Celebrating 40 Years of SJCE-STEP: Pioneering the Way forward for Deep-Tech in Mysuru

Sri Jayachamarajendra School of Engineering–Science & Expertise Entrepreneurs Park (SJCE–STEP), one of many nation’s earliest expertise enterprise incubators, is celebrating its fortieth anniversary — a milestone that celebrates Mysuru’s rise as a significant hub for innovation, deep-tech entrepreneurship, and technology-driven financial improvement.

Based on December 13, 1985, with the help of the Division of Science and Expertise (DST), Authorities of India, and JSS Mahavidyapeetha, SJCE-STEP started as an experiment in nurturing technologists and innovators. 4 many years later, it stands as an establishment that has formed many startups, accelerated industrial development, and helped set up Mysuru as an innovation vacation spot past Bengaluru, the incubator acknowledged.

Suresh Bhojraj, director, Technical Schooling Division, JSS Science and Technological College (STU), JSS Mahavidyapeetha, at a press convention right here on December 13, mentioned that STEP has been bridging schooling and enterprise for 4 many years and can drive future-ready expertise and analysis linkages.

A.N. Santosh Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, JSS STU, underscored the rising integration between analysis, trade, and startup ecosystems, whereas Dhanraj, Registrar, JSS STU, emphasised the establishment’s rising world partnerships. Nataraju, principal, SJCE, emphasised how innovation in universities is essential for fostering creativity and driving financial development. Manjunath Aradhya, Dean (Analysis), JSS STU, expressed the necessity to work on quantum computing, semiconductor, and pure language translation.

To mark the fortieth anniversary, TBI 2.0, a next-generation deep-tech and AI innovation hub, is developing with an funding of over ₹10 crore. Okay-TECH Widespread Infrastructure Facility (CIF), which is supported by the Division of Electronics, Data Expertise-Biotechnology and Science & Expertise, Authorities of Karnataka, in collaboration with Karnataka Digital Financial system Mission, is developing, a press launch from SJCE-STEP mentioned.

JSS Innovation and Analysis Park, unfold over two lakh sq. ft and designed to scale analysis and improvement, innovation, testing, and commercialisation for startups and budding entrepreneurs, can also be developing within the campus. “These initiatives mirror a imaginative and prescient to help over a thousand startups within the coming years,” it additional acknowledged.

Shivashankar B., chief government, SJCE-STEP, reaffirmed the dedication to deep-tech, AI, sustainability, semiconductors, and world collaboration. “Taking expertise to the grassroots to bridge the digital hole and remedy rural issues by means of innovation and rural incubation is our imaginative and prescient,” the discharge added.

It additionally defined that SJCE-STEP has proposed to construct the following 1000+ startups for Viksit Bharat, encourage women-led entrepreneurship, construct world analysis partnerships, and set up Mysuru as a aggressive vacation spot for deep-tech investments.