Chhattisgarh and MAIT sign MoU to promote ESDM

NEW DELHI, INDIA: MAIT in India has signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Chhattisgarh Infotech Promotion Society (CHiPS), the nodal agency for Electronics, IT and ITeS in Chhatisgarh.

The MoU aims at contributing to the establishment of ‘Electronics System Design And Manufacturing’ (ESDM) and facilitate implementation of ‘digital India programme’ in Chhattisgarh, told Anwar Shirpurwala, Executive Director, MAIT.

Shirpurwala and Saurabh Kumar, CEO, CHiPS signed the MoU under the aegis of ‘Opportunity Chhattisgarh 2015’. Shirpurwala said that the MoU.

While inaugurating, Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh  said that the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by MAIT and CHiPS will give a major thrust to the nation and state’s economy in propelling the growth of the IT and Electronics Industry in India’.

He also invited IT and Electronics Industry to ‘Naya Raipur’ considering it as the IT Hub for capital investments in ‘IT & Electronics Manufacturing’. He further deliberated upon the fact that 70 acres of area is dedicated to manufacturing clusters. Out of which, 28 acres of area will be utilized for manufacturing of mobile devices, solar panels, IT systems, hardwares and consumer electronics goods with Naya Raipur being certified as ‘National Manufacturing Investment Zone’.