Bengaluru: Karnataka’s 33 government GTTC institutions are giving students full training in precision tooling, CNC and mechatronics to meet industry’s skill demands, Large and Medium Industries Minister M. B. Patil said on Tuesday. He was speaking at the Bengaluru Skills Summit 2026.
Patil said the state is moving from traditional manufacturing towards building intellectual property, deep-tech research, precision engineering and a global research and development ecosystem. He said the state leads in foreign direct investment and attracting capital, and must also provide industry with professionally trained manpower, which leads to productivity and jobs.
Jobs and targets
- Patil said 12 lakh skilled people have found jobs in the state’s 1,000-plus GCCs and 750 multinational companies, and that 31 lakh indirect jobs have been created.
- The state’s target is to attract ₹7.5 lakh crore of investment and create 20 lakh jobs by 2030, and to grow into a $1 trillion economy by 2032.
- He said 75% of the investment proposals received have already materialised.
He said the government has brought in the Nipuna Karnataka scheme for skill development and urged industries to work closely with the government’s industry liaison unit.
Skill Development Minister Dr. Sharan Prakash Patil, Higher Education Minister Basavaraj Rayareddy, IT-BT Minister Priyank Kharge, Industries Department Principal Secretary Selvakumar and Commissioner Khushboo Goyal were among those present.
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