"The goal of our efforts is to create a silicon valley in Haryana and make it the intellectual capital of the country," Bhatia told reporters here in the presence of Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

Haryana state officials said that once the plan was conceptualised, it would be the "biggest city" of its kind in India.

Bhatia, who sold hotmail.com to Microsoft for $400 million, would be working with state government officials in a joint working group to finalise the location and basic parameters of the project within three months.

The city would cover technologies like nano technology, biosciences, software product development, next generation Internet products, materials research and energy.

(Courtesy MSN News)