MYSORE, HERE I COME

by K. B. Ganapathy, Editor

Mysore, here I come. This is the new Love Call of many software firms, as also of other electronic and computer related industries. Though IT related industries came to Mysore many years ago by way of ancillary to IT majors, the arrival of Infosys made all the difference.

Its presence here attracted others in the field to this city of palaces, parks and Star of Mysore. Thus you have new-born IT, BT, Medical Transcription, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) etc., in Mysore. The latest is what is known as LPO (Legal Process Outsourcing), SDD Global Solutions. According to reports it has been founded by SDD, a Manhattan-based (USA) international media and intellectual property firm.

While there may be many reasons for the promoters to locate the firm in Mysore City, one of the reasons is said to be the presence of K. Pattabhi Jois the great master of Ashtanga Yoga, a unique system in Yoga practice. The President and Chairman of the firm Russell Smith is said to be the disciple of this yoga Guru. After a couple of visits to his Guru, Smith fell deeply in love with the city so much so he decided to set up the LPO here itself to serve his clients in America.

There is also another reason for Smith's preference to Mysore. The city has a lot of educated people which is true and understandable because of a number of engineering so also graduate and post-graduate colleges in city.
If Mysore is good enough for Smith and his firm there is no doubt soon we will find others making a beeline. Best of luck Mysore.