The headcount in the IT units registered with the city centre of Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) has gone up to 8600 by the end of 2010-11.

The manpower pool in such IT units has grown progressively from 5760 in 2008-09 to 7148 in 2009-10 and to 8600 in 2010-11, minister for IT Ramesh Majhi informed the state assembly.

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While the three major IT vendors- Infosys, TCS and Wipro were already running their development centres for the past few years, MindTree Consulting and ICICI Bank were yet to start operations.

In response to a separate query, Majhi said the IT sector logged exports of Rs 1253.08 crore in 2010-11 which marked a tremendous growth over Rs 177.4 crore registered in 2000-01.

MindTree is understood to have agreed to revive its Orissa project following a very recent meeting of the company's co-founder, vice-chairman and gardener Subroto Bagchi's meeting with top officials of the state government.

MindTree will build a 10,000-seater software development centre in the city with a total built-up area of 1.5 million sq ft. The company co-headquartered in Bangalore and Somerset in New Jersey (US) had announced an investment of around Rs 200 crore for the development centre in Bhubaneswar. The company had signed a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) on August 29, 2006.

ICICI bank which had announced to set up its eastern regional hub in the city in May 2007 had submitted a fresh building plan to the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA).

With a built-up area of 1.5 million sq ft, the eastern regional hub of ICICI bank will have a pool of 15,000 employees in the long-run. The project is to be developed in phases over a period of six to seven years at an estimated investment of Rs 600 crore.

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