DELIVERY
Kerala - A Retrospective
KERALA the land of coconut and kathakali, is
a strip of green canopied land on the southern part of peninsular
India bordered by the Arabian Sea on the western side and
mountainous peaks on the eastern side.
National geographic society publication has listed Kerala
as one of the '50 greatest places of a life time'. The only
other destination from India is TAJMAHAL.
Exceptionally different from the rest of India it has developed
attributes, which are exceptionally unique and are compared
to the most advanced nations in the west in the field of literacy
(which is about 90 per cent). Kerala is an ideal place to
be in at any given period of time. The summer months are not
very harsh, as in the rest of the mainland, and the cool shades
are not far away either.
Kerala is one of the most prosperous state
of India, flanked by the Arabian Sea on the western side and
the Western Ghats on the eastern side.
The Kochi vantage
Kochi (Cochin),
is situated on the west coast of India in the beautiful state
of Kerala. Kochi can be regarded as the commercial and industrial
capital of Kerala with a sea-port and an international airport.
Roughly speaking Kochi is 10 º North and 76 º East.
Kochi is the most important city in Kerala. It is the second
most important city (after Mumbai) on the western coast of
India.
Kochi is known as the Queen
of the Arabian Sea and the Queen
of the Adriatic. It is also referred to as the Gateway
of South India.
IT Readiness
Telecom Infrastructure
- 100% of 988 Telephone Exchanges are Digital. All 14 district
HQs, 63 Taluk HQs covered.
- 98% of Telephone Exchanges connected by OFC to the National
Internet Backbone (NIB).
- All 1468 Village Panchayats within 3 km of a Digital Telephone
Exchange connected to the NIB over OFC.
- Top 3(Three) leading Telecom service providers are laying
their own Optical Fiber Cable backbones.
- Highest telephone density - 7 per 100 – India’s
2005 target.
- Highest rural telephone density - 5.1 per 100 - India’s
2010 target.
- 28% of country’s telephone waiting list by 3% of
the population.
Human Resources
With ongoing curriculum review (in consultation
with industry), bridge courses to meet IT industry requirements
and communication skills programs envisaged at a State level
to improve English speaking and general soft skills abilities,
Kerala’s traditional lead in the sphere of education
and producing talent should be further enhanced. As per the
statistics available, out
Annual Output
| Bachelor’s Degree
in Commerce |
7425 |
| Master’s Degree in Commerce |
1100 |
| Bachelor’s Degree in English |
3580 |
| Master’s Degree in English |
614 |
| Bachelor’s Degree in Arts |
11475 |
| Master’s Degree in Arts |
1470 |
| Bachelor’s Degree in Science |
20200 |
| Master’s Degree in Science |
2100 |
| Total |
47964 |
Socio Economic Standing
| Parameters |
Rank |
| Demographic |
1 |
| Urbanisation Rates |
1 |
| Social Infrastructure |
1 |
| Transport & Communication |
1 |
| Physical Quality of Life Index [PQLI] |
1 |
National Ranking
| Law and Order |
1 |
| Education, Health and Expenditure |
1 |
| Social Sector |
2 |
| Affluence |
3 |
| Infrastructure Penetration |
5 |
| Overall Composite Rank |
3 |
Source. CII Study on “How the states
are doing?” in Sept 2000 covering all Indian States. |
