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Arvind Kumar

Arvind Kumar

Director General

  • STPI 1st Floor, Plate B, Office Block - 1, East Kidwai Nagar, New Delhi - 110023
  • +91-1124628081/24346600
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Amit Bansal

Amit Bansal

Director

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Smt. Vandana Srivastava

Smt. Vandana Srivastava

Director

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Ashok Gupta

Ashok Gupta

Director

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Sonal Bhatawadekar

Sonal Bhatawadekar

Director

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  • 9th Floor, GIFT One Tower, Block-56, Road-5C, Zone-5, GIFT City, Gandhinagar-382 355 (Gujarat)
  • +91-79-66748530
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Manajit Kumar Nayak

Manajit Kumar Nayak

Director

  • STPI IT Park, 6th Floor, Block-DP, Plot-5/1, at Sector-V, Salt Lake, Kolkata - 700091, West Bengal
  • +91-033-23673598, 99
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Shri Surya Kumar Pattanayak

Shri Surya Kumar Pattanayak

Director

  • STPI ELITE Building, IDCO Plot No.2/A, Industrial Area, Gothapatna, Post - Malipada, District-Khurda, Bhubaneswar-751003
  • +91-674-2623000
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Dr. Sanjay Kumar Gupta

Dr. Sanjay Kumar Gupta

Director

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Kavitha C

Kavitha C

Director

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Shailendra Tyagi

Shailendra Tyagi

Director

  • No.76 and 77, 6th Floor, Cyber Park, Electronic City, Hosur Road, Bengaluru - 560100 Karnataka
  • 91-80-66186000, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07
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Dr. Sanjay Tyagi

Dr. Sanjay Tyagi

Director

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Ganesh K Nayak

Ganesh K Nayak

Director

  • C-21, Thejaswini Building, Technopark Campus, Karyavttom, Thiruvananthapuram - 6955811, Kerala
  • 91-471-2700707
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Know your Ministers

Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw

Hon'ble Union Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics & Information Technology

Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw is the Cabinet Minister for Railways, Communications, and Electronics and Information Technology in the Government of India. He is a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha since 28 June 2019. He is an M.Tech from IIT Kanpur and an MBA from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Hon'ble Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Electronics and Information Technology

Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar is the Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Electronics & Information Technology in the Govt. of India. He has been a member of Rajya Sabha since April 2006, from Karnataka and currently in his third term. He is a B.E. (Electrical Engg.) from Manipal Institute of Technology and Masters in Computer Science from Illinois Institute of Technology.

Centre of Entrepreneurship

    A CoE is facility where the highest standards and best practices in terms of infrastructure, technology, leadership, mentoring, training, research & development is made available for specific focus areas

    • Deliver a vibrant platform & 360 degree support to start-ups

    • Foster Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and knowledge exchange

    • Build Leadership in Emerging Technologies

    • Help start-ups create world-class IT / EDSM products indigenously.

    • Generating direct & indirect employment

Centre of Entrepreneurship on FinTech is setup by STPI in collaboration with the Government of Gujarat. The best-in-class incubation facility of located at STPI-Gandhinagar, GIFT-City has 50 Plug n Play incubation seats for the FinGlobe CoE. The main object of this CoE is to encourage the Startups for creation of products and services to penetrate new areas of the financial system and to change the competitive landscape which in turn can motivate the traditional financial firms in this region to invest in technology and to pay attention to changing trends among their customers. It will…

  • Shri Rajiv Gupta

    Chief Mentor

    Shri Rajiv Gupta

  • Smt. Sonal Bhatawadekar

    Head of CoE

    Smt. Sonal Bhatawadekar

    A CoE is facility where the highest standards and best practices in terms of infrastructure, technology, leadership, mentoring, training, research & development is made available for specific focus areas

    • Deliver a vibrant platform & 360 degree support to start-ups

    • Foster Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and knowledge exchange

    • Build Leadership in Emerging Technologies

    • Help start-ups create world-class IT / EDSM products indigenously.

