A study -- conducted jointly by the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) and global management consulting firm A T Kearney -- has identified 50 cities in India that are good for the IT-BPO industry.
The report -- 'Location Roadmap For IT- BPO Growth: Assessment of 50 leading cities' -- provides a detailed gap analysis along with advantages and shortcomings of these 50 locations, the available opportunity for attracting investment from this sector with a deeper objective of showcasing a roadmap to achieve uniform economic development in India.
The study also mentions which are the top IT-BPO centres and which cities could see the next wave of the industry's growth.
The study took into account the following key parameters to arrive at its inference:
Knowledge pool and skill-set availability; infrastructure; social and living environment; enabling business environment; government support; and operating cost.
So here are India's best cities for IT-BPO centres. Read on. . .
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