Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata
Encyclopedia
Bidhannagar or Salt Lake City as it is popularly called, is a planned
satellite township in the India
n state
of West Bengal
. It was developed between 1958 and 1965 to accommodate the burgeoning population of Kolkata
, the state capital. It is now a hub of economic and social expansion and is famous as the centre for IT
in the city. Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy
, the then Chief Minister
of West Bengal
, was instrumental in formulating the plan to build this satellite area, and the township was named Bidhannagar in his honour. The city was built on a reclaimed salt-water lake, which gave rise to its popular name of "Salt Lake City".
s (49 ft).Demographically this is the most enriched part of Kolkata as it is very near to airport. Many of the fast growing IT companies are springing in this area.
, the Nawab of Bengal
, camped at this place to chalk out the strategy for attacking the British East India Company
at Fort William
. The said attack led to the infamous massacre in Black Hole Prison
that occurred on 20 June. After the death of Siraj ud-Daulah in 1757 in the Battle of Plassey
, the right and title of these swampy salt water lakes remained with Mir Jafar
and his descendants, who were supported by the Company who had won in that battle. Gradually, the right of the lakes went to the hands of local landlords and there happened a spurt in the pisciculture in the area. In 1865, the British
officially started reclaiming these salt water bodies by connecting it with Mahratta Ditch (canal). In 1878, the Government leased out the right of the place to Nandalal Das and Durgacharan Kundu till 1887. On 30 April 1890, the Government again advertised in the newspaper and gave the leasehold right to the highest bidder, Bhabanath Sen, who offered INR
3400 for the rights. The said right ended in 1899. In 1906, the Government again leased out the lakes for 10 years to the highest bidder against INR 9750.
engineering firm NEDECO started surveying the salt water lakes on the invitation of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy
, the then Chief Minister of West Bengal. On 15 February 1955, a Government Gazettee notification was published regarding the acquisition of 173.70 acre
s of land for the expansion of reclamation of the north of Salt Lake area. The area was named Bidhannagar after Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy.
has been pleased to acquire 8760.5 acres (35.5 km²) of Bheries (pisciculture area) under the Sec1.(4) of Land Acquisition Act, 1884. The basic area included the mauzas, that is, Hadia, Nayabad, Karimpur, Jagatipota, Mukundapur, Pargachhia, Tentulbari, Panchpota and a few minor others. In 1958, the Chief Minister Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy put his steps in the area for the first time. The global tender, for the reclamation of salt water lakes was floated in 1959, which was won by M/s. "Invest Import" Company of erstwhile Yugoslavia
. These marshy, shallow salt water lakes were chosen as the site for developing the auxiliary township of Kolkata
. Salt Lake City, later renamed as Bidhannagar, as a mark of recognition to one of its founders, Dr. Roy.
In fact, the area was a conglomerate of several salt lakes, a low-lying saucer shaped area, which was lower than the adjoining drainage channels. The only available method of development was to fill these salt lakes to a higher level which would permit gravity drainage through the nearby channels. The Hooghly river, lying in the western fringe of Kolkata
, needed dredging to maintain the minimum draught for ships. By May 19, 1956, the Government had taken over the lands and then gradually Salt Lake started taking shape. The erstwhile Yugoslav firm "Invest Import" (selected by a global tender) was entrusted with the reclamation
work of the swampy land area. Pipes were laid down from Chitpur lockgate in the north of Kolkata to Salt Lake for bringing silt from the bed of Hooghly river to Salt Lake via a number of pumping stations. It took nearly 7 years to fill up the 12.35 km² of land with dredged silt, which was once a very fertile fishing zone. On 16 April 1962, the Salt Lake City was officially born.The original planner of Bidhannagar was a Yugoslav named Dobrivojo Toscovic.
The development of the area was done in "Sectors". The plots were classified as residential, residential (shop-allowable), commercial, institutional and industrial. By 1965, Sector-I was complete and by 1969, Sector-II and Sector-III were ready for occupancy. Then came up the industrial Sectors IV and V (the location of the IT
industries). The Sector IV contains Nicco Park
(erstwhile Jhilmill) — the first amusement park of eastern India with 40 acres (161,874.4 m²) of land and the Nalban Boating Complex and so also the under-privileged area of Sukantanagar, the space apparently created for the rehabilitation of the displaced persons of Duttabad due to the construction of the Salt Lake Stadium in consultation with the Lutheran World Service. The 12.35 km² area of the town, initially composed of 12873 plots of land apart from 87 housing estates and blocks, got built up. Recently, the land area of this township has almost doubled to 33.5 km² due to the incorporation of Duttabad, Sukantanagar, Nayapatti, Dhapa-Manpur and Mahishbathan areas. The whole of Duttabad remains as an underdeveloped area till date.
