Some snaps from the Microsoft Community Tech Day 2009 conducted by Microsoft at Technopark, Trivandrum – Kerala. My session was on Rapid Prototyping.

There are some reports of a bomb threat at Technopark Trivandrum yesterday. (october 13/october 14) (update – turns out it was a drill indeed. The anti-terrorist drill involved people sneaking past the Technopark security and successfully planting a bomb atop one of the best known buildings in Technopark (in this case Bhavani – with UST global, Infosys, Allianz Cornhill etc part of the companies with offices there))

(Also updated – the latest (usual) insenstive IT joke doing the rounds – it seems if terrorists were to ever hit technopark, considering their age group they would most likely be carrying resumes for distribution ! And heres the punchline, – that considering their passion, irregard for personal safety/health, work life balance, or working late hours, and their exceptional skills in tactical and strategic planning, plus their low training costs (they can be put up in barracks),  the HR’s would most likely snap them up!)

This includes some reports that people have been asked to evacuate buildings within Technopark. There were some high security arrangements at the entrance of Technopark in the morning, but i thought it might be for some VIP visit. A few days ago i think Chief minister Achutanandan had visited the Technopark for some inauguration.  But the security in front of Technopark today morning was especially strong. Usually the police do not take part in the policing of the cars entering technopark, but today even the police were participating. Normally they just stand at the entrance of Technopark and pretty much hang loose.  Some people are saying it was a drill of some sort, but those reports are talking of some anti-terrorist drill in Kollam and Alapuzha. So no one is clear. Technopark was always said to be a potential target for terroris/bomb attacks. Particularly since Technopark has grown in prominence with arrival of Infosys etc.  Due to the lack of knowledge of the average layperson, places like Trivandrum are supposed to have ‘arrived’ only when the big three come – Infosys, TCS and Wipro. Right now only TCS is here and that too for training . Speaking of TCS, I suppose the north indian guys and girls living here are going to have a tough time with police checks. The cops here are bound to look at any hindi or non malayalam speaking individual suspiciously.

Besides the northies sometimes do get agitated and speak loudly etc  And thats more than enough to scare a ‘just about to be retired, pot bellied’ kerala cop Out comes the gu..er lathi..

In reality since Trivandrum (and specially Technopark) is close to the coastline it is probably easier to infiltrate than the inner regions. It was the faily non cosmopolitan atmosphere (with outsiders standing out like a thumb) that caused the relative safety. But now with increasing urbanisation, lack of vigilante chayakadas (neighbourhood teashops that serve as centers of intelligence) and the westernisation of the younger crowd, its difficult to spot an outsider (or rather all people look like an offshoot of the base version of the jeans clad, ‘t-shirt and sneakers’ combo (with the mandatory ipod). Not that looking at outsiders suspicously is a good thing, but things have changed.

Anyway no bad news so far. Hope its a rumour. As we trivandrumites join the other metros, i guess we need to mentally prepare for drills and days like this.

Speaking of Metroes, Trivandrum is trying hard to acquire the status of a metro. From what i have heard, the qualifying factor is the population (to start with). So we are adding many far flung areas as part of the core urban area, to meet the million mark.  Reports say we had 750 000 + registered voters in and around Trivandrum, so it could be close.

Consider this though. The estimated potential of employment in Technopark is 100 000 (if Technocity works out). This means that even if we hit the 1 million urban population mark, Technopark will be employing 1 out of every 10 people (of the total populatio!).

Coming back to today’s events  – The corollary to this is that all the guys who dont have helmets or licenses, or the proper ‘book and paper’ of their vehicles are worried they might get picked up during the regular checking.  Besides if they can’t show ownership of the vehicle, the cops might just decide to throw them into the slammer for a while before they can confirm….

Apparently, according to Michael Porter in Innovation and Competitiveness: Findings on the Netherlands,

Clusters Increase Productivity / Efficiency

• Efficient access to specialized inputs, employees, information, institutions, and “public goods” such as training programs and training institutions.
• Ease of coordination across firms.
• Rapid diffusion of best practices.
• Ongoing, visible performance comparisons and strong incentives to improve vs. local rivals.

Clusters Stimulate and Enable Innovations

• Better ability to perceive innovation opportunities.
• Presence of multiple suppliers and institutions to assist in knowledge creation.
• Ease of experimentation given locally available resources.

Clusters Facilitate Commercialization

• Opportunities of new companies and new lines of established business are more apparent.
• Lower barriers to entry into cluster related business because of available skills, supplies, etc.

The conclusion is competition is fundamentally enhanced by externalities / linkages across firms, industries, and associated institutions.

That is why Silicon Valley has grown that fast and big!

There is also an Entrepreneurial District in Birmingham.

The district is set to be a favorable situation for new business to establish.

It is reasonable if Bandung build Bandung High Tech Valley and Technopark soon. Because they will foster the value creations leading to leverage of prosperity.

