Government woos IT, BT firms to set up base in Tumakuru

TUMAKURU: With an abundant talent pool at its command, Tumakuru is poised to become a hot destination for the IT and BT companies operating from Bengaluru.

During a recent visit Karnataka Digital Economy Mission chief Sanjeev Kumar Gupta found out that every day about 5,000 professionals travel from Tumakuru to Bengaluru for work. This data, then, led to the idea of convincing the companies to set up base in Tumakuru. The IT and BT secretary Dr Ekroop Kaur and director Rahul S Sankanur have also been convincing the companies as the incentives will be huge if they set up their facilities in tier II cities.