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usiness zones with an infrastructure that's customized to give industries a competitive edge.
http://www.mahindrapark.com
2. Chennai Port is an artificial harbour situated on the Coromandel Coast in Southeast India and it is the
second principal Port for handling Containers. The Centre for HRD is concentrating on manpower
development by conducting various training programmes for the Port personnel in various disciplines:
Technical, Managerial, Operational, General, Administration and Computerisation.
http://www.chennaiporttrust.com
3. IT Enabled Services Industry started taking shape in mid 1990's. This market segment consists of services
like call centres and customer interaction services, transaction processing, insurance claims processing,
medical transcription, medical billing, content development, payroll processing, e-CRM, Supply Chain
Management, back office operations like financial accounting, data processing and data mining and many
more. All these jobs are outsourced to India as it is considered as the preferred destination for services.
India has location advantages and also skilled manpower to carry out such assignments.
5. Entrepreneurship and training
Women Entrepreneurs in the Leather Industry
Women are employed in large numbers in Indian leather industry and are making important contribution to
the national economy as well as to exports. Women are involved in footwear production in Athani
(Karnataka), Rajasthan, Agra (UP) and Chennai, Ambur, Ranipet and Vaniambadi (Tamil Nadu). Their entry
into productive work has helped considerably in improving their household situation. With the ‘take off’ of
the footwear industry, especially in the last 20 years and the rapid rise of exports, women’s employment has
increased.
Environment issues
More norms for vehicular emissions have been notified under the Central Motor Vehicles Rules. Supply of
unleaded petrol in Chennai has been introduced with effect from April 1, 1995.
TALCO-a state govt. organisation is setting common effluent treatment plants in leather industry clusters.
Innovation and Learning
Growth Centres:
The following growth centres are established to ensure all infrastructure facilities like power, water,
telecommunication, banking, etc… Industrial sites are made available for small, medium and large-scale
industries in these growth centres to facilitate the process of innovation through technology testing and
improving.
• PERUNDRAI Growth Centre
• GANGAIKONDAN Growth Centre
• NILAKOTTAI Growth Centre
• THIRUKKATCHUR Industrial Town
6. Access to Venture Capital
Private Venture Capital Organisations
1. Industrial Venture Capital Limited
Fund/Investment Details
Name of Fund: Tamil Nadu Venture Fund
Nature of Fund: Division/Department activity
Date of Establishment: June 1994
Date of Maturity: June 1994
Organisations providing venture capital advisory services
1. Technology Capital Partners: Technology Capital Partners has been set up exclusively to cater to the needs
of the technology sector in the areas of funding, strategic alliances, mergers & acquisitions and business
advisory services. We believe that the sector's requirements in these areas are unique, driven by its dynamics,
which are at variance from traditional industries.
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