I was at work at Technopark when all of a sudden everyone experienced a mild earthquake! I had never thought that Kerala was earthquake prone, and that too an earthquake in the Technopark area in Trivandrum!! apparently Kerala does have seismic activity in areas like Idukki!

UPDATE: Someone in twitter is saying that the earthquake that hit us in technopark it was richter scale 3.4 . Unsubstantiated. Im off to wikipedia to read this up. Someone else is telling these richter scale points are exponential so there is a big difference between each point.

The odd thing is that i had rented out the bottom of my house (in Trivandrum, but around 12 kms from Technopark) to a couple who had been in San Diego California. And the woman swore yesterday that she felt tremors! And we dismissed it (perhaps the sheer boringness of Trivandrum got to them – apparently they were lured by the laid back lifestyle at Technopark!) . But turns out she was right! In San Diego they have mild shocks every few days and people are used to it.

Another interesting thing is that of all the comments in different blogs, most  people use their town name, or their specific area of living like “I experienced the earthquake at Pattom” etc but for us ‘Technopark’ians we mention our company name or the name of our building.  This kind of shows a different psyche. We define the space around us in a way different from normal people.  Our company, our building and then everything else!

Technopark comments on the Trivandrum Earthquake also include a lot of humourous (or not!) flak for the project managers et al. Apparently some stoic project managers and team leads have asked the teams to meet the ‘dead’ line before they leave today

Another thing – i expect flat prices around Technopark to come down quick!  SFS and co are going to have some emergency meetings to dispel any rumours. Particularly since they were banking heavily on the boom near Technopark. And we are soon going to see some advertisements about ’safety features’ of the upcoming buildings. Its about high time we focussed on building safety too.  This might be as good a time as any, and those who invest in building safety should deserve the publicity. One of the first links i got when searching for ‘Technopark Earthquake’ was an entry about the new leela buildings earthquake safety norms! (Leela has set up a 400 000 + floor space building in Technopark, near the Nila building.  Ironically Nila is one of the oldest buildings in Technopark.)

Its not like we are minting money in Technopark – its pretty hard work (well atleast most of the time : ) ) So the construction folks better start spending some of our ‘flat booking’ money into making their buildings a bit more safer in case a stronger earthquake hits us in the future.

As soon as everyone started to feel the Earthquake, the phone lines started to get jammed and i get the feeling that the internet lines clogged up a bit. Maybe it just my connection. Or maybe WordPress doing some updates.

Twitter seems to be the fastest of the lot in covering the news. Within 5 minutes there were pages of comments covering the event. I checked Orkut and Facebook but no movement(even though quite a few Technopark folks have active profiles  – though many companies in technopark block these social networks at work) . Neither the Gmail chat symbols. The Technopark oriented websites made some updates after taking a bit of time. Maybe the adminstrators are having a drink at the local Technopark watering hole B6.

Being into online marketing myself, was curious to see how quickly google picks up the different postings (including mine) and they didn’t let me down – it was up in just a few minutes. Not bad. Infact someone’s already picked up content from my posting and plastered it over their own blog site Thats not bad – updates, plagarism, and what not – in just minutes.

Speaking of B6 , the rumour in Technopark was that they were the only people who didnt know about the earthquake at technopark. They just thought it was a stiff drink shaking them up!!

For those living under rocks – B6 is the only ‘Bar’ within crawlable distance of Technopark. Its the lifeline of Technopark and might even get some venture capital from Technoparkies, if it ever threatened to shut down. But thats unlikely because half of the Technopark salaries go straight and quick into the drains right there!)

Anyway thank god everyone is safe. I heard there were mild earthquakes  after-shocks  in Pattom, Nalachira etc from the comments on the other blogs.

Hope there is no damage to the big dams like Mullaperiyar etc due to the earthquake. Right now the news we have is that its the Trivandrum district that experienced the quakes.

Need to check up the Manorama, Mathrubhumi and Kaumadi channels to see which one picks up the news quickest.

Another pleasant/unpleasant shock is how quickly technoparkians recover from this kind of potential crisis. Everyone is playing around and cracking jokes. Wonder if the IT ‘crisis management’ culture has made us a bit too fatalistic or downright ‘come-as-it-may’ in our attitude. Anything short of the Dollar dropping in value equivalent to the Rupee, is not going to fluster us Technopark folks (that would be an Earthquake of historic proportions if it even happened).  On the other hand, worrying is not going to help.

heart attack death

I was shell shocked!!! How is it possible? They were so much in love, got married inspite of the differences in caste and it’s been only a few years since they started their journey together… How can God be so unjust? Why didn’t he foresee the tears flowing down her cheeks like a river? She was so inconsolable and in grief that nobody dared to bring up his name in her presence. He died out of heart attack few days back and he was only 30!!! I remember seeing him once when he came to office to pick her up after her work. They looked so happy together and very much in love… But, now he is no more, what is left is only the ashes and memories he has left behind… While I was working in Technopark, I heard many such incidents where young men in their prime passed away due to heart attacks, mostly men working in IT companies. They all led posh lives and had all the money in the world for their world trips and hi-fi lifestyle. Many of them spent most of their time at their workstations and were like guests in their own homes… Work stress is the major villain behind most of these untimely deaths. It’s high time you realized there’s more to life than money. Money can’t buy you happiness, love or peace or the joy of seeing your baby crooning and flashing her captivating smile which will light up your world for sure… It is sad many of the youth are after the rat race of making money and leading a peppy lifestyle than enjoying the little things in life which mean the most and gives the greatest happiness. My heart felt condolensces, my dear friend. May the good Lord give you the strength to carry on!

