Technopark Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala, India

Indian Information Technology company Infosys Limited, India's Big Information Technology company, Wednesday signed an agreement with Technopark Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala, India. for 50 acres of land for setting up a second campus in Technocity near here. The agreement was signed by Infosys Senior Vice President Mr.H.R. Binod and Technopark CEO MrKG Girish Babu in the presence of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. Infosys has two development centres in Technopark Phase-I and Technopark Phase-II, employing about 4,100 professionals. Starting its Kerala operations in January 2004 at Technopark, Infosys company now has its own campus adjacent to Technopark which forms part of Technopark Phase II Special Economic Zone. mrKris Gopalakrishnan, executive co-chairman of Infosys said the company is doing well in Technopark and this reflects the changing investment climate of the state, adding that there were no labour issues at the Infosys centres in Technopark campuses. "The Thiruvananthapuram centre is the fastest growing centre of Infosys across the country at 30 percent annually," said Gopalakrishnan. Infosys plans to set up more than 1 million sq. ft. of built-up space and to create employment for 10,000 Information Technology engineers in the Technocity campus. The possible export from this Special Economic Zone campus would be of the order of Rs 1500 crores over the next 5 to 8 year Rs. "Setting up of the second campus of Infosys Limited in Kerala india will have a major significance for the Information Technology scene in Kerala india. At present, Infosys contributes more than 21 percent of the total Information Technology export of the state with the content of amount Rs 608 crore out of the total amount Rs 2,875 crore of Information Technology exports during the financial year 2010 - 2011," said Information Technology secretary Mr.P.H.Kurian. During 2012-13, Infosys has plans to add another 3,500 Information Technologyengineers in the existing campus at Technopark Phase-II, thus increasing its exports to Amount Rs 800 crore.

Source: The Times of India