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TechTop 2008, organized by the Thiruvananthapuram Technopark in association with US-based Degree Controls Inc, on August 18 and 19, has picked the project by students of the DKTE Textile and Engineering Institute, Ichalkaranji in Maharashtra, as the best innovative venture.

This innovative project based on “Electrolytic Effluent Treatment Plant” won the first prize, cash award of Rs, 1 lakh sponsored by Degree Controls.

The awards were given away by Dr. K Radhakrishnan, Director, VSSC, who was the chief guest at the awards function. The ceremony was presided over by Dr Ajaykumar, Secretary - IT, Government of Kerala.

The Oxford Engineering College, Bangalore bagged the second prize of Rs.25, 000 for their project “Constant Velocity Joint Assembly,” sponsored by IBS group.

The third prize of Rs.10,000 sponsored by One View Systems, and SunTec Business Solutions was shared by BITS, Pilani - Goa and Sahrdaya College of Engineering, Kodakara, Kerala, for their respective projects on ‘Microbial Fuel Cell Using Sewage’ and ‘Water Plants  and EOG Based Room Utility Control For Bedridden Patients’.

An expert committee, headed by N T Nair, chief editor of Executive Knowledge Lines, assessed the 33 projects that competed for top honours.

According to R K Nair, chief executive officer, Technopark, “The growth of technology bound industry in Kerala will be driven by start up companies fired by innovation. The relevance of Incubation activities is coming in this context. We have to attract young talent in our country to consider entrepreneurship as a serious option.”

He added that competitions like TechTop are a vehicle for Technopark to spot and nurture such talented youngsters and convert them into ‘Technopreneurs’.

“Our endeavour will be to develop TechTop as the most sought after competition in the country in the Technology space. As we go along we want to expand the scope of the competition to include postgraduates and school children in addition to the undergraduate students,” he added.

TechTop TechTop is organized every year to tap the innovative potential of entrepreneurial citizens of India. The objective is to promote individual innovators through support mechanism at various stages to become technology-based entrepreneurs.

The two-day All India exhibition witnessed 23 projects from 10 states.

Courtesy :- CIOL News

Zyxware technologies joins hands once again with GNU/Linux Users Group Trivandrum to organize the third install fest of the year in Trivandrum. This time the event is planned on a much more massive scale than the first two install fests. The earlier events were 1 day events targeted at the general public. This time it is targeted at the IT community in technopark and it is a full week program. The program is scheduled to be conducted from Sep 1 to Sep 5 at Park Center, Technopark, Trivandrum.

One-day-install-fests have a small disadvantage in that they get over by the time people get to know about it from the media. We have decided to get over this problem by spreading the event from Sep 1, Monday to Sep 5, Friday. The event is going to be conducted in the heart of technopark - Park Center. We are hoping to get the event inaugurated by one of the Ministers of the Government of Kerala.

Free Software Seminar Series, Open Movie Show and 3D Desktop Demo

In addition to the installations we are also organizing daily Free Software seminars covering topics ranging from “Business Opportunities in Free Software” to “Enterprise Application Development in Free Software”. On Wednesday we will be showing some of the popular Open Movies like Big Buck Bunny and Elephants Dream.

During the Fest

IT professionals working in Technopark can bring in their laptops to the Park Center and drop it off to get any of the Free Software Distributions installed. They also will have the opportunity to buy T-Shirts, Stickers, CDs and DVDs at the Fest. There will be informational posters, live presentations, open movie shows around the counters. There will also be a couple of GNU/Linux Gaming PCs available for people to try out the open games.

Zyxware Planning to Launch Freedom Toaster

During this install fest, we are also planning to unveil a freedom toaster. (If you don’t know already, a freedom toaster is a Free Software Vending Kiosk that will burn and give any of your favorite Free Software at the click off a button. It would look and operates like any of the soft drink vending machines) If we are able to pull this off, this will probably become the first time that somebody has done this in India. The Freedom Toaster is expected to turn quite a few heads during the Install fest.

Our Objective

Through this event and through the Freedom Toaster, we are hoping to generate enough buzz inside Technopark to be able to bring in new Free Software users and to rope in those professionals who are already using Free Software. In addition we are also hoping that at least a few companies in Technopark would become interested in trying out the freedom offered by FLOSS.