I have known her when I was working in a company in Kerala . She was a bright girl, very chirpy and got on well with amost everyone at office. She started off in a junior position at the PR dept. and went on to become the HR manager – thought this title was not given to her- in 4 years time. When I heard this, I was quite surprised because she did not have a degree in Management, let alone the experience for it! People had many stories, but I couldn’t believe it coz from my experience and interactions with her, she didn’t come across as that type… But sadly a blog was started in her name to malign her, this was what instigated my anger. No matter what the reason or spite you have towards a person, nobody has the rights to use somebody else’s identity to take out their nasty revenge! Be man enough or woman enough to confront problems rather than resorting to such cheap tricks!!

http://www.techgoss.com/Story/1719S14-Technopark-arrest-theory.aspx

Technopark company ex-CEO arrested for harassment
By Shalini Singh

UK-based Alamy claims to hold the largest and most comprehensive online collection of commercial photography in the world. Established in 1999, Alamy pioneered the concept of an unedited collection and sells images taken by thousands of photographers and photo agencies. Its ex-CEO operating from Technopark, Kerala had left in a hurry and in unclear circumstances.

The Board and senior management in UK have never given a proper explanation to the Alamy workers at Technopark as to why the CEO, Anil Thricovil, suddenly stopped attending office.

Earlier, Techgoss had reported exclusively that Anil has been ‘let go’ because a person in the Alamy HR Department had leveled allegations of harassment against him. After techgoss ran the article, an unidentified person posing as an Alamy employee emailed me saying Anil Thricovil has no differences with the HR Department. Techgoss doubled checked with the person from the HR Department who flatly denied sending the email.  The email sent to techgoss was a fake and designed to stop our investigation.

Now, Anil Thricovil has been arrested by the Trivandrum Police.  The police arrested him in the evening of July 27 for harassing a woman employee of a company in Technopark through phone and emails. Anil, who is a resident of a posh colony in the city, has no full time job since his exit from Alamy. A police team lead by the Circle Inspector of the Museum Police Station in the city raided his house at 830 pm; arrested Anil and confiscated his computer. Anil had been calling the woman from the city for three months.  According to the police, Emails sent by him were traced to Net cafes near General Hospital and Engineering College. The Hitech Cyber Crime cell had traced the phone calls and e-mails.

Sebenarnya bisa dikatakan ide ini sudah banyak yang mencobanya. Mulai dari BHTV (Bandung High Tech Valley), Bogor Cyber Park, Depok IT Valley, Solo Techno Park, Malang Cyber City, dan masih banyak lagi.

Tetapi kenapa harus Tangerang? Apa itu bukan ikut-ikutan saja? Anda mau cari sensasi? Mungkin itu bisa ada dibenak anda semua.

Kalau saya ditanya kenapa mengide-kan Tangerang sebagai kota saiber, tentu saja saya juga belum punya banyak ide. Makanya di sini mari kita diskusikan.

Sederhana saja. Pertama karena saya tinggal di kota Tangerang ini sudah cukup lama. Kedua saya lihat Tangerang punya potensi dengan industrinya. Ketiga lokasi Bandar Udara Internasional Soekarna-Hatta juga berlokasi disini.

Keempat, cukup banyak kampus di Tangerang. Kelima, banyak perusahaan besar dan bergerak dalam industri Teknologi Informasi dan Multimedia, Broadcasting dll juga berdiri disini.

Dan-seterusnya. So, tunggu apa lagi. Mari urun rembuk bagaimana mewujudkan hal tersebut. Target saya tidak buru-buru amat. Semua akan menunggu kesiapan dari semua pihak.

Stake holdernya adalah warga Tangerang, Pemkab Tangerang, Pemkot Tangerang, Pemprov Banten, Kampus-kampus di Tangerang, Industri-industri di Tangerang, dan tentunya seluruh lapisan masyarakat Tangerang.

^ Concept Layout of the Vizhinjam Transshipment Terminal

After a long gap, I am back with a bunch of updates from the Capital of God’s Own Country. June and July were hectic months on the development scene in Trivandrum as a slew of projects were announced or kicked off.

