The Hindu Business Line : `Madurai has scope to turn big IT destination'

Forty per cent of the human resources placed in the IT companies are from Madurai and the southern part of Tamil Nadu. Steps are being taken to make the IT majors become aware of this, so that Madurai gains its due place in the IT map of the country, said Mr S. Aravind, President, Madurai District Tiny and Small Scale Industries Association (Maditssia), here.

He said that Maditssia took up a stall to promote the temple city as a destination for the IT industry, at the `India soft 2005' at Chennai.

`An exclusive multi-media presentation highlighting the city as a suitable destination was made for the visitors. More than 500 copies of the same in compact discs were distributed to the visiting foreign delegates. They have promised to visit the city in the coming months. Maditssia would be coordinating their programmes,' he disclosed while addressing the media persons here.

A stage has come in which the IT companies operating in Bangalore, Chennai etc. are not happy with the emergent situation in these metros. Lack of good roads, drinking water, increasing cost of operations etc are forcing them to look out for other destinations, Mr Arvind said.

`Under the circumstances, we have taken the initiative to rope them in to our city,' he added.

Quoting from a Harward University release on `Readiness for networked world: A quiet information revolution in Tamil Nadu', he pointed out to the suggestion of Madurai, Tiruchi and Coimbatore becoming the contenders for future IT hubs and added that Madurai is well ahead of others in terms of skilled manpower, public infrastructure, security and connectivity.

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