    • Generating direct & indirect employment

CoE for Efficiency Augmentation, setup by STPI in collaboration with the Government of Karnataka and in partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise India Private Limited (HPEIPL) and other industry partners. The CoE shall be of international standard which seeks to bring together the international community and industry to debate, deliberate, act and innovate in both the industry (infrastructure & business transformation) and people development, to address technology’s impact on Industry.

  • TBD

    Chief Mentor

    TBD

  • Shri Shailendra Tyagi

    Head of CoE

    Shri Shailendra Tyagi

    A CoE is facility where the highest standards and best practices in terms of infrastructure, technology, leadership, mentoring, training, research & development is made available for specific focus areas

    • Deliver a vibrant platform & 360 degree support to start-ups

    • Foster Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and knowledge exchange

    • Build Leadership in Emerging Technologies

    • Help start-ups create world-class IT / EDSM products indigenously.

    • Generating direct & indirect employment

EmTek, the Center of Entrepreneurship, promoting Emerging Technologies, established under the leadership of Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), the Government of Odisha and the Government of India in order to foster innovation and entrepreneurship in Industry 4.0. EmTek fosters the spirit of growth, leadership, and dynamism to assist companies in their process of digital transformation. EmTek provides its incubatee’s an ecosystem in which they can avail the support of mentors, investors, and financial institutions to design and, market commercially sustainable technology driven…

  • Amarendra Sahu

    Chief Mentor

    Amarendra Sahu

  • Shri Surya Kumar Pattanayak

    Head of CoE

    Shri Surya Kumar Pattanayak

    A CoE is facility where the highest standards and best practices in terms of infrastructure, technology, leadership, mentoring, training, research & development is made available for specific focus areas

    • Deliver a vibrant platform & 360 degree support to start-ups

    • Foster Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and knowledge exchange

    • Build Leadership in Emerging Technologies

    • Help start-ups create world-class IT / EDSM products indigenously.

    • Generating direct & indirect employment

Kalpataru is a Center of Entrepreneurship established under the guidance & tutelage of Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in Industry 4.0.

Kalpataru fosters the spirit of growth and dynamism to help tech-based innovators establish a solid global standing from start to finish. Right from infrastructure and funding to marketing leading innovations, this CoE aims to create futuristic minds that promote the idea of Make In India.

  • Shri. Atul Bhatt

    Chief Mentor

    Shri. Atul Bhatt

  • Kavitha C

    Head of CoE

    Kavitha C

    A CoE is facility where the highest standards and best practices in terms of infrastructure, technology, leadership, mentoring, training, research & development is made available for specific focus areas

    • Deliver a vibrant platform & 360 degree support to start-ups

    • Foster Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and knowledge exchange

    • Build Leadership in Emerging Technologies

    • Help start-ups create world-class IT / EDSM products indigenously.

    • Generating direct & indirect employment

FASAL - Fostering AgriTech Startups for Augmenting Livelihood

A CoE for IoT in Agriculture at Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth (PDKV), Akola.

To create a holistic ecosystem for encouraging innovation, R&D and entrepreneurship in AgriTech domain and to address the problems of farmers in the region to increase their productivity and profitability.

The core focus areas includes Digital Farming, Smart Techniques for Crop Protection & Management, Forecasting using Predictive Analytics, Enhancing Farmer income in off-season using…

  • Dr. Anand Deshpande

    Chief Mentor

    Dr. Anand Deshpande

  • Dr. Sanjay Gupta

    Head of CoE

    Dr. Sanjay Gupta

    A CoE is facility where the highest standards and best practices in terms of infrastructure, technology, leadership, mentoring, training, research & development is made available for specific focus areas

    • Deliver a vibrant platform & 360 degree support to start-ups

    • Foster Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and knowledge exchange

    • Build Leadership in Emerging Technologies

    • Help start-ups create world-class IT / EDSM products indigenously.

    • Generating direct & indirect employment

IMAGE CoE is an initiative by STPI at Hyderabad to provide resources such as mentoring, technology support and funding for Gaming, Animation, VFX, Computer Vision and AI start-ups. IMAGE offers integrated programs, CVLAB and GameLab, for start-ups to scale up through its incubation facility.

