HCL extends its pan-India tech hub network

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Technology Hub in Manesar,
Haryana, was inaugurated by Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Honorable Chief
Minister of Haryana in the presence of the Guest of Honour Kapil
Sibal, Honorable Minister of Human Resource Development of the
Government. Rao Inderjeet Singh, Member of Parliament and Honorable
Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on IT and Shri
Deepender Hooda, Member of Parliament were Special Guests at the
inaugural function attended by prominent guests from the Government,
industry and media. The Manesar HCL Tech Hub is a 'green'
and 'intelligent' facility which will employ over 3,200 people housed
in 9,00,000 square feet of eco-friendly buildings with an investment
of Rs 260 crore, and will generate Rs 1,000 crore in export revenues
annually. It also has the capacity to train 1,000 technology
professionals at any given point in time.

HCL started building its network of
technology hubs in India with the launch of its first HCL Technology
Hub in Noida in 2007. The vision behind this unique initiative is to
create a Web of seamlessly networked tech hubs across India where the
best and brightest minds would come together to create technologies
of the future, building India's potential to become a technology
source for the rest of the world. On this occasion, Shiv Nadar,
Founder,
HCL and Chairman, HCL Technologies said, “Ever since we started
three and a half decades back, we learned to think on our feet and
yet think ahead. So a few years back, given the growth potential and
aspirations of India and its technology industry, we decided to
launch a series of seamlessly networked HCL Technology Hubs across
India. The Hubs will not just house and incubate HCL's global
businesses but also add to the country's ability to become a source
for cutting edge technologies for the world.”

Ajai Chowdhry, Founder, HCL and
Director, HCL Technologies, commented, “Both HCL's technology
vision and Shiv Nadar Foundation's education vision will converge
here in Haryana - creating a hub where not just future technologies
will be built, but where India's minds will be trained to power its
IT engine. Future hubs will also take employment to tier II and III
cities where it is most needed.” HCL's Technology Hubs are also coming
up in Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Nagpur with a spread of over
300 acres nationally. HCL envisions its Hubs will be among the finest
in the world and will catalyze many such more in the future journey
of Indian technology and IT creation.