Canadian MPs visit Technopark



THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A five-member high-level delegation from Canadian Parliament headed by Russell Hierbert, Member of Parliament, visited Technopark with the basic objective to improve the investments and trade relations between IT companies based in Canada and Kerala. He was accompanied by Members of Parliament; Devinder Shory and Joe Daniel; Senators: Raynell Andreychuk and David Smith and Secretary to the Delegation Elizabeth Kingston. Technopark CEO K G Girish Babu delivered a detailed presentation on the advantages of Kerala IT in comparison to other states in the country. He said, '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.' He also explained to the delegation about the readily available global standard IT infrastructure in the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and domestic tariff area across the state.

The cost of operations is Kerala is 30% 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. In continuity he said that the state was superior to other destinations in the county'. After the presentation and tour of the campus, Russel Hiebert said 'We are impressed with the facilities and advantages' Technopark campus has to offer to international and home grown IT companies, I am also happy to see some Canadian companies taking advantage of this opportunity and we are optimistic that many more of our companies will also set their campuses in this IT park in the near future'.

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