IT BPO and Software Industry Growth in Gujarat
Software exports registered growth at a CAGR of 47% during last five years
- Exports from STPI units (Software Technology Park in India) in Gujarat registered growth at a CAGR of 47% during last 5 years.
- The STPI in Gujarat has 295 approved units, accounting for 5% of the approved STPI units in India.
- Total sales (exports & domestic sales) of USD 41.5 Million in 2004-05 by Gujarat based STPI units.
- Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad Knowledge corridor and Vadodara are poised to be the major IT destinations with big developers setting up IT SEZs .
- M/s Tata Consultancy services is setting up Garima IT SEZ park in Gandhinagar
Planned/ Existing IT Activity
Gandhinagar - Development of Info City
Vadodara - Knowledge City Initiative
Ahmedabad - GNFC Info Tower
Ahmedabad - Astron Park
Gandhinagar - Mindspace IT SEZ
Gujarat is emerging as a major hub for IT activity through various approved and proposed SEZs
- MphasiS has set up a BPO unit in Ahmedabad
- TCS is setting up its development centre at Gandhinagar
- Effective Teleservices, Gandhinagar has successfully expanded its operations to Vadaodara.
- More than 50 BPO companies are already in operation
- Sharp increase in BPO seats in 4 years - 20 fold jump, from 500 to over 11,000s
- Two Incubation centers for Software, Business Process Outsourcing and Call Centers have been set up at Infocity, Gandhinagar.
- Leading Real Estate Developers like EMMAR, DLF (Associated with Laing O' Rourke), Infinity have shown interest in development of IT SEZ at multiple locations.
- Mindspace IT SEZ is being developed in Gandhinagar by K.Raheja Corp.
- Two Infocity Towers of about 2,50,000 sq. feet each, are already completed whereas third tower is under construction
- Setting up of 4 mini STPI Parks (Software Technology Park in India) each at Rajkot, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar and Surat is under active consideration.
IT Parks - Astron Park, Infocity, GNFC Info Tower
Proposed IT SEZs - Garima, Mindspace, Proposed IT SEZs, DLF-Info Park, Baroda,
Top five exporting companies - L & T Ltd, Patni Computers Systems Ltd, E-Infochips Ltd, Motif India Infotech Pvt. Ltd, Effective Teleservices Pvt. Ltd.
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