Technopark Premier League (TPL) 2013 Kickstarts

January 5, 2013 – The 10^th edition of the Technopark Premier League (TPL) 2013 cricket Tournament kick started today at the Technopark campus. The tournament was inaugurated by Mr. Bala Kiran IAS, Director – Akshaya State Project. Technopark officials, Mr. M Vasudevan, Sr. Business Development Manager; Dr. K C Chandrashekharan Nair CFO and MD – TTBI and Mr. Abhilash DS, Officer HR & Admin attended the function.

This year, around 129 teams from the various Technopark companies are participating in the league matches showing more of team cohesiveness and team spirit among companies. The matches will be held on Saturdays, Sunday and other Public holidays for the next three months.

The inaugural match was played between 3E IT Solutions and Accel Frontline Limited. Mr. Bala Kiran IAS interacted with the players and also played a warm up session with the participants. 3E IT Solutions won the inaugural match.

“All work and no play make techies totally dull. Initially when we started the tournament, there were only 18 teams and this edition we have touched 129. Hopefully the next season will see about 200 teams vying for the coveted title. Such activities help the techies to unwind from their normal monotonous routine of hectic work and add spice to their work life at Technopark campus.” Said Girish Babu, CEO Technopark.

“The finals will be held during the first week of April 2013 and this year we are planning to invite Kerala Cricket Association officials as well as the celebrity Indian Cricketer Sreeshanth. We aim to make Technopark Premier League the biggest cricketing event in the State.” Technopark officials said during the inaugural event.