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TechnoparkToday.com(March, 2015):  TRIVANDRUM listed as one among the emerging places for the start-ups in India. According to NASSCOM reports on Tech Start-ups in India Trivandrum and Kochi will be the next emerging destination for Indian start-ups in Kerala. The other locations that found a place in the list are Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Jaipur. Meanwhile the title for the hottest destination for …

TechnoparkToday.com>>  In collaboration with Venturesity (a challenge platform), Oracle is hosting a hackathon in Trivandrum to hunt for good tech talents on 21st March.  The event  aims to engage experienced developers and C++ enthusiasts. The hackathon would be 24-hour coding session that will require developers to build innovative applications using C++. Oracle’s PeopleSoft applications are designed to address the most …

TechnoparkToday.com(March, 2015): After Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, officials from Chhattisgarh government visited the Kochi-based Startup Village to learn more about the incubation facility and explore ways to set up a similar facility in their state. A high-level delegation led by Rajat Kumar, Joint Secretary to the Chhattisgarh Chief Minister, visited Startup Village on Friday and had discussions with the executives …

TechnoparkToday.com(March, 2015): “Future of IT Industry” Seminar was organized in Technopark, Thiruvanathapuram by Prathidhwani, socio cultural organization of technopark employees. Seminar had panelists such as Shri Satish Babu ( Director,ICFOSS), Prof K N Harilal, Prof K J Joseph ( both from Centre for Development Studies ) and Shri Joseph C Mathew ( Former IT adviser to Govt of Kerala and CEO …

TechnoparkToday.com(March, 2015): A contest has been launched for development of a mobile app for the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his recent address at the 25th foundation day of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) had announced the intention to launch a mobile app for PMO. The Government’s citizen engagement platform MyGov will host …

TechnoparkToday.com(March, 2015): Wipro – a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company today announced that it has partnered with Flytxt, a specialised company in monetizing mobile consumer data through big data analytics, to jointly offer customer experience and revenue enhancement solutions world-wide. The partnership brings together Flytxt’s proven Mobile Consumer Analytics technology and Wipro’s expertise in telecom sector. …

TechnoparkToday.com(Feb, 2015): Budding young programmers who received free Raspberry Pi computers today under a pioneering IT education project of the Kerala government were given a further incentive to learn and experiment with their shiny new gadgets after Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan announced a coding contest offering prizes worth Rs 4.8 lakh. The IT legend, who was present at the state-wide inauguration …

TechnoparkToday.com(Feb, 2015): The government of Kerala is stepping up its flagship “Startup Bootcamp” programme hoping to reach nearly 20,000 college students across the state through Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Cells (IEDC) inside campuses. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will formally inaugurate the Startup Bootcamp initiative at the Model Engineering College in Thrikkakkara, Ernakulam at 11.30 am on Saturday, February 21, in the …

TechnoparkToday.com(Feb, 2015): Thousands of schoolchildren across Kerala will be given computer programming kits and taught to code in a pioneering new project designed to create a resource pool of skilled future IT professionals and entrepreneurs. On Saturday (February 21), Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will launch the pilot phase of the Kerala government’s ‘Learn to Code’ project under which 2,500 selected school …

TechnoparkToday.com(Feb, 2015):  Technopark based UST Global plans to invest $100 million (about Rs 610 crore) in India and hire over 25,000 people, mostly telecom professionals, over the next two to three years as it seeks to build capacity in anticipation of strong growth in the country’s telecom sector. Sajan Pillai, chief executive at UST Global, told that India’s telecom sector is …

TechnoparkToday.com(Feb, 2015):  Trivandrum will soon get an IIM campus by IIM kozhikode.  The new campus will be near to the proposed knowledge city, kazhakkoottam ( opposite to the infosys SEZ campus) The new campus by  IIM kozhikode spreads over an area of 1.2 Lakhs sq.feet at a cost of 125 crores. the new campus will host executive programmes for professionals in …

TechnoparkToday.com(Jan, 2015):In a determined move to transform Thrissur as the next major IT destination in central Kerala after Kochi, Infopark will hammer out a special plan to give more impetus to the growth of its IT Park at Koratty, Thrissur. Apart from taking up infrastructure development projects, Infopark has decided to focus on attracting major IT companies to the park …

TechnoparkToday.com(Nov, 2014): A Technopark-based mobile and web applications developer has been ranked one among the 50 fastest growing technology companies in India. Srishti Innovative, which has offices in Technopark and the US, has made it to the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India list for 2014. The rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over three years. Srishti Innovative achieved 119% …

TechnoparkToday.com(Nov, 2014): Infosys, a global leader in consulting, technology, outsourcing and next-generation services, today announced a major recruitment drive in the US to support the growth of its business and enhance its capabilities. The company plans to hire 1,500 professionals for consulting, sales and delivery during the current financial year. In addition, it will hire close to 600 Bachelors and …

TechnoparkToday.com(Oct, 2014): A group of six student entrepreneurs from Startup Village at Kalamassery will fly to Canada in November to interact with innovation experts, investors and mentors after earning global acclaim for their smartphone app designed to improve the skills of skateboarders. The team from startup firm Flip Technologies won an all-expenses paid trip to Toronto after their innovative product …

TechnoparkToday.com(Oct, 2014):  Faith InfoTech Academy which has placed over 2000 candidates through its  popular IT Career program- PROPEL  had announced its annual scholarship scheme in association with ManoramaOnline.Com to support professional graduates to find their first job through the unique placement cum training program. Candidates who are selected for the 3 month training in technopark would be imparted a rigorous …

TechnoparkToday.com(Oct, 2014):  An innovative home security device developed by a company at Kochi-based Startup Village has raised nearly 89,000 US Dollars from 690 backers on the online crowd funding platform Kickstarter. Mindhelix’s Rico is a sensor-equipped hardware that works by itself or with a spare smartphone to detect and alert users about changes inside a home, for example, in temperature, …

TechnoparkToday.com(Sept, 2014):  CPI(M) backed CITU recently announced their plan to form trade unions in IT sector. Senior CITU leader and former CPI-M member of the Rajya Sabha K. Chandran Pillai, after a meeting held on Saturday, said the time has now come for trade unions to be formed in the IT industry in Trivandrum. “There have been demands for it and …