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.
MindTree Vice-Chairman Subrto Bagchi is now seriously pursuing his company’s agenda of expansion in Odisha as he feels that the State is emerging as the IT hub of the Eastern India.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will lay the foundation stone of the MindTree campus on the Republic Day on Thursday in the Infocity I Zone. The campus will be named as MindTree Kalinga.
While MindTree has firmed up its plan, 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, which would provide big opportunities to the tech grads in the State, sources said .
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