Gtech News
Do not reduce width of highways: GTECH
Source:The HinduThe Group of Technology Companies (GTECH), a strategic grouping of software companies in the State, has proposed that Kerala use Central funds to compensate and rehabilitate the families that would be displaced for widening the National Highways to 45 metres. A pressnote issued by GTECH here on Thursday said that reducing the width of the NHs would not be in the long-term interest of the State or its citizens. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has approved the expansion of about 700 kms of highways, at an estimated investment of Rs.10,000 crore, over a 30-month period...
moreGTECH outlines roadmap for IT Growth
Source:The HinduThe Group of Technology Companies (GTECH), a body representing the software industry in the State, has announced a slew of initiatives aimed at the accelerated growth of the IT sector. Outlining a roadmap for the revamped GTECH, president-elect V.K. Mathews said the fraternity would work closely with the government to promote Kerala as an IT destination. The industry is eminently suitable for a State like Kerala where the availability of land is at a premium and the density of population the highest. The IT industry has one of the lowest land-to-employee ratio...
morePrivate ban on poaching from among Kerala IT cos goes
Source:The Business LineThe Group of Technology Companies (GTECH), the common platform for IT companies in Kerala, has decided to annul the extant ‘gentleman's agreement' that prevented member companies from ‘poaching' each others' resources. Announcing this, Mr V.K. Mathews, President-elect, GTECH, told newspersons here that the decision was taken with a view to affording needed ‘mobility' for technology professionals to further their career prospects within the State...
moreDenmark to Welcome Kerala IT Companies
Source:Kerala IT NewsDenmark is all set to roll out the red carpet for IT companies from Kerala planning to set shop there. A session on 'Market Opportunities in Denmark' was organised by the Group of Technology Companies in partnership with the Invest in Denmark organization under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark at Technopark last week. Shanker Subramaniam, Senior Investment Manager, Danish Trade Commission spoke on the market opportunities for IT companies from Kerala in Denmark...
moreBahrain beckons IT Companies from Kerala
Source:Kerala IT NewsBahrain, one of the fast growing economies significant to global firms in the Gulf market is beckoning IT companies from Kerala to set up shop there as a huge market opportunity exits for these companies. This was the highlight of a session on Investment and Market Opportunities in Bahrain organized in Technopark last week by the Group of Technology Companies in Kerala in partnership with the Economic Development Board (EDB), Bahrain. The key speaker for the event was Ms. Dharmi Magdani, Country Manager - India, EDB Bahrain...
moreGTECH Launches Strategy Sessions for SME'S
Source:Kerala IT NewsGroup of Technology Companies in collaboration with Technopark and Technopark Business Incubation Centre (T-BIC) has launched strategy sessions for SMEs. These sessions are aimed at building competitiveness among the small and medium enterprises in Technopark and other government owned parks in Kerala. The inaugural session titled â'Funding Growth Companiesâ' was taken by Raja Ganapathy, VP (Marketing), Sequoia Capital...
moreV K Mathews is the New GTECH Chief
Source:The Indian ExpressIBS Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer V.K. Mathews has been nominated as the new president of the Group of Technopark Companies (GTech). Mathews is replacing Rama Rao of Gemeni software. President and CEO of Sun Tec K. Nandakumar is the new vice-president, said a statement from GTech chief executive officer Binu Sankar. Kreara Solutions CEO Anoop P. Ambika and Palnar Transmedia managing director Syed Ibrahim are the new secretary and the treasurer for the year 2010-2012, said the statement. Weblink : http://expressbuzz...
moreBudget Focused and Balanced, says GTECH
Source:The HinduThe Group of Technopark Companies (GTech) has lauded the Union government for presenting a focused and balanced budget, aimed at putting the country back on the growth trajectory. In a press note issued here on Friday, GTech said the budget allocation for infrastructure, agriculture and health sectors would ensure the sustainable growth of the economy. Hailing Finance Minster Pranab Mukerjee for fiscal prudence in containing the fiscal deficit to a new target of 5.5 per cent, GTech felt that this would send a positive signal to investors on India’s economic outlook...
moreGTech, Nabard may join hands to connect with farmers,
Source:The Business LineThe Group of Technopark Companies (GTech) is planning to team up with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) to launch a rural connect programme with the aim of sharing technology trends and marketing strategies with the farming community of the State. The proposal was floated at the end of a one-day conference on ‘Re-engineering Kerala agriculture sector: Information and Communication Technologies in agriculture' that the GTech had hosted recently in Technopark...
moreDutch IT Companies doing well in Kerala
Source:Kerala IT NewsCompanies from the Netherlands are doing well in Technopark, Trivandrum. This was one of the revelations that came during an interactive session today in Trivandrum with Ms. Marijke van Drunen Littel, Consul General of the Netherlands, Mumbai. ARS and RickshawSoft are two of the companies that shared their experiences in Kerala and particularly, Technopark. ARS Software is a subsidiary of ARS Traffic & Transport Technology BV, The Netherlands and has been in Technopark since 2001...
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