Gomti Nagar
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Gomti Nagar is an area in North Indian city of Lucknow
Lucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....

 consisting of both residential and business settlements. It is one of the largest and upcoming areas of Lucknow. Gomti Nagar is an organised settlement developed by Lucknow Development Authority (LDA).

It is home to High-end premium residential projects, Malls, IT parks, Commercial property, SEZ
SEZ
SEZ may refer to:*Special Economic Zone*Seychelles International Airport...

s, Plots, Business centers, Multiplexes, Clubs, Banks, Food courts, Entertainment centers and Finance institutions.

Origin of name

It is situated on the banks of river Gomti, which flows through Lucknow, hence its name.

Economy

Gomti Nagar is now developing as the commercial and IT hub of mainland Lucknow. Till now the Central Lucknow consisting of Hazratganj
Hazratganj
Hazratganj is situated in the heart of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.It has a term associated with it "Ganjing" , Ganjing is a term used to describe ambling in the wide lanes and bylanes of city's Hazratganj market. It is a busy shopping area, where most of the bazaars of Lucknow are located and is...

, Vidhan Sabha Marg & Ashok Marg was the main commercial area. Realty of Gomti Nagar is growing at the rate of 118%. It has the Software Technology Park, Reserve Bank of India
Reserve Bank of India
The Reserve Bank of India is the central banking institution of India and controls the monetary policy of the rupee as well as US$300.21 billion of currency reserves. The institution was established on 1 April 1935 during the British Raj in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of...

 Building, NABARD and many other important offices and commercial centers. It boasts of some important National and State level headquarters of SONY
Sony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....

, Reliance
Reliance Industries
Reliance Industries Limited is an Indian conglomerate company headquartered at Mumbai, India. The company operates through three business segments: petrochemicals, refining, and oil and gas, other segment of the company includes textile, retail business, special economic zone development and...

 Retail etc. It also has a developed industrial area with several factories and industrial units.

The Sahara City (सहारा शहर) of the Sahara India Pariwar
Sahara India Pariwar
Sahara India Pariwar is an Indian multi-business conglomerate with diversified business interests that include financial services, housing finance, mutual funds, life insurance, city development, real estate activities, print and television media, film production, sports, information technology,...

, including the residence of Mr. Subrata Roy
Subrata Roy
Subrata Roy Sahara also known as Saharasri is the managing worker and chairman of Sahara India Pariwar.-About:...

, is also situated in Gomti Nagar.

Geography

Gomti Nagar is divided into
  1. Gomti Nagar - Phase-I
  2. Gomti Nagar - Phase - II &
  3. Gomti Nagar Extension.


Whereas Phase-I & II have good occupancy rates, Gomti Nagar Extension is still under construction. Recently the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has ordered for a stay on construction in Gomti Nagar Extension till further orders.
Gomti Nagar is divided into various sectors known as "Khands" and name of all "Khands" start with letter "V".
Lucknow's prime business establishments and offices are situated in Gomti Nagar. It has a Five Star hotel - Taj Residency and a mid range hotel, Comfort Inn. Three shopping malls cum multiplexes (Wave, Fun Republic & Riverside) are situated in Gomti Nagar. Many more shopping malls are under construction.

Many important Government offices like the Reserve Bank of India
Reserve Bank of India
The Reserve Bank of India is the central banking institution of India and controls the monetary policy of the rupee as well as US$300.21 billion of currency reserves. The institution was established on 1 April 1935 during the British Raj in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of...

 (RBI), PICUP, Office of the Central Reserve Police Force
Central Reserve Police Force
The Central Reserve Police Force also known as CRPF is the largest of India's Central Armed Police Forces. It functions under the aegis of Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India. The CRPF's primary role lies in assisting the State/Union Territories in police operations to maintain...

 (CRPF), Custom Division, Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India, Institute of Chartered Accountant of India, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited is a state-owned telecommunications company headquartered in New Delhi, India. It is the largest provider of fixed telephony and fourth largest mobile telephony provider in India, and is also a provider of broadband services...

 (BSNL), etc. are situated in Gomti Nagar.

Gomti Nagar has two big parks, viz, Bhim Rao Ambedkar
B. R. Ambedkar
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar , popularly also known as Babasaheb, was an Indian jurist, political leader, philosopher, thinker, anthropologist, historian, orator, prolific writer, economist, scholar, editor, a revolutionary and one of the founding fathers of independent India. He was also the Chairman...

 Park and Ram Manohar Lohia
Ram Manohar Lohia
Rammanohar Lohia was an Indian freedom fighter and a socialist political leader.-Early life:Lohia was born in a village Akbarpur in Ambedkar Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh, in India to Hira Lal, a nationalist and Chanda,a teacher. He was born to Marwari Maheshwari family. His mother died when he...

 Park.

Sectors (known as Khands) of Gomti Nagar

  1. Vibhuti Khand
  2. Vishwas Khand
  3. Vishal Khand
  4. Vipul Khand
  5. Vijay Khand
  6. Vikas Khand
  7. Vinay Khand
  8. Viram Khand
  9. Vivek Khand
  10. Virat Khand
  11. Viraj Khand
  12. Vishesh Khand
  13. Vibhav Khand
  14. Vijayant Khand
  15. Vikrant Khand
  16. Vipin Khand
  17. Vastu Khand
  18. Vikalp Khand
  19. Vinamra Khand
  20. Vineet Khand

Transport

Gomti Nagar has a Railway station, which is situated on Lucknow
Lucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....

