Trivandrum Projects & Infrastructure :News - Page 13

Sathyalal · #**241** Posted **Jul 25, 2007, 2:24 AM**

SilkAir also plans to boost capacity on the existing routes when its northern winter schedule comes into effect on October 28. Thiruvananthapuram is among the destinations that will see increased frequency of SilkAir.

chandrurajan · #**242** Posted **Jul 25, 2007, 4:36 AM**

Great Work Satya....

Congrats

SREEKUMAR · #**243** Posted **Jul 25, 2007, 5:26 AM**

Great work....
Amazing !!!!!! … Why these things are not published in any of the Newspapers????
Any ways keep up the good work...

[QUOTE=Sathyalal;2969408]Kazhakkutam-Intl Airport Corridor (Thiruvananthapuram)
Most happening place in Kerala
A Case Study

‘Happening place’ is a term commonly abused by the real estate promoters. But how many of them reveal a real analysis based on facts.
What makes a region happening place? Existing infrastructure, number/size/importance of the new projects coming up makes one such a place.

Sathyalal · #**244** Posted **Jul 25, 2007, 5:43 AM**

Hi Sreekumar,
Most of the items gets coverage as news items in National media. But not in local media. Also there are no fullpage advertisement to sell the appartments, since they do not need it, because their needs are very much backed by the other developments.

One example link given below. This is in National media. But did you able to find the same in any of the local media. No surprises. May be they have not grown up to understand what is it.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...0200110300.htm

http://www.ornl.gov/

Quote:

Originally Posted by SREEKUMAR

Great work....
Amazing !!!!!! … Why these things are not published in any of the Newspapers????
Any ways keep up the good work...:

Sathyalal · #**245** Posted **Jul 25, 2007, 11:11 AM**

For all those film buffs out there, it is celebration time again. The 12th Trivandrum International Film Festival (TIFF 2007) organised by the Chalachitra Film Society will begin on Friday.

The festival will be inaugurated by Adoor Gopalakrishnan at the Kalabhavan theatre at 5 pm after which the inaugural movie Un Dimanche A Kigali (Just This Part is Worth It) from Canada will be screened.

Films will be screened in the World Cinema, Asian Cinema, Focus and Oscar series segments, besides a retrospective on Alireza Raieesian (Iran).

The World Cinema Section will feature 14 films from 12 countries produced during 2000-2006 and which have received appreciations at various international film festivals. Hotel Rwanda, Motorcycle Diaries, Constant Gardener, Habana Blues, Down Fall, The Third Wave, Enemy of the People, Do not Disturb, Swimming Pool, Bank Ban Sacra Carona (Hungary), Provoked and Ben痴 Biography will be screened in this section.

In the Focus section, Mama's Guest, Love Without Boundaries, Paradise is Somewhere Else and The Insane Flew Away will be screened. The retrospective section on Alireza includes The Journey, Rayhaneh, The Deserted Station and Havana Files. Missed Call, Nital, Drishtantam, Mahotsav and Baadha will be featured in the Asian Cinema segment.

The films in the segment will be introduced by the directors of the film. Oscar and Golden Globe winners of 2007 ・United 93, Click, Crash, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Dead Man's Chest, Pursuit of Happiness and Marie Antoinette ・will be screened in the Oscar series.

Iran Cultural Centre director Shakib will be the guest of honour. He will also introduce the Iranian cinema during the festival.

The closing film of the festival will be Sophia Coppola's Marie Antoinette. The festival office will start functioning at the Kalabhavan theatre on Thursday.

The festival will conclude on August 2.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems...apuram&Topic=0

Sathyalal · #**246** Posted **Jul 25, 2007, 2:54 PM**

General Atlantic To Invest $60 Mn In Kerala IT Firm
Wednesday 25th of July 2007 General Atlantic (GA), the Greenwich-headquartered global growth investor, will invest $60 million (Rs.2.42 billion) in Kerala-based IBS Software Services (IBS), a leading IT solutions provider to the travel, transportation and logistics industries.

GA, rated among the top 20 private equity investment companies in the world, will thus acquire a minority stake in IBS which is headquartered in Technopark here.
In a press statement Wednesday, IBS Group chairman and managing director V.K. Mathews said the firm was excited about this partnership, which would enable it to leverage the strengths of the respective organisations.

