Lucknow, October 27: The Uttar Pradesh government secured major investment commitments and institutional partnerships at the Uttar Pradesh GCC Innovation Summit 2026 held in Lucknow.
Organized at Hotel The Centrum by the IIT Kanpur Alumni Association in collaboration with Invest UP and HCLTech, the summit led to the signing of 15 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with GCC companies and workforce development partners. Letters of comfort were issued to major entities including Havells India, Ameriprise India, MetLife Global Operations, LG Soft India, and WSP Consultants India.
Key enterprise agreements were inked with global firms such as EY GDS, AML RightSource, Computacenter, MetLife, DSV, DAMAC, Altruist, and Smartworks, which is opening two new dedicated campuses in Lucknow. To support skill building, companies including Paytm, AWS, Barclays, IBM, and Naukri partnered to launch joint technical training programs.
The state also established bilateral academic ties with 13 top institutions—including IIT Kanpur, IIT Roorkee, IIM Lucknow, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, AMU, Shiv Nadar University, and MNNIT Allahabad—to bridge the industry-academics gap, enhance student research, and create high-value digital employment.
