Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru

Mangaluru, Sept 24: Karnataka IT/BT and Rural Development Minister Priyank Kharge has outlined an ambitious roadmap to transform Mangaluru into a major coastal technology and innovation hub, dubbing it the potential ‘Silicon Beach City’ of India.

Backed by new infrastructure projects, a proposed mega tech park, and cluster-based innovation funding, the move aims to decentralise Karnataka’s tech growth beyond Bengaluru and energise local entrepreneurship, especially in the blue economy.

Kharge was speaking at two separate events in Mangaluru on Wednesday: a press conference at the Zilla Panchayat office, and the fifth edition of Mangaluru Technovanza 2025, organised by the Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM) under the "Beyond Bengaluru" initiati

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