For more information, read on!…

• Two of the most important projects in Kerala’s history – the Vizhinjam Deepwater Container Transshipment Terminal and the Technocity – passed major developmental milestones, marking these few months as a turning point for Trivandrum and indeed, the whole of Kerala.
• The tender to develop the Rs 8000 Crore Vizhinjam International Deep-sea Container Transshipment Terminal was awarded to a consortium led by the Lanco Group, which also includes Malaysian port operator Pembinaan Berzhai. The deepest port in India, with a natural draft of 18 m and an eventual one of 24 m, is slated to handle upto 6.5 million TEUs in the coming years. The winning consortium outbid a strong field of major international and national players to secure the project. Vizhinjam has already received clearances from the Defence and Foreign Ministries and awaits Environmental and Home Ministry green flags. Construction is expected to start in 2009 and the first phase will be operational in 2011 or 2012. (You can read more at the project’s Skyscrapercity thread.)

• Work on the 1.5 million sq.ft. Infosys Campus is proceeding quickly as the first block is due to be commissioned in March 2009. The campus will be completed by 2011 and will accomodate 10,000 professionals.

• Construction will commence on the 2.9 million sq.ft. UST Global campus by end-August while work is soon expected at the 1.2 million sq.ft. TCS Campus nearby.

• The 450,000 Sq.ft. Phase II of the Leela IT Park is nearing completion.

• Work has commenced on the 12-floor Second Block of the IBS Campus.

• Construction work on the 350,000 sq.ft. tubular, glass-and-steel New International Terminal at the Trivandrum International Airport is proceeding on schedule for commissioning of the world-class building in December 2008. The building is designed by the world-famous firm of Atkins.

  
  ^ New International Terminal Phase I | 350,000 Sq.ft.

• Nearby, work is ahead of schedule for the Air India-Boeing MRO facility which will be operational in mid-2009.

• In the city meanwhile, work has commenced on the 350,000 sq.ft. mall by the Future Group

• Work is underway on the 36 floor Nikunjam i-Park, a residential tower.

  
  ^ Nikunjam i-Park |36 floors | Residential

• Construction on the Rs 800 Crore International Convention Center being developed by the K.Raheja Corp at Aakulam has kicked off. The complex will have a 1500-seater convention center and a J.W.Marriott hotel to start off with and will eventually have a 4000-seater hall, mall, recreation facilities, serviced apartments etc

• Work is also expected to kick off shortly on major projects including the 2.1 million sq.ft. Trivandrum Plaza mixed-use development, the DLF Hilton, malls by Treasure Island (EWDPL), Unitech, Nitesh Estates, Condor Group, Varkey Group and Nikunjam, and number of star hotel projects including one by the Rajdhani Group.

• The city’s latest luxury hotel, The Taj, Trivandum is expected to open by end-August. This 140-key luxury hotel will add much-needed supply to Trivandrum’s demand-driven hospitality market. Other hotels expected to be commissioned in the coming weeks include Berggruen Keys and SP Grand Days.

• Work is already in progress for the prestigious Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), the third of its kind in the world. Trivandrum’s next world-class institute – the Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research (IISER) is expected to be inaugurated in end-August by the honorable Prime Minister.

So, all told, that is about 30 million sq.ft. of development, not to mention the thousands of apartments coming up to cater to this boom. Trivandrum has taken rapid strides to become a R&D hub in India, hosting institutions like the VSSC, IIST, IISER, CDAC, NIIST, SCTIMST, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Tropical Botanical Gardens, Centre for Molecular Sciences and many more. With the coming of Vizhinjam and Technocity, it is now poised to take a giant leap in the fields of logistics and IT/ITES.

Exciting times, stay tuned!

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala has achieved a remarkable feat yet again in the IT field to bring laurels to the Indian sub continent. IBS Group, a blue chip IT Company in Technopark, has inked an agreement with Tokyo international Air Cargo Terminal (TIACT) for the implementation of iCargo a new-generation Cargo Management System developed by IBS. President and CEO, of TIACT, Terutake Kato, opined that IBS was selected for their far-reaching experience and competence in the airline cargo industry.

The new cargo terminal of Tokyo international (Haneda airport) will be the first airport in the world to have the iCargo’s CTO module. This system would be used to manage the ground handling and warehousing of all cargo handled by the airport.The new cargo terminal spread over a staggering 170,000 sq. m would ensure the maximum optimization of the available site area.

In addition, this software module  would greatly improve the quality of service levels and productivity. iCargo would be managing the cargo business of the leading carriers of Japan including Nippon Cargo Airlines and All Nippon Airways. This deal has indeed thrown open the doors of the prospective global market with Japan clearly emerging as one of the principal markets for the global air cargo business.

IBS Group is also going places in the domestic aviation sector. It has already been enlisted by the Airports Authority of India as the IT solution provider for the 30-odd airports expected to be modernized shortly. IT industry has always been the backbone of industrial Kerala, providing jobs to thousands of qualified hands apart from attracting the much desired foreign exchange. 

Technology Business Incubator (TBI) at Technopark here has bagged the prestigious national award for the best technology business incubator in the country for 2007.The award, instituted by the department of science and technology of the central government, was for encouraging and recognizing the business incubation activity, which plays a key role in promoting the entrepreneurial culture in the country.

