Bengaluru, Dec 9 (KNN) To showcase Karnataka’s tech, startup and innovation landscape, the state government has decided to build a technology and innovation museum in Bengaluru, chief minister Basavaraj Bommai announced on Thursday.

“I want to tell the story of all ignited minds of Karnataka, the history and journey of innovation. It will showcase what Bengaluru is today and people who are responsible and their achievements,” Bommai said, at the BLR Design Week 2022.  

The museum is expected to be built on a budget of about Rs 100 crore and is likely to open for general public in a phased manner, with the first phase of its inauguration expected to take place in the next 18-24 months. 

As per reports, the museum will be built on the lines of Bezos Centre of Innovation in Seattle, US and Peres Centre for Peace & Innovation in Tel Aviv, Israel.  It will be built at the city’s NGEF (New Government Electrical Factory) site located at Baiyappanahalli.

“Globally, leading tech hubs like Tel Aviv and Seattle have underlined their tech legacies through museums. Peres Centre for Peace and Innovation in Tel Aviv and Bezos Centre of Innovation in Seattle are great recent examples. We hope our museum will add Bengaluru to this global list,” Prashanth Prakash, founding partner of Accel and chairman of UnboxingBLR Foundation said. 

The decision to construct the museum follows the three-day annual tech exposition, “Bengaluru Tech Summit”, organized last month.

It culminated with the state government envisaging the establishment of a startup park near Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, the set-up of about 50 research and development labs in 50 colleges across the state, and plans to set up science and technology research centres in universities, in a bid to push the growth of tech and innovation in the city.  (KNN Bureau)