India IT Summit in Kerala

Kerala is all set to host the first major International event titled India IT Summit in Trivandrum on 11th and 12th of December, 2010 at Kovalam. The event is being organised by CII in partnership with the Kerala State Government.

Key speakers being invited from the Industry and Government include Mr Kiran Karnik, Former President, NASSCOM, Mr Lakshmi Narayanan, Vice Chairman, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Mr S Mahalingam, CFO & ED, Tata Consultancy Services, Mr John R Joyce, Director, Hewlett-Packard Development Company, USA, Mr K Radhakrihnan, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation, Mr A Raja, Minister for Communications & Information Technology, Government of India, Mr Sachin Pilot, Minister of State for Communications & IT, Government of India, Mr V S Achuthanandan, Chief Minister, Government of Kerala, Dr Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for External Affairs, Government of India, Mr R Chandrashekhar, Secretary, DIT, Ministry of Communication & IT, Government of India, Mr. V K Mathews, Chairman IBS, Mr. G Vijayaraghavan , Founder CEO, Technopark and Dr. Ajay Kumar IAS , Government of Kerala.

The event would showcase the emerge of Kerala as the new attractive destination for IT /ITES Players.

Kerala surging ahead in e-Governance Initiatives

Group of Technopark Companies (GTech) commended the IT Administration of Kerala for obtaining the highest number of awards in the CSI-Nihilent National e-Governance awards. The prizes were distributed to the respective winners in a function held at Pune on 9 October 2009.

Kerala has bagged four prestigious awards for unleashing the power of Information Technology to improve the Citizens quality of the life and also for creating an enabling environment of Economic Growth and Equity in the state. Kannur District has bagged the award of appreciation for outstanding efforts in demonstrating excellence in implementing e- Governance Project.

In the project category section, Higher Secondary Centralized Processing, e-Krishi Project and Sulekha Plan Monitoring System for De-centralized Planning have won awards for better implantation and providing value and quality of Service to the Stakeholders.

GTech in a press release said that the e-Governance initiatives being implemented in the state would provide an opportunity to take the benefits of the Information and Communication Technology to the Grassroots level in the state and also would create a strong technology infrastructure in the state to deliver a comprehensive set of services to citizens in the area of Education, Healthcare and Agriculture.

GTech complemented the efforts the State Government and the IT Department for spearheading the e-Governance initiative in the state and added that GTech and the IT Industry in the state would be keen to share the experience and know-how to further strengthen the e-Governance initiatives in the state.

Snake bites Apple

Snake and Ladder is an exciting traditional Indian game much played among the young and old alike. Now we have brought you this popular board game on your iPhone and iTouch.

The Snake and Ladder game was developed by Travancore Analytics, a Technopark, based company involved in the development of Software in the areas of Imaging Technology and Image Processing.

The Snake and ladder game developed by Travancore analytics has been the most favorite free-download in Apple store. This game has had 250,000 downloads in the last week, which is the highest for an iPhone application developed by any Indian Software company. More than 70% of the downloads are from Canada, UK and US.

Apple Corporation, the sought-after computer and software maker, allows users to access different software through its virtual market place called ‘App Store’. This free version of the game allows the user to be one of the players, while the iPhone itself takes the role of the second player. At present this Snake and Ladder application occupies the No-1 position in 12 App Stores worldwide.

Mr. T Harikumar, who is working as the CEO and Mr. Baas Mannarsala who is presently the CTO founded Travancore Analytics. . Products aimed at assisting radio diagnosis like detection of Breast Cancer, Analysis of Tumor, Wound Healing, etc. are on the development stage at the Travancore Analytics center in Technopark.

Group of Technopark Companies (GTech) in a press release said that Kerala based IT companies are evolving as strategic players providing cutting edge Solutions to Global Companies for sustaining their competitiveness.