By Our Reporter
SHILLONG, Feb 22: The Shillong Tech Park, which has ensured jobs to over 1,200 youth through different companies operating in the state, will have a Remote Pilot Training Organization (RPTO) to be run by the Meghalaya State GIS and UAV Centre.
Officials from the IT Department told The Shillong Times that the RPTO Shillong Centre will provide skills training to local youth for acquiring drone operator’s licences so that they can work on different projects.
SIROBILT, a US-based technology company which availed space at the park last week, is looking at hiring 100 software and accounting professionals over the next three months.
It plans to double that number by the year-end.
Officials said this will benefit fresh graduates and professionals of the state and also those working outside but wish to relocate to Shillong.
The information technology-enabled services industry is expected to play a major role in Meghalaya’s bid to become a US $10 billion economy by doubling GSDP to around Rs 80,000 crore by 2027-28.
Officials said with 70 per cent of Meghalaya’s population below the age of 35 years, the youth of the state are an attractive talent pool, ready to be tapped by multinational companies since they are fluent in English.
The Phase-I of the park became operational in February 2022 and the entire working space is fully occupied.
The current building has one lakh square feet of super built-up area with common facilities including a 24X7 canteen, a 100-seat auditorium, skilling centres and conference rooms, 104 plug-and-play seats and a guest house.
The remaining area is provided as raw space to companies which prepare their own working space according to the standards of their international clients. The US-based companies which have taken space are TechDigital, 24/7[ai], iMerit, Medusind, Sirobilt, Pursuit Software.
These companies are doing work outsourced by their American clients in areas like software development, artificial intelligence, talent procurement, medical insurance, service support among others.
HDFC Bank has taken an entire floor for its backend operations. Also, two local start-ups – Everium and Magic Works – have taken plug-and-play space.
