Salt Lake Electronics Complex
{{Short description|Technology Complex in Kolkata}}
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| label1 = Type
| data1 = Technology hub
| label2 = Established
| data2 = 1989
| label3 = Founded by
| data3 = Webel
| label4 = Location
| data4 = Salt Lake Sector V, Kolkata, West Bengal, {{flag|India}}
| label5 = Region
| data5 = Kolkata metropolitan area
| label6 = Area
| data6 = {{convert|150|acre|ha}}
| label7 = Nearest rapid transit
| data7 = Kolkata Metro:
Salt Lake Sector-V
| label8 = Industry
| data8 = Electronics, Information Technology
| label9 = Notable IT parks
| data9 = Wipro SEZ
Infinity Think Tank
SDF IT Building
Globsyn Crystals
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Salt Lake Electronics Complex (or, Salt Lake Electronic City) (abbr. SALTLEC) is a technology hub in the Sector V of Bidhannagar, Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. Spread over an area of 150 Acres,{{cite web|url=https://www.trp.org.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ARSS-Vol.9-No.2-July-December-2020-pp.8-13.pdf|title=Past and Present Economic Status of West Bengal: A Review|website=www.trp.org.in}}{{Cite web|url=http://sisikolkata.gov.in/uploads/2021/03/districtprofiles/2018-19/DIPS-North%2024%20PGS-2018-19.pdf|title=District Industrial Profile|website=sisikolkata.gov.in}} it consists various electronics and IT parks. It is India's first fully integrated Electronics Complex, specialized for electronics, IT and BPO industry. The complex has 20 acres of SEZ land, allotted to Wipro.
Formation
Salt Lake electronics complex was formed by Webel in 1989 to promote electronic industry. 87.55 Acres of land in Sector V was earmarked for the complex.{{Cite web|url=https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/59a16b62ce686e4dfbee134d|title=West Bengal Electronic Industry Development Corporation Ltd v. Shanta Projects P Ltd & Ors, Calcutta High Court, Judgment, Law |website=casemine.com}} The complex was originally designed as an Electronics Industry Complex, which would house large, medium and small electronics firms. But afterwards due to close proximity to Kolkata Airport, the then Government of West Bengal decided to promote the complex as an IT-BPO hub.{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/east/salt-lake-makes-futuristic-wave-boasts-of-mini-silicon-valley-at-sector-v/articleshow/13868821.cms|title=Salt Lake makes futuristic wave, boasts of mini Silicon Valley at Sector V|first=Tasmayee Laha|last=Roy|newspaper=The Economic Times |date=6 June 2012}} It became India's first fully
integrated Electronics Complex,[https://www.trp.org.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ARSS-Vol.9-No.2-July-December-2020-pp.8-13.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwi8ps6KmZGAAxXnSGwGHf_7D6g4FBAWegQIDxAB&usg=AOvVaw27-L8bhf33PngMPYezsWWD TRP] {{Dead link|date=August 2023|fix-attempted=yes}} and afterwards first software technology complex in Kolkata metropolitan.{{fact|date=June 2025}}
IT Parks and companies
In 1999, Salt Lake Electronic Complex housed 160 companies spread over an area of 135 acres.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/business/webel-to-recast-loss-making-units/cid/919974|title=WEBEL TO RECAST LOSS-MAKING UNITS|website=www.telegraphindia.com}} In 2006, SALTLEC housed more than 170 IT/ITeS, biotech and pharma companies.{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/software/buddhas-dream-it-hub-in-salt-lake/articleshow/1888913.cms|title=Buddha's dream: IT hub in Salt Lake|first=Kalyan|last=Parbat|newspaper=The Economic Times |date=13 August 2006}} As of 2019, the complex is spread on a land of 150 Acres which have 63 electronic units and more than 200 IT/ITeS firms along with many MSME companies.{{cite web|url=https://dcmsme.gov.in/old/dips/NORTH%2024-PARGANAS.pdf|title=Brief Industrial Profile of NORTH 24 -PARGANAS DISTRICT WEST BENGAL|website=dcmsme.gov.in}}
Some of biggest tech parks in the hub are Wipro IT Park on a 20 Acre SEZ land,{{cite news | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/software/infosys-wipro-to-set-up-units-in-kolkata/articleshow/7068704.cms | title=Infosys, Wipro to set up units in Kolkata | newspaper=The Economic Times | date=9 December 2010 }} Infinity Think Tank,{{cite web | url=https://www.infinityitpark.com/contact | title=Infinity Group }} Globsyn Crystals, SDF Building etc.
See also
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