STPI to set up 12 healthtech, IoT and smart agri centres

The Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) will set up 12 centres of excellence (CoEs) across the country to build products and solutions in areas such as healthtech, IoT and SmartAgri as it looks to nurture small companies and startups to work on these solutions. These CoEs are expected to play a pivotal role in revving up R&D, innovation, IP creation, and product development. These will be located in cities such as Bengaluru, Gandhinagar, Patna, Bhubaneswar, Gangtok and Itanagar.