Mumbai, May 14 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday hailed the capital city Bengaluru as a global hub for IT companies, calling it the destination for foreign investment.

Speaking to reporters in Mumbai as Bagmane Prime Office REIT made its stock market debut, Shivakumar noted that Bengaluru has employed about 2.6 million IT professionals.

He said, "The world is looking at Bengaluru. There are more than 2.6 million IT professionals in Bengaluru. It has a talent pool and is ranked third for the IT space. The clean IT space is the greatest asset of Bengaluru. I wish all investors success. It is not only a destination for investment, the IT parks and GCC, we have two lakh foreigners working in Bengaluru. This is a p...