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Kochi No:1 Destination for ITES/BPO Operations: Study

Kochi has been ranked No:1 location for ITES/BPO Operations and for setting up DRC by ICICI Property Services as a result of the recent location study conducted by them. ICICI Property Services has compared Kochi with 14 other locations and has also ranked LeelaInfopark as one of the best locations in the country to setup IT Operations.
Source: ICICI Property Services - Location Study - 2004

Kerala can steal the march in IT: Study

In tourism, Kerala is renowned as God’s own country and now in the IT industry, it is beginning to be noticed as God’s own wired country. Kerala which has always posed a conundrum to economists for scoring well on social indices but faring poorly in traditional indices like industrialization and employment is now emerging as a sought after destination for IT according to a recent study.
Source: Business Line, New Delhi, May 19, 2002

Kochi – The emerging communication hub for South Asia

With plans of setting up a Special Economic Zone, the commercial capital of Kerala is now even more attractive to the ICT investor. No other Indian city is as adequately connected to the outside world through sea, air and road as the Queen of the Arabian Sea- Kochi (Cochin). The availability of 15 Gbps bandwidth, through undersea cables such as FLAG, SAFE and SEA ME WE 3 ensures seamless data flow. Moreover different institutions, both government and private, are now planning to invest in the IT/Business parks in the city with a unique master plan to develop a Special Economic Zone.
Source. CNS, May 27, 2002

Business Today Rankings

Business Today, the largest circulated business fortnightly in India, in its study on business friendly cities, ranked Trivandrum and Cochin in Kerala as 2nd and 3rd respectively on factual parameters above metros like Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, etc.
Source: Business Today, Dec 2001

NRS Survey


National Readership Survey covers the socio-economic aspects of different states in India. Given below are the NRS rankings on Kerala.
Demographics : 1
Social Infrastructure: 1
Transport & Communication: 1
Physical Quality of Life Index (PQLI): 1
Source: NRS 2000

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