Jai Krishna CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Chapter of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) would push for establishing IT parks in Madurai and Coimbatore in the coming fiscal, the new President Sanjay Jayavarthanavelu has said. Talking to CyberMedia News on the sidelines of unveiling the new theme 'innovate to compete' for the coming year, Sanjay said that Tamil Nadu was the 3rd largest economy in the country, with about 3 percent growth rate, which attracts major IT, ITES and BPO investments into the State. “We would work towards speeding up the Siruseri Park, and work on the IT Express Highway in Chennai, and establishment of IT parks in Madurai, Coimbatore and Trichy in the current fiscal,” he said, adding that infrastructure had to be developed in the tier two cities which would witness the next level of growth in the State. For this purpose, a Job Fair would be conducted in Trichy, a telecom summit – Connect at Chennai during August, apart from a Coimbatore IT.com event in November 2006. Pointing out that the recent survey on Skill Mapping in Tamil Nadu showed a gap between 'what the industries want' and what is 'available out there in quality and quantity, Sanjay said that CII would promote skill development initiatives. “We intend to work with educational with educational institutions, including ITIs and Engineering Colleges for this purpose,” he added in this regard. CII would also establish a Centre for Regional Innovation apart from promoting Regional Research Institutes to facilitate interaction with the industry and the academia.
