Kerala looks to China for ties in IT sector

The Kerala IT Department is looking at exploring opportunities to enhance
Sino-Indian bilateral cooperation in the area of IT software and IT-enabled
Services (ITeS).

A focused approach in a bid to realize its goals in China and bag a few deals
of cooperation in China is being currently pursued by a delegation of IT
depart­ment officials in China. The business mission to China coincides with the
2009 edition of the North East Asia Hi-tech Fair being held in Shenyang, capital
city of Liaoning Province from Sep 24-26, 2009.

The mission, a seven-member delegation led by Ajay Kumar, IT Secretary, will
also visit Beijing, Dalian and Shenyang. The delegation has been formally
invited by the Shenyang Municipal People's Government, said an IT department
official.

As part of the mission, Mervin Alexander, CEO, Thiruvananthapuram Technopark,
has signed a Cooperation MoU with the Zhou Fang, Director of the Beijing
Zhongguancun Software Park (Zpark) in Beijing.

The agreement comes in the wake of plans of both the software parks to
establish a friendly relation­ship for the enhancement of better understanding
and long-term cooperation.

Technopark has decided to promote co-operation between Indian IT software
companies located at Technopark and the Kochi InfoPark and the Beijing-based IT
software and ITeS companies in various areas. The areas of cooperation will
include BPOs for software export and out­sour­cing services.