Manila-based SPi, a leading global BPO provider, on Wednesday introduced state-of-the-art Speech Recognition Technology into its transcription platform (Chartnet), at its facility here.
This new technology is considered to be the most advanced in the medical transcription industry and has transformed the Company's facility into a truly world-class one, S N Srinivasan, Director of India Operations, SPi Healthcare, told reporters on Wednesday.
With 40 million lines transcripted across the Globe this year, it would be doubled the next year using this advanced technology, he said.
On the benefits of the technology, Srinivasan said there would be significant improvements in accuracy, 30 to 50 per cent gain in productivity and faster turnaround times and the ability to take on higher volumes of work.
In addition, it would allow the company to advance the careers of its medical language specialists by providing them with higher level skillsets and a greater variety in the work that they are doing, he said.
The company, with delivery centres in Delhi, Chennai Puducherry and Coimbatore in India, would expand its client-base and also employees from the present 1500 across the country.
SPi, which took over a city-based medical transcription company a couple of years ago, would soon acquire two companies- one E-learning and another Multimedia-- in India, Srinivasan said.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Coimbatore residents to play host during INTEC
Residents of Coimbatore can now play host to the visitors who will be here for the International Industrial Trade Fair (INTEC 2008) from February 1 to 6, 2008.
Apart from hotels, service apartments and guest houses, the event organisers plan to involve the residents to meet the accommodation needs for those will come to the fair.
K.V. Ganapathi, the INTEC chairman, says that the previous edition of the fair, which was held in 2006, had nearly two lakh visitors and 520 stalls on a total exhibition area of 7,800 sq.mt. The fair in 2008 will have close to 10,000 sq.mt of exhibition area. The number of participants and the visitor profile will also go up accordingly.
But Coimbatore does not have adequate number of hotels to provide accommodation to all of them. “Hotel facility is limited here. Some visitors and participants, especially those from foreign countries, ask for accommodation in a star hotel,” he says.
“Last year, we had to arrange accommodation at Tirupur for about 150 delegates who came from Sri Lanka,” he says. Some visitors stayed in Palakkad and travelled to the exhibition every day. Even those who come from Madurai or Hosur need accommodation for a day or two if they decide to purchase a machine at the fair. Apart from the participants and the visitors, a lot of people come here to help in erecting the stalls, etc.
Hence, the organisers have come out with a proposal to provide on the exhibition website ( www.intecexpo.com) the names and addresses of those who are willing to accommodate the visitors at their home on rent.
“The city has several apartments with the owners living elsewhere. Similarly, many of us have an extra bedroom that is normally not used by the family. These can be used by the visitors on a rental basis. They can decide whether they will be able to provide food and transportation facilities,” he says. While the visitor gets a peaceful and comfortable home stay, it is an income opportunity for the host.
The former president of the Coimbatore District Small Industries Association, D. Gandhi Kumar, points out that Dusseldorf in Germany is a major trade fair centre. Almost all the houses here accommodate visitors on a rental basis. “We have just introduced the concept to Coimbatore. We plan to organise major fairs here regularly. This will be mutually beneficial,” he says.
For details, contact INTEC 2008, CODISSIA Trade Fair Complex, Avinashi Road, Coimbatore – 641014. Telephone: 0422-2593505, 2593507. email: cointec@vsnl.com
Apart from hotels, service apartments and guest houses, the event organisers plan to involve the residents to meet the accommodation needs for those will come to the fair.
K.V. Ganapathi, the INTEC chairman, says that the previous edition of the fair, which was held in 2006, had nearly two lakh visitors and 520 stalls on a total exhibition area of 7,800 sq.mt. The fair in 2008 will have close to 10,000 sq.mt of exhibition area. The number of participants and the visitor profile will also go up accordingly.
But Coimbatore does not have adequate number of hotels to provide accommodation to all of them. “Hotel facility is limited here. Some visitors and participants, especially those from foreign countries, ask for accommodation in a star hotel,” he says.
“Last year, we had to arrange accommodation at Tirupur for about 150 delegates who came from Sri Lanka,” he says. Some visitors stayed in Palakkad and travelled to the exhibition every day. Even those who come from Madurai or Hosur need accommodation for a day or two if they decide to purchase a machine at the fair. Apart from the participants and the visitors, a lot of people come here to help in erecting the stalls, etc.
Hence, the organisers have come out with a proposal to provide on the exhibition website ( www.intecexpo.com) the names and addresses of those who are willing to accommodate the visitors at their home on rent.
“The city has several apartments with the owners living elsewhere. Similarly, many of us have an extra bedroom that is normally not used by the family. These can be used by the visitors on a rental basis. They can decide whether they will be able to provide food and transportation facilities,” he says. While the visitor gets a peaceful and comfortable home stay, it is an income opportunity for the host.
