Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah inaugurates Bengaluru Tech Summit 2025
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday inaugurated the 28th edition of the Bengaluru Tech Summit 2025 here.
Themed "Futurise", the three-day summit will bring together global leaders, policymakers, investors, startups, and innovators to explore emerging frontiers across DeepTech, Biotech & HealthTech, Semiconductors, and Startup Innovation.
Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, Large and Medium Industries Minister M B Patil, IT Minister Priyank Kharge and industry leaders like Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalkrishnan were among the dignitaries attending the summit.
Among the prominent foreign delegates are Nicholas Reece, Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Australia, Rafal Rosinski, Deputy Minister of Digitisation, Poland, Ilse Aigner, President, Bavarian State Parliament, Germany and Jan Christian Vestre, Minister of Health and Care Services, Norway.
According to officials, the summit organised by the Karnataka Department of Electronics, IT and BT and Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), will feature 10 focused conference tracks, including IT and DeepTech, Electro-Semicon, Digi Health & Biotech, India-USA Tech Conclave, and Global Collaboration and Startup Ecosystem. Sub-tracks include AI Universe, Defence & SpaceTech, Finverse, and Women in Leadership.
It will host over 80 knowledge sessions, more than 5,000 curated meetings, and welcome participants from 60 countries and all 30 states and Union Territories of India.
Further delegations from leading tech nations - USA, Cuba, Uruguay, Russia, UK, Israel, Belgium, Finland, France, EU, Dubai, Sharjah, South Korea, Japan, Singapore and Thailand are participating.
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India moving towards becoming global economic powerhouse: Kovind
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Amritsar (PTI): Former president Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said that with digital transformation, economic reforms and a strong focus on the ease of doing business, India is moving towards becoming a global economic powerhouse.
He was speaking after inaugurating the 19th edition of the Punjab International Trade Expo (PITEX) in Amritsar.
The former president said that this 19th edition of PITEX is being organised at a time when India is recognised as one of the fastest-growing large economies in the world.
Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the event organised by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) the former president, while referring to Punjab, said the state is a living example of courage, sacrifice and enterprise.
"The spiritual light of Sri Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) inspires peace and humanity across the world. The heritage of Punjab is deep and inspiring," Kovind said, according to a statement issued by the PITEX.
The former president congratulated the PHDCCI for hosting the 19th edition of PITEX and suggested that the chamber should expand PITEX outside Punjab.
He proposed that a similar event should also be held in New Delhi.
