Burkhan World to invest Rs 1,500 cr in Karnataka for AI server manufacturing: MB Patil
Bengaluru (PTI): The Burkhan World Investment Group announced plans to invest Rs 1,500 crore in Karnataka for the production of advanced AI-powered servers, Minister for Large and Medium Industries M B Patil said on Thursday.
The company, headquartered in Miami, USA, has sought 10-15 acres of land near Devanahalli, which will be allotted, the minister said.
The investment is expected to generate significant employment opportunities in the manufacturing sector, Patil added.
Patil held detailed discussions on the proposed investment and related matters with Shafi Khan, CEO of The Ghazi Group (TGG)—a subsidiary of Burkhan World—and his team at Vidhana Soudha.
"The servers proposed to be manufactured by Burkhan are in high demand globally, particularly for data centres, and the company also plans to export them to several countries," the minister was quoted as saying in a release from his office.
He assured the government’s full cooperation for the project and directed the principal secretary to convene a meeting of officials to discuss matters related to subsidies and other incentives.
The minister further said that the Burkhan Group intends to set up facilities for the production of advanced CPUs, GPUs, and AI-ready network switches in Karnataka.
For this purpose, the company plans to collaborate with its global technology partners—Gigabyte and Cera Network. "The state government will extend its full support to this initiative," Patil added.
He noted that the investment by Burkhan Group would strengthen Karnataka’s ecosystem for semiconductors, AI hardware, and advanced electronics.
The company also plans to collaborate with Resolute Group and Quad-Gen in its manufacturing process. "This initiative will promote local R&D, technology transfer, and partnerships with educational institutions and industries across the state," the minister said.
Patil added that Burkhan World will establish Bengaluru as its Centre of Excellence for operations serving India and the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region.
The company also plans to launch special skill development programmes across Karnataka.
Overall, the company is exploring opportunities for partnership with the state government in the large industries, IT-BT, and ESDM (Electronics System Design and Manufacturing) sectors, he said.
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Screenwriter Salim Khan on ventilator support and stable, say doctors
Mumbai (PTI): Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan suffered a brain haemorrhage which has been tackled, is on ventilator support as a safeguard and stable, doctors treating him said on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here.
The 90-year-old, one half of the celebrated Salim-Javed duo which scripted films such as "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don" with Javed Akhtar, is in the ICU and recovery might take some time given his age.
"His blood pressure was high for which we treated him and we had to put him on a ventilator because we wanted to do certain investigations. Now the ventilator was put as a safeguard so that his situation doesn't get worse. So it is not that he is critical," Dr Jalil Parkar told reporters.
"We did the investigations that were required and today we have done a small procedure on him, I will not go into the details. The procedure done is called DSA (digital subtraction angiography). The procedure has been accomplished, he is fine and stable and shifted back to ICU. By tomorrow, we hope to get him off the ventilator. All in all, he is doing quite well," he added.
Asked whether he suffered a brain haemorrhage, the doctor said, "Unko thoda haemorrhage hua tha, which we’ve tackled. No surgery is required.
As concern over Khan's health mounted, his children, including superstar Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan, daughter Alvira, and sons-in-law Atul Agnihotri and Aayush Sharma, have been seen outside the hospital along with other well-wishers. His long-time partner Akhtar was also seen coming out of the hospital.
Khan, a household name in the 70s and 80s, turned 90 on November 24 last year. It was the day Dharmendra, the star of many of his films, including "Sholay", "Seeta aur Geeta" and "Yaadon Ki Baraat", passed away.
Hailing from an affluent family in Indore, Khan arrived in Mumbai in his 20s with dreams of stardom. He was good looking and confident he would make a mark in the industry as an actor. But that did not happen. And then, after struggling for close to a decade and getting confined to small roles in films, he changed lanes.
He worked as an assistant to Abrar Alvi and soon met Akhtar to form one of Hindi cinema's most formidable writing partnerships. They worked together on two dozen movies with most of them achieving blockbuster status.
Other than "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don", Khan and Akhtar also penned "Trishul", "Zanjeer", "Seeta Aur Geeta", "Haathi Mere Saathi", "Yaadon Ki Baarat" and "Mr India".
