ENARADA,Bangalore, August 5, 2013:
The Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Government of India, yesterday laid the foundation stone for the 140 crores MSME Technology Centre at Devanahalli Aerospace Park, Bengaluru.
The ground breaking ceremony was done by M. Veerappa Moily, Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India, K. H. Muniyappa, Union Minister of State for MSME (Independent Charge), Government of India, Prakash B Hukkeri, Minister for SSI, Muzrai, Sugar, Govt. of Karnataka, Amarendra Sinha, IAS, Addl. Secretary & Development Commissioner (MSME), Govt. of India, and M N Vidyashankar, IAS, Principal Secretary, Industries & Commerce, Govt. of Karnataka.
Addressing the gathering, Moily said: “The small scale sector has to be helped and boosted to aid the country’s growth. In fact the Aerospace Industry starts from the MSME sector. We are set to revolutionise the small scale sector and Bangalore will soon become the Aerospace hub of India and has the potential to be the global aerospace hub”.
Hukkeri requested Muniyappa to begin a similar Tool Room in Belgaum to increase employability of youth from north Karnataka region as well.
Muniyappa said: “The Government of Karnataka (through KIADB) has given 10 acres of land, in front of SEZ, free of cost. This will provide technological and technical support to MSME sectors in the region especially for those in the aerospace and electronics systems and designs sectors.”
This Centre will be in tune with Karnataka’s Aerospace Policy. This centre will boost Karnataka’s stature as one of the most advanced states in the aerospace sectors. The proposal to establish this Technology centre is based on the fact that KarnatakaState has some of the best aerospace and electronics industries and also is the home to advanced R&D institutions like HAL, NAL, etc. handling prestigious strategic projects and this would be right time to support their activities by promoting the small-scale sectors. A very high-tech Technology Centre, with testing and calibration facility, will facilitate development of sophisticated tools required for the aerospace industry ESDM Sector.
“The Technology Centres (TCs) are expected to train about 10,000 trainees per year in the 3rd year of its establishment through various long term and short term training programmes in the area of precision tooling and assist around 1000 MSMEs by way of design & development of sophisticated moulds, dies, tools and equipment as well as consultancy in the related fields.” said Union Ministry officials.
“The Ministry of MSME, through the O/o Development Commissioner (MSME), has taken an initiative to set up a Programme Management Unit (PMU) that will design and establish 15 new Technology Centres (TC), Including the Bangalore technology center and upgrade the existing facilities under the Mission-mode Programme namely Technology Centre Systems Programme (TCSP). These facilities will focus on improving access to technology, providing skill up-gradation and offering advocacy support for specific industries with high growth potential.” the officials added.
