Sherston is closing down its Technopark operations?

Sherston India was started in June 2000 with a small team of seven at Chennai. Proven with excellence and creativity, Sherston India has grown to a current work force of more than 100 with a second office in Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram, equipped with latest diversified technologies and a harmonious team. With a strong team of multimedia, design and programming experts, Sherston, India, is geared to provide cutting edge solutions in the educational software and Computer Based Training.

Its being reported that the Shertson is about to close down its technopark operations and continue its chennai centre.so its technopark employees are seeking for opportunities within technopark and companies outside.

As a company Sherston Technopark proved many times their unity and creativity, the best examples are their presence in Tech a break celebrations. they proved the celebrations can be made much colorful and creative. We hope they will comeback in to their glory soon, and thus in to technopark again.

Nine IT majors in the race for developing Technocity

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Larsen & Toubro, Raheja and Suzlon are among the nine major groups who have come forward for developing the Technocity, the-state-of-the-art IT township set up by the State Government on 500 acres in the state capital.

Emaar MGF, Maytas, Sun Forrester, SREI, Brigade and Ramki are the other major groups that have responded to the request-for-qualification’ (RfQ) invited by the Kerala State IT Infrastructure Limited (KSITI) for developing IT and IT-Enabled Service projects at the Technocity as well as the third-phase of the Technopark. The RfQ was released on May 28. The last date for submitting applications was June 30.

A committee headed by Chief Secretary P.J.Thomas will scrutinise the applications. The committee will have Secretaries of IT, Industry, Finance and Law Departments and Chief Executive Officers of the Technopark and the Infopark as its members. Those who do not satisfy the conditions prescribed in the tender notice would be rejected. The Cabinet should approve the final list of developers for the Technocity.

IT Secretary Ajay Kumar said that the land acquisition process for the Technocity at Pallipuram, around five km away from the Technopark, was progressing and the construction works were expected to begin within six months. The Technocity would have all the facilities of a town, including a school and a hospital, on its premises.

While 70 percent of the space would be utilised for IT-related activities, the remaining area would be utilised for other supporting infrastructure. The projects would be developed on a Public-Private Partnership (PPP)-basis with the KSITI holding 26 percent equity.

The developers will have to form a `special purpose vehicle’ (SPV) for executing the project. The SPV will be responsible for designing, engineering, financing, procurement, construction, marketing, operation and maintenance of the project. The project will be carried out in three different ranges - IT/ITES project for parcel size up to 50 acres; IT/ITES Project for parcel size greater than 50 and up to 100 acres; IT/ITES Project for parcel size greater than 100 acres.

Gemini softwares, Technopark celebrating its 10th anniversary

Technopark based Gemini software is celebrating their 10th anniversary. Its a a 100% export-oriented IT and IT Enabled solutions-providing company owned by Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo Group of Companies, Bahrain.They have various divisions like Software Design & Development Division, Design & Drafting Division, Business Support Division & Hosting Services Division

In this auspicious occasion, TechnoparkLive! wishes all the best for Gemini, and their future engagements. you can visit their website : http://www.gemini-india.com

North indian food(parcel) is now available in Technopark

Good news for the north Indian techies working in technopark, famous north Indian daba shyamji restaurant now offers Parcel System for technopark employees.

1). They offer Parcel within 2-3 km from Technopark Main Gate.
2).price is same as in the restaurant.No Extra charge for Parcel or Supply.
3).THEY ACCEPT SUDEXO COUPONS!!!
4). Call between 7a.m. to 10:00 p.m. !!

Contact:
Shyamji Restaurant
Near Technopark Main Gate
Phone No. : 9895223125

Call them and order your parcel.

House for rent near sreekaryam, for Technopark Employees

A 3 BedRoom with one hall, one kitchen is available at Shanti Nagar, Sreekariam.
Spacious Car parking facility.If interested, contact: 09445377343

Shared accommodation available for Technopark employees

Shared accommodation for gents available at Kazhakkoottam. Walkable distance from bus stop.
Furnished house with food.
contact 9447917924

House for rent in Mankuzhy for Technopark employees

First floor (independent entrance)
At Mankuzhy [Between Pangapara and Chavadi Mukku] on the main road.
1 Car and a Bike can be parked.
2 Bedrooms –
1 Internal with attached loo and bathroom
1 External with attached loo
I hall, 2 spacious balconies and 1 Terrace on top.
Tiled Flooring
Present Rent – Rs 4000/-

Please contact Josie – 9895874032

Workshop on Functional Programming in Technopark

Tutorial on Modern Application Development with PLT Scheme
and Functional Programming

Speaker: Guillaume Marceau, IIITM-K

Date: Wednesday July 2nd 2008, Time : 2pm - 3:30pm,

Location: IIITM-K, Park Centre

This introductory talk will give a bird's eye view of the
Scheme programming language. We will show examples that
illustrate the coding style in functional programming.

