Kolkata is hub of the second most populous metropolitan area in India (after Mumbai) with a population density of 25,000 per sq.km. The city is eastern India’s main trading center and financial hub. It is also a city steeped in history and heritage, having a rich tradition of culture, education and the Visual and Performing arts. With average lifestyles leaning heavily towards pursual and excellence in higher studies, Kolkata has a vast pool of educated manpower. It has been this in-house talent that has been the genesis of the growth of the IT and IT Enabled Services (IT-ES) in the city over the last few years.

A recent NASSCOM study on the competitiveness of nine cities in India as destination for IT Enabled Services has ranked Kolkata 4th. In the IT sector the state has registered a compounded average growth rate of 114% in the five-year period from 1996-2001. The State’s vision is to rank among the top three IT states in India by 2010 and contribute 20% of the country’s total IT revenue.

Kolkata is set to take off in the IT sector. The hub of this explosion is centered around Sector V, Salt Lake, an area whose development has been spearheaded by the West Bengal Government’s initiative and a very positive IT policy. And it is in the heart of this Sector V is Mani Tech, the latest offering from the Mani Group, keeping up to the utmost modern IT requirements.