After its image took a beating thanks to the UK terror plot, Bangalore city will now try and regain its image as the top IT city in the region by portraying itself as the IT Gateway to Asia.
Karnataka's information technology secretary M N Vidyashankar told rediff.com that the theme of the four-day Bangalore IT.in to be held between October 29 and November 1 will put the image of Bangalore on the global map once again as the leading infotech city.
The Karnataka government realises that there is a need to wash away the negative publicity it has got in the wake of the London terror plot with three persons from the city being detained.
Vidyashankar said that Bangalore IT.in is Asia's biggest IT and telecom exposition and the event will provide a platform to exchange knowledge on information and communication technologies (ICT).
Apart from this the event will also enable countries and companies in Asia to leverage Asia's ICT eco-system built in India, with Bangalore as the nerve centre of all high-tech activities.
The IT secretary said that keeping in mind the changing needs of the industry, the theme of the event will be on portraying Asia's unique ICT system.
Organised by the state government, in association with the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) and Cyber Media, the 10th edition of the IT.in will highlight the country's large ICT talent and end-to-end capabilities across the value chain.
"India is positioned in the world of IT as the only country in Asia offering a gamut of services from low-end data entry to high-end analytics and research and development. With skilled talent pool and cost advantage, an ICT ecosystem has been built over the years to thrive on the opportunities created by the global economy in a flat world," said the IT secretary.
Vidyashankar also pointed out that India accounted for one-third of Asia Pacific's IT jobs. He said that India has become a destination of choice on parameters such as talent, maturity and business environment.
Cyber Media group chairman Pradip Gupta pointed out that Bangalore has moved up the value chain to emerge as a global destination for systems on chip design, embedded software and a centre for remote management of infrastructure services.
