Deccan Park is the single largest Global Development Center (GDC) commissioned in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. The facility is designed by Swiss architect

Architect

An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...

 Mario Botta

Mario Botta

Mario Botta is a Swiss architect. He studied at the Liceo Artistico in Milan and the IUAV in Venice. His ideas were influenced by Le Corbusier, Carlo Scarpa, Louis Kahn. He opened his own practice in 1970 in Lugano.-Career:...

. Deccan Park has been set up with an estimated investment of Rs

Rupee

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 150 crore

Crore

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 with recreation

Recreation

Recreation is an activity of leisure, leisure being discretionary time. The "need to do something for recreation" is an essential element of human biology and psychology. Recreational activities are often done for enjoyment, amusement, or pleasure and are considered to be "fun"...

 and sporting facilities, which will house 2,200 professionals. The centre has been set up in 11 acres (44,515.5 m²) of land, with a built-up area around 320,000 sq ft (9 floors). The GDC will be the centre of excellence in domain areas such as telecom

Telecommunication

Telecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...

, e-governance

E-Governance

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, biological sciences, ports and shipping

Shipping

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 and also deploy cutting-edge technologies including .Net, open source

Open source

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 billing and bioinformatics

Bioinformatics

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The Deccan Park was inaugurated by Pascal Couchepin

Pascal Couchepin

Pascal Couchepin is a Swiss politician, former member of the Swiss Federal Council and President of the Confederation in 2003 and 2008...

, President of Swiss Confederation, in the presence of N. Chandrababu Naidu

N. Chandrababu Naidu

Nara Chandrababu Naidu born 20 April 1950, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh was the President of Telugu Desam Party , a regional party in the southern India state of Andhra Pradesh from 1996 to until he resigned. He served as the Chief Minister of the State for a record holding of nine years...

, Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

 Chief Minister, Arun Shourie

Arun Shourie

Arun Shourie is an Indian journalist, author, intellectual and politician. He has been an economist with the World Bank , a consultant to the Planning Commission, India, editor of the Indian Express and Times of India and a minister in the government of India . He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay...

, Minister for Divestment and IT

Information technology

Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...

 and Communications, and IT, Ratan Tata

Ratan Tata

Ratan Naval Tata is the present chairman of Tata Sons and therefore, Tata Group. Also, he is one among the few in the world...

, Chairman of Tata Sons

Tata Sons

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External links

• Description of the development

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