>> ‘Prathidhwani’ is extending the date of submission for ‘qisa’ short film festival to September 5, 2012.   After receiving an overwhelming amount of requests for an extended entry period, ‘Prathidhwani’ is giving Techies the opportunity to create an even greater piece of inspiring filmmaking.  Some Techie film makers are in the process of making short films exclusively for ‘qisa’ short …

>>Technopark will host the 25th Kerala Science Congress, to be held from January 29 to 31, 2013.  The theme of the science congress will be ‘Science education and research.”  Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) is the organiser of the event. A national science exhibition will also be organised as part of the main event at the …

A high-level bureaucratic delegation led by J Satyanarayana, Secretary, Dept of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY), and Gaurav Dwivedi, director, Department of Electronics and Information Technology  has visited Kerala to understand the various e-Governance initiatives undertaken by the state. The team also held discussions with the Chief Secretary and other secretaries on the  integrated e-Governance delivery services to be rolled …

Soon, old  BSNL land phone connection will provide video calls, chats/conferencing facility, a feature which will be facilitated after C-DoT upgrades BSNL’s existing telecom infrastructure to the Next Generation Network (NGN) — a process which has started & expected to complete within a year and a half. C-DoT has also developed a broadband wireless terminal which can provide broadband speeds faster …

>>Again an incident of serving substandard food from a technopark restaurant. The latest victim was  Naveen AS, a techie who got a cooked worm from chicken Manchoorian.  He bought it from Amritha Restaurant functioning in Nila atrium. When he complained the incident, the restaurant representative simply blamed the vegetables and apologized for the ‘special dish’. After the controversial shawarma incident, …

>>Kick-starting the festive season of Onam, Infopark Kochi has organized ‘INFO-FEST 2012’ at Infopark campus from August 21st to 23rd. The three days Infofest 2012 kick-started with vibrant Shinkary Melam in Vismya Building at Infopark. Infopark CEO Gigo Joseph said, “Infofest is a great opportunity for the IT professionals at the park to take a break from their hectic schedules …

>>Technopark TBI launched its latest initiative – Technopark Software Testing Lab and Certification Centre (TSECC). This initiative is a joint venture with SE Mentor Solutions (P) Ltdset up at Park Centre, Technopark with funding support from Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt of India. The Centrewas inaugurated by Dr. K C Chandrasekharan Nair,Managing Director, T-TBI.Other Dignitaries present included, Mr.Bobby …

>>After the controversial Shawarma incident, several issues of food adulteration are reporting from the city.  The latest event has happened to a Techie, who bought a packet of Elite bread.  The bread packet surprisingly had sliced sponge pieces inside the loaves. A complaint has been registered with the food safety authority through their toll free number.

>>qisa Film Festival, the short film festival for Techies, is happening on 15th of September 2012 at park centre.   Entries will be accepted till 31st August 2012.   The movies, directed by Techies,  will be reviewed by a well known judging panel and exciting cash prizes and momento will be presented to the Best Short film, Second Best Short film, …

>>Technocity, a landmark in the making in the Indian IT scenario of Kerala is ready with the master plan for takeoff, which will offer state-of-art infrastructure facilities for intending investors. The picturesque technopolis in the 450 acres of land Pallippuram area of Trivandrum district  when fully commissioned will be an integrated IT township,encompassing IT/ITes infrastructure, residential apartments, shopping malls with …

>>Webandcrafts a start-up company, in tie up with other leading internet service providers, was inaugurated by G. Girish Babu, Technopark CEO,  in Infopark Koratty (Thrissur district) Dignitaries present for the function included, Shilen Sagunan (Managing Director, Arbitron -India), Joseph Mattappally (The Director- Indian Thoughts), Partheeban (HOD, IT Dept, S.A. Engineering College Chennai), Dr. Vijayan (HOD, MBA Dept, S.A. Engineering College …

>>No. 1 IT News Portal, TechnoparkToday.com is organizing a photography contest exclusively for techies . Send in your best snap, clicked during the Onam celebrations of your company.   The best photograph,  selected by a panel of professional photographers, will get exciting prizes from TechnoparkToday .Com Theme – Onam @ Office Eligibility:   This contest is open to all IT/ITES/BPO company employees of Technopark. …and we will …

>>Infopark’s first accommodation facility opened for all companies run by the Indian Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd., The new guest house has been set up to provide on-site accommodation for passing businessmen, employees and clients at Infopark. The guest house, of 25000 built up space, consists of 20 rooms; 16 double deluxe and 4 fully fitted suite. Designed to mirror …

>>The audition of IT king and IT queen South India 2012 will be held on August 11 at Technopark club house from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.  The beauty contest is organized to select IT kind and IT queen among Techies in south India.  This is expected to be held in Technopark by the fourth week of August.  The mega …

>>Prathidhwani is back with a new venture – ‘qisa Film Festival’, the first ever of its kind in Technopark, to showcase films directed by techies. This will be a golden opportunity for techies to screen their moving visuals in front of the whole Technopark community.  The mega event is happening on 15th of September 2012 at park centre, Technopark.  Entry …

>>The re-designed website of the President of India was launched at Rashtrapati Bhavan.   You can visit the website at this address- http://presidentofindia.nic.in/ While the historical perspectives from the earlier websites have been retained, the re-designed website has some new features, which include direct connectivity from the website to social networking media of the President i.e. Facebook and You-Tube. These two …

>>The British Deputy High Commission Chennai, in collaboration with Infopark, Kochi is organizing a networking session on “Working with the UK” on August 8, 2012 Wednesday from 2:30pm to 4:30pm at MP Hall, Tapasya, Infopark. Jamie Cribb, Deputy Head of Mission & Head of Trade & Investment British Deputy High Commission will deliver the keynote address on UK Trade & …

>>The Food Safety Authority had served notices to more than 10 food outlets in Technopark in an inspection conducted four days ago owing to poor sanitation facilities.  Hiding the notice of the Food Safety Commissioner,  Kalpaka sea food restaurant and Amritha had placed another notice stating that the hotel was closed down for maintenance and would be opened soon. Not …