ALLAHABAD: A point city tries to move with time

Allahabad built on a very ancient site was known in Aryan times as Prayag and Brahma himself is said to have performed a sacrifice here. The Chinese pilgrim Hiuen Tsang has also written about visiting the city in 634 AD. It acquired its present name in 1584, under
Akbar. 

Later, Allahabad was taken by the Marathas, sacked by the Pathans and finally ceded to the British in 1801 by the Nawab of
Avadh.

It was in Allahabad that the East India Company officially handed over the control of India to the British government in 1858, following the Mutiny. The city was a center of the Indian National Congress and at the conference here in 1920, Mahatma Gandhi proposed his program of non-violent resistance to achieve independence.

Allahabad's Civil Lines is an area of broad avenues, Raj-era bungalows, modern shops and some outdoor eating stalls. The main bus terminal is also here. It is divided from the dense, older part of town, known as Chowk, by Allahabad Junction railway station. 

There is a Tourist Bungalow and office on MG road. The main branch of the State Bank of India in Police Lines is the place to Change money. 

SAS Travels is an Indian Airlines agency but no flights operate from Allahabad's airport. The city of Allahabad is 135 km west of Varanasi at the confluence of two of India's most important rivers-the Ganges and the
Yamuna. 

The mythical invisible Saraswati River, the River of Enlightenment, is also believed to join them here. The confluence, known as the Sangam, is considered to have great soul-cleansing powers and all pious Hindus hope to bathe here at least once in their lifetime. 

Hundreds of thousands bathe here every January and February and once every 12 years the Kumbh Mela, the worlds largest gathering of pilgrims, draws millions to the confluence for a holy dip.

Allahabad is a growing IT market, although the IT initiatives that the government talked about is still in doldrums. The market has picked up after Diwali and the people are optimistic that it will continue to be so. According to a reseller, Allahabad no doubt has a lot of potential and scope to grow.

Here also the market is dominated by the assembled PCs, which according to a reseller constitutes 90 percent of the market. Leaving just one present for the branded ones.

Among the main buyers, the computer institutes top the list, which have sprung up in the city. As the trend seen in most of the cities, here also the home segment is the most thriving segment and constitutes about 75 percent, the rest being taken over by the
corporates, SMEs.

CSI Allahabad chapter

Apporva Agaha

Chairman

High Court

Allahabad

Tel: 227395 (O)/640917(R)

E-mail: apporvaagha@hotmail.com

Dr Arun Kumar

Vice Chairman

MONIRBA, Allahabd University

Tel: 502645(O)/465245(R)

E-mail: arun@shuchita.com

Ashish Kumar

Honorary Secretary

Management Consultant

Allahabad

Tel: 467406(O)/461163(R)

E-mail: ashmanager@yahoo.com

Mohan Jadwani

Jamuna Marketing

Allahabad

Tel: 623891(O)/425891(R)

E-mail: jamunamktg@hclinfinet.com

Major Resellers

Achin Dev Computers

18/260, The Mall

Kanpur

Tel: 315429

Afzal A Siddiqui

5th Floor, Chandralok Complex

Birhana Road, Kanpur

Tel: 300969



Amafhh Communication Services

79/77, First Floor

Bansmandi, (Near Aaj Press)

Kanpur

Tel: 214433

Apsol Technologies

444/9, Shastri Nagar

Kanpur

Tel: 361321

Backup Zone

15/59, Civl Lines

Kanpur

Tel: 311904

Bhagwati Distributors

51/28, Rajaj Market

Ram Ganj, Near Ganges Hotel

Nayaganj

Kanpur

Tel: 214141/360131

Bharat Computers

5/11, Charan Singh Colony

Govind Nagar

Kanpur

Tel: 614328

Bhukania Computrinics

7/111A, Swaroop Nagar

Kanpur

Tel: 541811

Big Byte Computers

Shop No 240

Naveen Market

Kanpur

Tel: 354594

Blue Chip Enterprises

24/92, Birhana Road

Opp State Bank of Patiala

Kanpur

Tel: 10504

CK Computer

9/2, Vijay Nagar

Kanpur

Tel: 222481

Catch Me

9/10, Labour Colony

Data Nagar

Kanpur

Tel: 231507

Century Computer Centre

LGC 5, Gumti Plaza

Gumti No 5

Kanpur

216471

Comexcell Technologies

LG, 17A, Somdutt Plaza

The Mall

Kanpur

Tel: 306449/305378

Compro

8/25, Kurshawan

(Phool Bagh)

Kanpur

Tel: 250055/252076

Computer Corner

16/23, Civil Lines

Kanpur

Tel: 318094

Computer Education

107/235, Nehru Nagar

Kanpur

Tel: 541231

Compuwares

63/3, The Mall

Kanpur

Tel: 317349/355785

Dataman Computer Systems (P) Ltd

25/16, Karachi Khana

Kanpur

Tel: 316505/317191

Diamond Electronics

120, KDA Market

Vikas Nagar

Kanpur

Tel: 91512316505/317191

Digitech Computers

UG D9, Somdutt Plaza 10

The Mall

Kanpur

Tel: 293259

Dow Hitech System

8/2, A2, Arya Nagar

Manas Mandir Marg

Kanpur

Tel: 256719/291897

EI Systems

17/143, Telegraph Road

Opp St Meera School

Kanpur

Tel: 367778

Euro Computer Consultancy

620/6, Keshav Nagar

PO Juhi

Kanpur

Tel: 271486/546129

Gollo Enterprises

29/43, Maheshwari Mohal

Kanpur

Tel: 313836

Great Five Computers

G5 Computer Centre

MIG 19, Sector-3

Hemant Vihar, Barra 2

Kanpur

Tel: 612101

Hi Point Computeronics

Stall No 98 (Upstairs)

Naveen Market

Kanpur

Tel: 362522/319966

Info Today Computers

7/109, G1, Flat No 17, 

Prabhu Mahima App

Swarrop Nagar, Kanpur

Tel: 210360

Infocare

113/115, Swarrop Nagar 

Kanpur

Tel: 553875/541470

Infosoft

B12, City Center

The Mall

Kanpur

Tel: 631760

Kaizen Infotec

Thailendra Shukla Partner

Tilak Hall Lane

Meston Toad, Kanpur

Tel: 353960

Ken Electronics

111/125, Harsh Nagar

Kanpur

Tel: 541547

Lipi Data Systems Ltd

First Floor, Flat No 2014/45

Chunni Ganj, The Mall

Kanpur

Tel: 542355

Micro Chip Systems

126/46, Block Govindnagar

Kanpur

Tel: 262068/645452

Micro Info Tech

House No 2B, Pradhan Gate

Near Gyan Manjusha School

Nankari, IIT

Kanpur

Tel: 591166