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Technopark is a
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in
Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram ( ), also known as Trivandrum, is the Capital city, capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 sq. km, making it the ...
in the state of
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,
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. Established on 28 July 1990 by the
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, under chief minister E K Nayanar, However, the government was unable to commence building. The next council of ministers, led by K Karunakaran, took the initiative to begin construction and inaugurated the first building. The largest
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(IT) park in Asia in terms of area. Technopark is the first greenest IT Park of India. Technopark has of built-up area, and is home to over 490 companies, employing more than 75,000 professionals, and still growing. It is surrounded by beautiful Kerala foliage. The policy of economic liberalisation initiated by the
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in 1991, and the rapid growth of the global software industry during the 1990s, substantially contributed to this growth. As a result of the
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and the
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, the park saw a period of reduced growth in 2009–10, when exports were only 2.8% more than the previous year. During the 2016-17 financial year, the park recorded IT exports of Rs. 5,000 crores. Technopark is owned and administered by the
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and is headed by a chief executive officer. In addition to this, it has a governing council and a Project Implementation Board, both of which include top officials of the government. Administrative offices, including that of the CEO, are housed in the Park Centre building. Technopark also hosts a Technology Business Incubation Cell under
Kerala Startup Mission Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM), formerly known as Technopark TBI, is a state-level agency under the Government of Kerala, India, dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship and incubation activities. Established primarily to manage the Technology ...
. Technopark houses domestic firms, joint ventures, and subsidiaries of foreign companies engaged in a wide variety of activities, which include
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development,
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(ERP),
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software design, engineering and
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software development, IT Enabled Services (ITES), process re-engineering, animation, and
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History and mission

Then Chief Minister of Kerala, E. K. Nayanar visited the Apple facility in the
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in 1989. This led to forming of Technopark, India's first IT park and still remains the largest in India. Nayanar laid the foundation stone on 1990 after it was registered under the Travancore Cochin Scientific and Charitable Societies Act. As of 2020, the IT park employs 70,000 people and provides indirect employment to lakhs. In March 1990, the Government of Kerala conceptualised Technopark as a facility to foster the development of high-technology industries in the state. Technopark was set up under the auspices of Electronics Technology Park, Kerala—an autonomous body under the Department of Information Technology of the government of Kerala. Technopark's aim was to create infrastructure to support the development of high-technology companies. On 31 March 1991, the foundation stone for Technopark was laid by E K Nayanar, Chief Minister of Kerala, at a ceremony presided over by
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, Minister for Industries. Technopark was formally dedicated to the nation by the then prime minister,
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, in November, 1995. Since then, Technopark has been growing steadily both in size and employee strength. Park Centre, Pamba, and Periyar were the only buildings constructed in the beginning, by 1995. Since then, Technopark has periodically added new buildings, such as Nila (1997), Gayathri, and Bhavani. With the inauguration of the "Thejaswini", on 22 February 2007, Technopark became the largest IT Park in India. After that, Leela Group has built a facility, "Leela Infopark", that hosts MNCs like
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Socio-economic impact

Technopark has become the single largest source of employment in Kerala, with over seventy thousand people directly working in the facility.


Workforce

Technopark hosts about 470 companies, and a workforce that numbers more than 70,000 personnel, in the IT and ITES sectors: companies such as
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, Speridian Technologies,
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, Guidehouse India,
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, Quest Global, SunTec Business Solutions,
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(TCS),
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, Toonz Media Group, and
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, as well as
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, IBS Software Services,
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Digital,
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Institutions

Technopark hosts two educational and research institutes. The
Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Kerala Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology, also known as Digital University Kerala (DUK), is a state university located in Technocity, Mangalapuram, Pallippuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. It was established in 2 ...
, (IIITM–K) is an institution of higher education and
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in applied Information Technology and Management. Portals for
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and agricultural information dissemination are among its areas of focus.  IIITM–K is located at present in Park Centre. The Asian School of Business (ASB) used to have its flagship post-graduate management programme in Technopark, before moving it to its own 16 Acre
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-certified campus in 2011. The Asian School of Business is managed by a board of governors, which includes Tata Consultancy Services CEO S. Ramadorai and Infosys CEO
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Infrastructure

Technopark aims to provide the infrastructure and support facilities needed for IT/ITES and electronics companies to function. In addition to office space, it provides utilities and connectivity, which is done either directly or through private partners. Besides, Technopark provides business incubation facilities for start-up firms as well as some social infrastructure for the
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working in the park.


