A new state-of-art Incubation Centre will soon come up in the Steel City at the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) premises.

The Incubation Centre which works under the Department of Electronics and Information Technology under the Union Ministry of Communications and Information Technology would be established in 25,000 sqft of area. The STPI Bhilai had been operational since 2002 for promotion of IT and ITes from the region.

The STPI in Bhilai had been providing incubation services to start-ups and SMEs. On the other hand, in February last year, The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) had announced that it would establish its ‘Incubation Centre’ in Chhattisgarh, officials stated.

Chief Minister Raman Singh during his visit to  Bengaluru where he was as chief guest to attend ‘Vision Summit- 2015’ organised by the India Electronics and Semi-Conductors’ Association (I.E.S.A) in Bangalore, Karnataka had stated that he had met the Chairman and senior scientists of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the representatives of NASSCOM during the ‘Vision Summit -2015’.

Singh had stated that NASSCOM will open an ‘Incubation Centre’ in Chhattisgarh which will provide better guidance, technical knowledge and information related to the industry besides other help to the IT students.

Efforts will be made to provide technical and financial assistance to the students for entrepreneurship development, Singh said.

The ‘Incubation Centre’ will serve as a good platform for students, said Singh, adding, the IT majors and investors wishing to invest in IT sector are likely to visit Chhattisgarh during the coming days.

Satisfied by his tour, Singh had stated that discussions were also held with the investors regarding investment in Defense sector in Chhattisgarh.Representatives of India’s well known companies present in the ‘Vision Summit 2015’ have evinced interest for making investment in new sectors in the State.

‘The investors present at the Summit believed that Chhattisgarh is a better place for IT industry,’ Singh had stated.

In April last year, the Chhattisgarh Government and NASSCOM had also signed a  MoU, in which NASSCOM agreed to provide necessary guidance to State’s Information Technology Department for promoting Information Technology and skill development of youth in Chhattisgarh.