Software Technology Parks of IndiaFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) is a government agency in India, established in 1991 under theMinistry of Communications and Information Technology, that manages the Software Technology Park scheme.It is an export oriented scheme for the development and export of computer software, including export ofprofessional services. It provides physical infrastructure, including dedicated high speed connectivity to technologyparks, freedom for 100% foreign equity investment and tax incentives. STPI provides physical hosting for theNational Internet Exchange of India.

STPI claims to have played a seminal role in India having earned a reputation as an information technologysuperpower. More than 6,000 businesses are registered under the STPI umbrella, with 36% growth by value in2005-06 exports over the previous year. The state with the largest export contribution was Karnataka (seeBangalore). STPI has a presence in many of the major cities of India including the cities of Bangalore,Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Guwahati, Noida, Mumbai, Kolkata, Kanpur, Lucknow, Dehradun, Patna,Ranchi, Gandhinagar, Shillong etc.

STP schemes provide facilities for the IT industry, helping them undertake software development and IT enabledservices for 100% exports that include professional services. For that, data communication links have beenestablished, providing high speed connectivity.

Software tradeThe following table shows the historical trend of software trade with figures in millions of US Dollars. [1](http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/idpm/research/is/isi/isiexpt.htm)

Year Software exports

1980 4

1985 27

1990 131

1995 668

2000 5,300

2005 17,500

However the software industry remains process driven and thus lacks conspicuous brands [2](http://www.ere.net/erenetwork/groups/posting.asp?LISTINGID=%7B51C94521-9052-4DBD-8C8B-D4A1EF18DCB0%7D) .

External linksMinistry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India (http://www.mit.gov.in/)Software Technology Parks of India (http://www.chennai.stpi.in/stpc.html)

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National centres

STPI's national headquarters is in New Delhi. Major national centers include:

STPI Bangalore (http://www.blr.stpi.in)STPI Chennai (http://www.chennai.stpi.in/stpc.html)STPI Hyderabad (http://www.hyd.stpi.in/index.html)STPI Mangalore (http://www.mgl.stpi.in)STPI Mumbai (http://www.stpp.soft.net/index.html)STPI Kolkata (http://stp-kolkata.com/)STPI Bhubaneswar (http://www.bbs.stpi.in/)STPI Lucknow (http://lucknow.stpi.in/)STPI Dehradun (http://www.dehradun.stpi.in/)STPI Guwahati (http://www.guwahati.stpi.in/)STPI Noida (http://www.stpn.soft.net/)STPI Jaipur (http://www.stpj.soft.net/)STPI Hubli (http://www.hubli.stpi.in/)STPI Patna (http://www.patna.stpi.in/)STPI Gandhinagar (http://www.gnr.stpi.in/)STPI Ranchi (http://www.ran.stpi.in/)STPI Kanpur (http://kanpur.stpi.in/)STPI Shillong (http://Shillong.stpi.in/)

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