 As the President of BEL Co-operative Housing Society between 1974-1976 he developed another housing colony of 1500 houses.According to the Indian Express, in the early 1970s Baliga envisioned making Bangalore the "Silicon Valley of India" and it was met with skepticism.However, the then Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs of Karnataka decided to support him and made him the Chairman of the Karnataka State Electronics Development Corporation (Keonics) in 1976.