Former Hon.president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam presented the award at a ceremony held in New Delhi Sunday last as part of the Technology Day 2008 celebrations.

Technology business incubation aims to identify potential entrepreneurs with innovative ideas and nurture them through different phases of growth until the business takes off to a maturity level where it becomes a financially sustainable venture. in that respect Technopark is doing a good job.At this moment technoparkLive! feel proud to be part of this great technopark, and wishing all the best for the future endeavors of Technopark!

More About Technopark’s T-BIC

The Technopark Business Incubation Centre (T-BIC) was established in 2002. Following the success of this initiative, Technopark started the Technopark-Technology Business Incubator (T-TBI) in 2006 with funding from the Department of Science and Technology (DST). TBI was aimed at providing budding entrepreneurs in the “knowledge driven” industry all facilities and support to tide over their teething problems and establish their company in a short time.

T-BIC shall provide ready to move in, plug and play facilities at Technopark. The following modules are available at T-BIC.

8 Seat Modules
4 Seat Modules

Essential operational support services such as security, reception service, telephone operator service, photo-copying, etc. shall be provided by Technopark as part of the package, with nominal charges being levied extra in some cases while the rest being included in the package.

In addition, essential business support services including business consulting and advisory services applicable right from the stage of company formation shall be provided. Again, a service charge may be levied as appropriate for different services. Technopark’s endeavour in any case shall be to minimize costs for the incubated company

A partial list of companies incubated from T-TBI

Acco Bizware Pvt Ltd
Adion Road Links Pvt Ltd
Auto India.com
Bigpond Technologies India Pvt Ltd
Cepios
Cell Technologies Pvt Ltd
Digitera
Digitella
Dundas Software
eZe Care Systems Pvt Ltd
Geotrans Technologies Pvt Ltd
Hages B Solutions Pvt Ltd
I- Manager Learning Solutions Pvt Ltd
Intergrated Dynamic Solutions Pvt Ltd
Itraitz IT Solutions Pvt Ltd
Kerala Next.com
Kreara Solutions Pvt Ltd
MDI Datanet India Pvt Ltd
Morning Paper Web Service Pvt Ltd
Optibiz Software Technologies Pvt Ltd
Optiwise Solutions Pvt Ltd
Paragon Biomedical India Pvt Ltd
Pivot Systems Pvt Ltd
RNC BPOI
RWDI Consulting Engineers & Scientists India Pvt Ltd
Saturn Systemwares Pvt Ltd
Spazio Tech
Speridian Technologies Pvt Ltd
SRC Software Pvt Limited
Standout IT Solutions Pvt Ltd
Synthite Technologies
Travancore Software Solutions Pvt Ltd
Vinirma Consultancy
Wins Infotek Pvt Ltd
YSC Engineering Services Pvt Ltd

To participate in Technopark’s incubator program, and for more details,
contact: incubator@technopark.org

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.

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 Trivandrum: Kerala’s leading IT and BPO services company, UST Global, Tuesday launched a campaign for environmental awareness at the Technopark campus here. The centrepiece of the campaign was an innovative “pookalam” ( floral carpet) with ecology messages, backed by a poster and signature campaign for spreading eco-awareness.

“Earth Day is the latest in the series of an ongoing campaign to create awareness and make a difference in Kerala. According to Business Week, UST Global ranked second in creating a governance programme that orchestrates the environmental goals and needs of clients,” the company said in a statement.

Every year UST organises Green Day! to coincide with World Environment Day, during which housands of saplings are donated to the government for planting.

The centrepiece of the campaign was an innovative ‘pookalam’ ( floral carpet) with ecology messages, backed by a poster and signature campaign for spreading eco-awareness.

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Close on the heels of the tall talk by the CPM leaders about the drastic changes in the industrial environment in the State and the significant growth anticipated in the IT sector, the State IT Department and the IT companies at Technopark here are fast moving on a collision course.

According to sources, the CEOs in the Technopark here have been sharing a general feeling that they are no more welcome to the State Government.

Unlike in the past, Technopark authorities and the companies housed at the Park now find no way to settle the differences between them. Neither are the Park Centre authorities and the IT Department able to take up the issue in the right forum, nor have the companies an idea about whom to consult to settle the issues that warrant political will and policy intervention.

The collapsing relations between the IT companies on side and the State IT Department and the Park Centre on the other were in evidence at the recently-held KeralaIT.Com. Majority of the companies at the Park opted to keep out of the unprofessionally-organised IT exhibition.

Adding insult to injury, the IT Department and the Technopark authorities have declined to pay back the advance given by three companies in the Park for rented space in the newly-built block – ‘Thejaswini’. The three companies (two of them are the leading companies in their respective domains and had set up their facilities during the initial days of the Park) had paid three months’ rent in advance to the Park Centre.

However, owing to various reasons, these companies decided not to occupy the built up space allotted to them in Tejaswini. The Park Centre authorities, after consulting the IT Department, informed the companies that the advance given by them could not be refunded. There is no change in their stand, even after the Technopark authorities rented out the same space to some other companies.

