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Recently, the Prime Minister inaugurated Tech Summit in Bengaluru via video conference
About the tech summit
- It is India’s flagship event
- Present one is the 23rd edition of the summit
- The theme of this year’s summit is “Next is Now”
- It was organised by the Government of Karnataka along with Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society, Karnataka government’s Vision Group on Information Technology, Biotechnology & StartUp, Software Technology Parks of India & MM Activ Sci-Tech Communications.
- The summit saw the participation of Mr. Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia, H.E. Mr. Guy Parmelin, Vice President of the Swiss Confederation
- The unique feature of BTS Conference is that it is the convergence of technologies, experts and organisations
- The summit has deliberated on the key challenges emerging in the post-pandemic world with focus on the impact of prominent technologies and innovations in the domains of ‘Information Technology & Electronics’ and ‘Biotechnology’.