23 cos setting up campuses in new tech hub: Babul Supriyo
Times of India | 12 July 2025
Kolkata: Twenty-three companies, including Reliance and L&T, have started construction of their buildings at Bengal Silicon Valley (BSV), an upcoming tech hub in New Town, while NTT, ST Telemedia and CtrlS data centres are on the verge of launching their operations. This was revealed by state IT and electronics minister Babul Supriyo during an interaction with IT industry stakeholders on Friday.
Urging private tech firms to adopt a startup each for improving Bengal's IT ecosystem, the minister said: "About 41 companies have taken plots at BSV spread over 250 acres. The construction work of five companies is nearing completion while 23 companies are in different stages of construction. We will bring an amended version of the existing IT policy. We are also working on global capability centre and semiconductor policies.
"The state was looking at an investment of Rs 30,000-35,000 crore from the companies setting up units at BSV, Supriyo said.
Speaking on incentives for manufacturing units, he said: "The land price at BSV is Rs 40 crore per acre, but govt has given it for Rs 5 crore per acre. We are not thinking about any more subsidy.
"Representatives of TCS, Capgemini and British Telecom urged Supriyo for a change in the syllabus of degree and diploma engineering to tide over the dearth of skilled workforce in the city. "When we recruit passouts, they are not industry-ready. We have to look at workforce outside the state," said Monojit Sengupta, a representative from TCS. Responding to this, Supriyo said: "Webel and tech education department are coordinating on the issue. We are open to suggestions from IT companies for introducing new chapters or courses in the syllabus.