Partners

The partners for this event in addition to Zyxware and GLUG are Kerala State IT Mission, SPACE-Kerala, Free Software Foundation of India.

BSNL - Telecommunication Sponsor

BSNL has agreed to sponsor the event as the Telecommunications Partner and they will be meeting all the telecom and internet needs. They will be providing us with complete WiFi access in the Park Center and EVDO Wireless access at the Kiosks. A BSNL representative will also be present to demonstrate the configuration of BSNL broadband and EVDO in GNU/Linux.

IT Solutions (LITS), the information and communication technology arm of the UAE based business conglomerate S.S. Lootah Group, announced the signing of a cooperation with Technopark, Kerala based IT park located in the capital Trivandrum.

Abdullah Saeed Lootah, CEO of Lootah IT Solutions and Mr. N. Radhakrishnan Nair, CEO, Technopark inked the protocol in the presence of Eng. Yahya Lootah, Vice Chairman-CEO, S.S. Lootah Group and other Directors Mr. Rashid Lootah and Mr. Yousef Lootah.

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Abdullah Saeed Lootah, CEO, Lootah IT Solutions commented, “Lootah IT Solutions has established itself as a key solutions provider in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region and has been working with several companies operating from Technopark. As a natural progression, we are now looking to establish our permanent base in India , known for its IT stronghold and skilled manpower, which will provide us with a gateway to reach out to a larger market in the subcontinent and other parts of Asia . We are very happy to be looking   at Technopark as one of our key basis in India , with the knowledge that it is among the largest IT and Technology parks in South Asia .”

N.Radhakrishnan Nair, CEO Technopark Trivandrum said, “We are very happy to see Lootah IT Solutions setting up their operations in Technopark, in line with our vision to provide a holistic enabling environment to make knowledge industry intrinsically competitive and world class. We are confident that with rich experience in the Gulf region, one of the most active economic zones worldwide, Lootah IT Solutions will find Technopark highly conducive for investment and expansion of innovative development solutions.”

Lootah IT Solutions aims to establish a full-fledged development and operations centre at the Technopark facility to provide an advanced information infrastructure for service industries. The proposed Technopark facility of Lootah IT Solutions will involve software development including CRM solutions and also address solutions for sectors such as engineering, construction, energy and environment. Lootah IT Solutions’ proposed set-up in Technopark, Kerala will be yet another important milestone for S.S. Lootah Asia, the wholly-owned subsidiary of S.S. Lootah Group based in India . S.S. Lootah Asia has established strong footholds in the subcontinent in various sectors in the short span of time since its incorporation, with Information Technology and Knowledge Economy being among its top priorities. S.S. Lootah Asia aims to elevate the cultural and economic synergy between India and the UAE through strategic partnerships, insourcing and sourcing global business collaboration opportunities.

Courtesy :- http://www.itvarnews.net/

e new traffic regulations for the region in and around Bhavani has been published. And know what, the new development gives Bhavani portico a VIP status..! Read on…

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1. All private vehicles conveying Bhavani building staff will stop at the BUS BAY marked in front of Thejeswani building. No vehicles will enter the portico of Bhavani building or stop in front of the Bus stop adjacent to Park centre.

2. Hereafter the Bhavani portico will be used by CEOs & Guest vehicles only.

3. All the vehicles used by various company staff will come in through the level gate of Bhavani opposite to Thejeswani main entrance for parking and go out through the same gate where sufficient arrangements for IN & OUT going vehicles have been made.

4. Two wheelers should park in the parking slots already marked for 2 wheelers.

5. The IN & OUT going two wheelers should obey the traffic rules and guidance of the Security guards.

6. All Three wheelers should stop at the Bus Bay area and not enter the portico of Bhavani building.

7. All company cabs will stop in front of Bhavani where it is marked for them only. They will not enter the portico.

JAAS NOVUS is the name given to a scooter with out a handle. The coolest scooter ever was designed and built by a team of students from NI engineering college. The aim is to enable the handicapped also drive a scooter and be on his own. Instead of using hands, the steering is controlled by shoulders. Every other control is controlled by legs. The beauty is that you can drive keeping your hands folded.

