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     Nrules Junior Artist Username: Nrules Post Number: 198 Registered: 10-2012 Posted From: 79.170.53.192 Rating: N/A |
“Exports from STPI-H account for about eight percent of total domestic IT exports and the centre continues to be the fourth largest software exporter in the country after Bangalore, Noida and Tamil Nadu. Andhra Pradesh is rapidly catching up with Tamil Nadu. Although the ITeS segment with 66 percent growth contributed significantly to the state export basket (47 percent), the overall scenario for the IT sector is optimistic,” M Vijay Kumar, director, STPI-H, said. FINANCIAL EXPRESS.COM. | ||
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Satyam Ramalinga Rau, Intergraph, ECIL, Frontier, Indotronix etc were the pioneers for IT industry in Hyderabad No Signature | ||
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Uneven regional growth of the Software Industry: In the very early period the software industry was mainly concentrated in Mumbai, the capital of the state of Maharashtra (Heeks, 1996) and as size of the exports grew industry started spreading to other cities and states. Bangalore attracted many multinational companies after Texas Instruments set up its development center in 1985.15 By 1990 the states of Maharashtra (Bombay), Karnataka (Bangalore), Tamil Nadu (Chennai) and Delhi were the ones with large share of exports and states of Uttar Pradesh (NOIDA), Andhra Pradesh (Hyderabad) and West Bengal (Kolkata) also had software exports, albeit at lower levels, and were later jointed by the other states included in this study (see figures 1-3, and table A1). | ||
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AP & Karnataka lead in IT exports CHENNAI: Despite being a hot destination for IT and BPO segments, Tamil Nadu has recorded lower growth than its neighbouring states, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, in terms of total software exports for 2004-05.The total software exports from Tamil Nadu has grown to Rs.10,703.10 crore for 2004-05, up by 40.50 per cent, from Rs.7621.50 crore recorded in 2003-04, according to STPI-Chennai.Karnataka, the leader in software exports, has recorded a 52 per cent growth in software exports for 2004-05. It's total software exports has zoomed to Rs.27,600 crore for 2004-05 from Rs.18,100 in 2003-04.Though the total software exports from India is yet to be officially announced, Karnataka's share is expected to be around 35 per cent.The performance of the software industry in Andhra Pradesh has also shown a growth of 64.5 per cent reaching Rs.8270 crore for 2004-05, according to STPI-Hyderabad.While looking at the performance of secondary cities, these cities in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have also reported higher growth in software exports.In Karnataka, STPI-Mysore has reported a growth of 72 per cent in software exports to Rs.309 crore for 2004-05 and STPI-Mangalore/Manipal's software exports has increased to Rs.567 crore from Rs.456 crore. | ||
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Southern states scorch software exports R Subramanyam, TNN Jun 12, 2004, 12.47am IST BANGALORE: The South continues to account for more than half of the country's total software services exports. The three southern states - Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh — together account for 54.6% of India's total software exports of Rs 56,250 cr. According to Nasscom, the trade body for software and service exports, total software exports in 2003-04 fiscal was $12.5 billion (Rs 56,250 cr), a 30.5% jump over $9.6 billion (Rs 43,200 cr) made in the previous year. Karnataka, as in the past, led the southern states in software export earnings. The state earned Rs 18,100 crore, a 46% jump over Rs 12,350 cr earned in the previous fiscal. Including hardware, Karnataka's total IT exports were Rs 19,800 cr. Hardware exports from the state last fiscal was Rs 1,700 cr (Rs 800 cr previously). Tamil Nadu's software export was 42.11% lower than Karnataka's. In fiscal 2003-04, software exports were Rs 7,621.50 cr, a 21% jump over previous year earnings of Rs 6,315.51 cr. Overall IT exports from Tamil Nadu were Rs 7,740.38 cr. The hardware sector's contribution was Rs 118.88 cr. When compared to Tamil Nadu, software exports of neighbour Andhra Pradesh showed a 37% growth. Software export last fiscal earned the state Rs 5,025 cr, up from Rs 3,688 cr the year before.For Andhra, a major part of the total exports came from the fast growing ITeS/BPO sector. Export earnings from the ITeS sector were Rs 2,347 cr, which accounted for 47% of the total IT exports. On an annualised basis, ITeS sector exports showed a huge growth of 66%. | ||
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Complementing Naidu's efforts in promoting the infotech sector and making Hyderabad an attractive investment destination for IT, Karnik noted the outgoing Chief Minister had put information technology to use for providing better quality of governance. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-05-11/india -business/28335251_1_infotech-hyderabad-industry | ||
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The initiatives have started paying off as can be seen from a recent survey conducted by Nasscom (2002) on city competitiveness. Hyderabad is Ranked 1 ahead of Chennai (Rank 3) and Bangalore (Rank 6). The competitiveness assessment was done based on three parameters, availability and quality of infrastructure, availability and cost effectiveness of manpower and policy support. In essence, the Hyderabad case proves that it is possible for a late mover to catch up if it follows, principles of identifying entrepreneurial opportunities (Ramachandran 2003, Shane 2005) and successfully execute them (Bossidy and Charan 2002). It is not easy for a sleepy government system to wake up and act like this suddenly. | ||
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How Hyderabad Emerged as a BPO Hub Published: September 24, 2003 in Knowledge@Wharton Conventional business wisdom regards most government officials and bureaucrats as obstacles who get in the way of market forces. But a politician and his lieutenant get much of the credit for making the Indian city of Hyderabad a major global center of business process outsourcing (BPO) -- the booming practice whereby companies farm out tasks such as call-center operations, billing and claims processing. As the chief minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, N. Chandrababu Naidu has pushed hard to modernize the largely rural region of 76 million people through information technology and business-style government practices. About a year and a half ago, Naidu -- the equivalent of a U.S. governor -- established an agency specifically charged with nurturing the BPO industry. He named one of his special secretaries, Randeep Sudan, as its "CEO." Their efforts have resulted in a curious blend of socialism and capitalism in Andhra Pradesh (AP). Even as state officials continue a significant rice subsidy for the poor and invest public land in office park developments, they have pared back labor regulations to lure businesses. But the blend of free market reforms and government interventions is paying off in the form of a fast-growing BPO industry. Revenue for BPO firms in the state soared more than 300% in the nine months ended December 2002, to $247 million. The industry employs about 15,000 workers in Andhra Pradesh, mostly in Hyderabad. | ||
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In this section we present an analysis of how the Andhra Pradesh state government led by Chandrababu Naidu has been able to make a giant stride to shape an IT cluster in and around Hyderabad. The entrepreneurial vision and the clarity of the strategy are evident from the number of initiatives the Chief Minister has taken to position Hyderabad as the knowledge hub of India. This includes not only upgrading economic and social infrastructure, but also providing pioneering leadership in e-governance in India. This not only pushed up IT-orientation in the society, but also opened up business opportunities for several companies including Microsoft. | ||
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K. Ramachandran & Sougata Ray Abstract The Information Technology (IT) industry has played a major role in India’s recent economic growth. However, the pattern of growth and cluster formation is not uniform across the country. While Bangalore emerged as a natural cluster, the governments in Hyderabad and Kolkata had to demonstrate entrepreneurial leadership qualities to create clusters there. This paper identifies the factors that contribute to the creation of clusters, particularly for locations that are late entrants such as Hyderabad and Kolkata. The paper concludes that quality of entrepreneurship of the state and pool of local entrepreneurship are equally important as industry attractiveness and factor availability for rapid cluster formation. http://www.isb.edu/WorkingPapers/Formation_of_Information_Te chnology_Clusters.pdf |
