IT job growth in the Bhubaneswar area is back in the horizon: additional 10,000 software professional positions by 2013
Bhubaneswar- Cuttack- Puri, Daily Pioneer, Infosys, Khordha, Mindtree, TCS, WIPRO January 25th. 2012, 10:45pmFollowing is an excerpt from a report in Pioneer.
With top software companies chalking out their strategies for growth, the top administrators in the Information Technology (IT) sector in Odisha say that by 2013 the state will have more than 10,000 seats for software professionals.
TCS, Infosys, Wipro and above all MindTree have started their plans for expansion in Odisha in a big way, said an official in the Department of IT(DoIT).
MindTree, a global IT and Product engineering services company, is starting work on its 20-acre campus from Thursday, said sources.Though MindTree wanted to open its campus way back in 2004, bureaucratic wrangles forced the IT major to wind up its plan. However, with the intervention of the top officials in the DoIT, it has once again taking up the job to set up 2,000-seater campus by 2013, which will ultimately a 10,000-seater campus in future.DoIT Secretary and IDCO CMD Pradeep Jena played a crucial role in roping in the Global IT company to Odisha by providing 20-acres of land in Infocity I.
… Wipro has also started construction of its campus in Infocity I, said an offcial.
This will be a 3,000-seater campus with the latest facilities for software development.Similarly, Infosys has decided to be co-developer of a 50-acre zone in Info Valley SEZ coming up near Khurda.
DoIT sources said 5,000 seats would be developed in next two years.TCS has also started adding its second campus with 3,500 seats in Infocity I.All these companies would be adding 10,000 seats by 2013 …
Following is an excerpt from a report in Business Standard.
Mid-sized IT solution provider MindTree Ltd has plans to complete its Orissa project by 2017 and the first phase by June 2013 …
… MindTree will invest Rs 250 crore in a span of five years to build the facility, which can employ 5,000 persons and can train 1,000 freshers, he informed while saying that the entire campus will have the touch of Puri temple along with modern architecture.
In its Bhubaneswar campus, the company will provide all its services including specialised Product Engineering Services that accounts for a third of its revenue. After its completion, it will also look for universities which can make changes in their curriculum to suit the business requirement, he said.
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January 26th, 2012 at 1:33 am
If such huge numbers become a reality then the Odisha government should start planning for urban transportation immediately. How are so many people going to travel for work? As of today buses are at best infrequent. I have seen them wait till they get filled up before starting off. Perhaps the government can even increase the frequency of local trains between Cuttack and Khurda. This will increase the number of people taking the train to work. Buses can then provide the last mile connectivity from the stations to offices.
Other than that I think the rest of the support structures (such as schools, restaurants, entertainment spots are bound to come up). But the government needs to start doing its bit if it is to attract the kind of investments it is trumpeting. There are other cities that have much better infrastructure and if the Odisha government does not start thinking about these things then it is only a matter of time before some of these companies start to move out as fast as they have come in.
As I mentioned earlier we need to become more like Gujarat. The state is really a role model for attracting investments. Our chief minister needs to be like Narendra Modi.
March 1st, 2012 at 9:32 am
what abt the IT project by DLF?have they started construction?
April 12th, 2012 at 9:12 am
No,Odissa Govt is very slow compared to other state.