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TNN | Nov 12, 2015, 03.17AM IST
Panaji: In a major boost to the state's information technology (IT) aspirations, the department of information and technology has finally heeded the call for a plug-n-play office space for startups. Having picked Udyog Bhavan in Panaji as the location for the initiative, the department has requested the Goa state infrastructure development corporation ( GSIDC) to design the office within three months.
Plug-n-play offices provide desk space with internet connectivity, power supply, and conference areas for meetings. In doing this, they fulfil an essential need for startups during their initial phases, when funding is scarce. The government will offer the service in the heart of the capital in a bid to handhold startups, which form a major chunk of the IT presence in the state.
"Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) will operate the facility and put in its own funds.
We hope to have the office ready within three months," director of information and technology, Shilpa Shinde, said. STPI is a statutory body and an internet and incubation service provider. Its key role is to incubate export-oriented startups.
Earlier in August, around 35 startup representatives met with the state's IT department to discuss this issue of a plug-n-play facility, besides other crucial matters such as seed funding and incentives for IT companies.
Initially, the department had identified buildings vacated by schools that moved to Cujira, as well as an office space occupied by a global business solutions company. It was even considering leasing the premises and subsequently offering it to STPI. Discussions, however, soon fizzled out, sources said. The government eventually zeroed in on the second floor of the Udyog Bhavan, which was earlier occupied by the department of mines and geology.
STPI will also operate an incubator for export startups on the premises. The launch of the incubator, expected in the last quarter of 2015-16, will take the number of government-aided incubators in Goa to four. Goa currently has two incubators - one at Verna and the other at Assagao - and another that is jointly-run by the department of industries, trade and commerce, and the Goa chamber of commerce and industry ( GCCI).
News : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Soon-plug-n-play-facility-for-startups-at-Udyog-Bhavan/articleshow/49750697.cms
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Soon, plug-n-play facility for startups at Udyog Bhavan, Panaji, Goa
Panaji: In a major boost to the state's information technology (IT) aspirations, the department of information and technology has finally heeded the call for a plug-n-play office space for startups. Having picked Udyog Bhavan in Panaji as the location for the initiative, the department has requested the Goa state infrastructure development corporation ( GSIDC) to design the office within three months.
Plug-n-play offices provide desk space with internet connectivity, power supply, and conference areas for meetings. In doing this, they fulfil an essential need for startups during their initial phases, when funding is scarce. The government will offer the service in the heart of the capital in a bid to handhold startups, which form a major chunk of the IT presence in the state.
"Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) will operate the facility and put in its own funds.
We hope to have the office ready within three months," director of information and technology, Shilpa Shinde, said. STPI is a statutory body and an internet and incubation service provider. Its key role is to incubate export-oriented startups.
Earlier in August, around 35 startup representatives met with the state's IT department to discuss this issue of a plug-n-play facility, besides other crucial matters such as seed funding and incentives for IT companies.
Initially, the department had identified buildings vacated by schools that moved to Cujira, as well as an office space occupied by a global business solutions company. It was even considering leasing the premises and subsequently offering it to STPI. Discussions, however, soon fizzled out, sources said. The government eventually zeroed in on the second floor of the Udyog Bhavan, which was earlier occupied by the department of mines and geology.
STPI will also operate an incubator for export startups on the premises. The launch of the incubator, expected in the last quarter of 2015-16, will take the number of government-aided incubators in Goa to four. Goa currently has two incubators - one at Verna and the other at Assagao - and another that is jointly-run by the department of industries, trade and commerce, and the Goa chamber of commerce and industry ( GCCI).
News : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Soon-plug-n-play-facility-for-startups-at-Udyog-Bhavan/articleshow/49750697.cms
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