Madhapur is home to the IT industry in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, 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...

. The heart of this area is called HITEC City

HITEC City

HITEC City stands for Hyderabad Information Technology Engineering Consultancy City, a major technology township which is at the center of the information technology industry in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India....

 which has the highest concentration of IT/ITES establishments in the city.

Madhapur has transformed from a small rocky village in the early nineties into a modern IT and BPO

Business process outsourcing

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 hub. Madhapur has made its mark on the city map

City map

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 by having the highest concentration of IT/ITES

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...

 companies in Hyderabad city. Madhapur also has become the preferred meeting place in India as well as in Asia with many International conferences and meetings taking place at Hitex Convention Center and Hotel Novotel, both world class establishments situated in this area.

This suburb is also home to NIFT (National Institute of Fashion Technology) which is a premier institution for fashion designing,Venkateshwara Arts and pharmacy college, Manthan International School

Manthan international school

Manthan International School is an international school located at Madhapur in Hyderabad, India. It follows an international curriculum and is affiliated to University of Cambridge International Examinations CIE...

 and CGR International school which are leading new International Schools in Hyderabad.

Economy

Top IT/ITES & Telco companies from all over the world are located in this suburb fuelling the software and BPO businesses. Cyber Towers, Cyber Gateway and Cyber Pearl were the first IT structures to come up. Later on big names like Qualcomm

Qualcomm

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, CSC

Computer Sciences Corporation

Computer Sciences Corporation is an American information technology and business services company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, USA...

, Tata Communications

Tata Communications

Tata Communications Limited ) is a telecommunications company located in Mumbai. They own a submarine cable network, a Tier-1 IP network, and also rent data center and colocation space. They operate India's largest data center in Pune...

, Accenture

Accenture

Accenture 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...

, Tata Consultancy Services

Tata Consultancy Services

Tata 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...

, Mahindra Satyam, Deloitte, Amazon.com

Amazon.com

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, Convergys

Convergys

Convergys Corporation is a corporation based in Cincinnati, Ohio that provides solutions in customer management and information management. Customer management solutions include agent assisted, self-service and proactive care solutions tailored to the communications, financial services,...

, Oracle Corporation

Oracle Corporation

Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...

, IBM

IBM

International 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...

, Dell

Dell

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, Google

Google

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, Verizon, CA Inc.

CA Inc.

CA Technologies , formerly CA, Inc. and Computer Associates, Inc., is a Fortune 500 company and one of the largest independent software corporations in the world...

, Infosys

Infosys

Infosys Limited, formerly Infosys Technologies Limited is a global technology services company headquartered in Bangalore, India. It is the second largest IT exporter in India with 133,560 employees as of March 2011. It has offices in 33 countries and development centers in India, China,...

, Wipro

Wipro

Wipro 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...

, Tata Consultancy Services

Tata Consultancy Services

Tata 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...

, AppLabs

AppLabs

AppLabs is a software quality assurance/management testing company operating out of India, United States and United Kingdom. The company has emerged as the global provider of Web Application Software security testing services by acquiring US-based KeyLabs Inc and UK-based IS Integration in 2005 and...

, Invensys

Invensys

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, Keane

Keane (company)

Keane Inc a unit of NTT Data Corporation is a U.S.-based Information Technology services firm. It offers Application Services, as well as Infrastructure and Business Process Outsourcing solutions delivered through onsite, nearshore, and offshore resources....

, Cognizant, Patni

Patni

Patni may refer to:* Patni , a Jain family name from India* Patni Jamat, a Muslim community in India* Patni Computer Systems, an information technology company...

, Raminfosolutions, Infotech, capital IQ, Genpact

Genpact

Genpact 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...

, Novartis

Novartis

Novartis International AG is a multinational pharmaceutical company based in Basel, Switzerland, ranking number three in sales among the world-wide industry...

, Deloitte,Knoah Solutions and many others have made the city their business centre.

Real estate is on the rise with big names such as Ramky, Aparna, Aliens, Lanco and a host of many others constructing skyscrapers, luxury homes, SEZs etc.

Its near Hi-Tech city.

Transport and infrastructure

APSRTC, a state owned bus service, connects Madhapur with other parts of the city.
The bus numbers plying to madhapur are 10H, 127K, 222A.
Madhapur is served by MMTS train service

MMTS Hyderabad

MMTS or Multi-Modal Transport System is a commuter rail system in Hyderabad, India. It is a joint partnership of Government of Andhra Pradesh and the South Central Railway, and is operated by the latter. MMTS is unusual in providing first class commuter travel.-First phase:The first phase was...

, the station is HiTech Station, which is a kilometer away. Taxis and autos shuttle between the station and the city. A metro has being planned which would make transportation easier and a lot better.

Inner and outer ring roads are being developed to ease traffic during peak hours, and also to provide connectivity to the new Hyderabad International Airport

Hyderabad International Airport

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport also known as Hyderabad International Airport, is an international airport near Shamshabad, about south of downtown Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India....

 near Shamshabad

Shamshabad

Shamshabad is a suburban village and a mandal headquarters, located on the outskirts of Hyderabad, India.There is a railway station at Shamshabad which is part of the South Central Railway, Indian Railways.-Geography:Shamsabad is located at...

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The electrical supplies in the area are unable to keep up with the rapid development and so the utilities have asked IT firms to operate on generators for two hours each day.

Landmarks

Many important landmarks dot this suburb. Some important ones are -

• Cyber towers
• Shilparamam
  Shilparamam
  Shilparamam is an arts and crafts village located in Madhapur, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.The village was conceived with an idea to create an environment for the preservation of traditional crafts. There are ethnic festivals round the year....
  
   Auditorium, Arts and crafts center.
• State Gallery of Arts
• HITEX convention center
• Fortune Towers a venture of Sri Sreenivasa constructions
• Novotel group of Hotels & Convention center
  Novotel
  Novotel is a mid-scale hotel brand within the Accor group. Novotel has close to 400 hotels and resorts in 60 countries, situated in the business districts and tourist destinations of major international cities.-History:...
  
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• Durgam Cheruvu or Secret Lake: It’s a small lake that was once tacked well in the obscure corner of the city. Now the lake is surrounded by a vast concrete jungle. Its named after the Goddess "Durga", as the deity's temple is located in the eastern periphery of the lake and the Telugu (local language) word for lake “Cheruvu”. Ropeway is coming up shortly on this lake.
• Mind Space campus
• Deloitte lane
• Vanenberg IT Park
• Cyber Pearl
• Image Hospital
• Inorbit Mall ( South India Biggest Mall)
• Redfox Hotel
• Lemon Tree Hotel
• Westin Hotel
• Hotel Daspalla
• N-convention centre
• Botanical gardens 3 km from madhapur
• Peddama Temple is 4 km from madhapur