Grand Egyptian Museum's Architects To Build Startup Museum In Bengaluru

Karnataka is set to establish India's first Museum of Innovation and Startup Technology (MIST), a 300-crore public-private partnership project that will showcase the country's journey in innovation, entrepreneurship and technology.The museum will be developed on a portion of the unused land at the historic NGEF campus in Baiyappanahalli, Bengaluru. It will be housed in a repurposed switchgear factory shed, which will be adaptively reused and expanded into a world-class museum complex.The Karnataka Technology Innovation Museum Foundation has been formed as the legal entity to execute the project. It is a joint initiative between the UnboxingBLR Foundation, which holds a 51 per cent stake, and the Karnataka Department of Electronics, Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology, which holds the remaining 49 per cent.The museum will be chaired by Prashanth Prakash, while Pravin Hungund will serve as its Chief Executive Officer.