
Ekroop Caur, IAS, Secretary to the Government of Karnataka, Department of Electronics, Information Technology, Biotechnology, and Science & Technology, gives a presentation about the Bengaluru Tech Summit 2025 during the Global Innovation Alliance (GIA) Partners Meet held at Four Seasons Hotel in Bengaluru on July 21, 2025.
| Photo Credit: ALLEN EGENUSE J.
The Department of Electronics, Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka, under its Global Innovation Alliance (GIA) initiative, hosted the Global Collaboration Meet in Bengaluru on Monday to promote the Bengaluru Tech Summit 2025 (BTS 2025) to its partner countries and international trade mission representatives.
The meet was convened to further strengthen cross-border collaboration in the lead-up to BTS 2025, scheduled to take place from 18–20 November at BIEC, Bengaluru.
Global collaborations
“This year we host the 28th edition of BTS, for the first time at the world-class Bangalore International Exhibition Centre. I warmly encourage all our GIA partner countries to make the most of this opportunity by bringing strong participation of country delegations, hosting national pavilions in the exhibition and curating country-focused sessions in the Global Convergence conference track,” said Ekroop Caur, Secretary to Government, Department of Electronics, IT & BT, and S&T.
Beyond Bengaluru
According to Ms. Caur, clusters outside Bengaluru including Mysuru, Dharwad, Belagavi, Hubballi and Mangaluru also have been receiving significant traction from foreign countries.
Talking about the visit of a delegation from New Jersey to Mysuru, she said, “We have done a Letter of Intent last year with them and we will be in due course doing an MOU. They are very keen on looking at Mysuru as one of the potential destinations. Similarly, there have been other engagements. We also do three events in each of the clusters as a run-up to BTS. All the three events do see a significant number of countries participating.”
She also revealed that Innoverse, a deep tech incubator announced by the government at BTS 2024, will soon start physically incubating startups at the facility, which is in works at NGEF Layout, Indira Nagar.
Growing in size
The tech summit this year is expected to see more than 1,00,000 attendees, including startup founders, investors, delegates, speakers, and exhibitors. It will feature 10 tracks including IT & DeepTech, Electro-Semicon, Digital Health & Biotech, the Startup Ecosystem, Global Collaboration and India- USA Tech Conclave, AI Universe, Finverse, Defence & Spacetech and My Planet My Future, which focuses on sustainability and climate tech.
A major highlight will be the ‘Future Makers Conclave’, an immersive programme to be attended by more than 2000 startup founders. Special programmes like the Rural IT Quiz, Bio Quiz, Bio Posters, IT, Bio and Exhibitor awards, and Global Leaders Reception will also be part of the summit.
Published – July 22, 2025 12:04 am IST