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.
May-1 is a holiday for Technopark Companies. Happy labour day for all technoparkians. lets work together to build a better world!
The green credentials of the ‘world’s greenest technopolis’ has been put under the scanner.
The Pollution Control Board (PCB), in a sternly-worded notice on Wednesday, has asked the Technopark authorities to clean up their act and urgently put in place scientific anti-pollution systems on the campus.
The PCB has held the Technopark culpable on three major counts. One, for a primitive sewage treatment with inadequate capacity. Two, for the lack of a water treatment facility. Three, for not having an authorised e-waste disposal system.
The KSPCB has also asked Technopark to provide information about the steps taken to contain the sound and air pollution caused by power generators
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.
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.’
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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.
GTECH, Group of Technopark Companies is a strategic association of IT companies in Technopark, a common forum where member companies work together for mutual benefit and progress.
GTECH was setup with a mission and a visionary zeal to:
Promote the interests of the community of IT companies in Technopark.
Grow into a powerful regional forum and contribute to the success of member companies by:
1. Articulating the consensual views of its members to Government, regulatory agencies, media and the general public.
2. Joint market development activities on behalf of member companies.
3. Enhancing organisational maturity through joint initiatives in the areas of process improvement, human resource development, and other best practices.
Promote Technopark Kerala as the preferred IT destination globally.
Over 50 companies including 4 CMM Level 5, 2 CMM Level 3, and a number of ISO 9001 companies operate out of Technopark. The park also houses skilled manpower with varied excellent infrastructure (amidst breathtaking greenery), meeting global IT & ITES industry standards at one-third the cost of comparable facilities.
GTECH caters to a global blue-chip clientele across countries of North America, Japan, Europe, Middle East, Australasia and Singapore. Click here for specific clientele.
If you are looking for Offshore Software Development, Business Process Outsourcing, Onsite Consulting, Joint Ventures/Strategic Alliances and/or Product Marketing, get in touch with GTECH right away.
To Contact GTECH
Mr Sunil Gupta
President
Group of Technopark Companies
Phone: 91-471-2700176
Email: info@gtechindia.org
URL: www.gtechindia.org
the GTEH agreement among the technopark companies ( who signed in GTECH agreement ) is that, no employee in a GTECH Company can join any other GTECH company within the campus without a break of 6 months.that means if you want to join any other GTECH company in technopark, you should work outside the campus at least 6 months.
but interestingly some of the companies in technopark is not signed in this agreement. Infosys is one among them, so anybody can join infosys without any GTECH hazards. and they utilized this when they started operation in trivandurm, they got so many good talents from the campus to join infy that time.
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
