Noida

NOIDA (New Okhla Industrial Development Authority) comes under the government of Uttar Pradesh and lies in the Gautam Buddha Nagar District. Noida was formed on April 19, 1976 and this day is celebrated every year as the NOIDA day. It was during the emergency period of 1975 – 1977 when Sanjay Gandhi took the initiative to form the city under the UP Industrial Area Development Act. Noida is one of the most modern cities of India with world class amenities and infrastructure. The state legislative seat of Noida falls under NOIDA – Dadri “Vidhan Sabha” region and the Parliamentary seat falls under the Khurja Parliamentary seat.

Noida is well connected with Dilli and over 50% of its total population travels to Dilli every-day for official purposes. Noida’s connectivity to Dilli has improved with the construction of flyovers, the toll road and bridges. Bridges over the river Yamuna connect Noida with Dilli in no time and the toll road would hardly take 20 minutes to reach any place in South Dilli. The city is now one of the most preferred places for corporates and MNCs (after Gurgaon) who are looking for an office space or a commercial complex to set up their corporate office.

Noida is home to many big international as well as national companies like Agreeya Solutions, GlobalLogic, EXL, Birlasoft, Impetus, STMicroelectronics, MtronPTI, Fiserv, Adobe Systems, TCS, CSC, HCL, ATC Labs, Interra and Xansa. Some of the main reasons behind the existence of these companies in Noida is its proximity to Dilli and good infrastructure.

Another big specialty of Noida is the “Film City”, in sector 16A where you will find offices of all major news channels, film studios and film institutes.

Shopping Malls in Noida

• Great India Place
• Spice World Mall
• Center Stage Mall, Sector-18, Noida
• Shopprix mall, C-134B, Sector 61,
• Supertech Shopprix, C-134B, Sector-61
• Sab Mall, Atta Market, Sector 27

Cineplex and cinema halls in Noida

Noida has some good cinema halls and multiplexes in shopping malls as well as other commercial locations. If you are a movie freak and love watching movies in multiplexes, you can visit Wave Cinemas in sector 18 and PVR Spice in sector 25 A.

Services and Institutions in Noida

Most of the sectors in Noida are having schools and colleges, especially those built before 1995. Noida has some very good schools including the big names like:

• Apeejay School
• Army public School
• Delhi Public school
• Ryan Internatinal
• DAV

Among the institutes of higher education, there are:

• Amity University, in Sector-44
• FDDI – Institute providing education in footwer design
• JSS Academy of Technical Education
• JIITU, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology University
• The VV Giri National Labour Institute in Sec 24
• EDCIL (Education Development Consultants India Ltd.)

Noida has excellent medicare facilities providing health care and research. There are many new hospitals and medical institutes which have come up in the recent past in the city and that would certainly be a boost in the initiative to give better services to people. The prominent hospitals in Noida are:

• Metro Heart Hospital in Sector 12
• Prakash Hospital in Sector 32
• Fortis Hospital, Sector 62
• Kailash Hospital and Research Center in Sector 27
• Max Hospital in Sector 19
• Apollo Hospital in Sector 2

The Dilli Metro also connects very well with Noida and the first station is in Sec 32, City Center. Anywhere in Delhi NCR can be reached from here.