| The software export industry has grown by 62 per cent in Karnataka, contributing exports to the tune of Rs 27,600 crore during 2004-05. The state has contributed 36 per cent of the total software exports from the country. A 100 per cent export-oriented unit, SPI has been functioning from 1997 as an offshore centre of Software Paradigms International, USA. |
| Chief minister Dharam Singh presented the award to SPI CEO Siddhartha Mookerji in Bangalore in the presence of Union minister for communication & IT Dayanidhi Maran. |
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