Earlier, the state government had allotted land to the company. The allotment had been scrapped due to the outbreak of Vedic Village Resort land scandal last year.
"There will be some 10,000 IT professionals working out of a total 53,000 at Satyam and we are concerned about their future," state IT minister Debesh Das said in Kolkata on Friday. Meanwhile, Das said the slowdown in IT sector had helped the state government in a way.
After Wipro, now Infosys has also agreed to set up its campus at Rajarhat, New Town.
Information technology (IT) and textiles could emerge as the possible areas of cooperation between West Bengal and the Hubei province in China.
The West Bengal government on Thursday said it has received applications for 21 SEZs in the IT sector, of which six were in the final stage of approval. A SEZ set up by Wipro was already functioning in the state, while the other six can take up construction soon. A wireless technology research centre was being set up at Calcutta University. Commenting on WB's progress, State IT Minister Debesh Das said starting IT in 1999-2000 by 2005-06 the state witnessed 17-fold increase.
The IT department of West Bengal is in the process of negotiations with some animation companies to set up an animation park in Kolkata. The state IT department initiative to set up incubation centres in Kolkata, Siliguri and Durgapur aimed to make West Bengal among the top three Indian IT states in revenue terms by 2010.
India's third largest service provider Wipro Technologies, is set to begin construction on Rajarhat campus, the second in the city, 'as quickly as possible', said state information technology minister, Debesh Das.
Indian American and Indian entrepreneurs believe the West Bengal government, which is projecting the state as an ideal investment destination for information technology and hi-tech industries, has to go a long way before it can become India's number one hub for such industries.
With the latest surge in e-governance and increasing transactions over the internet, cyber security audit firms are the next big trend in the offing.
The software major has plans to invest Rs 500 crore at Kolkata campus that will create employment for 5,000 professionals. The company is yet to get possession of 90 acres of land assured by the state government. West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Thursday said that Infosys had shown apprehension about investing in the state following recent incidents in Singur where Trinamool Congress has been agitating against acquisition of farmland by the state governme
The bypolls are considered to be important ahead of the assembly elections in 2016.
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