SIPCOT IT Park
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SIPCOT IT Park is the largest Information Technology
Park in Asia, located in Padur, Siruseri
, along the IT Corridor
, Chennai
, India
. It is developed in 1000 acres (4 km2) of land by SIPCOT
, the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu
, a fully government-owned institution.
TCS has acquired 70 acres (280,000 m²) of land at a cost of about Rs.13 crore at the new IT Park at Siruseri near Chennai. The $250-million TCS building built to house a staff of 30,000 working in it and designed by the Uruguayan architect Carlos Ott
was inaugurated on 23 February 2011 by Danilo Astori
, the vice-president of Uruguay. This is the largest project attracted by this IT park.
Other notable companies within SIPCOT include:
Educational institutions
No thoroughfare is allowed within SIPCOT. Only one MTC
bus plies through SIPCOT: 21H Cut, which goes to/from the Biotech Park for Women's Society.
SIPCOT is located on Old Mahabalipuram Road, and public transport (MTC buses) are available at a bus stop just outside the gate. Taxis and autos are not easy to get around SIPCOT as of now.
The public buses that stop at SIPCOT are 19B (going to Saidapet
), M19B (going to Thiruvanmiyur
), and M5 (going to Adyar) and 21H. All these buses originate at Kelambakkam
) .
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
Park in Asia, located in Padur, Siruseri
Siruseri
Siruseri is a suburb of Chennai, India in Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu, located a 30 km south of the city, along Old Mahabalipuram Road...
, along the IT Corridor
Rajiv Gandhi Salai
Rajiv Gandhi Salai , previously known as Old Mahabalipuram Road or IT Corridor is a major road in suburban Chennai, India, beginning at the Madhya Kailash temple in Adyar and continuing south till Mahabalipuram, ultimately merging with the East Coast Road...
, Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It is developed in 1000 acres (4 km2) of land by SIPCOT
SIPCOT
The State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu , Limited is an institution owned by the government of Tamil Nadu and is intended as a catalyst for the development of small, medium and large scale industries in Tamil Nadu. It was established in 1972.SIPCOT has established industrial...
, the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
, a fully government-owned institution.
Companies
- Tata Consultancy ServicesTata Consultancy ServicesTata Consultancy Services Limited is a global IT services, business solutions and outsourcing company headquartered in Mumbai, India. It is the largest provider of information technology in Asia and second largest provider of business process outsourcing services in India...
TCS has acquired 70 acres (280,000 m²) of land at a cost of about Rs.13 crore at the new IT Park at Siruseri near Chennai. The $250-million TCS building built to house a staff of 30,000 working in it and designed by the Uruguayan architect Carlos Ott
Carlos Ott
Carlos Ott is a Uruguayan architect who resides in Canada. He became famous when he won the first prize in 1983 for the construction of the Opéra de la Bastille in Paris, which was inaugurated on July 14, 1989...
was inaugurated on 23 February 2011 by Danilo Astori
Danilo Astori
Danilo Astori is a Uruguayan social democratic politician who was the Minister of Economics and Finance of Uruguay from 2005 to 2008...
, the vice-president of Uruguay. This is the largest project attracted by this IT park.
Other notable companies within SIPCOT include:
- Aspire SystemsAspire Systems200px|thumb|right|Aspire Systems Chennai officeAspire Systems is an Outsourced Product Development company based in Chennai, India. It was started by Gowri Subramaniam in 1996. It received Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India award in 2006.-External links:**...
- Yantro Softwares (P) Ltd
- Aspire SystemsAspire Systems200px|thumb|right|Aspire Systems Chennai officeAspire Systems is an Outsourced Product Development company based in Chennai, India. It was started by Gowri Subramaniam in 1996. It received Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India award in 2006.-External links:**...
- Changepond Technologies
- Hexaware TechnologiesHexaware TechnologiesHexaware Technologies Limited is an information technology and business process outsourcing service provider company based in Mumbai, India. The company provides software services in airlines, banking and financial services and health care insurance sectors...
- Cognizant Technology SolutionsCognizant Technology SolutionsCognizant Technology Solutions Corp. is an American global provider of custom information technology, consulting and business process outsourcing services. Its headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States and is a member of NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500 and Fortune 500...
- iGATE Patni
- Financial Software & Systems (P) Ltd
- SyntelSyntelSyntel, Inc. is a global provider of Information Technology and Knowledge Process Outsourcing solutions, with global development centers in India and the United States....
- ApolloApolloApollo is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in Greek and Roman mythology...
- SteriaSteriaSteria delivers IT enabled business services, focusing on key vertical market sectors: public services, finance, telecommunications, utilities and transport. The company provides consulting services for its clients' core business processes, and also develops and operates their information...
- InterlaceInterlaceInterlaced video is a technique of doubling the perceived frame rate introduced with the composite video signal used with analog television without consuming extra bandwidth...
- Excelacom
- Cornet Technologies India
Educational institutions
- Chennai Mathematical InstituteChennai Mathematical InstituteChennai Mathematical Institute is a research and education institute in Chennai, India. It was founded by the SPIC Science Foundation in 1989, and offers undergraduate as well as postgraduate programmes in physics, mathematics and computer science, besides its key strength in the form of high-end...
Transportation
Most of the organizations within SIPCOT have their own transportation, including buses, tempo travellers and smaller vehicles, to ferry their employees. Very few people use private transportation for commuting to SIPCOT, possibly due to the great distance between SIPCOT and their homes.No thoroughfare is allowed within SIPCOT. Only one MTC
Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai)
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bus plies through SIPCOT: 21H Cut, which goes to/from the Biotech Park for Women's Society.
SIPCOT is located on Old Mahabalipuram Road, and public transport (MTC buses) are available at a bus stop just outside the gate. Taxis and autos are not easy to get around SIPCOT as of now.
The public buses that stop at SIPCOT are 19B (going to Saidapet
Saidapet
Saidapet is an important neighbourhood in Chennai , India. The Saidapet Court, the only other court of judicature in Chennai city apart from the Madras High Court and the Saidapet bus depot are located here...
), M19B (going to Thiruvanmiyur
Thiruvanmiyur
-Transport:The area is easily accessible by Metropolitan Transport Corporation buses and has a sprawling bus terminus. Bus Routes connecting Thiruvanmiyur with other places in Chennai are: 1, 1A, 1C, 1D, 6D, 22A, 23C Extn., 29M,29C Extn., 41C, A47, 47A, 47D, M1, M49, M7, C51, T51, M23, M19, M70,...
), and M5 (going to Adyar) and 21H. All these buses originate at Kelambakkam
Kelambakkam
Kelambakkam is a rapidly growing suburb of Chennai in Tamil Nadu state in India. It is situated on the Old Mamallapuram Road and is about 35 km from Chennai....
) .