TIRUCHI: Tiruchi is best suited for IT investment compared to other tier-II cities in Tamil Nadu, Transport Minister K.N. Nehru said on Friday.
“The IT Park at Navalpattu is only 10 minutes drive away from the airport and travel to railway station takes only 15 minutes. Drinking water is available in plenty. It is well connected by a 100-feet road. Most of all, the place is quite peaceful,” Mr. Nehru said, presiding over the inaugural of ‘Empower IT Tiruchi 2009.’ Land availability was not a constraint for future growth, he said, exuding hope that IT investment in Tiruchi will bring about an impact similar to economic development in the district after the start of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL).
Minister for Information Technology Poongothai Aladi Aruna said that the efforts taken for development of tier-II cities reflected the foresight of the Chief Minister to expand the developments accruing from progress of the IT sector throughout the State. Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi attributed the increasing number of rural students in engineering colleges to the decision of the DMK regime to abolish entrance examinations. She distributed prizes to winners of the pre-finals conducted by 10 nodal colleges.
Ms. Kanimozhi also released a CD on ‘Advantage Tiruchi’ in the presence of R. Ramkumar, Vice-President, Corporate Marketing, Research and Communication, Cognizant Technology Solutions; Ravi Viswanathan, Vice-President and Head, Chennai Operations, Tata Consultancy Services; and Thothathiri Viswanathan, Associate Vice-President and Head - Development Centre, Infosys Technologies.
Managing Director of ELCOT Santosh Babu and NASSCOM Regional Director, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, K. Purushothaman, spoke. Forests Minister N. Selvaraj, Collector T. Soundiah and MLAs K.N. Sekaran, M. Rajasekaran, Anbil Periyasamy and A. Soundarapandian took part.
Source : The Hindu
Friday, December 4, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Tiruchi to become IT ‘growth model’ - Says IT Minister
Source : The Hindu
Tiruchi is poised to serve as a model for IT growth in tier-II cities in Tamil Nadu, according to Minister for Information Technology Poongothai Aladi Aruna.
Tamil Nadu has pioneered the initiative to showcase the potential for accelerating IT development in tier-II cities. The Empower IT conclave at CARE School of Engineering on December 4 involving participation of over 10,000 from 106 professional and arts and science colleges in eight central districts will project Tiruchi as a potential investment location to front-ranking IT companies, Ms. Poongothai said addressing a press conference on Tuesday.
Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi has envisaged Empower IT as a forum to sensitise the student community to the requirements of IT industry with the larger objective of expediting economic growth in the State, Ms. Poongothai said. The event will be graced by Member of Parliament Kanimozhi, Ministers K.N. Nehru and N. Selvaraj, Secretary of IT Department P.W.C. Davidar, and CEOs of IT/ITES industry, she said.
To a query on the progress of works at the Tiruchi IT Park in Navalpattu, the Minister said the internal infrastructure works would be completed in three months. Construction of the 50,000 sq feet building would be completed in ten months.
According to Santhosh Babu, Managing Director of ELCOT which is organising the event in association with NASSCOM, Empower IT will showcase the quality of human resources in the region to the 50 participating IT companies. Chief Executive Officers of various IT companies are expected to address the students. Prize-winners of various competitions held on November 29 in 10 nodal colleges would be honoured at the conclave, he said. Along with Collector T. Soundiah, Vice-Chancellor of Bharathidasan University M. Ponnavaikko, Mr. Babu, and NASSCOM Regional Director K. Purushothaman, the Minister earlier chaired a preparatory meeting attended by principals of engineering and arts and science colleges. Chairman of the host institution K.N. Ramajayam also took part.
Tiruchi is poised to serve as a model for IT growth in tier-II cities in Tamil Nadu, according to Minister for Information Technology Poongothai Aladi Aruna.
Tamil Nadu has pioneered the initiative to showcase the potential for accelerating IT development in tier-II cities. The Empower IT conclave at CARE School of Engineering on December 4 involving participation of over 10,000 from 106 professional and arts and science colleges in eight central districts will project Tiruchi as a potential investment location to front-ranking IT companies, Ms. Poongothai said addressing a press conference on Tuesday.
Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi has envisaged Empower IT as a forum to sensitise the student community to the requirements of IT industry with the larger objective of expediting economic growth in the State, Ms. Poongothai said. The event will be graced by Member of Parliament Kanimozhi, Ministers K.N. Nehru and N. Selvaraj, Secretary of IT Department P.W.C. Davidar, and CEOs of IT/ITES industry, she said.
To a query on the progress of works at the Tiruchi IT Park in Navalpattu, the Minister said the internal infrastructure works would be completed in three months. Construction of the 50,000 sq feet building would be completed in ten months.
According to Santhosh Babu, Managing Director of ELCOT which is organising the event in association with NASSCOM, Empower IT will showcase the quality of human resources in the region to the 50 participating IT companies. Chief Executive Officers of various IT companies are expected to address the students. Prize-winners of various competitions held on November 29 in 10 nodal colleges would be honoured at the conclave, he said. Along with Collector T. Soundiah, Vice-Chancellor of Bharathidasan University M. Ponnavaikko, Mr. Babu, and NASSCOM Regional Director K. Purushothaman, the Minister earlier chaired a preparatory meeting attended by principals of engineering and arts and science colleges. Chairman of the host institution K.N. Ramajayam also took part.
Villagers resume protest against the land acquisition for Airport expansion
Residents of Keezhakurichi, Nathamadipatti and neighbouring areas went on a rally to voice their resistance against land acquisition for Airport expansion. The news also mentions on the fertility of these lands and the impact to access the city via a direct link road.
Background - The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has sought about 430 acres for the proposed expansion, envisaging the extension of the runway from 8,000 feet to 12,500 feet. This will enable the airport, one of the non-metro facilities identified for development and expansion, to handle big (Code-E) aircraft such as B747-400 and B777-300. Originally, lands on both the eastern and western sides were proposed to be acquired.
More details can be found from the Source: The Hindu
Background - The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has sought about 430 acres for the proposed expansion, envisaging the extension of the runway from 8,000 feet to 12,500 feet. This will enable the airport, one of the non-metro facilities identified for development and expansion, to handle big (Code-E) aircraft such as B747-400 and B777-300. Originally, lands on both the eastern and western sides were proposed to be acquired.
More details can be found from the Source: The Hindu
Monday, November 23, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
EMPOWER IT CAMPAIGN - TRICHY
As recently reported, Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Limited (ELCOT), a Government of Tamil Nadu Undertaking vested with the responsibility of promoting Information Technology (IT) Industry in Tamil Nadu has taken a Policy decision to promote IT Industry in Tier II Cities such as Coimbatore, Trichy, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Salem and Hosur.
With Trichy being marked as a Challenger location based on various parameters, the Empower IT Campaign is positioned to conver multiple objectives. This could be brand building event for upcoming participation.
More details at ELCOT PAGE
With Trichy being marked as a Challenger location based on various parameters, the Empower IT Campaign is positioned to conver multiple objectives. This could be brand building event for upcoming participation.
More details at ELCOT PAGE
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
'Empower IT’ to project Tiruchi as next destination
Source : The Hindu
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TIRUCHI: The Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT) expects a massive turnout of about 10,000 under graduates and post-graduates from arts and science, and engineering colleges from Tiruchi and seven surrounding districts for the ‘Empower IT’ programme it has decided to host here on November 28 in association with NASSCOM (National Association of Software & Service Companies).
The day-long event has been conceptualised to project Tiruchi as an IT destination, while orienting the students to the current requirements and expectations of IT and ITES sector. The event conducted at Tirunelveli last year attracted 14,000 and 12,000 students on the first and second day.
Fifty companies, including most of the IT majors, have been roped in for the Tiruchi event. According to ELCOT Managing Director Santhosh Babu, Empower IT will take Tiruchi that already ranks high among tier-II cities by attracting nine companies to its IT Park owing to factors like cost advantage and presence of quality educational institutions to the next level.