Buildings

There are currently about a dozen buildings on the Technopark campus intended for
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. Seven of the buildings are named after rivers in Kerala—the Pamba, the
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, the Nila, the
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, the
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, and the Thejaswini, the seventh building, which was commissioned in February 2007, with over and of carpet area. There are also independent buildings of private enterprises inside the Phase I campus: Amstor House, Padmanabham, and M-squared. These buildings have an aggregate floor area of about . , , 4 , , 100% , - ! style="text-align:left;", IBS Campus , 4 to 10, , 450 , , 2, , 100% , - ! style="text-align:left;", Leela Info Park / Carnival Technopark , 14, , 460 , , 6 , , 100% , - , - ! style="text-align:left;", Quest Global Towers , 7, , 400 , , 6 , , 100% , - ! style="text-align:left;" , IIITM Kerala !4 ! !4 !100% , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , ''N/A indicates no information available'' , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , ''10 sq ft.=~1 m2.'' Other facilities in the campus include: * Technopark Club – Includes a gym, swimming pool, restaurant, and sporting facilities. * Technomall – a shopping complex * Technopark guesthouse * Private IT parks of individual companies *
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(SEZ) * Technology Business Incubator * WiFi Solutions IT Rentals Infrastructure Service Provider


Utilities and support facilities

Technopark infrastructure facilities include power backup, uninterrupted water supply, and ambient air conditioning; for all buildings. 100% of electric power is available from the Kerala State Electricity Board Limited (KSEBL) and the diesel generators operate with less than 5% annual downtime (with at least 95% uptime, generating electricity). Technopark has its own 110kV electric transformer substation and a 25 mega
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dedicated internal power distribution system with built-in redundancies at all levels. The water supply is maintained through a dedicated water distribution system. Technopark has other support facilities such as a satellite earth station, a 200-seater
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, a club, a guest house, a shopping complex (Techno-Mall), banks, ATMs, restaurants and conference rooms on campus. Furthermore, setting up of new units is accelerated by exemption from state-level clearances as well as through ready-to-use incubation facilities.


Transport facility

Technopark Express service is a public transport system for Technopark employees. It was inaugurated on 17 April 2017 by Hrishikesh R Nair, the then CEO of Technopark, Infopark, and Cyberpark.


Connectivity

Technopark offers multiple
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, including
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. Leased-line fiber connectivity is available to all buildings on the campus, guaranteeing that connection breaks are a thing of the past.
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—a subsidiary of
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—has its FLAG global cable system at Thiruvananthapuram, providing direct connectivity to the
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. Technopark is connected through fibre link, with a self-healing redundant ring architecture, to
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's data center and gateway at Mumbai, directly connecting to
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, and other countries, in North America,
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Technopark Business Incubation Centre (T-BIC)

The
Kerala Startup Mission Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM), formerly known as Technopark TBI, is a state-level agency under the Government of Kerala, India, dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship and incubation activities. Established primarily to manage the Technology ...
, formerly known as the Technopark Business Incubation Centre (T-BIC), aims to provide economical plug-and-play facilities to start-ups in the IT/ITES fields. This facility has given rise to over 47 successful ventures, many of whom have expanded by taking up space elsewhere in Technopark. T-BIC currently has . (800 sq m.) at Park Centre, and this is being expanded with another . (1000 sq m.) in the newest Technopark building, ''Thejaswini''. One of the latest companies started at T-BIC is Entiresoft Technologies Private Limited.


Expansion and new projects


Phase II

Technopark has acquired of land, for its Phase II expansion. * Out of this, has been earmarked for
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and for
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. **
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is planning to create up to of space to eventually accommodate up to 15,000 professionals. It plans to set up in the first phase. **
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was to set up a campus to be completed by 2015. of space was to be completed by January 2012. Work on the campus was started on 24 October 2007. *
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has been allotted within the campus for their software development centre. This is in addition to the of land allotted to them for setting up their new training centre—Peepul Park. * IBS Software Services is constructing a office on of land. The first phase of the campus was inaugurated on 23 October 2007. *
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Limited, which is the product design arm of the US$68 billion
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, has taken on which to build its design and development centre. The first phase of the campus was commissioned on 7 September 2007. * The NeST group has also been allocated land to build a development centre, on which work has almost been completed. * OXOMO Systems International is one of the fastest-growing IT company in the area, concentrating on software development, Digital Marketing, and IT outsourcing sectors.