The program will present the object oriented
functionality, the GUI toolkit, as well as the threads and
resource management features of PLT Scheme . We will
describe an architecture for a debugger, and give one
example of syntactic hygienic macros -- a feature unique to
PLT Scheme.

Speaker Bio:

Guillaume Marceau is Senior Lecturer and Research Scholar at
the Institute of Information Technology and Management --
Kerala, Trivandrum. He is on leave from his doctoral
programme at Brown University, Providence, USA, where he
studies under the supervision of Professor Shriram
Krishnamurthi. His research focuses on bringing well-founded
solutions to issues faced by the software industry, such as
refactoring prototypes into applications, detecting security
flaws by reusing existing static analyzes, and automating
debugging activities. Guillaume has presented his work at
numerous international conferences. He also taught lectures
based on the Professor Krishnamurthi's books, Programming
Languages and Interpretation, as well as How to Design
Programs, and he participated in the delivery of the
Teach Scheme curriculum to American high-school teachers.
Guillaume has over ten years of experience in software
development, including work done at IBM T. J. Watson Research
Center, and at the Robocup International Robotic
Competition.Guillaume Marceau's website is at http://gmarceau.qc.ca

Read his blog http://gmarceau.nfshost.com/blog/

SBT opened a new branch at Tejaswini Buliding, Technopark

SBT ( State Bank Of Travancore ) opened a new branch at Tejaswini builiding, exclusively for technopark employees. . Its the 711th branch of SBT.

This branch offerers Safe deposit locker facility,online fund transfer, Internet banking, mobile banking and foreign exchange transaction for its customers.

Sam Manekshaw - Epitome of valor and brilliance!

Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, alias Sam Bahadur, the first Field Marshal (Jan 1, 1973) in the Indian army was truly one of India's greatest soldiers. He had inspired India's younger generation - a whole generation indeed!

Sam Bahadur was the architect and the inspiring leader of the operation which gave India its greatest military victory in the 1971 war. He truly embodied all traits that one associates with the best in the Indian Army. His strategic brilliance, inspirational leadership, shrewd tactics, uncanny ability to motivate the forces are all well-known. He showed acumen for immaculate planning and impeccable administration. He joined the first batch of cadets at the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun.

He is a Military Cross awardee for taking the seven bullets from a Japanese machine gun which whipped through his body while fighting in the deep jungles of Burma. The man who sported his trademark handlebar moustache was also witty, forthright and approachable to a fault.

The country honoured him with Padma Bhushan in 1968 and Padma Vibhushan in 1972.

TechnoparkLive! salute this brave son and valiant soldier of India!

Jai Hind!

(Hari Nair)

IT exports from Kerala touch Rs 1,568 cr

With more companies opening shop in the State, export of IT products from Kerala reached Rs 1,568 crore in 2007-08.71 new companies started units in the State-run Technopark in Trivandrum Infopark in Kochi during the last two years. These companies created direct employment to the tune of 22,500 and nearly three times more of indirect jobs.


the IT infrastructure in the State was being expanded. For one, the Government had decided to set up IT parks in all the districts in the State, besides strengthening the facilities in Technopark and Infopark. All these put together would create additional 88 lakh sq.ft. of IT space in the State,t work had commenced for establishing a technocity near Trivandrum, a cyberpark in Kozhikode and IT parks in the districts of Thrissur, Kasargod, Kollam, Alappuzha and Kannur.

Technopark transport arrangement on tomorrows Harthal

As a hartal has been called on 27th June ,Technopark has made arrangements with the Police department to give protection for convoy vehicles and the companies’ vehicles have to join this convoy. please utilize this facility for your safety

The Hump issue resolved!

The Hump is getting Destroyed!


Its really happy to see that the Hump issue is taken by the Technopark authorities and they took necessery actions to reduce the height of the deadly hump. Thanks a lot Technopark!!!



TechnoparkLive! reported yesterday about the newly built Giant Hump near the water tank.






















Destruction in progress...

New hump experiment in Technopark

That new hump near water tank came up on last Monday, with the intention of checking speeding of vehicles.Good, but the place is not properly lit, and the stripe painting on the hump can be mistaken to be a pedestrian crossing at night.Several car drivers had their car-jumping skills tested, and a bike (driver saw the new ‘bulge’ too late) was thrown off at 9:30 P.M on Monday itself.

The driver of the bike was knocked off unconscious, and taken to the hospital in the technopark ambulance. (latest status not known)

Speeding vehicles need to be checked, but not by putting crude ‘mountains’ on unlit roads without any sign-boards, or with proper e-mail communication to the companies in Technopark.It’s easy to dismiss this saying the drivers need to be careful, but the ‘skulls’ who put this should not play with the lives of people here.

