Gorakhpur Technology Park: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the Software Technology Park in Gorakhpur. This center will provide ‘plug and play’ facility to the youth and startups of Eastern UP, which will promote technological development and employment.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that technology can increase the pace of development manifold. Can convert our momentum into progress. Keeping this in mind, the state government has started many programs. An effort has been made to pay special attention to technology in the budget also. When we do not adopt technology or avoid it, we are not in competition. And, when there is no competition, they move towards degradation instead of progress. We have to follow progress. CM Yogi was addressing the inauguration ceremony of Gorakhpur Center of Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) at GIDA (Gorakhpur Industrial Development Authority) on Thursday.
Now the talent of UP youth will be visible
The Chief Minister said that there is a lot of talent among our youth. When we combine his talent with technology, he is successful in expanding his talent manifold. Prime Minister Narendra has done the same work in the country in the last 11 years. India has the largest youth population in the world. There was scale among the youth here but the governments before 2014 did not give it importance. No effort was made to convert scale into skill, no platform was provided. The result was that the youth became discouraged and fled. There was disappointment in the minds of the youth. But, after the year 2014, changes are being seen in every field one by one. Not only at the level of the Government of India, but also at every district level, many programs were started to convert the scale of youth into skills. STPI’s Gorakhpur center is also a very important link in the chain of those programs. Its commencement on the Ashtami Tithi of Vasantik Navratri is a very auspicious sign.
This model is starting for the first time in Gorakhpur
STPI will give a new flight to the dreams of the youth. The Chief Minister said that this center of STPI will give a new flight to the dreams of the youth of Gorakhpur and Eastern Uttar Pradesh. Its biggest feature is that the person running the startup will go there only with his computer. He does not have to worry about space, electricity connection and other public facilities. Wherever software technology is showing its promise in the country and the world today, this is the successful model behind it. It is being started for the first time in Gorakhpur. The youth here have got a platform for their startup on plug and play model.
Eastern UP’s first center will be inaugurated on April 15
The Chief Minister said that the first Center of Excellence of Eastern Uttar Pradesh will also be inaugurated in Gorakhpur on April 15. This Center of Excellence is built in Maharana Pratap Institute of Technology (MPIT). All these programs show that now the youth of Eastern Uttar Pradesh will be able to showcase their talent not only in hardware but also in software on the global stage. The result of promoting startup culture in the last 11 years is that more than 20 thousand startups are working in Uttar Pradesh and half of them are run by women. Every person has talent, but his talent needs a platform.
Green hydrogen energy center will be built in MMMUT
Describing Green Hydrogen Energy as the energy of the future, the Chief Minister said that the Government is setting up a Center of Excellence for Green Hydrogen Energy in Madan Mohan Malviya University of Technology (MMMUT), Gorakhpur. Rs 50 crore has been made available for this. Green hydrogen energy is going to become a medium so that we do not have to depend on any other country for energy. We recently went to Japan. We have had talks with Japan. Green hydrogen technology is in a very advanced stage in Japan. We will take this program forward by meeting them. It takes some time for technology to arrive and innovation to translate into research and development.
Centers of Excellence are being developed as per the possibilities
The Chief Minister said that Centers of Excellence are being developed considering the potential in the area in Uttar Pradesh. Funds have been made available to develop centers of excellence in Meditech in IIT Kanpur and SGPGI Lucknow, Leather and Drone Technology in Kanpur and Robotics in Noida-Greater Noida. The government, in collaboration with the World Bank, is working on agritech in 28 districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh and seven districts of Bundelkhand. Similar startups can also be established in dairy, fisheries and other fields.
One lakh crore rupees investment made in Gorakhpur in nine years
The Chief Minister also discussed in detail the development of Gorakhpur and its achievements during the program. He said that in the last nine years, an investment of Rs 1 lakh crore has been made in the development of Gorakhpur. AIIMS, fertilizer factory, Pipraich sugar mill were built here. Super specialty block formed in BRD Medical College. Ayush University, many polytechnic and engineering institutes were built. Became centers of scale development. There was highway and four lane connectivity all around. Work was done on internal roads and various other facilities from Gorakhpur. Investment of Rs 1 lakh crore in Gorakhpur has increased the possibilities of jobs and employment for lakhs of youth.
New progress of construction is visible in Gida
CM Yogi said that GIDA has presented new progress in new construction in front of the country and the world in the last nine years. There was a time when there were two industries in Gida. Only Rs 29-30 crore capital was invested in those two industries. Whereas in the last nine years, more than 350 industries have been set up here, investment of more than Rs 17000 crore has been made. GIDA alone has provided jobs and employment opportunities to more than 50,000 youth. Similarly, on the model of plug and play software park has been developed in GIDA, the government has brought the flatted factory program here. Plastic park is also being developed in Gida. Good factories are being set up here today. These factories will play an important role in giving new flight to the dreams of the youth here.
Thanks to STPI
The Chief Minister thanked the entire team of STPI for opening the center in Gorakhpur. Also appealed to connect this center with the technical and higher education institutions of Eastern Uttar Pradesh so that the startup culture can be easily promoted.
UP will become the leading state of IT
Ajit Pal At the function, Minister of State for IT and Electronics Department of the State Government, Ajit Pal Singh said that under the guidance of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, work is being done rapidly towards making Uttar Pradesh a leading state of IT and Electronics. Big companies are investing in UP and this is creating new employment opportunities for the youth. The aim of the government is to achieve such development in which participation of every class and every region is ensured. This software park will become an important achievement for the youth of Purvanchal. The youth here will get new opportunities in the field of IT and will get the opportunity to get employment in their own field. The youth of Gorakhpur will be able to make their mark at the global level.
Ramrajya came to UP after selfless saint became CM
Ravikishan MP Ravikishan Shukla said that Ramrajya has come to Uttar Pradesh with a selfless saint becoming the Chief Minister. UP has become a better state than Bimaru state. Welcoming Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the program, Sahjanwa MLA Pradeep Shukla said that Gida, which is creating a paradigm of development, has got a new gift in the form of Software Technology Park under the guidance of CM Yogi. Software exports from UP have tripled in eight years: Arvind Kumar Welcoming the Chief Minister at the function, STPI Director General Arvind Kumar said that under the guidance of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, investment is coming to UP and it is also becoming the choice of the people of the software sector. This Software Technology Park built in Gorakhpur will help in establishing quality in the field of IT and increasing exports. Software export in the country is worth Rs 19 lakh crore and it is number one in the world. Software exports from UP have tripled in the last eight years.
- On this occasion, State Government Fisheries Minister Dr. Sanjay Nishad, Mayor Dr. Manglesh Srivastava, MLC Dr. Dharmendra Singh, MLA Fateh Bahadur Singh, Shriram Chauhan, Rajesh Tripathi, Vipin Singh, Mahendrapal Singh, Sarwan Nishad, State Women Commission Vice President Charu Chaudhary, BJP Regional President Sahajanand Rai, District President Janardan Tiwari, Metropolitan Convener Rajesh Gupta etc. were prominently present.
Inspected STPI center and interacted with youth
After unveiling the plaque and cutting the ribbon to inaugurate the STPI Gorakhpur Centre, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inspected the center building and took detailed information about the arrangements, facilities and functioning available there. The Chief Minister interacted with the youth and IT professionals who started startups here and discussed about their new ventures. CM Yogi also worshiped the Lord by offering flowers on the statue of Ramlala in the center building. Also gave the message of environmental protection by planting Rudraksh sapling in the campus. Before going on the stage, CM Yogi visited the exhibition and took information about the projects of GIDA.