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New Delhi, Aug 23: Dr C N Ashwath Narayan, Minister for Electronics IT/BT and S&T as well as Higher Education, met Union Ministers Nirmala Sitaraman, Pralhad Joshi and Rajiv Chandrashekhar in New Delhi on Tuesday and extended invitations for to participate in Beyond Bengaluru Tech conclaves which will be held at Hubli Mysore and Mangaluru.

These conclaves will be held as part of the 25th edition of the Bengaluru Technological Summit BTS- 2022.

Beyond Bengaluru tech conclaves are scheduled to be held at Hubballi on September 26 and at Mysore on October 19 and 20. These will be inaugurated respectively by Pralhad Joshi and Rajeev Chandrashekhar, Minister Narayan informed.

The date of conclave at Mangalore is yet to be decided, he said. On accepting the invitation the Union Ministers said they were very eager to participate in the Beyond Bengaluru tech conclave.

On this occasion, Muniratna, Minister for Horticulture was also along with Minister Narayan.

Taking the global scenario into consideration after the pandemic and increasing work from anywhere trend the state government has decided to promote growth of new generation industries in places beyond Bengaluru also. As part of this the government has decided create to create congenial ecosystems at Hubballi- Dharwad, Belagavi and Mangaluru.

Under this programme, the State Government intends to develop Mangaluru as the Fintech hub, Mysuru as the Cyber Security hub and Belagavi as the Aerospace hub. These Beyond Bengaluru conclaves will create a platform for entrepreneurs as well as employment seekers to know the opportunities in the field of emerging technologies, he explained.

It is expected that a large number of stakeholders including entrepreneurs, domain experts and investors will gather in these tech conferences.

Further, he said the government has also opened Karnataka Digital Economy (KDEM) Mission offices at Bengaluru, Hublballi, Mysuru and Mangaluru.