The State Government has decided to keep aside two per cent of the Annual Plan Budget for development of the IT sector, a senior official said on Tuesday.
“This will amount to around Rs 800 crore, and very soon the Government is expected to come up with a start-up policy,” Electronics and IT Department Deputy Secretary Aditya Mohapatra said while addressing a three-day workshop on “Entrepreneurial Opportunity in IT Sector” at the SOA University here.
The need today is to innovate and think out of box while focucsing on changing the mindset of the society, he said adding the government wanted people to come up with their novel ideas for entrepreneurship and start-ups..
“Don’t join a company, but think of launching your own company,” he advised the students.
Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), Bhubaneswar Director Manas Ranjan Panda said the STPI has already created 2 lakh sqft of incubation space in Odisha so far in the cities of Bhubaneswar, Brahmapur, Rourkela and Baleswar.