West Bengal is the economic hub of Eastern India. It is resource-rich and well connected by land, air and sea routes to major global cities, and to the Pacific Rim. Location, raw material, integrated infrastructure, a rich pool of talent, top-rated social, civic and leisure amenities and a wealth of core and hi-tech industries have placed West Bengal among the top locations for information technology investment.

West Bengal offers one of the best manpower resources in India - qualified, talented, skilled and cost effective. Knowledge Professionals are being created in the State's seven universities and several premier technical institutions of the country like the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), IIT-Kharagpur, Bengal Engineering College (deemed university), Indian Institute of Management (IIM), and the Indian Statistical Institute. Numerous computer and IT training institutes and software finishing schools are also in operation all over the state.