'Being a global growth investor in the technology sector, GA will be able to provide IBS with strategic assistance to propel IBS to the next phase of its aggressive growth strategy,' said Mathews.

'GA's investment will be used to further accelerate the organisation's growth through global mergers and acquisitions, and ramping up our sales, business consulting capability and infrastructure.'

Founded in 1997, IBS provides new-generation software products and services for the travel, transportation and logistics sectors.

It serves more than 70 customers worldwide including top airlines, busiest airports, cruise lines and oil and gas companies, which use IBS solutions for their mission-critical operations.

IBS employs about 1,700 people globally with two development centres in India.

GA managing director Abhay Havaldar will join the IBS' board of directors and will assist the company in evaluating growth opportunities globally.

Havaldar said IBS was one of the leading software product companies in India and with its deep technical expertise, high-quality client base and strong management team, it was extremely well-positioned for continued growth and expansion.

http://newspostindia.com/report-8761

rajkrish · #**247** Posted **Jul 26, 2007, 6:31 AM**

Tremendous work Sathya. Hats off

sudheeshnairs · #**248** Posted **Jul 26, 2007, 10:33 AM**

sathyalal, keep the good work.

Perhaps we can take pics of International Apparel Park & Film/Video Park and have a collage like you have done for Technopark. I can get permission since I worked earlier with KINFRA.

And can think of extending the scope of the 'Happening place', ie, not to stop at Akkulam, but continue till Vizhinjam. Infact it is one such straight stretch spanning some 40 kms from Vizhinjam to Technocity along the NH.

SREEKUMAR · #**249** Posted **Jul 26, 2007, 1:06 PM**

True.Sathya. Our local newspapers give priority to politics, sex scandels /ugly news etc.. They never see the developments.
Why don't you guys approach the TV channels so that the public will come to know these developments. I believe almost all the TV channels are based in the Capital. Right.
Hardly anybody brows this website.
cheers ....

Sree.....

[QUOTE=Sathyalal;2970915]Hi Sreekumar,
Most of the items gets coverage as news items in National media. But not in local media. Also there are no fullpage advertisement to sell the appartments, since they do not need it, because their needs are very much backed by the other developments.

One example link given below. This is in National media. But did you able to find the same in any of the local media. No surprises. May be they have not grown up to understand what is it.

rajkrish · #**250** Posted **Jul 26, 2007, 2:11 PM**

Superb news. It seems IBS is going places

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sathyalal

General Atlantic To Invest $60 Mn In Kerala IT Firm
Wednesday 25th of July 2007 General Atlantic (GA), the Greenwich-headquartered global growth investor, will invest $60 million (Rs.2.42 billion) in Kerala-based IBS Software Services (IBS), a leading IT solutions provider to the travel, transportation and logistics industries.

GA, rated among the top 20 private equity investment companies in the world, will thus acquire a minority stake in IBS which is headquartered in Technopark here.
In a press statement Wednesday, IBS Group chairman and managing director V.K. Mathews said the firm was excited about this partnership, which would enable it to leverage the strengths of the respective organisations.

'Being a global growth investor in the technology sector, GA will be able to provide IBS with strategic assistance to propel IBS to the next phase of its aggressive growth strategy,' said Mathews.

'GA's investment will be used to further accelerate the organisation's growth through global mergers and acquisitions, and ramping up our sales, business consulting capability and infrastructure.'

Founded in 1997, IBS provides new-generation software products and services for the travel, transportation and logistics sectors.

It serves more than 70 customers worldwide including top airlines, busiest airports, cruise lines and oil and gas companies, which use IBS solutions for their mission-critical operations.

IBS employs about 1,700 people globally with two development centres in India.

GA managing director Abhay Havaldar will join the IBS' board of directors and will assist the company in evaluating growth opportunities globally.

