Software industry in Andhra Pradesh

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The Indian state of Andhra Pradesh is recreated in 2014 with the new capital city at Amaravati located on the banks of Krishna River, the third longest river in India. Andhra Pradesh is growing rapidly and attracting national and multinational companies. The software industry in Andhra Pradesh is conveniently spread out to different cities, namely Visakhapatnam, Tirupati and capital city of Amaravati, and not clustered just in the capital, leading to so many social, economic and political problems. Most software companies in Andhra pradesh are out of state or foreign companies which are also called Multinational corporation's. Domestic software industry in Andhra Pradesh seems to be at its beginning stages.[1]

Incubation Centre Vizag
Sunrise Towers (Incubation Centre) at startup village Rushikonda, Vizag inaugurated in 2015

Visakhapatnam is the home for Fintech Valley Vizag, Millennium IT Towers and has provided highest BPO/ITES jobs under IBPS scheme of Software Technology Parks of India.[2] Visakhapatnam Special Economic Zone located at Visakhapatnam is the nodal agency to provide permissions to export oriented software companies of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Yanam.


Notable Software companies in Andhra Pradesh[]

In May 2021 Andhra Pradesh State Cabinet has approved the Andhra Pradesh IT Electronics Policy 2021-24, aimed at creating a world-class electronics. In a release, Principal Secretary (Information Technology, Electronics and Communications) said that the policy is envisioned to transform Andhra Pradesh into a hub of IT and Electronics.[3]

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Software companies with facilities in Andhra Pradesh, as well as country of headquarters:

Software companies in Visakhapatnam[]

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Tech Mahindra Development Centre

The ITES and IT sector is growing at its pace in the city of Visakhapatnam, the generated revenue from these sectors are a boon to the economy.[7] The IT special economic zone and incubation center exists at Rushikonda Hills, of the city. There are many national and multi–national IT/ITes and banking firms such as Mahindra Satyam, Pulsus Group,[8][9] Wipro, Kenexa, Infotech, IBM, Sutherland, and HSBC etc. Software exports from Visakhapatnam have increased by nearly 90% each year.

IBM-Software-IconicCampus-Visakhapatnam

The IT exports from the city for 2012 were ₹1,200 crore and 16,000 people were employed. According to data released by the state IT department for the financial year 2012–13, IT industry registered an impressive in IT/ITES revenues, that generated ₹1,445 crore (US$200 million), an increase of 20%, compared to the previous financial year. The same year saw an increase in employment, generated by the IT/ITeS industry, with 20000 jobs as compared to 16,000 in 2011–12 period.[10] The Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR) project, planned by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, may generate employment to approximately, up to 15 lakh IT professionals and also the it can generate revenue for the economy, of up to ₹3.11 crore (US$440,000).[11]

Govt of AP plans to convert Vizag city into an IT hub made many new investments from Multi-National Companies. Many firms such as Google, Tata Consultancy Services, Microsoft, Uber, Pulsus Group, Adani Data Center, Capgemini, Accenture etc. have accepted to set their office locations in Vizag.

There are many national and multi–national IT/ITes and fintech firms such as IBM, Wipro, Pulsus Group, Tech Mahindra, Kenexa, Infotech, Conduent, Cyient, Paytm, Concentrix, Sutherland, HSBC, etc. Some more investments are in line, like Google x, Lalith Ahuja's ANSR Consulting, Franklin Templeton, Innova Solutions, etc. at Fintech Valley in the city.[12][13] Conduent has highest employees in India, third largest outside United States and operating from NCR (Noida and Gurgaon), Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kochi and majorly from Visakhapatnam. [14][15]

Software companies in Vijayawada[]

HCL Technologies has started operations in February 2020 at Vijayawada and recruited about 1,000 by 2021. [16] and Pi Care Services, a healthcare BPO, inaugurated at Mangalagiri IT park.[17][18]

Software companies in Tirupathi[]

Sri Venkateshwara Mobile and Electronics Manufacturing Hub is a dedicated mobile handset and electronics manufacturing facility located at Tirupati. The hub is spread over 122 acres (49 ha) out of which Celkon is established in 20 acres (8.1 ha), Micromax in 15 acres (6.1 ha), Karbonn in 15.28 acres (6.18 ha) and Lava in 20 acres (8.1 ha) with a total investment of rupees 2000 crores.[19][20] Dixon Technologies has a manufacturing unit in this hub, where they are producing Smart TVs for Xiaomi.[21] and is the hub for several software companies including Zoho Corporation,[22] Software Technology Parks of India has it's regional office at Tirupathi to monitor local software industry. [23]

Notable IT entrepreneurs[]

These entrepreneurs are from Andhra Pradesh, India:

Sunrise Startup Village[]

Startup Village is a not-for-profit business incubator based out of Kochi has set up a similar incubation facility in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh with the name Sunrise startup village.[30][31] The organisation aimed to launch 1,000 technology startups over the next ten years and start the search for the next billion-dollar Indian company.[32] It focusses primarily on student startups and telecom innovation. It is India's first incubator that is funded jointly by the public and private sectors.[33]


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