Mindtree to have Software Development Block in Bhubaneswar

Chief Secretary Aditya Parsad Padhi has inaugurated the ground breaking ceremony of the software development block of the leading IT company Mindtree in Bhubaneswar today amidst chanting of sacred versions from Veda, Koran and Bible.

Principal Secretary IT Sri Pradeep Kumar Jena, Secretary Women & Child Development Sri Vishal Dev, Municipal Commissioner, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation Dr. Krishan Kumar, Dr. Subroto Bagchi the co-founder of Mindtree along with other dignitaries and engineers participated at the ground breaking ceremony.

​Chief Secretary Padhi took an overview of the IT booming activities of Mindtree in Odisha. Around 1000 young engineers have already received professional training from its global learning center. The company would start special learning programme on various IT themes for IT engineers from the current year.

​Replying to a media quarry after the ceremony, Center Head of Mindtree, Anindya Mitra Sri Maitra said that the present project would be the 2nd Phase Software Development Block. This block would provide the space and facility for 1500 IT engineers to design and develop various software applications. The initial estimate of the project has been over Rs.50 cr.