Poland Business delegation in Hyderabad

Hyderabad|India|October'2009: A delegation from Poland consisting of Mr. Marek Sowa Member of the Board of Malopolska Region, Poland; Mr. Slawomir Kopec, President of the Krakow Technology Park; Mr. Krzysztof Krzysztofiak, President of the Malopolska Regional Devleopment Agency; Mr.Dawid Jarosz, Director of the Foreign Direct Investment Centre, Malopolska Regional Development Agency; Mr. Jacek Bielawski, Foreign Direct Investments, Krakow Technology Park; Mr. Agenieszka Dyga, International Relations Officer, Office of the Marshall and Prof. Jerzy Lis, Dean of University of Science and Technology today met the Chief Minister K Rosaiah at Secretariat.

The mission of the delegation is to develop cooperation with the companies in the field of IT/R&D Centres to open their offices in Malopolska Region; to cooperate on the level of Technology Parks - to meet the Infrastructure developers for building Technology Parks and to have collaborations in the areas of clean/green energy with University of Science & Technology, Krakow (Capital of Malopolska Region).

Government of Andhra Pradesh and the Malopolska region entered into a Cooperation agreement on 1st December 2005 during the visit of State Government delegation to Poland led by the then Minister for Mines & Geology, Infrastructure & Investment, IT&C. This Cooperation Statement is to make efforts to develop cooperation between the two regions in the field of economic development and exchange of trade in particular in the field of advanced technologies, and through the cooperation of the parties on establishment of the IT Park in Malopolska.


As a follow up, Mr. Marek Sowa along with his 7 members delegation is visiting Hyderabad from 7th of October. During the visit, meetings have been tied up by the IT&C Department, for the delegation with the (i) IT companies like Sierra Atlantic, Polaris, Infotech, Knoah Solutions, CMC, etc, (ii) Education institutions like IIIT, (iii) Biotech companies like ICICI Knowledge Park, SP Biotech Park, (iv) Animation companies like DQ International, Ramanaidu studios, etc. and (v) Infrastructure Developers like Raheja, Divyasree, etc.


The Chief Minister said that Andhra Pradesh has now emerged as a State that provides the right climate for the growth of IT business and is now one of the most preferred destinations in the country. Hyderabad at present is home for major MNC IT giants and Fortune 500 companies, such as Microsoft, Google, IBM, Oracle, DELL, Deloitte, Convergys, UBS, Bank of America, HSBC, Wipro, Infosys, HCL, Honeywell, Siemens, Cognizant, Sonata, Mahendra British Telecom, Celestica, Unisys, and many more. As a growth engine, IT sector in A.P. is making steady strides for rapid socioeconomic development of the State. The State performance in IT export turnover has although been more than the normal the national average.