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August 21st, 2012
@jays

Onam Celebrations Begin at Infopark Kochi

 

 

Infofest 2012 has kick-started the Onam celebrations in Infopark Kochi. The three-day festival, which began today, will conclude on August 23. The fest began with a vibrant “Shinkari Melam” in the Park’s “Vismaya” building.

 

The three days Infofest 2012 kick-started in Vismya Building at Infopark

 

 

The three days Infofest 2012 kick-started with vibrant Shinkary Melam

 

Infofest is the first of its kind inter-company celebration to be conducted in Infopark. The festival, which aims to bring together all the techies in the Park at a time when the entire State is celebrating the festival of equality and harmony, features various competitions, games, exhibitions, and fun activities.  Over 15 competitions in five main categories have been organized in the individual and group categories. See the table below for more information on competition items and venues:

 

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 There will also be an exhibition by builders, fashion houses, automobile companies, and hospitality industry. Handicrafts and daily use items will also be on exhibition.

 

The three-day festivity and celebration will culminate with the “Onamelam”—a two-hour musical extravaganza that will begin at 7 p.m. on August 23.

 

Event management company Enieo is in charge of Infofest 2012. The Onappookkalam (flower carpet) winners will get the Infopark Ever-rolling Trophy.

 

 

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June 30th, 2012
@arya

Technopark Bicycle Club Enters the Scene Again

Technopark Bicycle Club Enters the Scene Again

 

After a short break, the Technopark Bicycle Club (TBC) has made a re-entry.

 

TBC, which was launched by the State Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and was welcomed by a number of enthusiastic techies, had later became inactive due to a number of reasons including the irresponsible handling of bicycles and even theft.

 

The TBC team has revised terms and conditions for renting out the bicycles in order to avoid misuse and theft. After e-mail registration, users will be sent a handbook. TBC collect details of the user, the company he/she is working in, contact number, contact details of family members or friends, and so on. A customer care service at 9744511777 will also be available for queries.

 

The specialty of TBC is that the usage fee is just Rs. 2 per hour. TBC operates on SMS-based service where the users can lock and unlock the cycle by sending SMS to 9645511155. The users will get SMS replies on details of number lock and user fee.

 

TBC racks are available at several locations in the park campus.

 

Source: IndiaITNews

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June 10th, 2011
@tjacobs

Kerala Has Bright Prospects in IT Sector

 

Kerala Has Bright Prospects in IT Sector

 

The congestion in India’s leading IT hubs like Bangalore has presented Kerala with the opportunity to pitch itself as an alternative investment destination for IT and IT-Enabled Services companies.

 

A study by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) revealed that Bangalore was losing its charm as the country’s premier IT hub for a number of reasons, and most of all due to its crumbling infrastructure.

 

The study revealed that 55 percent of the IT companies in Bangalore preferred to shift their operations to Gurgaon and Noida.

 

And this is why Kerala can market itself as the next IT hub of the country. Gigo Joseph, Chief Executive Officer of Infopark Kochi, believes that Kerala can take advantage from the IT companies’ new found preference for tier two and tier three cities. Infopark Kochi, along with its co-developers, is set to develop over 1 crore sq ft in the next five to eight years. The growth forecast of 16-18 per cent by the National Association of Software and Services Companies for the country’s IT sector also augurs well.

 

Anoop P. Ambika, secretary of the Group of Technology Companies (GTECH), feels that greater industry-academia collaboration is the need of the hour as quality and value of services offered will be critical in the days to come.

 

According to IT Department sources, the brand Kerala has to be projected as a more complete package. Campaigns should also convey the investment possibilities in the State rather than merely evoking images of Ayurveda or Kathakali.

 

They, however, feel that lack of auxiliary services like international public schools of repute in the State is a major drawback since quality education for children is a high priority for IT employees.

 

Source: The Hindu

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November 23rd, 2010
@parkersr

LNG Project could Improve Kochi’s Domestic Gas System

 

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Boardhas included Kochi in the list of cities for distribution of gas to domestic consumers under the ‘city gas’ programme. The distribution will be taken up once the LNG project is commissioned. The project would mean pipeline infrastructure development.

 

Currently Kerala has one of the largest LPG consumer bases. 83 per cent of the households in the State have LPG connection, against a national average of 50 per cent. It is also estimated that over fifty per cent of the LPG consumers in the State have two cylinders.

 

Natural gas markets in India are largely insulated from volatility. Thanks to the administered price mechanism (APM), the protection is likely to lessen as more than 25 per cent of the natural gas sold in India will be under free market pricing by 2011-12. The prevailing conditions of oil price make the move towards market-based pricing seem almost certain.It needs to be seen whether domestic  gas consumption will stay regulated.

 

Source: The  Hindu

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November 5th, 2010
mmenon

Tech-savvy Kerala Tourism Uses Pathbreaking Initiatives

 

 

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Kerala’s is perhaps the first State Tourism Department in the country to make use of the latest technology to embark on digital initiatives  to promote tourism in the state.  Kerala’s tourism department is implementing easy-to-use user interfaces, databases and payment gateways  to cater to the new tech-savvy travellers, who use the Internet and mobile phones for both planning and booking their travel.

 

The website www.keralatourism.org  has been exemplary in the way it has kept updating and making information available in many  languages. Other  initiatives currently being pursued include traveller blogs on Kerala tourism, online hotel finder and reservation, e-submissions of registrations for the trade and  on-line tour operator accreditation.

 

Tourism brochures  can now be downloaded  on-line, along with royalty- free video clips. Kerala tourism has recently opened its help-desk at Nedumbaserry Airport to assist tourists and undertaken a new advertising  campaign which has been reported as a huge sucess.

 

With inputs from: KeralaIT Mission

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