Punjab Information
& Communication Technology Corporation Ltd. (PICTC)
Corporate Profile
Punjab Venture Capital Fund
Human Resource Development (Technical Skill Base)
IT&E-Governance Activities
ISO Certification & Quality Policy
CORPORATE PROFILE:
Punjab Information & Communication Technology Corporation
Limited (Punjab Infotech) earlier known as Punjab State
Electronics Development and Production Corporation Limited (ECP)
was incorporated in 1976, as a State undertaking of Punjab,
for the promotion and growth of Electronics Industry in the
State of Punjab. Since then the Corporation has been acting
as the prime mover in the State for promotion of Electronics
industry and thus playing the role of an " Institutional
Entrepreneur". The Corporation has set up Electronics Townsh
(ELTOP) at S.A.S Nagar (Mohali), on the outskirts of the
state capital Chandigarh. Chandigarh, situated at the
foothills of Shivalik Mountains, a city designed by French
architect, Le Corbusieur, provides many architectural
splendors, sight seeing locations, recreational and sporting
activities. It has many prestigious medical and educational
institutions and provides splendid hotel facilities. About
250 Kms from the national capital New Delhi, it is easily
accessible by rail, road and air.
Activities
The Corporation, set up with the objective of promotion
and development of Electronics, IT & ITES Industry in Punjab
has undertaken the following important activities:
Development of Industrial Focal Point at Mohali for
Electronics Industry
The Electronics Township (ELTOP) spanning a massive 365
acres industrial complex, with 500 additional acres of land
under development for setting up an IT Park, is the
electronic nerve centre of north India
and has become the largest conglomerate of
telecommunications industry in the country.
The Corporation has developed Mohali as a hub of Electronics
and Information Technology Industry. Various prestigious
National & International companies like Quarkcity, Dell,
Tata Group, Reliance, INFOSYS, Semi-Conductor Complex Ltd.,
Godrej GE and PUNCOM have their presence in Mohali.
Industry Specific Infrastructure Development and Attracting
Investments
With a role of facilitating investment through
infrastructure creation, Punjab Infotech in collaboration
with the Department of Information Technology, Government of
India and National / International level Business houses is
working on following projects:
a)
Quarkcity, Mohali
Quark Media House, a subsidiary of Quark Inc. USA, which is
already operating in Mohali with more than 700
professionals. Quark is now developing a 40 lac Sq. Ft.
State-of-the-Art Integrated Special Economic Zone Park
through its affiliate- F.I Associates at a cost of 447
Crores in the first Phase. This infrastructure would attract
fresh investments by the Knowledge Industry creating
employment potential for more than 7000. Construction work
has already been started in an area of 46 acres in Mohali.
QUARK will develop about 5,000 acres of Industrial Park and
Township in Phase- II.
b)
Data Connectivity and STPI Centres
The Corporation has facilitated laying of OFC in the state
through telecom operators and a reliable telecom
infrastructure has been established to cover almost all of
the districts of the state to provide data connectivity.
Mohali
Fifteen mbps bandwidth has been added to the existing
capacity of 40 mbps at STPI, Mohali which is operational
since October, 1998 to provide regulatory services and
Datacom facilities to the software export units located in
this region. In addition, another 8 mbps bandwidth is
available for software exporters through VSNL- PUNCOM
project.
Centre for Development of Advance Computing (C-DAC)
C-DAC earlier CEDTI has been set up to train human resources
in the specialised areas of electronic product design and
technology, maintenance engineering, computer applications
in Industry, production techniques and entrepreneurship
development. Electronics Research & Development Centre
(ER&DC) a Division of CEDTI is carrying out region specific
Industry and rural oriented R&D activities.
For further information log on to
http://www.cdacindia.com
Electronics Test & Development Centre (ETDC)
The Centre provides sophisticated testing facilities for
improvement in quality of electronics products manufactured
by small and medium scale industry in the region. It has a
well equipped laboratory with the latest test facilities and
development tools for upgrading the quality and design of
electronics products and instruments. This centre is
regularly updating their technology in the area of
electronics testing.
Punjab Venture
Capital Fund
The state has also launched a Venture Capital Fund dedicated
to I.T Industry with a corpus of Rs.20.00 crores. This has
been funded jointly by PSIDC, Punjab Infotech, PFC and SIDBI.
We are now in the process of funding a number of start ups.
For further information log on to
http://www.pvcl.org
Human Resource
Development (Technical Skill Base)
To ensure the availability of high quality manpower in IT &
ITES and Electronics industry, about 15,680 engineering
graduates are generated annually from 50 Engineering
Institutions in Punjab out of which about 9,065 are in the
field of I.T, Computer Science & Engineering and
Electronics. About 13,005 diploma level skilled manpower is
generated from 51 polytechnics in Punjab out of which about
5,836 are in the field of IT, Computer Science & Engineering
and Electronics. In addition to this, Punjab Infotech,
through its CAL-C Franchise Centers spread over whole of
Punjab generate over 1,500 IT trained manpower annually in
the area of Software and Hardware.
IT & E-Governance
Activities
Punjab Infotech (PICT) has developed in-house capabilities
to provide total solution to IT & e-Governance Projects on
turnkey basis.
ISO Certification & Quality Policy
The Corporation has achieved ISO 9001:2000 certification.
Punjab Infotech (PICT) commits itself for sustainable
development of knowledge intensive high-tech industry
clusters for overall economic development of the State.
Under its Quality Policy, the Corporation has set following
as its Goals and Objectives:
• Policy Formulation & Facilitation
• Single Window Facilitation
• Infrastructure Creation & Development
• Marketing of State as a preferred Investment Destination
• Executing Agency for IT & e-Governance Projects
• Bringing in fresh investments in high-tech sector in
Punjab
For further information log on to
http://www.punjabinfotech.org
