2. Baroda Knowledge City© (IT / ITES SEZ) Dr Rajesh Khajuria MBA, PhD, CMC, FIMC TEAMPro Limited, London (UK) Building Knowledge Bridge© Sargam Infrastructure Pvt Ltd BRG Group, Baroda

3. SEZ in India 175 SEZ proposed / applied to Central Govt. –Including 50 IT/ITES SEZ – None in Gujarat! –110 SEZ approved (42 Final Approval) –15 Operational SEZ, converted from FTZ –50 SEZ coming up all over India, 17 in Gujarat (leads)* –Biotech Park at Savli, Baroda set up on 90 Acres Baroda Knowledge City applied as 1 st IT SEZ in Gujarat Dr. R Khajuria TEAM

4. Why IT SEZ in Baroda? Dr. R Khajuria TEAM 1. Baroda is traditionally a Knowledge City, grown by Legendry Maharaja Sayajirao (MS) Gaekwad 2. MS University Collaborated with Penn State University USA for IT programs 3. 50 Educational programs… unparallel to any Tier III city of India 4. Fusion Gujarati Enterprise with World Class Knowledge, and we have ………………………….. Baroda Knowledge City

5. Baroda: Knowledge Source 1. Large pool of 519,000 students (229,000 = 44% Girls) enrol with colleges of 13 Universities in 200 miles periphery: 2. World Class IT Professionals from Baroda – –Sam Pitroda, Dr Madhu Mehta, Dewang Mehta (NASSCOM), –Mandar Mehta, Manish Naik, Atul Garg, Tarik Patel and many emerging IT Icons of Baroda Dr. R Khajuria TEAM

6. Emerging Finance City 1. V ibrant Stock Exchange 2. I nternational Banks: Citibank, HSBC, Standard Chartered, ABN AMRO 3. 3 0 Banks: Bank of Baroda, State Bank of India, Central Bank, Dena Bank, Union Bank, HDFC, ICICI, UTI, Yes, Kotak… 4. B est Law & Order 5. R ising Real Estate prices… ….yet Cheapest Space! Dr. R Khajuria TEAM

7. Destination: Baroda K-City 1. Recently, 193 MSU Graduates offered job by Progeon, BPO arm of Infosys at Pune, through Technology Promotion Trust (TPT), Baroda 2. L & T, Global Systems Inc USA, Technosoft Mumbai/UK/Germany/USA, C-Sam of Pitroda 3. 30-35 other companies operating in IT-BPO industry in Baroda 4. Global IT-BPO companies buying space in Baroda for starting operations… Dr. R Khajuria TEAM

8. Promoters 1. Sargam Infrastructure Pvt Ltd -BRG Group of Baroda having… -Educational Institutions & Real Estate business -Bakulesh Gupta & Associates -TEAMPro Limited London (Knowledge Partners) 2. International Investors will be invited in Phase II 3. High level Professional Team to advise, implement, market and manage Knowledge City 4. Sargam Infrastructure to maintain K-City Dr. R Khajuria TEAM

9. Baroda K-City Project 1. SEZ (Special Economic Zone) Status 2. GIDC confirmed availability of Land 3. 43 Acres Land (174,000 SQ MT) 4. Large to small Plots –50,000 – 5,000 SQ MT 5. 2 million SQ FT construction proposed 6. IT Towers / Buildings 7. 1,000 - 25,000 SQ FT Modular Office Space Dr. R Khajuria TEAM

10. Layout Plan Dr. R Khajuria TEAM

11. Location 1. GIDC Savli, Baroda 2. Near Biotech Park 3. Access to Expressway in 10 KM / 10 minutes 4. Railway Station in 20 KM / 20 Minutes 5. Airport in 15 KM / 15 minutes 6. Ahmedabad International Airport in 110 KM / 75 minutes by Expressway 7. Global Connectivity, NRI Population Dr. R Khajuria TEAM

12. Technology Infrastructure Planning 1. ‘Think Global, Act Local’ 2. World class infrastructure, Global (UK) parameters 3. 150-200% Power Backup - 2.5 MW from GEB & Wind Farm proposed 4. Internet backbone Tower with Satellite connectivity for direct Software Export & Communication 5. Wi-Max / Wi-Fi Technology for high-speed Voice & Data transfer rate up to 75 Mbps (802.2) Dr. R Khajuria TEAM

13. Knowledge Infrastructure Baroda K-City to house: - Institute of IT & Training - Institute of BPO & Training - Institute of Knowledge Management & Training - Institute of Management Consulting & Training - Indoor and Outdoor Sports & Entertainment - Hospital, Health Centre, Doctors - Post Office, Courier and Warehouse Dr. R Khajuria TEAM

14. Infrastructure 1. Green Belt (No Pollution Zone) 2. Special Parking facilities 3. 3 / 4 / 5 Star Hotels with Health Spa 4. Service Apartments, Bachelors Hostel 5. Roads, Landscaped Gardens with Fountains 6. Clean Water / RO System 7. Several Hardware Suppliers, Transport 8. Banks with Finance and ATMs Dr. R Khajuria TEAM

15. Project Cost: Baroda IT SEZ Dr. R Khajuria TEAM (Rs Crore) Phase I. Ph II. Ph. III (Rs Crore) Phase I. Ph II. Ph. III (2007) (2008) (2009) (2007) (2008) (2009) 1. Land 03.82-- -- 2. Development-Infrastructure 06.00 6.9003.72 3. Buildings 300,000 Sq ft 21.00 42.0077.00 4. Plant & Machinery 02.00 07.5005.48 5. Other Fixed Assets 02.10 01.6102.10 6. Preliminary & Preop. Exps. 01.44 05.99 05.70 7. Contingency 03.64 01.0001.00 8. TOTAL Phase-wise 40.00 65.0095.00 9. TOTAL PROJECT COST USD 45 million

