Karnataka is getting its first all-women tech park designed and constructed exclusively by women

Karnataka just got a whole lot cooler as it prepares to play host to the country’s first all-women tech park.

The site for this park is in a village located 40km south of Bengaluru called Harohalli.

The tech park, which is an initiative of the Government of Karnataka has been launched as part of the proposed special incentives to encourage women entrepreneurs.

Spread over 300 acres of government allotted land, the tech park will clock another first as it will be planned and designed by women architects and women contractors will take care of the construction as well.

According to K Ratna Prabha, Additional Chief Secretary of Commerce and Industries Department, Government of Karnataka, the idea behind the state government wanting to create an exclusive tech park for women was to give women entrepreneurs a much needed platform.

He further added that the state government’s commerce and industries department has already received 56 applications over the past weeks from women entrepreneurs who have expressed a desire to set up shop at the park.

He sees the park as a golden opportunity for women entrepreneurs who are in a rented facility and want to expand.

Once completed, the park which has garnered a proposed investment of approximately Rs 135 crores will provide employment opportunities to about 2800 persons.

There’s more. As it turns out, international girls such as Toyota, Ikea and Walmart have already expressed an interest in the park and this is evidence to the success the initiative has in store in the future.

The tech park is proposed to be up and running by November 2016.

Women entrepreneurs, it's time to rejoice!

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