Mr. Gaurav Gupta
Chairperson
Board of Director
Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre
India
Biography
Mr. Gaurav Gupta is an officer of the Indian Administrative Service of the 1990 batch borne on Karnataka cadre. Currently, Mr.Gupta is serving the Karnataka Government as Principal Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology.He has earlier worked as Commissioner for Industrial Development promoting industries and investments in state of Karnataka, and before that in various senior positions of State Government including Chairman of Bangalore Water Board, Special Commissioner in BBMP, Managing Director in KSRTC. His approach in the Government has been to facilitate trade and business. He has worked to create critical infrastructure – transport, water and electricity – for the State and also for City of Bengaluru. He has been the key driver for the ‘Invest Karnataka 2016’, the flagship mega-investment summit. Mr. Gupta has worked to simplify processes within Government so as to enable Ease of doing Business. In his present capacity, he is working to create the infrastructure for the IT and BT industry, incentivise investments, and promote startups. Besides, he is also working to promote the Electronic manufacturing and Animation & Visual Effects industry.
Research Interest
Biotechnology, Business Management
