Technopark At 20: Timeline
Technopark, the new face of Trivandrum and the engine which drives the growth of the city turns 20 today. In the strictest sense, this year will only mark the 15th year of existance of Technopark. Technopark commenced operations only in 1995 but the seeds of the idea were sown 5 years earlier.
185 companies employing over 28,000 professionals occupying nearly 4.5 million sq ft of space in 300 acres of verdant area, that’s what Technopark has to offer after 2 decades of existence.
Turning back to look at the history of this marvelous institution which is slowly rewriting the horoscope of Kerala’s Capital and the IT dreams of the entire state.
July 1990: The idea of an Electronics Technology Park, Kerala was born
March 1991: Foundation stone laid by Chief Minister E.K. Nayanar
November 1995: Inaugurated by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao as the first technology park in India. Mr. K.P.P. Nambiyar was the first Chairman
June 1998: TCS opens training center
January 2001: IITM-K is set up
February 2002: Technopark crosses 6000 employee mark
July 2002: IT Kerala 2002 takes place at Technopark
August 2002: 3.5 lakh sq ft, 6 storied Bhavani opens
October 2002: Technopark’s first Multinational company Ernst & Young opens
February 2003: Allianz Cornhill announces its entry
July 2003: Infosys enter Technopark
January 2004: Technopark assessed CMMI-4
March 2005: TCS announces software development center
August 2005: Tejaswini foundation stone laid
September 2006: Technocity announced in 700 acres at Pallipuram
January 2006: Agreement signed for Infosys Campus in 36 acres
October 2006: Technopark workforce crosses 10,000 mark
February 2007: Tejaswini, the largest IT structure in Kerala (6 lakh sq ft) commissioned
October 2007: Homegrown giant IBS inaugurates new campus
May 2008: TATA Elxi moves into its own campus
September 2008: V.S. Achuthanandan inaugurates Phase III expansion
Technopark crosses 20,000 mark
June 2009: Launch of Hefeez Contractor- Iyer & Mahesh designed Phase III works
February 2010: Land acquisition for Technocity complete
May 2010: HCL Infosystems announce R&D Center
Leela Group completes 15 storey, 100 crore, 6 lakh sq ft IT Park within Technopark
July 2010: Technopark announces entry of IBM and Oracle
With Phase III works well underway and Technocity waiting to take off, the future sure is bright for Technopark. With UST and IBS growing into globally acclaimed firms, 3 out of the first 4 IT companies in India- Infosys, TCS and HCL in the bag and the whoz who of the global IT market, IBM and Oracle now on way, Technopark is taking Trivandrum into the elite league of prima IT hubs of the nation.
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