Sabeer Bhatia, pioneer and key- mind in the development of web-based e-mail, is now aiming towards the creation of a tech and knowledge city that is being settled at the northern region of India. The Nano City is inspired in its californian predecessor Sillicon Valley. Few days after his 29th birthday, Bhatia, a co-founder of Hotmail, sold his company to Microsoft for 400 million- Since then he´s been involved in a bunch of mediocre start-ups and this projects is mended to be his second grand slam
vitae, an ambitious plan to "develop a sustainable city with world class infrastructure and to create an ecosystem for innovation leading to economy, ecology and social cohesion."
Nano City lays on 11138 acres of flatland just beyond the the Himalayas and its only separated from Dheli by a two-hour drive. A couple of rivers shape its eastern-western borders and it will be regulated by a public/private partnership between Sabeer Bhatia Group and the local State Government.