The IT/ITES/BPO people are not taking care about financial and tax planning, according to 70 percent of the respondents of the annual tax survey.
The survey conducted by Right Horizons, an investment advisory firm, among 1,169 salaried individuals also finds that 82 percent of the respondents do not have any medical insurance and only 13 percent has medical insurance cover provided by their employees, reported The Times of India. As per the survey, 36 percent of the respondents in a major IT hub do not have any life insurance policies. 20 …

Each year India produces about twice as many engineering and computing geeks as America, counting those with bachelor’s degrees or a Master’s in Computer Applications, a conversion course. This “engineering gap” is a source of pride in India and consternation in America, which fears the cutting and pasting of high-tech jobs from West to East.
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Today, 30 January, is being observed as the Martyrs’ Day, a tribute to our Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi.  The man who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.  A pioneer of non-violent, civil disobedience, pacifist philosophy which made him one of the most respected spiritual and political leaders of the Twentieth Century.
He gave the entire world one of the most powerful weapon called Satyagraha; a method of direct social action based upon the principles of courage, non-violence & truth. “Non-violence is not a weapon of …

UST Global , one of the biggest employers among software development companies in Kerala, has been accorded the Co-Developer status for setting up its own Private IT campus near Technopark Trivandrum.  The approval is given by the Board of Approval of the Ministry of Commerce.
By becoming the co-developer of Technopark, UST Global would be eligible to claim all the government benefits, that is otherwise limited only to the main developers. Other Technopark based companies that enjoy the co-developer status are Infosys Technologies, IBS Software Services and Tata Consultancy Private Limited.
This …

International Conference On Advances In Computing, Control, And Telecommunication Technologies will be held at Mascot Hotel on 28-Dec-2009
International Conference on Advances in Computing, Control, and Telecommunication Technologies provides an outstanding forum for the discussion and presentation of theory, practices, and applications of computational engineering. ACT 2009, organized by the Association of Computer Electronics and Electrical Engineers (ACEEE), will assemble researchers, scientists, engineers, and scholar students in all areas of computer science, control engineering, electrical and electronics and telecommunication technology. It will be an opportunity for the participants to deliberate on …

Position: Software Engineer
Work Location:- Trivandrum, Technopark Experience :- 2 - 4 years experience Qualification:- Post Graduates / Graduates / Diploma Holders with exceptional Software development skills, Skill Set Required: strong in programming skills, Coding, Requirement Analysis etc. Solid understanding of .Net Technologies (C#, ASP.Net, VB.Net), Oracle / SQL Server Databases, HTML, DHTML, CSS, AJAX, and JavaScript. Ability to handle multiple, competing priorities, meet deadlines, manage risk. Should posses good analytical and problem solving skills. Skills like system Integration design, requirement analysis, and Peer Code Review, Prepare and Review Test cases …

More than 150 IT and ITES companies working at the Technopark campus here, more companies are looking forward to set up shop at the park here. Several IT firms have expressed interest to set up shop here, M. Vasudevan, a top official attached to the Technopark told IANS.
“Of these, Satyam and Ford Business Solutions are the major IT companies who have already shown deep interest in Technopark. A delegation from Ford has already visited, while correspondence with Satyam is also moving ahead. Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan has already written to …

It is learnt that Infosys, the country’s second-largest information technology services provider, has told its senior managers (project managers, senior and group project managers, delivery managers) to give the lowest performance rating (4 on a scale of 1-4) to the ‘underperforming’ 5 per cent as a part of the company’s consolidated relative ranking (CRR).
Though rock-bottom rankings are not unknown in the company, this is the first time that Infosys has made it mandatory. CRR is decided based on the employee’s appraisals which is done twice a year. “The recommendations have …