Arvind Kumar has joined as Director General of Software Technology of India (STPI).
Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India.
Under Arvind Kumar’s able leadership STPI will further reach new heights, a statement added.
Arvind Kumar, DG, STPI, said “STPI, in my opinion, should serve as a one-stop-shop for technology startups. I believe that startups can primarily contribute to the accomplishment of Governments / MeitY’s vision of one trillion-dollar digital economy.”
Before joining STPI, Arvind Kumar was working in the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in 2004. As an advisor in TRAI, he was responsible for broadband, data security and privacy issues, manufacturing, DTH, IPTV, TV broadcasting, and OTT, after having worked since 1997 in the Indian Government-run premier technology center, C-DoT. He holds an MTech degree from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Varanasi.
STPI has been activating multiple initiatives for promoting entrepreneurship and creating a robust start-up ecosystem in the country. With this vision, to build the next wave of budding entrepreneurs, 21+ CoEs in emerging technologies are being set up by STPI in a collaborative approach across the country and STPI shall act as single-window facilitation centers to extend requisite lab support, funding & mentoring, the statement said.
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