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Digital Science Park led by the Digital University: construction to begin on 12 November

10 November 2026

The Chief Minister is to inaugurate construction work on the Digital Science Park of Keralam on 12 November. The project is led by the Digital University. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid its foundation stone on 25 April 2023, calling it India's first third generation Digital Science Park; it is coming up at Technopark Phase IV-Technocity in Thiruvananthapuram. Its main aim is to close the gap between advanced digital research and industry by bringing universities, companies and government together, and so create jobs through new technology, joint research and startups. The function is at the C-DAC hall in Technopark Phase-I, where Industries, IT and Artificial Intelligence Minister P.K. Kunhalikutty will hand selection letters to second-phase startups of the India AI Centre of Excellence. Digital University Vice Chancellor Saji Gopinath is among the speakers.

Phase of India AI CoE startups given letters: 2 Foundation stone laid (year): 2023

Why it matters for exams: Knowledge-economy projects such as the Digital Science Park and the Digital University that leads it are recurring Kerala PSC science and technology topics.

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10 November 2026 Source: Information and Public Relations Department, Kerala

In plain words

C-DAC Centre for Development of Advanced Computing — A research body of the Union Ministry of Electronics and IT that works on computing and electronics.

Centre of Excellence India AI Centre of Excellence — A specialised hub that supports research and startups in a chosen field, here artificial intelligence.