The IMAGE accelerator program includes premium plug and play co-working space for start-ups and offers access to the ecosystem which comprises of IP owners, mentors, investors and a platform to support GoToMarket strategy.

  • Shri Shashidhar Reddy

    Chief Mentor

    Shri Shashidhar Reddy

  • Kavitha C

    Head of CoE

    Kavitha C

    A CoE is facility where the highest standards and best practices in terms of infrastructure, technology, leadership, mentoring, training, research & development is made available for specific focus areas

    • Deliver a vibrant platform & 360 degree support to start-ups

    • Foster Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and knowledge exchange

    • Build Leadership in Emerging Technologies

    • Help start-ups create world-class IT / EDSM products indigenously.

    • Generating direct & indirect employment

STPI NEURON, a Centre of Entrepreneurship  in AI/Data Analytics, IoT and AVG, set up in collaboration with Govt. of Punjab, ISB-Mohali, PTU and MeitY, is a pioneering initiative to identify and evaluate promising startups in the field of AI/Data Analytics, IoT and AVG and nurture them to build path-breaking products and solutions in the domains the CoE focuses on.

NEURON has dedicated 500 seats co-working space and labs for AI/Data Analytics, IoT and AVG. Apart from physical infrastructure, the hub has the access to industry, industry associations and academia to further strengthen…

  • Shri I.S. Paul

    Chief Mentor

    Shri I.S. Paul

  • Shri Ajay P. Shrivastava

    Head of CoE

    Shri Ajay P. Shrivastava

    A CoE is facility where the highest standards and best practices in terms of infrastructure, technology, leadership, mentoring, training, research & development is made available for specific focus areas

    • Deliver a vibrant platform & 360 degree support to start-ups

    • Foster Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and knowledge exchange

    • Build Leadership in Emerging Technologies

    • Help start-ups create world-class IT / EDSM products indigenously.

    • Generating direct & indirect employment

STPI Virtual & Augmented Centre of Entrepreneurship (VARCoE) at Bhubaneshwar aims to develop a high potential ecosystem to undertake world-class research in AR & VR by establishing state-of-the-art testing facility/laboratories for advanced algorithms, applications and methods in aid of AR & VR for immersive visualization in areas including skill development, product design, healthcare, art & architecture, transport, construction, tourism, entertainment, education & productivity software.

Built in collaboration with MeitY, Govt. of Odisha, IIT Bhubaneswar…

  • Shri Subroto Bagchi

    Chief Mentor

    Shri Subroto Bagchi

  • Dr P K Sahu

    Head of CoE

    Dr P K Sahu

    A CoE is facility where the highest standards and best practices in terms of infrastructure, technology, leadership, mentoring, training, research & development is made available for specific focus areas

    • Deliver a vibrant platform & 360 degree support to start-ups

    • Foster Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and knowledge exchange

    • Build Leadership in Emerging Technologies

    • Help start-ups create world-class IT / EDSM products indigenously.

    • Generating direct & indirect employment

The STPI MOTION, a CoE in Automated, Connected, Electric & Shared (ACES) mobility space at Pune, creates a promising environment and provides necessary support to startups, young entrepreneurs and innovators in this domain in collaboration with government, industry, industry association and academia. This CoE hosts physical lab facility, state-of-the-art incubation space along with training, mentoring, networking & marketing support, access to financial resources, IPR and other support services for the benefit of the startups. The CoE plans to nurture 51 startups over a period of 5…

  • Sh. Ganesh Natrajan

    Chief Mentor

    Sh. Ganesh Natrajan

  • Dr. Sanjay Kumar Gupta

    Head of CoE

    Dr. Sanjay Kumar Gupta

    A CoE is facility where the highest standards and best practices in terms of infrastructure, technology, leadership, mentoring, training, research & development is made available for specific focus areas

    • Deliver a vibrant platform & 360 degree support to start-ups

    • Foster Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and knowledge exchange

    • Build Leadership in Emerging Technologies

    • Help start-ups create world-class IT / EDSM products indigenously.

