01 — Local economy
Business in Thiruvananthapuram
State government departments, the Technopark IT campus and ISRO's Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre at Thumba anchor employment in Kerala's capital. Hospitals and medical colleges draw patients from across southern Kerala and Tamil Nadu, Kovalam and Varkala sustain beach and Ayurveda tourism, and the Vizhinjam deep-water transshipment port, which began commercial operations in late 2024, is bringing logistics firms to the city's south.
Also known as Trivandrum.
Where software helps: Ayurveda hospitals, wellness resorts and specialty clinics treating domestic and foreign patients need multi-week treatment packages, in-house pharmacy stock and package or insurance billing to line up across branches.