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IT
should not be limited to seminars alone: Rodrigues
Chandigarh,
July 16
Less than 24 hours after the Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder
Singh promised to pump in Rs 200 crore for developing Mohali as an IT
destination, the state Governor-cum-UT Administrator Gen S.F.
Rodrigues, today said Chandigarh already had enough to offer to the
Information Technology giants. Other speakers insisted that the
government should encourage local entrepreneurs and adopt steps for
taking IT to the man on the street.
Punjab,
UT Haryana to tie up for IT ventures
Chandigarh,
July 16
In an important development, Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh have
decided to set up a coordination committee to woo investment in the
information technology sector and iron out irritants in the official
work related to the sector.
City
offers congenial environment for IT growth
Chandigarh,
July 16
The Governor of Haryana, Dr A.R. Kidwai, said today that the city and
its neighbouring satellite towns of Panchkula and Mohali offer a
congenial environment for study and research which could benefit the
IT industry.
Haryana
dismisses ‘lack of visibility’ at IT Conclave
Chandigarh,
July 16
It was Punjab followed by Chandigarh all the way at the three-day
”e-Revolution 2005”. All through the mega event, Haryana was
conspicuous by its absence. Whether the state was basking in the glory
of Gurgaon’s Rs 7,300-crore business or it was plain lack of
interest was not clear, but marketing was certainly not on Haryana
participants’ minds when they came for the show.
City
to be hotbed for e-revolution
Chandigarh,
July 16
“e for ear”, “e for express”, “e for equal” and, finally,
the e for “e-revolution” which rocked the city for three days. The
man behind these one-liners with pictures which caught everybody’s
attention at “e-Revolution 2005”, Mr Sanjay Rastogi, Chief
Executive of Delhi-based Quantum Communication, says, “The job was
easy after Chandigarh’s IT Department gave us a blueprint of exactly
what they were looking for. We only weaved a text around their
requirement and inserted some pictures.”
CM’s
announcement on IT Industry hailed
Mohali,
July 16
The Mohali Industries Association has welcomed the announcement of the
Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, of spending Rs 200 crore on
providing infrastructural facilities in Mohali in order to attract the
IT industry to the town.
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Punjab
to invest Rs 200 cr to make Mohali IT hub
Chandigarh, July 15
Logging on to a programme of development works in the state, the
Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, today removed all
apprehensions in the minds of Information Technology giants by
declaring that the state government would soon invest Rs 200 crore for
the infrastructural growth and development of Mohali.
Sabeer Bhatia
mulls Rs 1000-cr unit in Punjab
Chandigarh,
July 15
Noted US-based Software entrepreneur Sabeer Bhatia called on Punjab
Chief Minister Amarinder Singh here today. He evinced interest in
setting up a Rs 1,000-crore drug discovery facility in Punjab in
collaboration with Indian partner.
Cyber
security, data privacy a big challenge
Nasscom chief wants computer
hardware affordable
Chandigarh, July 15
Even as Punjab Governor-cum-UT
Administrator Gen S.F. Rodrigues offered IT professionals to use
Chandigarh Technology Park’ as a research laboratory for
experimentation, Nasscom President Kiran Karnik said cyber security
and data privacy were greatest challenges before IT professionals in
the country.
Poor
infrastructure city’s biggest handicap
Chandigarh,
July 15
Poor infrastructure. This sums up Chandigarh’s handicap in
organising anything on a large scale. A small airport providing for
inadequate air connectivity, increasing rush on roads and a
lackadaisical Chandigarh Administration which has delayed the
construction of the long-promised world class convention centre.
Karnik sees
city as major IT destination
Chandigarh, July 15
Kiran Karnik is gung-ho about the
potential of Chandigarh as an IT destination, even as he has some
concerns about the infrastructure that the city provides. He was in town
for "e-revolution 2005", as a key speaker for the two-day IT
event being held here.
Now, Sabeer’s
foray into pharma industry
Chandigarh,
July 15
Sabeer Bhatia, the multi-millionaire Hotmail co-founder, has plans to
use computers in drug formulations for discovering newer drugs in the
upcoming pharmaceutical sector. He will set up a data centre with at
least 5,000 computers and use them for next generation of drug
discovery.
The youth
power gets a taste of IT saga
Chandigarh,
July 15
Till yesterday they were practically forgotten. Today, they are
special invitees at the IT conclave. Finally, the biggest IT fest of
the Chandigarh Capital Region “e-Revolution 2005” paid heed to
youth power and called in eight students of the Chandigarh College of
Engineering and Technology and Punjab Engineering College to attend
the various sessions in progress at the mega event being held at Taj
Hotel.
IT boom will
change entire scenario, says MarketRx chief
Chandigarh,
July 15
The information technology boom has now entered its third phase which
will change the entire scenario, said Mr Subinder Khurana, president
of the MarketRx, Gurgaon, while addressing a session on ‘Beyond Call
Centres and IT Services’ at the e-Revolution 2005 conference here
today.
CM keen to
‘improve’ infrastructure
Mohali,
July 15
The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, is interested in
spending Rs 150 crore on the upgradation of the infrastructure in
Mohali.
Talk on ‘IT
and BPO trends’
Chandigarh,
July 15
India needed to start betting on original technology instead of using
the technology that is tried, tested and nearly on its way out in the
developed countries, said Mr Pradeep Gupta, Chief Managing Director of
the Cyber Media and IDC (India), while addressing the e-Revolution
2005 conference here today. He was speaking on “IT and BPO trends
2005”.
Stress on
integrating stakeholders
Chandigarh, July 15
In order to retain an edge in the
international Information Technology market, there is a need for
countrywide integration of different stakeholders. These include
government, businesses and the academia.
Saturday Extra
Chandigarh
is e-ready
With major IT companies
converging on Chandigarh, there are tremendous opportunities for job
seekers. Naveen S. Garewal looks at the
readiness of Chandigarh as the new IT destination.
THE
‘sting operation’ conducted by UK’s Sun newspaper, involving
an employee of Infinity e-search, may have put Indian BPO operations under
a cloud and caused concern in IT circles but outsourcing continues to be
big business in India.
 IT vision
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Haryana
to set up IT corridor in Panchkula
Chandigarh, July 14
Not willing to be left behind in
the IT race, Haryana too announced the setting up of an IT corridor in
Panchkula, during a function organised on the eve of a two-day mega
conclave on Information Technology - e Revolution - 2005.
E-Revolution
2005
Better
connectivity will help realise city’s IT dream
Chandigarh,
July 14
As the mega conclave on Information Technology got underway, IT
heads of two major companies today reiterated the need for improving
infrastructure in the upcoming IT destinations of Chandigarh and
Mohali so as to bring them at par with other IT destinations across
the country.
IT
students a forgotten lot at mega conclave
Chandigarh,
July 14
E-revolution is happening in the heart of the city and yet the city
youth are unconnected, untouched. Big names in the IT business, right
from NASSCOM President, Mr Kiran Karnik, to Mr Mohandas Pai from
Infosys to Pradeep Gupta from Cyber Media and Krishna Giri of
E-governance (ASEAN)-IBM, are in the city doing a lot of talking and
yet the next crop of computer engineers is nowhere to be found.
Chandigarh
using IT for society
Chandigarh,
July 14
Five years, since the Chandigarh Administration announced its IT
policy, the use of information technology is now percolating down
to the common man, making Chandigarh a place where “IT is for the
society”.
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