of the Irrigation
and Waterways Department of the Government
of West Bengal
. In fact, this very department of the Government
built Bidhannagar. Then it came under the Public Works (Metropolitan Development) Department. Then again it came under the wings of Metropolitan Development Department. The name of this department was changed to Urban Development Department in 1991. In 1989, a Notified Area Authority
was set up to administer the area. Ultimately in 1995, Bidhannagar got its own elected body called Bidhannagar Municipality consisting of 23 wards(now 25 wards). All the plots of land in Bidhanannagar are leasehold plots and the Urban Development Department (the Lessor) directly manages the land matters, while the Municipality
is responsible for sanctioning of building plans, providing essential basic services to the citizens, maintenance of the non-arterial (type V and VI) roads and other civic infrastructures of the township.
which is a reputed B-School and a research Institute, the largest sports stadium in India the Yuva Bharati Krirangan, modern shopping malls such as City Centre, INOX multiplex, RDB Big Cinemas multiplex, an amusement park, the Netaji Subhas Sports Institute, a 5-star hotel (Hyatt Regency) and a vast array of Government
offices that cater not only to the local town but to the entire city of Kolkata. Originally, Bidhannagar had been designed to accommodate the entire administrative apparatus of greater Kolkata, but this idea was dropped early during the planning. There is also a food court on the ground floor of Infinity Benchmark, right opposite RDB Cinemas. Called "Bytes", the food court includes Chinese, North Indian and East Indian cuisine options, apart from beverages and ice-creams.
Nicco Park
, the first amusement park in eastern India, is located in the Sector IV, so also the Nalban Boating Complex. One of the largest shopping mall
of Kolkata, City Centre
, has come up near Central Park in 2004 with a built-up area of 400000 sq ft (37,161.2 m²).
Bidhannagar also contain few very good private and Government hospitals like AMRI, Anandalok, Kolkata Heart Research Institute, Columbia-Asia, Seva etc.
Apart from this, there are 3 police stations, electricity offices, water supply tanks, sewerage water plants etc as civic infrastructure. However, poor street lighting has made petty theft and eve teasing
a recurrent problem. Another police station is likely to come up for policing only the sector V- the Information Technology hub.
The Information Technology hub is the centre of some of the notable IT/ITES India
n and multinational
companies.
Bidhannagar is also home to Central Park
,(also called Banabitan) the largest park in the Kolkata urban area after the Maidan
. Like the town it is situated in, it too has a more famous namesake
in USA.
Bidhannagar houses a number of institutes offering philanthropic and spiritual services. Institution of Public Health Engineers, Salt Lake Sanskritik Parishad, Vivekananda Institute of Environment and Management, Workshop for the Blind and Bidhannagar Vivekananda Kendra are located here.
The Central Park, which is about 100 acre (0.404686 km²), and comprises Banabitan administered by the Forest
Department, the statues of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Swami Vivekananda
and Kaji Najrul Islam, a central store of the Urban Development Department, has already been subjected to a greater scrutiny by the KMDA (Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority). The KMDA has been planning comprehensively for chalking out a Master Development Plan
for the beautification
of the Central Park of Bidhannagar.The Central Park is regarded as the Lung
of Bidhannagar.
n and multinational
companies. Around 1.2 Lakh people are Employed in Sector V.The area is administered by Naba Diganta Industrial Township Authority (NDITA).
A Few of the Major Software companies located in Here includes:
Bidhannagar is home to several academic, research and professional institutions of National Importance.Planned community
A planned community, or planned city, is any community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed in a previously undeveloped area. This contrasts with settlements that evolve in a more ad hoc fashion. Land use conflicts are less frequent in planned communities since...
satellite township in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state
States and territories of India
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of West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
. It was developed between 1958 and 1965 to accommodate the burgeoning population of Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
, the state capital. It is now a hub of economic and social expansion and is famous as the centre for IT
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
in the city. Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy
Bidhan Chandra Roy
Bidhan Chandra Roy, M.R.C.P., F.R.C.S. was the second Chief Minister of West Bengal in India. He remained in his post for 14 years as a Indian National Congress candidate, from 1948 until his death in 1962. He was a highly respected physician and a renowned freedom fighter...
, the then Chief Minister
Chief Minister
A Chief Minister is the elected head of government of a sub-national state, provinces of Sri Lanka, Pakistan, notably a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British Overseas Territory that has attained self-government...
of West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
, was instrumental in formulating the plan to build this satellite area, and the township was named Bidhannagar in his honour. The city was built on a reclaimed salt-water lake, which gave rise to its popular name of "Salt Lake City".
