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{{Infobox company
| name = Infopark
| logo = Infoparklogo.jpg
| logo_size = 200px
| type = Government Owned
| genre = Infrastructure Service Provider
| foundation = 10 October 2009
| location = [[Koratty]], [[Thrissur]]
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| key_people = Sasi Pilacheri Meethal, [[Chief Executive Officer]]
| industry = [[Information Technology]] Business Park
| subsid =
| owner = [[Government of Kerala]]
| slogan =
| homepage = [http://www.infopark.in www.infopark.in]
| dissolved =
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'''InfoPark Thrissur''' is an information technology park situated in [[Koratty]] near [[Chalakudy]] of [[Thrissur District]] in [[Kerala]]. This is the first information technology park in the state that has become operational under the 'Hub and Spoke Model', where [[InfoPark, Kochi]] acts as the hub and [[InfoPark Koratty]] as the spoke. The park is located 45 km from [[Kochi, India|Kochi]], 35 km from [[Thrissur]], 5 km from [[Chalakudy]] and around 14 km from the [[Cochin International Airport]] at [[Nedumbassery]]. It is fully owned by the [[Government of Kerala]]. The InfoPark is associated with Kerala State IT Mission and Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Ltd.<ref name="bstandard">{{cite web
|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/koratty-it-park-set-to-begin-operations/394389/
|title=Koratty IT park set to begin operations
|publisher=Business Standard
|access-date=2010-05-19}}</ref>
<ref name="InfoPark Thrissur">{{cite web
|url=http://www.keralait.org/search_result.php?project_id=1&location_id=4
|title=InfoPark Thrissur
|publisher=Kerala IT
|access-date=2010-05-19
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706090012/http://www.keralait.org/search_result.php?project_id=1&location_id=4
|archive-date=6 July 2010
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>
<ref name="The New Indian Express">{{cite web
|url=http://newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/article136596.ece
|title=Koratty Infopark first phase inauguration on Oct
|newspaper=The New Indian Express
|date=2009-10-08
|access-date=2010-05-19}}</ref>



==Infrastructure==
The [[Government of Kerala]] has allotted 42 acres (170,000 m2) of land for the InfoPark. Currently, InfoPark possesses 30 acres (120,000 m2) of land for the development. The plot that was given to set up the InfoPark earlier housed the Madura Coats factory. InfoPark has planned three phases of development. The Phase I of InfoPark was launched by Kerala Chief Minister, [[V. S. Achuthanandan]] on 10 October 2009 with 12 medium-sized companies and an office space of {{convert|44500|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}. The Phase II of InfoPark was inaugurated on 8 January 2010, were another {{convert|18240|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} was added. The construction of new multistory building has been inaugurated by Chief Minister of Kerala, [[Ommen Chandy]] on 8 September 2012.

Infopark Thrissur was also granted the [[Special Economic Zone]] (SEZ) Status by the Ministry of Commerce, [[Government of India]] in 2014 for 18 acres of land wherein the new Multi-storied IT Block ‘INDEEVARAM’ is located. In the Phase III and final phase, [[Government]] is planning to develop the 25 acres of InfoPark as a [[Special Economic Zone]] (SEZ) were 2-lakh-sqft building will be constructed. The new upcoming campus consisting of a multistory building, with more than two lakh square feet built up area got [[Special economic zone]] (SEZ) status from government of [[India]]in July 2014. The remaining land in the SEZ will be leased out to IT companies and co-developers for developing their own campuses. It is said that when the InfoPark becomes fully operational, it will have a built-up area of around {{convert|1400000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}. The campus have {{convert|4640|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} food court, shared services and amenities, cafeteria, banks, ATM, utility stores, etc. are also available. The nearest major city next to Koratty Infopark is Chalakudy.
<ref name="bstandard" />
<ref name="InfoPark Thrissur"/>
<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/article154213.ece
|title=Koratty Infopark launch on Oct 10, with 75 pc oc
|date=2009-09-19
|newspaper=The New Indian Express
|access-date=2010-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/article406692.ece
|title=It’s destination Infopark Thrissur for IT firms
|newspaper=The New Indian Express
|date=2011-01-14
|access-date=2011-01-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/article404808.ece
|title=Chief Minister to open Infopark Koratty Phase 2
|newspaper=The New Indian Express
|date=2011-01-08
|access-date=2011-01-23}}</ref>

==Employment & Companies==
29 companies are working in Infopark Thrissur campus in its First phase as on 17 March 2016.and around 700 people are employed. The Initial phase of the campus opened up opportunities for Start-ups and Small Medium Businesses.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.metrovaartha.com/2011/12/15094952/kochi-infopark.html
|title=InfoPark to add 80,000 jobs
|publisher=Metro Vaartha
|access-date=2011-12-15
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426040331/http://www.metrovaartha.com/2011/12/15094952/kochi-infopark.html
|archive-date=26 April 2012
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> SMB companies like [https://valuementor.com/ ValueMentor] Nuvento, QBurst, Feathersoft Info Pvt Ltd, Glitz IT Solutions, EXAR Software Research, Wazeefa1 Technologies Private Limited, [https://www.galtech.org/ GALTech Technologies Pvt Ltd]. and startups like IGOOZ, Abbys, SandsLab, Storybox, GreenEd Multimedia, Sahrdaya Infoteck, SandsLab, Squad Technologies, Braddock Infotech, Strands Energy, FineLab Web Services a Division of WBpro LLC, Cent Technologies, Infoprism Solutions, Bharthi Yashloyd, Pepperpot Systems & Solutions Pvt Ltd etc., are the present companies functioning at InfoPark. The park now houses companies that are into software development, animation and multimedia, web designing, BPOs, and IT finishing schools. The park has a direct employment potential 4,000 IT workers upon the completion of the ongoing ‘INDEEVARAM’ project.<ref name="bstandard" />
<ref name="InfoPark Thrissur"/>
<ref name="The New Indian Express"/>

==Indeevaram==

The First Multi-storeyed IT building of the campus is named as ‘INDEEVARAM’, means Blue Lotus. The Building is located in 6 acres of lush greenery at the [[Special Economic Zone]] area of the campus. Total Built-up area is 3.3 lakhs sq.ft with floors from Basement to 6th apart from the terrace floor reserved for Food Courts and other amenities. The Building was inaugurated by the Hon’ble [[Chief Minister of Kerala]], Shri. [[Oommen Chandy]] on 21 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/koratty-infopark-second-phase-launched/article8137622.ece
|title=Koratty Infopark second phase launched
|publisher=The Hindu
|date=2016-01-22
|access-date=2016-01-23}}</ref>
<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Incubation-facility-at-Infopark-Thrissur-soon-CM/articleshow/50673702.cms
|title=Incubation facility at Infopark Thrissur soon: CM
|publisher=Times of India
|date=2016-01-21
|access-date=2016-01-23}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Economy of Thrissur]]
[[Category:2009 establishments in Kerala]]
[[Category:Software technology parks in Kerala]]

InfoPark Thrissur - Revision history

>Johnpacklambert at 21:50, 2 February 2021