Biotech sectors in the state. KITS acts as a synergic liaison between Industry and Government, providing secretarial services to the State IT and BT projects, making it the linchpin for providing all basic information that facilitates the establishment of IT & BT Industries in the State. It is the nodal agency for implementing the decisions of the Vision Group on IT and the Vision Group on BT.
KITS also focuses on tapping Karnataka's large IT talent pool, functioning as a key driver for augmenting foreign investments and collaborations, to enhance skill development, mutual industry facilitation and encourage startups and MSMEs.
STPI has played a seminal role in accomplishing India as an Information Technology superpower. Software Technology Parks of India, is an autonomous body under Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Govt. of India. It is conceived with the distinct objective of encouraging, promoting and boosting software exports from India, and maintains internal engineering resources to provide consulting, training and implementation services.
Additionally, STPI also helps set up & manage infrastructural facilities. From time to time, relentless efforts are taken to provide statutory and other promotional services to exporters by implementing the Software Technology Parks (STP), Electronics and Hardware Technology Parks (EHTP) Schemes and SEZ schemes by Govt. of India. Today, STPI is synonymous with excellent Infrastructure and statutory support for the booming IT sector of the country.
Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society (KITS) helps the Department of Electronics, IT, BT & S&T in facilitating and promoting the sectors in the state. KITS act as a synergic liaison between Industry and Government. KITS also focuses on tapping Karnataka's large IT talent pool, functioning as a key driver for augmenting foreign investments and collaborations, to enhance skill development, mutual industry facilitation and encourage start-ups and MSMEs.
The three independent Vision Groups constituted by Government of Karnataka on Information Technology, Biotechnology and Start-Up consist of industry captains, research heads, and academia.
These Vision Groups act as a think tank of Government of Karnataka and help government in formulating various policies and initiatives to foster the technology ecosystem in the state.
The Vision Groups have also been instrumental in connecting the state globally with leading companies, research & academic institutes and innovation hotspots for collaborations.
MM Activ Sci-Tech Communications is India's leading event curator in the field of frontier technologies. MM Activ, since its inception in the year 2000, has held over 100 National and International conventions in sectors like IT & Electronics, Biotechnology, Agritechnology, Nanotechnology, Space Technology, Nutraceuticals, R&D and Higher Education, Sustainable Chemistry, Transport & Logistics, MRO, Renewable Energy, Water and Investments.
MM Activ is also the publisher of leading business magazines like Bio Spectrum (Asia & India), NuFFooDS Spectrum (Asia & India) & Agro Spectrum.
Mr. S. Gopalakrishnan (Kris)
Co-Founder, Infosys,
Dr. E.V. Ramana Reddy, IAS
Additional Chief Secretary to Chief Minister and Department of Electronics, IT, BT and S&T, Govt. of Karnataka
Smt. Meena Nagaraj.C.N, IAS
Director, Dept. of Electronics, IT & BT and Managing Director, KITS, Govt. of Karnataka
Mr. Vijay Ratnaparkhe
Managing Director, BOSCH
Mr. Krishnakumar Natarajan
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Mindtree
Dr. Satya Gupta
Chairman, IESA
Mr. Shailendra Tyagi
Director STPI
Mr. R. Chandrasekaran
Executive Vice Chairman, Congnizant
Prof. Sadagopan
Director, IIIT-B
Mr. Raghunandan C.B.
