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Prathidhwani, a cultural organization of Technopark employees conducting screening of the national award winning movie ‘Byari’on 26th April, Thursday 5:30PM at park centre.  The screening will also include an exclusive open forum with the movie director, Mr. Suveeran.   The film depicts the culture, tradition and language of the ‘Byari’ community and shared the national award for best film with …

‘Performance Appraisal of UDF Government’, the online poll, conducted by TechnoparkToday to apprise the UDF government which is completing its first year, got an overwhelming response from the techie community.   Around 500 techies participated in the survey, which include CEOs, managers, software engineers, and ITES/BPO employees.  The general feeling is that Oommen Chandy government is popular among the techies.   Majority …

Trivandrum, April 20: As part of its expanding offshore operations US-based McFadyen Solutions officially opened its new facility on the twelfth floor of Leela Infopark in TechnoPark. McFadyen, a leading IT systems integrator that builds large-scale e-commerce solutions, is investing heavily in its India operations by building a larger space with state-of-the-artfacilities to stay ahead in today’s globalized world.The President …

The security in front of Technopark has been beefed up, reportedly due to terrorist threat.  In addition to the usual security checkups, police force has been deployed at the front gate to check even company vehicles. One of the security personnel told Technoparktoday that the security was tightened due to terror threat; however, it is yet to confirm whether it …

Country’s first vehicle-actuated Wireless Traffic Signal Controller (Wi-TraC) started functioning at Vellayambalam junction.   The camera in the system can detect vehicles and the intelligent transport system will change signals accordingly.   Four cameras have been installed on each arm of the Junction, and the fifth one in the centre. Wi-TraC is a government-supported research project of C-DAC.  The project …

The annual conference of Malayalam Wikimedians, WikiSamgamotsavam, will be held in Kollam on April 28-29, 2012. Malayalam Wikipedia, the Malayalam edition of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia, has initiated a project to enrich and preserve the language through a joint venture of malayalis across the world. ‘Wikisangamotsavam 2012’ aims to increase Malayalam content in the encyclopedia. About 150 participants will …

Though more than 35,000 employees work at Technopark, the IT hub still lacks a 24-hour medical dispensary. In case of a medical emergency, the techies here have to depend on private hospitals at Kazhakootam or Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS). The techies complain that though there is a private clinic on the campus(Ojus), which functions between 9 pm and …

Here is an exciting chance to eat as much ice creams as you want.  An ice-cream eating competition is organized at Kanakakkunnu palace on Tuesday, April 24, 2012, by the State Diary Development Board, MILMA, Farm Information Bureau, and various milk cooperative societies.  The program is organized as part of the get-together of diary farmers.  K. Muraleedharan, MLA will inaugurate …

Technopark will host the 12th edition of BarCamp Kerala,  an informal gathering of tech-savvy people who love to talk and share information on latest technology, gadgets and developments in the virtual world. It is after an interval of three years that BarCamp is returning to Technopark, the fifth edition being the last time it was hosted by the IT village. …

Flytxt, the provider of global mobile marketing solutions, made their foray into the Sri Lankan Market with the addition of Hutch, the fastest growing mobile operator in Sri Lanka. Flytxt, the innovative mobile marketing campaign management company with a presence across Europe, Africa and Asia, offers industry leading campaign management and marketing services to mobile operators. The integration of Flytxt …

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Tuesday issued new regulations for mobile banking. The new regulations are aimed at ensuring faster and reliable communication for enablement of banking through mobile phones. The new guidelines stipulate that the access service providers need to facilitate the banks to use text messages, unstructured supplementary services data (USSD) and interactive voice response (IVR) …

Live Events presents ‘Destination Kerala Resorts’ Summer Expo 2012, an exclusive travel trade fair on April 18, 19, 20 at Park Centre, Technopark. Live Events, the agency that always delivers a positive impact by thinking strategically and imaginatively about how best to meet its Clients’ business objectives. The expo focus on hoteliers, travel companies, travel agents, consultants, Ayurveda centres, travel …

Infosys, touted as the second largest IT company in India, has signed an agreement with Technopark for 50 acres of land in Technocity, where it will set up its second campus  under SEZ  scheme. The agreement was signed by H. R. Binod, Senior Vice President, Infosys, and K. G. Girish Babu, CEO, Technopark Trivandrum, in the presence of Oommen Chandy, Chief Minister, …

It is important for Government and Civil Society Organizations to participate in the Internet Governance Forum of the UN that addresses Governance issues of the Internet to ensure that the Internet remains a decentralized, free and vibrant medium. Participation of countries in the governance of the Internet is both a right and an obligation, says Dr. Katim Touray, a former …

Its reported that another earthquake were there on this afternoon in Kerala, and here in Trivandrum many of the technopark companies evacuted their facilities. Many technopark buildings like Nila, leela and Infosys SEZ campus were acted very proactively and suddenly evacuated their employees, and kept them in open areas in the campus.  It is heard that TSunami warnings are in Kerala …

>>After the successful will you vote Survey, we are back again with a new survey. This time we are conducting “Performance Appraisal of UDF Government“, a survey on the performance of UDF Government, which is completing its first year.   A demand to conduct annual appraisal of government was came up from the “Will you vote” survey last year. Click …

>> According to residents near Kallingal and Attipra, around 200 metres of Thettiar, the canal which passes through the compound of the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Ltd inside the Technopark campus, was landfilled allegedly by TCS for building a bridge. The local people, led by the councilor of the area, and Union workers entered the construction site of TCS and …

The famous food outlet in Trivandrum city – The Zinc n Rock is coming to  Technopark campus. They are opening new outlets in Ethnic Flavours food bay in 6th Floor, Bhavani building, Technopark. Zinc n Rock is offering three new brands providing various flavors FoodStock : Chinese, Mexican, Italian, Continental & south indian Biriyanis Frycassee:  Crispy borasted chicken, Egg, bread & …