Key Tata Group projects in Orissa launched by the chief minister
April 20, 2005

The Tata Group, in continuation of its commitment to the economic development and progress of the state of Orissa has commissioned three major projects in the sectors of technical education, information technology and tourism. In events held earlier in the day, Naveen Patnaik, honorable chief minister of Orissa, solemnised the foundation stone laying ceremonies of the J N Tata Technical Education Centre by Tata Steel; a software development centre of Tata Consultancy Services; and Indian Hotels’ innovative and first-of-its-kind category of ‘Smart Basics’ Hotels — indiOne™. The events were attended by senior officials from the Tata Group including B Muthuraman, managing director, Tata Steel, H Nerurkar, vice president (KPO) Tata Steel, Sheila Nair, COO, Roots Corporation, and Ajoyendra Mukherjee, vice president, Tata Consultancy Services.

The projects commissioned by the chief minister for the various Tata companies include:

• J N Tata Technical Education Centre at Gopalpur in Ganjam district in order to improve the employability of youth of Orissa.
• Construction of the first of the several indiOne™ — ‘Smart Basics’ hotels in the State located at Plot No H, Mauza Nayapalli, Bhubaneshwar. The hotel will be commissioned within the next 10 months.
• Development of the 45-acre land for the TCS campus including its Global Development Centre in Bhubaneshwar with a capacity of over 1,000 professionals to provide IT, ITES and related services to its customers worldwide as well as the state government.

Speaking at the event, B Muthuraman, managing director, Tata Steel, said, “Tata Steel remains committed to be a 'partner in progress' with the state of Orissa and will continuously strive to improve the quality of life of people through overall socio-economic development and sustainable industrialisation.”

Commenting on the development of indiOne™ in Bhubaneshwar, Sheila Nair, chief operating officer, Roots Corporation, said, “The ‘Smart Basics’ Hotels category has truly emerged as a compelling business opportunity. We have received tremendous response across segments from travellers, to government and industry. It gives us great pleasure to develop indiOne™ in Bhubaneshwar, as it is one of the key destinations. The state of Orissa holds tremendous potential for this innovative category of hotels and our initiative will also boost the infrastructure to cater to the domestic and international tourists.”

“TCS is keen to further develop its relationship with the state of Orissa. The human resources talent available in the state and the commitment of the government augurs well for development of Orissa. We look forward to developing our Global Development Centre in the TCS campus to provide our IT services to our domestic and international customers from this region and increase our engagement with academic institutions in the state,” said Ajoyendra Mukherjee, vice president, Tata Consultancy Services.