Coimbatore- Manchester of South India

The Western Ghats mountain range stands like a crown on its head, as the Noyyal rivers flows past it swiftly, the cool wind passes through the Palghat gap and brings an air of coolness all around. The birds chirp  out loud as the loud noise of the sloth bear emerges from the deep green forest. The air here exudes with a freshness that touches one's soul. Such is the city of Coimbatore in the state of Tamil Nadu.

Coimbatore is the second largest city in Tamil Nadu after Chennai and is also known as Kovai. Coimbatore boasts of a pleasant climate majorly because of the thick green forest cover in it. The forest of Coimbatore are abound in sandalwood, bamboo and rosewood and also have a huge fauna present in many of its wildlife reserves.Like the sweet sound of the birds, music is lies in the soul of Coimbatore as a music festival is held every year. If one wants to enjoy the the silent sound of spirituality then Coimbatore forms the perfect place as there are  number of religious shrines present in the city. As one walks down its streets one can hear the rustling sound of oil on the pans, as a ladle of rice paste spreads on the pan, and the smell of warm hot dosa wafts in the air.Coimbatore today is fast emerging as an education hub in south India as it is home to many research institutes, universities and engineering colleges which makes it a perfect city for us to develop academic institution and industry relation.

If there is one word that Coimbatore is synonymous to that is entrepreneurship. Coimbatore has the presence of more than 25000 small and medium size enterprises present here. A majority of these companies operate in the field of engineering and manufacturing. Automotive component manufacturing is today a major part of the economy of Coimbatore as the major automobile companies source a majority of components from here. Manchester of the South India this is the title by which Coimbatore is famous all around as the textile industry is very important and has been contributing to its economy from 1920. Other than that today Coimbatore is ranked 17th in the global outsourcing cities as it is the second largest software producer in Tamil Nadu after Chennai. Today Coimbatore is on the forefront of becoming one of the most developed cities in India, as it was ranked 4th in cities for conducive climate for investment by CII and was ranked as the best emerging city in India in the 2014 annual Indian city survey by India Today.

Thus, to be a part of this growth story of one of the fastest emerging city Coimbatore, we come to this city to learn,mentor and provide encouragement to the entrepreneurial city of Coimbatore.