PM Modi inaugurates virtual Bengaluru Tech Summit 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (November 19) inaugurated the virtual Bengaluru Tech Summit (BTS) 2020 event.

PM Modi while addressing the programme highlighted how the Covid-19 outbreak, earlier in the year, threw up so many challenges to the country, and yet, the Indian tech industry showed resilience and turned them into opportunities.

They were able to help the employees to work from home and from anywhere. This has become a new normal and is going to stay. We will see a high amount of tech adoption in education, agriculture, and other sectors, Modi added.

It can be noted that despite the constraints, Karnataka-based IT & ITes companies were able to beat the expectations and made Rs 1.16 lakh crore plus worth in exports during the middle (March-October 2020) of the pandemic.