Bangalore India is the ultimate journey for engineering students

Bangalore, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka, located in the southwest of the subcontinent, has around 11.4 million inhabitants. The city is the center of India’s civil and military aerospace industry and research. Only recently has the city developed into an important IT center. For engineering students from all over the world, this city is therefore worth an ultimate trip. But what makes this city so special, especially when it comes to IT? Until now, tourists only knew this city as a “garden city”. The reason for this is the numerous parks that exist here.

Location and Economy

One of the reasons this city has become an IT hub is certainly its location. Because the city is located in the so-called Deccan Tableland. This is a part of the southern Indian subcontinent, at about 900 meters above sea level. Mild temperatures prevail here despite the tropical location. In winter, the temperature even goes down to 15 °C. In summer, however, temperatures do not rise above 37 °C. The monsoon lasts from May to October. However, the mild temperatures are ideal for researchers and scientists to be able to carry out experiments here without being negatively affected by the heat that prevails elsewhere in the country. Of course, the smallest technical components cannot tolerate hot and humid weather and dry heat, as elsewhere in the coastal regions. In recent years, numerous domestic and above all foreign IT companies have settled at an altitude of 900 meters above sea level. These made the city a hub of India’s software industry and interesting for engineering students for the ultimate journey to an emerging country. Bangalore is therefore rightly called the “Indian Silicon Valley”. There are numerous call centers in the city and therefore many office towers and, of course, large technology parks. These include Electronics City and the International Technology Park (ITPL). In the city itself there are many educated people and a broad middle class of highly qualified citizens with above-average incomes. Ultimately, in recent years the city has made its contribution to India becoming one of the world’s largest exporters of IT services. But the pressure on programmers and other IT specialists to perform is enormous. Therefore, the dark side of this city is that the suicide rate in this city is the highest in the Indian subcontinent as of 2007.

This is what the city has to offer students

Technology students who nevertheless come to Bangalore to learn from the ground up and are prepared to take on the pressure that prevails here not only find a well-developed IT industry as a potential employer. In the city there is also a very strong Western consumer behavior and a corresponding offer. There are shopping malls, multiplex cinemas and pubs, bars and numerous restaurants with various international cuisines in the city. However, the cuisine is – typically Indian – very vegetarian-oriented and the cows are also sacred here. Western fast food is available, although not on every corner of the city. And the nightlife is very distinctive and varied compared to the rest of India. The inhabitants of the city are also very fashion-conscious and therefore trend-conscious and, above all, technology trend-conscious. You don’t feel like you’re in an emerging country here. In any case, the city opens up all kinds of opportunities for IT students.