    • Generating direct & indirect employment

Electropreneur Park, Delhi is the first-of-its-kind ESDM incubator in India that has established many success stories in last 3 years. With state-of-the-art incubation facility, world-class laboratories, mentoring, networking,technical support, government support, marketing, funding and the much-needed ecosystem essential for startup success and growth, EP-Delhi has incubated 25 startups those have filed 18 patents, launched 20 products, 6 startups funded & generated Rs. 25 crore as revenue.

The success of EP Delhi is a template for the success of other CoEs.…

  • Shri. Jaswinder Ahuja

    Chief Mentor

    Shri. Jaswinder Ahuja

  • Shri Amit Bansal

    Head of CoE

    Shri Amit Bansal

    A CoE is facility where the highest standards and best practices in terms of infrastructure, technology, leadership, mentoring, training, research & development is made available for specific focus areas

    • Deliver a vibrant platform & 360 degree support to start-ups

    • Foster Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and knowledge exchange

    • Build Leadership in Emerging Technologies

    • Help start-ups create world-class IT / EDSM products indigenously.

    • Generating direct & indirect employment

OctaNE CoE 
A group of eight internetworked CoEs to support technology-led innovation in the North Eastern India 

The primary focus areas for OCTANE CoE comprises of IoT in Agriculture at Guwahati, Emerging Tech (AR/VR) at Imphal, Gaming & Animation at Shillong, Data Analytics & AI at Agartala, IT Applications in Graphics Design at Kohima, IT Application in Healthcare & AgriTech at Gangtok, Gaming & Entertainment at Aizwal, and GIS Applications (including Drone Technology) at Itanagar.

 

 

  • Sh. Kumaran Venkatesh

    Chief Mentor

    Sh. Kumaran Venkatesh

  • Smt. Vandana Srivastava

    Head of CoE

    Smt. Vandana Srivastava

    A CoE is facility where the highest standards and best practices in terms of infrastructure, technology, leadership, mentoring, training, research & development is made available for specific focus areas

    • Deliver a vibrant platform & 360 degree support to start-ups

    • Foster Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and knowledge exchange

    • Build Leadership in Emerging Technologies

    • Help start-ups create world-class IT / EDSM products indigenously.

    • Generating direct & indirect employment

The STPI FinBlue, a Center of Entrepreneurship in FinTech, at Chennai is a first-of-its-kind incubation facility, which aims further strengthening India as the leader in FinTech industry by providing accessibility to technology, mentorship, incubation facility, world-class labs & funding. FinBlue offers an integrated program to start-ups to scale through its incubation facility by providing access to SandBox, an environment that consists of APIs of different participating banks, NPCI products, Core Banking Software and other enabling services through various stakeholders. FinBlue…

  • Shri Arun Jain

    Chief Mentor

    Shri Arun Jain

  • Dr. Sanjay Tyagi

    Head of CoE

    Dr. Sanjay Tyagi

    A CoE is facility where the highest standards and best practices in terms of infrastructure, technology, leadership, mentoring, training, research & development is made available for specific focus areas

    • Deliver a vibrant platform & 360 degree support to start-ups

    • Foster Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and knowledge exchange

    • Build Leadership in Emerging Technologies

    • Help start-ups create world-class IT / EDSM products indigenously.

    • Generating direct & indirect employment

The STPI IoT OpenLab CoE at Bengaluru presents a huge opportunity for startups in a hyper-connected world to build innovative IoT products and solutions.

This CoE focuses on creating a robust ecosystem in a collaborative model to nurture startups and drive R&D, innovation & product development in IoT while focusing on sectors like Defence, Aeronautics, Industrial, Agriculture, Health, Automotive and Education etc. The CoE targets to nurture around 500 startups over a period of 5 years.

