Published By: Sayan Paul

7 major tech cities in India

India houses a number of cities which are developing rapidly in terms of technology.

India, over the last few years, has been recognized as a significant technology centric nation in the world. It is abode to several cities which are absolutely packed with high-tech industries. The well-equipped infrastructure, non-stop services and a healthy corporate culture; all these things are making those cities highly advanced in various aspects. Also, they are contributing to the overall economy of the entire country. So, without any further ado, let's have a look at some of the most important tech cities located across the land of India.

Bangalore: Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India, is considered as the IT capital in the country. The city is home to the headquarters of several top tech companies such as Infosys, Wipro, Mindtree etc. It offers job opportunities to thousands of IT professionals from across the country.

Hyderabad: Hyderabad, also referred to as the HITEC City, is the largest bioinformatics hub and second largest IT hub in India. Also, this city is the first ever destination for Microsoft development center in the country. Top companies like Google, Amazon, Facebook etc. has made the city more advanced in all economical aspects.

Chennai: Chennai is fast becoming a destination for outsourcing information technology in India. The city, with a brilliant IT infrastructure, has developed an expressway known as the IT expressways. Also, it offers lucrative job opportunities in several other sectors such as health care, banking, communication etc.

Mumbai: Mumbai is known as the Financial Capital of India. The city, filled with a rich cosmopolitan culture, is home to the headquarters of India's biggest IT company Tata Consultancy Service (TCS). There are several other business industries like 3i Infotech Ltd, Mastek, Oracle FinServ etc. It attracts investors from all around the world.

Pune: Pune belongs to the list of fastest growing cities in the Asia - Pacific region. The city is abode to the Rajiv Gandhi IT Park which happens to be the largest IT park in India. Also, there are several other important IT parks such as Aundh IT Park, EON Free Zone, Commerzone, Business Bay, Magarpatta and more.

Delhi: Delhi, along with the neighboring areas (Noida, Greater Noida, Gurgaon and Faridabad), is currently packed with a healthy tech environment. The entire NCR region has the offices of several software development companies such as Infosys, Accenture, Cognizant, SAP, Oracle, MphasiS, ThoughtWorks and HCL Technologies.

Kolkata: Kolkata, the City of Joy, is the only IT center in the eastern region of India. The city's Salt Lake area is packed with a huge number of offices under the international software companies such as Sun Microsystems, Cognizant, Honeywell, Accenture etc.

The list also includes cities like Ahmedabad, Mysore, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Thiruvananthapuram etc.