Demographics
As per 2011 Census, Bidhannagar had a population of 218,323 (Males 111,363; Females 106,960). Bidhan Nagar has an average literacy rate of 90.44%, higher than the national average of 74%; with male literacy of 93.08% and female literacy of 87.69%. 5.8% of the population is under 6 years of age. Bidhannagar was initially planned to accommodate a population of 450,000.Geography
Bidhannagar is located at 22.58°N 88.42°E. It has an average elevation of 11 metreMetre
The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology...
s (49 ft).Demographically this is the most enriched part of Kolkata as it is very near to airport. Many of the fast growing IT companies are springing in this area.
History
The earliest known reference of Bidhannagar in history is that on 17 June 1756, Siraj ud-DaulahSiraj ud-Daulah
Mîrzâ Muhammad Sirâj-ud-Daulah , more commonly known as Siraj ud-Daulah , was the last independent Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. The end of his reign marks the start of British East India Company rule over Bengal and later almost all of South Asia...
, the Nawab of Bengal
Nawab of Bengal
The Nawabs of Bengal were the hereditary nazims or subadars of the subah of Bengal during the Mughal rule and the de-facto rulers of the province.-History:...
, camped at this place to chalk out the strategy for attacking the British East India Company
British East India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
at Fort William
Fort William, India
Fort William is a fort built in Calcutta on the Eastern banks of the River Hooghly, the major distributary of the River Ganges, during the early years of the Bengal Presidency of British India. It was named after King William III of England...
. The said attack led to the infamous massacre in Black Hole Prison
Black Hole of Calcutta
The Black Hole of Calcutta was a small dungeon in the old Fort William, at Calcutta, India, where troops of the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj ud-Daulah, held British prisoners of war after the capture of the Fort on June 19, 1756....
that occurred on 20 June. After the death of Siraj ud-Daulah in 1757 in the Battle of Plassey
Battle of Plassey
The Battle of Plassey , 23 June 1757, was a decisive British East India Company victory over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies, establishing Company rule in South Asia which expanded over much of the Indies for the next hundred years...
, the right and title of these swampy salt water lakes remained with Mir Jafar
Mir Jafar
-Notes:# "Riyazu-s-salatin", Ghulam Husain Salim - a reference to the appointment of Mohanlal can be found # "Seir Muaqherin", Ghulam Husain Tabatabai - a reference to the conspiracy can be found...
and his descendants, who were supported by the Company who had won in that battle. Gradually, the right of the lakes went to the hands of local landlords and there happened a spurt in the pisciculture in the area. In 1865, the British
Kingdom of Great Britain
The former Kingdom of Great Britain, sometimes described as the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain', That the Two Kingdoms of Scotland and England, shall upon the 1st May next ensuing the date hereof, and forever after, be United into One Kingdom by the Name of GREAT BRITAIN. was a sovereign...
officially started reclaiming these salt water bodies by connecting it with Mahratta Ditch (canal). In 1878, the Government leased out the right of the place to Nandalal Das and Durgacharan Kundu till 1887. On 30 April 1890, the Government again advertised in the newspaper and gave the leasehold right to the highest bidder, Bhabanath Sen, who offered INR
Indian rupee
The Indian rupee is the official currency of the Republic of India. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India....
3400 for the rights. The said right ended in 1899. In 1906, the Government again leased out the lakes for 10 years to the highest bidder against INR 9750.
City plan
In 1922, O. C. Leas, CIE, was appointed by the Government as the Special officer to chalk out a scheme for proper revamp of the silted salt water lakes. He recommended that a canal of 9 miles (14.5 km) length should be dug from Dhapa via salt water lakes up to Piyali river in the south. However, after that nothing palpable was done by the Government for the proper reclamation of these salt water lakes until the British left India. In 1947, one "Master Plan Technical Committee" was constituted. But it did not work. On 18 September 1953, the DutchNetherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
engineering firm NEDECO started surveying the salt water lakes on the invitation of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy
Bidhan Chandra Roy
Bidhan Chandra Roy, M.R.C.P., F.R.C.S. was the second Chief Minister of West Bengal in India. He remained in his post for 14 years as a Indian National Congress candidate, from 1948 until his death in 1962. He was a highly respected physician and a renowned freedom fighter...
, the then Chief Minister of West Bengal. On 15 February 1955, a Government Gazettee notification was published regarding the acquisition of 173.70 acre
Acre
The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre. The most common use of the acre is to measure tracts of land.The acre is related...
s of land for the expansion of reclamation of the north of Salt Lake area. The area was named Bidhannagar after Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy.
