Hinjawadi

Hinjawadi हिंजवडी
IT Park
Hinjawadi Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 18°35′41″N 73°43′07″E / 18.594596°N 73.718519°ECoordinates: 18°35′41″N 73°43′07″E / 18.594596°N 73.718519°E
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Pune
Government
• Body	Gram Panchayat
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	411057
Telephone code	91-(0)-20
Vehicle registration	MH-14

Hinjawadi (Marathi: हिंजवडी) is a Large IT Park located in the Pune City of India. It is on the Katraj–Dehu Road Bypass on the western side in the city of Pune. It is also known as Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park, housing many software companies.

History

Hinjawadi was a completely rural locale until the construction of the Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park. The park comprises three phases with further phases planned. Hinjawadi Industries Association(HIA) was laid out to provide a joint forum to all stakeholders based out of Hinjawadi and nearby places.

Hinjawadi was wrongly pronounced as Hinjewadi. This had happened due to heavy in-migration of people from outside the State of Maharashtra. However, thanks to the wide spread awareness campaign conducted by few youths from the village, now companies, banks, IT employees and others have been educated and now people have started pronouncing it the right way which is - Hinjawadi.

Hinjawadi is a proposed hub for integrated townships in Pune.^[1] The new Special Township Policy Act of the Maharashtra government has laid down an integrated approach to development of townships to de-congest Pune Municipal Corporation areas and encourage new settlements in its periphery though higher FSI (floor space index) than what is normally allowed in the municipal limits.

Transport

Road Transport

Due to rapid development, Hinjawadi is facing serious traffic problems during peak hours. From 8.30 AM to 11:30 AM, HMVs (Heavy Motor Vehicles) are not allowed to enter the area due to congestion on the roads. About 3–5 Lac employees travel daily to and from the IT park.^[2]

Metro

Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) has suggested a metro route between Hinjawadi and Shivajinagar.^[3] The line will travel through PMC, PCMC and MIDC areas.

Security

MIDC (Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation) took special initiative to install closed circuit television camera project. The project, co-sponsored by the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) and the Hinjawadi Industries Association, will have 22 surveillance cameras monitoring the activity at six junctions in the IT Park. It will be integrated with the Rs 225-crore CCTV camera project (1,285 cameras at 441 junctions) coming up in the city. The output will be monitored and recorded by the centralized unit at the Pune Police commissionerate.

Companies

A complete list of software companies located in Hinjawadi is available .

Colleges

1. International Institute of Information Technology
2. Symbiosis International University
3. Alard Campus
4. IIMS college
5. Indira Collage

Schools

1. Mercedes-Benz International School
2. Blue Ridge Public School
3. Pawar Public School

Geography

See also

• Magarpatta
• Pune

References

1. "Integrated townships in Pune — Moneycontrol.com". moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
2. "Cops fail to control traffic snarls at hindjewadi".
3. http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/pmrda-proposes-metro-line-from-shivajinagar-to-hinjawadi/

External links

• IT Parks in Pune
• Food joints
• Hotels in Hinjawadi