Information Technology & Electronics in West Bengal 2018
Department of IT&E, Government of West Bengal West Bengal… Growth engine Robust infrastructure 3rd largest road network,2nd Largest in India in Power largest metro rail network distribution, quality and
Why Bengal? availability Richly endowed with natural
maritime advantages Kolkata is the 1st metro city in
the country with connectivity 2 International Airports – on 4G INR 1,100 Kolkata and Bagdogra crore+ proposed IT investment
Zero hours power outage Strategic location Rich culture
Birthplace of modern Indian Zero man day loss in last 5 years Gateway to South-East Asia and North-East India literary and artistic thought
5G connectivity – Kolkata is one of the first Well connected with the Kolkata is referred as the booming hubs of Asia such “Culture/literary capital of as Singapore, Thailand India” and Malaysia https://bengalglobalsummit.com/advantage-bengal/ Pioneer of cosmopolitan https://bengalglobalsummit.com/uploads/pdf_storage/BGBS%202018%20Press%20Release.pdf culture in the country …Is eagerly fostering a Centre of Innovation
Blockchain, Fintech Vision
“To make West Bengal 3D Printing & Cybersecurity & cyber Robotics forensics the leader in Innovation in emerging technologies while ensuring the Segments creation of a suitable ecosystem” Internet of Artificial Things & Intelligence & Illustrative Image Data Machine Analytics Learning
Animation & e Sports
Spread over 50,000 Sq. ft Expected to be ready by Covers 4 Floors and 8 wings area August 2018 …has recently successfully concluded a pioneering hackathon …Bengalathon…first state level hackathon of its kind
Solution dimensions 800+
Fintech …
Tourism
Transport
…registrations and problems
Blockchain Geriatric care 4 final
Internetof Things winners in
Big data Big &Analytics ArtificialIntelligence Focus on Focus centriccitizen Food from unorganized segments like elderly Emerging Technologies Emerging like sector support, fintech and last mile transport Technology focus areas 5 problem areas …and focusing on cyber security through a dedicated CoE
“To make West Bengal the leader in CS CoE creating cyber security clusters in Vision emerging technologies while ensuring Risk reduction Management safety and security of citizens, industry
and government in a digital economy”
A state level empowered committee is taking
initiatives forward
Government Citizen
building
Incidence Cyber Cyber forensics Cyber Cyber assurance Cyber
Awareness&capacity safe
Security OperationsCentre Bengal
Research & Development & Advisory Industry Academia The state is ideally placed to leverage IT…
…through IT parks
12 ready government owned IT parks; more upcoming
1 ready hardware park; 1 upcoming
2 upcoming electronic
manufacturing clusters Plug Plug infrastructureplay &
Good social Excellent talent pool infrastructure
We believe in cluster based development …through hardware parks… Kalyani – 48 Sonarpur – ~19 km Kolkata ~56 km 10.7 acres acres
Focus areas
• Sonarpur hardware park is open for • Electronics & allotment in first come first served basis Telecommunication • https://land.webel-india.com/ • Renewable energy
• Component manufacturing
…& Electronic manufacturing clusters Manufacturing support services Welfare services
Central warehousing & raw material Hostel, mess, food court block Medical centre, Crèche/nursery 2 upcoming at Product design house Shopping centre & departmental store Naihati & Falta Testing and R&D centre Bank & ATM Incubation center for startups
Kick starting blockchain
West Bengal is taking EoI floated for leveraging blockchain in loyalty program pioneering steps
Develop Skillsets in Blockchain
Build a holistic ecosystem Blockchain Hub Develop Centre of Excellence
Explore how Blockchain can improve Government processes …A fintech hub
SBI Institute near Fintech Hub: Ready for Inauguration
9 Some of our IT success stories
Matir Katha An innovative platform for leveraging IT in agriculture
Infosys is investing INR 100 cr to create 1000 jobs Influx of big players Genpact is investing INR 200 cr to create 6000 jobs
Leading position in Ease of Doing business eGovernance Success of e District (21 lakh+ applications), single sign on and many others
http://eodb.dipp.gov.in/ Success stories (continued)
GoWB is Integrated Financial Management System – efficiency, transparency, authenticity EoDB – Shilpa Sathi – Single Window Service leveraging IT Innovation in Assistive Technology - Society for Natural Language Technology Research to inculcate Online Labour services, Online irrigation support services and many others efficiency
