I recently came across this post (someone very frustrated with the Saki-Naka traffic) on the NDTV Blogs network that has inspired me to write this...!
This below is a satellite image taken from Google Maps. Click to see expanded view.
You can see the Tata Interactive Systems Offices marked on this. I am sure a lot of you must have thought about the fact that this road, on and around, houses to my knowledge, 6 well known eLearning companies - TATA Interactive Systems, Hurix, Praxis, LearningMate, Lionbridge, Aptech As someone who works in the area, it completely beats me as to why this has happened!
We also have it on good word that Praxis CEO Jay Sitaram works out at a gym bang in the centre of this crazy road - one question for you Jay - How often do you really go to the gym??
The traffic conditions in this part have got to be the nastiest in Mumbai, good accomodation close to these offices is hard to come by and the rents are killing! Yet thousands of people come to work here and hundreds more apply from all parts of the country every single day! And lets not even get into the attrition and job-hopping that the HR guys of these companies have to deal with because of this!
this is because the micd and seepz area provide exceptionally cheap rates... that's why so many elearning as well as other companies are in the vicinity of AK road... having said that there are other midc and seepzareas inmumbai but this is centrally located and approachable bu western expressway as well as the life lines western rail line and central rail line. (and senior mgt. in all these companies live nearby as well ;-)
Posted by: Dhruva | July 19, 2007 at 08:20 PM