There  are benefits coming to those seeking jobs,  as  a hiring wave by India’s outsourcing sector  is set to increase recruitment by nearly 70 percent in the next financial year, according to the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom).
India’s big three outsourcing companies — Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys and Wipro — all have plans to boost hiring sharply in the coming financial year, and have already revealed their requirements.
IT professionals confirm that the ‘feel good” factor is back, as big companies have returned to college campuses  to …

Prem Kiran and Veena from Infosys Technologies have won the Techno Couple contest organised by Metro Manorama. The contest was for couples working in Technopark/IT Companies in Trivandrum.
Results:
Winners - Prem & Veena ( Infosys )
First Runner ups - Don Kurien ( RMESI) & Simi ( AES Solutions)
Second RUnner Ups - Derek & Smitha ( Visual Graphics)
Special Jury Award - Jimmy Kurian ( Satmatrix ) & Tess ( Faith Infotech)

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 …

“Intelligent Trivandrum“ - a promotional campaign, consisting of a brochure and video presentation, to showcase Trivandrum as a top IT/ITES destination was released during the India IT Summit 2009 .

The campaign was launched by the Trivandrum Development Front (TDF) - a not-for-profit organisation, composed of young professionals and entrepreneurs, that works to promote development in and around Trivandrum.

The two-day India IT Summit jointly organised by the Confederation for Indian Industry and IT Kerala at The Leela Kempinski, Kovalam concluded on Friday. A glittering array of techno-CXOs, politicians, thought leaders, and trade associations participated in the event  which received praise on its first outing.
In a keynote address delivered by Union Minister of State for External Affairs, Dr. Shashi Tharoor, he said “India today has created a brand for itself in IT and we have to make concerted efforts to become the leader in this industry. We have to …

The global retail giant - Walmart has selected three IT vendors in India - Infosys Technologies, Cognizant Technology Solutions and UST Global for multi-year contracts worth over $600 million (around Rs 2,750 crore).
The amount is roughly equivalent to the value of goods - textiles, handicrafts and other products — that the world’s largest retailer sources from India every year.
This development is expected to boost the IT outsourcing landscape in India, given that Walmart typically prefers to develop its retail applications in-house. Walmart gradually started buying packaged retail applications from leading …

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

a SEZ being developed by software major Infosys on a 50-acre plot adjacent to the Technopark

This is where you find the roots of IT in Kerala. Nestled away from the hustle and bustle of the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram’s Technopark boasts to be the only tech park in the country with maximum green cover  surrounding the 177 odd companies spread across the various buildings in the campus.
Technopark claims to have many unique propositions for investors, specifically targeted at reducing the time for setting up facilities and offices on ground. The ’single window’ facility exclusively for the IT industry is a huge incentive since all infrastructure and …

Lots of discussions happened here, as part of different posts - Why Technopark Managers(keralites) are not professional/inhumane?

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 …

Technopark Phase III plan has been released.

Infosys has become the second technology firm in the country to cross the one-lakh employee mark after industry leader TCS. Infosys, Technopark also joined in the celebrations and there were posters and lots of balloons at their office in Bhavani building, Technopark.
TechnoparkToday wishes all the best to Infosys in their amazing journey! Way to go Infy !!!
Its heard that they have plans to add up another 25K people in the upcoming quarter, and the recruitments at their Trivandrum centre will start by December 2008.
Also the Trivandrum Infosys campus is shaping …

This is Riddles of Time - a collection of poems by Indu Lekshmi ( working with Infosys, Technopark ). There are thirty poems. This book is published by Monsoon Editions, Calicut. ‘Riddles of Time’ reflects the outlook of the poet on the various dimensions of life.
Ms. Indu Lekshmi, is a talented poet well known  among the techies in Technopark. Her writing skills were always appreciated and this is another example that techies can be great artists too. Let’s congratulate her on this great achievement and let this be a moment of …

The oldest and foremost IT park in India - Technopark, Trivandrum embarked on a new stage of growth with the commencement of work on its third phase. Phase III of Technopark will cover an area of 92 acres and will be an IT/ITES special economic zone. While 40 of the 92 acres will be developed by a private developer, the remaining land will be developed by the Technopark authorities.
Some of the land being retained for development by the Technopark authorities will be offered to individual IT companies to build their …

THEATRE is a Infosys-Sanjeevani event which aims at spreading awareness about the lives of the underprivileged & how we can change them. In Theater, teams will perform street plays (a street play is a skit performed on a street or some public place by artists usually dressed in uniform costumes) showcasing their ideas about the topic. The plays should be tailored to instill awareness in the audience. Teams are encouraged to think creatively and innovatively to portray their ideas on the theme “Make a difference …..to an underprivileged life.” You …