BASAVESHWAR
ENGINEERING COLLEGE - SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURS
PARK
(BEC-STEP)
Bagalkot district is located in northern part of
Karnataka. The district has a strong agricultural base
as three rivers pass through the region. The major crops
grown are Jowar, Wheat, Turdal, Sugarcane, Cotton.
Ground nut and Chillies. Fruits like Grapes,
Pomegranate, Lemon, Sapota are also grown in
considerable quantities. Recently, Government of
Karnataka has identified Bagalkot as "Industrial Growth
Centre" for Agro-based products.
The region has a high concentration of handlooms and
power looms. The products of these sectors are very
popular. But due to the obsolete techniques and changing
customer needs, the industry requires more reorientation
The Bagalkot city and surrounding hundreds of villages
are coming under submergence due to Upper Krishna
Project. The city is being shifted to new planned
township and rehabilitation centres are coming up for
accomodating villagers. This has led to a large scale
construction activities. Shortage of cost effective
building materials and skilled labour is felt in this
region.
BEC-STEP started its activities in 1998 and based on the
local needs the following thrust areas have been
identified:
THRUST AREAS
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Food Processing.
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Textile (Handloom/Powerloom).
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Low
Cost building Technology.
ACTIVITIES
Food Processing
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Promotion of entrepreneurship amongst science &
technology persons.
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Centre for Technology transfer.
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Development of need based Technology for
entrepreneurs.
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Data and Knowledge based Information centre.
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Setting up of testing and certifying centre.
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Protecting the region as industrial growth centre in
Food processing.
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Estabilishing MOU's with the organisations like CFTRI,
Agricultural Universities etc.,
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Transfer/Develop processes for value addition for the
farmers produce.
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Training of manpower in Food processing.
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Organisation of Symposium /Seminar/Workshop to
motivate entrepreneural activities.
Textile
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Adoption of new technology in the manufacture of
fabrics by powerlooms.
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Preparation of fashion articles.
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Technology ungradation in spinning mills.
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Improvement in dyeing technique.
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Development of new blends in fabrics.
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Testing for yarn count, yarn strength and fabric
strength to maintain the quality.
Low Cost Building Technology
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Use
of alternative cost effective materials as
substitutes.
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Testing of materials produced/fabricated.
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Orienting the skilled man power towards usage of cost
effective technology with the stress on environment
friendly aspects.
For More Details Contact:
Dr. Mahadeviah,
Director,
Phone: (08354) 35204
Fax: (08354) 20504 |
