Bengaluru. Nov 17.
Keen to maintain its lead in innovation and technology, Karnataka would soon come out with a new Research and Development(R & D) policy that would make R & D an integral part of our schools, colleges, universities and even private institutions. ” We want to encourage garage oriented R&D centres. We want R & D to percolate to that levels,” Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai announced here on Wednesday.

“Bengaluru Tech Summit(BTS) is a very big event. Through this summit we want to scale up innovation to next level. More than 7000 delegates from all over the world are participating in it by virtual mode. We expect them and many companies which are participating here envisage interest in most of cutting edge technologies in semiconductor, renewable energy, aerospace to come to Karnataka,” Bommai said speaking to media persons after the inauguration of BTS.

Assuring full cooperation for those who were keen to set up their R & D units and innovate in Karnataka, Bommai said, “we have created necessary infrastructure and very good ecosystem through this BTS. All of them will be accommodated. We want those already here to scale them up. There will be hand holding.”

Kannada education

Replying to a question on the proposal to make Kannada compulsory under the New Education Policy, which has been questioned in a petition before the High Court, Bommai said, it is an old issue which has come under judicial scrutiny now. The state government would take it up under the New Education Policy with due regard for its judicial scrutiny.