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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 …

In these days of cyber age, many youngsters find various social media as the best way to ventilate their thoughts and ideas.  Short films are the new fad.  A group of techies too joined the bandwagon with a short film titled ‘Mayakkannadi’. ‘Mayakannadi’, as the name suggests, is a story of a dream.  A video parody, Mayakannadi is made by …

Hysitron Inc, a provider of nano mechanical test instruments, inaugurated its India R&D centre and 100 per cent subsidiary, Hysitron Nanotechnology India Pvt Ltd in Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram. The new facility was inaugurated by Thomas J Wyrobek, president, Hysitron Inc, at the Thejaswini building. The new R&D Centre is spread over 4,000 sft, according to a company release. Hysitron has recently …

>>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 …

Android is the boom of today and has already captured the world. It can be incorporated in all professional fields and so is its popularity. There is a great demand for the android application developers now a days in the industry, but the supply is far less than the actual demand in the market. As a solution, ActivApps – A …

Technopark is the very first organization in kerala, which changed the common man’s perceptions about the job forever. In a state, where most of the youth were looking for the white color govt job, this IT organization opened a new era of unlimited opportunities. Today, Technopark hosts more than 250 individual IT companies with more than 30,000 workforce, one of …

UST brings back the football fever to Technopark. GOAL 2011, the premier corporate football tournament that has continuously swept the imagination of football aficionados at Technopark kicked off at the LNCPE Football Grounds, Trivandrum on September 18, 2011. The event was inaugurated by Mr. Subhash Parameshwaran, Head of Sales Support Services, UST Global. The day witnessed a host of exciting …

The Union commerce ministry today granted the status of a special economic zone (SEZ) to 114-acre site of the proposed Smart City project in Kochi. With this, the SEZ status has now been accorded to the total area of 246 acres of the proejct. Earlier, in March this year, the government had sactioned SEZ status only to 132 acres as …

SunTec’s new product, TBMS-F Business Value Monitor, is an interactive business value dashboard that enables banks to take strategic decisions based on real-time business insights. SunTec, the leading provider of Relationship-based Pricing and Centralized Billing solutions, today launched a new product named Business Value Monitor, targeting banks and other financial institutions. The new product, which is an extension to SunTec’s flagship …

Because of the overwhelming response and request, We are extending the Malayali Manka 2011 contest till the end of this month ( 30-Sept-2011). Rush your entries to [email protected] with ‘Malayali manka 2011’ As subject line. To Know more about the Malayali Manka 2011 contest, and its terms & Conditions : Malayali Manka 2011

>>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 …

Partnership leverages Zebra’s real-time location solution to improve speed and accuracy of mustering or evacuation events Sep 15, 2011 – Zebra Technologies Corporation ZBRA -1.71% , a recognized global leader in solutions that extend visibility into operations and give a digital voice to physical assets, and IBS, a leading global provider of new generation IT solutions, today announced a partnership …

A good news for those whose who aspire to learn martial arts in capital city. So far our options were limited to Karate and Kung-fu. But now, for the first time, another spectacular martial art form – Taichi is coming to Trivandrum. Taichi classess in trivandrum is conducted at Parottukonam by Mr K M Iqbal – A Taichi expert and …

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 …

Technopark Trivandrum played host to Marijke A Van Drunnen Littel—the Consul General of the Kingdom of Netherlands at Mumbai. Mervin Alexander, the Chief Executive Officer of Technopark and M. Vasudevan, Senior Business Development Manager made a presentation to the Consul General and her team explaining the profile of IT firms in the park and the future plans for Kerala IT. …

>>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 …

The leading textile retailer Pothys silks is coming to Trivandrum. “POTHYS” opening their in Trivandrum showroom within next couple of weeks .This is their first ever showroom outside Tamilnadu.Pothys is known as the ultimate destination for silks and silk sarees, perfect for weddings and other festive occasions. Pothys had its own brand in silk – Samudrika, Parampara and Vastrakala. They give  the …