Karnataka to have dedicated single-window interface to promote international tech partnerships

The Karnataka government plans to establish a dedicated single-window interface to coordinate international partnerships and ensure that engagements continue after visiting delegations leave Bengaluru, stated Priyank Kharge, Minister for IT/BT and Home.

“I do not want us to measure success by the number of delegations that have come, by the number of MoUs we have signed, or by the number of letters of intent,” he said.

The key change would be in how the government measures success, he said, while addressing a large audience of global collaboration partners and international trade mission representatives at a Global Innovation Alliance (GIA) meet held here on Tuesday, ahead of Karnataka’s annual tech exposition, the Bengaluru Tech Summit.

Defined partnership cycle

Mr. Kharge said the next phase of GIA would include adoption of a defined partnership lifecycle, beginning with identifying the right partners and aligning priorities, followed by formalisation, execution, measurement and the scaling of successful programmes.

“Instead of counting the number of MoUs and delegations, the government would track how many Karnataka start-ups entered new markets, how many technologies were jointly developed, how many collaborative research programmes were launched, how many pilots were converted into businesses, and the investments into jobs,” he said.