Development
Finally, on 16 May 1955, Calcutta Gazettee Government notification was published, which stated that the Governor of West BengalGovernor of West Bengal
The Governor of West Bengal is a nominal head and representative of the President of India in the state of West Bengal. The Governor is appointed by the President for a term of five years. H.E. Mayankote Kelath Narayanan is the current governor...
has been pleased to acquire 8760.5 acres (35.5 km²) of Bheries (pisciculture area) under the Sec1.(4) of Land Acquisition Act, 1884. The basic area included the mauzas, that is, Hadia, Nayabad, Karimpur, Jagatipota, Mukundapur, Pargachhia, Tentulbari, Panchpota and a few minor others. In 1958, the Chief Minister Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy put his steps in the area for the first time. The global tender, for the reclamation of salt water lakes was floated in 1959, which was won by M/s. "Invest Import" Company of erstwhile Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
. These marshy, shallow salt water lakes were chosen as the site for developing the auxiliary township of Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
. Salt Lake City, later renamed as Bidhannagar, as a mark of recognition to one of its founders, Dr. Roy.
In fact, the area was a conglomerate of several salt lakes, a low-lying saucer shaped area, which was lower than the adjoining drainage channels. The only available method of development was to fill these salt lakes to a higher level which would permit gravity drainage through the nearby channels. The Hooghly river, lying in the western fringe of Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
, needed dredging to maintain the minimum draught for ships. By May 19, 1956, the Government had taken over the lands and then gradually Salt Lake started taking shape. The erstwhile Yugoslav firm "Invest Import" (selected by a global tender) was entrusted with the reclamation
Land reclamation
Land reclamation, usually known as reclamation, is the process to create new land from sea or riverbeds. The land reclaimed is known as reclamation ground or landfill.- Habitation :...
work of the swampy land area. Pipes were laid down from Chitpur lockgate in the north of Kolkata to Salt Lake for bringing silt from the bed of Hooghly river to Salt Lake via a number of pumping stations. It took nearly 7 years to fill up the 12.35 km² of land with dredged silt, which was once a very fertile fishing zone. On 16 April 1962, the Salt Lake City was officially born.The original planner of Bidhannagar was a Yugoslav named Dobrivojo Toscovic.
The development of the area was done in "Sectors". The plots were classified as residential, residential (shop-allowable), commercial, institutional and industrial. By 1965, Sector-I was complete and by 1969, Sector-II and Sector-III were ready for occupancy. Then came up the industrial Sectors IV and V (the location of the IT
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
industries). The Sector IV contains Nicco Park
Nicco park
Nicco park is an amusement park in Salt Lake City, Kolkata.This park has a variety of fascinating and interesting rides including Asia's largest wooden roller coaster. Other notable rides include Kolkata's longest cable car ride and India's first "4D" movie experience...
(erstwhile Jhilmill) — the first amusement park of eastern India with 40 acres (161,874.4 m²) of land and the Nalban Boating Complex and so also the under-privileged area of Sukantanagar, the space apparently created for the rehabilitation of the displaced persons of Duttabad due to the construction of the Salt Lake Stadium in consultation with the Lutheran World Service. The 12.35 km² area of the town, initially composed of 12873 plots of land apart from 87 housing estates and blocks, got built up. Recently, the land area of this township has almost doubled to 33.5 km² due to the incorporation of Duttabad, Sukantanagar, Nayapatti, Dhapa-Manpur and Mahishbathan areas. The whole of Duttabad remains as an underdeveloped area till date.
Administration
Bidhannagar was originally developed under the direct administrationPublic administration
Public Administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work. As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal.....
of the Irrigation
Irrigation
Irrigation may be defined as the science of artificial application of water to the land or soil. It is used to assist in the growing of agricultural crops, maintenance of landscapes, and revegetation of disturbed soils in dry areas and during periods of inadequate rainfall...
and Waterways Department of the Government
Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
of West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
. In fact, this very department of the Government
Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
built Bidhannagar. Then it came under the Public Works (Metropolitan Development) Department. Then again it came under the wings of Metropolitan Development Department. The name of this department was changed to Urban Development Department in 1991. In 1989, a Notified Area Authority
Authority
The word Authority is derived mainly from the Latin word auctoritas, meaning invention, advice, opinion, influence, or command. In English, the word 'authority' can be used to mean power given by the state or by academic knowledge of an area .-Authority in Philosophy:In...
was set up to administer the area. Ultimately in 1995, Bidhannagar got its own elected body called Bidhannagar Municipality consisting of 23 wards(now 25 wards). All the plots of land in Bidhanannagar are leasehold plots and the Urban Development Department (the Lessor) directly manages the land matters, while the Municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
is responsible for sanctioning of building plans, providing essential basic services to the citizens, maintenance of the non-arterial (type V and VI) roads and other civic infrastructures of the township.
