TecHalli gels well with Bengaluru

Bengaluru is known as 'Silicon Valley of India' for a long time. Many people may not be aware why it is called so.

Now new name 'Techalli' is coined for Bengaluru and everybody can understand this word. 'Tech' in this word indicates that Bengaluru is a big technological hub. In Kannada

'Halli 'means village. In Bengaluru city one can notice that many areas are called 'Halli'. So this word connects to the people in Bengaluru better than 'Silicon Valley of India' and will become popular

- L Anantharam, Retired Advisor, Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Government of India)