FICCI FLO Bangalore inaugurates women-led Industrial Park in Karnataka

FLO Bangalore has formally inaugurated the FLO Bangalore Industrial Park, a first-of-its-kind women led industrial initiative at Gowribidanur in Karnataka.

The event marked the coming together of women entrepreneurs, government leadership and industry bodies around a shared belief that women are ready not just to participate in industry but to create it.

The inauguration was held in the presence of senior leaders from FLO, Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) and Karnataka Udyog Mitra (KUM) highlighting the strength of public–private collaboration behind the project.

Planned as a 50 acre industrial park exclusively for FLO Bangalore members the initiative aims to lower long-standing entry barriers that have historically kept women especially first-generation entrepreneurs out of manufacturing and largescale enterprise.

Gowribidanur was deliberately chosen for its balance of connectivity with available infrastructure and long-term potential growth, while avoiding the overcrowding and restraints of Bengaluru’s saturated industrial zones. By engaging a women-led industrial hub in an emerging region the initiative also consciously shifts the focus of industrial growth beyond metropolitan centres by creating local employment, strengthening regional ecosystems and proving that impactful industrial development does not have to be in the city.

The Industrial Park has been designed not merely as a land allocation but as a full ecosystem for women entrepreneurs. FLO Bangalore with the support of KIADB and KUM has put in place enabling backgrounds that include single window access for approvals with handholding through consultants, access to financial institutions and guidance on business planning along with compliance and project execution. The goal is to simplify a system that has long been scary for first generation entrepreneurs.

Once operational the park also plans to introduce shared facilities such as skill development and capacity building centres, creche facilities and R&D support and other infrastructure that recognises the real lived needs of women building businesses alongside family responsibilities.