Mysuru has emerged as a hotspot for startups due to factors like affordability, sound infrastructure, less traffic, and its prominence as a tourist hub. proximity to Bengaluru.

Connectivity to Mysuru, whether by air, road, or railway has drastically improved, with Bengaluru and Kannur international airports just a few hours away, and the 8-lane Bengaluru-Mysuru National Highway being expedited to reduce the commute-time between the two cities to 90 minutes. Mysuru has a small airport with flights to Chennai and proposed flights to Belagavi, Goa, Kochi, Bengaluru and Hyderabad. Mysuru is an important transit hub connecting Bengaluru and Southern Karnataka to Kerala and western Tamil Nadu.

Mysuru has lately seen a rapid change in the demographics and there has been a constant influx of learners, professionals, and entrepreneurs coming from various parts of the country to settle, teach, work and set up their businesses here.

Mysuru is a historic, cultural and heritage city and a city of palaces. It is a tourist destination with the Brindavan Gardens, Chamundi hills and other attractions surrounded by bird and wildlife sanctuaries, and above all, the Mysore Palace, which annually attracts more than 2.7 million foreign and domestic tourists. Mysuru is also a yoga capital and is one of the cleanest cities in India, having bagged the cleanest city tag two years running. Mysuru has a year-round salubrious climate and is safe and secure, with no major natural or manmade disasters in its history.

Mysuru has a number of premier engineering and management institutions such as NIE, SJCE, VVCE, SDMIMD etc. that produce some of the brightest engineers and management professionals. It also houses the Regional Institute of Education, All India Institute of Speech & Hearing, the Central Institute of Plastic Engineering & Technology, and a host of other educational institutions. Mysuru is home to Asia’s largest Food Technology research institutions, namely CFTRI and DFRL with over 220 doctoral scholars and 700+ researchers.

Mysuru has contributed immensely to nation building with Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML), Rare Earth Metals, and other Defense Electronics establishments providing support to India’s Defense services. It has four established industrial areas – Belagola, Belawadi, Hebbal & Hootagalli.

Several reputed companies such as Infosys, Larsen & Toubro, Wipro, Cognizant Technologies, Excelsoft, Aris Global, Theorem, Kaynes Technologies, Cyient DLM (Rangsons Electronics), ScanRay, Nestle, Automotive Axles Ltd., TVS Motors AT&S and over 400+ other companies are part of Mysuru’s ecosystem and are actively working on design and development of products, solutions & services to customers worldwide. Whereas Infosys has its Leadership Institute and Training Center here, Mysuru is the second largest software exporter in the state. Mysuru has one of the first Software Technology Entrepreneurs Parks (STEPs) in the country.

Mysore is a destination that will provide all the right ingredients to create a thriving entrepreneurial eco-system. There are a number of expats and technology startups who are passionately building products to position Mysuru as a hub for startups. There is the opportunity for the best professionals in the city to come together in a synergistic manner and create an ecosystem where startups in Mysuru will have a chance to thrive.

In order for Mysuru to evolve further as a startup magnet, it needs the programming, mentorship, germination ideas as well as funding for aspiring startups. Some of the seasoned entrepreneurs and professionals have undertaken an initiative to collaborate and help nurture the skills of students, provide mentorship and fund the startups in Mysuru – through the TiE chapter in Mysuru.