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The evolution of the IT industry in Bangalore
  • 1984 - Texas Instruments enters India for offshore development.
  • 1986 - DoE announces software policy.
  • 1991 - Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) is set up
  • 1992 - Exclusive satellite international gateway for export industry is set up.
  • 1997 - Govt. of Karnataka announces IT Policy and Karnataka becomes the first state in India to do so.
  • 1998 - Number of IT companies under STPI grows to 253, with total projects worth US $840 Million.
  • 1999 - Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore (IIITB) and the KITVEN FUND are established.
  • 2000 - Number of IT companies under STPI grows to 782, with total projects worth US $1.1 Billion.
  • 2001 - Number of IT companies under STPI grows to 928, with total projects worth US $1.58 Billion.
  • 2001 - Number of hardware companies under EHTP grows to 24, with hardware exports worth US $0.076 Billion.
  • 2002 - Number of IT (software) companies under STPI grows to 1038, with total projects worth US $2.06 Billion (as of May 2002).
  • 2002 - Number of hardware companies under EHTP grows to 27, with hardware exports worth US $0.17 Billion (as of May 2002).

IT industries in Bangalore
Karnataka has a strong base in VLSI, Telecom and other high technology services, od which more than 150 companies are foriegn equity companies. There are more than 100 multinational companies that have set-up operation in Bangalore. Below is a table showing the growth of STP Units in Bangalore.
  • 1999-2000 - 782 companies
  • 2000-2001 - 928 companies
  • 2001-2002 - 1038 companies (as of May 2002).
In the year 2001 Bangalore saw a cumulative investment of around US $1.3 billion in the software industry. About 146 new software industries during 2001 and about 110 during 2002 have been established and the total number of software professionals is over 80,000. Get details about the IT companies that are located in Bangalore.

Top Ten IT Industries of Bangalore
Top Ten Software Exporters for the Year 2000-01
  1. Infosys Technologies Ltd.
  2. Wipro Ltd.
  3. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
  4. Digital Equipment India Ltd.
  5. I-Flex Solutions Ltd.
  6. Mphasis BFL Ltd.
  7. Lucent Technologies Ltd.
  8. Hewlett Packard India Ltd.
  9. IBM Global Services India Pvt. Ltd.
  10. Philips Software Centre Pvt. Ltd.


Top Ten Software Exporters for the Year 2001-02

  1. Infosys Technologies Ltd.
  2. Wipro Ltd.
  3. IBM Global Services India Pvt. Ltd.
  4. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
  5. Digital Global Soft. Ltd.
  6. I-Flex Solutions Ltd.
  7. Mphasis BFL Ltd.
  8. Cisco Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd.
  9. Texas Instruments (India) Pvt. Ltd.
  10. Lucent Technologies India Ltd.

Bangalore compared to other IT cities in India