Madhapur
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| Country | India | ||
| State | Andhra Pradesh | ||
| District(s) | Hyderabad | ||
| Parliamentary constituency | Chevella | ||
| Assembly constituency | Serilingampally | ||
| Planning Agency | GHMC | ||
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) | ||
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Madhapur is home to the IT industry in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. The heart of this area is called HITEC City which has the highest concentration of IT/ITES establishments in the city.
Madhapur has transformed from a small rocky village in the early nineties into a modern IT and BPO hub. Madhapur has made its mark on the city map by having the highest concentration of IT/ITES companies in Hyderabad city. Madhapur also has become the preferred meeting place in India as well as in Asia with many International conferences and meetings taking place at Hitex Convention Center and Hotel Novotel, both world class establishments situated in this area.
This suburb is also home to NIFT (National Institute of Fashion Technology) which is a premier institution for fashion designing,Venkateshwara Arts and pharmacy college, Manthan International School and CGR International school which are leading new International Schools in Hyderabad.
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[edit] Economy
Top IT/ITES & Telco companies from all over the world are located in this suburb fuelling the software and BPO businesses. Cyber Towers, Cyber Gateway and Cyber Pearl were the first IT structures to come up. Later on big names like Qualcomm, CSC, Tata Communications, Accenture, Tata Consultancy Services, Mahindra Satyam, Deloitte, Amazon.com, Convergys, Oracle Corporation, IBM, Dell, Google, Verizon, CA Inc., Infosys, Wipro, Tata Consultancy Services, AppLabs, Invensys, Keane, Cognizant, Patni, Raminfosolutions, Infotech, capital IQ, Genpact, Novartis, Deloitte,Knoah Solutions and many others have made the city their business centre.
Real estate is on the rise with big names such as Ramky, Aparna, Aliens, Lanco and a host of many others constructing skyscrapers, luxury homes, SEZs etc.
Its near Hi-Tech city.
[edit] Transport and infrastructure
APSRTC, a state owned bus service, connects Madhapur with other parts of the city. The bus numbers plying to madhapur are 10H, 127K, 222A. Madhapur is served by MMTS train service, the station is HiTech Station, which is a kilometer away. Taxis and autos shuttle between the station and the city. A metro has being planned which would make transportation easier and a lot better.
Inner and outer ring roads are being developed to ease traffic during peak hours, and also to provide connectivity to the new Hyderabad International Airport near Shamshabad.
The electrical supplies in the area are unable to keep up with the rapid development and so the utilities have asked IT firms to operate on generators for two hours each day.[1]
[edit] Landmarks
Many important landmarks dot this suburb. Some important ones are -
- Cyber towers
- Shilparamam Auditorium, Arts and crafts center.
- State Gallery of Arts
- HITEX convention center
- Fortune Towers a venture of Sri Sreenivasa constructions
- Novotel group of Hotels & Convention center.
- Durgam Cheruvu or Secret Lake: It’s a small lake that was once tacked well in the obscure corner of the city. Now the lake is surrounded by a vast concrete jungle. Its named after the Goddess "Durga", as the deity's temple is located in the eastern periphery of the lake and the Telugu (local language) word for lake “Cheruvu”. Ropeway is coming up shortly on this lake.
- Mind Space campus
- Deloitte lane
- Vanenberg IT Park
- Cyber Pearl
- Image Hospital
- Inorbit Mall ( South India Biggest Mall)
- Redfox Hotel
- Lemon Tree Hotel
- Westin Hotel
- Hotel Daspalla
- N-convention centre
- Botanical gardens 3 km from madhapur
- Peddama Temple is 4 km from madhapur
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Coordinates: 17°26′26″N 78°23′28″E / 17.44056°N 78.39111°E