Meanwhile, another vexed issue regarding the payment of building tax of Technopark buildings to the Corporation is yet to be sorted out. As a result of the efforts taken by a CPM councillor in the City Corporation, the Technopark authorities were asked to pay the building tax arrears since 2000. Under some false notion, the Technopark authorities were not paying building tax. However, when the Corporation sent notice, the IT Department instructed the Park Centre authorities to pay the arrears on their own and collect the same from the companies later.

Following the instruction, Technopark paid around Rs 1.75 crore to the Corporation. But when the Park Centre wanted the companies to pay the building tax arrears, the companies responded in the negative. According to them, the building tax payment is the responsibility of the lessor and lessee need not bother about the same. The Park Centre should have incorporated the building tax in the rent, they said.

According to sources, the Infopark in Kochi has been collecting the building tax from the companies by incorporating the same in the rent.

Without exploring the possibility for an amicable settlement of the issue, the IT Department decided to go by the legal advice. As per the legal advice, Technopark can claim the building tax arrears from the companies. Though the term Building Tax was not written explicitly in the lease agreement, the companies can be made liable for the same.

Moving a step ahead, the IT Department has now told the companies that if they did not pay the building tax arrears, disciplinary steps would be initiated against the companies and their lease wouldn’t be extended.

Though the companies had approached Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan, the result was a routine reply along the lines of ‘the matter will be looked into.’

(coutesy : newindpress)

Close on the heels of the tall talk by the CPM leaders about the drastic changes in the industrial environment in the State and the significant growth anticipated in the IT sector, the State IT Department and the IT companies at Technopark here are fast moving on a collision course.

According to sources, the CEOs in the Technopark here have been sharing a general feeling that they are no more welcome to the State Government.

Unlike in the past, Technopark authorities and the companies housed at the Park now find no way to settle the differences between them. Neither are the Park Centre authorities and the IT Department able to take up the issue in the right forum, nor have the companies an idea about whom to consult to settle the issues that warrant political will and policy intervention.

The collapsing relations between the IT companies on side and the State IT Department and the Park Centre on the other were in evidence at the recently-held KeralaIT.Com. Majority of the companies at the Park opted to keep out of the unprofessionally-organised IT exhibition.

Adding insult to injury, the IT Department and the Technopark authorities have declined to pay back the advance given by three companies in the Park for rented space in the newly-built block – ‘Thejaswini’. The three companies (two of them are the leading companies in their respective domains and had set up their facilities during the initial days of the Park) had paid three months’ rent in advance to the Park Centre.

However, owing to various reasons, these companies decided not to occupy the built up space allotted to them in Tejaswini. The Park Centre authorities, after consulting the IT Department, informed the companies that the advance given by them could not be refunded. There is no change in their stand, even after the Technopark authorities rented out the same space to some other companies.

Meanwhile, another vexed issue regarding the payment of building tax of Technopark buildings to the Corporation is yet to be sorted out. As a result of the efforts taken by a CPM councillor in the City Corporation, the Technopark authorities were asked to pay the building tax arrears since 2000. Under some false notion, the Technopark authorities were not paying building tax. However, when the Corporation sent notice, the IT Department instructed the Park Centre authorities to pay the arrears on their own and collect the same from the companies later.

Following the instruction, Technopark paid around Rs 1.75 crore to the Corporation. But when the Park Centre wanted the companies to pay the building tax arrears, the companies responded in the negative. According to them, the building tax payment is the responsibility of the lessor and lessee need not bother about the same. The Park Centre should have incorporated the building tax in the rent, they said.

According to sources, the Infopark in Kochi has been collecting the building tax from the companies by incorporating the same in the rent.

Without exploring the possibility for an amicable settlement of the issue, the IT Department decided to go by the legal advice. As per the legal advice, Technopark can claim the building tax arrears from the companies. Though the term Building Tax was not written explicitly in the lease agreement, the companies can be made liable for the same.

Moving a step ahead, the IT Department has now told the companies that if they did not pay the building tax arrears, disciplinary steps would be initiated against the companies and their lease wouldn’t be extended.

Though the companies had approached Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan, the result was a routine reply along the lines of ‘the matter will be looked into.’

(coutesy : newindpress)

Technopark Assessed at Level 4 of the Capability Maturity
Model Integration (CMMI LEVEL 4)

Electronics Technology Parks – Kerala ( Technopark) today announced that it
had been assessed at Level 4 of the Capability Maturity Model Integration
(CMMI) of the Software Engineering Institute ( SEI), Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Quality Point Integrating Systems Private Limited carried out
this assessment for the Capability Maturity Model Integration (SE/SW/IPPD/SS
V1.1 Staged Representation)

CMMI is widely regarded as the best means to measure the quality and maturity
of an organization and is the best process improvement models available for
product, service development and maintenance. The successful Level 4 CMMI
assessment signifies that Technopark has established Quantitative objectives for
quality and process performance, which are used as the criteria in managing
processes.

