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>>’Prathidhwani’ is all set to distribute the first ‘qisa’ Short Film Festival Awards on September 20, 5:30 p.m. at Travancore hall, Parkcenter. National Award-winning Indian film director and cinematographer Shaji N Karun will distribute the awards to Techie film makers. The techie turned film director and screenwriter Ranjith Sankar will be the chief guest of the event. The award winning …

>>Technopark authorities going to evacuate India’s first Automated Multi-level Modular Automobile Parking System, developed by Joy Joe’s Safe Parking Private Limited, from the Technopark campus. The parking system was developed under the Technopreneur Promotion Programme (TePP) operated by the department of scientific and industrial research (DSIR).   The parking system demo was inaugurated in March 2012 by MP Shashi Tharoor. The …

>>The authorities in charge of Thampanoor bus stand-cum-shopping complex are striving to get it operational by the year-end. Unable to meet the June deadline, the contractor, Kumar Group, has set December-end as the new deadline. Began in March 2010, the Rs 55.96-crore project was set for completion on September 26. A joint venture of Kerala State Road Transport Corporation and …

  >>UST Global Reds defeated Infosys Blacks by by 1-0 in the finals of GOAL 2012, Technopark’s annual football tournament conducted by UST Global. The finals and the loser’s finals were held at the LNCPE Ground, Kariavattom, on September 15, 2012. Goal 2012 Champions:   UST GLobal Reds.  First Runner up:  Infosys Blacks.  Second Runner up:  UST Blacks.  Third Runner …

>>Jalam, directed by Manu S Kumar of UST Global, won the won the best film award in qisa short film festival.  The film was based on the life of people in Kuttanadu.  Ettaman a Myth, directed by Mahesh Periyadan of UST Global won the second best film award, and the director also won the award for best script. Directors of …

>>Travancore hall was jam-packed on Sunday. The ‘qisa’ short film festival organized by Prathidhwani was a real crowd puller as all were eager to watch the movie talents among IT professionals. Twenty-one short films directed by techies competed for the best short film award. The themes of short films varied from life of techies to issues in their native places. …

Flytxt, the provider of integrated real-time closed loop mobile marketing solutions, announced today that it has been named the winner of 2012 Red Herring Top 100 Asia Award. Red Herring’s editorial team analyzed hundreds of cutting edge companies and technologies and selected those who are positioned to grow at an explosive rate. The finalists were short listed for the 2012 …

  Due to the unexpected declaration of Hartal on September 15, ‘qisa’ Film festival screening date is postponed to September 16, 2012, Sunday.  There is no change in the venue and timings.

>>A total of 21 short films directed by Techies will be screened at the first edition of ‘qisa’ shoft film festival on September 15 at Travancore hall, Technopark. Click Here  to Register your Seats Now. Techies’ cultural organization ‘Prathidhwani’ is organizing the event. BIG FM 92.7 and TechnoparkToday are the radio and online partners respectively of the short film festival.

Defending champions, UST Global Reds, will meet Infosys Blacks in the finals of GOAL 2012 – Technopark’s annual football tournament conducted by UST Global. In the semifinals that were held on Sep 9th, UST Global Reds overcame tough challenge from UST Global Blacks to reach the finals, while Infosys Blacks defeated the 2011 runners up, Tata Elxsi, to book their …

The Indian Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Parks, (STEPs) and Business Incubator Association (ISBA) will open its new headquarters in Technopark TBI, Trivandrum. Dr. K C Chandrasekharan Nair, Managing Director, Technopark- TBI will be the new Secretary General of ISBA along with Dr. Deepanwita Chatopadhyaya who’s appointed as the new President. It was ISBA General Body who selected Technopark TBI to …

>>A five-member high level delegation from Canadian Parliament headed by Russell Hierbert, Member of Parliament visited Technopark with the basic objective to improve the investments and trade relations between IT companies based in Canada and Kerala. He was accompanied by Members of Parliament: Devinder Shory and Joe Daniel; Senators: Raynell Andreychuk and David Smith and Secretary to the Delegation Elizabeth …

>>Marking the speedy growth of the satellite campus of Infopark Kochi, a new building of three lakh sq.ft is coming up in the second phase of Infopark-Thrissur at Koratty. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will inaugurate the commencement of construction of the first multistoried IT Building in the campus on 8th September 2012, 5PM. Upon completion; it is expected to generate …

>> ‘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 …

Polus Software celebrated onam in grandeur and pananche. The festivities kicked off with the laying of a huge floral carpet in front of Leela Infopark, followed by malayali manka, malayali mannan, punchiri kuttan and punchiri kutti contests. The employees enjoyed various onam games, thiruvathira, onappattu and concluded the celebration with grand onasadya.

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 …