Havaldar said IBS was one of the leading software product companies in India and with its deep technical expertise, high-quality client base and strong management team, it was extremely well-positioned for continued growth and expansion.

http://newspostindia.com/report-8761

Sathyalal · #**251** Posted **Jul 27, 2007, 1:51 AM**

Agree Sreekumar
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More foriegn nationals are making the city home. Their spending power is creating another boom in the city. Maldivian nationals are some of them

Some 4,000-odd Maldivian nationals call Thiruvananthapuram home. They have been arriving here in large numbers in order to seek medical help.

More than 70 per cent residing here are between 10 and 35 years of age. They come here to seek medical advice and find admissions in schools and professional colleges across the state. Our primary responsibility is to look after their welfare. We want to do so with the help of the state government. I occasionally meet the commissioner of police, otherwise, there is hardly any communication with government officials.”

Also, a lot of money is being spent on shopping
http://www.thestatesman.net/page.new...ss=1&id=164035

Sathyalal · #**252** Posted **Jul 27, 2007, 5:22 AM**

George Brody is MobME Chairman

Our Bureau

Thiruvananthapuram, July 26 MobME Wireless Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of the city-based Torque, has announced the appointment of the US-based investor, Mr George Brody, as its Chairman.

According to Mr Sanjay Vijayakumar, CEO, MobME, Mr Brody has invested in the company and will also work on efforts to help MobME grow its mobile media and entertainment business and enter the international market. He will also assist the company with its plans to go public in the next two-three years, he added. However, Mr Vijayakumar declined to reveal details about the value of Mr Brody’s investment in MobME.

Mr Brody is an angel investor in several start-ups in the US and brings with him over 30 years of experience in the technology industry, Mr Vijayakumar said. Mr Brody has worked with Nortel Networks and was Vice-President and General Manager of Nortel Networks wireless networks solutions division, he added.

MobME, which was spun-off from Torque earlier this year, was set up with funding from several NRI investors. The company is now in discussions with venture capital firms to raise between $7 million and $10 million in the next few months.
In about three weeks, MobME will formally launch several new products in the mobile value-added services space, Mr Vijayakumar said. Some of these products such as FastAlerts and Mobshare are currently being tested and have received a good response, he stated.

FastAlerts is a Web 2.0 communication tool that can provide instant alerts to a number of users using multiple systems such as SMS, e-mail and voice alerts, while Mobshare is a Web-based tool that allows mobile phone users to share pictures and videos shot using their phones, he explained. The company is also working on generating content for use in mobile phones and will announce details soon, he added.

Started two years ago by a group of engineering students from Thiruvananthapuram, Torque is based at the Technopark- Thiruvananthapuram.
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...2751180400.htm

Sathyalal · #**253** Posted **Jul 27, 2007, 5:52 AM**

Mathrubhumi reports..

IIT entrance toppers opted IIST, Trivandrum
Classes start by September
Hon Scientist Abdul Kalam is the faculty for Aeronautical engineering

chandrurajan · #**254** Posted **Jul 27, 2007, 8:59 AM**

Compact Disc India Ltd has announced that the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on July 26, 2007, inter alia, has transacted the following :

1. The Board has approved to invest SGD 1.00 million in cash, to acquire 1,000,000 equity shares at face value of SGD 1.00 at par of Interactive Creative Media Pte. Ltd., Singapore during the current fiscal year.

2. (i) The Board has approved to invest GBP 1.00 million, in consideration other than cash to acquire 1,000,000 equity shares at face value of GBP 1.00 at par of MediaOne Venutres Ltd., London during the current fiscal year.

2. (ii) The Board has approved to invest GBP 250,000, in cash to acquire 250,000 equity shares at face value of GBP 1.00 at par of Media Venutres Ltd, London during the current fiscal year.

3. The Board has approved to set-up a state-of-the-art Animation Studio in Kinfra Speical Economic Zone for Animation & Gaming Development at Trivandrum, Kerala for which industrial land has already been allotted.

http://www.equitybulls.com/admin/new...t.asp?id=16876

robin · #**255** Posted **Jul 28, 2007, 12:50 PM**

It's really great to see all these things happening in trivandrum
{infosyscampus, iist,indian institute of scientific research,techno city,vizhinjam etc etc}
but there is one thing which makes me wonder ,why our media,esspecially printing media is giving little importance to all these things.
Am sure about one thing that if ane of these projects like IIST was going to be materilised in KOCHI .our media would have boasted about it.
according to me the media has put a cover over the developments of TRIVANDRUM

robin · #**256** Posted **Jul 28, 2007, 1:14 PM**

i think ,what the city actually needs is a business magazine based in TRIVANDRUM

rajkrish · #**257** Posted **Jul 29, 2007, 4:22 AM**

Very true Robin. The media experiences "selective amnesia" as far as Trivandrum NEWS is considered.

