TechTop competetion in Technopark

TechTop 2008, a competition for the best engineering project to be held at the Technopark campus here in August. The two-day event, beginning on August 18, will be organised by Technopark and the Indian arm of the US-based Degree Controls Inc. and supported by the Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Executive Knowledge Lines.

The competition is held to promote the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship among students. The selected projects will be eligible for incubation support from Technopark. The most innovative, socially relevant and commercially exploitable projects will be eligible for the Degree C award comprising a cash prize Rs.1 lakh.

The theme for this year’s contest is ‘Rural technology and global warming.’

Earlier this year, project synopses were received from about 1400 AICTE-approved colleges and universities in the country. Over 90 project synopses were also received from 12 States namely, Haryana, UP, Arunachal Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The project ideas were in the disciplines of Computer Science, Electrical, Electronics & Communication, Mechanical, Chemical, and Textile Technology

Now, 33 projects are short listed.of these, 33 have been selected by a high-level screening committee comprising subject experts drawn from the academia, industry and research institutions for the final phase of the competition to be held in Technopark. The working models of the projects will be demonstrated before a high level committee.

“The motto behind this contest is to promote and reward innovative ideas of our budding engineers and to create and innovation and entrepreneurship climate in India,” says Technopark CEO, R K Nair.

In 2007, the Degree C cash prize was won by Kongu Engineering College from Tamil Nadu for their radio frequency identification-based rationing system. The second prize of Rs.25,000 went to PES College from Maharashtra for their project ‘aqua silencer.’

Technopark is doing a great job by promoting the ideas and talents of young engineers in the country. the students are getting a golden opportunity to showcase their talents in both business and technology, if it has a potential it will be sponsored and funding and infrastructures will be provided by the technopark with the help of various institutions. Many companies started with just an idea in the technopark incubation space. Torque is the best example. it was one of the success storied told by the student entrepreneurs. IDS, Dundas and many of them proved their potential from the incubation to multi storied buildings. technoparklive wishes all the best for such endeavors of technopark, as well as the young engineers for their dream projects...

Visit http://www.techtop.in/ for more details.

Technopark Expansion Updates

Technopark Phase III

Total - 92 acres

Out of this, 42 acres will be developed by a private developer as SEZ. The cost for the project will be 800 crores. Remaining 50 acres will be embarked for IT companies

http://keralaitparks.org/projects.html


Technocity updates

The SPV set up by GoK for developing the 507 acres Technocity project,Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Ltd (KSITIL) has come into existance.
State Cabinet has cleared the Request For Qualification (RFQ) for the project. This is the first stage of the global bidding stage and will be issued in the coming 2-3 weeks, marking the kick-off of the mega-project.

PHP job openings in Vanilla Networks, Technopark.

The PHP and web technology gurus in Technopark - Vanilla networks- is looking for PHP Programmers & Web Designers.


Vanilla Networks Pvt. Ltd., an Australian based outsourcing firm with
offices in Technopark (Trivandrum) and Infopark (Kochi) requires talented PHP programmers and Web Designers to support theirinternational clients.


1. Software Engineer / Senior Software Engineer (PHP)
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The ideal candidate should be a graduate with good knowledge of PHP,
MySQL and Linux and be able to converse with international clients in
Written English. Knowledge of other applications like Perl etc would
be an added advantage.

2. Web Designers
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The ideal candidate should be a creative web designer with competence
in Macromedia Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks and other related
applications.

Advantages of working in Vanilla Networks include
* Fixed Eight hour shifts with no overtime whatsoever
* Attractive salary package based on experience and expertise, and pay
reviews every six months
* Accelerated career growth and opportunities for taking up selected
certifications.

Submit your CV to yahoo@vanillanetworks.com to be called for an interview.

OR

walk-in with updated resume to Vanilla Networks Pvt Ltd., 2nd Floor,
Tapasya, Infopark, Kochi . OR. #12, Nila, Thiruvananthapuram between 8
AM and 4 PM, Monday to Friday.

Technopark Express - New Timings

Technopark Announced new timings for the Technopark Express, effective from 9 May 2008.

