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Deccan Park
General information
Town or cityHyderabad, Telangana
CountryIndia
Construction started2000
Completed2004
Design and construction
Architect(s)Mario Botta

Deccan Park is the single largest Global Development Center (GDC) commissioned in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.[1][2] The facility is designed by Swiss architect, Mario Botta.[3]

The facility

The Deccan Park has been set up with an estimated investment of Rs 1.50 billion with recreation and sporting facilities, which will house 2,200 professionals. The centre has been set up in 11 acres (45,000 m2) of land, with a built-up area around 320,000 sq ft (9 floors). The GDC will be the centre of excellence in domain areas such as telecom, e-governance, biological sciences, ports and shipping and also deploy cutting-edge technologies including .Net, open source billing and bioinformatics.

Inauguration

The Deccan Park was inaugurated by Pascal Couchepin, President of Swiss Confederation, in the presence of N. Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of State, Arun Shourie, Minister for Divestment and IT and Communications, and IT, Ratan Tata, Chairman of Tata Sons.

References

  1. ^ "Smart success". Express computer. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Deccan Park ready to bowl Old City over". Times of India. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  3. ^ "TCS commissions Deccan Park; to invest Rs 350 cr". The Hindu. Retrieved 9 February 2012.