About Pune

Pune is known as the Queen of Deccan, Cultural capital of Maharashtra, and Oxford of the East. Pune is one of the Historical cities of India with a glorious past, an innovative present & a promising future. From a tiny agricultural settlement called `Punnaka' in the 8th century, the city has grown into a metropolis covering more than 700 sq. km. area and accommodating about 4 million people. Thus Pune city has been developed into a Pune metropolitan area, just equal to area to that of Greater Mumbai. It is located 192 Kms (by rail) and 160 kms (by road) from Mumbai.

Weather / Climate:

Located in the Sahayadri Hills, near the west coast of India, Pune (180 31' N, 730 51' E) is a fascinating city with a healthy climate all year round. Pune is among the greenest urban areas in the country with more than 40% of its area under green cover.

Pune winters are cool, with bright sunny days and cool evenings. Summers are warm and monsoons are not too intense. Minimum winter temperatures, from the end of December to early January, can touch 6° Celsius.

Altitude: 559 Meters
Rainfall: 70 CMS (June to Sept)
Temperature:
Max- 41 C and Min-26 C in Summer
Max-29C and Min-6 C in Winter

Software Industry in Pune:

Pune is today fast emerging as an InfoTech hub, challenging biggies like Bangalore and Mumbai to emerge as one of the top contenders for the 'Silicon Valley of India' slot.

Pune is home to well known giants of the Indian software industry like Wipro, Infosys, Satyam, Tata Technologies, TCS, Kanbay, Veritas, Cognizant, PCS and Mahindra British Telecom and upcoming companies like e-Zest Solutions, Cybage, Disha Technologies.

Good robust telecom infrastructure to provide top class connectivity across any point of the globe is another reason for the success of the software industry in Pune. Like-wise Close proximity to the financial capital and rapidly improving infrastructure have made Pune one of the most sought-after commercial destinations in the country today. Pune is today on the right track on the information technology highway and could prove to be a worthy challenger to the IT giants.

Pune is probably India's best source for talented & skilled manpower. Scientific institutions and the substantial presence of IT companies assure a supply of high quality knowledge base. Approximate figures of trained personnel available per year include 4500 BE's,1500 BCS's, 1000 MCA's and 600 MCM's.

With rising employment especially in the IT & ITES industries, recruitment agencies, training institutions, HR outsourcing, Legal services, IT infrastructure management, and other business-to-business outfits are also keeping pace with the developments.

Non Software Industries and Service Sector in Pune:

Non Software Industries
Pune is now one of the most happening places in the country! At present Pune is the 7th ranking industrial metro of India. The Gallup-Business Today survey in 2002 has ranked Pune as the 5th most suitable city in India for doing business.

Pune is the major centre for Engineering Industry, of which the Automobile Sector is the largest and is home to large players like Bajaj Auto Ltd, Bajaj Tempo Ltd, Kinetic Engineering, Piaggio, Tata Motors, Daimler Chrysler, etc.

Pune was known as an entrepreneurs town in the late 60's, not so much in the retail sector but in the engineering field where a lot of automotive designs & components were being prepared. It is this strong engineering culture that has spilled over to the IT sector.

Pune also has its fair share of other industries like Biotech, Processed food, Hotel building, Rubber parts, Packaging, etc.

Service Sector in Pune
Major Private Sector banks are situated in Pune. Many nationalized banks, Co-operative banks have prominent and important base/operations in Pune.

All the major insurance companies, both the private and the public sector,
are also present in Pune.

A number of lawyers, doctors, stock brokers, Chartered accountant, tax consultants etc earning whopping sums every financial year. The average earning is quite high in Pune as compared to other cities in India. Both saving & spending is continuously on the rise. Volumes of transactions are on a relentless rise. Hence, sale of financial services like credit cards, consumer and auto loans, housing loans, etc are also booming.

Retailing in the form of all kinds of mails from groceries and garments to furniture & household goods can be seen springing up everywhere. Multiplexes, Clubs and other entertainment complexes are also quickly spreading.

Thus the city can be seen as a hub of extensive economic activity. Trade & Commerce gets a boost from economic development of the rural & semi urban areas around Pune. Apart from trade & commerce in variety of goods, sale & purchase of services is also quite rampant