The new electropreneur park aims at achieving the objectives of the ESDM vision outlined in the National Policy on Electronics and other policies.
The Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) hopes to operationalise the country’s second electropreneur park in Bhubaneswar by May this year. The park will incubate start-ups in the ESDM (Electronic System Design and Manufacturing) space.
STPI had recently signed a pact with industry body, India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA), and International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar for setting up the ESDM incubator.
The new incubation centre will be set up within the premises of STPI’s new facility in Bhubaneswar. It aims at achieving the objectives of the ESDM vision outlined in the National Policy on Electronics and other policies.
The park will incubate about 40 start-ups in the ESDM space and will see an investment of Rs 22 crore, the cost equally apportioned between the state and Centre. STPI is the nodal agency for implementing the project. It will accord thrust on start-ups in verticals like energy, education and industrial automation and process control.
To promote the successful start-ups or incubatees of the proposed ESDM incubation centre, it is envisaged to offer preferential allotment in Electronic Manufacturing Cluster on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar.
Going forward
The Odisha government has taken a host of measures, including preparation of road map for the hardware industry and characterization lab for chip testing, to attract investments in the ESDM sector.
Khurda, Rayagada, Sundergarh, Balasore and Ganjam districts are identified as the potential areas for setting up of ESDM projects. In addition, the Information and Communication Technology Policy-2014, promises sops for the promotion of ESDM units.
