Technocity, Kerala’s biggest IT/ITES project, will be launched by Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan on June 4. The 450-acre facility will come up at Pallippuram. On completion, the latest IT Park would generate one lakh direct and four lakh indirect employment opportunities.
Technopark and Trivandrum have another Indian IT major making a beeline for them with HCL Technologies announcing its intention to set up an R&D Center in Technopark Phase III. IT giants Infosys and TCS have had a presence in Trivandrum for a long time now. TCS has also started work on expanding its SEZ campus [...]
Technopark-headquartered UST Global has become one of the partners of the Virgin Racing Formula One team.
One of India’s leading portals Rediff.com published a list of the hottest IT destinations in India and Trivandrum figures fourth on the list, after Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai. The article mentions key points like the fact that Trivandrum accounts for about 80% of the IT exports of Kerala and that Technopark is one of the [...]
The Government announced today that all formalities for the acquisition of 245.89 acres of land for Kerala’s biggest IT infrastructure project, Technocity, which is also the fourth phase of expansion of Technopark. With this, 451 acres of land have become available as part of this mammoth project which will involve a total investment of over Rs 6000 Crores and is expected to generate over 100,000 direct employment opportunities and over 200,000 indirect jobs.
With this, Technopark’s total area will spread across 451 acres, which includes not just space for IT-ITES firms but also residential, commercial, hospitality, medical and educational facilities to make it a complete IT city. The project is planned as a satellite city that would not strain the resources and infrastructure of the state capital.
Kerala’s IT hub, Technopark, is to get state-of-the-art security cover and an elite commando detachment.
The State Cabinet has granted an important clearance for the massive Technocity project.
German Ambassador to India, Thomas Matussek and Rolf Saligmann, Consul General of FRG in Bangalore, visited Technopark on December 28. Mr Matussek was impressed by the infrastructure and business ecosystem of Technopark and promised to promote ties between Technopark and the German IT industry.
The already-dim prospects of the proposed Smart City took a further beating as the talks between Smart City Dubai, the private promoters of the much-hyped project, and the Government of Kerala ended inconclusively at Trivandrum.
Technopark has just launched a video walk-through of its upcoming Phase III campus.
Luxury, AC, low-floor Volvo city buses will be running to Technopark from November 18th.
