Gorakhpur,

26 March (HS): Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Thursday that technology

can exponentially accelerate the pace of development. It can transform our

momentum into progress. Keeping this in mind, the state government has launched

several programs. The budget has focused on technology. In the last nine years,

the state has achieved unprecedented development in every sector.

Chief

Minister Yogi Adityanath was addressing the inauguration ceremony of the

Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) Gorakhpur Center at the Gorakhpur

Industrial Development Authority (GIDA) on Thursday. He said that when we don't

adopt technology, or avoid it, we are not competitive. And, when we are not

competitive, instead of progressing, we are headed for ruin. We must not go

towards progress, but rather follow progress. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath

said that our youth have a lot of talent. When we combine their talent with technology,

they are able to develop their talent at a much faster pace. This is what Prime

Minister Narendra Modi has done in the country in the last 11 years. Chief

Minister Yogi said that India has the largest youth population in the world.

Here the youth had talent but the governments before 2014 did not give

importance to it. No effort was made to convert the aptitude into skill, no

platform was provided. The result was that the youth used to get discouraged,

used to migrate. There was disappointment in the minds of the youth. But, after

2014, changes are being seen in every field one by one.

STPI will

give new wings to the dreams of the youth: The Chief Minister said that the

STPI Gorakhpur Center will give new wings to the dreams of the youth of

Gorakhpur and Eastern Uttar Pradesh. The biggest feature of the Software

Technology Park is that the person running a startup will go there with only

his computer. He does not have to worry about space, electricity connection or

other public facilities. This model has been successful everywhere in the

country and the world where software technology is making its presence felt. It

is being started for the first time in Gorakhpur.

Eastern

UP's first Centre of Excellence to be inaugurated on April 15: The Chief

Minister said that Eastern Uttar Pradesh's first Centre of Excellence will also

be inaugurated on April 15 in Gorakhpur. This Centre of Excellence has been

established in Maharana Pratap Institute of Technology (MPIT). All these

programs show that now the youth of Eastern Uttar Pradesh will be able to

showcase their talent on the global platform, not only in hardware but also in

software. He said that as a result of promoting the startup culture in the last

11 years, more than twenty thousand startups are working in Uttar Pradesh and

half of these are being run by women.

Center of

Excellence for Green Hydrogen Energy to be built in MMMUT: Describing Green

Hydrogen Energy as the energy of the future, the Chief Minister said that the

government is building a Center of Excellence for Green Hydrogen Energy in

Gorakhpur's Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology (MMMUT). Rs. 50 crore

have been made available for this. Green Hydrogen Energy is going to be a

medium to ensure that we do not have to depend on any other country for energy.

The CM said that we had gone to Japan. We have had talks with Japan. Green

Hydrogen Technology is in a very advanced stage in Japan. We will take this

program forward by meeting them.

Centers of

Excellence are being developed based on potential: The Chief Minister stated

that centers of excellence are being developed in Uttar Pradesh based on the potential

of each sector. The process of establishing a Center of Excellence for Meditech

at IIT Kanpur and another Center of Excellence at SGPGI Lucknow has been moved

forward. Funding has been provided to develop Centers of Excellence for Leather

in Kanpur, Drone Technology in Kanpur, and Robotics in Noida and Greater Noida.

The government, in collaboration with the World Bank, is working on agritech

projects in 28 districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh and seven districts of

Bundelkhand to explore where technology can be useful in agriculture. Similar

startups could also be established in dairy, fisheries, and other fields.

New

progress in innovation is visible in GIDA: CM Yogi said that GIDA has showcased

new progress in innovation to the nation and the world over the past nine

years. There was a time when GIDA had two industries. Those two industries had

a capital investment of only 29 to Rs. 30 crore. However, in the last nine

years, more than 350 industries have been established here, with investments exceeding

Rs. 17,000 crore. GIDA alone has created job opportunities for more than 50,000

young people. He said that similar to the plug-and-play model used to develop a

software park in GIDA, the government has also implemented a flattened factory

program here. A plastic park is also being developed in GIDA. Excellent

factories are being established here today. These factories will play a vital

role in giving new wings to the dreams of the youth here.

At the

ceremony, Ajitpal Singh, Minister of State for IT and Electronics, said that

under the guidance of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, rapid progress is

underway to make Uttar Pradesh a leading state in IT and electronics. Member of

Parliament Ravi Kishan Shukla said that the appointment of a selfless saint as

Chief Minister has brought Ramrajya to Uttar Pradesh. Under CM Yogi's guidance,

investments worth Rs. 50

lakh crore have come to Uttar Pradesh.

Welcoming

the Chief Minister at the ceremony, STPI Director General Arvind Kumar said

that under the guidance of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, investment is coming

to Uttar Pradesh. He said that this Software Technology Park built in Gorakhpur

will help the youth of the district and the state in increasing quality and

exports in the field of IT. On this occasion, Dr. Sanjay Nishad, Minister of

Fisheries Department in the State Government, Mayor Dr. Manglesh Srivastava,

BJP State Vice President and MLC Dr. Dharmendra Singh, MLAs Fateh Bahadur

Singh, Shriram Chauhan, Rajesh Tripathi, Vipin Singh, Mahendrapal Singh, Sarwan

Nishad, State Women Commission Vice President Charu Chaudhary, Chief Minister's

Administrative Advisor Avneesh Awasthi, BJP Regional President Sahajanand Rai,

District President Janardan Tiwari, Metropolitan Coordinator Rajesh Gupta, etc.

were prominently present.

The

Software Technology Park has been built on an area of three and a half acres

at a cost of Rs 20 crore. A 50-seater plug and play workspace has been

developed at STPI's Gorakhpur center. It also has a 6,000 square foot raw

incubation space, a semi-furnished incubation space of the same area, an

auditorium with a capacity of 54 people, a state-of-the-art conference room, a

state-of-the-art network operations system, a cafeteria, and other necessary

facilities.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi