BIC society launched in Dharwad

BIC society launched in Dharwad
Business Standard

Our Correspondent / Dharwad September 10, 2005
The launch of BIC Society in Dharwad on Friday has raised the hopes of the citizens of North Karnataka who had been dreaming of making Hubli-Dharwad another major IT destination.

Inaugurating the society, state IT, BT secretary M K Shankarlinge Gowda said that the government was making all efforts to create necessary infrastructure in secondary cities in the state to attract investors. He called on the citizens of Hubli and Dharwad to project a positive image of the twin cities instead of only highlighting the weakness.

CEO of Philips Software Centre Bob Hoekstra stressed the need to prevent brain drain and utilise the services of intellectuals within the country. Speaking at the function to launch the BIC Society in Dharwad on Friday, he said that to attract intellectuals who have fled the country, it is necessary to provide suitable atmosphere and opportunities in their native region.

He called on the people and the government to develop secondary cities to make them investor-friendly. Hoekstra said the BIC Society, set up to ensure the secondary cities concentrated on Indian companies and showed the area has potential.