GTECH seeks business opportunities in USA for Kerala IT MSMEs

Trivandrum / April 28, 2023

Thiruvananthapuram, April 28: In a bid to overcome the COVID induced setback for the IT business of Kerala based medium, small and micro enterprises, GTECH, the industrial body of IT and software companies of the state, has organized business meets in four cities of USA.  

In all, 16 IT companies in the state from Technopark, Infopark, Cyberpark and Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) are being represented to attend the two-week tour from April 29 to May 10th. These companies would seek business opportunities in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco and would also participate in the Select USA Investment Summit in Washington.

The delegation will meet key representatives of the IT industry and Government organisations who have evinced interest in expanding business with smaller Indian IT companies. The delegation is led by Mr Rajesh Babu, the Kerala Chapter President of US-India Importers Council and CEO & Managing Director of Mirox Cyber Security & Technology Pvt. Ltd.

“GTECH has been in the forefront to facilitate the accelerated growth of IT and ITES in Kerala by promoting and supporting existing companies and handholding startups and IT entrepreneurs. Some of the smaller companies have faced substantial headwinds as a result of the pandemic. We hope that the participating companies in the US tour will benefit significantly from their business meetings and will have very favorable outcomes”, said Mr V K Mathews, Chairman GTECH.

GTECH, the Group of Technology Companies of Kerala, is the industry body of IT companies in the state and has as members nearly 300 IT companies, large and small. 80% of the IT professionals in the state are employed by GTECH companies.