G. Balachandar of Business Standard has written an in-depth article on the impact the BPO/ITeS industry had on the state of Tamil Nadu in 2005.... Excerpts from the article:
"Tamil Nadu is today among the most preferred destinations for global sourcing in India. The year 2005 has turned out to be a watershed for the information technology (IT) and informatic technology enabled services (ITES) sectors in the state.
The two segments are witnessing unprecedented boom in the state. The state capital, Chennai, now houses all of the top 10 Indian IT companies’ either one or multiple production centers. A major encouraging feature of this boom is that medium-sized companies are also witnessing higher growth.
Industry experts feel that unveiling of the state’s ‘IT Enabled Services (ITES) policy’ and offering a slew of incentives with the intention of making Tamil Nadu the global outsourcing capital will provide major thrust to the IT and outsourcing sector.
Many agree that quality of human resources is the key differentiator of the state, which is ranked first in skilled technical manpower annual turnout. The state is home to 230-plus engineering colleges and more than 300 arts, science and commerce colleges. The annual turnout of engineering graduates in the state is over 79,000, the largest in India. Besides, the state produces 58,500 diploma-holders from polytechnics.
The World Bank, in its latest report, says that the state has an educated, hard working and disciplined workforce and a capable civil service."
Click here to read the full report. A good read!
"Tamil Nadu is today among the most preferred destinations for global sourcing in India. The year 2005 has turned out to be a watershed for the information technology (IT) and informatic technology enabled services (ITES) sectors in the state.
The two segments are witnessing unprecedented boom in the state. The state capital, Chennai, now houses all of the top 10 Indian IT companies’ either one or multiple production centers. A major encouraging feature of this boom is that medium-sized companies are also witnessing higher growth.
Industry experts feel that unveiling of the state’s ‘IT Enabled Services (ITES) policy’ and offering a slew of incentives with the intention of making Tamil Nadu the global outsourcing capital will provide major thrust to the IT and outsourcing sector.
Many agree that quality of human resources is the key differentiator of the state, which is ranked first in skilled technical manpower annual turnout. The state is home to 230-plus engineering colleges and more than 300 arts, science and commerce colleges. The annual turnout of engineering graduates in the state is over 79,000, the largest in India. Besides, the state produces 58,500 diploma-holders from polytechnics.
The World Bank, in its latest report, says that the state has an educated, hard working and disciplined workforce and a capable civil service."
Click here to read the full report. A good read!
I am not sure if you have seen the in depth of the Ites Industry. Chennai is being prefered cause the work force is cheap thats it. There is nothing like there are so many college and things. In the Ites industry there is something called ITIL and every thing else like networking, Windows, VMware, Servicedesk etc revolve around. Chennai is the HOT SPOT for BPO and Service Desk, rest of the opportunity I assure you that most of it is being given to non Chennaite..... Coimbatore is another better place to find Skill + Low Wages.
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