At a preparatory meeting with college principals, representatives of universities, industrialists, and members of Rotary and Lions Clubs, he said about 30 speakers would be invited from Chennai to address the students. The event that would be organised by the NASSCOM in corporate style.
The ELCOT MD sought the fullest cooperation of the colleges and universities to publicise the event to the students. He wanted the printouts of the details of the event and the competitions to be put up on the notice boards, and urged the institution heads to evolve a collective vision and ideate such that Tiruchi could be projected as the next IT destination of Tamil Nadu.
The Regional Director of NASSCOM K. Purushothaman said all particulars of Empower IT can be accessed at Elcot’s website: www.elcot.in, from November 5. He identified aspiring arts and science colleges, engineering colleges, and universities, and the National Institute of Technology – Tiruchi to function as nodal institutions to conduct 10 competitions, including paper presentation, coding, group discussion, debugging, quiz, elocution and essay writing. Each event will be coordinated by an IT company, Mr. Purushothaman said.
Inviting suggestions from the gathering, Mr. Santhosh Babu called upon institutions to suggest competitions on topical software that would be of utility to the Government. Topics like green computing and mobile computing were suggested at the meeting.
The competitions would be conducted in arts and science colleges on November 21 and 22, and in engineering colleges on November 22 and 23, he said.
The Director of NIT-T M. Chidambaram mooted the idea of institutions joining hands for conducting train the trainer programmes on what the IT industry expects from graduates of various disciplines and specialisations. The objective was to make all employable, he said.
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TIRUCHI: The Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT) expects a massive turnout of about 10,000 under graduates and post-graduates from arts and science, and engineering colleges from Tiruchi and seven surrounding districts for the ‘Empower IT’ programme it has decided to host here on November 28 in association with NASSCOM (National Association of Software & Service Companies).
The day-long event has been conceptualised to project Tiruchi as an IT destination, while orienting the students to the current requirements and expectations of IT and ITES sector. The event conducted at Tirunelveli last year attracted 14,000 and 12,000 students on the first and second day.
Fifty companies, including most of the IT majors, have been roped in for the Tiruchi event. According to ELCOT Managing Director Santhosh Babu, Empower IT will take Tiruchi that already ranks high among tier-II cities by attracting nine companies to its IT Park owing to factors like cost advantage and presence of quality educational institutions to the next level.
At a preparatory meeting with college principals, representatives of universities, industrialists, and members of Rotary and Lions Clubs, he said about 30 speakers would be invited from Chennai to address the students. The event that would be organised by the NASSCOM in corporate style.
The ELCOT MD sought the fullest cooperation of the colleges and universities to publicise the event to the students. He wanted the printouts of the details of the event and the competitions to be put up on the notice boards, and urged the institution heads to evolve a collective vision and ideate such that Tiruchi could be projected as the next IT destination of Tamil Nadu.
The Regional Director of NASSCOM K. Purushothaman said all particulars of Empower IT can be accessed at Elcot’s website: www.elcot.in, from November 5. He identified aspiring arts and science colleges, engineering colleges, and universities, and the National Institute of Technology – Tiruchi to function as nodal institutions to conduct 10 competitions, including paper presentation, coding, group discussion, debugging, quiz, elocution and essay writing. Each event will be coordinated by an IT company, Mr. Purushothaman said.
Inviting suggestions from the gathering, Mr. Santhosh Babu called upon institutions to suggest competitions on topical software that would be of utility to the Government. Topics like green computing and mobile computing were suggested at the meeting.
The competitions would be conducted in arts and science colleges on November 21 and 22, and in engineering colleges on November 22 and 23, he said.
The Director of NIT-T M. Chidambaram mooted the idea of institutions joining hands for conducting train the trainer programmes on what the IT industry expects from graduates of various disciplines and specialisations. The objective was to make all employable, he said.
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Sunday, November 1, 2009
Real Estate Ads - Just a start !!
It's natural that Real estate companies are in action following recent laying of IT Park Foundation stone. While it is a good time to invest for the long term, in general, perform the due diligence to get your money's worth.
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