Top 9 nicknames given for Bangalore city
1. IT capital of India:
Bangalore is the IT Capital of India and a global information technology hub in the country. Nation's leading information technology (IT) exporter. This set the foundation for organizations like Wipro and Infosys to set up camps in Bangalore and hire Indian programmers. Banglore has a good IT infrastructure. There are many tech parks, and IT parks help growth in the IT industry, and the headquarters of IT companies like Infosys and Wipro are situated in Bangalore City.
Lists of IT parks in Bangalore:
>Electronic City.
>Bagmane Tech Park.
>Manyata Tech Park.
>International Tech Park.
>Prestige Tech Park.
>RMZ Infinity.
>Ecospace Business Park.
>Global Village Tech Park
2. Silicon Valley of India:
Banglore is on the Mysore Plateau; the area is also sometimes referred to as “Silicon Plateau.”Major MNC Companies like Google, TCS, Apple, Infosys, Accenture, Intel, IBM, Cisco, and Adobe has offices in Banglore. About 35% of India’s pool of 2.5 million IT professionals are working in Banglore. Banglore is the most preferred entrepreneurial and startup Hub in India. Infosys, Wipro, Biocon, Flipkart all started here. IT Infrastructure is well established with a large number of tech parks. The real estate boosted the IT Infrastructure.
3. Electronic city of India:
It is one of India's largest electronic/IT industrial parks, stretching over 800 acres. There are several state-owned aerospace and defense organizations, such as Bharat Electronics, Hindustan Aeronautics. It is surprising to know that almost half of the work done in Bengaluru is through computers.
4. Science city of India:
Bangalore, which is located in the South Indian state of Karnataka, is known as the 'science city' because of immense development in science and technology. Many reputed educational institutions like the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore) (IIMB), International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore (IIITB), National Institute of Fashion Technology, Bangalore, National Institute of Design, Bangalore (NID R&D Campus), National Law School of India University (NLSIU) and National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) and National Aerospace Laboratories are located in the city.
5. Garden City of India:
A large number of trees were planted during British rule, and a lot of greenery was developed. This abundance of greenery gained it the nickname, ‘The Garden City of India.’There are many huge gardens located in this city. The broad streets, greenery, and the presence of many public parks like Lal bagh and Cubbon park has earned the city name as 'India's garden city' The most popular gardens in the Banglore city are listed below
>Lal Bagh
>Lumbini Gardens
>Bannerghatta National park
>Bugle rock
>Krishna Rao park
>Cubbon park
>Randheera Kanteeevara park
>Freedom park
>Palace Garden
A biannual flower show is held at Lal bagh garden during Republic day of 26th January and Independence day of 15th August. Lal Bagh is famous for its botanical garden. Cubbon Park is also known as the 'lung of the city.' It is covered an area of about 300 acres. Most of the places are covered with greenery. Every area city has gardens or parks.
6.Space city of India:
The main reason for calling Bangalore a space city of India is the headquarters of the "Indian space research organization" ISRO.Indian Space Research Organization is a government space agency that performs planetary exploration as well as research. U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC) is situated in Vimanapura, Bangalore, and had recently launched its 100th satellite. Other than ISRO, there are many space research centers located in Bangalore. Bangalore city plays an important role in Indian space research, and important decisions on space research and space projects are taken in Bangalore. Testing and manufacturing of rockets are done in Bangalore.
List of Indian Space Research Centers & Units in Bangalore:
>Space Commission
>Department of Space and ISRO Headquarters
>U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC)
>Laboratory for Electro-Optical Systems (LEOS)
>Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC)
>Antrix Corporation
>ISTRAC-ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network
>New Space India Limited (NSIL)
>Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre
7. The most traffic-congested city:
As per the TomTom Traffic Index results, a report detailing the traffic situation in 416 cities in 57 countries, Bengaluru takes the top spot this year, with drivers in the southern Indian city expecting to spend an average of 71 percent extra travel time stuck in traffic. Bengalureans driving during peak hours spends an extra 243 hours in traffic each year.
8.Pub cluster city of India:
Banglore being the IT hub of India. Therefore, more IT employees live in Bangalore, where the people are busy on weekdays, so people love to enjoy the weekend at parties. Therefore, the city being more pubs and bars in India Bangalore stands as the pub capital of India.
9.Ham Radio Capital of India:
Bangalore is also known as the Ham Radio Capital of India because of the number of Radio license holders and their activities. Bengaluru has nearly twenty Radio Clubs and four VHF Repeaters. The popularity of radio has made Banglore the ham capital today. With nearly 5,000 licensed enthusiasts using amateur radio wireless technology, Banglore has the highest number of HAM license holders in the country. Banglore has a total of about 20,000 operators. This makes Banglore Ham Radio the capital of India.
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