Technopark CarPool

The Group of Technopark Companies (GTech), an association of the IT companies operating in Technopark, is setting up a Web site to facilitate car pooling among people working in the park. GTech is promoting this Web site in association with Palnar Transmedia, a Technopark-based company, as it wants to encourage the concept of car pooling, Mr Satish Babu, Secretary, GTech, told Business Line. This project is part of GTech’s commitment to the Green Computing initiative.

Currently, there are no formal car pooling arrangements in Technopark, Mr Babu said. “The plan is to launch a Web site where registered users, especially IT professionals, commuting from the city and other areas within Thiruvananthapuram can find travel mates,” he explained. A user can search the Web site to zero-in on people who live in the same area as he or she does and commute to Technopark. Once a prospective travel partner is found, a user can contact him or her by sending in a request through the Web site’s administrator. Once two or more users are in touch, they can decide how their car pool will work; GTech will help them fine-tune the arrangement, if needed, he added.Palnar Transmedia is developing the Web site and will also maintain it. The site is likely to be launched soon.

The car pooling project is one of several ventures that GTech is embarking on this year. All these activities are intended to establish GTech’s position that it is not just an industry organisation but also a catalyst for socio-economic development in Kerala, according to Mr Babu. So, besides looking after the interests of its members, the organisation will also play a developmental role. “In particular, GTech would like to highlight the need to be environment-friendly and society-friendly,” he added.

It is, for instance, planning to develop a corporate code on climate change, Mr Babu said. This code will be developed with an emphasis on practical measures to fight climate change at the individual and business levels. Similarly, the organisation plans to host a ‘development summit’ to craft strategies on how IT can be used for social and economic development. Also on the cards are ventures such as a study to understand how Kerala can be developed into a knowledge hub and the second edition of the Kerala Venture Capital Summit. Earlier this year, GTech held workshops on ‘a health lifestyle in IT workplaces’ and ‘food quality and nutrition’.

In Big cities and metros like Bangalore, Chennai and Mumbai, many people are make using the benifits of car pooling. It can reduce the number of vechicles on the road on the peak hours, as well as it can save a lots of money, energy and time. but there are certain difficutiles for the car pooling for a relatively small place like Technopark. because everyone has a different office time, and sometimes you may need to stay back at office, or sometimes your car pooling buddy(driver). But with the participation of many people, we can effectively address such issues.

Hope that this new idea would help lots of people who doen’t have own vechicles, and especially the female employees. Now they are depending on auto rikshaws and we reported the daylight robbery of auto drivers at technopark. so It would be helpful for the technopark crowd.