(vIndianz May 17 2010): Cyberpark, Kerala’s third IT Park, has started coming up in Kozhikode (Calicut). Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan laid the foundation stone for the park to be developed in 43 acres of land.
Accommodating a number of reputed educational institutions including the Indian Institute of Management, National Institute of Technology, Kozhikode has been in the radar of the IT/ITES investors for a number of years now. Further the lower cost of Infrastructure, closeness to major IT destinations like Bangalore, Mysore and Mangalore puts Malabar as the next strategic location for any kind of IT/ITES developments.
While tapping into the large pool of locally available skilled resources and reputed educational institutions, the purpose of Cyber Park is to provide a friendly, cost effective and top of the line infrastructure to the IT/ITES investors, there by acting as a catalyst for the social and infrastructure development of the region with a vision to provide unlimited employment opportunities and a substantial contribution to economical development of the state especially the Malabar Region. By 2015 when the Cyberpark and UL Cyberpark is completely operational, will together provide 70,000 jobs for IT professionals and over a lakh jobs indirectly.
A refreshing aspect of Cyberpark is the ‘incubation centres’ for start-ups on the built up space of 50,000 sq.ft. The incubation centres can host 300 start ups at least and will be an ideal workspace for Calicut’s IT entrepreneurs to set up shop and begin operation at minimal operating costs.
“India’s overall software exports have slowed down on account of the global slowdown, but those from Kerala grew 43.41 percent till February-end, fetching revenue of Rs 2300 crore. While the STPI (Software Technology Parks India) figures for the country show a growth of 17.62 percent till February-end this fiscal, software exports from Kerala have grown at 43.41 percent, with the objective of encouraging, promoting and boosting the software exports. According to the STPI figures, the Technopark and Infopark together account for 25 percent of the total exports from tier-two and tier-three cities in the country and this is good news for those IT companies looking to shift operations from the metros.” Said Dr. Ajay Kumar IAS, Principal Secretary – IT, Kerala. “We envisage the investment in the state for IT in the next eight years to be around Rs. 20,000 crore,” he added.
Cyber Park is the first work class, eco friendly IT Park being developed as a Hub & Spoke model in the Malabar region. With the The other facilities planned are: eco-friendly buildings with energy efficient layouts and interiors, full furnished incubators to support start-up SME initiatives, variety of recreation facilities and adequate eco parks, banks, ATMs, food courts and food kiosks, day care facilities, reprography centres, internet centres, healthcare, gym, pharmacy, emergency management systems including ambulance, utility services like travel/tourism counters, courier and post office, rainwater harvesting and in house water purification plant and the whole facility to be backed up by 100% in terms of electricity supply.
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