Smart City director
board approves marketing plan
KOCHI: The first director board meeting of Smart City
Kochi, a self-sustained industry township for knowledge-based
industries, was held here on Thursday.
Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan laid the foundation
stone for the multi-crore project, promoted jointly
by Dubai-based Tecom and the State government, at Kakkanad
on November 16.
Important decisions
The board meeting, aimed at deciding the future course
of action for the implementation of the project, took
some important decisions.
The meeting appointed Abdullatif Al Mulla, chief executive
officer of Tecom, vice-chairman of the board. Fisheries
Minister S. Sarma, chairman, represented the government
at the meeting.
The budget and marketing plan for 2008 and formation
of a group to take care of the initial operations for
the smooth rollout of the project were approved.
“We are happy to convene our first meeting of
the board of directors. The decision taken by the board
today sets the path for us to roll out our project in
the required direction. We are fully confident about
the success of this project and happy to play a part
in attracting IT [information technology] and ITES [-enabled-services]
units to the State,” Fareed Abdulrahman, executive
director of Smart City, said.
Mr. Al Mulla, Mr. Abdulrahman, Deepak S. Padmanabhan
and Jamal Abdulsalam were present on behalf of Tecom.
Potential
Smart City Kochi has the potential to become one of
India’s largest business parks. Most importantly,
the project promises generation of over 90,000 employment
opportunities.
CM meets heads of IT companies in Bangalore
Pursuing its stated mission of making Kerala the destination
for knowledge intensive and high value IT services, the
Chief Minister Mr. V. S. Achuthanandan met heads of some
of the leading names in IT and software development in
the country at a road show held in Bangalore on the 14th
of October. The road show was attended by over 50 senior
professionals in some of the leading names in the IT industry.
In his opening remark, the chief minister reiterated that
the Government would extend all possible help to IT companies
to start operations in the state and appealed to various
company heads to consider Kerala in their investment plans.
Earlier addressing the media, Mr. Achuthanandan said,
"We are looking at a decentralized model for further
developing the business environment and related infrastructure
in the state. We expect global participation, investment
and support". Mr. K. R Jyothilal, Special Secretary
- IT, Government of Kerala in his presentation showcased
the upcoming IT projects in the state. "Investments
in Technopark and Infopark exceed Rs. 3,000 crore. Also
on the cards are projects like Smart City, Shoba Hi-tech
City, CIAL IT Park, Technocity etc., which should see
an investment of around USD 2 billion" he said. The
road show in Bangalore in the first in a series of events
scheduled to be held by the Government of Kerala across
the country to hard sell the state to potential IT investors.
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