(from left) Minister of Rural Growth and Panchayat Raj Priyank Kharge; S Gopalakrishnan, Chairperson, Imaginative and prescient Group on IT & Electronics; Chief Minister Siddaramaiah; Deputy CM DK Shivakumar; Sharath Bachegowda, MLA from Hoskote, Chairman, KEONICS; and Dr Ekroop Caur, IAS, Secretary of Division
Forward of the twenty eighth version of the Bengaluru Tech Summit (BTS), to be held in November, the Division of Electronics, IT & BT, the Karnataka authorities introduced the launch of KATALYST — a devoted ease of doing Enterprise cell to help World Functionality Centres (GCCs) in Karnataka.
This initiative, aligned with the State’s GCC Coverage 2024-2029, goals to streamline new investments, fast-track set-up processes, and deepen collaboration of GCCs with the broader innovation ecosystem. Karnataka intends so as to add 500 GCCs by 2029, creating 3,50,000 jobs and $50 billion in financial output.
On Monday morning, a breakfast meet with 200 CEOs was held within the presence of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar. The assembly was deliberate to announce BTS 2025, scheduled for November 18-20, and interact with trade captains from various sectors to assemble their views on methods and initiatives for Karnataka to keep up its management place throughout expertise sectors.
Business our bodies like Nasscom, IESA, TiE Bangalore, ABLE, and ABAI introduced collectively CEOs, founders, and innovators from IT & deeptech, biotech & well being tech, electronics & semiconductors, defence & house tech, fintech, and AVGC to interact in a dialogue with the CM.
Imaginative and prescient board
The gathering was additionally addressed by the Chairpersons of the 4 Imaginative and prescient Teams of the Authorities of Karnataka – S Gopalakrishnan, Chairperson, Imaginative and prescient Group on IT & Electronics; Dr Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairperson, Imaginative and prescient Group on Biotech; Prashanth Prakash, Chairman, Imaginative and prescient Group on Begin-ups, and Dr AS Kiran Kumar, Chairperson, Imaginative and prescient Group on Area.
“The launch of KATALYST will make Karnataka one among India’s most business-friendly States. Karnataka is understood for its expertise management. From the primary IT coverage in 1997 and the GCC in 2024, we’ve got at all times deliberate for the longer term. Karnataka is India’s largest software-exporting State, contributing 44 per cent of the nation’s software program exports. The IT and ITeS sector accounts for 26 per cent of our State’s economic system. We host over 875 GCCs, which is 30 per cent of the overall variety of GCCs in India, and are constructing tech clusters past Bengaluru to make sure progress throughout the State,” the CM highlighted.
BTS is alleged to deliver collectively 20,000+ start-up founders, 1,000+ buyers, 600+ audio system, and 1,200+ exhibitors from over 60 nations and all 36 States/UTs. Saying the summit, IT, BT, and Minister of Rural Growth and Panchayat Raj Priyank Kharge mentioned BTS 2025 will function 10 thematic tracks, 100+ information classes, 5,000+ curated conferences, and a concentrate on start-ups via the Startup Springboard platform.
What to anticipate
The theme of BTS 2025 is Futurise, a name to motion to think about, innovate, and implement applied sciences that can form the many years forward, driving transformation throughout various sectors of the tech ecosystem.
The convention will function 10 tracks, together with IT & DeepTech, Electro-Semicon, Digital Well being & Biotech, the Startup Ecosystem, World Collaboration, and India – USA Tech Conclave, together with new tracks – AI Universe, Finverse, Defence & Spacetech, and My Planet My Future. A significant spotlight would be the ‘Future Makers Conclave’, a programme showcasing changemakers, entrepreneurs, adventurers, artists, and pioneers to be attended by over 20,000 start-up founders and ecosystem members.
With over 1,200 Indian & international exhibitors, the occasion will function a particular concentrate on start-ups via the Startup Springboard, a curated programme that connects ventures with buyers, mentors, and international networks. Actions will embrace investor pitching classes led by prime VC networks, one-on-one mentoring clinics with trade consultants, a devoted ‘Startup Pavilion’ within the exhibition, and unique investor join alternatives. Begin-ups can even profit from targeted thematic classes on scaling, fundraising, and worldwide market entry, alongside recognition via the Startup Awards.
Printed on August 11, 2025
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