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Bengaluru, Nov 8: IBM Company’s Client Innovation Centre (CIC) which specializes in design, software engineering, and analytics was launched in the city of Mysuru on Monday.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr C N Ashwath Narayan, Higher Education and Minister for IT/ BT and T, who inaugurated the center virtually from Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru, said, IBM group would also start its’ full-fledged campus in Mysuru in the two months.
Further, he expressed confidence that CIC-Mysuru supports the rapid and high-tech-driven economic growth in tier 2 and 3 regions of the state by providing comprehensive hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) technology consulting capabilities.
“KDEM’s Spoke-shore approach will converge on setting aspirational goals for GCCs and creating employment opportunities for 10 lakh (direct and indirect) candidates by 2026. The ‘Beyond Bengaluru’ initiative aims to attract and host 5000 IT companies and start-ups by 2026 in the Mysuru, Hubballi and Mangaluru clusters” he said.
The minister also hoped this partnership between KDEM and IBM to launch CIC in Mysuru will strengthen the IT industry ecosystem in the region and propel Karnataka to become a frontrunner for digital services and technologies the world over.
Amit Sharma, Managing Partner, Worldwide Global Delivery, said IBM, IBM CIC would play a key role in the digital transformation of the IT ecosystem throughout the city and create new employment opportunities to foster the next wave of technology innovation.
He said this investment ``will expand the companys skillsets in AI, intelligent workflows, application modernization management, hybrid cloud and such other areas.”
B V Naidu, Chairperson, KDEM said the launch of IBM’s Client Innovation Centre at Mysuru resonates with KDEM’s Spoke-shore initiative of attracting at least 100 GCCs by 2025.
Dr E V Ramana Reddy, Additional Chief Secretary of Department of Electronics, IT-BT S&T, said initiatives such as CIC prove that a Government-Industry synergy can build a robust digital infrastructure.
Sanjeev Gupta, MD and CEO, Lahari Group, Pradeep P, Commissioner, Department of Collegiate Education, Meena Nagaraj, Director, Depeartment of IT/BT, were present.