Bengaluru 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 Bengaluru. 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 Bengaluru & 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.