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 Internet of Things winners in Big data Big & Analytics Artificial Intelligence Focus on citizencentric 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 & play infrastructure 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 200000 20000 150000 15000 100000 10000 Numbers 50000 5000 0 0 Export (INR Crore) Year Year 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 Thank you Questions and Answers PwC .