Bangalore - the IT Hub of India
The Indian economy continues to boom. According to the World Bank, its growth expanded at an estimated 6.9% as recently as 2022/23.
It’s therefore no surprise that the nation’s cities play a huge part in its growth. Delhi, as its capital, is hugely important, so too is Mumbai as its financial hub, but in terms of tech, it is the city of Bangalore which is crucial.
Bangalore (also known as ‘Bengaluru’) is a highly populous city in Southern India which has been home to a thriving tech sector since the 1980’s. It has even earned the title, “Silicon Valley of India”. Many of the world’s leading tech companies now have a presence in the city, including Google and Microsoft.
We have been speaking with a few Bangalore professionals, and the general consensus was that it is a thriving city in which to live and work:
“So many people working in tech are moving to Bangalore from other cities. We have a lot of people from Hyderabad, Chennai…even Mumbai… they want to advance their careers in tech and expand their businesses and they know that this is the best place to do so in India. It’s really boosted the local economy and made Bangalore a great place to live… if you can put up with the traffic!”
We are particularly interested in Bangalore due to the reasons for its success. It has the infrastructure you would expect of a successful tech-Hub: the government has focused on the city, there has been a focus on education (especially through Universities such as the IIIT Bangalore and the MSRIT Institute of Technology), but one of the key determinants of it's success appear to be Bangalore's ability to use a global language - due to it's proficiency in English.
The ability to speak English has opened the city up to a global market - including the US - and enabled growth, yet there are still some barriers. Though the level of English is generally very good, many professionals report difficulties in sometimes understanding English spoken through regional dialects or accents. Our specialist courses seek to break down this barrier by helping learners to differentiate between accents in a way that makes them easier to understand. This will bring new levels of confidence to the English-speaking professional working across a global stage.