- @Amrapali #img-anno http://qph.is.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-90e98208b37e0c5e4826c035b510aed1?convert_to_webp=true {u'shapes': [{u'geometry': {u'y': 0.054878048780487805, u'x': 0.948, u'width': 0.03600000000000003, u'height': 0.0853658536585366}, u'type': u'rect'}], u'src': u'http://qph.is.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-90e98208b37e0c5e4826c035b510aed1?convert_to_webp=true', u'context': u'http://testapp.swtr.us/annotate?where=http://qph.is.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-90e98208b37e0c5e4826c035b510aed1?convert_to_webp=true', u'comment': u'In early 1980s, IT industry in India was still taking its baby steps. Wipro and Infosys had started its IT arm, but were too small by any standards.\n\nAround that time, Texas Instruments (TI) was looking to setup their overseas development center in India. The decision was prompted by the number of Indians joining the company in US. India was an attractive destination as it had a good pool of engineers who were available at nearly one-fifth of US salaries.\n\nTI initially tried to setup office in Mumbai and Chennai. But at both places they received bureaucratic hurdles (read as both states refused permission \u2013 imagine the license raj era of pre 1991 globalization).\nIt was then they approached Karnataka and here they were treated quite opposite. The chief minister of Karnataka at that time, R. Gundu Rao literally laid red carpet for them and physically received the delegation at the airport. He not only agreed to their terms but also promised them office very close to Vidhan Saudha to make them feel comfortable.\nNot many people know that it was Sona Towers, No. 71, Millers Road, Bangalore was where the American IT major established its satellite up-linking facility in 1985. '} created: Fri, 29 Aug 2014, 07:05 PM UTC