Madhapur

Madhapur
మాదాపూర్

IlabsOval HITEC city

Location in Telangana, India

Coordinates: 17°26′30″N 78°23′30″E / 17.44167°N 78.39167°E / 17.44167; 78.39167Coordinates: 17°26′30″N 78°23′30″E / 17.44167°N 78.39167°E / 17.44167; 78.39167
Country  India
State Telangana
District Ranga Reddy
Metro Hyderabad
Government
 • Body GHMC
Languages
 • Official Telugu
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 500 081
Vehicle registration TS-07
Lok Sabha constituency Chevella
Vidhan Sabha constituency Serilingampally
Planning agency GHMC

Madhapur is a suburb of Hyderabad, India. It is noted as a center of information technology activity. The heart of this area is called HITEC City which has the highest concentration of IT/ITES establishments in the city.[1]

Madhapur has transformed from a small, rocky village in the early 1990s into a modern IT and BPO hub.[2] Madhapur has made its mark on the city map by having the highest concentration of IT/ITES companies in Hyderabad city. Madhapur also has become the preferred meeting place in India with many International conferences and meetings taking place at Hitex Convention Center and Hotel Novotel,Hotels like Westin, LemonTree, Trident and other business hotels in surrounding areas like Banjara Hills and Jubilee Hills has enhanced the value of Madhapur over the last decade

This suburb is also home to National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT),[3] Venkateshwara Arts and pharmacy college, Manthan International School and CGR International school, which are leading new International Schools in Hyderabad.

Economy

Lake Durgam, located close to the Hitec city

Top IT/ITES and Telco companies from all over the world are located in this suburb, fuelling the software and BPO businesses. Cyber Towers, Cyber Gateway and Cyber Pearl were the first IT structures to come up. Later on big names like Broadcom, Qualcomm, CSC, Tata Communications, Accenture, Tata Consultancy Services, Automatic Data Processing(ADP), NTT Data, Tech Mahindra, Deloitte, Amazon.com, Convergys, Oracle Corporation, IBM, Dell, Google, Verizon, CA Inc., Infosys, Wipro, Tata Consultancy Services, AppLabs, Invensys, Keane, Cognizant, Patni, Ram info solutions, Cyient, Capital IQ, Genpact, Novartis, Deloitte, Sitel India, Colruyt and many others have made the city their business centre.

Real estate is on the rise with big names such as Ramky Estates, Aparna, Aliens, Lanco Infratech and many others constructing skyscrapers, luxury homes, SEZs etc.

Transport and infrastructure

TSRTC, a state-owned bus service, connects Madhapur with other parts of the city. The bus numbers plying to Madhapur are 10H, 127K, 222A. Madhapur is served by MMTS train service, the station is HiTech Station, which is a kilometer away. Taxis and autos shuttle between the station and the city. Hyderabad Metro Rail, which is under construction, would make transportation easier and a lot better.

Inner and outer ring roads are being developed to ease traffic during peak hours, and also to provide connectivity to the new Hyderabad International Airport near Shamshabad.

The electrical supplies in the area are unable to keep up with the rapid development and so the utilities have asked IT firms to operate on generators for two hours each day.[4]

Hospitals

See also

Landmarks

References

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  1. ↑ A wave of change in Madhapur
  2. ↑ Madhapur: From a sleepy village to Hyd’s Silicon Valley
  3. ↑ NIFT Hyderabad
  4. ↑ "IT firms asked to switch off power for 2 hrs a day", The Times of India, 3 July 2010
  5. ↑ FirstHealth Diagnostics
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