“ We carried out the assessment strictly in accordance with SEI norms” said Ms.
Geetha Parthasarathy, of Quality Point, who was SEI’s authorized CMMI Lead
Assessor for Technopark’s CMMI Level 4 assessment. This assessment can be
attributed to the Senior Managements vision and leadership as also to the
professional excellence of its team members. Achieving the much coveted CMMI
is just another milestone in Technoparks journey to continue to remain a world
class facility” Ms. Parthasarathy went on to add that Technopark’s inherent
strength is its excellent team spirit and flat organizational structure.
Congratulating the team on its achievement, Mr. N R Mahalingam, CEO of
Technopark said, “ Achieveing CMMI level 4 is one of the most significant
milestone in Technopark’s journey to attain new heights in customer
satisfaction”.

Ms. Aruna Sundararajan, Secy IT, Government of Kerala said, “ Technopark’s
achievement has made the entire IT community and Kerala proud. The park has
been single minded in its pursuit of quality since its inception. I would like to
congratulate the entire team for having achieved this major milestone”

About Software Engineering Institute

The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is a federally funded research and
development center, established in 1984 by the US Department of Defense with
a broad Charter to address the transition of software engineering technology.
The SEI is an integral component of Carnegie Mellon University and is sponsored
by the office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology
(OUSD[A&T].

About Capability Maturity Model Integration

The purpose of CMM Integration is to provide guidance for improving an
organization’s processes and its ability to manage the development, acquisition
and maintenance of products or services. CMM Integration places proven
approaches into a structure that helps an organization appraise its organizational
maturity or process area capability, establish priorities for improvement, and
implement these improvements

About Technopark

Technopark, Trivandrum , an autonomous society promoted by the Government
of Kerala, is India’s first technology park and amoung the two largest IT parks in
India today. Spread over 156 acres, and about 1.5 m. sqft of built up space,
Technopark hosts about 60 IT and ITES companies.
Technopark is the IT hub of the State of Kerala and based in Trivandrum which
can rightfully claim to be the knowledge capital of the region. Technopark
provides world class, robust and failsafe physical, power and datacom
infrastructure, offering a no compromise yet low cost enabling environment for
the IT industry that is leveraged by its occupant companies for a competitive
advantage.

Technopark Assessed at Level 4 of the Capability Maturity
Model Integration (CMMI LEVEL 4)

Electronics Technology Parks – Kerala ( Technopark) today announced that it
had been assessed at Level 4 of the Capability Maturity Model Integration
(CMMI) of the Software Engineering Institute ( SEI), Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Quality Point Integrating Systems Private Limited carried out
this assessment for the Capability Maturity Model Integration (SE/SW/IPPD/SS
V1.1 Staged Representation)

CMMI is widely regarded as the best means to measure the quality and maturity
of an organization and is the best process improvement models available for
product, service development and maintenance. The successful Level 4 CMMI
assessment signifies that Technopark has established Quantitative objectives for
quality and process performance, which are used as the criteria in managing
processes.

“ We carried out the assessment strictly in accordance with SEI norms” said Ms.
Geetha Parthasarathy, of Quality Point, who was SEI’s authorized CMMI Lead
Assessor for Technopark’s CMMI Level 4 assessment. This assessment can be
attributed to the Senior Managements vision and leadership as also to the
professional excellence of its team members. Achieving the much coveted CMMI
is just another milestone in Technoparks journey to continue to remain a world
class facility” Ms. Parthasarathy went on to add that Technopark’s inherent
strength is its excellent team spirit and flat organizational structure.
Congratulating the team on its achievement, Mr. N R Mahalingam, CEO of
Technopark said, “ Achieveing CMMI level 4 is one of the most significant
milestone in Technopark’s journey to attain new heights in customer
satisfaction”.

Ms. Aruna Sundararajan, Secy IT, Government of Kerala said, “ Technopark’s
achievement has made the entire IT community and Kerala proud. The park has
been single minded in its pursuit of quality since its inception. I would like to
congratulate the entire team for having achieved this major milestone”

About Software Engineering Institute

The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is a federally funded research and
development center, established in 1984 by the US Department of Defense with
a broad Charter to address the transition of software engineering technology.
The SEI is an integral component of Carnegie Mellon University and is sponsored
by the office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology
(OUSD[A&T].

About Capability Maturity Model Integration

The purpose of CMM Integration is to provide guidance for improving an
organization’s processes and its ability to manage the development, acquisition
and maintenance of products or services. CMM Integration places proven
approaches into a structure that helps an organization appraise its organizational
maturity or process area capability, establish priorities for improvement, and
implement these improvements

About Technopark

Technopark, Trivandrum , an autonomous society promoted by the Government
of Kerala, is India’s first technology park and amoung the two largest IT parks in
India today. Spread over 156 acres, and about 1.5 m. sqft of built up space,
Technopark hosts about 60 IT and ITES companies.
Technopark is the IT hub of the State of Kerala and based in Trivandrum which
can rightfully claim to be the knowledge capital of the region. Technopark
provides world class, robust and failsafe physical, power and datacom
infrastructure, offering a no compromise yet low cost enabling environment for
the IT industry that is leveraged by its occupant companies for a competitive
advantage.