Technopark Phase III

Technopark has completed acquisition of of land for Phase III expansion. Firms like
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and the Rahejas are planning major developments within and around Technopark as well. L&T has already announced its plans to set up a hybrid IT-and-residential park as part of Technopark Phase III. iGate (formerly Patni Computer Systems) has already announced that it will set up a Rs 150 crore ($US 32 million) development centre in Phase III. The second and third phases of expansion of Technopark along with the ramping up of operations of the existing IT units are expected to see an investment of around Rs. 3000–4000 crore (US$0.75 billion) and an additional creation of 80,000–100,000 jobs. Taurus Investment Holdings, along with its partners Embassy Group and Asset Homes, is building a mixed-use project that is to build of floor space on of land, as a part of Phase 3.


Phase IV expansion – Technocity

The fourth phase of Technopark is also referred to as the "Technocity" project. It involves a mixed use—IT,
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, commercial and residential development—spread over of land, about from the present campus. It will be a self-contained IT township with the potential to employ 100,000 people. The expected investment in the project is around Rs 60 billion (over US$1.5 billion), according to 2007 estimates. Once Technocity's land acquisition is complete, Technopark will have an extent of close to , making it one of India's largest IT
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ships in terms of geographic area, comparable to that of projects like Mahindra World City in Chennai. The government of Kerala has decided to partner with multiple private developers for Technocity and has formed a special company – Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Limited (KSITIL) – to take up the work. of the project area has already been acquired. A Request for Qualification was issued on 1 June 2008, and nine major developers, including international majors
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and
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, have applied for qualification.


Special Economic Zones in Technopark

There are three
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s (SEZs) inside Technopark. Each economic zone encompasses one of Phases I, II, or III. Phase IV will also become an SEZ once land acquisition is completed and will provide a range of economic benefits to the companies operating within Technopark.


Technopark Club

A sports and recreation club on the campus of Phase I provides diverse facilities for professionals to unwind. These include a gym; a swimming pool; and courts for basketball, badminton, table tennis, and beach volleyball. The club supports tour operators in organising recreational travel of employees and their families; it also has a massage parlour, Vaisakha, and a multi-cuisine restaurant.


Technopark Adventure Club

The Technopark Adventure Club provides adventure activities to employees of Technopark and their families. It organises activities such as
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, trekking and
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,
paragliding Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. The pilot sits in a harness or in a cocoon-like 'pod' suspended be ...
. It administers a camp at
Munnar Munnar () is a town located in the Idukki district of the southwestern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. Munnar is situated at around above mean sea level, in the Western Ghats mountain range. This ancient plantat ...
, as well as corporate training camps.


Tech-A-Break

Tech-A-Break is Technopark's annual cultural extravaganza. Typically held over the course of a week, it kicks off with a
Carnival Carnival (known as Shrovetide in certain localities) is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras. Carnival typi ...
parade A parade is a procession of people, usually organized along a street, often in costume, and often accompanied by marching bands, floats, or sometimes large balloons. Parades are held for a wide range of reasons, but are usually some variety ...
and ends with performance by professional bands, dance groups, and musicians.


In popular culture

The climactic scenes of the 1997 Malayalam film ''
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'' were filmed in Technopark's Travancore Hall. The 2009 Malayalam film '' Ritu'' was extensively shot on the Technopark campus.


See also

*
InfoPark, Kochi Infopark, Kochi is an information technology park situated in the city of Kochi, Kerala, India. Established in 2004 by the Government of Kerala, the park is spread over of campus across two phases, housing 582 companies which employs about 70, ...
* Kazhakoottam Railway Station * Techno-lodge *
Technopark Kollam Technopark, Kollam is an industrial park in Kundara, Kollam, It is a satellite park of Technopark that is situated 63 km away from the Trivandrum Campus. This is the first district level IT Park established in Kerala. The Technopark Kollam ...
* Digital Science Park, Thiruvananthapuram * Technocity, Thiruvananthapuram


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External links


Technopark.org – Technopark official website
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