UST Global held its second ‘Retail Razzmatazz’ event this year to promote and propagate knowledge, practices and technical innovations in the retail space. Held at Trivandrum Techno Park from Nov.16 to 20th, the theme of this year’s retail week was ‘Customer Loyalty.’

The week included product development competitions, presentations, retail quiz, the launch of the retail certification drive and a panel discussion. The panelists, Arun Gupta, Group CIO, Shopper’s Stop, Harish Bijoor, CEO Harish Bijoor Consults and Marsha Blakeslee, GM - Industry Practices, UST Gobal, discussed as to how customer …

TECOM will not be given a piece of land for sale in the name of Smart City Project, said Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan. Talking after inaugurating the second phase of developmental works of Info Park in Kochi, VS said there is no uncertainty regarding the Smart City Project. The project will be completed with the help of other companies. TECOM is voicing things which are not in the MoU.

Kerala-based Muthoot Pappachan Group has expressed interest in taking over and developing the Smart city project. The board which met on Thursday morning took this decision. The Muthoot Group had earlier shown interest in the project at the time of its inception.
The decision by Muthoot comes after the Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan cast doubts on the financial abilityof Dubai-based Tecom to develop the joint venture park. The Muthoot Group said that it is ready to deliver the estimate of project cost if the government needs it.
Earlier, in a statement …

The long-standing dream of the Kochi SmartCity project - projected as an infrastructure project that would help that city and Kerala move into another gear of economic development - has suffered another stinging blow.
State Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan publicly expressed doubts about the competence of the Dubai-based Technology and Media Free Zone Authority (Tecom) to undertake the project, stating that they were themselves in trouble. Tecom is the state government’s partner in the project.
Mr Achuthanandan said that the Dubai company was in a “really pathetic” condition and that they were …

Catching the attention of commuters in the city, a Hummer H2 model cruised through the Trivandrum city roads on Tuesday.
K.S.Prasad,  a Dubai-based businessman, has imported a Hummer-H2 SUV to God’s Own Country. It is considered to be the first Hummer to hit the city roads. Mr.Prasad is known for his love for vehicles and had imported a number of foreign vehicles, including Lexus. He had bought the Hummer in 2006.
Originally built by AM General Corporation for the US Military, the Hummer is known for its power. It was defined as …

The work on the most beautiful IT campus in Kerala is in the last
lap.Its the 1.5 million sq.ft and 10000 seater futurustic Infosys
Campus Trivandrum.
Latest updates as on Nov 2009.

View from another angle

Pic courtesy-sanoj
You can find more about the Infy campus and the upcoming IT Campuses here

Time schedule of low floor volvo a/c bus in technopark,trivandrum

Government of India has formally notified Technopark Phase 3 and Technopark Kollam as Special Economic Zones (SEZ). A press note issued by IT Kerala here on Friday said the decision was taken at a meeting of the Board of Approvals, Ministry of Commerce, in New Delhi.
Technopark Phase 3 will be developed over 92 acres of land. The construction of a signature building with 1 million sq. ft. built-up area has commenced. Technopark will allot land in Phase 3 to IT/ITES Companies and infrastructure development companies. Support facilities like 110 kV …

Criticising the Government of Kerala for the endless delay in taking decisions regarding the Smart City project, sources close to Tecom said that the implementing agency would have to rethink the future of the project if the government failed to reach a consensus before December 31. “Deadline seems to be a ‘dead’ line’.Tecom is a business entity and projects are based on milestones and timelines.
The State Government has been constantly asking Tecom for deadlines when the transfer of land is still pending. The project will pick up pace only after …

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The cradle of IT industry of Kerala, The Technopark is heading onto its 20th year of existance. From a humble beginning as a Hardware Park in the early 1990s, Technopark has become synonymous with the IT Development of Kerala. Today the Park employs over 20,000 techies in those 180 odd companies nestled in over 300 acres of verdant green land.
The IT boom has witnessed the influx of some of the creme de la creme of IT world like Infosys, Allianz Cornhill and E&Y, and also the budding and booming of …

SunTec, Technopark based  provider of pricing and centralized billing solutions, has been selected as a winner of the Red Herring 100 Asia award, given to promising technology companies in industry innovation.
SunTec chief executive K. Nandakumar received the coveted award at the Asia Red Herring 100 conference at Shanghai earlier this month.
Red Herring is a global media company that brings out a technology magazine, runs an online technology news service and publishes technology newsletters.
In a statement issued here Wednesday, SunTec said it was an honour to be selected as a Red …

New volvo buses introduced in Technopark. They need our support!

Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Wednesday said Smart City Dubai, the developer of the proposed Smart City IT park in Kochi, was “broke”.“Since they (Smart City Dubai) don’t have money, they are now trying to come up with numerous excuses,” the chief minister told reporters here when he was asked about the delay of the project.
The government signed an agreement with Smart City Dubai to develop the Rs.1,500-crore project and operate it.
Achuthanandan laid the foundation stone Nov 16, 2007, but the company has not started construction as the government is …

Luxury, AC, low-floor Volvo city buses will be running to Technopark from November 18th.

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The Congress Party that leads Kerala’s opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) has launched a campaign for an ambitious IT project, put on hold due to differences between the state government and its Dubai-based promoters.
Ramesh Chennithala, president of the Kerala unit of the party, kicked off the campaign by placing a wreath on the foundation stone of the $350mn SmartCity Kochi project that Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan laid two years back.
SmartCity, which seeks to promote a global network of self-sustained townships for knowledge-based industries, put the project on hold after …

Two years after the foundation stone for the Smart City IT park was laid here, the ambitious project is yet to see any progress, thanks to the unresolved issues between the government and the developer.
The government signed an agreement with Smart City Dubai to develop the Rs.1,500-crore project and operate it.
Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan laid the foundation stone on November 16, 2007, but the company has not started construction as the government is yet to complete the registration of the land allotted for the project and settle a contentious stamp …