Kolkata is the main business, commercial and financial hub of eastern India and the main port of communication for the North-East Indian states. Kolkata is home to a major port, an international airport and many nationally and internationally reputed colleges and Institutions aimed at supplying a highly skilled workforce. According to a Price water house Cooper’s report, as of 2009, Kolkata’s economic output as measured by gross domestic product as 104 US dollars, and ranks third among South Asian cities, behind Mumbai and Delhi. However, As of 2010, Kolkata, with an estimated Gross domestic product (GDP) by purchasing power parity of 150 billion dollars, ranked third among South Asian cities, after Mumbai and Delhi.

This apart, other big Indian software firms have already made Kolkata their hub of operations for the Eastern region of India. Of these Wipro, Infosys, TCS, Tech Mahindra, ITC Infotech, HCL Technologies, MphasiS, Genpact, Tata Interactive Systems, Ramco Systems, Firstsource, CMC Limited, NIIT Technologies, Moser Baer Ltd., Aptech IT, Aegis, Aditya Birla Minacs, Rolta India Ltd are leading the way. Owing to the recent boom in the economy of Kolkata and also the state as a whole, West Bengal is now the third fastest growing economy in the country and the city’s IT sector is growing at a rate of 70% per year — twice the national average.

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