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The President of InApp, Satish Babu, has been appointed as the Director of the International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS) by the Government of Kerala. Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan inaugurated the International Centre for Free and Open Source Software at Technopark on February 24, 2011. The ICFOSS was formed with a view to provide technical assistance for implementing …

Megawave productions, a group of techies planing the movie ‘The Island Express‘, conducting their first official meeting at Sri Mulam Club, Vazhuthacaud on March 5 at 2 pm to 5 pm. In the meeting they will explain the: – The vision and mission of Team Megawave. – The plan of current project. – Budgeting and other details. “We would like …

With the introduction of six new trains, including a Duronto Express and MEMU, the Union Railway budget presented on Friday has brought much for Thiruvananthapuram to cheer about.  The new passenger terminal at Nemom is one of the highlights of the budget. The Chennai-trivandrum AC Duronto is one among the ninte Durontos announced in the budget.  This will run twice …

Can big franchises fix any amount of their interest?  SUBWAY in Technopark feels they can.   Recently, a techie had to pay double the amount for a bottle of water.  Jaison Joseph – A Techie from Technopark, who bought a 500 ml Kinley drinking water from Subway, had to pay Rs 20 instead of the printed price, Rs 10. When he …

Yentha.com presents ‘Home Expo 2011’, first-ever online home expo in Trivandrum,  from Feb 10 to April 10. “This is a unique and first-of-its-kind venture and we expect good response for this.   So far, the response to this from our clients have been positive.” says Sivakumar S, Sales Manager, Yentha.com. With this online real estate expo, you can choose from …

NATANA – The Arts club of technopark published the results of its auditions. Hundrads of talents from Technopark participated during the audition conducted at Technopark. The result published in categories like  Singing, Dancing, Acting, Modeling etc… Check out the Natana Audition Reult Page for the details. Link: http://www.natana.in/natana-audition-results ..and Congratulations Winners!!!

Railway police and Railway protection force decided to  publish the helpline numbers in all the trains under trivandrum division. Railway Police Helpline Number : 9846200100 Railway Protection Force Helpline Number: 9995040000 Save this number, and pass it to your friends and relatives.

Flytxt, the Technopark based technology leader in mobile marketing and advertising, is hosting a Developer to Developer Big Data Workshop on “Harnessing Hadoop” for Big Data Analytics’ on March 9, 2011.  The event will be held at the Park Centre in Technopark, Trivandrum.  The workshop aims to give a peek into the interesting and real-world applications of Hadoop stack. Rajesh …

MobME – A technopark based mobile value added service company has won NASSCOM innovation award for 2011. MobME won the award under the category, Market Facing Innovation, for its implementation of the m Governance Service Delivery Platform (mSDP) for Kerala State IT Mission, India’s first m-governance project. MobME is one of the eight companies that won this recognition from among …

Information Kerala Mission (IKM), the flagship e-governance project of the state government that works towards strengthening computerisation and networking of the 1,223 local bodies in the state, is billed as the largest and most comprehensive local bodies project in India. M.K. Prasad, executive chairman and director of IKM, said at a media seminar here Tuesday that each of the local …

Infosys is planning major expansion in Trivandrum, kerala, with the inaguration of their first Software Development Block (I) at its Technopark Campus II (SEZ) in Trivandrum, Kerala. Infosys’ second campus at Technopark Campus II (SEZ) is spread over 50 acres and will be developed over a period of five years in a phased manner. The Software Development Block (I) inaugurated at …

The director board meeting of Smart City Kochi, which is expected to take important decisions on starting project work, will be held in Kochi on Wednesday.  A Teacom team headed by Abdullatif Al Mulla, CEO of Tecom investment group, will arrive here on Tuesday. New lease agreements will be signed between the state government and Tecom.  Decisions on issues like …

On Sunday, February 20, 2011, Kerala Chief Minister V S Acuthanandan launched the Second Phase expansion of Infopark Kochi spread over 160 acres in Kunnathunadu and Puthencruz villages. Majority of the 160 acres identified for the project has been identified. The Board of Approvals (BoA) of the Union Ministry of Commerce had granted Special Economic Zone (SEZ) status to about …

It’s election time once again in Kerala. The office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Kerala, has made available the current voter’s list at their site – http://ceo.kerala.gov.in. Click on the Electoral Roll Search. You can search by your name, relation name (usually surname), house name, or EPIC (Electoral Photo Identity Card) Number. Note that this list will be different from …

Today is that big day – The Attukal Pongala offering as part of the Attukal Bhagavathy Temple festival. More than three million women gather here to offer pongala to Attukal to making it the largest gathering of women on earth. Attukal Pongala is an annual congregation of women to offer Pongala –an offering of boiled rice in earthern pot – during the …

Technopark was witness to a unique Valentine’s day celebration this time.! Members of CAWEA (Committee For Animal Welfare And Eco Adventure) came out with a novel Valentine’s Day Programme for the first time for all at the Bhavani Atrium in the Technopark . The smart and efficient team of CAWEA , that mostly includes Vets from ACIS , a company …

Joyalukkas Techno Couple contest date extended to February 20th, 2011. contestants can send their entries to [email protected] with subject line ‘TechnoCouple 2011’ to know more about the Techno Couple contest, and its terms and conditions, Click Here…

>>TechnoparkToday in association with the leading personal security service provider, Rampart Services, has started organizing self defense awareness training campaign.   The first session will be held on Feb 16 at RM Education Solutions in the Leela Infopark Building.    In the session, the experts will instruct how to avoid any risky situations and how to react in dangerous situations, and many …