Global Village Tech Park
12°55′13″N 77°30′15″E / 12.9203972°N 77.5042898°E
Development Center of Sonata Software at the Global Village. | |
Founded | V. G. Siddhartha / Cafe Coffee Day Group |
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Location | Mysore Road, Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Bangalore |
Owner | Blackstone Group |
Industry | IoT, Electronics, Information Technology, Mechanical |
Major companies | Webinspiron,Mindtree, MhasiS, NTT Data, Accenture, Evry, Northern Operating Services, Crompton Greaves, Textron, Sonata Software, Texas Instruments |
Global Village Tech Park is a software technology park in Bangalore, India. The park is situated in Rajarajeshwari Nagar off Mysore Road, behind R.V. College of Engineering. It is about 13 km away from the city railway station and 4 km away from Kengeri railway station. The park is spread over 120 acres[1] with a total built-up area of 3.3 million sq ft[2] and equipped with all modern facilities and boasts of lush greenery. Global Village Tech Park was constructed and owned until 2019 by Café Coffee Day under the brand name Tanglin.[3]
The headquarters of IT services firm Mindtree is located within the park. The tech park's value was estimated at ₹3,000 crore in 2019.[4][5] In September 2019, Blackstone Group acquired the tech park from Cafe Coffee Day for a sum of ₹2,800 crore.[6]
List of companies
- Accenture
- Crompton Greaves
- Mindtree
- Evry
- Mphasis
- Northern Operating Services
- NTT DATA
- Sonata Software
- Texas Instruments
- Textron
- Hinduja Global Solutions
- Webinspiron
- Global Edge Software
- Magnasoft Consulting
Transport service
Some companies like Accenture run their private pickup and drop bus services, while others rely on special BMTC service for employee drop and pickup. These buses run throughout Bangalore across various routes. These buses bear the name "Global Village" which are exclusively meant for those working in the tech park. BMTC buses also ply and can be used by the general public. The tech park is 5 km away from the Nayandhalli metro with pickup and drop a scheduled intervals.
References
- ^ Mohapatra, Debasis (30 July 2019). "Curious case of CCD founder: V G Siddhartha was under heavy debt burden" – via Business Standard.
- ^ Khan, Sobia (2 March 2019). "Blackstone, Salarpuria in talks to jointly buy Rs 2,700-crore tech park" – via The Economic Times.
- ^ "Global Village". Tanglin. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ PM, Indulal; Balasubramanyam, K. R. (2 August 2019). "Likely valuation of Rs 3,000 crore: Siddhartha's family & Blackstone may revive Tech Park sale talks" – via The Economic Times.
- ^ "VG Siddhartha's kin, Blackstone to resume talk for Coffee Day tech park sale: Report". Moneycontrol.
- ^ "Coffee Day sells Global Village Tech Park for ₹2,800 cr to Blackstone". Livemint. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2020.