State Times News
JAMMU: A team of Information Technology Department led by Secretary Prerna Puri and CEO, J&K e-Governance Agency (JaKeGA) Amit Sharma held an interaction with major Industrial Associations followed by a visit to Incubation Centre in J&K located inside EDI complex Jammu. Others who accompanied IT team included J&K IT Consultant, Sanjay Gaden and Additional Secretary, Rajinder Kumar Khajuria.
The industrial delegation which called on IT Secretary and CEO JaKeGA included Chariman, ASSOCHAM J&K Manik Batra, Co-Chairman Jammu Committee PHD Chamber Kuldeep Gupta, Director Jodhamal Group Vikrant Kuthiala and others. Main issues included in the talk with IT Department included setting-up a Centre of Excellence in J&K, creating of IT ecosystem in sync with IT/ITES Policy 2020 for creating jobs in IT sector, organising several initiatives to showcase IT sector achievements of J&K for organising a major IT Summit in J&K soon etc.
Further, during visit to Incubation Centre at EDI Complex by IT Team, Executive Director EDI J&K Anil Kaul and Project Manager Shivani gave a presentation about Incubation Activities and Policy initiatives taken in this behalf and it was followed by a brain-storming session to extend these services to IT start-ups in J&K in a big way. A round of Incubation Centres the Complex was also undertaken by the visiting team before culminating the trip.