The Karnataka state government wants to replace state-run PSU, Karnataka State Electronics Development Corporation (Keonics), with Infosys as its industry partner, at the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Dharwad, set up under public private partnership in 2015.
The government has sent a proposal to the centre seeking approval to induct Infosys as the industry partner.
The institute became operational from a temporary campus in Dharwad last year after the signing of a tripartite memorandum of understanding by the central government, state government, and Keonics.
The centre has so far approved setting up of 19 IIITs in partnership with the industry, with most of them being public sector units (PSUs). As many as 12 of these IIITs are already functioning.