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From Hotels to Hospitals, from toilets to X-ray rooms, Kerala is obsessed with cameras these days. If it was Hotel Sagar recording how you use their toilets, now it is Ernakulam Medical Center (EMC) keen in knowing if you are properly examined – Not by doctors, but by the security person watching you through the cameras. It is rather shocking …

>>Who is your father?  This may be one of the commonest questions that have been heard next to “how are you?” This alone points out greatly the significance that term possess. Everything we see around to come into existence should be fathered by someone, and we humans are no exception at all. But for us the term father is simply …

An IT engineer girl was subjected to brutal attack. The girl is identified as ‘Tasni Banu’ working in an IT company Infopark, kakkanad, Kochi. This girl was attacked while she was traveling with one of her friends on bike. The people who attacked this girl was pretending the moral police, and they abused the girl both verbally and physically. The …

CCS Technologies (P) Ltd opened its new development centre at Infopark Kochi’s “Tejomaya” building.   A part of the prestigious “Mr. Butler’s group,” CCS focuses on areas such as SAP R/3, SAP Business One, MS SharePoint Solutions, and Mobile Applications. It was the Best Partner for SAP Business One in Kerala during the year 2010.

Technopark Trivandrum signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hamriya Free Zone Authority (HFZA) of Sharjah.   The MoU will enable Technopark Trivandrum and HFZA to work together to strengthen mutual ties and jointly promote the growth of IT Industry in both geographies.   His Excellency Dr. Rashid Al Leem, Director General, HFZA, who signed the MoU on behalf …

A high level delegation from the Department of Information Technology and Communication, Government of Nagaland, visited Technopark Trivandrum on June 15-16, 2011, with the objectives of replicating the “Kerala Model” of IT development by establishing IT Parks in Nagaland and exploring possible ways of association with Technopark and the T-TBI. This North-Eastern state has plans to establish a Technology Business …

Oracle – One of the IT Giants in the world, has started operations at Technopark. Oracle has leased 40,000 sq.ft of space at Leela Infopark inside the Technpark campus, the operations began from a temporary office. At this time, 50 engineers recruited through campus interviews have joined the office for training. Oracle, which currently employs about 28,000 IT professionals in …

State Horticulture Mission-Kerala and the Mango Growers’ Association are jointly organizing a national mango festival on the Kanakakkunnu grounds from June 16 to 26. It will bring together mango varieties from across the country . Several varieties of mangoes, such as Neelam, Varikka, Kalapady, Sindooram, and Chandrakaran, and those grown in other parts of the country, such as Jahangir, Daseri, …

Kingfisher Airlines has announced the start of a new service from Trivandrum to Mumbai. The service will be available on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The flight from Mumbai will leave at 12:15 PM and arrive in Trivandrum at 2:15PM. The return journey will start at 2:45 PM and reach Mumbai at 4:45 PM. The full press release is available here.

The arts club of Technopark – Natana proudly presents the KalyanaSougandhikam Kathakali At Technopark amphitheater. KalyanaSougandhikam Kathakali is a classical Indian dance-drama which tells the story of the Bheema (Bhima) – one of the Pandava brothers in Mahabharatha – going in search of the Kalyanasougandhikam flower in the forest for his wife Panchali. The story also portrait the scene of …

The Australian and New Zealand units of Indian IT giant Infosys have acquired the software solutions business of New Zealand’s Gen-i for an undisclosed sum.   In a statement, Infosys said that it will take over 110 employees and contractors from Gen-i, which would raise its New Zealand staff strength to up to 150 people. It also plans to add 15-30 …

Rail passengers can contact the helpline of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and the Government Railway Police (GRP), which is manned round the clock, if they face any problem related to safety or security of their belongings while travelling on trains. In the Thiruvananthapuram division, the RPF Help Line number is 9995040000. The number of the Help Line in the …

As part of the launch of its e-learning (online learning) portal, Keltron will offer free basic computer training.   To register, visit Keltron’s e-learning website www.kelearn.com. Registration for the programme is open till June 10. Free training is offered only for the first 100 registrants. The training will be delivered online.   Keltron also offers professional diploma in advanced medical transcription …

ThinkPalm Technologies Pvt. Ltd., a product engineering and software services company, is the latest in the list of companies that have joined Infopark Kochi, attracted by the state-of-the-art facilities offered by the park. The company has set up shop in Infopark Kochi’s Athulya building. It began its operations from the park on May 1, 2011, in 6500 sq.ft. of rented …

Gavin Young, Consul-General and Trade Commissioner of New Zealand  visited Technopark Trivandrum on Wednesday, June 1, 2011, accompanied by V. Shreedhar, Senior Business Development Manager, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, and Pradip Madhavji, India Beach Heads Advisory Board Member, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise. The Senior Business Development Manager of Technopark Trivandrum, M. Vasudevan, received the delegation.  He also gave …

Japan-based Ylem Infotech Pvt. Ltd.,  a Technopark-TBI incubated company, commenced its India operations from Technopark. Ylem is a business startup with web/software services forFlash animations, gaming and mobile applications. The agreement to this effect was signed by Technopark CEO Mervin Alexander and Ylem Directors Ryo Haishima and Horoyuko Chihara. Ylem Infotech has established partnership contract with Fujiyama INC and SYNCA …

Capgemini has announced its plans to hire up to 8,000 people this year for its delivery operations in India. Its hiring plans are very much in line with its publicly-stated vision of having the Indian workforce account for 50 per cent of its overall employee base in the next 2-3 years.   As of March 31, 2011, the €8.7-billion French …

It is notified that, There are some Shops near technopark where the bill amount for individual items will be increased by certain percentage ( say 3.5% ) if the customers are giving Sodexo Meal Pass. When enquired with Sodexo , they informed that we need not pay anything extra on any food item at any of Sodexo affiliated outlets. They …