IT major IBM will soon open its third development centre in Bhubaneswar

IT major IBM will soon open its third development centre in Orissa`s capital city. The IT major`s plan for the state came to the fore after its vice-president Stephen W Brain met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here on 10 July` 2007 and discussed IT development and human resource development to meet the growing demand of such professionals. During their discussion, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik informed the visiting IT company team that the state was committed to develop its IT sector. He also apprised them regarding the government`s bid to create a technology-based human resource pool in the wake of the rapid industrialization taking place in Orissa. The IBM team, on its part, assured the state government that they would provide technical know-how for Orissa`s ongoing e-governance programme. Mr Brain praised the steps taken by the government for the development of Information Technology and said the IBM would provide technological support to the Indian Institute of Information and Technology(IIIT), established by the state government. IBM had already set up its Development Centre in Chennai and Coimbatore and Bhubaneswar would be its third Development Centre.