Modi meets IT heads in tour

Chief minister Narendra Modi held one to one meetings with corporate heads of eight top IT companies in Bangalore on Friday.

The chief minister highlighted the advantages of investing in IT infrastructure, education technology, customer care services, business call centres, e-literacy, low cost infrastructure for communication and manpower in IT enabled services.

United Telecom expressed its desire to set up a Rs 100 crores pilot project for e services and business process outsourcing whereas Intel India president Ketan Sampat was keen on IT education, e-literacy and knowledge based industries. The Biocon India chairman Dr Kiran Majmudar offered expertise in wide range of biotechnology projects in collaboration with NRGs.