HITEC City stands for Hyderabad Information Technology Engineering Consultancy City, a major technology township

Township

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 which is at the center of the information technology industry in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.

HITEC City is spread across 151 acre (0.61107586 km²) of land and this area falls under suburbs like Sharthpur, Kondapur, Gachibowli, Nanakramguda, Manikonda, Thellapur etc.

The project was initiated by APIIC

Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation

Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd also known as APIIC is part of the Andhra Pradesh Government initiatives with the objective of providing industrial infrastructure through development of industrial areas....

 with participation of private infrastructure companies like L&T, Raheja corporation, Ascendas ITPark, Vanenburg Corporation,SP,RMZ corporation, Divyasree infrastructure, Lancohills technology park,DLF, EmaarMGF and others.