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TechnoparkToday.com>> Oct 7, 2013:   The Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) has announced the launch of its Young Scientist Scheme (YSS) – a fellowship programme for nurturing and mentoring young researchers. The YSS is designed to help fulfil the long-term career goals of young people in science, technology and related domains and to provide them research opportunities …

TechnoparkToday.com>> October 2013: Technopark-TBI, the empanelled agency of Tata Institute of Social Sciences for the implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility projects of Government of India; has inked for supporting Sustainable livelihood projects with Tehri Hydro Development Corporation (THDC). The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the same was signed by Mr. Rakesh Khare – Chief General Manager – Sewa, THDC & …

TechnoparkToday.com>> October 3, 2013: One died and body of one went missing in the Kallar river near Menmutty waterfall on yesterday. The victim was a member of a nine-member gang, who are trainees in TCS, Technopark. They met with the tragic incident during a picnic on October 2. Mahesh Kumar, aged 29, a native of Haryana and Atul Yadav, aged …

TechnoparkToday.com>> October 2, 2013:  A group of techies who went for a leisure trip today unfortunately met with an accident at Meenmutty near Kallar.  Two feared dead and their bodies are yet to be recovered.  The whereabouts of the Techies are yet to be confirmed. Similar accidents have occurred in the same spot in the past too. UPDATE1 :- That place …

TechnoparkToday.com (Sept,2013) >> The FOSS Young Professionals Meet 2013 organized by International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS) was inaugurated by Prof. M S Rajasree, Director, IIITM-K. The Meet has been organized as ICFOSS’s initiative to expose young professionals to the opportunities in FOSS and introduce them to emerging FOSS-based tools, technology and trends. Welcoming the youngsters at …

Introducing ‘Hummingbird’-the New Search Formula TechnoparkToday.com>> Sep 27, 2013:  Google, the search engine giant, which is a part of our day to day life, turns 15-year-old today.   Google announced some updates on its birthday. The overall look has been updated and borrows the “card” look from Google Now, lumping relevant information into rectangles and carousels and placing it above any …

TechnoparkToday.com (Sept, 2013) >> UST Global launched its own online radio station – an infotainment initiative for its employees named UZone. A unique radio station for its employees to share news, information and music. UST launched this facility for its campuses in Trivandrum, Cochin, Bangalore and Chennai centers now. Cine actress Nimisha Suresh inaugurated the station in Trivandrum campus, following which it …

TechnoparkToday.com(Sept, 2013) >>  The Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) is inviting nominations for its prestigious Kerala State Young Scientist Award for 2014. The award instituted by the KSCSTE recognises outstanding contributions by young Indian scientists carrying out research work in Kerala in various branches of Science and Technology. The deadline for submission of nominations is October31, 2013. Details …

TechnoparkToday.com(sept, 2013) >> A cobra, which has created panic in a ladies PG Facility near Technopark has been caught by city based snake catcher Vava suresh. The cobra was sighted in a PG facility at Nila Nagar, Backside of Nila building Technopark. The snake had strayed in to the kitchen area and the frightened techie girls ran out of the …

TechnoparkToday.com>> September 23, 2013: Tech Professionals Can Cook Too! Technology major UST Global’s premises at Bhavani at Technopark in Trivandrum was witness to a unique charity food festival today.  The food festival named Yummy Aid 2013 was organized at the Bhavani Atrium by NowU (Network of Women Ussociates), an internal volunteer organization that spearheads the development and executive mentoring activities …

TechnoparkToday.com >> VSC celebrated  Onam this time by inviting tribal children from the Agasthya tribal Belt in Trivandrum District. Sri. Yadu Krishnan, popular Malayalam cinema artist was the chief guest of the function. Sri Yadu Krishnan while addressing the gathering highlighted the importance of developing values in the society. Sri. Mohan Kumar( STPI), presided over the function. Shri. Adv.Manoharan and Shri. Devidas …

TechnoparkToday.com(Sept, 2013) >> Celebrated singer, guitarist and songwriter J Mascis, best known for the critically acclaimed alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr based in the United States, will perform the 60th birthday Celebrations of spiritual leader and humanitarian Mata Amritanandamayi Devi on the September 27. Massachusetts-born Mascis, 47, rose to fame in the early late 1980s and is today an iconic rock …

TechnoparkToday.com>> Five student entrepreneurs who are incubating their companies at Startup Village in Kochi will fly to Silicon Valley in California for a first-hand experience of the cradle of global technology revolution – courtesy the government of Kerala. Arvind Sanjeev, Jibin Jose, Vijith Padmanabhan, Akash Mathew and Nithin George Charuvila, all aged 22, are the first winners of the annual SVSquare …

TechnoparkToday.com(sept, 2013) >> RapidValue Solutions to partner with Oracle to exhibit at the GITEX Technology Week Conference, which is to be held on 20-24, October 2013 at World Trade Center, Dubai, U.A.E. GITEX 2013 is #1 conference in MEASA region attended by 139,000+ ICT professionals from 144 countries; 3,500+ ICT brands from 54 countries; 18,000+ C-level executives from various industry verticals …

TechnoparkToday.com (sept, 2013) >> What could be the salary a fresher can expect? Ahmedabad engineering student Smit Sanghvi got an annual salary package of  Rs 93 lakh ($1,15,000)  plus 125 stock options from Google. Google – the search engine giant offering such massive salary to the freshers from their campus recruitment program.  Himanshu Jindal, a computer engineering student from Delhi Technological University, also got …

TechnoparkToday.com>> Sep 13, 2013: When entire Technopark is busy with programs such as athaappokkalam, tug of war, pulikali etc, Digital Brands Group has a very different Onam. DBG too planned a normal Onam celebration and began making a pookkalam until they realized from someone that the Regional Cancer Centre is in dire need of blood.  RCC was finding it difficult …

TechnoparkToday.com>> Technopark-based Polus Software celebrated Onam in a unique way on the 11th of September.  Apart from the normal celebration listings which includespookkalam, Uriyadi, Lemon & Spoon,3 Legged Race, Onappattu,PazhamTheettaMatsarametc, we conducted an expo for all techies which was the main attraction of the event. The event was christened “Onavarnnangal”, where techies did their onam shopping. “Onavarnangal” was the first …

TechnoparkToday.com>> Sep 12, 2013:  UST Global, Technopark-based information technology solutions and services company for Global 1000 enterprises, has expanded its operations in Mexico with the launch of its second delivery center in Mexico city. This expansion comes within less than a year of UST Global’s entry into the country, which was felicitated by Vicente Fox Quesada, former President of Mexico …