The proposed electronics city can come up on a 100-acre land in the city. He mentioned that KEONICS can tie up with some educational institutions who have such land available with them and private developers to build the new electronics city.  Mr. Harikrishna Bantwal said that he will send a proposal to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and State BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel on this shortly
This new electronics city, modelled on the electronics cities set up in Israel, will expose people to emerging technologies in the fields of robotics, optical fibre and manufacturing of chips. This new electronics city will go a long way in putting the city on the global map of technology.  He also mentioned that this will be named after R.K. Baliga, first chairman of KEONICS who set up the Electronics City in Bangalore which will be a good tribute to Mr. Baliga who hails from Bantwal. KEONICS has decided to build on public-private participation basis the software technology park in Derebail on a three-acre area.