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                                                             ITPL Park Whitefield Bangalore I was feeling on top of the world being featured in a leading Business journal first time. It was the best moment in my life, and this required celebration. However, my happiness was short lived and what happened next was totally unexpected.  The history of Whitefield is that   about 4000 acres of land was granted   by the then Maharaja of Mysore and is named after David White who established an Anglo Indian village in this suburb of Bangalore and was planned with the central “Village green” area. Later Whitefield became prominent with Sai Baba Ashram established in 1960 by Satya Sai Baba as Brindavan.In 2001 the Super-Specialty Charitable Hospital was setup in 2001 by Sai. This IT Park project in Bangalore was started with t...

T he year was 1996. I had just joined Tata Honeywell leaving Blue Star Delhi as Manager-Projects for Building Automation (BAS) Projects.  That was the time coinciding with the beginning of the Information Technology (IT)phenomenal growth in India. The focus then was in Hi Tech Smart multi storied construction boom. The multinational firms were setting up IT development centers and parks all over India and Bangalore was their first choice. The MNCs wanted the same standard like in USA integrating HVAC, Fire, Security (Access and CCTV monitoring) in High raise buildings. Till that time each service was separately offered by companies specialized in that field. The new technology Integrated Building Automation system was offered only by few vendors and the leaders were Johnson Controls and Honeywell.  I had just then worked as Manager Projects in Blue Star Delhi who had tie up with Johnson Controls for managing countrywide Building Automation Projects. Buildi...