Harnessing IT for growth

Gujarat is one of the most prosperous States in the country. With 4.93% population of the country it contributes about 16% of the country’s manufacturing GDP. Gujarat has emerged as India’s most preferred destination for investments and it has attained one of the highest GDP amongst the Indian States.

Gujarat has excellent physical infrastructure and has made rapid strides in the field of Information Technology (IT) and IT enabled sectors (ITES). Companies like M/s. TCS, M/s. Patni Computers Ltd, MPhasis are already functioning in the State while M/s. Satyam Computers Ltd., M/s. Syntel INC, M/s. Vora Technology Park will soon be setting up their development centers in the near future.

Gujarat has one of the highest tele density in the country. All major telecom operators of the country such as Vodafone Essar, Bharati, Reliance, Tata, Idea Cellular and the public sector telecom operator M/s. BSNL are operational in the State. Gujarat has excellent telecom net work and all major towns and cities are connected through land line and mobile network. At present Infocity Gandhinagar & GNFC Infotower Ahmedabad are operational IT Parks in the state. Ahmedabad – Gandhinagar knowledge corridor is very soon going to be an IT SEZ hub. Major IT Park developers such as M/s. DLF and M/s. Raheja are setting up IT parks in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. Several local IT park developers such as M/s. Citygold, M/s. Calica, M/s. Adani, M/s. Ganesh Housing are also setting up IT SEZ in this corridor while GIDC has set up an electronics SEZ in Gandhinagar and another IT SEZ for IT mega projects will soon be operational in the IT zone of the capital city, Gandhinagar.  - List of IT/ITES SEZ Parks

Similarly, Vadodara is another growth story where M/s. Nipiam Infotech had already obtained Government of India’s formal approval for setting up of IT SEZ near Vadodara. M/s.Raheja has also acquired Government land for setting up of IT SEZ park in village Vemali, Vadodara.

In order to promote balanced growth of IT Sector in the State, Govt. of Gujarat (GoG) has requested Software Technology Park of India, (STPI) to set up STP centers at Surat, Rajkot, Jamnagar and Bhavnagar. Recently GoI has given approval for setting up of STPI center at Surat. It is likely to be operational in 2009-10.

Vibrant Gujarat IT Summit 2006 (Highlights).

Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors' Summit 2007 (Highlights).

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