25 New IT Companies moving to Kolkata!
Posted on: June 7, 2008 - 9:21am
25 New IT Companies moving to Kolkata!
Over the next six months, there will be an investment of at least Rs 200 crore in the IT sector alone. As many as 13 IT companies from the US have agreed to come to the state in response to an invitation extended to them by the state IT department last month.
State information technology minister Debesh Das had visited the Silicon Valley in the US last month to apprise IT companies of the prevailing situation in West Bengal, which is conducive to the information technology industry.
Despite the bandh called by the Left Front on Thursday, Das went to work and clinched the deal with one such company via a long-distance call. “I had to make the international call to seal the deal. I will not announce the name of this popular IT company yet. But I can tell you that it will be here to hire office space in the next two months. At least 200 people will be employed in this firm,” he said.
“None of these 13 companies, willing to come here, is a BPO. These are software product development companies that have agreed to design softwares here and sell those to users worldwide. The good news is that each of these firms will employ at least 200 people,” he added.
The company that agreed to come here on Thursday is an expert in designing software related to communication.
The new office will come up in Sector V of Salt Lake where the IT firms are located.
Das visited at least 25 IT companies in the US this time. Some of the big names among these are Synopsis, HP, Signet Solar, Motorola, Freescale and IBM Watson Research Laboratories.
State information technology minister Debesh Das had visited the Silicon Valley in the US last month to apprise IT companies of the prevailing situation in West Bengal, which is conducive to the information technology industry.
Despite the bandh called by the Left Front on Thursday, Das went to work and clinched the deal with one such company via a long-distance call. “I had to make the international call to seal the deal. I will not announce the name of this popular IT company yet. But I can tell you that it will be here to hire office space in the next two months. At least 200 people will be employed in this firm,” he said.
“None of these 13 companies, willing to come here, is a BPO. These are software product development companies that have agreed to design softwares here and sell those to users worldwide. The good news is that each of these firms will employ at least 200 people,” he added.
The company that agreed to come here on Thursday is an expert in designing software related to communication.
The new office will come up in Sector V of Salt Lake where the IT firms are located.
Das visited at least 25 IT companies in the US this time. Some of the big names among these are Synopsis, HP, Signet Solar, Motorola, Freescale and IBM Watson Research Laboratories.
It has nothing to do with kolkata but sitll wnt to add
Bangalore based MindTree will invest $45 million (Rs.180 crore) in its new software development centre - MindTree Coromandel - at Mahindra World City SEZ in Maraimalai Nagar near Chennai.
The development centre will be housed in a 2.80 lakh sq.ft facility which has a capacity to seat 2,800 employees.
Its great that 25 IT companies are moving to Kolkata.
It will definately have good impact on kolkata's progress because now a days IT is the most growing field and also each company is going to recruit 200 people in each firm
That means recruitment of 4,000/-
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