The Telangana State CM K Chandrashekar Rao lays Foundation Stone for Cyient Technology Development Centre at Warangal. The facility, to come up at the Madikonda SEZ {Special Economic Zone of Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation} will focus on advanced geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing and photogrammetry technologies catering to a host of solutions for the transportation (navigation), utilities, and communications sectors.
Cyient Technology Development Centre at Warangal
Cyient Founder and Executive Chairman B.V.R. Mohan Reddy.
Announcing this, a statement from the company said Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao will lay the foundation of the Cyient Technology Development Centre on February 19 2016 in the presence of several members of his cabinet, including Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Kadiyam Srihari and IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao.
5-acre campus
To be set up on a five-acre campus, the Cyient Technology Development Centre will cover an area of 70,000 sq ft and supported by high-speed data networks for real-time online transactions. To start with, the facility will commence operations from April at the incubation centre of TSIIC. Over the next 18-24 months, it would employ around 1,000 professionals.
The proposed facility will also have world-class spatial data analytics solutions to address the requirements of specialised geospatial data processing services, using light detection and ranging (LiDAR) and other point cloud technologies.
It will support Cyient’s worldwide digital technology initiatives, including those in IoT (Internet of Things), Big data analytics and smart cities.
Balanced growth
Founder and Executive Chairman of Cyient BVR Mohan Reddy said: In establishing the Cyient Technology Development Centre in Warangal, we recognize the role that tier-2 cities are playing in India’s growth.
There is a strong need to promote balanced economic growth in rural India by creating employment opportunities in tier-2 locations. The Centre in Warangal will help accelerate socio-economic development of the region. This will be the fourth technology development centre in tier-2 cities, for Cyient.
On the occasion, Cyient Foundation - the CSR arm of the company will get into a MoU with the District Education Officer to adopt the Zilla Parishad Secondary School and the Mandal Parishad Primary School in Madikonda.