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SHILLONG: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Wednesday inaugurated the prestigious project of the State Government - the 'Shillong Technology Park - in the presence of Information Technology and Communication Minister Hamletson Dohling and PHE Minister Renikton Lyngdoh.
Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, the Chief Minister said that Shillong Technology Park is one of the 300 ambitious projects of the State Government, which will be inaugurated in 2022 as part of Meghalaya's Golden Jubilee year.
He said that the Tech Park will provide golden opportunities for IT professionals of Meghalaya from across the world to contribute back to their home State.
"I am sure many youngsters working outside Meghalaya would like to return and work near their homes. I have already announced a vision that in the next 10 years, Meghalaya should be among the top 10 States of India. The success of this Tech Park will propel the realization of this vision," Sangma said.
Stating that technology is only meaningful when it enhances humanness and benefits the society, the Chief Minister said, "Each of us need to act as fully aware digital citizen, responsible co-creators and visionary leaders of the digital world. Meghalaya has 70 percent population below the age of 35 years. The State has tremendous potential in IT sector. We have a great demographic dividend to harness the young people in the technology sector. Making the youth future ready at mass level is the prime focus of the Government."
On job creation, the Chief Minister said, "Although the first phase building of the Technology Park is going to create employment for more than 1,500 people directly, however, it is estimated that it will generate three times as many jobs indirectly. Shillong Technology Park will bring convergence of different arrays of technology to a single platform, viz. combination of voice, video, data on a single network".
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