Facilities
Being a planned city, Bidhannagar offers many facilities usually not available in many of the other older Indian cities. It has clean and well-maintained roads and sanitation, tree-clad boulevards, relatively pollution free environment, its own swimming pool, a large number of schools, the Indian Institute of Foreign TradeIndian Institute of Foreign Trade
The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade is an autonomous organization set up in 1963 by the government of India to help professionalize the country's foreign trade management and increase exports by developing human resources, generating, analyzing and disseminating data, and conducting...
which is a reputed B-School and a research Institute, the largest sports stadium in India the Yuva Bharati Krirangan, modern shopping malls such as City Centre, INOX multiplex, RDB Big Cinemas multiplex, an amusement park, the Netaji Subhas Sports Institute, a 5-star hotel (Hyatt Regency) and a vast array of Government
Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
offices that cater not only to the local town but to the entire city of Kolkata. Originally, Bidhannagar had been designed to accommodate the entire administrative apparatus of greater Kolkata, but this idea was dropped early during the planning. There is also a food court on the ground floor of Infinity Benchmark, right opposite RDB Cinemas. Called "Bytes", the food court includes Chinese, North Indian and East Indian cuisine options, apart from beverages and ice-creams.
Nicco Park
Nicco park
Nicco park is an amusement park in Salt Lake City, Kolkata.This park has a variety of fascinating and interesting rides including Asia's largest wooden roller coaster. Other notable rides include Kolkata's longest cable car ride and India's first "4D" movie experience...
, the first amusement park in eastern India, is located in the Sector IV, so also the Nalban Boating Complex. One of the largest shopping mall
Shopping mall
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...
of Kolkata, City Centre
City Centre (shopping mall)
City Centre is a shopping mall in Kolkata, India. It is located in the Salt Lake township of Kolkata. It is the twin mall of the Forum mall situated at the other part of the city.-Localities:...
, has come up near Central Park in 2004 with a built-up area of 400000 sq ft (37,161.2 m²).
Bidhannagar also contain few very good private and Government hospitals like AMRI, Anandalok, Kolkata Heart Research Institute, Columbia-Asia, Seva etc.
Apart from this, there are 3 police stations, electricity offices, water supply tanks, sewerage water plants etc as civic infrastructure. However, poor street lighting has made petty theft and eve teasing
Eve teasing
Eve teasing is a euphemism used in India and sometimes Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal for public sexual harassment or molestation of women by men, with use of the word "Eve" being a reference to the biblical Eve....
a recurrent problem. Another police station is likely to come up for policing only the sector V- the Information Technology hub.
The Information Technology hub is the centre of some of the notable IT/ITES India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n and multinational
Multinational corporation
A multi national corporation or enterprise , is a corporation or an enterprise that manages production or delivers services in more than one country. It can also be referred to as an international corporation...
companies.
Bidhannagar is also home to Central Park
Central Park (Kolkata)
Central Park situated in Bidhannagar is the second largest open field in the city of Kolkata after the Maidan.This park is easily reachable from the Karunamoyee bus stand in Salt Lake. On the roads surrounding the park are the buildings where the West Bengal government has relocated many government...
,(also called Banabitan) the largest park in the Kolkata urban area after the Maidan
Maidan (Kolkata)
The Maidan is the largest urban park in Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a vast stretch of field and home to numerous play grounds, including the famous cricketing venue Eden Gardens, several football stadia, and Kolkata Race Course. Maidan is dotted with several statues and...
. Like the town it is situated in, it too has a more famous namesake
Central Park
Central Park is a public park in the center of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The park initially opened in 1857, on of city-owned land. In 1858, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux won a design competition to improve and expand the park with a plan they entitled the Greensward Plan...
in USA.
Bidhannagar houses a number of institutes offering philanthropic and spiritual services. Institution of Public Health Engineers, Salt Lake Sanskritik Parishad, Vivekananda Institute of Environment and Management, Workshop for the Blind and Bidhannagar Vivekananda Kendra are located here.
The Central Park, which is about 100 acre (0.404686 km²), and comprises Banabitan administered by the Forest
Forest
A forest, also referred to as a wood or the woods, is an area with a high density of trees. As with cities, depending where you are in the world, what is considered a forest may vary significantly in size and have various classification according to how and what of the forest is composed...
