Bengaluru Design District woos GCC

IT minister of India’s Karnataka state claims keen investor interest in project

Narayan said that a delegation from the GCC countries will visit the state in November to sign several Memoranda of Understandings on various investment proposals.

Investors from Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) countries have evinced keen interest to set up a world class ‘Design District’ on the Bengaluru city outskirts besides coming here with various investment proposals, said C.N. Ashwath Narayan, Karnataka’s Minister of IT, BT and ST.

The minister, who returned from a four-day visit to Dubai Expo 2020, said that a delegation of investors from the GCC countries like the UAE, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Egypt have shown keen interest to invest in the state.

Narayan said that the proposed Rs10 billion Design District will come up on a site of 100-150 acres. He said that a Bengaluru Design Festival will be held here.

The Minister visited the Dubai Design district to explore the Design, Art and technology ecosystem.

Narayan said that a delegation from the GCC countries will visit the state in November to sign several Memoranda of Understandings on various investment proposals. “Through Dubai, the Government of Karnataka intends to broad base its reach and strengthen its relationship with other GCC countries,” he said.

Narayan said that Gulf Islamic Investment (GII) plans to set up its office in Bengaluru to further strengthen the Indo-UAE investment.