3. • It hosts various central government
offices, namely:
• Civil Station (hosting The District
Collectrate, The RTO etc.)
• District Panchayat office
• Siksha Bhavan (office of the Central
HRD Ministry).
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5. • It is home for the terrestrial relay
station of the national television
broadcaster, the Doordarshan.
• Marketing division of Prasar Bharati,
the corporation controlling the public
broadcast.
• Kakkanad also hosts the state-
owned Kochi FM Radio.
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12. • Infopark Phase I is spread over a
100 acre campus with more than
3,400,000 sq ft of built up area.
• Housing over 100 companies
employing around 15,000
professionals.
• The park is expected to add another
160 acres as part of the Phase II
expansion.
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13. • The software exports from
Infopark touched Rs 900 crores
in 2010-2011 with an YoY growth of
40%. The software exports from
Infopark is expected to touch
Rs 1,300 crores in 2012.
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15. • IT Special Economic Zone under
construction.
• A joint venture company by
Government of Kerala (16%
share) and TECOM Investments
(84% share)
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16. • 8.8 million sq. ft. of built up
space out of which at least 6.21
million sq. ft. will be specifically
for IT/ITES/allied services.
• The project is expected to
create over 90,000 direct jobs.
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18. • Rajagiri Vidyapeetom premises,
which houses the Rajagiri
Educational Institutions namely
• Rajagiri School of Engineering
& Technology
• Rajagiri Centre for Business
Studies
• Rajagiri Business School
• Rajagiri College of
Management and Applied
Sciences
• The Christhu Jayanthi Public
School and the Kindergarten
School.
• Vidyodaya School (CBSE)
• Bhavans Adarsha Vidyalaya (CBSE)
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19. • First satellite campus of
the Indian Institute of
Management Kozhikode
(IIM–K).
• Birmingham Graduate
School offering
International Foundation
programs, Under Graduate
and Post graduate
programs.
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21. • Focused on ‘Laparoscopic
and Endoscopic Surgeries’
• Also has 40 other specialties
including Gynecology, Obstetrics,
Infertility, Cardiology,Nephrology,
Urology, Psychiatry, Psychology,
Orthopedics etc.
• Kakkanad also has a cooperative
medical college.
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23. • 12 kilometres from downtown Kochi
• 22 kilometres from the Cochin
International Airport
• Connected to the Seaport-Airport Road
via the "Infopark Expressway", a 6-
lane road.
• Proposed a waterway connecting
InfoPark to Marine Drive, Kochi
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