With the flexibility of both physical and…

  • Shri Sanjeev Keskar

    Chief Mentor

    Shri Sanjeev Keskar

  • Shri Shailendra Tyagi

    Head of CoE

    Shri Shailendra Tyagi

    A CoE is facility where the highest standards and best practices in terms of infrastructure, technology, leadership, mentoring, training, research & development is made available for specific focus areas

    • Deliver a vibrant platform & 360 degree support to start-ups

    • Foster Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and knowledge exchange

    • Build Leadership in Emerging Technologies

    • Help start-ups create world-class IT / EDSM products indigenously.

    • Generating direct & indirect employment

A Centre of Entrepreneurship  (CoE) is a domain-specific specialized incubation facility for start-ups in the area of emerging technologies where the highest-standards and best-practices in terms of infrastructure, technology, leadership, mentoring, training, research & development, funding, networking for the given focus area is made available.

The Government of India has a special emphasis on start-ups & entrepreneurship. Accordingly, the Start-up India initiative was announced by Hon'ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi during his independence day address on 15th…

  • Shri. Pankaj Thakar

    Chief Mentor

    Shri. Pankaj Thakar

  • Shri Ashok Gupta

    Head of CoE

    Shri Ashok Gupta

    A CoE is facility where the highest standards and best practices in terms of infrastructure, technology, leadership, mentoring, training, research & development is made available for specific focus areas

    • Deliver a vibrant platform & 360 degree support to start-ups

    • Foster Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and knowledge exchange

    • Build Leadership in Emerging Technologies

    • Help start-ups create world-class IT / EDSM products indigenously.

    • Generating direct & indirect employment

Electropreneur Park (EP), Bhubaneswar is an ESDM Incubation Centre set up by STPI, with support from Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY), Govt. of India and Govt. of Odisha as part of its PAN India initiative to create a network of Centres of Entrepreneurship. EP-BBSR is equipped with state of the art advanced Lab, plug & play facilities for incubatees in the CoE.

  • Shri. Pradeep Gupta

    Chief Mentor

    Shri. Pradeep Gupta

  • Shri Surya Kumar Pattanayak

    Head of CoE

    Shri Surya Kumar Pattanayak

    A CoE is facility where the highest standards and best practices in terms of infrastructure, technology, leadership, mentoring, training, research & development is made available for specific focus areas.

    • Deliver a vibrant platform & 360 degree support to start-ups

    • Foster Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and knowledge exchange

    • Build Leadership in Emerging Technologies

    • Help start-ups create world-class IT / EDSM products indigenously.

    • Generating direct & indirect employment

STPI MediTech CoE will stimulate the establishment and growth of technology-based startups in the field of medical electronics and health informatics by providing state-of-the-art infrastructure, world-class laboratories, mentoring, marketing, funding and a much-needed ecosystem essential for their success and growth.

The core objective of this CoE is to strengthen the domestic manufacturing capability of reliable and affordable medical electronics products and services thereby reducing dependencies on imports while contributing to the vision of flagship government programmes such…

  • Dr. Saurabh Srivastava

    Chief Mentor

    Dr. Saurabh Srivastava

  • Shri Amit Bansal

    Head of CoE

    Shri Amit Bansal

Schemes

STP Scheme

STP Scheme

A 100% export-oriented scheme for development and export of computer software, including export of professional services using communication links

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EHTP Scheme

EHTP Scheme

A 100% export-oriented scheme for the development and export of electronic hardware & promotion of indigenous electronic product manufacturing

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NGIS Scheme

NGIS Scheme

A futuristic incubation scheme to offer comprehensive support and extend funding to startups from various STPI incubation facilities under a common umbrella

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EMC 2.0

EMC 2.0

The EMC 2.0 is envisaged in continuation to the existing EMC scheme to further strengthen the electronics manufacturing ecosystem in the country.

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IBPS

IBPS

The India BPO Promotion Scheme (IBPS), envisaged under Digital India Programme, seeks to incentivize establishment of 48,300 seats in respect of BPO/ITES operations across the… Read More

NEBPS

NEBPS

The North East BPO Promotion Scheme (NEBPS), envisaged under Digital India Programme, seeks to incentivize establishment of 5000 seats in respect of BPO/ITES operations in… Read More

Our Journey

Govt. of India appointed Bhabha Committee to realise the importance of electronics and computers in national development that led to the establishment of Electronics Corporation of India Ltd. and formation of Department of Electronics (DoE).

