Because the nation strives to fulfill its new future, the wheel of progress is being oiled by huge dreamers and achievers just like the rising metro Coimbatore and Kovaipudur, which have fallen beneath the wings of the Coimbatore Company and are poised to take off with the Grasp Plan 2041 prepared to present them a brand new impetus.

The sequence of panel discussions titled ‘Coimbatore Limitless 3.0’ got here to Kochi on Thursday (August 7), in partnership with G Sq. and The Hindu, and supported by FICCI, the place consultants from varied fields opened as much as a considerable gathering comprising potential buyers.

The audio system on the interactive session have been one of their opinion that Coimbatore is the brand new rage amongst potential buyers, not solely in South India however throughout India, with its superior highway and air connectivity and soothing local weather supplied by the mighty Western Ghats.

Coimbatore metropolis is rising as a life-style vacation spot, a vacation spot for international functionality centres (GCCs) and new technology IT firms dealing in synthetic intelligence and the entire spectrum of recent progress alternatives.

Having its roots within the textile trade within the Fifties to the most recent AI start-ups, Coimbatore has seen your entire cycle of industrialisation and is now poised to take off on a brand new trajectory, mentioned Junaith Babu, chief working officer (CEO) of G Sq..

He added that the textile trade increase introduced it fame because the Manchester of South India.

Town grew with small enterprises in small engineering works and is residence to round 45,000 MSMEs now.

It’s on these sturdy foundations that Coimbatore will construct its future as a serious funding vacation spot of the longer term, Mr. Babu mentioned confidently. He mentioned that G Sq. had just lately acquired round 700 acres for brand spanking new improvement in Coimbatore, underlining the optimism triggered by the brand new progress guarantees.

Raghav, CEO of A Plus Architects, mentioned that Coimbatore had the infrastructure for GCCs, and that town’s progress imaginative and prescient had been set firmly. He underlined the truth that the brand new technology was catching up with town of Coimbatore, contemplating the brand new developments.

He additionally mentioned that Coimbatore had the excellence of being a self-made metropolis with out a lot help from the federal government.

Town grew as an entrepreneurs’ metropolis, and its power has by no means wavered up to now.

Sujatha N.A., advertising supervisor, Brookfields, mentioned that Coimbatore was each trendy and conventional. There’s a wholesome combine, and it’s, due to this fact, a vacation spot for purchasing with its new tradition of malls, which may even convey within the leisure trade as the expansion story continues.

She added that it was not a tier-2 metropolis however a tier 1.5, with all of the infrastructure and developments happening throughout. The textile purchasing vacation spot tag aside, Coimbatore can develop into the style trade, which is able to make it a brand new hub of actions as a result of there’s a wholesome mixture of the trendy and the standard.

Balakrishna, consulting director, PBK Enterprise Consulting, Coimbatore, mentioned that Coimbatore was now providing a wealthy culinary expertise.

The vegetarian selections have grown diversely, contemplating that beforehand, non-vegetarian meals was one of many strengths of town.

With the COVID-19 pandemic, vegetarian selections have elevated, drawing lots of people to expertise the brand new meals on provide.

The emergence of pilgrim centres will add power to Coimbatore’s popularity.

The audio system mentioned that Coimbatore’s fame as a healthcare vacation spot from instances of outdated had given it an edge, with medical tourism holding out nice potential for the longer term.

Mr. Junaith Babu additionally hinted on the potential for G Sq. to behave as a catalyst for a vacation spot the place crossborder investments may convey a brand new progress trajectory, offering employment and industrial alternatives.

All issues thought of, Coimbatore is ready to go locations with its geographical positioning beneath the gaze of the mighty Western Ghats and the temperate climatic and micro climate situations, the audio system agreed.

Ok. Pradeep, former Senior Deputy Editor of The Hindu, moderated the discussions. T.A. Ansari, Senior Supervisor, Commercial, The Hindu, welcomed the gathering.

Printed – August 08, 2025 01:21 am IST