Department, the statues of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda , born Narendranath Dutta , was the chief disciple of the 19th century mystic Ramakrishna Paramahansa and the founder of the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission...
and Kaji Najrul Islam, a central store of the Urban Development Department, has already been subjected to a greater scrutiny by the KMDA (Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority). The KMDA has been planning comprehensively for chalking out a Master Development Plan
Plan
A plan is typically any diagram or list of steps with timing and resources, used to achieve an objective. See also strategy. It is commonly understood as a temporal set of intended actions, through which one expects to achieve a goal...
for the beautification
Beautification
Beautification is the process of making visual improvements to a person, place or thing. With regard to a town, city or to an urban area, this most often involves planting trees, shrubbery, and other greenery, but frequently also includes adding decorative or historic-style street lights and other...
of the Central Park of Bidhannagar.The Central Park is regarded as the Lung
Lung
The lung is the essential respiration organ in many air-breathing animals, including most tetrapods, a few fish and a few snails. In mammals and the more complex life forms, the two lungs are located near the backbone on either side of the heart...
of Bidhannagar.
IT Hub-Sector V
The Information Technology hub is the centre of some of the notable IT/ITES IndiaIndia
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n and multinational
Multinational corporation
A multi national corporation or enterprise , is a corporation or an enterprise that manages production or delivers services in more than one country. It can also be referred to as an international corporation...
companies. Around 1.2 Lakh people are Employed in Sector V.The area is administered by Naba Diganta Industrial Township Authority (NDITA).
A Few of the Major Software companies located in Here includes:
- TCSTata Consultancy ServicesTata Consultancy Services Limited is a global IT services, business solutions and outsourcing company headquartered in Mumbai, India. It is the largest provider of information technology in Asia and second largest provider of business process outsourcing services in India...
- AccentureAccentureAccenture plc is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company headquartered in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. It is the largest consulting firm in the world and is a Fortune Global 500 company. As of September 2011, the company had more than 236,000 employees across...
- WiproWiproWipro Limited formally Western India Products Limited is a global IT services and consulting company headquartered in Bangalore, India. As of 2011, Wipro is the second largest IT services company by turnover in India and employs more than 120,000 people worldwide as of March 2011...
- PwCPwCPricewaterhouseCoopers is a global professional services firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest professional services firm measured by revenues and one of the "Big Four" accountancy firms....
,also serves as the India Head Quarters - Deloitte
- Cognizant Technology SolutionsCognizant Technology SolutionsCognizant Technology Solutions Corp. is an American global provider of custom information technology, consulting and business process outsourcing services. Its headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States and is a member of NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500 and Fortune 500...
- IBMIBMInternational Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
- CapgeminiCapgeminiCapgemini is a French global IT services company, one of the world's largest management consulting, outsourcing and professional services companies with a staff of 114,274 operating in 40 countries. It is headquartered in Paris and was founded in 1967 by Serge Kampf, the current chairman, in...
- Tech MahindraTech MahindraTech Mahindra Limited is a provider of information technology , networking technology solutions and business process outsourcing services to the global telecommunications industry. Headquartered at Pune, India...
- Ericsson Global Services
- GenpactGenpactGenpact Limited is a global business process and technology management company. It was formerly a GE owned company called GE Capital International Services or GECIS. It operates from India, China, Guatemala, Hungary, México, Morocco, the Philippines, Poland, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, South...
- Tata Interactive SystemsTata Interactive SystemsTata Interactive Systems is an Indian developer of custom e-learning based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. TIS is represented across the US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, India, Netherlands, mainland Europe, and Japan...
- HCL TechnologiesHCL TechnologiesHCL Technologies Limited is a leading global IT services company headquartered in Noida, India. It is primarily engaged in providing a range of software services, business process outsourcing and infrastructure services. HCL Technologies is fourth largest IT company in India and is ranked 48 in...
- NIIT Technologies
- Sonata SoftwareSonata SoftwareSonata Software Limited, is an IT consulting services company headquartered in Bangalore, India. Sonata's customers are located across the US, Europe, Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. Its key business segments include Product Engineering , Enterprise IT and Travel, Transportation and...
- HSBC Global ResourcingHSBCHSBC Holdings plc is a global banking and financial services company headquartered in Canary Wharf, London, United Kingdom. it is the world's second-largest banking and financial services group and second-largest public company according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine...
- CMC LimitedCMC LimitedCMC Limited is an Information Technology services, consulting and software company having its Headquarters in New Delhi, India. CMC is part of the TATA group and is a subsidiary of Tata Consultancy Services. CMC was incorporated on December 26, 1975, as the 'Computer Maintenance Corporation...