1970

Our Journey

Formative years of Indian IT industry noticed a slew of policy measures including New Computer Policy, New Electronic Policy & Software Policy to promote software development & exports.

The 1st Railway reservation through computerization was a visible outcome. Understanding the importance of software exports for the growth of the economy, RBI delegated the evaluation of software exports to DoE.

1987

Our Journey

Software Technology Park (STP) was established at Bengaluru, Pune and Bhubaneswar to promote software exports, a pioneering step to realise the potential of global IT opportunities.

1989

Our Journey

The 3 STPs were merged to establish Software Technology Parks of India on June 5 that heralded a paradigm shift in addressing the challenges of Indian IT industry.

1991

Our Journey

STP & EHTP schemes were implemented to provide single window clearance to accelerate software & electronic hardware exports, clocking an inspiring Rs. 17 crore, 1st time by STPI members.

Satellite-based High-Speed Data Communication (HSDC) services was launched to bolster software exports, spearheading last-mile connectivity. This enabled companies implement software on their international clients’ computers from India.

STPI also launched Incubation services in India, a pioneering step that enabled 156 STPI members to avail 1.8 lakh sq. ft. space across the country.

1992

Our Journey

STPI became the 1st Class-A commercial Internet Service Provider for IT industry, government & academia in India. To expand the international business of STPI units, STPI was the 1st organisation in India to demonstrate video conferencing facility between USA & Bengaluru, and further collaborated with 20 international carriers, connecting the world.

1994

Our Journey

To encourage investment (both domestic and FDI) & entrepreneurship in IT industry, tax benefits under 10A & 10B were provided to the software exports units. STPI also started offering Project Management Consultancy (PMC) in 1995. The 1st project was an ambitious software development project for Fujitsu, Japan.

1996

Our Journey

In a span of 5 years, STPI units’ exports increased 10,000% from Rs. 17 cr in 1992 to an impressive Rs. 1780 cr.

STPI units clocked Rs.3.4k cr exports, contributing 52% of national software exports in 1998. An impressive 1.3 lakh employment was provided by STPI units in 1999.

Identifying the needs of IT industry, STPI collaborated with 57 international carriers to provide connectivity to STP units promoting software exports across the globe.

To assist and facilitate Small & Medium Exporters (SME), STPI set up a business support centre called "India Infotech Center" in Silicon Valley, CA, USA, providing the services including: Entrepreneurial Assistance, Trade Promotion, Support, Infra and Comm. facilities, Market Research & Info., Joint Venture, Collaboration & Match-Making Facilitation

In 1998, Govt. of India constituted a “National Task Force on IT & Software Development” to recommend steps to remove bottlenecks in the path of rapid development and give a boost to the IT/ITeS Industry.

1999

Our Journey

3 lakh sq. ft. of incubation facility was made available pan-India for startups and MSMEs, a majority of which was in Tier 2/ 3 cities.

To encourage education sector to utilise internet for R&D and innovation, STPI provided internet for "Student Internet World", an event where 30,000 students in Bengaluru participated.

2001

Our Journey

STPI-USA business support centre "Infotech" was established with 337 beneficiaries. In a matter of just 2 years, STPI more than doubled the number of centres from 15 in 2000 to 35 in 2002.

The world started seeing STPI as a great example whilst replicating the STP model. STPI collaborated with Mauritius to execute the “Ebene Cyber City Project” and with UNESCO to replicate STP model in Nepal.

2002

Our Journey

STPI took an ambitious consultancy project called Khajane NET to interconnect all the treasuries in Govt. of Karnataka on a central platform, helping achieve complete transparency & control over transactions.

Europe Star teleport facility, located in STPI, Bengaluru commenced for monitoring downlink signals covering ISN region (India/Nepal/Srilanka) through CSME (Communication System & Monitoring Equipment) facility based out of Toulouse, France.

