Karnataka to get women entrepreneurs tech park

February 13, 2016

Bengaluru, February 13: The Karnataka Industrial?Areas Development Board (KIADB) will soon prepare a detailed project report (DPR) for setting up a state-of-the-art women entrepreneurs park with world-class facilities.

K Ratna Prabha, Additional Chief Secretary, Karnataka Industries Department, held a meeting on Friday with presidents of women’s associations across the State and KIADB officials to finalise the modalities of the project. KIADB is expected to submit the DPR by February 28. The Union Ministry for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises has also approved the project and has assured a grant of Rs 8 crore.

The park will come up on a 100-acre plot earmarked by KIADB in Harohalli Industrial Area, Kanakapura taluk of Ramanagaram district. According to Ratna Prabha, the park will be a model not only for the State but for the country with state-of-the-art infrastructure and world-class facilities.

Tax incentives, stamp duty exemption, among other benefits, will be provided to women entrepreneurs.

The proposal for the park, showcased at the recent ‘Invest Karnataka - 2016’ summit in Bengaluru, received good response from over 45 women entrepreneurs, who were keen on registering for plots in the park. Women entrepreneurs who wish to apply for plots in the proposed park can apply formally before February 22.

Similar parks are likely to be set up at Mysuru, Hubballi, Ballari in the first phase and at Belagavi in the second phase. A women entrepreneurs’ guidance cell will also be set up to counsel women entrepreneurs.

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Good initiative but men can misuse this project.

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Elusive bamboo shrimp resurfaces in Mangaluru estuary after 70 years

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December 7,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 7: A rare bamboo shrimp has been rediscovered on mainland India more than 70 years after it was last reported, confirming for the first time the presence of Atyopsis spinipes in the country. The find was made by researchers from the Centre for Climate Change Studies at Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, during surveys in Karnataka and Odisha.

The team — shrimp expert Dr S Prakash, PhD scholar K Kunjulakshmi, and Mangaluru-based researcher Maclean Antony Santos — combined field surveys, ecological assessments and DNA analysis to identify the elusive species. Their findings, published in Zootaxa, resolve decades of taxonomic confusion stemming from a 1951 report that misidentified the species as Atyopsis moluccensis without strong evidence.

The shrimp has now been confirmed at two locations: the Mulki–Pavanje estuary near Mangaluru and the Kuakhai River in Bhubaneswar. Historical specimens from the Andaman Islands, previously labelled as A. moluccensis, were also found to be misidentified and actually belong to A. spinipes.

The rediscovery began after an aquarium hobbyist in Odisha spotted a shrimp in 2022, prompting systematic surveys across Udupi, Karwar and Mangaluru. Four female specimens were collected in Mulki and one in Odisha, all genetically matching.

Researchers warn the species may exist in very small, vulnerable populations as freshwater habitats face increasing pressure from pollution, sand mining and infrastructure development. All verified specimens have been deposited with the Zoological Survey of India for future reference.

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