{"id":12536,"date":"2016-02-04T13:09:44","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T13:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/?p=12536"},"modified":"2016-02-15T14:09:24","modified_gmt":"2016-02-15T14:09:24","slug":"things-to-know-about-infosys-clock-tower-in-mysore-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/things-to-know-about-infosys-clock-tower-in-mysore-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Infosys to Build 135m High Clock Tower in Mysore Taller than London\u2019s Big Ben"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kolkata Big Ben, a replica of the Big Ben in London, is India\u2019s tallest clock tower as of the moment. <strong>Soon Kolkata Big Ben will be dwarfed by the upcoming free-standing clock tower in Mysore, Karnataka. Infosys has proposed to build the world\u2019s tallest clock tower in Mysore<\/strong>, a historic city in South India. The 135-meter high tower found space within the sprawling 345-acre Global Education Center.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Infosys-to-build-the-tallest-clock-tower-in-Mysore-Karnataka-India.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12540 size-full\" title=\"Infosys to Build 135m High Clock Tower in Mysore Taller than London\u2019s Big Ben\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Infosys-to-build-the-tallest-clock-tower-in-Mysore-Karnataka-India.jpg\" alt=\"Infosys news, Mysore clock tower, London Big Ben, Kolkata Big Ben, tourist attractions in India\" width=\"636\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The proposed Infosys clock tower in <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/south-indian-food-to-eat-in-mysore\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mysore<\/a><\/span> will surpass the 96-m high London\u2019s Big Ben and the 87-meter high Hoover Tower in California.<\/strong> The other clock towers across the world, including McGraw Tower (53 meters) in Cornell, will take a backseat when the Infosys tower will raise its head at the Global Education Center in Mysore.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The estimated cost of the world\u2019s tallest free-standing clock tower is a whopping $8.83 million<\/strong>, which Infosys, one of the leading Indian outsourcing firms, will fund. \u00a0A model of the monumental structure is already in place. It incorporates both Gothic and classical styles. <strong>The tower in <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mysore<\/span> will stand for nationalism, while<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"> <a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/eiffel-tower-replica-in-kolkata-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kolkata<\/a><\/span> Big Ben apparently signifies colonialism<\/strong> because it is a replica of the Big Ben in England; the country which had colonized India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Infosys clock tower in Mysore will have 19 floors with a boardroom.<\/strong> <strong>The base of the tower will feature a dimension of 22&#215;22 meters, and the top will display a digital timepiece<\/strong>. \u201cThe Global Education Center in Mysore is considered the world\u2019s largest corporate university. A clock tower will bring alive the campus with more importance than before,\u201d Narayana Murthy, founder of Infosys.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The state government of Karnataka has approved the proposal to build the world\u2019s tallest clock tower in Mysore. <strong>The tower will be completed and the clock will be seen ticking within 20 months from now<\/strong>, according to the Executive Vice President of Infosys. The design of the tower has been assigned to a Mumbai-based architect who had also designed Infosys\u2019s Mysore campus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The contract to build the Infosys clock tower in Mysore is given to the startup of a Kerala-born NRI engineer Faizal E Kottikollon based in Dubai. LERA, a New York based firm, will provide its consultancy services regarding the structural design of the firm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Infosys clock tower in Mysore to be taller than London\u2019s Big Ben or the world\u2019s tallest free-standing clock tower is among the upcoming tourist attractions in India.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mysore is one of the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/getaways-within-short-drive-from-bengaluru\/\" target=\"_blank\">best weekend getaways from Bengaluru<\/a><\/span>, the Silicon Valley of India. Apart from Mysore Dussehra and Mysore Palace, the clock tower with a digital timepiece in Infosys Campus will be another reason to visit Mysore. \u00a0&#8211; <strong>IndianEagle<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Travel Beats<\/span> is a fast-growing news portal for Indian diaspora by IndianEagle, a U.S. based international travel organization booking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/cheap-flights-to-india-in\/cheap-flights-to-bengaluru-blr\" target=\"_blank\">best flights to Bengaluru<\/a> and other Indian cities. It publishes the latest news and interesting stories from India, USA, Canada, NRIs and aviation.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kolkata Big Ben, a replica of the Big Ben in London, is India\u2019s tallest clock tower as of the moment. 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