GoI: 21 Centres of Excellence to be launched to incubate new technologies

The State-Owned Technology Parks in India (STPI) are to have the largest ecosystem to incubate new technologies. This is to be achieved by setting up 21 Centres of Excellence in these parks.

India has centres of excellence (CoE) for Internet of Things, electric vehicles, block chain, animation and gaming, etc. The Government of India has already launched 12 CoEs. Of this, three are dedicated to agriculture. Apart from agriculture, the CoE will focus on forestry and fisheries. This is because agriculture, forestry and fisheries contribute to 17% of India’s GDP. India is the second largest producer of farm products in the world. It still needs to grow up in supply chain.

STPI centres

As of March 2020, there were 60 STPI Centres or sub centres in the country. They are operational in Tier-II and Tier-III cities.

The STPI was set up as an autonomous body in 1991 under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. The main objective of STPI is to promote software exports in the country. The services rendered by STPI are data communication services, statutory services, training and value-added services.

The STPI play as crucial role in software exports with a special focus on SMEs and start up units.

Schemes under STPI

The STPI has been implementing Software Technology Park Scheme and Electronics Hardware Technology Park Scheme to promote IT industry. The schemes focus largely on software industry and start up growth without locational constraints.

Rental Waiver

In April 2020, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology provided rental waiver to Information Technology Units operating in Software Technology Parks of India. The waiver was provided in the light of current COVID-19 crisis.

Centres of Excellence

The Centre of Excellence is a place that provides research, leadership, support and training.

In January 2020, Centre of Excellence in Block Chain Technology was launched in Bengaluru. It was set up by National Informatics Centre. These centres are important to keep India at the pace of global technological advancements.


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