Karnataka Trade Promotion Organization

Bangalore International trade fair

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The need for industrialization and potential for industrial growth in the State was realized even in the pre-independence days as is evidence in Sir M. Visveswaraiah’s famous words “Industrialise or Perish”. Successive State Governments have continued a progressive policy of industrialization. As a result, Karnataka is emerging as the economic capital of India.

Bangalore, Karnataka’s beautiful capital city is Asia’s fastest growing city, known as the Silicon Valley of India. Bangalore houses many reputed institutions for higher learning, research centres, laboratories and scientific establishments. Today, the garden city is fast emerging as India's hi-tech industrial destination.

The Karnataka Trade Promotion Organisation has been established to promote domestic and international trade. This is a joint venture of India Trade Promotion Organisation and Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board. The Trade Centre Bangalore has been set up at Plot No.121, Export Promotion Industrial Park, Whitefield, Bangalore, over an area of 50 acres. An Air-conditioned Exhibition Hall of 5371 Sq. Mtrs. has been constructed. 11 Open Exhibition Halls, each with an area of 38 Sq. Mtrs. have been constructed all around the Exhibition Hall for display of heavy equipments, machineries and setting up of Food Courts, Business Centre etc.