Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 24 (KNN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of India’s first Digital Science Park in Kerala on April 25, 2023.

The country's first Digital Science Park will be set up near the Digital University of Kerala at Technopark Phase IV – Technocity. It will be established at a cost of Rs 1,500 crore.

It will facilitate industry and business units as well as technology startups from the domains of Artificial Intelligence (AI), robotics, electronics, smart hardware, sustainable and smart materials.

The Digital Science Park project had been conceived as a multidisciplinary cluster-based interactive-innovation zone focused on digital technologies and is expected to be completed in two years, according to an official release.

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw, various ministers of the Left government and Congress's Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor would be attending the event.

In the first phase, two buildings with a total area of 2,00,000 square feet will be built. The first one in 1,50,000 square feet will have five floors, housing the Centre of Excellence (CoE) including research labs and digital incubator, while the second building will house the administrative as well as Digital Experience centre.

The Digital Science Park will start its operations from a 10,000 square feet space in Kabani located at Technopark Phase IV within the next couple of months, it added.

Out of the total project outlay of over Rs 1,500 crore, Rs 200 crore has already been allotted by the state government and the remaining amount will be generated from other sources including industry partners, the release said.  (KNN Bureau)