The PanAmSat teleport facility located in STPI, Bengaluru commenced for monitoring downlink signals covering the IOR (Indian Ocean Region) through the CSME facility. STPI Bengaluru was connected to PAS NOC centre at Atlanta via Fucino Earth Station, Italy.

STPI made last mile connectivity possible in Tier 2/3 cities through the prestigious IPStar project to deliver services in remote areas where terrestrial lines were non-existent or line conditions were poor.

2003

Our Journey

STPI took the Commercial Taxes Network Project that involved networking of nearly 93 branches of Department of Commercial Taxes, Govt. of Karnataka. STPI Bengaluru also managed the VSAT Hub operations as part of the project.

In 2004, India announced itself online via .in domain. STPI acted as a backbone for implementing .in Internet Domain Name Policy that resulted in 75,000 domain registrations in the very 1st week of its opening to the public.

Since inception, STPI set up its own International Gateways at 40 locations for providing HSDC links to the IT/ITeS industry pan India with more than 50% in Tier II/III cities.

STPI set up state-of-the-art technology infrastructure for the launch of NIXI (National Internet Exchange of India & CERT-In (The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team).

STPI set up state-of-the-art tech infrastructure by integrating pan India iNOC and Web Services Hall for NIC (National Informatics Center)

STPI helped set up state-of-the-art infrastructure in different parts of the world, like IT parks in Cote d’Ivory & Cyprus, continuing the replication of the successful “STPI model” for boosting the countries’ IT industry.

2004

Our Journey

STPI provided PMC services for identifying the right technology for the National E-governance Plan, as requested by the National Institute for Smart Governance (NISG).

STPI helped Laos to establish their National Data Centre.

1 million employed directly in IT/ITeS sector with 75% employment from STPI units. Bengaluru was identified as a startup-focused community and Orchid Techscape was created to encourage the startups to own the Intellectual Property within India and strengthen the startup ecosystem.

STPI Jurisdictional Directors became the development commissioners for IT/ITeS Special Economic Zones (SEZ) for providing an internationally competitive environment.

STPI units set another massive milestone by clocking more than Rs. 1 lakh crore exports.

2006

Our Journey

STPI replicated the STP model in Bhutan by helping them set up IT Park to boost software exports and expand tech entrepreneurship in that country.

2007

Our Journey

STPI set a gold standard for IT industry.

In 20 years, STPI grew from 3 to 51 centres pan India with 44 centres in Tier-II/III cities, enabling the dispersion of IT industry. 2 million direct employment was registered in IT/ITeS sector with 75% of the total employment was provided by STPI units.

STPI units doubled the exports in just 3 years with over Rs. 2 lakh crore exports in 2009. In a historic first, STPI provisioned 1 Gbps bandwidth to customers across the country.

Despite the lapse of tax exemption provided to STP units under 10A/10B on March 31, 2011, STPI units grew tremendously due to ease of doing business, no administrative hurdles and transformative efforts while implementing the STP/EHTP scheme expeditiously.

2012

Our Journey

STPI units clocked over Rs. 3 lakh crore exports in 2013.

To position India as a global hub for ESDM, STPI launched EP, 1st of its kind incubator. STPI in association with Govt. of Karnataka also set up SMART Lab in Bengaluru to test electronic hardware.

To safeguard Indian standards & practices for manufacturers in Electronics & IT products, STPI was also entrusted with the CRS.

Furthermore, to encourage innovation in multimedia, animation & gaming, STPI set up IMAGE incubation centre in Hyderabad.

STPI became the nodal agency for implementing the BPO Promotion Scheme and set up the Data Centre of National Data Repository of DGH at Bhubaneswar.

STPI set up STPINEXT INITIATIVES, a Section 8 company, through a special purpose vehicle to bolster R&D, innovation and product development to brace the challenges of Industry 4.0.

2018

Our Journey

To build India’s leadership in emerging tech, STPI embarked on setting up 21 domain-centric Centres of  Entrepreneurship (CoEs) in collaborative manner across India.

