>>Athirup’s bicycle club (ABC), first cross city bicycle club in the state, is becoming popular.   ABC’s cycle racks in major places like Kowdiar, Vellayambalam, Vazhuthacaud, Museum, Sasthamangalam, Bakery Junction, Thampanoor, Pazhavangadi and Kesavadasapuram is the hot favourite of bicycle lovers in the city.  An average of five cycles will be seen at each of these spots. ABC has various …

UST Global announced a new CSR initiative named  AroundUS – a Reform – Where you can choose any Community activities categorized – GREEN, HEALTHCARE and EDUCATION.  This gives employees a chance to work in their Locality or with Residential Associations for a noble cause. Thereby, transforming lives of the community. It is an obligation to help those who are less …

IPSR Announces Recruitment DriveForUST Global (Software) Technopark,Trivandrum    For  B.Sc/ BCA 2011 Batch   Date: Wednesday,11th May 2011 Venue: B.V.M Holy Cross College, Cherpunkal, Kottayam (The College is on the way of Ettumanoor – Pala route, near Cherpunkal Busstop, Cherpunkal Church)Reporting Time: 9.30 AM Eligibility Criteria Education: B.Sc (Computer Science, IT, Electronics) / BCA Academic Percentage:  60% Marks for degree …

Spotted this same car for the third time parking the same way in the Technopark parking space behind Pamba building. Why our people are so irresponsible? Watch out the Yellow line. All other cars are parked properly, but what is special with this car? I’m reporting it to technoparktoday.com since I noticed this car for the third time parked similarly. …

Veteran banker and former chairman of ICICI bank,Kundapur Vaman Kamath has been appointed the new Chairman of Infosys’ Board of Directors. He succeeds N R Narayana Murthy, who has been made Chairman Emeritus of Infosys for life. The current CEO and Managing Director, S ‘Kris’ Gopalakrishnan, will be the co-chairman, while the Chief Operating Officer, S Dinesh Shibulal, will take …

>>Gayathri Govind is twinkle-toed. In fact she proved she does not have two left feet in Asianet’s ‘Thakadhimi.’ The dancing lass is on seventh heaven having won the title and hefty prize money. Having started dancing from the age of three, Gayathri was always interested in learning various Indian dance forms. Bharatanatyam, Mohiniyattam, Kuchipudi, Ottanthullal, Kathakali, and Kathak. Gayathri’s distinctive …

>> Global consulting and IT companies Ernst and Young (E&Y),  Global Shared Services and Cognizant will be setting up their units in Kerela at Infopark Kochi campus, giving a boost to the information technology sector in Kerala. The agreement with the two companies was signed by Infopark CEO Binu Pazoor in the presence of Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan today. “In …

“GIST”, a campaign organized by Vibezon Concepts from May 5, 2011 to June 5, 2011 is to draw public attention to the widespread prevalence of use of tobacco and to negative health effects, which leads to slow death. On June 5th, they are organizing an event in Trivandrum which includes an exhibition of posters, screening of the anti-tobacco ad films, …

K-MUG, The Kerala Microsoft Users Group is organizing ‘Tech-Ed on the road’ on May 14, 2011 at the Park Centre in Technopark. Participation in K-MUG is an excellent, inexpensive way to receive technical content, education and to meet with peers to get more out of the Microsoft platforms, products, technologies, and resources. For registration, follow these links: http://communitytechdays.com/ http://k-mug.org/content/ctd11.aspx

Discussing and negotiating for salary is a very crucial part of any job interview. Even the most seasoned of candidates often find it a nerve wracking task. However bungling on this aspect can hurt you in many ways. You ask for too much, and you lose the game. If you ask for less, you end up with the nagging feeling …

  Good news for party animals in Trivandrum, Ruby Arena is launching a state of the art club – Club Cheerz and as part of that a great club launch party, EDM night with Video Mapping. The launch party will be on Saturday, May 7th from 7:00p.m all the way till 1:00am the next day. Event Details Time & Date …

The Department of Telecom has finalized a scheme whereby telecom operators across the country will be given subsidy to roll out wireless broadband network in villages, thereby enabling the people of six lakh remote villages in the country to get high speed broadband services for just Rs 99 a month. Rural folks will not have to pay any upfront cost …

Indian IT giant Wipro has announced a salary hike of 12-15 percent for its Indian employees and 2-4 percent for its overseas employees, effective from June 1. The announcement regarding pay hikes came by as Wipro reported a 14 percent year-on-year rise in net profit for the January-March quarter in line with the market trends. The company reported a net …

The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) has pre-certified the Technopark Phase-III Building as GOLD under the LEED India rating System. This is for the first time that a facility of Technopark is being awarded a Green Building Certificate. The construction activities of this structure with a built up area of 10 Lakh Sq. Ft. is progressing very fast. This is …

A study by global consulting and research firm Everest Group, titled “Role of Global Sourcing in Financial Services,” says that India will play a key role in global Business Process Outsourcing in the financial services sector, which has the potential to reach a market size of $250 billion. The financial services BPO (FS BPO) sector, is a $16-18 billion market …

Swami Cyber Solutions Pvt. Ltd., an established US based company is looking for: 1. Software Engineers – Delphi 2+ years of experience in the following: Delphi, SQL Server 2.  Software Engineers – .NET 2+ years of experience in the following: C#.net, ASP.net 2.0, SQL Server 2005/2008, SQL Server Reporting Services,  Oracle. Experience in ASP.net MVC will be a definite plus. …

One of the India’s leading enterprise messaging aggregators and VAS service providers – TNGiCUBE(operating from offices in Trivandrum, Bangalore and Mumbai),is conducting the national mobile startup Hunt 2011 in Trivandrum . As part of its fourth annual day celebrations, TNGiCUBE has initiated a National Mobile Startup Hunt which aims to find and groom the most innovative and promising business ideas …

Humais Al Tayer, Member of Supreme Committee for Dubai World Group and Dubai Holding Group, has informed Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan that the planning, recruitment, and tendering process for various works related to the Smart City Kochi project are progressing, and that it would only be a matter of weeks before the resources are mobilised toward the work …