Chandigarh, the dream city of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, was planned by the well known French architect Le Corbusier. Picturesquely located at the foothills of Shivaliks, it is known as one of the best experiments in urban planning and modern architecture in the twentieth century in India.
Chandigarh's quality of life is unparalleled and its excellent social infrastructure makes it a highly livable place. It offers clean green surroundings with educational and health infrastructure which is high class and most modern. Chandigarh is also on course to becoming a knowledge city with all pre-requisites for attracting knowledge sector companies. The presence of National level institutes, Educational Centers of Excellence and a large number of other prestigious organizations makes it an important regional hub. The services sector provides much of the economic activity in the city with financial services, IT services, hospitality and tourism services providing opportunities to the youth of the city and the region for employment in large numbers.
- Number one in the country in terms of Human Development Index.
- Ranked No.7 in terms of FDI inflows amongst cities of India. (Jan 2000 to March 2006)
- Cleanest & greenest city in India with excellent urban amenities.
- The farthest point from anywhere in Chandigarh is only 9 Kilometers or 20 minutes - No commute hassles!
- Just above 3 hours train ride from Delhi.
- Bordering Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal, providing lots of weekend getaway options.
- Airport being upgraded to international Airport.
- Chandigarh has been rated as the wealthiest town in India. In terms of family wealth it was rated as the sixtieth most prosperous city. It also topped the list of 'The Big Spenders', the 'Auto Giants' and 'Soap Sanctuaries' (spending on personal hygiene products) in a rent survey by India Today magazine.
- More than 10,000 IT professionals have already adopted the tri-city (Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchakula) as their home.
- Highest Per Capita Income amongst all States, three times the National average.
- Education: Seat of the prestigious Panjab University, with Two prestigious Engineering Colleges. PGI ME&R- Prestigious Medical Research Institute of the country is situated in this city. Apart from various Colleges in the Science, Commerce and Humanities fields, One Architecture College and one College of Fine Arts add to the high value education institutes in the city.
- Ample amount of reputed schools
- Health: 5 Big Govt. Hospitals in the City; PGI, General Multi-Speciality Hospital, Sector 16, General Medical College & Hospital, Sector 32; One Hospital each in the field of Homeopathy & Ayurveda. Apart from these, there are various other Hospitals in the private sector.
- Research Institutes: IMTECH, CSIO, NIPER all add to the value added Research facilities provided by the city.
- Good Governance - a compact, efficient Administration. Quick decision making system.
- Growing Number of IT companies already started their operations or are planning to start their operations in the city; Infosys, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, Quark, Fidelity, Bharti Airtel, IBM Daksh, Virsa Systems (now SAP Labs), ICICI Prudential, Alchemist.