Bengaluru Aug 28 (IANS) Karnataka s IT Minister K.J. George has invited European countries to the Bengaluru Tech Summit on November 29.
George along with the state s Principal Secretary for IT Gaurav Gupta were on a five-day tour to invite Finland Estonia and France to the tech summit.
"The visit was to build partnerships between academia industry and start-ups of the countries to build our (Karnataka s) ecosystem with innovation new technology " Gupta said in the statement.
Tie-ups between industry academia and start-ups across countries can allow the companies to scale up and find technological solutions to problems he added.
To be held from November 29 to December 1 the Bengaluru Tech Summit is expected to host 3 500 delegates 300 exhibitors and 250 experts from various countries.
As the IT capital of the country Bengaluru is home to about 4 000 technology start-ups and is the fourth largest tech hub after the Silicon Valley and Boston in the US and London.

--IANS bha/mr