- FirstsourceFirstsourceFirstsource is a provider of Business Process Outsourcing services headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Firstsource provides customized business process management to customers in the Banking & Financial Services, customer services, Telecom & Media and Healthcare sectors...
- Foster wheeler
- American Reprographics CompanyAmerican Reprographics CompanyAmerican Reprographics Company is the largest reprographics company in the United States, providing business-to-business document management services to the architectural, engineering and construction industry. It also provides these services to companies in other industries that require...
- Mphasis FinSolutionsMphasiSMphasiS , a unit of Hewlett-Packard Co., is an information technology services company based in Bangalore, India. MphasiS is certified with ISO 9001:2008, ISO/IEC 27001:2005 and is assessed at CMMI v 1.2 Level 5.It is the sixth largest IT company in India with more than 38,000 employees as of 2010...
- LexmarkLexmarkLexmark International, Inc. is an American corporation which develops and manufactures printing and imaging products, including laser and inkjet printers, multifunction products, printing supplies, and services for business and individual consumers...
- Atos OriginAtos OriginAtos S.A. is an international information technology corporation which operates in 42 countries worldwide, with over 78,500 employees...
- MinacsAditya Birla GroupThe Aditya Birla Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Mumbai, India. It operates in 33 countries with more than 133,000 employees worldwide...
- Siemens IT Solutions and Services
- DQDQDQ may stand for:* Disqualification * Dairy Queen, a fast food chain* Dan Quayle, an American politician* Data quality* DQ , a Danish singer, participant in Eurovision Song Contest 2007...
- Sun MicrosystemsSun MicrosystemsSun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982...
- Aegis
- Ushacomm
- Metalogic Systems
- eRevMax
- SkyTech
- TCG
- Interra IT
- AnshinSoft
- Ontrack Systems
- Acclaris
- Connectiva Systems
- Data-core (India)
- Celcius Technologies
- Fi-Tek
- RS Software
- Virtual Infocom
- Globsyn Infotech
- SIMOCO
- aQb Solutions
- Mindteck
- IXIA Technologies
- Vishnu Solutions
- IKF Technologies
- Bnke Solutions
- Intrasoft Technologies
- ITAG business solutions ltd.
- WDC
- Indusnet Technologies
- eForce
- Interra Systems
- Web Spiders
Education
div class='thumb tright'>Major Colleges AND Universities located here includes:
- Indian Institute of Foreign TradeIndian Institute of Foreign TradeThe Indian Institute of Foreign Trade is an autonomous organization set up in 1963 by the government of India to help professionalize the country's foreign trade management and increase exports by developing human resources, generating, analyzing and disseminating data, and conducting...
,Kolkata. - Saha Institute of Nuclear PhysicsSaha Institute of Nuclear PhysicsThe Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics is an institution of basic research and training in physical and biophysical sciences located in Bidhannagar, Kolkata, India. The institute is named after the famous Indian physicist Meghnad Saha.-History:...
- Variable Energy Cyclotron CentreVariable Energy Cyclotron CentreThe Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre is a research and development unit of the Indian Department of Atomic Energy. The VECC, located in Calcutta, India, performs research in basic and applied nuclear sciences. The Centre houses a 224 cm cyclotron—the first of its kind in India—which has been...
- S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic SciencesS.N. Bose National Centre for Basic SciencesS.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences is an autonomous research institute under Department of Science and Technology of Government of India, located in Salt Lake, Kolkata. Named after scientist Satyendra Nath Bose, this institution was established in 1986.Students of this institute can...
- Bidhannagar CollegeBidhannagar CollegeBidhannagar College Bidhannagar , Kolkata,is affiliated to the West Bengal State University and run by the Government of West Bengal. It was formerly affiliated to the University of Calcutta...
of the West Bengal State UniversityWest Bengal State UniversityWest Bengal State University is a newly established university situated in Barasat, West Bengal, India.All the 59 colleges in the district of North 24 Parganas, which were formerly affiliated with the University of Calcutta, are affiliated to this university.-History:The Government of West Bengal... - Bose InstituteBose InstituteBose Institute is a research institute in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Plant biology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Animal physiology, Immunotechnology and Environmental science. The institute was established in 1917 by Acharya Jagdish Chandra Bose, who was the founder of modern...
- Technical Teacher's Training Institute
- Govt. College of Leather Technology.
- Jadavpur University'sJadavpur UniversityJadavpur University , is a premier educational and research institution in India.It is located in Kolkata, West Bengal and comprises two campuses - the main campus at Jadavpur and the new campus at Salt Lake...
second campus. - West Bengal University of TechnologyWest Bengal University of TechnologyThe West Bengal University of Technology, commonly referred to as WBUT or UTech, is a public state university located in the suburban satellite township of Salt Lake City, Kolkata, West Bengal, India...
