Top representatives from the field of Information Technology (IT) in the country would gather at the State Government’s dedicated IT Summit in Ahmedabad on Friday, to brainstorm on Gujarat’s position on the nation’s IT map.
Being organised by the Science and Technology Department, the investors’ summit is likely to put the State on the IT highway, Science and Technology Secretary Raj Kumar said at a press conference here on Wednesday. ‘‘We are hoping to make the State the Silicon Valley of Western India. Coupled with the recently announced IT-policy, the summit would give a major thrust to IT business in the State,’’ he added.
The new policy aims to generate investments worth Rs 5,000 crore and two lakh jobs in the next five years. It industry CEOs S Ramadorai (TCS), B Ramalinga Raju (Satyam Computers), Kiran Karnik (President, NASSCOM), Pavan Vaish (COO, IBM Daksh), Bharat Desai (Syntel Inc.), Rajiv Modi (Sasken Communication Technologies), and Harish Mehta (Onward Technologies) would be the speakers among others. Among the top names of industry, Microsoft, Oracle, IBM and Wipro are participating in the summit.
Ramadorai, Raju and Karnik are the key speakers at the seminar that would precede the MoU signing ceremonies between various IT companies and the Government. In the recent past, the State Government has initiated measures to plug the loopholes in the State’s IT sector and make it a leading investment destination in the western region.
The Central Government has already cleared three IT SEZs in the State with another three in the pipeline. Of the three, two (Raheja’s Mindspace, 90 acres; Cadica, 40 acres) would come up at Gandhinagar, while the third one by Ganesh Housing (100 acres) is to come up at Ahmedabad. The State’s share in the IT sector exports as of now stands at a paltry Rs 500 crore, which is only one per cent of the national figure, though the Government shows it as proof of massive growth and employment opportunities.
Source : Expressindia.com
Being organised by the Science and Technology Department, the investors’ summit is likely to put the State on the IT highway, Science and Technology Secretary Raj Kumar said at a press conference here on Wednesday. ‘‘We are hoping to make the State the Silicon Valley of Western India. Coupled with the recently announced IT-policy, the summit would give a major thrust to IT business in the State,’’ he added.
The new policy aims to generate investments worth Rs 5,000 crore and two lakh jobs in the next five years. It industry CEOs S Ramadorai (TCS), B Ramalinga Raju (Satyam Computers), Kiran Karnik (President, NASSCOM), Pavan Vaish (COO, IBM Daksh), Bharat Desai (Syntel Inc.), Rajiv Modi (Sasken Communication Technologies), and Harish Mehta (Onward Technologies) would be the speakers among others. Among the top names of industry, Microsoft, Oracle, IBM and Wipro are participating in the summit.
Ramadorai, Raju and Karnik are the key speakers at the seminar that would precede the MoU signing ceremonies between various IT companies and the Government. In the recent past, the State Government has initiated measures to plug the loopholes in the State’s IT sector and make it a leading investment destination in the western region.
The Central Government has already cleared three IT SEZs in the State with another three in the pipeline. Of the three, two (Raheja’s Mindspace, 90 acres; Cadica, 40 acres) would come up at Gandhinagar, while the third one by Ganesh Housing (100 acres) is to come up at Ahmedabad. The State’s share in the IT sector exports as of now stands at a paltry Rs 500 crore, which is only one per cent of the national figure, though the Government shows it as proof of massive growth and employment opportunities.
Source : Expressindia.com