Sathyalal · #**258** Posted **Aug 1, 2007, 8:14 AM**

Technopark headquartered IBS gives IBM, Unisys a run for their money

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 1: IBS Software Services, a Kerala-headquartered IT company that began its operations about 10 years back, is now giving global software giants like IBM and Unisys a run for their money.

IBS, which began its operations here in September 1997, has become a leading global provider of new generation IT solutions to travel, transportation and logistics (TTL) industries of major airlines, airports, oil and gas companies, seaports, cruise lines and tour operators worldwide.

Its 70 high profile clients include leading airlines like Emirates, Qantas, Cathay Pacific, leading airports including Heathrow, Gatwick and Dubai as well as oil giants such as Shell and British Petroleum.

The company's client base also includes cruise liners like Cunard (Queen Mary II and Queen Elizabeth II), Royal Caribbean Cruise and Star Cruise and leading resorts like Vail Resorts, Inc. (VRI), the premier mountain resort operator in the US, Brendan Vacations and Orbitz.

Addressing reporters here Wednesday, V.K. Mathews, chairman of IBS, said the company was started with a staff of only 55.
"We began with a paid up capital of Rs.1.76 crore (Rs.17.6 million) and today it has touched more than Rs.800 crore (Rs.8 billion)," he said.
"During the one decade of its existence IBS has done three domain-based acquisitions of companies abroad," said Mathews.
Last week, General Atlantic, a leading global private equity firm, invested $60 million (Rs.2.42 billion) in IBS.
"This investment is the single largest private equity (PE) investment in Kerala and probably also the largest PE investment into an IT products company in the country," said Mathews.
http://www.khabrein.info/index.php?o...3467&Itemid=88

Sathyalal · #**259** Posted **Aug 2, 2007, 9:38 AM**

After General Atlantic deal, IBS scouts for MRO buys
Economy Bureau
Posted online: Thursday , August 02, 2007 at 0035 hrs IST

Thiruvanananthapuram, Aug 1 After garnering India's biggest private equity (PE) investment in IT products, IBS is scouting for good buys in the MRO (maintenance, repair and overhauling) space. Two or three potential acquisiton candidates are in the shortlist.

IBS software, a Technopark-based products company in travel, transportation and logicals (TTL) verticals, has grown 700% in paid-up capital in a decade.

Not sated by $60 million preferential shares in investment from the Greenwich-based PE giant General Atlantic, IBS is also working on a roadmap for an IPO in 2009. "We're targeting to be valued at $1 billion by then," Mathews told reporters, here.

In the last five years, the company has made three domain-based takeovers, two in US and one in UK.
The company has ten overseas offices.

http://www.financialexpress.com/news...O-buys/208106/

rajkrish · #**260** Posted **Aug 3, 2007, 7:01 AM**

Great honour for India's best Bio-technology research centre

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The cabinet meeting presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh decided "to place RGCB as an autonomous institute under the administrative control of the Department of Biotechnology", Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi told reporters in New Delhi.

Following the implementation of the decision "the RGCB will be the only central institute in the area of biotechnology in Kerala", said Dasmunsi.

"The takeover will have a major role in implementing relevant biotechnology projects in the state as well in the entire southern region."

The RGCB aims at researching about cancer, human genetics, protein engineering, molecular reproduction, molecular microbiology, and neurobiology and plant molecular biology.

The minister said the transfer would also help RCGB develop into "a national research centre for bio-drug discovery programmes based on the knowledge of traditional systems of medicines prevalent in Kerala".

It will also help the country "to utilise the institute's expertise in cell and molecular biology for developing diagnostic and prognostic markers for disease".

The move may also help "to provide adequate research and teaching facilities for human resource development in biotechnology"

http://www.newindpress.com/newsItems...ories&Topic=0&