Moreover, STPI established the 1st Fab Lab a concept of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA in Bhubaneswar, a Tier II city. STPI units have also garnered a cumulative massive Rs. 1.5 lakh crore investment (including FDI) since 1992.

STPI launched 6 CoEs such as FinBlue, NEURON, IoT OpenLab, MOTION, VARCoE and Electropreneur Park Bhubaneswar.

STPI-registered units contributed Rs. 4,22,550 core software exports.

2019

Our Journey

STPI launched 6 more CoEs such as IMAGE, Apiary, MedTech CoE, IoT in Agriculture CoE, Animation CoE, and Emerging Technologies – AR/VR CoE.

To realise the vison of NPSP 2019, STPI launched Next Generation Incubation Scheme (NGIS) in 12 Tier-II locations of India viz. Agartala, Bhilai, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Dehradun, Guwahati, Jaipur, Lucknow, Prayagraj, Mohali, Patna & Vijayawada.

During COVID-19 pandemic, STPI warranted business continuity to IT industry by allowing work from home.

STPI-registered units contributed Rs. 4,74,183 crores software exports.

2020

Our Journey

STPI launched 7 more CoEs including AIC STPINEXT at Bengaluru, FASAL at Akola, and 5 CoEs under OctaNE in Phase 2 comprising Data Analytics & AI CoE/SIZ at Agartala, IT Applications in Graphics Design CoE/SIZ at Kohima, IT Application in Healthcare & AgriTech CoE/SIZ at Gangtok, Gaming & Entertainment CoE/SIZ at Aizwal, and GIS Applications (including Drone Technology) CoE/SIZ at Itanagar, totalling to 20 operational CoEs pan-India.

STPI launched the 61st centre at Kohima and created 2 jurisdictional directorates at Kolkata and Gurugram.

STPI-registered units contributed Rs. 4,96,313.86 crores software exports.

2021

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11-03-2024

Press Release

STPI launches 24th Centre of Entrepreneurship FinGlobe in Gandhinagar to nurture startups in fintech & banking services

Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), an autonomous society under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India…

19-04-2023

Startup News

Startups in India bringing down unemployment rate in the country

Startups in India are contributing towards bringing down the unemployment rate in the country to a great extent, Software Technology Park of India…

17-04-2023

STPI in Media

With STPI support, Jaipur set to become a major hub of IT, ITeS startups: DG Arvind Kumar

Jaipur is among the 10 top cities which provide a conducive environment for startups to scale up their operations. To cater to…

13-04-2023

STPI in Media

STPI hub inaugurated in Sitapura, now Rajasthan will become IT hub - Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav

राजस्थान को देश का प्रथम आईटी हब बनाने के लिए केन्द्र सरकार प्रयासरत है लेकिन हम इस पायदान तक तभी पहुंच सकते है जब राज्य सरकार भी इसमें सहयोग करें…

Events

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Inauguration of FinGlobe, Gandhinagar & Launch of Open Challenge Program (OCP)

Centre of Entrepreneurship on FinTech is setup by STPI in…

EmTek CoE - Call For proposal

ABOUT EmTek, Bhubaneswar the CoE in…

CHUNAUTI 7.0: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs to Co-create India’s Innovation Landscape

Next Generation Incubation Scheme (NGIS) is STPI’s comprehensive…

DHEEMAHI - Medtech OCP 5.0

MedTech, Center of Entrepreneurship in Medielectronics and…

IoT Open Challenge Program (OCP) 9.0

CoE- STPI IoTOpenLab aims to support & nurture start-ups…

Launch of 65th STPI Centre at Bhagalpur, Bihar

Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), under Ministry of…

5th Cohort of Image COE

ABOUT “IMAGE”…

STPI KnowledgeUp Series - Launch of DeepTech Report

Recognizing the surge of DeepTech and AI startups in India,…

Inauguration of STPI's 64rth centre at Kochi, Kerala

Inauguration of STPI's 64rth centre at Kochi, Kerala  …

Finblue PitchFest 5.0

FinBlue – A FinTech Centre of Entrepreneurship & Vibrant…

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