Infopark Thrissur
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| Government Owned | |
| Industry | Information Technology Business Park |
| Genre | Infrastructure Service Provider |
| Founded | October 10, 2009 |
| Headquarters | Koratty, Thrissur |
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Key people
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Hrishikesh Nair, Chief Executive Officer |
| Owner | Government of Kerala |
| Website | www.infopark.in |
InfoPark Thrissur is an information technology park situated in Koratty near Chalakudy of Thrissur District in Kerala. This is the first information technology park in the state that has become operational under the 'Hub and Spoke Model', where InfoPark, Kochi acts as the hub and InfoPark Koratty as the spoke. The park is located 45 km from Kochi, 35 km from Thrissur, 5 km from Chalakudy and around 14 km from the Cochin International Airport at Nedumbassery. It is fully owned by the Government of Kerala. The InfoPark is associated with Kerala State IT Mission and Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Ltd.
The Government of Kerala has allotted 42 acres (170,000 m2) of land for the InfoPark. Currently, InfoPark possesses 30 acres (120,000 m2) of land for the development. The plot that was given to set up the InfoPark earlier housed the Madura Coats factory. InfoPark has planned three phases of development. The Phase I of InfoPark was launched by Kerala Chief Minister, V. S. Achuthanandan on October 10, 2009 with 12 medium-sized companies and an office space of 44,500 sq ft (4,130 m2). The Phase II of InfoPark was inaugurated on January 8, 2010, were another 18,240 sq ft (1,695 m2) was added. The construction of new multistory building has been inaugurated by Chief Minister of Kerala, Ommen Chandy on September 8, 2012.
Infopark Thrissur was also granted the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Status by the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India in 2014 for 18 acres of land wherein the new Multi-storied IT Block ‘INDEEVARAM’ is located. In the Phase III and final phase, Government is planning to develop the 25 acres of InfoPark as a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) were 2-lakh-sqft building will be constructed. The new upcoming campus consisting of a multistory building, with more than two lakh square feet built up area got Special economic zone (SEZ) status from government of Indiain July 2014. The remaining land in the SEZ will be leased out to IT companies and co-developers for developing their own campuses. It is said that when the InfoPark becomes fully operational, it will have a built-up area of around 1,400,000 sq ft (130,000 m2). The campus have 4,640 sq ft (431 m2) food court, shared services and amenities, cafeteria, banks, ATM, utility stores, etc. are also available.The nearest major city next to Koratty Infopark is Chalakudy.
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