[Assam] TCS investment in Assam

[Pradip Kumar Datta]

TCS investment in IT  likely
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 30: Tata Consultancy  Services (TCS), one of the major software giants of the country, may come  forward with a huge investment plan in IT sector in Asom. An announcement in  this regard is likely tomorrow, sources said.
Such an indication was given by  Union Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh today. “TCS Chief Executive  Officer Ramdurai, along with a high-level team, is scheduled to arrive in the  city tomorrow, and is supposed to hold a meeting with Chief Minister Tarun  Gogoi,” the Union Minister said during the inaugural session of the two-day NICT  meet currently under way in the city.
He said the TCS is likely to come  forward with huge investment in IT sector in Asom. However, the minister said  too much security concern in the North-east has been destroying its prospects in  IT sector. 
He said the North-east should concentrate on East and South East  Asian countries for expected development and collaboration in IT sector.  According to him, the centre of gravity in IT sector is changing, it is shifting  to the East and South East Asian regions and the North-east India should grab  this opportunity.
The minister said the North-east is currently at IT  application level, and in the next six years or so it will reach at IT  development level like Bangalore and Hyderabad. He proposed to make Guwahati and  Shillong as IT hubs in the region, since these two cities have the necessary  educational infrastructure and command over English. “You should market your  cities to the IT world, following the example of Bangalore, Hyderabad and  Kolkata,” he said. 
However, the Union Minister said domestic application of  IT in India is very low, which stands at about 25 per cent. 
He said BSNL has  so far given 11,500 broad band connections, despite its capacity of giving  21,000 connections in the North-east. The BSNL has decided to provide 90,000  additional broad band connections to this region next year, he  added.

       
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