chandigarh for providing budding software engineers with a place to groom their skills and develop their ideas into winning products the ut information technology department will create a 100seater coworking space on 5000 square metres at entrepreneur development centre edc of rajiv gandhi chandigarh technology park rgctpthe it department is ready with the plan and architectural design of the space based on the features required to start the venture for the young computer professionals since the city and its adjoining areas have lots of talented it youngsters looking for coworking space while their venture is new the ut hopes to get a good number of users for this spotthe design suggests that the it department will provide them with networking and recreational facilities seating areas with table and chair internet connection licensed software exclusive discussion corner and an eatery zone they will have a 12hour workday from 8am to 8pm the department is yet to decide the user charges but sources in the ut administration confirmed that this monthly fee is likely to be below rs 5000 for each seat to encourage the young entrepreneurs the department is creating this venture for the first time in the city chandigarh it department director arjun sharma said i will be a place where young people or groups work on their software industry startups they will get a proper atmosphere to work here and nurture their talent after that they can move on to our incubation centre also we are on with our work in this regard and it will take four to five months to get startedit department chief technology officer ani prashar said after working on their idea we will also help them create their company and mentor them on how to make it a successful business if required we will also inform and educate them using the laser technologysources in the ut administration said the it department had hired a private architect to work on the project and received the initial drawings since the vacant plot of 5000 square metres at the edc building was not in use earlier it needs time to design and develop the entire area this will provide the entire it park with a better ambience a ut official said