International Tech Park, Bangalore

International Tech Park
	The ITPL in Whitefield, Bangalore
Company type	Government owned
Industry	Information Technology Business Park
Genre	Infrastructure Service Provider
Founded	January 1994; 30 years ago
Headquarters	Whitefield, Bangalore, India

International Tech Park commonly called ITPL or ITPB is a tech park located in Whitefield, Bangalore, 18 km from the city centre. The Park was designed by Singaporean architectural firm, RSP Architects Planners & Engineers and is managed by Ascendas.^[1] It includes the 450,000 square foot Park Square Mall, several sporting arenas and the Vivanta by Taj hotel. It is the oldest tech park of Bengaluru and is located in Whitefield cluster. It was created as a result of a joint venture between India and Singapore in January 1994. It is a large facility, comprising 10 buildings — Discoverer, Innovator, Creator, Explorer, Inventor, Navigator, Voyager, Aviator, Pioneer, Victor and Anchor. This park provides campus facilities for multi national giants like IPsoft, General Motors, Société Générale, Mu Sigma, Xerox, Conduent, AT&T, Soais, Sharp, Scientific Games, Medtronic, iGATE, GE, Airtel, Moving Picture Company, TCS, Startek, Gyansys Infotech, Technicolor, Atos, Unisys, Delphi, Huawei, Oracle, Perot Systems, Applied Materials, GalaxE Solutions, First American Corporation and other medium and small sized companies. Outside ITPB, numerous companies have come up like Dell, Tesco, Shell, Aviva, GM, Schneider Electric, Sapient, Goodrich / UTC aerospace and DaimlerChrysler, Symphony Teleca Corp and Tangoe are also located in Whitefield.

History

ITPL was established by a consortium of Singapore companies joining forces with the Tata Group and Karnataka government led by Deve Gowda^[2]^[3] to take on the project. Ascendas has been actively involved in ITPB since its inception in 1996 and has been a lead partner in the Singapore consortium that owns 47 per cent of the ITPL. To that 47 per cent has now been added the 47 per cent of the Tatas, with KIADB continuing to hold its 6 per cent stake. Two Former Chief Ministers of Karnataka - S.M.Krishna, Praven, Former Governor of Karnataka T. N. Chaturvedi & Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong & President S. R. Nathan have inaugurated each of the buildings in various tenures.

The Park was the first of its kind with the work-live-play environment to be built in India and has since become a role model for other IT Park-like projects in the country.

Education and research

The internationally acclaimed Indian nonprofit research organization the Institute of Bioinformatics (IOB) founded by The Genomics Research Trust and the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, which is internationally credited for developing databases like NetPath, Human Protein Reference Database, Human Proteinpedia, India Cancer Research Database etc, is situated in this campus.^[4]

Other Details

Ideal For:
- Call Center/BPO
- Coaching Center
- Private Consulting
- Pathology Labs
- Doctor Clinics
- IT/ITES Services
- Studio/Production House
- Private Offices
Facilities:
- Basic Amenities: Power Backup, Lift, Reserved Parking, Visitor Parking, Water Storage
- Security: CCTV Cameras, Fire Sprinklers, 24/7 Surveillance
- Connectivity: Internet/Wi-Fi, Intercom Facility
- Comfort & Accessibility: Air Conditioning, Service/Goods Lift, Wheelchair Accessibility
- Business Essentials: Conference Room, Projector, Whiteboard, Printer, Tea/Coffee
- Additional Features: RO Water System, Cafeteria/Food Court

References

^ "ITPL is now Intl Tech Park, Bangalore". Business Standard. 6 February 2013.
^ Yahya, Faizal bin (15 May 2008). Economic Cooperation Between Singapore and India: An Alliance in the Making?. Routledge. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-134-08460-9. The problems encountered by the Enron Corporation made the Singapore consortium realize that they were fortunate to have dealt with the Janata Dal party of Prime Minister Deve Gowda in Karnataka.
^ Yahya, Faizal bin (31 October 2008). New "Temples" of India: Singapore and India Collaboration in Information Technology Parks. BRILL. pp. 80–81. ISBN 978-90-474-1214-4. We were glad that Deve Gowda was the Chief Minister during the critical phase of implementation and construction of the Bangalore IT Park. We were worried about the IT Park because of what happened to Enron Corporation. It also helped a great deal that Deve Gowda went on to become the Prime Minister.
^ "Institute of Bioinformatics". Business Standard. 6 February 2013.