US Consul General Jennifer A. McIntyre  visited  Infopark  in Kochi to know about the investment opportunities offered by  IT industry in Kerala.
“I am really taken up by the growing Kerala IT and the infrastructure facilities available at Infopark for the growth of IT … IT industry helping women in their life and careers,” said McIntyre.
She saw all the facilities at Infopark and interacted with eight women leaders of IT companies.
Infopark, Kochi is an information technology park situated in Kakkanad, a suburb of the city of Kochi, India. Established in 2004 by the Government of Kerala. Infopark Phase I is spread over a 100 acres (40.5 ha) campus with more than 3,400,000 sq ft (315,900 m2) of built up area, housing over 100 companies which employ around 15,000 professionals.Â
The park is currently in expansion mode and is adding another 160 acres (64.7 ha) as part of the Phase II expansion. The notable companies in the park include TCS, Cognizant, Wipro, Ernst & Young,Arbitron, Etisalat DB Telecom, IBS Software Services, UST Global, EXL Service and Xerox ACS to name a few.
The software exports from Infopark touched Rs 900 crores in 2010-2011 with an YoY growth of 40%.
It has presence of IT majors like Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, Affiliated Computer Services and OPI Global, employing around 15,000 professionals.
Recently, IIM Kozhikode setup its Satellite Campus at Infopark. Â The satellite centre will initially offer one year executive MBA programme and two-year part time programmes in addition to a large number of short duration management development programmes.