Overview
- KEONICS marked its Golden Jubilee on Tuesday with a new logo, a coffee-table book, and a statue of founder R. K. Baliga unveiled in Bengaluru.
- The corporation said it plans to roll out 2,222 KEO AI PCs with on-device AI across 239 taluks and 31 Model Residential Schools, and described the rollout as aimed at improving digital learning and AI literacy.
- KEONICS presented a slate of regional projects — including IT parks and a 36-acre SEZ in Shivamogga plus parks in Mangaluru and Mysuru — and said some developments will use public–private models.
- Chief Minister D K Shivakumar and other senior officials publicly backed the ‘Beyond Bengaluru’ agenda and assured government support, including possible land allocations for the new hubs.
- KEONICS has shifted from an electronics-promotion body to a government technology partner that runs 130+ training centres, a digital procurement marketplace (KEONEXT), and skilling programmes that certified about 1.39 lakh students from 2019–20 to 2025–26, and the next steps to watch are project timelines, funding terms and private partner contracts.