After years of delay, the UT Administration’s ambitious initiative—Entrepreneur Development Centre (EDC) in Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park (RGCTP) has finally attracted business minds.
Many young entrepreneurs are ready to set up their offices in the EDC. In the bidding process that culminated on Thursday, the UT Information Technology Department has finalised the allocation of office spaces at the EDC.
“Eight young entrepreneurs and two Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have been allocated bays in the world-class facility set up by the UT Department of Information Technology,” said a senior official of the UT Administration.
The Department of Information Technology had invited bids from the IT entrepreneurs for allocation of bays at EDC. In all, 47 bids were received from 21 bidders. The business plans submitted by the bidders were evaluated by the Selection Committee chaired by Prerna Puri, UT Secretary Information Technology and comprising of representatives from the Departments of Finance, Estate, Industries among others. The bids of the eligible bidders were then financially evaluated.
The companies selected for allotment of bays at EDC would undertake a bouquet of high-tech operations which include online learning and testing, cloud based products, mobile applications, R&D in telecom and wireless solutions, networking services, software for supplying clean power generated from non-conventional sources of energy.