Tour Information

    

Why Tour India ?

The Indian IT Sector

• The Indian IT Industry is one of the world’s largest  IT and Communication Centres
• India has a number of dedicated technology hubs in Noida, Bangalore , Hyderabad , Chennai
• Most of the largest multinational IT companies have large research and development centres  in India including Oracle,  SAP, Microsoft, Sun, Motorola, Cisco

 

WOW Factor

• India is an Experience
• No matter who much you have seen on TV it won’t prepare you for what you will experience
• you will be blown away, shocked, saddened and overjoyed
• India has 22 official languages and numerous other dialect
• India is a microcosm of cultures and religions.

   

Benefits to your Career

• Gain great understanding of the IT sector and how we fit into the World’s IT sector
• Visit IT companies and Research Institutes
• Meet and talk to IT professionals and researchers
• Understanding of small software companies, call centres and IT based industries
• Participate in an outward bound experience
• Understanding of other cultures

 

Project Unit Credits

• Some students may be able to use this tour as partial credit towards their IT Project units.
• Need to do report on the trip and some additional requirements

  Planned Itinerary

•         The trip is will take place in February 2009.  It will be 18 days long  (including travel)

•         The tour group will fly into Delhi from Perth and visit Delhi , Bangalore , Hyderabad , Mumbai

•         The tour group will depart from Mumbai to Perth  

 

 

Day	Date	Location	Activity	Accommodation	Travel
1	Mon 2nd Feb	Perth to Delhi	Travel	Arrive late evening, YMCA	Plane
2	Tues 3rd Feb	Dehli	Rest day and  Orientation Briefing	YMCA	Chartered Bus
3	Wed 4th Feb	Delhi	ICT	YMCA	Chartered Bus
5	Thurs 5th Feb	Delhi	Day trip to Agra and Taj Mahal	YMCA	Chartered Bus
4	Fri 6th Feb	Delhi and Noida	ICT	YMCA	Chartered Bus
6	Sat 7th Feb	Dehli	ICT and Sightseeing	YMCA	Chartered Bus
7	Sun 8th Feb	Dehli to Hyderabad	Travel  and Rest Day	To be advised	Plane
8	Mon 9th Feb	Hyderabad	ICT	To be advised	Chartered Bus
9	Tues 10th Feb	Hyderabad	ICT	To be advised	Chartered Bus
10	Wed 11th Feb	Hyderabad	Sightseeing	To be advised	Chartered Bus
11	Thurs 12th Feb	Hyderabad   to Bangalore	Travel and afternoon sightseeing	To be advised	Chartered Bus
12	Fri 13th Feb	Bangalore	ICT	To be advised	Chartered Bus
13	Sat 14th Feb	Bangalore	ICT	To be advised	Chartered Bus
14	Sun 15th Feb	Bangalore to Mumbai	Morning Travel and Rest day	YMCA	Plane
15	Mon 16th Feb	Mumbai	ICT	YMCA	Chartered Bus
16	Tues 17th Feb	Mumbai	ICT	YMCA	Chartered Bus
17	Wed 17th	Mumbai to Perth	Morning Sight Seeing and Tour Debriefing	Catch plane in late evening	Plane
18	Thurs 18th	Perth	Arrival

 

Proposed Activities

 

The tour group will visit a number of university and industry centres during the tour.

 

Delhi

 

•         University and Research Centres

–        Department of Computer Science and Engineering at  IIT Dehli

 

–        Koenig Solutions and other IT companies

–        Delhi Sightseeing and Visit to Agra (Taj Mahal)

 

Noida

•         University and Research Centres

–        Department of Computer Science and Information Technology at Jaypee IIIT 

 

–        Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies

 

•         Industry

–        Electronics City , Noida

 

 

Hyderabad

•         IIIT Hyderabad

–        Major national and international IT companies are actively involved in IIIT's academic programmes through their corporate schools on the campus. These include IBM, Signal Tree, Motorola, Oracle and Satyam.

 

•         National Institute of Smart Government

-          Hitech City

-          Hyderabad Central University CMC Research and Development Centre  

-          Indian School of Business ( ISB )

-          Infosys Campus

-          Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Development Banking ( JNIDB )

-          Army School of Information Technology

-          IDRBT ( Institute for Development and Research Banking Technology)

 

Bangalore – the “Silicon Valley” of India

•         University and Research Centres

–        IIIT-Bangalore is a new generation Graduate School focusing on all aspects of information technology.

 

–        PESIT, Department of Information Science and Engineering and the Mobile Communication and Networking Centre of Excellence

 

 

•         Industry

–        Electronics City -- the hotbed of IT action in Bangalore

–        Infosys Company Headquarters

–        Other software companies

 

Mumbai

•         University and Research

–        IIT Bombay

–        St Xaviers College

•         Industry

–        Software companies, call centres etc

•         Cultural

–        Shopping and Sightseeing

–        Planned visit to Orphanage for Street kids 

 

Travel Arrangements

•         Tour will start from your arrival in Delhi to your departure from Mumbai

•         You will be picked up from airport to tour hotel

•         Those wishing to arrive earlier or stay on after must make their own arrangements outside the tour dates