City Guide - Bangalore
Published: December 2011Bangalore, “Silicon Valley of India,” was named the fourth Best Technology Hub globally by the United Nations Development Programme and provides tech outsourcing solutions to many Fortune 500 companies. Karnataka state – of which Bangalore is the capital – accounts for more than 33 percent of India’s total software exports.
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Bangalore, “Silicon Valley of India,” was named the fourth Best Technology Hub globally by the United Nations Development Programme and provides tech outsourcing solutions to many Fortune 500 companies. Karnataka state – of which Bangalore is the capital – accounts for more than 33 percent of India’s total software exports.
In addition to biotechnology companies and start-ups, the city hosts R&D facilities such as the Indian Institute of Science, the National Center for Biological Sciences, and the Institute of Bio-Informatics and Biotechnology. The Bangalore Helix project, a biotech cluster, will likely be completed by 2013.