IT City, Lucknow

The IT City, Lucknow is part of the mega CG City project envisioned by the government of Uttar Pradesh and is conceptualized as a sustainable technology hub with clean power and balanced environment. It is being built on a PPP model in partnership with HCL Technologies. It is the second major investment by an IT Company in Lucknow, the first being Tata Consultancy Services which has its TCS Awadh Campus present in the city in which thousands of engineers are already working. HCL has begun its operations in the city and training for the first batch of engineers has already been completed. The project will be commissioned by October 2016. Uttar Pradesh government has established Rs 1,500-crore Information Technology city over 100 acres in Lucknow with the concept of "Walk to Work" on Lucknow-Sultanpur Road. About 100 acres of CG city was allotted to IT and ITeS companies which will also include a hi-tech skill development centre which can train more than 5000 people. The remaining 400 acres is intended for Indian Institute of Information Technology, Lucknow and Medanta-Avadh super speciality hospital. The CG City project also has several other projects which include an international cricket stadium, a world standard cancer research institute, Dr. Trehan owned Medanta Awadh Heart Institute, Amul Milk Plant, 5-star hotels, shopping malls among others. CG City will also have connectivity by Lucknow Metro first phase of which has been operational from 5 September 2017. ()