The concept of Knowledge Cities is becoming increasingly popular and several such centers are being planned all over the world.

Not to be outdone, India is going to have its own spanking new Silicon Valley quite soon. Parsvnath Developers Limited (PDL) along with Mr. Sabeer Bhatia, co-founder Hotmail, and HSIIDC ( Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation) will be developing a knowledge city across 11,000 acres in Panchkula near Chandigarh, 200 km north of Delhi, India’s capital. To be named Parsvnath Nano City, the knowledge city’s world-class infrastructure will sustain a modern lifestyle and will be chiefly involved in the creation of Intellectual Capital.
The master plan for the city has been developed by BgAP - Berkeley Group for Architecture & Planning, which is an incorporated group of professionals, faculty, students, alumni and other affiliates of the University of California at Berkeley.
The city is being valued at Rs. 50,000 crore or US$ 12 billion, and is to be completed in ten years.
Chairman of Parsvnath Developers, Mr. Pradeep Jain, states, “This prestigious project will not only validate the investment and business environment of the region, but also firmly establish the region as an international investment destination.”
The city will have four districts- the IT district, the university district, the airport district and the biotech district.

Its educational and research institutions including universities, R&D centers and Bio-technology centers, will be of the highest caliber.

Catering to the recreational aspect there will be an 18 hole championship golf course, nature trails, forests, parks and sports centers.

It is anticipated that world-class companies involved in the creation of Intellectual Property will be drawn to it and that it will be a focal point for companies operating in areas such as Nano Sciences, Software Development, Bio-Technology, Next generation Drug Discovery, Energy Research and Semiconductor Research.

For those who are concerned about off shoring jobs resulting in fewer jobs for those at home, there’s heartening news.
Economists at the British University of Nottingham note that quite the contrary is happening. Off shoring of work to India by British companies has actually resulted in more jobs in Britain itself. This should allay the fears of the Unions that are up in arms about outsourcing.
In their research of the matter, GEP, ( the Globalisation and Economic Policy Centre ), discovered that the effectiveness of such off-shoring has, on the contrary, proved to advance business as a result of which, more, and not fewer, people are being employed by those companies.
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Ah, the Black Book of Outsourcing and its lists! How we hang on its every word! And well we should. Awarded “the number one outsourcing vendor ranking” by CIO magazine in April 2008, and considered “the most comprehensive publication on outsourcing” its stringent process for arriving at this ranking is now well known.
What honor, then to be at the top of the list! And that is what LawScribe, Inc can now lay claim to.
Having been awarded first rank in the Legal Process Outsourcing “Support, Transcription and Legal Document Management” category, and standing fourth in the overall ranking across the entire LPO industry, in its 2008 survey of LPO vendors and advisors, LawScribe, Inc has every reason to be elated. Such an honor is not uncommon for the company, however, that now has a distinguished reputation worldwide.
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ValueNotes Database, a foremost provider of business intelligence and research in India, works with clients globally and has a considerable knowledge and understanding of international markets.

According to research carried out by the company it calculates that offshored patent services to India in 2007 brought in revenues amounting to $46 million.
It also estimates that the revenue will grow a further 35% in the next five years and will be about $206 million.
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On July 16, the Legal Outsourcing Chapter will be conducting its second webinar.
It will have Legal Outsourcing: A Practical Perspective as its theme.
Mark Ross, Lawscribe director will introduce the panelists and initiate the program.
Arun Jethlamani and Neeraja Kandala, both from the leading independent research company ValueNotes, will be the webinar’s first expert panelists.
They will use their expertise and the results of their research to throw light on “Document Review”, and “Patent Support”. These two legal operations account for the lion’s share of offshored legal outsourcing contracts.
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Think of IT in India and most people immediately think of Bangalore, the ‘Silicon City’.
But other cities in South India, Chennai and Hyderabad, to name two of them, are also building reputations as IT destinations.
Now there is a new star on the horizon- Mysore, The City of Palaces, just 130 kilometers south of Bangalore.
Well known for its other tourist attractions such as its Chamundi Hills and Brindavan Gardens, it is now attracting visitors of a different ilk, the ‘information technology’ type. Major IT companies like Infosys, Wipro, Microsoft and Dell are already well set in the city of Mysore. It is estimated that at present there are over 30 major IT companies that have set up office in the city of Mysore.
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