WIPRO
Mr. U B Pravin Rao
Chief Operating Officer, Infosys
Mr. Jayant R. Haritsa
Dept. of Computer Science & Automation (CSA), IISc
Mr. Sharad Sharma
Co-Founder and Governing Council Member, iSPIRT Foundation
Mr. B V Naidu
Chairman and CEO Sagitaur
Mr. Naganand Doraswamy
Founder & MD Ideasprings
Mr. Anant Maheshwari
President Microsoft India
Dr. Sridhar Mitta
Founder and Managing Director NextWealth Entrepreneurs
Dr. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
Executive Chairperson, Biocon Ltd. and Chairperson, Karnataka Vision Group on BTDr. E.V. Ramana Reddy, IAS
Additional Chief Secretary to Chief Minister and Department of Electronics, IT, BT and S&T, Govt. of Karnataka
Prof. K. Vijay Raghavan
Principal Scientific Advisor to Prime Minister Office Government of India
Dr. H. Sharat Chandra
Director, Centre for Human Genetics
Dr. G. Padmanaban
Hon. & Emeritus Professor, IISc.
Dr.S.Rajendra Prasad
Vice-Chancellor, University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS)
Dr. Raghavarao K S M S
Director, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute
Prof. M. Mahadevappa
Former Vice-Chancellor, UAS, Dharwad & Director, JSS Rural Development Foundation
Dr. Satyajit Mayor
Director, National Centre for Biological Sciences
Dr. Shrikumar Suryanarayan
Hon. President, ABLE & Chairman, Sea6 Energy Pvt. Ltd.
Dr. Vijay Chandru
Executive Chairman, Strand Life Sciences
Mr. D. A. Prasanna
Chairman & Managing Director, Acunova Life Science LLP
Dr. P. M. Murali
Director Evolva Biotech Pvt. Ltd.
Dr. K.K. Narayanan
Chairman, Kottaram Agro Foods Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. G. S. Krishnan
Regional President, India, Novozymes South Asia Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Divakar Rao
CEO, DGK Bio Agro Foods & Vice-President, Bio Diesel Society of India
Dr. Krishna Ella
Chairman & CEO, Bharath Biotech International
Dr. Mahesh Bhalgat
Chief Operating Officer, Syngene International Ltd.
Mr. Vishwaprasad Alva
Managing Director, Skanray Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Sujay Shetty
Partner & Leader - Pharma Life Sciences, PwC India
Dr. H. S. Subramanya
Director, Institute for Bioinformatics & Applied Biotechnology (IBAB)
Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed
CEO, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) Smt. Meena Nagaraj.C.N, IAS
Director, Dept. of Electronics, IT & BT and Managing Director, KITS, Govt. of Karnataka
Mr. Narayanan Suresh
Chief Operating Officer, Association for Biotech Led Enterprises (ABLE)Dr. E.V. Ramana Reddy, IAS
Additional Chief Secretary to Chief Minister and Department of Electronics, IT, BT and S&T, Govt. of Karnataka
Mr. Prashanth Prakash
Partner, Accel Partners Smt. Meena Nagaraj.C.N, IAS
Director, Dept. of Electronics, IT & BT and Managing Director, KITS, Govt. of Karnataka
Mr. Ravi Gururaj
Founder & CEO, QikPod
Mr. Raghunandan G.
Co-Founder & Ex-CEO, TaxiForSure
Mr. K. Ganesh
Founder, Growth Story
Ms. Shanti Mohan
Founder, LetsVenture
Ms. Shradha Sharma
Founder & CEO, YourStory
Mr. Manoj Kumar
Founder, Social Alpha
Mr. Kalyan Krishnamurthy
CEO, Flipkart
Mr. Dhiraj Rajaram
Founder, Mu Sigma
Mr. Nandan Reddy
Co-Founder, Swiggy
Mr. Kunal Shah
Founder, Cred &Freecharge
Mr. Sudhakar Gande
Vice Chairman, Axis Aerospace& Technologies
Mr. Bhavish Aggarwal
Founder & CEO, Ola
Mr. KB Chandrasekhar
Founder & CEO at Forus Health
Ms. Kavitha Iyer Rodrigues
CEO, Zumutor BiologicsMr. B.V.Naidu
Managing Partner, StartupXseed Ventures
Mr. Sanjay Swamy
Managing Partner, PRIME Venture PartnersMr. Naganand Doraswamy
Managing Partner, IdeaSpring