Bangalore is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka is popularly reffered to
as Silicon Valley of India. Located on the Mysore Plateau in south-western
Karnataka, & is considered as India's third-largest city and fifth-largest
metropolitan area. Bangalore has far developed as a center for colonial rule in
South India, since British rule & has evolved into a manufacturing hub for public
sector heavy industries—particularly aerospace, space and defence.The city is also
known as the Garden City of India because of its climate, greenery and the presence
of many public parks. The National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), one of the
three places in India where Stem cell research is conducted is also in Bangalore. Amongst the metropolitan cities in the nation, Bangalore city has second-highest
literacy rate.
The establishment of Software Firms has been a major success story
associated with Bangalore & also has recently attributed increase in India's economy
rate growth. Bangalore is headquarters to several public manufacturing heavy
industries such as Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), National Aerospace
Laboratories (NAL), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Bharat Earth Movers
Limited (BEML) and Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT). Bangalore's IT industry is divided
into three main "clusters" — Software Technology Parks of India, Bangalore (STPI);
International Technology Park Ltd. (ITPL); and Electronics City.
The Bangalore Mahanagar Palika (BMP, Bangalore Metropolitan Council) is the
muncipal corporation in charge of the civic and infrastructural assets of the city.
The district of Bangalore is home to 7 other city municipal councils such as those
in Yelahanka, Bommanahalli, Dasarahalli, Krishnarajapuram, Pattangere, Bytarayanpura
and Mahadevapura. The Government of Karnataka proposes to merge these 7 councils
into BMP to form Greater Bangalore.
HAL Airport of Bangalore functions as both a domestic and international airport.
Domestic carriers within India such as SpiceJet, Kingfisher Airlines, Jet Airways,
Air Deccan and Go Air also are servicing the city. And new International Airport is
coming up in Devanahalli, 31 km North of Bangalore. The construction of the 6-lane
Bangalore-Devanahalli expressway is underway. Bangalore is well connected to the
rest of the country through the Indian Railways. The city is also connected to New
Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, and Hyderabad, as well as other major cities in
Karnataka. Bangalore is located at the junction of National Highways 47 and 48 which
well connect it to all part of the country with roads. All neighbouring state road
transport corporations, from Kerala , Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and
Goa, connect the city with their respective states.
Prominent Educational Institutes / Organisations in and around Bangalore are :
** The University of Agricultural Sciences
** Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering
** People's Education Society Institute of Technology
** MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology
** BMS College of Engineering
** Bangalore Institute of Technology
** Sir M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology
** Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B)
** Information Technology - Bangalore (IIIT-B)
** National Law School of India University
** Bangalore Medical College
** Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences(KIMS)
** St. John's Medical College
All the above mentioned factors & specification's truely do constitute the city
Bangalore as a prime Real Estate Destination, & an excellent proposition of property
investment. |
