The Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Rajeev Chandrasekhar announced that India’s first Centre of Excellence (CoE) of online gaming will be set up in Shillong, Meghalaya by March 2023.

• The CoE will be set up under Digital India Startup Hub through the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI).
• The STPI was set up in 1991 as an autonomous society in the field of Science and Technology under the MeitY.
• India has one of the largest markets for the gaming business, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Sequoia India report suggests that the Indian mobile gaming industry will be worth $5 Billion in 2025.