ABOUT US
DETAILS OF COMPANY
WACIA, Since 1973 has been providing unstinted support to several industries operating in and around Whitefield area in particular and Bengaluru East, in general.
During the early days, Whitefield was one of the four industrial clusters of Bengaluru, with majority of the companies operating in the heavy industries along with a number of small and medium scale industries in the field of Consumer Electronics, Automobiles, Steel Rolling, sheet metal, manufacturing etc. In the early days, this association was patronised and supported by big industries and this being one of the few associations, the WACIA held a prominent place in the industry circles.
Due to the new industrial policies and inflow of FDI in many sectors over the last two decades, many information technology firms and campus of many fortune 500 companies came to be set up in this area. This led to rapid globalisation and privatisation and as a result of which many of the heavy industries in the Whitefield area gave way to Software Parks and Commercial and Residential complexes.
Some of the major Industries and commercial establishments operating in our area include companies in ITPB, units of GE, Mercedes, VST Tractors Tillers, SAN Automobiles, TCS, SAP labs, QUALCOMM, AMD, IFB, Graphite India, Phoenix market city, VR mall, Bhoruka Tech Park, Rajesh Exports, Sathyasai Super Speciality Hospital, to name a few. Some of MSME units include Rajamane Group, SMC Medicals, IFB, ID Foods, Tata Elxsi, Bhoruka Gas and many more.
During the early days, Whitefield was one of the four industrial clusters of Bengaluru, with majority of the companies operating in the heavy industries along with a number of small and medium scale industries in the field of Consumer Electronics, Automobiles, Steel Rolling, sheet metal, manufacturing etc. In the early days, this association was patronised and supported by big industries and this being one of the few associations, the WACIA held a prominent place in the industry circles.
Due to the new industrial policies and inflow of FDI in many sectors over the last two decades, many information technology firms and campus of many fortune 500 companies came to be set up in this area. This led to rapid globalisation and privatisation and as a result of which many of the heavy industries in the Whitefield area gave way to Software Parks and Commercial and Residential complexes.
Some of the major Industries and commercial establishments operating in our area include companies in ITPB, units of GE, Mercedes, VST Tractors Tillers, SAN Automobiles, TCS, SAP labs, QUALCOMM, AMD, IFB, Graphite India, Phoenix market city, VR mall, Bhoruka Tech Park, Rajesh Exports, Sathyasai Super Speciality Hospital, to name a few. Some of MSME units include Rajamane Group, SMC Medicals, IFB, ID Foods, Tata Elxsi, Bhoruka Gas and many more.
Brief Activities
- Assist small, medium and large enterprises by promoting and protecting their business interests.
- Provide strong interface with and State & Central Governments in the formulation of industrial policies.
- Conduct blood donation and free health camps
- Organize Seminars, Workshops and Interactions with institutions, domestic and foreign businesses, trade and investment missions visiting the State to facilitate trade and investments.
- Organize training programs in the areas of health, industrial safety, statutory requirements, taxation, and many more.
Catalyst role
- WACIA, per se, is a single point contact for all the industries to post their grivenences and get them addressed by appropriate Government Departments and other local agencies periodically. It plays a catalyst role.
- It facilitates meeting with the respective Ministries with regard to GST, ESI, PF, Labour/Factories, Central excise & Customs, etc., apart from addressing all statutory requirements to be followed by industries.
- Imparting training to the workforce of industries members at shop floor, junior and senior levels, by well know faculty in the respective areas, are some of the major roles being played. HR, Industrial Safety, First Aid, etc.
- WACIA organizes Seminars/Workshops and Interactions with Senior Government Officials both from the Centre/State on critical issues concerning trade and industry from time to time.
- Taxation matters, and bringing awareness of new statutory amendments to the knowledge of members, are some of other areas of major activity.
- Currently, we are focussing on improving the general infrastructure in this area including suggesting various new initiatives such as suburban railway system, better road traffic management, effective waste management, etc.
- We are also seriously concentrating and helping our industries to practice and adopt e-governance in their respective industries particularly when we are ready to move towards GST arena.
- With the BMRCL taking up works relating civil and shifting of utilities as part of laying metro line from Byappanahalli to Whitefield, WACIA is playing a significant role as a single point contact between the industries and BMRCL.
- We also do many community services like Blood donation drives, free health check-up camps, etc. In a nutshell, WACIA is a well-known industries association servicing the needs of member industries and commercial establishments in this part of Bengaluru.
- WACIA, in its own campus, has built in Board Room, Video Conf facilities, a large conference room and other facilities which, many member industries use on a regular basis. This is also a place where most of the initiatives of the Government Departments are deliberated and Senior Govt level meetings, are conducted for the larger benefit of member industries.