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Kolkata – Ultimate
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Kolkata
– An Introduction
Kolkata formerly Calcutta is over 310 years old
and Job Charnock-a British agent is regarded as
the founder of kolkata. It is located in Eastern
India on the banks of river Hoogli and is one
among the four metropolitan cities of India. Kolkata
served as the capital of India during the British
Raj until 1911 and called by the British Raj as
“The Jewel of the East”. Now it is
capital of West Bengal a state of India.
Kolkata also known as “The City of Joy”
is the seventh biggest city of India in area and
population. The city has an approximate population
of about 15 million.
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Information Technology
In Kolkata
Kolkata has achieved a lot in the field of IT and
electronics in the last couple of years. The proactive
policies of the State Government, a dedicated department
for IT, state-of-art facilities at the Salt Lake
Electronics Complex, world class connectivity, uninterrupted
power supply (NASSCOM & Gartner have ranked
Kolkata No.1 in Power availability & quality).
Physical and Social infrastructure and a large pool
of trained manpower – have hastened the growth
of IT sector in the city. |
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Kolkata is well
poised in talent, Infrastructure, Policy,
Cost of Operations and Investor Support. Abundant
talent & manpower, excellent infrastructure,
low cost of operations and highly responsive
Government will very soon make Kolkata –
The Ultimate IT Destination.
Other solid reasons which make Kolkata
the best IT city and you will not think
twice after choosing Kolkata as your IT
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Urban
Infrastructure :
The Urban infrastructure in Kolkata has improved
considerably. Be it roads, bridges, housing facilities
or transport. Kolkata is well connected by land,
air and sea route to major global citiesand Pacific
Rim. The Kolkata Metro is the oldestand first underground
network in India.
Kolkata has strengthened road networks. AJC Bose
Flyover in Kolkata is the largest urban flyover
(2.9 km) commissioned in record time of 368 days.
Also there is a new road to Airport from Salt Lake
(IT Hub) which decreased commuting time to airport
from IT Hub to twenty minutes. |
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Connectivity
: Kolkata possess excellent connectivity. BSNL,
Tata Indicom, Reliance, Vodafone and Bharti Telesonic
are leading telephone and cell phone
service provider in the city. Besides BSNL, private
companies like Reliance Infocom & Bharti Telesonic
have there own NLD backbone. In addition, highly
reliable local loop options are available from
STPI, BSNL,WLL/OFC & alternative national
long distance loop from Reliance.
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Social
Infrastructure :
Kolkata offers excellent social infrastructure
to attract senior/middle management talent to
kolkata. There are best-in class clubs, golf course,
rich cultural heritage, tourist Destination, world
class hotels, many Sporting facilites, multiplexes,
plenty of large shopping malls, night clubs, Beerpubs
& discotheques in the city making it most
happening place for generation next.
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Human
Resource : Apart from world class Infrastructure, Connectivity
and Social Infrastructure, Kolkata has the largest
& talented pool of Human Resource. West Bengal
has the highest per capita spending on education
among large Indian states. |
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IIT |
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IIM - Calcutta
IIT – KHARAGPUR
Some of the best institute in kolkata includes
Calcutta andJadavpurUniversity,IIM–Calcutta,ISI,
Presidency & St. Xeviers (Ranked best
in the country), IIT – Kharagpur
New additions in Kolkata are Indian Institute
of Science and Dhirubhai Ambani Institute
of Communication & Information Technology. |
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Employment
Opportunity : Employment opportunity is vast in Kolkata. There
are more than 250 companies in the state which
employs around 50,000 software professionals.
COGNIZANT, TCS
Currently, the bulk of the city’s
tech Sector workers are employed by TCS, Wipro,
IBM and Cognizant. With more Companies coming
in Kolkata, there will be 2 lakh jobs in the Information
Technology (IT) and IT enabled Services (IteS)
industry by 2010.
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Low
Attrition Rate :
Attrition rates are very low in kolkata as compared
to Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad.
According to study by NASSCOM, Kolkata’s
strength is its low attrition rate which is embedded
in the culture – people don’t leave
jobs for a Rs 500 p.m. increment.
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Incubation Centres and IT Parks
Incubation services are available in Kolkata with
all the facilities including Internet, Telephone,
Fax & Printer, back up power supply, Disaster
recovery services, 24 hr security, web hosting
service etc. These incubation facilities are available
in STP 2, BIP, Infinity, Webel and in other companies.
Existing Project Area in sq ft.These centere provide a platform for aspiring
and talented professional in Kolkata to float
their own IT start ups. The IT Incubation centers
helps turn viable ideas from talented professional
into bankable business proposals.
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Existing Project |
Area in sq ft. |
| Millenium City |
1300000 |
| Bengal Intelligent Park |
750000 |
| Infinity (Tower II) |
300000 |
| Techno India |
250000 |
West Bengal has around 20 million sq ft. of infospace
under construction, an additional 20-30 million
sq ft. is proposed for satellite hubs and 8-10
SEZ’s proposals from various tech companies.
In addition there are exclusive premises of many
large companies like TCS, WIPRO, Cognizant, IBM,
PWC, etc which account for another 2 million sq.
ft. of space.
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Domain
Strength :
Kolkata has domain strength in verticals such as
Banking, Finanace & Insurance. Head quarters
of three large banks, and 15 private/foreign banks
are located here. Country’s largest life insurer,
LIC runs largest operations from here. |
Lower
Cost of Operations :
Kolkata offers IT players one of the lowest operations
cost in the country. This is reflected in the low
CMIE consumer price indices, compared to other key
IT destinations in the country. Also, the low attrition
levels in Kolkata reduce the training costs incurred
by employers. The state’s transport system
offers one of the lowest transport costs.
In addition, the state offers best-in-class one-time
And recurring incentives to IT companies. These
incentives further strengthen the value proposition
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Kolkata as a low-cost center |
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Aim : * To rank among the top – 3 IT city in
India by 2010.
* To contribute 15% to 20% of the country’s
total IT revenue.
* To create leadership position in executing
high value – added IT
work development through intellectual leadership
and supported by Govt. initiatives.
NeoIT – One of the top global cunsultancy
agency of us in their recent surveyhas declared
Kolkata emerging as the 3rd most attractive destination
by 2010. Only Warsaw and Hyderabad have been placed
above Kolkata.
Thalon Inc. survey predicts Kolkata emerging
as a top tier II city for IT and ITES sector.
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