Prasad says Software Technology Parks of India played important role in the promotion of IT

Electronics and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Saturday that the "quiet performance" of Software Technology Parks of India, which played an important role in the promotion of IT exports of the country has been ignored.

Indian IT companies had made Fortune 500 US companies globally competitive, he said laying the foundation stone of the STPI incubation center here.

IT exports from STPI increased from Rs 52 crore in 1992-93 to Rs 3.50 lakh crore in 2016-17, he said. "The quiet performance of the STPIs has been ignored. They played an important role in promoting India as a major IT a destination with support from the Centre and the states", the union minister said.

The Indian IT industry also has gender justice and one-third of the workforce was women. STPI director general Omkar Rai said that the incubation center would be built on two lakh square feet space involving a cost of Rs 100 crore.

He said 21 centers of excellence would be created across India in areas like AI, blockchain and others. "We urge the West Bengal government to come forward and take initiative to build such a center here", he said.

IT exports from West Bengal through STPI was Rs 7000 crore employing 35,000 people, officials said.

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