The proposed Bengal Silicon Valley IT Hub is an Innovative Information Technology hub cutting-edge technology, which is envisioned to attract investment in IT/ITes/Telecom projects with employment potential. This will be a futuristic hub that will catalyze the IT ecosystem in the state and will act as a beacon for the IT industry.
The hub is planned to be set up on approximately 200 acres of land in a strategic location in New Town’s Action Area-II, near Eco-Park, which can be reached within ten minutes from Kolkata International Airport. The New Town-Salt Lake Sector V twin towns together have more than 74 IT companies and boasts of an ecosystem which is conducive to the growth of IT/ITes enterprises.
The proposed Bengal Silicon Valley ITHub is expected to be home to MNCs, start-ups, incubators, investors, all working on deep innovation in technology and tech-enabled business applications/models with a global footprint with few specific goals:
• Generating technology-led employment and boosting the state GDP
• Branding the state of West Bengal and the city of Kolkata as a tech-savvy and technology friendly city
• Signaling the broader tech ecosystem (in India and globally) to actively consider Kolkata as an attractive technology hub in India
Envisaged as a world-class technology center, the Bengal Silicon Valley IT Hub will provide the entire gamut of physical infrastructure to accommodate tech-led enterprises from different domains.
