The Tamil Nadu government will soon set up an IT Park at Pattabiram (a suburb on the western part of Chennai) which will help generate more than 10,000 jobs, said K. Pandiarajan, Minister for School Education, Archaeology, Youth Welfare and Sports Development, during his inaugural address at CONNECT 2016, organised by the Government of Tamil Nadu and Confederation of India Industry in Chennai.
He also requested IT companies present at the session to join hands with automobile firms. “IT-Auto should have a bridge and form a cluster.” According to him, there are areas where IT and Automobile firms can help each other and if it works auto firms can do all their IT related works in India instead of outsourcing it.
Mr. Pandiarajan also said that the State government will soon announce its stance on the National Education Policy. He said that under the current government, the dropout rate in schools is 0.001 per cent, which is an impressive statistic. “The state also has highest gross enrolment ratio. Nearly 46 per cent of our students pursues higher education post school. We are already higher when compared to the U.S.,” he said.
T. K. Ramachandran, Principal Secretary, Information Technology, said, “Currently, we have eight SEZs in Tamil Nadu and we will open one more at Sholinganallur.” He also pointed out that there was a proposal to set up a startup warehouse in Coimbatore.
N. Chandrasekaran, CEO and Managing Director, Tata Consultancy Services, said the digital movement would double the country’s GDP in minimum time. “The digital movement is transforming places to deliver a very superior experience,” he said.
He also requested IT companies present at the session to join hands with automobile firms. “IT-Auto should have a bridge and form a cluster.” According to him, there are areas where IT and Automobile firms can help each other and if it works auto firms can do all their IT related works in India instead of outsourcing it.
Mr. Pandiarajan also said that the State government will soon announce its stance on the National Education Policy. He said that under the current government, the dropout rate in schools is 0.001 per cent, which is an impressive statistic. “The state also has highest gross enrolment ratio. Nearly 46 per cent of our students pursues higher education post school. We are already higher when compared to the U.S.,” he said.
T. K. Ramachandran, Principal Secretary, Information Technology, said, “Currently, we have eight SEZs in Tamil Nadu and we will open one more at Sholinganallur.” He also pointed out that there was a proposal to set up a startup warehouse in Coimbatore.
N. Chandrasekaran, CEO and Managing Director, Tata Consultancy Services, said the digital movement would double the country’s GDP in minimum time. “The digital movement is transforming places to deliver a very superior experience,” he said.