Pragnya IAS · Map 35 · People & economy
India: some software technology parks map study
Explain why India’s software map clusters in a few southern and western metros.
STUDY NOTE 1
The big clusters
Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai, Gurugram and Noida dominate software exports; Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Bhubaneswar and Indore are secondary STPI centres.
STUDY NOTE 2
Why these cities
Engineering colleges, English-speaking talent, research labs, pleasant climate (Bengaluru) and early policy support mattered more than raw materials.
STUDY NOTE 3
A footloose industry
Software needs bandwidth and brains, not bulk cargo — so it clustered where skills and quality of life converged, then spread along metro rings.
Map reading task
Map eight software centres and classify each as established hub or emerging centre with one reason.
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What does this india: some software technology parks lesson explain?
Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai, Gurugram and Noida dominate software exports; Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Bhubaneswar and Indore are secondary STPI centres.
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