Hyderabad is an old city that is known for its cuisine, pearls and historic landmarks including the Charminar, Golconda Fort and Nizam's Palace. It is also a city that has become synonymous with good progress and urban development, a dynamic government and strong growth of information technology, bio-technology, pharmaceutical and business process outsourcing industries.

Hyderabad has also been location for several decades to leading defense and research laboratories and pharmaceutical companies. Pharmaceutical contract manufacturing and generic drug manufacturing have been pioneered from Hyderabad and the city continues to have a fair share of this industry.

While manufacturing was not very successful in Hyderabad despite the presence of Bharat Heavy Electricals, Central Institute for Tool Design and the failed Allwyn Motors attempt at automobile manufacturing, the recent plans of Volvo to establish a manufacturing facility at Hyderabad will offer a strong boost and improve prospects.

The city comprises of twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad that are joined seamlessly and are on either side of the large Hussain Sagar lake that forms a critical landmark for the city. The city has its old and modern areas and has also expanded into neighbouring regions with modern architecture and planning.

Hyderabad has drawn limited tourism inspite of having landmarks like Charminar, Salar Jung Museum, Nizam's Palace and Golconda fort. There has also not been concerted efforts to improve this and make it an attractive destination for Indian and global tourists.

Hyderabad however has had very proactive government that is very business driven and have in recent years helped transform the city from an almost non-entity into one of the leading Indian cities and a forerunner for information technology, software and outsourcing. While its Chief Minister NT Rama Rao was instrumental in the eighties in moving Hyderabad to a strong place of pride for Telugu and Andhra Pradesh tradition and culture and improving the cultural and film industries there, in the nineties another Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu with his strong penchant for information technology made Hyderabad a well known global name with the monicker Cyberabad. The new leadership continues to support these growth initiatives and are focussing on development of infrastructure, city planning and the establishment of businesses that will fuel the city's growth.

THE REAL ESTATE BOOM IN HYDERABAD

Now a days Hyderabad is the most happening city in india the development of the city is due the number of IT companies started in hyderabad. Companies like IBM, Accenture, Wipro, Satyam and many other gaints both IT and non-IT started their operation in the city.