Tamil Nadu is second largest software exporter in India

siliconindia.com: "The state exported software products worth Rs 7,000 crore in 2003, a growth of 17 per cent over the 2002, and it was expected to achieve the same level in 2004, Information Technology Secretary Vevek Harinarain said. Tamil Nadu's software exports, which were Rs 3,000 crore two-and-half years ago, registered a 11 per cent growth during the next year and 14 per cent in 2002 and reached 17 per cent in 2003, he said.

Speaking at the function got up to introduce electronic tea auction system in Coimbatore, he said the state had become the second largest software exporter, after Karnataka (Bangalore), which had exported software worth Rs 10,500 crore in 2003."