A five-member high level delegation from the Canadian Parliament headed by Russell Hierbert visited Technopark on Friday, in an effort to create a conducive environment to improve the investments and trade relations between IT companies based in Canada and Kerala.
The delegation comprising MPs Devinder Shory and Joe Daniel and Senators Raynell Andreychuk and David Smith were received by Technopark CEO K G Girish Babu along with M Vasudevan, Senior Business Development Manager. Girish Babu also made a detailed presentation on the advantages of Kerala IT in comparison to other states in the country.
“Kerala IT will be the next IT power house and would become a major investment destination due to the success of its hub and spoke model adopted by Kerala IT/ITES companies,” Girish Babu told the delegation. He also explained that global standard IT infrastructure in the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and domestic tariff are available in areas across the state.
“The cost of operations is Kerala is 30 per cent cheaper and the main advantage for companies who have set their campuses in Technopark is that they run 99 per cent of the time on grid power where as in other locations, companies have to use up to 80 per cent DG power, which is very expensive,”he said.
“We are impressed with the facilities and advantages of the hub,” commented Russel Hiebert. “We are optimistic that many more Canadian companies will also set their campuses in this IT park in the near future.”
The delegation also visited Infosys campus. Sunil Jose, Centre Head, Infosys, made a presentation to the visiting delegation. The team also had a meeting with officials of RWDI, a Canadian Company located in Technopark.
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