The scotter was test driven by Suresh Gopi in a function in Technopark. It took two years for them to develop the prototype. The cost incurred was 45,000 Rs. If this goes into mass production, better fulel efficiency can be achieved, also better mileage with use of better engines.

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You might’ve understood the stuff i’m talking about, by now itself . Ye, its about the very contemptuous restaurant on the top floor of Bhavani building in technopark, the Buraq.

We, the tpians(technoparkian) were tolerating, from hair to rubber-bands, worms to cockroaches, and now its….. raw food. Here is the latest experience of a fellow tpian. He was served with 3 prawns well decorated with onions above it, from here. But he was lucky enough to consume only a single piece from them. And luckier is he, to be ‘alive’ now, in a bedridden state, with a serious problem with his health, for the high body temperature, nausea and headache. The fact is that he was served with raw food; a raw prawn straight from the market place. The prawn was unwashed and unclean with half removed shells and sand.

As the fellow who was the victim in the above incident said, ‘our patience was mistook for our passiveness’. Its a bare, ugly truth hardly any tpian would disagree. We go for the over priced menu from these places (i feel guilty to call it now, a restaurant). We never question the quality or the price of the stuff served to us. Some take it as an affair of prestige or a good manner, and some others think about their company ’status’ when questioning back. We are only concerned about our work and our workplace. We hardly think about our health. The result, we earn to cure ourselves…!!

This time it was Buraq. The picture is no different with the other so-called restaurants here. As it is said commonly, ‘many do mistakes, some gets caught, few gets trialed and fewer gets punished’. And similar incidents have been occuring frequently. And it stays a hot topic for some time, and then it cools off till the next disaster. We’ve been complaining about these kinda incidents to the concerned authorities every time, but to no use most of the time. Hats off to the companies who’ve started their own restaurants for their employees, staying an exception. But what about the others. Lets think about giving an award for the worst restaurant in technopark every month..!!

Coming here for work from a far off native doesn’t mean we should keep mum everytime or stay inactive. Being formally dressed doesn’t mean we are passive fellows. Respond to anything that you may feel unfair. Be it in a market, a hotel or any other public place. You’ll never be alone in public for you’ll surely find a fellow tpian by your side. And your decency will never be under-estimated for any fair question. And public will think of you as a responsible citizen. Our company is not going to gain or loose anything from it. Its ourselves. Lets grow a healthy, responsive professional culture in our home, Technopark.

 Tail-piece: The word Buraq means ‘lightning’ in arabic. According to Islamic tradition Buraq is a heavenly creature that carried Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to heaven and back during the Isra and Miraj (Coutesy to Wikipedia). Lets not allow the authorities to ruin this holy name.

1. 2 members per team. For the prelims, there is no restriction no: of entries per company can send in.

2. There will be a preliminary round to select 4 teams to the finals.

3. Only one top scoring team per company will make it to the finals. In the event of more than one team qualifying for the finals, the teams are free to interchange their team mates as they wish or send any team that qualifies to the finals to represent their company.

4. The quiz will be a general quiz.

1. Time Limit – 15 minutes

2. One Team per company consisting of Minimum 4 to Maximum 12 participants to form the team.

3. There will be only one common category for the contest.

4. The teams can do a medley of dances, fusion or any category of dance in the time limit specified.

5. Teams will be judged on Costume, Presentation, Choreography, Synchronization, Variation of Steps used, theme presentation and audience interaction.

For the Solo Items the points for the Tech-A-Break 2008 Company of the year will be as follows:

1^st Place 5 points

2^nd Place 3 points

3^rd Place 1 point

For the Sports, Quiz and Group Contests the points will be as follows:

1^st Place 10 points

2^nd Place 7 points

3^rd Place 5 points

Sony USA have signed a contract with Toonz animations for 2 DVD projects of theirs. The two DVD projects are Playmobile and Santaclaus. Playmobile will be an interesting combination of games and animation and is expected to hit the markets this year itself while Santaclaus will be released in 2009.

Toonz is planning to open up centers in Ahmedabad, Indore, Chennai and Bangalore shortly.