If only the so-called guardians of traffic show the same interest as ‘shouting at drivers’ in posting a traffic regulator there, we could save some precious lives.The traffic regulator, if posted at the spot, could at least warn the drivers until lights/signboards are in place.

Technopark authorities introduced a couple of new rules in technopark, including the entry restrictions in bhavani portico.

(news courtesy : Jino John)

Technopark Club Tournament - 2008 Announced

Technopark Club is conducting tournaments for professionals working in Technopark. It starts from July first week. Last date for Registration is 30th June 2008.

Event	Fee
	Member	Non Member
Shuttle – Singles	Rs. 150/-	Rs. 200/-
Shuttle – Doubles / Mixed	Rs. 200/-	Rs. 300/-
Table Tennis - Singles	Rs. 150/-	Rs. 200/-
Table Tennis - Doubles	Rs. 200/-	Rs. 300/-
Swimming	Rs. 150/-	Rs. 200/-
Caroms / Chess	Rs. 150/-	Rs. 200/-
Volleyball	Rs. 300/-	Rs. 500/-
Throw ball (Ladies only)	Rs. 300/-	Rs. 500/-
Tug of War	Rs. 300/-	Rs. 500/-
Floral Decoration	Rs. 200/-

For more details contact Club House Office at 0471-2700989, +91 9446487788 or write to clubhouse@technopark.org, sasidharan@technopark.org.

Rush your entries

Infosys campus at Technopark Phase II has got final clearance.

Infosys campus at Technopark Phase II has got final clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests. The total built-up space will be 1,466,000 sq.ft and the complex will have 9-10,000 employees.Click here to see the Minutes

Infosys Technopark campus updates

(Infosys Cage erection for Piling in progress in their location)

Total 175 Piles have been casted out of the Total of 196 Piles for the First Building ..... The first building is equipped to seat 1750 people.The Work on the Food Court is also started, they will

First Building - 1,60,000 Sq ft - 1750 People
Food Court - 1,50,000 Sq Ft - will have Domino's, Infy Shop, Beauty
saloon, also under ground car park
Second Building - 160,000 Sq Ft - Is a mirror image of First Building


(News courtesy : ajay,sidewinder)

Domino's opened in Technoaprk

Domino's opened its outlet in Food court, tejaswini building, Technopark.

They are offering a wide range of yummy pizzas. it is the only pizza outlet in trivandrum city, other than pizza hut.

US-based Intivia to expand operations in India

US-based Intivia, a leading provider of medical transcription services and medical office software suite, has decided to go for strategic expansion of its operations in India in a phased manner.

The company, which will commence its operations in Vadodara and Thiruvananthapuram from July as part of its phase one expansion plan, would create opportunities for 300 medical transcription professionals in one year.
With the commencement of the company's own state-of-the-art healthcare facilities in Vadodara and Thiruvananthapuram, Intivia hopes to meet the rapidly growing demand for healthcare documentation and technology services in India, he added.

(Nishanth Nair )

Intel ties-up with Technopark to help software developers

Intel, world's largest semiconductor company, entered into a working arrangement with Technopark here to help software developers.

As part of the Software Partner Programme (ISPP), Intel would give independent software vendors the tools and resources they need to enable, market, and sell innovative applications that run on intel technologies and platforms ranging from mobile to multi-core to virtualisation technology.

Speaking to newspersons here, Intel Software and Solutions Group (Asia Pacific) director Narendra Bhandari said Intel would be a strategic consultant to each of the member companies by providing them with a spectrum of marketing, technical and financial opportunities, thereby facilitating business growth.

The participating companies would get several benefits under the programme. The Intel Capital, the company's strategic investment programme, would identify potential investment opportunities amongst Technopark members, he said.

Technopark Chief Executive Officer N Radhakrishnan said together with Intel, Technopark was exploring qualified business opportunities that would benefit the member companies in their go-to-market strategies and stay competitive through unique marketing models and execution projects.

( Nishanth Nair )

Technopark backgate road maintenance started

Technopark Back gate road ( Karyavattom - Tripadapuram) works has been started after a series of complaints and request from various companies within technopark. It is the road highly depended by the commuters from ullur, sreekaryam etc..it is a sort of short cut road for those whom likes to avoid the congestion in NH during busy hours.

TechnoparkLive! reported the pathetic condition of the road in an earlier post:
http://technoparklive.blogspot.com/2008/02/pathetic-condition-of-technopark-back.html

and one more good news is Technopark Authorities placed new lights along the main road of the campus, and its extended till the first turn of the back gate. its very helpful at least for the girls walking through that way to nearby hostels.