| Bangalore, August 9th, 2006: Mindteck inaugurated its new Software Development Center in Kolkata on Wednesday, August 9th, 2006. The facility was inaugurated by Dr. Debesh Das, the Chief Guest and the Honorable Minister-in-Charge, Department of Information Technology, Govt. of West Bengal in the presence of
Mr. P. A. Ananthanarayanan, Group CEO, Mindteck and the top management.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Das said that within the next few years, the Bengal government will be able to provide an IT infrastructure comparable to the best in the world. He thanked Mindteck for being one of the first companies to open an embedded systems development centre in Kolkata. He said that with the availability of quality manpower and low attrition rate, Kolkata and Bengal should be an ideal location for high-end software development.
The 6000 sq. ft facility has a seating capacity of 54 people with a 12 seater conference room and is equipped with the latest systems and technology.
Addressing the press conference Mr. P. A. Ananthanaryanan, Group CEO said- "We are planning to raise our strength in Kolkata to 150 next year. We will also be getting into engineering design services with the expansion of our Kolkata facility. This is in response to our customer need for an end to end solution. This is a part of an estimated $5-7 million that would be spent on upgrading our offices in Bangalore, Singapore and Kolkata."
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