Technopark will host national e-governance programme (NeGP), in tandem with the event Kerala IT.Com 2008. R Chandrasekhar, additional secretary, ICT, Govt of India will inaugurate the NeGP seminar, according to a release.

The park is envisaged to witness the convergence of all major stakeholders in info business like IT secretaries of various state governments, decision makers from GoI, industry associations, and various other departments of the government during the event.

NeGP seminar will focus on factors like service delivery infrastructure and capacity buiding; success stories and challenges; IT education; infrastructre; best practices; whereas the exhibition will have over 100 major IT Companies showcasing their products and services. Some of the participating Companies are Sun Microsystems, Cisco, Infosys, Wirpro, Intel, NIIT, C-DAC, Sybase, Computer Associates, CMC, IBS, HP, 3i Infotech, DOEACC, K2, Dell, TVS, Core Projects, etc.

The seminar is likely to come up with some firm decisions on the prime concerns facing IT industry, says RK Nair, CEO, Technopark.

“Kerala – The IT Destination Hub” (Cutting edge and viable solutions through use of IT) is the theme for Kerala IT.Com 08. Nair said, “We are extremely happy to be associated with Kerala IT.Com 2008. The exhibition and seminar will bring some of the major decision makers in IT discussing the prime concerns facing the IT industry in Kerala and we hope to take some firm decisions to address the same.”

The event is supported by Kerala State IT Mission and organsied by Wisitex Foundation.

Technopark will host national e-governance programme (NeGP), in tandem with the event Kerala IT.Com 2008. R Chandrasekhar, additional secretary, ICT, Govt of India will inaugurate the NeGP seminar, according to a release.

The park is envisaged to witness the convergence of all major stakeholders in info business like IT secretaries of various state governments, decision makers from GoI, industry associations, and various other departments of the government during the event.

NeGP seminar will focus on factors like service delivery infrastructure and capacity buiding; success stories and challenges; IT education; infrastructre; best practices; whereas the exhibition will have over 100 major IT Companies showcasing their products and services. Some of the participating Companies are Sun Microsystems, Cisco, Infosys, Wirpro, Intel, NIIT, C-DAC, Sybase, Computer Associates, CMC, IBS, HP, 3i Infotech, DOEACC, K2, Dell, TVS, Core Projects, etc.

The seminar is likely to come up with some firm decisions on the prime concerns facing IT industry, says RK Nair, CEO, Technopark.

“Kerala – The IT Destination Hub” (Cutting edge and viable solutions through use of IT) is the theme for Kerala IT.Com 08. Nair said, “We are extremely happy to be associated with Kerala IT.Com 2008. The exhibition and seminar will bring some of the major decision makers in IT discussing the prime concerns facing the IT industry in Kerala and we hope to take some firm decisions to address the same.”

The event is supported by Kerala State IT Mission and organsied by Wisitex Foundation.

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In line with its plans to develop Trivandrum Kochi as the foremost IT locations in the region, the Kerala government has commenced work on integrated townships, specifically for IT and ITeS industry.

Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan said the Technocity project in the state capital and the Smart City project at Kochi would be of global standards with modern infrastructure.

Pointing out that various internationally reputed companies have made Technopark their home, he added, “We are on the threshold of many new initiatives in this sector and within the next few years Kerala will be one of the leading states in India in IT and ITeS sectors. The Kerala State IT Policy provides attractive incentives for IT industry, enhances infrastructure capacities at our IT parks and offers single window clearance among others.”

Speaking to the media after inaugurating Kerala IT.Com at Technopark, the chief minister said Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi had been ranked as the most attractive IT and ITeS destinations in India.

This apart, the government plans to construct two more buildings at the Thiruvananthapuram Technopark and Infopark campuses soon. Each building would boast of 5,00,000 sft

In line with its plans to develop Trivandrum Kochi as the foremost IT locations in the region, the Kerala government has commenced work on integrated townships, specifically for IT and ITeS industry.

Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan said the Technocity project in the state capital and the Smart City project at Kochi would be of global standards with modern infrastructure.

Pointing out that various internationally reputed companies have made Technopark their home, he added, “We are on the threshold of many new initiatives in this sector and within the next few years Kerala will be one of the leading states in India in IT and ITeS sectors. The Kerala State IT Policy provides attractive incentives for IT industry, enhances infrastructure capacities at our IT parks and offers single window clearance among others.”

Speaking to the media after inaugurating Kerala IT.Com at Technopark, the chief minister said Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi had been ranked as the most attractive IT and ITeS destinations in India.

This apart, the government plans to construct two more buildings at the Thiruvananthapuram Technopark and Infopark campuses soon. Each building would boast of 5,00,000 sft