Hinjewadi IT Park: How Pune Became India's Silicon Plateau
In the 1990s, Hinjewadi was a sleepy town 17 km from Pune. Today it is home to India's third-largest IT hub, housing Infosys, Wipro, IBM, and hundreds of startups — proving that a city can reinvent itself in a generation.
Hinjewadi IT Park: Pune's Silicon Plateau
Fifteen years ago, this was agricultural land. Today it generates more software exports than most Indian states. You have to admire the ambition.
Category: Businesses | Est.: 1998 | Location: Hinjewadi, Pune
The Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park, Hinjewadi was established in 1998 by the Maharashtra Information Technology Corporation (MIDC) on 2,800 acres of land northwest of Pune. In the quarter-century since, it has grown into India's third-largest IT hub — housing over 300 companies, employing approximately 180,000 technology professionals, and generating billions in software exports annually.
The Companies That Built the Park
The original anchor tenants — Infosys and Wipro — established their Pune campuses in Phase 1 before the park was fully developed. Their presence attracted the cascade of companies that followed: Cognizant, TCS, IBM, Accenture, Tech Mahindra, and hundreds of product and service companies now occupy the three phases of the park.
The park operates its own bus network, food courts, banking infrastructure, and residential facilities — functionally a small city.
The Startup Ecosystem
Beyond the large international companies, Hinjewadi and the surrounding Baner-Balewadi corridor has developed a startup ecosystem that is increasingly significant. Incubators including the Venture Center (at NCL) and Pune Startup Hub have supported hundreds of early-stage companies in sectors including agri-tech, ed-tech, fin-tech, and deep-tech.
Hinjewadi is what happens when a city decides to bet on intellect. The bet, in Pune's case, paid off — spectacularly.
📍 Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park — Hinjewadi, Pune 411057
