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Electronics City is one of India's largest electronic industrial parks, spread over 332 acres (1.3 km²) in Konappana Agrahara and Doddathogur villages, just outside Bangalore, India. It houses more than a hundred industries, including IT industry leaders such as Wipro, Hewlett-Packard, Infosys, Patni Computer Systems, CGI, Siemens, Yokogawa Electric etc.

History

The Electronics City was the brainchild of R.K. Baliga, the first Chairman and Managing Director of Keonics, Karnataka Electronics. He dreamt of making Bangalore the Silicon Valley of India when he developed the concept of Electronic City. He did not live to see his dream materialize (he died in 1988). The liberalisation of the Indian economy in the early 1990s by the then Indian Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and then Indian Finance Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh helped Electronic City to become what it is today—the outsourcing capital of the world.

In 1997, the maintenance and upkeep of Electronic City was handed over by Keonics to ELCIA, the Electronics City Industries Association, having representatives from units in the enclave, for effective local governance and management. Electronic City, now has 3 phases, Phase I, Phase II and Phase III. While Phase I is completely to the western side of Hosur Road, Phase II lies on either side. With the development of Electronics City Phase 2, many more companies have set up shop here and this has led to enormous strain on the connecting roads from Bangalore.In November 2004 the government decided to construct a 9 kilometer long expressway to enable smoother traffic flow.The country's longest expressway was open for public on 22 Jan 2010, which eased the traffic as expected.

Information about Electronic City has been categorized in the neighbourhood portal ECity Bangalore [1]. About Electronic City, Map, Companies, Schools, Hospitals, Buses, Banks, Hotels, Real Estate and other shops and services are listed in the portal.

Elevated Highway

Main article: Hosur Road Elevated Expressway

The ten-laned mixed corridor elevated highway from Silk Board Junction to Electronic City was opened on 22 Jan 2010. The 9.985 km long expressway is the longest elevated national highway in the country. This elevated stretch, promises to help a commuter reach Electronic City from Silk Board in less than 15 minutes. The highway or Hosur Road, also has some buildings of some major IT players like BOSCH, Sasken, Convergys etc, along with showrooms of major auto manufacturers like Volvo, Audi, BMW, Toyota, Honda, Volkswagen, General Motors, etc.

Educational institutes

1. ACTS Group of Institutions
2. BTL Institute of Technology
3. Brookfield High
4. Christ Academy
5. IFIM B-School
6. NTTF - Nettur Technical Training Foundation
7. SIRS - Sunrise International Residential School
8. Noble Institute of Education Society
9. International Institute of Information Technology-Bangalore
10. ICFAI
11. International school of business and research
12. SFS School and College
13. TREAMIS World School
14. CDAC - Formerly NCST
15. Ebenezer International School
16. Symbiosis Institute Of Business Management
17. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (WE School)
18. XIME
19. MP Birla Institute of Management

Industries

Some of the companies in Electronic City are:

1. 3M India
2. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
3. Biocon
4. C-DOT
5. CGI Group
6. Fanuc India
7. General Electric
8. GE Fanuc Systems
9. HCL Technologies
10. Hewlett-Packard
11. Hinduja Global Solutions Limited
12. Infosys Technologies Limited
13. Mahindra Satyam
14. Patni Computer Systems
15. Siemens Information Systems Limited
16. STPI
17. Tata Consultancy Services
18. Timken India Limited
19. Wipro
20. Yokogawa

A listing of about 120 companies may be found in the portal ECity Bangalore

External links

• Electronic City Bangalore Regional Portal