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Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lay foundation stone of Digital Science Park in Kerala tomorrow
Anupama Mehra
Assistant Manager – Content
New Delhi, Updated on Apr 24, 2023 11:04 IST
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw, various ministers of the Left government and Congress’s Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor would be attending the event. The third-generation Science Park will come up close to the Digital University of Kerala at Technopark Phase IV
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw, various ministers of the Left government and Congress’s Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor would be attending the event. The Digital Science Park project had been conceived as a multidisciplinary cluster-based interactive-innovation zone focused on digital technologies and is expected to be completed in two years.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lay foundation stone of Digital Science Park in Kerala tomorrow
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for the country’s first Digital Science Park, an INR 1,500-crore project tomorrow. The third-generation Science Park will come up close to the Digital University of Kerala at Technopark Phase IV - Technocity, the government said in a release.
"Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw, various ministers of the Left government and Congress’s Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor would be attending the event," the release said. "The Digital Science Park project had been conceived as a multidisciplinary cluster-based interactive-innovation zone focused on digital technologies and is expected to be completed in two years," it said.
"In the 2022-23 budget, the state government announced the establishment of a Digital Science Park in an area of 10 lakh square feet in two blocks. The park will initially have two buildings with a total area of 2,00,000 square feet. The first one in 1,50,000 square feet will have five floors, housing the Centre of Excellence (CoE) including research labs and digital incubator, while the second building will house the administrative as well as Digital Experience centre. The Digital Science Park will start its operations from a 10,000 square feet space in Kabani located at Technopark Phase IV within the next couple of months," it added.
"Out of the total project outlay of over INR 1,500 crore, INR 200 crore has already been allotted by the state government and the remaining amount will be generated from other sources including industry partners," the release said.
“UK-based semiconductor and software design company ARM has signed an agreement with Digital University Kerala on academic, research and startup-related activities as part of this centre. Similarly, the centre for AI will focus on both the hardware and software aspects of responsible AI, where the leading multinational technology company NVIDIA is expected to join as a partner," the release said.
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