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The Times of India, India
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February 16, 2005
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Mysore gatecrashes into IT party After Infy, Wipro Keen On The City; Exports Pegged At Rs.400 Cr
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Looks like Infosys has opened the doors of fortune for Mysore. Following Infy’s campus-rolling the City of Palaces, Wipro is said to be seeing 100 acre land to put up its own campus there. “In a sense Wipro is getting back to Mysore,” said Karnataka IT Secretary Shankaralinge Gowda. Wipro had its printer manufacturing division in Mysore which was transferred to WEP (earlier Wipro E-Peripherals) when it was hived off as a separate company.
“Wipro’s requirement is currently being processed and should be sanctioned within the next three months,” said Gowda. Wipro and Infosys seem to be in the fore-front when it comes to bigger IT companies establishing their presence in Mysore. Of the 314 acres of land that Infosys currently possesses in Mysore, it has a built-up area of a little over 200 acre.
Mysoreans believe that Infosys has set the ball rolling in the city with its world-class Global Education Centre. “We are amazed with the attention that the state government is giving to Mysore. Today, we have a 2 mbps private line connecting our US offices,” said Siddhartha Mookerji, CEO, Software Paradigms India Pvt Ltd (SPIL). An IT-services and BPO company, SPIL, started off with four people in 1997 and has grown to over 300 people in eight years.
IT activity in Mysore is indeed gaining steam. As companies in and around Bangalore continue to jostle for space, it is becoming imperative for them to look at tier-II cities and towns. It is at this juncture that Mysore is proving to be the simplest alternative, both in terms of infrastructure and the standard of living.
Mysore is tipped to register software exports of Rs.400 crore by March end, over 100 percent growth from its last year’s Rs.180 crore. About 31 companies are responsible for this growth. Interestingly, about 29 companies had exported about Rs.65 crore of software in 2002-03. Effectively, almost the same number of companies were responsible for more than doubling the exports, thereby indicating an increase in the volume of business that has moved to Mysore during the previous fiscal. Many believe that it is just the beginning of things to come.
Right now, all roads seem to be leading to Mysore. The Bangalore-Mysore expressway project though under litigation is set to make Mysore a counter-magnet to Bangalore. Till that time this project is completed, the four-laning of the existing state highway to Mysore promises better commuting experience.
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