TELCO Colony

Telco Colony is a private colony in the city of Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India. It's mainly for accommodating the employees of Tata Motors and its subsidiaries based out of Jamshedpur.

Origins[edit]

Parks[edit]

Millennium Park

Gopeshwar Bal Udyaan

Rocket Park

HUDCO Theme Park

Telco Club Ground

Religious places[edit]

There are many religious places in Telco Colony. The community is known to live in communal harmony and celebrate festivals together.

Markets[edit]

There are a few popular markets in Telco Colony.

Azad Market
Plaza Market
Kharangajhar
New Market
Sector Market
Birsanagar Sunday Market
Sadhudera Market
New Market
Ghorabanda Market

Hospitals and Dispensaries[edit]

There is one Hospital called Tata Motor's Hospital (TML Hospital) run by Tata Motors Ltd. This is basically for Tata Motor's employees but outsider can get treatment by paying hospital charges.

Transport[edit]

Public modes of transport are few. There is a regular bus service plying between Kharangajhar and Sakchi. Most people prefer the ubiquitous autorickshaw. Overcrowding is a common problem in autorickshaws.

Educational Institutions & Schools[edit]

There are many quality schools in Telco Colony. Both ICSE and CBSE along with Jharkhand State Board schools are well within the colony.

Gulmohur High School
Hill Top School
Little Flower School
Chinmaya Vidyalaya
Valley View school
Shiksha Niketan
Asha Kiran
Little Angels School
Bachpan Play School
Ramakrishna Mission
Lady Indra Singh School
Vig English High School
Guru Gobind Singh High School
Saraswati Sishu Mandir
Gopabandhu Vidyapith

Places of Historical Importance[edit]

SUMANT MOOLGAOKAR STADIUM

The stadium was named after Sumant Moolgaokar, former chairman of TATA MOTORS (TELCO). Sumant Moolgaokar Stadium was established in 1978 & initially known as " TELCO STADIUM " The stadium is well equipped with a capacity of 15000 plus people. The stadium has many " firsts" to its credit, the most notable being 22nd National Athletic Championship in 1983.

Important People[edit]

Padmashri Stephanie Sequeira
Ravishankar Cherukuri (CEO & MD, Monsanto India Limited)
Bahadur Singh
Sarosh Jehangir Ghandy
S. V. Ranga Rao
R. Madhavan (Telco Colony Rd.no.7)
Atul Kochar ( first Indian Michelin star chef)
Akash Gaurav (acted in a movie called Rukh was from Jamshedpur. He passed out from Loyola school. His mother was a teacher in Hill Top School)
Sudha Murthy
Bahadur Singh Chouhan (Asian games gold medallist, thrice, Arjuna Award winner, he also a Padma Shri)
Russi Mody
Sreekumar Prabhakaran (Air Vice Marshal Intelligence 1977 LFS batch)
Kamlesh Kumar Singh (Director BARC 1977 Lfs batch)
Brigadier Retd Ran Vijay Singh (1977 LFS batch)
Shilpa Rao
Soumodip Sarkar (economist and management scholar, was a student of Little Flower school and resided in M-5/8 in the early eighties. He is a professor in the Department of Management, University of Évora, Portugal, and also a Vice-Rector of the University)
Purnima Mahato (noted archer now a national level coach was born and brought up in Birsanagar adjacent to telco colony. Her father worked with Tata Motors)
Arjun Munda

Housing[edit]

Tata Motors provides housing to most of its employees. The houses are well built with 24X7 electricity and water. The power is sourced from the nearby Tata Power at Jojobera and the power cabling is completely underground.

There are several categories of houses comprising both multi storied flats as well as independent houses and bungalows.

Markets within Telco Colony[edit]

It is widely bieved that Azad market (The one which is nearest to Telco entrance and has the main Post Office) was named so because it was some sort of an encroachment, which was supposed to have been 'liberated' from the administration by some local hero types (or perhaps because his name was Azad.)

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