Software industry in Chennai: Difference between revisions
Applus2021 (talk | contribs) info |
Applus2021 (talk | contribs) info |
||
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
==SEZs== |
==SEZs== |
||
A number of SEZ projects has emerged in this stretch, making it the SEZ corridor of Chennai. It includes [[Madras Export Processing Zone|MEPZ SEZ]] established in 1984,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mepz.gov.in/home.asp |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-12-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212022240/http://www.mepz.gov.in/home.asp |archive-date=2009-12-12 }}</ref> [[Mahindra World City, New Chennai]], Shriram Properties's Gateway SEZ, Estancia SEZ and ETL Infrastructure. |
A number of SEZ projects has emerged in this stretch, making it the SEZ corridor of Chennai. It includes [[Madras Export Processing Zone|MEPZ SEZ]] established in 1984,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mepz.gov.in/home.asp |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-12-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212022240/http://www.mepz.gov.in/home.asp |archive-date=2009-12-12 }}</ref> [[Mahindra World City, New Chennai]], Shriram Properties's Gateway SEZ, Estancia SEZ and ETL Infrastructure. |
||
It is also emerging as a major IT SEZ region with a number of huge investments by Infosys. Infosys has set up its largest development center in Mahindra SEZ while India Land Tech Park is developing a massive {{convert|500|acre|km2|adj=on}} SEZ which is estimated to have {{convert|20900000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} office space for both IT and Electronics use. Shriram The Gateway SEZ, is an integrated township with IT/ITeS SEZ residential and mall, which is also home for IT majors like Accenture, ReDIM Information Systems<ref>http://www.shriramGateway.com</ref> and EISL is an IT/ITES SEZ by ETL Infrastructure at [[Chengalpattu]] on {{convert|260|acre|km2}}. |
|||
Revision as of 18:09, 23 April 2021
An editor has nominated this article for deletion. You are welcome to participate in the deletion discussion, which will decide whether or not to retain it. |
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (August 2018) |
Chennai is the second largest exporter of Software in India next to Bangalore.[1] It has the largest operations for India's top software company TCS, Infosys (has world's largest development center with 25,000 employees in Mahindra world city at Paranur near Chengalpattu, and many centers in IT corridor), and many other CMMI-level 5 companies HCL, Quest Global, UST Global, Verizon, Cognizant and services companies Design Edge Technologies, SRM Technologies, ePay, Paypal and more have their head-offices, regional-offices and development centres here. The major IT companies located in OMR, Ambattur, Guindy.
Many software and software services companies have development centres in Chennai, which contributed 14 percent of India's total software exports of ₹ 14,42,140 lakh during 2006–07, making it the second largest Indian city software exporter following Bangalore. The Tidel Park in Chennai was billed as Asia's largest IT park when it was built.[2][3] Major software companies have their offices set up here, with some of them making Chennai their largest base.
Since the late 1990s, software development and business process outsourcing and more recently electronics manufacturing have emerged as major drivers of the city's economic growth. Chennai has been rated as the most attractive Indian city for offshoring services according to A T Kearney's Indian City Services Attractiveness Index 2005.[4]
Major software and software services companies including Altran, Accenture, Cognizant, Capgemini, DXC Technology, SAP SE, Oracle Corporation, Cisco Systems, HCL Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM, CGI Inc., Infosys, Sopra Steria, Symantec, Tata Consultancy Services, Verizon, Wipro, Virtusa, UST Global, Atos, Dassault Systèmes, Fujitsu, NTT DATA, LTI, Honeywell, VMware, Intel, Amazon.com, Inc., Tech Mahindra, Fiserv, Adobe Systems, AT&T, Philips, AstraZeneca, Wolters Kluwer, TransUnion, Ernst & Young, L&T Technology Services, Mindtree, Shell Business Operations, Athenahealth, Ford Global Technology & Business Center, Ramco Systems, Deloitte, Microsoft, Temenos, Synechron, KPMG, PayPal[5] have development centres in the city. The city is now the second largest exporter of IT and IT enabled Services in the country behind Bangalore.
The IT Corridor, on Old Mahabalipuram Road in the southeast of the city houses several technology parks, and, when completed, will provide employment to close to 300,000 people. Besides the existing Tidel Park, two more Tidel Parks are on the anvil in the IT corridor. One is under construction at the Siruseri IT Special Economic Zone ("SEZ") and the other one is being planned at the current location of MGR Film City which is just before the existing Tidel Park, in Taramani on the IT Corridor. A number of SEZ have emerged in and around Chennai. The Mahindra World City, New Chennai, a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) with one of the world's largest high technology business zones, is currently under construction in the outskirts of Chennai. It also includes the World's largest IT Park by Infosys.[6]
SEZs
A number of SEZ projects has emerged in this stretch, making it the SEZ corridor of Chennai. It includes MEPZ SEZ established in 1984,[7] Mahindra World City, New Chennai, Shriram Properties's Gateway SEZ, Estancia SEZ and ETL Infrastructure. It is also emerging as a major IT SEZ region with a number of huge investments by Infosys. Infosys has set up its largest development center in Mahindra SEZ while India Land Tech Park is developing a massive 500-acre (2.0 km2) SEZ which is estimated to have 20,900,000 sq ft (1,940,000 m2) office space for both IT and Electronics use. Shriram The Gateway SEZ, is an integrated township with IT/ITeS SEZ residential and mall, which is also home for IT majors like Accenture, ReDIM Information Systems[8] and EISL is an IT/ITES SEZ by ETL Infrastructure at Chengalpattu on 260 acres (1.1 km2).
References
- ^ IT in Indian cities
- ^ "Ford's Rs. 200-cr. IT hub in Chennai". The Hindu. Chennai. 2 November 2000. Archived from the original on 30 January 2002. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ^ "Work ethics: How Indian cities fare". Rediff. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ^ "Chennai most attractive city for offshoring services". The Hindu Business Line. 2 April 2006. Retrieved 8 March 2007.
- ^ "Jobs by location | PayPal Jobs - PayPal". www.paypal.com. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ "World's Largest IT Campus". Infosys, Mahindra World City. Archived from the original on 6 April 2005. Retrieved 6 August 2005.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 December 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.shriramGateway.com
