STPI centre coming up in Panchkula

Software Technology Park of India (STPI) is setting up its centre in Panchkula which will provide job opportunities and will help in growth of information technology companies to work better with the help of STPI in the district.

06 March 2016

PANCHKULA: Software Technology Park of India (STPI) is setting up its centre in Panchkula which will provide job opportunities and will help in growth of information technology companies to work better with the help of STPI in the district. This is Haryana's first such park to come up within this financial year. On February 27, minister of communication and information technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad, announced to start STPI in Panchkula during his visit for the inauguration of various e-services in Haryana district in Indradhanush auditorium, Sector 5.

According to officials of communications and information technology, STPI will act as single window in providing services to software exporters. It will have a wide effect on the growth of software exports as its presence will generate environment for growth of Information and Technology sector. The park is expected to generate employment and entrepreneurial opportunities for people living in the district.

Officials also informed that most important contribution of STPI to the software-export sector would be of providing High-Speed Data Communication (HSDC) services and STPI has its own designed and developed state-of-the-art HSDC network named SoftNET.

However, top officials of IT and communications informed that STPI would be setup in the area of 1 lakh square feet in Sector 25 where IT park of Panchkula exists, and also informed that construction work has been started which would be completed within this financial year. Managing director of Haryana State Electronics Development Corporation Limited (HARTRON), Vijayendra Kumar, said, "STPI park would be set-up in Sector 25 of Panchkula on an area of more than 80,000 sq ft where IT park of Panchkula already exists and STPI would be functional in this financial year once after its construction would be completed."

STPI will boost up the growth of IT companies and will provide various job opportunities for the people living in the district, added Kumar. STPI will act as resource centre for its member units by offering general infrastructure like built-up space, centralized computing HSDC facilities, fully air-conditioned incubation space, 24/7 security system, among others. Deputy commissioner Mandip Singh Brar said, "STPI will provide benefit in growth of IT companies and will provide various job opportunities to the people of district."

Additional director STPI, Ajay Prasad Shrivastava, said, "We have 54 centres of STPI throughout India which are functional and Panchkula will be 55th centre of STPI. It will help in pushing more IT companies to Panchkula and will act as a focus point."





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