Electronics Industry in West Bengal

West Bengal Electronics Industry Development Corporation Limited, (WEBEL), set up in the year 1974 to facilitate and nurture the growth of Electronics Industry in West Bengal.

Objectives

Assists in setting up nucleus industries through subsidiaries and joint ventures in the areas of

Electronics
Telecommunication and
Information Technology
Addresses entrepreneur requirements
Creates the right environment

As a result of these activities a high-tech industrial zone, Salt Lake Electronics Complex has been set up over an area of 135 acres land. Another one is SDF Building, i.e.,the Houses of software Technology Park along with satellite communication facility(Total area 250,000 Sq.ft.). Third one is techno campus IBM centre of Excellence. It is a finishing school producing ‘industry ready’ IT professionals.
Some Of The Major Players In Salt Lake/ Calcutta

Electronics

Siemens
IFL
Gestetner
WEBEL SL
WEBSEN

Communication

Reliance Telecom
Modi Telstra
SPCNL
SIMOCO
WECS

Software

TCS
Price water house coopers
TCG
CA-TCG
COGNIZANT
TCT
RS Software
SEMA
Research Engineers
NIIT
DPS
CAD WORLD HCL-INFO
DAIS
DELSOFT
WORLD WARE
Sunrise
Techna
GLOBSYN
DSQ
HCL-INFO

Total companies-160
Employment - Around 11500 people
In one word, WEBEL’S thrust area is the creation of an environment for knowledge based industry. But quite a few IT players have come to Salt Lake to set up their businesses and established themselves, eg. TCS, CTS and RS Software. The case studies of these companies shows a bright results. The most enabling factors behind this results are

Government backed Facit support
Infrastructure
Availability of Quality manpower and
Venture capital Fund

State Government has set up an IT Task Force, comprising the members from Government Departments, Educational Institutions and Industry. National IT Task Force declares Calcutta as one of the six Infohabitats in India and it recommends a series of de-bottlenecking and promotional measures to realise potential. Government to facilitate the growth of IT through:

Introducing e-Governance
Strongly computerising and connecting its own departments
Setting up citizen - Government interface through Intra/Internet Kiosks
Setting up a State-wide communication spine to support voice and data

INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES AVAILABLE AT SALT LAKE.

Communication

Two digital gateway switches
2nd Satellite Earth Station functioning.
Telephones connected within 48 hours.

ACCESS

5 Kms. from International Airport connected by fast traffic road
well developed interconnected road network in Salt Lake
Major port facility with 15 Kms.

POWER

West Bengal is a surplus power supply state
Excellent quality of dedicated power supply in Salt Lake

WATER

Adequate potable water supply

HOUSING

Excellent quality housing in the Salt Lake Area
Costs lower than other Metro cities (30% less Bangalore costs)

SECURITY AND FIRE SERVICES

Excellent
Special Police Patrols
Salt Lake has its own Fire Service Station

Besides, these West Bengal also have excellent quality man power.
A recent KPMG survey has placed Calcutta as one of the top three upcoming Infohabitats in India. In the context of this, WEBEL is creating Mini Salt Lakes within next two years. It also creating a second STP Building within next few months. WEBEL, Vigorously addressing IT education to produce 3000 ‘industry ready’ software professionals per year to take care of additional requirements and also for new ventures providing one stop shop service. WEBEL is launching an Asset Management company to manage a venture capital Fund with a corpus of Rs. 300 Million.

A FEATHER IN THE CAP

ATTRITION RATE

Bangalore	31%
Hyderabad	30%
Mumbai	30%
Calcutta	Less than 10%