Kerala

KERALA God’s Own e-state

God’s own…….because Kerala is ‘One of the 10 paradises on earth’ for its natural beauty, greenery, rich cultural heritage and tranquility* *National Geographic Traveller

e –State ……….because Kerala is, today, a one stop destination offering end to end solutions for the IT/ITES/Knowle dge industry

Kerala - Profile • • • • • •

Area – 38,863 sq km Population – 32 million Density – 819 persons / sq km Literacy – 91% Capital – Trivandrum Languages – Malayalam, English

Kerala – Highest PQLI • Most socially advanced state in India • Near universal literacy • Lowest infant mortality rate / highest life expectancy /hospital facility in every village • Excellent higher education facilities • Highest media penetration • Model Public Distribution System

KERALA – HDI on par with the West

India

Kerala

USA

Sex Ratio

933

1058

1042

Literacy

65%

100%

100%

Women Literacy HDI

54%

91%

100%

0.47

0.64

0.939

Birth rate

26%

18%

14%

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am

0. 47 2

0. 47 8

0. 41 6 0. 40 4

0. 36 7

0. 38 6

0. 38 8

0. 50 9

0. 52 3

0. 47 9

0. 42 4

0. 39 4

0.4 0. 53 1

0. 53 7

0.6

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0.5 0. 47 2

0. 63 8

0.7

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HDI Value

HDI – Kerala & Other States

0.3

0.2

0.1

0

State of the States – Study by India Today 2006 Kerala

TN

Karnataka

AP

Maharastra

Education

2 1 2

4 2 4

8 4 7

10 8 9

6 9 5

Health

2

3

4

10

6

Infrastructre

3 7

5 10

7 11

10 9

4 5

Rank Overall Law & Order

Budget & Prosperity

KERALA

Other core competencies • • • • • •

Most democratically evolved state Top in Law & Order* Salubrious climate Tourist hotspot Least Corrupt state* Rich natural resources – marine / agri products *Survey by National magazines

KERALA

Other core competencies • • • • • • •

Strategic location on the transnational trade corridor 3 international airports Excellent rail / road connectivity OFC throughout the state up to villages Total e-literacy by end 2007 Best connected in terms of datacom / telecom Uniform development across the state

Advantage Kerala IT domain • • • • •

Quality IT parks Connectivity advantage Human Resource advantage Pro-enterprise Government Unmatched Cost advantage

Connectivity advantage • Tele density; double national average • SEA-ME-WE 3 & SAFE cables at Kochi -2nd city with 2 submarine cable landing • Kochi gateway handles 70% of India’s data traffic. • 15 GBps bandwidth support • Cost effective, fail safe bandwidth

SEA-ME-WE-3

SAFE

Air Connectivity • 3 international airports within a distance of 450 KM with daily flights to Colombo, Maldives, Dubai, Riyadh, Muscat, Bahrain, Doha, Kuwait, Singapore and all major domestic destinations • Trivandrum, the 5th International Airport in India • Kochi, the first private airport in India • Calicut, handles largest No of flights to gulf countries

Human Resource advantage • High density of S & T manpower • Talent pool of English speaking personnel • Annual intake of over 25,000 engineering students each year • Employee attrition < 10%

Human Resources Potential Kerala Engineering Graduates

- 25,000 per year

Degree

Boys

Girls

BA

21,772

41,874

63,646

BSc

21,282

44,559

65,841

BCom

11,037

12,660

23,697

MA

1,837

5,327

7,164

MSc

1,558

5,395

6,953

858

1,643

2,501

MCom

Total

Academic Institutions • Kerala is traditionally strong in academics • 8 universities offering up to Doctoral studies; One S&T university, one Agricultural university, 1 Pvt also • Over 80 engineering colleges; CET more than 60 years old; Over 10 medical colleges; Over 100 Science colleges • IIM, NIT, IIIT • Centres of Excellence Indian Institute of Science Education & Research and Indian Institute of Space Research are coming up in Trivandrum

R&D Institutions • Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre – Over 6000 scientists and engineers, nerve centre of India’s space programs • Regional Research Labs under DSIR • Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) • Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology • CMFRI, CPCRI, KFRI, CWRDM, SCTIMS, TBGRI, CTCRI etc • Strong Research Centres of various universities

Outstanding HR

Unmatched cost advantage • • • • •

Operational costs lower by 35 % Rentals & real estate lower by 45 % Lowest power & water tariffs in India Low cost of living Lower salary structure