- West Bengal National University of Juridical SciencesWest Bengal National University of Juridical SciencesThe West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, abbreviated to WBNUJS or NUJS is an autonomous law university offering courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It is situated in Salt Lake City of Kolkata, West Bengal, India...
- The Kolkata extension campus of IIT Kharagpur
- National Institute of Fashion TechnologyNational Institute of Fashion TechnologyNational Institute of Fashion Technology is a prestigious fashion institute in India. It was set up in 1986 under the aegis of the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India and is a premier institution in design, management and technology, developing professionals leadership positions in the...
- Institute of Engineering and ManagementInstitute of Engineering and ManagementInstitute of Engineering and Management , is a privately funded premier technical and management school located in the state of West Bengal, India. It was founded in the year 1989 and is thus the oldest private engineering school in the province. In its early years, it was operated under University...
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, KolkataIndian Institute of Science Education and Research, KolkataIndian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata is an autonomous institute of higher education for research and education in science established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India in 2006.-Campus:IISER Kolkata's...
- Techno IndiaTechno IndiaTechno India is an engineering and management college located in West Bengal, India. The college was established in 2001 by Techno India group. It provides engineering, technological & management education. The college is an AICTE-approved institution and is affiliated to West Bengal University of...
- National Institute of Homeopathy and several Management, Engineering colleges and other institutions are located in the township.
- National Council of Science MuseumsNational Council of Science MuseumsNational Council of Science Museums is an autonomous organization under Indian Ministry of Culture. It is the largest chain of science centers or museums under a single administrative umbrella in the world...
- International School Of Business & Media
- Unitedworld School of Business
Schools in Bidhannagar include the Hariyana Vidya Mandir also known as H.V.M., Bidhannagar Government High School
Bidhannagar Government High School
Bidhannagar Govt. High School is an educational institution in West Bengal, India. Established as a secondary school on April 18, 1977, it was promoted to the higher secondary level later. The first Headmaster was the late Satyendranath Ray...
, the oldest school at Salt Lake, Bidhannagar Municipal School
Bidhannagar Municipal School
Bidhannagar Municipal School is a primary and higher secondary school in Bidhannagar , Kolkata, India. It is affiliated to West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education- History :...
, a combined primary and high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
and a branch of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan is an Indian educational trust. It was founded on November 7, 1938 by Dr. K. M. Munshi, with the blessings of Mahatma Gandhi...
, named Bhavan's Gangabux Kanoria Vidyamandir
Bhavan's Gangabux Kanoria Vidyamandir
Bhavan's Gangabux Kanoria Vidyamandir is a private secondary school in Bidhannagar, Kolkata, India, established in 1984. It has two wings - Primary and Higher Secondary...
, Salt Lake School
Salt Lake School
Salt Lake School is a co-educational school situated in Salt Lake City, Kolkata, India.- History :The school started in 1979. Salt Lake School was funded by the Government of West Bengal to cater to the needs of the multilingual population of Salt Lake City.On 1 September 1981, the management of...
(CA Block), Sri Aurobindo Institute of Education, Laban Hrad Vidyapith
Laban Hrad Vidyapith
Laban Hrad Vidyapith for Boys is a Bengali language school situated in Saltlake City, Bidhannagar, Kolkata, India. Founded on January 21, 1980, the school is affiliated to the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education.The motto of the school is Sraddhaban Lavate Gyanam...
(AP Block,Achariya Prafulla Chandra High School(BK Block, and Labanhrad Vidyapith for Girls etc. . Also there are two Kendriya Vidyalaya in Salt Lake viz. K.V. No. 1 & K.V. No. 2 Salt Lake, and the Our Lady Queen of the Missions School
Our Lady Queen of the Missions School
Our Lady Queen of the Missions School is a higher secondary school located satellite township of Salt Lake City, Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. The scool is an accredited examination centre for the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education by the Council for the Indian School...
.
Further development
A new township thrice the size of Salt Lake is coming up further east in RajarhatRajarhat
Rajarhat Gopalpur , a neighbourhood of Calcutta, located in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, is a fast-growing planned new city. It is situated near the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport. Many high-profile industrialists of national and international standing are...
under the name of New Town.
External links
- Bidhan Nagar Municipality
- Bidhan Nagar at the North 24 Parganas district webpage (under construction)
Category:Cities and towns in North 24 Parganas district
Category:Neighbourhoods in Kolkata
Category:Planned cities in India
Category:Populated places established in 1962
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