1. NIRJHAR CHAKRAVORTI
Presents……

2. DESTINATION
KOLKATA

3. FOR WHOM?
Destination Kolkata is for Multinational
Engineering Companies, who are engaged in
Civil, Electrical and Mechanical basic and
detail design.
Kolkata is potential support hub for overseas
core engineering businesses.

4. NIRJHAR CHAKRAVORTI
Nirjhar Chakravorti has completed
Graduation in Mechanical Engineering in
2000 from Jalpaiguri Government
Engineering College, India.
Nirjhar has completed a Post Graduate
Diploma in Business Management
(PGDBM) certificate in the year 2011.
Nirjhar has experience in design,
development and project engineering.
During professional life, Nirjhar has worked
on different engineering activities, like core
design, management planning and project
engineering, along with the analysis of life
cycle costing for capital expenditure of a
profit making company.
Also, Nirjhar has worked on organizational
re-structuring, implementation of ISO and
TPM, and analysis of alternating business
proposal.

5. WHY TO OUTSOURCE?
Outsource your core or non-core tasks and
get access to specialized skills and services.
Save on money, time and infrastructure. Give
your business the competitive advantage.

6. WHY TO OUTSOURCE?
Outsourcing brings a lot of advantages
 Save big! Take advantage of the cost benefits (salary
of employees, cost of office space, cost of electricity,
cost of taxation, etc)
 Get access to specialized services & staffs
 Reduce time to delivery
 Scale operations up or down without the hassle of
hiring and training
 Improved customer satisfaction due to high quality &
fast delivery
 See an increase in your business

7. WHY TO OUTSOURCE?
Outsourcing brings a lot of advantages
 Monetary Saving! Advantage of the cost
benefits (salary of employees, cost of office
space, cost of electricity, cost of taxation, etc)
 Access to specialized services & staffs
 Reduce delivery time for output
 Scale operations up or down without the
annoy of hiring and training

8. WHY TO OUTSOURCE?
Over the years, India has proved itself as a great
destination for outsourcing.
India…..
 Pioneer in providing outsourcing solutions,
 Offering a range of services to companies across the
globe.
 High quality services at lower costs.
India is a big country, having multiple centre for business
outsourcing.
So which city of India can be termed as future spot of
outsourcing, for engineering activities?
The answer can be, Kolkata.

9. WHERE IS KOLKATA?

10. WHAT IS KOLKATA?
Kolkata (aka Calcutta) can be termed as cultural
capital of India.
Free flowing intellect, socio-political
consciousness, human sense, social values and
historical tradition are the essence of Kolkata.
Kolkata is one of the four traditional metro cities
of India, apart from Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai.
Kolkata is also capital of West Bengal (one of
the Eastern Indian state).
Major languages of Kolkata are Bengali, Hindi
and English.

11. WHY KOLKATA?
 The city of Kolkata is supported by numerous
universities, educational institutes and affiliated
colleges.
Kolkata’s internationally reputed colleges supply
companies with a large skilled intellectual workforce
on a yearly basis.
 A large pool of experienced and passionate
professionals with different expertise are
available.
 Kolkata’s urban infrastructure and low real estate
costs have also made the city an ideal outsourcing
location for global companies.
 Kolkata has one of the growing economy in all over
India.

12. WHICH BUSINESSES CAN CHOOSE KOLKATA?
 IT and Software industries
 Engineering, Procurement & Construction
companies
 Engineering Consulting and Design firms
 Heavy Engineering Manufacturing
companies
(The presentation concentrate in Engineering Consulting and Design
Firms)

13. WHY CONSULTING & DESIGN FIRMS CHOOSE KOLKATA?
Engineering Consulting & Design firms need
following:
 A pool of intellectual core engineers (civil,
mechanical and electrical), with varied
experiences.
 An office space.
 A good computer network system.
…..and Kolkata can provide all of them better than
any other cities of the world.

14. WHY CONSULTING & DESIGN FIRMS CHOOSE KOLKATA?
Engineers:
 Kolkata produces quality core engineers from
reputed government engineering colleges
which surrounds Kolkata, named Jadavpur
University, Bengal Engineering & Science
University, National Institute of Technology
(Durgapur), Jalpaiguri Government
Engineering College, Kalyani University. All the
students are top ranked in Joint Entrance
Examination (conducted by State
Government). Above all, IIT (Kharagpur) is
only at two hours train journey distance.
 Plenty of experienced engineers from these
colleges work at various reputed companies at
Kolkata and nearby.

15. WHY CONSULTING & DESIGN FIRMS CHOOSE KOLKATA?
Office Space:
 Kolkata provides cheapest office space in India.
 Indicative Rate of rental office spaces at few major office areas of Kolkata:
Saltlake Sector 5 (new office hub of Modern Kolkata, at Eastern Kolkata):
INR 70-90/ Sq. Ft.
Rajarhaat (new fast moving office place, near to Saltlake):
INR 60-90/ Sq. Ft.
(During market slowdown, the rate even reduces to INR 40-50/ Sq. Ft.)
Bypass area (situated on fast moving highway at South, but not traditional office
hub): INR 50-75/ Sq. Ft.
Dalhousi (Old office hub of traditional Kolkata at Central City):
INR 65-90/ Sq. Ft.
 Electricity charge (service provided by CESC): approx. INR 6.50 per unit
(The price level and rates mentioned above is indicative and collected from
personal sources, during April 2012. The actual rates can be different depending
on time and situation.

16. MAP OF KOLKATA
Kolkata, as know as
City of Joy, having all
basic facility of a
modern city (like
International Airport,
Terminal Station,
Long Distance Bus
Services) with
enriched tradition and
history.
Kolkata is a city, with
strong social values,
for intellectual people
and intellectual
workmanship.

17. HOW?
 By setting up 100 per cent/controlling
subsidiary unit, having base office at Kolkata.
Or
 By setting up Joint Venture with any local
engineering company
 By pure outsourcing to any local company,
who has set up for design and engineering
activities.

18. CONCLUSION
 The presentation is made to provide some basic information and
guideline to foreign MNC.
 All the cost values are tentative and preliminary. More detail professional
study is required to investigate proper cost values for various
components.
 Just to remember, Kolkata is a cheaper city compared to any other cities
in India.
 Do not forget that, Kolkata is a cultural city and it is full of talents.
 Kolkata and its professionals have urge to prove its potential and
credibility. Foreign MNC has to select proper top management , which
can really motivate and manage people at right spirit for extract full
potential of highly intelligent and intellectual engineers. Selecting proper
visionary top management (who knows how to develop a team for long
run sustainability) is the Key and first point to start a business set up.

19. THANK YOU,
Regards,
Nirjhar Chakravorti.
Email: nirjhar.mechanical@gmail.com
Blog:http://nirjharchakravorti.blogspot.in/