• Cost effective bandwidth

Top Rankings • # 1 state in the overall composite ranking. CII, 2003 • Trivandrum and Kochi , #2 and #3 cities to do business in. Business Today, 2001. • Kochi, #2 ITES destination. NASSCOM.2002 • Kochi, # 1 destination for ITES and DRC. ICICI Property Services 2004

• Trivandrum-best tier 2 city in IT/ITES infra. Manpower Services India (P) Ltd 2006

Pro-enterprise Government • • • • • •

HRD and Labor policy attuned to industry Path breaking IT Policy Sustained promotional campaign Incentives for Knowledge sector Single window clearance Focus on development of infrastructure, education, healthcare and Protection of environment

Kerala Key differentiators • Stress free, easy paced quality life • Clean, green environs • Less congestion on the road / less commuting time to office / quality time with family • Knowledge focused society • Proximity to tourist hotspots enables weekend relaxation / combining work & leisure • Authentic wellness centres

Quality I T Parks - 1 Technopark, Trivandrum • Assessed at CMMI Level 4 • 3.2 million sq ft built up space • 120 companies / 15,000 professionals • Infosys, TCS, McKinsey, Allianz Cornhill, E&Y, Tata Elxsi, USTRI, IBS, Suntec etc • Largest training centre of TCS world wide • Toonz Animation Global Ten Animation Studio

Technopark – Best in class

Technopark Trivandrum • Failsafe and global standard infrastructure • Ring main power supply with 100% backup • 8 major ISPs including VSNL, BSNL, Reliance, AirTel, Asianet, Kelnet, STP and Srishti directly connected to the OFC landing point

TECHNOPARK, TRIVANDRUM Well thought out facilities, Futuristic Design…

Pool

Gym TCS Facilities – 30,000 sq.ft

Park Centre

Library

Convention Centre

Guest House

Expansion of Technopark • Phase 2- 86 acres being developed by Infosys & USTRI • A 850,000 sq ft building commissioned • Phase 3 - 100 acres being acquired • Phase 4 – 507 acres for Technocity being acquired • Infrastructural developers augmenting built up space • Campuses of TCS, Infosys, USTRI, Tata Elxsi, NeST, IBS etc coming up

Technopark – 2nd/3rd Phase

Technopark – 4th Phase

Technocity Trivandrum • • • • •

Self contained fully integrated IT township 507 acre campus Focus on IT/ITES/BT/R&D Land acquisition under process Adjacent to National Highway 5 KM from Technopark

Quality IT Parks-2

Infopark Kochi

• 90 acre campus/76 acres being promoted as SEZ/480,000 sq ft operational/35 companies • Wipro, TCS, IBS, Perot etc setting up own campuses • Other majors include OPI, ACS etc • Infrastructural developers L&T, Leela adding built up space within the campus

Infopark Kochi

Infopark Kochi

Infopark Kochi Campus Development Plans ™ Wipro setting up 8000 seats facility in 25.18 acres ™ TCS setting up 6000 seats facility in 15.72 acres ™ Perot Systems setting up campus on 5 acres ™ IBS Software setting up campus on 4.21 acres ™ New 480,000 sqft building by Infopark

Infopark, Kochi Social Infrastructure • Large number of housing projects coming up around Infopark – ensuring low cost of living • Well connected roads • Good transportation facilities • Facilities for recreation – water theme parks / week end holiday possibilities

Quality IT Parks-3 Private Parks • • • • • •

Technopolis Mini Muthoot Tech Towers Shobha Developers CIAL L&T Leela Group

Smart City Kochi • Promoted by TECOM, Dubai in partnership with GoK • 246 acres / 8.8 million sq ft of built up space, 70% of which will be ear marked for IT activities • 90,000 direct employment within 10 years • Investment – USD 350 million

Road map IT Development • Hub & spoke model for distributed development within the state – Kerala , the Silicon coast • Hubs – Technopark, Infopark, Cyberpark (Calicut) • Spokes – Knowledge parks in all districts • Kerala WAN for citizen interface and e Governance • Benefits of IT to be made inclusive to ensure that everybody is benefited • Emphasis on open standards and FOSS promotion

Target-2010 IT industry • 200,000 direct job opportunities • 20 million sq ft of built up space for IT and knowledge industries • Knowledge Parks in all districts • Kerala to be in the top 5 in IT among Indian states

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