16. Sources of Finance (Rs Crore) Phase I 1. Equity Capital @ 37% 15.00 2. Term Loan from Bank@ 63% 25.00 3. TOTAL Project Cost Phase I (100%) 40.00 4. Funds for Phase II-III shall be raised from suitable Debt/Equity leverage Dr. R Khajuria TEAM

17. Expected Investment by Units in Baroda IT SEZ 1. 300 IT-BPO Units 2. Rs 200 Crore Investment by Units in SEZ 3. Rs 400 Crore Total Investment in IT SEZ 4. Rs 800 Crore Exports - In 5 Years - In 5 Years - (approx. figures) - (approx. figures) Dr. R Khajuria TEAM

18. Permissions 1. SEZ permission applied to – 2. Government of Gujarat - 29 th May 06 3. Government of India – 30 th May 06 4. Notification expected from Central Government by July 2006 5. Single Point Clearance to all IT-BPO companies coming to Baroda SEZ Dr. R Khajuria TEAM

19. Implementation Schedule 1. Phase I: 2007: Construction 300,000 Sq Ft 2. Phase II: 2008: Construction 300,000 Sq Ft 3. Phase II: 2009: Construction 400,000 Sq Ft 4. Total in 3 years: 1 Million Sq Ft. 5. Phase IV and V:Expansion 1 Million Sq Ft. --------------------------- --------------------------- 6. Grand Total: Construction 2 Million Sq Ft. Dr. R Khajuria TEAM

20. Marketing strategy 1. Invite - 2. ITES: IT Enabled Services like BPO, KPO, APO (Accounting), RPO (Research), LPO (Legal) 3. IT and Software companies 4. Multimedia, Graphics, Animation firms 5. Banking & Finance BPOs 6. eAdvertising, eMarketing and ePublishing 7. IT-BPO Education, Training and Consulting Dr. R Khajuria TEAM

21. Participant Companies Proposed as Units in SEZ 1. MOUs proposed with some of following companies 2. Telecom Sector - TATA Indicom, Reliance Infocom - TATA Indicom, Reliance Infocom - BSNL, British Telecom (BT) UK - BSNL, British Telecom (BT) UK - Airtel, Hutch (Essar), SingTel Singapore, - Airtel, Hutch (Essar), SingTel Singapore, 3. Software Sector - L & T Design Services, Baroda - L & T Design Services, Baroda - TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) - TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) - Wipro, Infosys, Technosoft (Baroda/Mumbai/UK/USA) - Wipro, Infosys, Technosoft (Baroda/Mumbai/UK/USA) - 500 Software companies target - 500 Software companies target Dr. R Khajuria TEAM

22. Participant Companies Target 1. BPO Sector - Doshi Accounting Services, Baroda (subsidiary of London UK firm of Chartered Accountants) - ProGeon (Infosys), Mphasis, IBM Consulting - Gujarati / NRI firms - Foreign Software / BPO / KPO firms 2. Film Software - Animation, Computer Aided Design (CAD), Graphics Dr. R Khajuria TEAM

23. Participant Companies Target 1. Banking Sector BPOs - Citibank / Standard Charted Bank - ICICI / HDFC BANK - Bank of Baroda / SBI - NBFCs 2. Consulting Firms - Payroll, Accounting, Medical Transcription, Finance 3. eAdvertising, eMarketing and ePublishing Houses 4. Technical Software and CAD 5. Hardware manufacturers and maintenance Dr. R Khajuria TEAM

24. Target Countries 1. India: Gujarat, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad 2. USA: Silicon Valley, New York, other cities 3. Europe: UK, Germany, France – 25 Countries 4. Singapore 5. Australia 6. Malaysia 7. Japan 8. Africa – Sudan (New Oil Economy) Dr. R Khajuria TEAM

25. Export Scenario and Contribution 1. I T-BPO Industry to grow from 28,000 Crore to Rs 81,000 Crore Business by Y 2020 (NASSCOM) 2. B aroda K-City targeting Rs 800 Crore Export (1%) Dr. R Khajuria TEAM

26. Export Scenario and Contribution 1. Accounting and Customer Services are 86% 2. Gujarat should target for 10% of India, or Rs 8,000 Crore Exports by Y 2020 Dr. R Khajuria TEAM

27. Employment Generation Phase I-II : 3,000 Persons Phase III-IV : 7,000 Persons Total :10,000 Persons –I–I–I–In 5 Years (approx.) Dr. R Khajuria TEAM

28. Present Status 1. Pre-feasibility Study (completed) - Location selection (done) - Application to State & Central Governments (made) 2. Detailed Techno-economic Feasibility Study (done) 3. Fund / Loan Raising on competitive terms (process) 4. Office, Team formation, Design 5. Marketing, Tie-ups, Brochure, Website 6. Development & Construction of Phase I 7. Time is critical: 12 Months for Phase I - 3 Years permitted for 1 Million Sq Ft construction Dr. R Khajuria TEAM

29. Thank You Gujarat! 1. Government of Gujarat 2. IT Forum of Vadodara 3. CII Gujarat (IT) Dr. R Khajuria TEAM

30. Thank You India! 1. Government of India: - Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry - Director of Commerce (SEZ), New Delhi Dr. R Khajuria TEAM

31. Knowledge Partners TEAMPro Limited, London Dr Rajesh Khajuria, Director rajesh@teampro.orgwww.TeamPro.org Vadodara T: 94260 75402 London T: +44-20-8866 4345 (Sunil Vaghani) Building Knowledge Bridge © Dr. R Khajuria TEAM