Most people in Manjeri still ask what Silicon Jeri actually is. But a small number of visitors from outside Kerala, and a few from outside India, have started asking a different question. They want to know if this can become a real tech hub. That is a fair question....
Manjeri does not look like a tech town at first glance. Then you walk past Silicon Jeri, and you see a second structure taking shape next to it. That second structure has a name now: Zil Park. Zil Park is not a finished product. It is the next phase of Silicon...
Six months ago, the ground behind a school in Manjeri sat empty most evenings. Now it fills up by 6 p.m. with software engineers still in their work shirts, chasing a football or arguing about a cricket lbw call. Key takeaways Silicon Jeri’s young workforce...
A tech hub in Manjeri does not just add English-speaking software roles to the local job market. It also creates a set of jobs that barely existed here before, and many of them need strong Malayalam, not strong English. Vernacular customer support. Malayalam content...
A cafe near a busy office block does not sell the same thing all day. Morning coffee to go. Lunch, a quick meal and a quiet table. By evening, a place to sit with a laptop closed and just talk. Around Silicon Jeri in Manjeri, a few local businesses have started...
