Hyderabad: IT units registered under Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) Hyderabad clocked software exports of around Rs 1,42,591 crore in the FY 2024-25, STPI director general Arvind Kumar said on Saturday on the occasion of STPI’s 34th foundation day. STPI Hyderabad, which has a total workspace of 1.35 lakh sq ft under its purview, includes the main centre in Hyderabad and five sub-centres at Kakinada, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, and Warangal. “In 2024-25, the exports done by STPI registered units across India reached over Rs 10 lakh crore,” the STPI director general said, pointing out that STPI, which started in 1991 with just three centres, today has 67 centres across the country, including 59 in tier-II and tier-III cities. It is now working on dispersing the IT industry to tier-II and tier-III cities of the country to ensure inclusive growth, he said.He said STPI is also nurturing the tech startup ecosystem in the country through 24 centres of excellence (CoEs) and the Next Generation Incubation Scheme (NGIS) and has supported over 1,400 startups. “Startups empowered through the STPI ecosystem have raised funds of over Rs 574 crore from investors so far,” he said, adding that 44% of startups under STPI’s umbrella are led by women entrepreneurs, many of whom are from small-town India.STPI Hyderabad also houses two of these STPI CoEs — IMAGE and Kalpataru. While IMAGE is dedicated to gaming, animation, VFX, computer vision, and AI and operates from a 10,000 sq ft facility, Kalpataru is focused on Industry 4.0 and provides infrastructure, mentorship, funding access, and go-to-market support to promote tech-led manufacturing and the ‘Make in India’ vision. IMAGE and Kalpataru CoEs have successfully nurtured 92 and 42 startups, respectively, so far, he said.STPI offers India’s tech industry 17 lakh sq ft of workspace, five Tier-3 data centres, state-of-the-art labs, SAYUJ – Startup Community Network, Ananta – STPI Cloud Services, and schemes such as BPO Promotion Schemes and Electronics Manufacturing Cluster (EMC). Set up on June 5, 1991, under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, STPI functions under the Union Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY) and implements the Software Technology Park (STP) and Electronics Hardware Technology Park (EHTP) schemes.
