Posts Tagged ‘IT’
Patni computer to recruit 350 by 2011 end in Gandhinagar
IT and BPO service provider Patni Computer Systems plans to recruit 350 employees by the end of 2011, the company said today.
The new recruits would be based in the second delivery centre in Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat which was inaugurated recently, Patni Computer Systems said in a statement here. More »
Commonwealth Express to showcase relevance of IT in Gandhinagar
The Commonwealth Express (CW Express), a special exhibition train designed to promote the mega event that will take place in Delhi, will be on the Gandhinagar railway station in Gujarat on September 14 and 15, 2010.
The train contains 14 coaches, of which six coaches are devoted to telling the success story of information technology (IT) in India. Five other coaches provide a curtain raiser for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. The contribution of Indian Railways to the sports and a list of railway sportspersons who have won Arjuna awards, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awards, Dronacharya award, Padmashree and Dhyanchand awards have been displayed in a separate coach in the train. More »
Boom for Gujarat IT exports, Data says it!
Information technology in Gujarat was always seen as a marginalised industry, thanks to the absence of large companies. But when major
IT hubs of the country were reeling under a slowdown in the West in 2009, Gujarat’s disadvantage turned into an edge. IT exports from the state have grown by an impressive 72% year-on-year in 2008-09. More »
Microsoft & Gujarat Govt. Sign MoU to Enhance Use of IT in Education
Microsoft India Pvt. Ltd. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Gujarat government to enhance the adoption and use of IT in the state education sector.
As part of the agreement, Microsoft will invest in enabling educators in the state to connect with each other, increase access to technology and training for learners in classrooms and campuses and thereby enhance career opportunities.
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Sabeer Bhatia has plans to develop Gujarat as silicon valley.
Hotmail Co-founder Sabeer Bhatia on Monday said he looks toward cultural innovation in Gujarat and has plans to develop the state as the next Silicon Valley.
“We have got Letter of Intent (LoI) from Carneige Mellon University for setting up a Nano city that will have software development facility for niche sectors such as nano technology, bio-sciences and material sciences,” Bhatia said, during the inauguration of Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit which began here today.
Gujarat will become IT hub soon
Gujarat will witness an ICT (information and communication technology) boom thanks to its IT special economic zones (SEZs), said an industry official here Friday.
Addressing a conclave, Nirav Shah, president of the Gujarat Electronics and Software Industries Association (GESIA), said the IT SEZs would greatly help Gujarat’s economy besides generating IT growth, investments, and skilled employment.
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Smart IT in Gujatat
Elitecore Technologies Ltd. ”Smart Workplace Award” emerges as a finalist in instituted by Economic Times in collaboration with Acer & Intel.
Gujarat Based IT Company Elitecore Technologies Ltd. is the 7 finalist in the “Smart workplace Award”.
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$32.5 million investment in Azure Knowledge, an ITES player in the city
Ahmedabad: Greater Pacific Capital (GPC), a London-based strategic investment firm has announced its $32.5 million investment in Azure Knowledge, an ITES player in the country and the largest BPO and KPO in the state of Gujarat.
The investment, which will be made over the next 12-18 months, is claimed to be the biggest investment in a 3rd party KPO in western India till date. This is following Azure’s successful acquisition of 49 percent stake in U.S. based Citizens Financial Mortgage in April 2008.
Rahejas IT SEZ in Vadodara!
The Centre has given formal approval to four new special economic zones (SEZs) for Gujarat, taking the total SEZs for the state to 55.
The SEZs that received nod at the Board of Approvers’ meet in Delhi on Friday included a textile SEZ by Pradeep Overseas Ltd on 109 hectares (ha) near Ahmedabad, a solar equipment SEZ by Euro Multivision Ltd on 11 ha near Bhachau, and two IT SEZs – by Gauri Shankar Property on 16 ha near Ahmedabad and by Raheja group on 14 ha near Vadodara.
Gujarat allots 26 acre for Satyam’s SEZ
Govt allots 26 acre land for Satyam’s SEZ
Satyam Computers Services Ltd, one of the software giants in the country, has been allotted over 26 acres of government land for setting up special economic zone (SEZ) dedicated to information technology (IT) sector.
The captive special zone would come up in the state’s capital Gandhinagar near Infocity. “On July 16, the company’s officials formally received possession of the land from the district collector,” said a senior Gujarat government official on the condition of anonymity.
Satyam is the country’s second IT consultancy firm to plan a SEZ in the state after Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). The TCS has already been approved over 10 acres of land in Gandhinagar.
Confirming the latest development, Capt H R Prasad, global head, corporate services, Satyam Computer Services Ltd, said Satyam was in the process of planning the campus in Gandhinagar. The company would now soon initiate the process of obtaining the formal nod from the board of approval and notification from the Centre.”
According to government sources, the process of notification should not take very long, given the fact that the special economic region is to come up on a government land.
The company, listed on BSE as well as New York Stock Exchange, was expected to set up a software development centre in its captive SEZ, said a government official.
The Secunderabad-based company’s officials, however, expressed inability to provide investment and employment figures for the project, saying that it was still in the early stages of planning.
This would be the 11th IT sector-specific SEZ in the state when approved. So far two IT-dedicated special zoneshave been notified: one is Ahmedabad and the other in Gandhinagar.
Interestingly, all the IT SEZs in the state, except one by Nipiam Infotech in Vadodara, are housed in the twin cities of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. While Ahmedabad has 4 of them in different stages of approval, Gandhinagar accounts for the rest.
Apart from Satyam, TCS’s IT SEZ in Gandhinagar, which has been formally approved by the Centre, is awaiting notification. In addition, some of the national-level realtors, like DLF and Raheja, have also got IT special zones approved in Gandhinagar.
Satyam Computers’s first quarter profit went up 45% on the back of rupee weakness. The company posted net profit of Rs 548 crore against Rs 378 crore a year ago. Its revenue rose to Rs 2,621 crore from Rs 1,830 crore last year.
source: sify.com