Bangalore IT.com to gain from BPO growth
13 Aug 2002
Bangalore: With
the business process outsourcing (BPO) segment showing
bright prospects for Indian IT companies, organisers of
Bangalore IT.com have decided to take advantage of the
situation.
The 5th Bangalore IT.com, to be held between
28 October and 1 November 2002, will have a BPO summit,
highlighting the prospects this segment holds for entrepreneurs.
"For arts and science graduates it is the BPO segment
that is going to offer them jobs. So there will be a pavilion
to conduct a short test for graduates and final-year students
to see whether they have the aptitude to get into the
BPO sector," says Vivek Kulkarni, IT secretary, Karnataka
state government.
Similarly, with the financial sector banks, insurers
and others embracing IT in large numbers, the exhibition
will have a separate pavilion for IT companies that cater
to the financial sector to showcase their wares. "Discussion
rooms for select companies to present their financial
products will also be available at this pavilion,"
he adds.
The technology exhibits within the tradeshow will have
several special pavilions such as country pavilions, bio-informatics,
software, hardware, telecom, networking and infrastructure.
According to Kulkarni, several Chinese companies are showing
interest in participating in the trade fair. Governments
of Germany, Singapore, the UK, Sri Lanka, Korea, Japan,
Mauritius and Bangladesh have already confirmed participation
and Indian states that have signed up include Andhra Pradesh,
Kerala, Delhi and Haryana.
"Last
year the exhibition attracted 65 foreign companies and
we expect to equal that number this year too," says
Kulkarni. The fourth edition of Bangalore IT.com attracted
252 exhibitors and 15 countries. The event billed Rs 6
crore as revenue.
To be held at the Palace Grounds, the exhibition till
date has bookings for 12,000 sq ft out of a total exhibition
space of 80,000 sq ft. Kulkarni says the IT slowdown has
forced the event managers to peg the stall rentals at
last years level.