Outstanding Track Child-Online Tracking System for Missing Children performance in Citizen- Department of Women and Child Development, Kolkata, Centric Service Delivery West Bengal
Excellence in e-Initiatives in Commercial Taxes Government Process Directorate of Commercial Taxes, Finance Department, Re-engineering Government of West Bengal
Outstanding Performance in Citizen- Kanyashree Prakalpa Portal Kanyashree online Centric Service
http://silpasathi.in/, https://nceg.gov.in/National-Awards-for-e-Governance Matir katha
Agri-Portal Matir Katha for Agriculture Department Gov. of West Bengal
• This is an agriculture based portal involving 5 Departments • Through this portal, useful information in different Agricultural Sectors are available to farmers • Information includes name and kind of seeds, availability, price and quality control of seeds, suggestions for Season / Area / Crop / variety wise cropping ( based on crop calendar), different information related to Soil and Fertilizer, Cultivation Technique of different crops, crop diseases and their remedies, Agro-Climatic Zones and Schemes for http://www.nic.in/projects/agri-portal-matir-katha- cultivation of different crops. agriculture-department-gov-west-bengal Innovation in Assistive Technology at SNLTR Who needs assistance • Common People • Differently abled people: Blind people, People with low vision and People with Neuro-Motor Disorders and Speech Impairment • Socio-linguistically Challenged People: Endangered linguistic community
Braille Book Printing Voice output communication aid Digital Archive of Endangered (for Bangla and English Text (VOCA) for cerebral palsy and Languages of West Bengal including Nemeth) speech impairment Tactile Graphic Design of Images, Any Spoken Language to Bangla Revitalization through Information Figures and Diagrams for Blind Speech generator (using MS API) Technology including e-content Students with Braille output and linguistic module development
Interactive IT modules for blind Interactive Online Literary Archive Web-series for indigenous form of children Music and Musical Instruments
Keyboard layout for Bangla, Bangla OCR, Spell Checker and Machine-Readable Bangla Devanagari, Odia, Meetei Mayek Swaralipi Editor Dictionary, Inter-lingual Lexicon and Ol-chiki Technology: Virtual and Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Language Learning and
PwC Language Generation, Semantic Net, Mobile computing, etc. Shilpa Sathi Implementation scorecard
A Single Window System will provide single window service under the various applicable Acts, Rules, Policies and Schemes.
This Single Window System will also provide all facilitations and handholding support to the investors intending to start a business or operating a business in the State
http://silpasathi.in/
http://eodb.dipp.gov.in/ IFMS
An online real time system….for
Management Monitoring Control
…of all fund allocation and financial transaction
Has option of single payment and multiple credit within a department
Direct integration with treasury We are surging ahead
Permanent employment IT exports trend
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150000 15000 100000 10000
Numbers 50000 5000
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Source: Departmental data To sum up…The centre of gravity of IT is shifting eastwards and Kolkata can be your epicentre
Wechat is rapidly closing the gap with Facebook Catching owned Whatsapp (900 million+ vs 1.2 billion users) up
Alibaba’s business model is more profitable than that of Amazon (+30% operating margin vs <3% in 2017)
Kolkata with its strategic location, plug and play infrastructure, diverse talent pool, optimized costs and good social infrastructure is ideally placed for investments
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/31/wechat-captures-about-30-percent-of-chinas-mobile-app-usage-meeker-report.html https://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2017/08/22/alibaba-beats-amazon/#1968d2743f97 Kolkata also brings in many focused advantages
4G services were launched in the Kolkata is also a pilot for 5G rollout city
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/reliance-industries-will-invest-rs-5-000-crore-in-best-bengal-mukesh-ambani-1800672 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Airtel-launches-4G-in-Kolkata/articleshow/12617622.cms http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/airtel-s-first-round-of-5g-capable-tech-deployment-in-bengaluru-kolkata-117092601126_1.html
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