Mysore has been the home of traditional
industries like Mysore silk weaving, sandalwood carving, bronze work and the
production of lime and salt. The planned industrial growth of the city and the
state was first envisaged in the Mysore economic conference, held in 1911. This
led to the establishment of few big industries in Mysore city like the Mysore
Sandalwood Oil Factory in 1917 and the Sri Krishnarajendra Mills in 1920.
In recent years, Mysore has emerged as the
hub of the tourism industry in Karnataka, attracting about 3 million tourists.
Mysore occupies first place on itinerary of any traveler visiting South India.
Mysore has the very best of secondary facilities like:
* Good public transport with outer
Peripheral roads for easy traffic and excellent connectivity by railways. *
State of the art communication facilities and Health facilities. * Mini
aircraft landing facilities. * Reputed educational institutions. * Abundant
human resources.
Mysore is also termed as the yoga capital
and attracts a lot of health conscious tourists, mainly from outside India.
Mysore is also home of several
world-renowned organizations like:
* Central Food Technological Research
Institute. * Central Institute of Plastic Engineering &Technological
Research Institute. * Central Sericulture Research & Training Institute. *
All India Institute of Speech & Hearing. * Defence Food Research
Laboratory. * National Dairy Development Board. * New Security Note Printing
Press. * Bharath Earth Movers Ltd.
Agriculture occupies an important place in
district economy as it provides employment to the large group of rural people.
The agriculture sector constitutes around 20% to district GDP. Irrigated area
constitutes to around 22% mainly through Canals, tanks, wells, borewells and lift
irrigation.
Inustrial sector is also playing an
important role, most of the major industries are located in and around Mysore
taluk and Nanjagud taluk, Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB)
has established six industrial areas in and around Mysore. These are located at
Belagola, Belawadi, Hebbal (Electronic City), Hootagalli, Nanjangud, Thandya.
Some of the major industries located in Mysore are BEML, J. K. Tyres, Wipro,
Falcon Tyres, L & T, Infosys, TVS, Cadburys etc.,
Mysore is growing to be the Next IT hub
after Bangalore. Infosys has established one of the largest technical training
centres in the world and Wipro has established its Global Service Management
Center (GSMC) at Mysore. Also, in the area of Bio-Technology Mysore is emerging
as an important player in the Indian Senario with around 13 companies situated
here.