In fact, the city offers a steady supply of qualified and competent manpower thanks to 5500 engineers graduating annually from 21 colleges of which 50% are in IT related disciplines and also human capital can be easily sourced from over 85 arts, science and commerce colleges located in and around the district. The city has some excellent networking infrastructure like two earth stations and an international gateway by VSNL. The city is also being wired with fiber optic network by many voice and datacom service providers.