 - Barabanki railway line. Another railway station - Malhaur, now falls with in Gomti Nagar. The transportation is mainly road based. It is connected with the city through City Bus, autorickshaw etc.

Companies

  • National Thermal Power Corporation
    National Thermal Power Corporation
    NTPC Limited is the largest Indian state-owned energy service provider based in New Delhi, India. It is listed in Forbes Global 2000 for 2010 ranked it 341st in the world...

  • Tata Consultancy Services Limited
  • Reliance Communications
    Reliance Communications
    Reliance Communications Ltd. is an Indian broadband and telecommunications company headquartered in Navi Mumbai, India. RCOM is the world's 16th largest mobile phone operator with over 144 million subscribers. Established on 2004, a subsidiary of the Reliance Group...

  • National Youth Foundation
  • Attitude(The Grooming School)

Hospitals & Health Clinics

Aashirwad Dental Clinic, Dr.A.K.Srivastava, Dental Surgeon SGPGI
  • Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Vibhuti Khand
  • Divine Heart Hospital & Research Center, Viraj Khand
  • Mayo Hospital
  • Prakash Netra Kendra, Vipul Khand
  • St Joseph Hospital, Vishal Khand
  • Sahara Hospital, Viraj Khand - A multi speciality - 500 bed hospital
  • T C Eye Centre, Vinay Khand
  • Ahuja Hospital Lucknow


Shopping Malls & Complexes

  • Fun Republic
    Fun Cinemas
    Fun Cinemas is a cinema chain in India based in Mumbai, owned by the Essel Group and promoted by E-City Ventures. The company operates with the brand name Fun Cinemas and Talkie Town for all theatrical presence and cinema activity and Fun Gaming, for all game-based leisure options...

  • The Eastend Mall (Wave
    Wave cinemas
    Wave Cinemas is one of the major film exhibitors in India. The company, part of the Chadha Group, began its commercial operations in September 2003 with the launch of two multiplexes, its first one a two-screen multiplex at Wave Cinemas - East End Mall in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, and a second...

    )
  • Riverside Mall Cum multiplex (INOX)
  • T-eternity mall cum multiplex(under construction)
  • Patrakar Puram
  • Deva Palace
  • Crystal plaza
  • Singapore mall
  • City mall
  • salimar tower

Restaurants

  • Oudhyana at the Taj Residency Hotel
  • Sahib Cafe at the Taj Residency Hotel
  • Barbecue Nation at the Riverside Mall
  • Zero Degree, PUB at Riverside Mall
  • Aryans Family's Delight
  • Cafe Coffee Day
  • Vindeez Restaurant
  • Golden Treat
  • Gomti garden
  • Charcoal Fire (Trinca old name)
  • Neelkanth Sweets & Restaurant
  • Shivam Restaurant
  • Patacake Bakery
  • Brijwasi (Bakehaus)
  • McDonalds at Westend Mall and Fun Republic
  • Aura
  • 5Alounge
  • Royal cafe
  • We2
  • Aadab at Dayal Paradise Hotel

yellow bakery

Education

Gomti Nagar has some of the city's most important and prestigious colleges and schools.

Colleges

  • Amity University
    Amity University
    Amity University is a private university in Noida, India established under an Uttar Pradesh state government act....

  • Institute of Management Research and Technology 
  • Jaipuria Institute of Management
    Jaipuria institute of management
    Jaipuria Institute of Management establish to promote Business Schools in India. Around 2 lakh candidates apply every year for Common Admission Test which is one of the selection criteria for admission into Jaipuria Institute of Management Lucknow. Candidates are also evaluated based on their...

  • National School of Management & Governance
  • Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Science
  • PNBIIT
  • Bhartendu Natya Academy
    Bhartendu Academy of Dramatic Arts
    Bhartendu Academy of Dramatic Arts is a theatre training institute in Lucknow, India...

    (BNA) Official Website of The BNA
  • ICFAI
    ICFAI
    The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India was established in 1984 as a not-for-profit educational society in Andhra Pradesh, India. The institution has been offering quality education to students across the country through its various programs in the field of higher education. The...


Schools

  • City Montessori School
  • Seth M.R.Jaipuria School, Lucknow
    Seth M.R.Jaipuria School, Lucknow
    Seth M.R. Jaipuria School, otherwise known as the Jaipuria School of Lucknow is a co-educational institution imparting Pre-primary, Primary, Secondary and Higher Secondary Education through English as the medium of instruction...

  • Kendriya Vidyalaya
    Kendriya Vidyalaya
    Kendriya Vidyalaya, is a system of central government schools under the Ministry of Human Resource Development ....

  • Christ Church College, Lucknow
  • Lucknow Public School
  • Study Hall School
    Study Hall School
    Study Hall Educational Foundation was established in 1950 in Gomti Nagar, Lucknow, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The Foundation currently educates over 5000 adults through its several institutions and programs.- External links :*...

  • Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan
  • Red Rose Inter college
  • Modern Academy
  • Scholar's Home
  • Riverside Academy
  • Awadh School
  • St. John Bosco College
    St. John Bosco College
    St. John Bosco College is a Roman Catholic English medium school located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, established in 1988.-About the college:...

  • Immaculate Conception Convent School
  • Amity International School.Lucknow
  • St. Francis' College
  • La Martiniere School
  • Modern School
  • St. Don Bosco College
  • St. Mary's College
  • St. Dominic College
  • Cathedral School
  • Bachpan playschool vishwas khand

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