Kariyavattom University Rear Gate. Pamba & Periyar Nila Main Gate Kazhakuttom Kazhakuttam Railway Station 8.00 8.05 8.07 8.10 8.12 8.15 8.20 8.41 8.40 8.38 8.35 8.32 8.30 8.27 8.22 8.45 8.46 8.48 8.49 8.52 8.54 8.57 9.15 9.12 9.10 9.07 9.05 9.00 9.16 9.20 9.22 9.25 9.27 9.30 9.42 9.39 9.37 9.35 9.33 9.31 9.45 9.47 9.51 9.53 10.02 10.00 9.56 9.54 10.04 10.06 10.10 10.12 10.22 10.20 10.16 10.14 12.30 12.32 12.35 12.37 12.40 13.00 12.55 12.51 12.48 12.45 12.42 13.02 13.07 13.09 13.14 13.17 13.20 13.35 13.33 13.30 13.27 13.25 13.22 13.43 13.45 13.48 13.50 14.00 13.58 13.54 13.52 14.02 14.04 14.08 14.10 14.20 14.18 14.14 14.12 14.22 14.24 14.28 14.30 14.40 14.38 14.34 14.32 16.30 16.35 16.37 16.40 16.42 16.45 17.03 16.58 16.55 16.52 16.50 16.47 17.05 17.10 17.12 17.15 17.17 17.20 17.37 17.32 17.30 17.27 17.25 17.22 17.39 17.41 17.43 17.45 17.47 17.50 17.55 18.14 18.12 18.10 18.08 18.05 18.00 18.16 18.18 18.20 18.22 18.27 18.38 18.36 18.32 18.30 18.40 18.42 18.46 18.48 18.58 18.56 18.52 18.50 19.00 19.02 19.06 19.08

Hotels around the technopark in News ..

Hotel Al madeena and vegworld are the most favourite hotels of technopark employees, outside the campus. here is a report appeared in a newspaper and we are publishing it for the sake of your health.So, Technoparkians beware....and save yourselves from stomach damage!

Technopark firm Accentia acquires U.S. company

It seems the take over game is repeating in IT industry after the giant take overs by Indian steel and pharmacy companies.

Accentia Technologies, a Technopark- based firm specialising in Healthcare Receivables Cycle Management (HRCM) has taken over the New Jersey (US)-based Oak Technologies and its subsidiary company, Vasant Scribes, operating from Hyderabad.

Accentia Technologies is one of the prime companies in technopark with a huge employee base and revenue.

Technopark company IBS opens Rotterdam base to enter Ocean transport LoB

Technopark based company, IBS Software, global solution-provider in TTL (Travel, Transportation and Logistics) vertical, has opened a base in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Through the new facility, IBS seeks to set up an Ocean Transportation Line of Business (LoB) to its six other LoBs.

This is IBS' second office in Europe after London and its 14th worldwide.IBS already has a fully integrated seaport operation management solution iPort™ in the Ocean Transportation LoB. iPort™ is implemented at three ports under the Sharjah Ports Authority as well as at the Port of Male (Maldives Port Authority). The product supports the entire gamut of port operations ranging from marine operations, cargo & container operations, yard operations, cargo delivery to billing of all services rendered by a seaport. The Technopark-based IBS is SEI CMMI Level 5 and PCMM Level 5 assessed, ISO 9001:2000, TickIT and ISO 27001:2005 certified. It has six software development centres across the world.

Way to go IBS !!!

TechnoparkLive Poll Result KeralaIT.com 2008 was a failure.

Here is the result of one of the polls conducted here about the KeralaIT.com 2008.


out of 172 voters
92% of people said - Kerala IT.com 2008 was a Big failure.


Though the Event had much exposure in & out of Technopark - the participants for the event where only a handful, they've got only infosys and IBS from technopark. The event was not organized properly by the Officials & when they approached Microsoft - They Rejected it on the spot. No more information was given out about it & also many other companies too did the same at Kerala IT.com.


Hope that they learned a lesson(?) , and will arrange it well in next time...

ZenWorks/SMS Jobs in Technopark

The Biggest software company in technopark is looking for a solid ZenWorks/SMS resource with the following skill sets:

- Microsoft OS resource with over 5 Yrs experience.

- Strong in SMS Package creation and deployment.

- Strong in Novel ZenWorks

- At least 1 year experience in migration of packages from Zenworks to SMS

- Preferred – Experience in migration of entire environments from Novel to Microsoft


Send your resume to technoparklive@gmail.com

PHP Programmers needed in Technopark

PIT Solutions (www.pitsolutions.com)is looking for PHP programmers with over 3 + years of experience. Rush CV to thomas@pitsolutions.com.