>>Technopark CEO, Mervin Alexander, said that the allegations against hotels and restaurants in Technopark were not true.  “It is totally baseless.  The audit conducted among the hotels is just superficial and unscientific”, Mervin told to TechnoparkToday. “The baseless reports are making techies panic. Some Technopark companies contacted Infosys for clarification of this incident,” he added. Technopark authorities conduct a food …

>>Majority of the techies might have tasted bad foods in hotels and restaurants inside Technopark.  If it is not just a matter of taste and have far reaching health hazards, would you still feel it’s ok?  Dear colleagues, it’s time to act.  According to some reports, Infosys has conducted an audit in various restaurants, food joints, and the outlets of leading …

HFS Software India Private Limited will be holding an opening day ceremony on Wednesday, 19 October 2011 at 10:30 a.m. to celebrate the opening of its new office location in Leela Infopark, Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram. HFS Software India Private Limited is a subsidiary of Harland Financial Solutions, a U.S.-based financial services software provider. The company currently employs 50 people in its …

Hardly had it surprised anyone when our Chief Minister expressed his regrets in the state assembly over the comment passed by his cabinet colleague on the correlation between viral fever deaths and liquor consumption. Actually, this relation was not the finding of our health minister, but he simply quoted from the observations of the central medical team that was touring …

>>The State Women’s Commission launched a 24 x 7 SMS facility for women across the state for assistance in emergency. A text message sent to 537252, ‘I am in danger’ or ‘Help’ or even a blank message will be registered and assistance will be provided immediately.   The SMS facility can be used in distress situation and for registering complaints with …

>>Technopark-based IBS Software Services (IBS)has entered into a tie-up with Ireland’s national airline, Aer Lingus, to supply software for crew management.  IBS’ Manpower Management (MPM) solution will help Aer Lingus with cost-effective and efficient operations with an optimal level of properly trained and appropriately qualified cockpit and cabin crew.   Aer Lingus is the first airline in Europe to utilize the …

“Until we came here, we didn’t know that no workday of Technopark was affected by hartal.” This statement was made by NASSCOM chairman Rajendra Pawar, he was speaking during media interaction after opening its regional office at Technopark. The fact that Technopark remains uninterrupted during hartal amused the NASSCOM executive members.  They said that there was negative impression on Kerala …

Sept 28. 2011: National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) is hosting its Executive Council Meet at Technopark on Thursday. This is for the first time that the Executive Council is holding its meeting in the state. The day-long meeting will be held at the IBS campus in Technopark.  NASSCOM is the premier trade body of the IT-BPO industries …

>>A survey recently conducted by IIM -K, the premier management institute in India, has found that, 43.3 percent of the Technopark employees are against introduction of trade unions in Technopark. Only 28 percent support the idea of having trade unions. 80 percent of the respondents believe that Technopark has contributed to the economic development of Thiruvananthapuram.  Technopark has brought changes …

>>It is a fact that Kazhakottam-Kariavattom stretch is becoming a dumping yard.  Household waste, food waste from hotels, and plastic wastes are being dumped there.  Residents of the area do believe major chunk of wastes are dumped by techies.   Recently a major news daily too put the onus on the techies for the menace.  Though the areas display board warning …

TechoparkToday.com>>Any eatery we go, we see pyramids of Parotta being made and sold, and we consume those without understanding  their devastating side effects on our health. It is prepared with Maida and Oil/Ghee by beating the mixture into thin layers and later forming round bread with the thin layers.  The villain here is Maida.  Maida or in English known as …

Stories of sacrifice done by men and women alike to save their kith and kins or tales about animals volunteering themselves to become the prey of wicked lion kings have caught everybody’s attention, and morals from those keep on inspiring.  Now the right time has come for each and every Indian to replicate the sacrifices since bomb blasts happen frequently …

The Archives Department is planning to create a  Signature Museum at Trivandrum.  The Archives Department has an excellent collection of signatures in its archive and is busy collecting signatures of living personalities.  The Museum of Signatures will be up  in an year’s time.  The location of the museum will be inside Vyloppilli Samskriti Bhavan. The State Government agreed to the …

>>Hyderabad:  The number of techies being caught for using fake experience certificate for placements are on a rise in IT hubs such as Hyderabad and Banglore.  Some major IT firms have filed complaints after finding that the experience certificates submitted by some of their employees were fake.   Cases of using fake experience certificates were reported in the past, but …

>>Following the success of the first Dev2Dev Workshop on Hadoop, Flytxt, the Technopark based technology leader in mobile marketing and advertising, has announced the second edition of the Developer to Developer Big Data Workshop on ‘Harnessing Hadoop for Big Data’ on September 13, 2011 at the Park Centre in Technopark, Trivandrum from 9.30 am to 1 pm. The first of …

Thovalai, the village situated 12 km from Nagercoil  on the way to Tirunelveli, is one of the largest flower markets of South India.   A large variety of flowers of all colors and types are cultivated and marketed here. Windmill farms for power generation add beauty to the floral plantations. The flower market usually begins at 9 a..m in the …

>>Has time become so precious these days that everybody has enough excuses to avoid one thing or another saying  ‘No time.”  Great inventions and discoveries have come into existence to make our life easier, so we get spare time to do something better.  Washing machines, computers, electric ovens, vehicles, etc. are so common and everybody utilizes one or another and …

>>After introducing the successful service of air-conditioned Volovo buses, the Government is planning to introduce monorail traffic system in the city.  A monorail traffic system to connect Kazhakkoottam and Balaramapuram via Medical College, Thampanoor, Karamana and Pappanamcode has been figured by the Government.  Sources told media that a blueprint for the proposal will be discussed by the State Cabinet on …