The former president of the Coimbatore District Small Industries Association, D. Gandhi Kumar, points out that Dusseldorf in Germany is a major trade fair centre. Almost all the houses here accommodate visitors on a rental basis. “We have just introduced the concept to Coimbatore. We plan to organise major fairs here regularly. This will be mutually beneficial,” he says.
For details, contact INTEC 2008, CODISSIA Trade Fair Complex, Avinashi Road, Coimbatore – 641014. Telephone: 0422-2593505, 2593507. email: cointec@vsnl.com
Catridge World opens outlet in Coimbatore
Cartridge World, retailer of printer cartridge refilling service, has opened a store here. This is the company’s first store in the State and the 15th in the country.
Naveen Rakhecha, Chief Executive Officer of Cartridge World (South Asia), told presspersons here on Tuesday that according to a study conducted by the company about a year ago Coimbatore was among the top 10 consumer cities for inkjet cartridges and among the top 15 consumer cities for toner cartridges.
The store would be a one-stop-shop for all printer and cartridge-related needs.
It would refill empty inkjet and laser cartridges of all brands, conduct cartridge care education to customers and sell printers and speciality paper.
It planned to establish 50 outlets by March 2008 in different parts of the country and scale it up to 250 by 2010.
In Tamil Nadu, three more outlets would come up in Chennai and the company planned to have its presence in Madurai, Tiruchi, Erode, Salem and Tuticorin.
At the global level, the company currently had 1,500 stores in 45 countries and would increase it to 4,000 outlets by 2011.
The Coimbatore outlet was located on 95/356, Avarampalayam Road, New Siddhapudur.
Naveen Rakhecha, Chief Executive Officer of Cartridge World (South Asia), told presspersons here on Tuesday that according to a study conducted by the company about a year ago Coimbatore was among the top 10 consumer cities for inkjet cartridges and among the top 15 consumer cities for toner cartridges.
The store would be a one-stop-shop for all printer and cartridge-related needs.
It would refill empty inkjet and laser cartridges of all brands, conduct cartridge care education to customers and sell printers and speciality paper.
It planned to establish 50 outlets by March 2008 in different parts of the country and scale it up to 250 by 2010.
In Tamil Nadu, three more outlets would come up in Chennai and the company planned to have its presence in Madurai, Tiruchi, Erode, Salem and Tuticorin.
At the global level, the company currently had 1,500 stores in 45 countries and would increase it to 4,000 outlets by 2011.
The Coimbatore outlet was located on 95/356, Avarampalayam Road, New Siddhapudur.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Anna univ. to give computers at subsidised rates !!!
The Anna University, Coimbatore is to give computers at a subsidised rate to Post Graduate students of Distance Education, said Dr R Radhakrishnan, Vice-Chancellor, while inaugurating the Interactive Learning Programmes (ILP) for Distance Education here on Saturday.
The computer would make a difference in their learning, Radhakrishnan said, adding that instead of contact seminars, ILP will enable the students to enrich their capability.
Student's Relationship Management will be adopted for ensuring mitigation of grievances immediately. He added that text books have been prepared and supplied by the University as per the norms of the quality council. The curriculum of the courses is designed by bench marking with International standards.
Credit exchange among On Campus, Distance Education and Online Programmes will facilitate switch over from one mode to another mode, he noted. Anna University-Coimbatore started Distance Education Programmes for the academic year 2007-2008 by launching courses in 37 different branches of management, science and engineering including computer science in August 2007. All the programmes have high level of technology orientation.
After evaluation and testing online education will be launched. The first batch of students will appear for the first semester examination in Feb 2008 and Second Semester examination in June 2008. Another batch will be admitted for the year of 2008 commencing from Jan 2008.
Dr Annadurai, Principal, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore felicitated the students. Dr V Balakrishnan, Director, Directorate of online and distance education, presided over the function. Students received books and ID cards on the spot.
The computer would make a difference in their learning, Radhakrishnan said, adding that instead of contact seminars, ILP will enable the students to enrich their capability.
Student's Relationship Management will be adopted for ensuring mitigation of grievances immediately. He added that text books have been prepared and supplied by the University as per the norms of the quality council. The curriculum of the courses is designed by bench marking with International standards.
Credit exchange among On Campus, Distance Education and Online Programmes will facilitate switch over from one mode to another mode, he noted. Anna University-Coimbatore started Distance Education Programmes for the academic year 2007-2008 by launching courses in 37 different branches of management, science and engineering including computer science in August 2007. All the programmes have high level of technology orientation.
After evaluation and testing online education will be launched. The first batch of students will appear for the first semester examination in Feb 2008 and Second Semester examination in June 2008. Another batch will be admitted for the year of 2008 commencing from Jan 2008.
Dr Annadurai, Principal, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore felicitated the students. Dr V Balakrishnan, Director, Directorate of online and distance education, presided over the function. Students received books and ID cards on the spot.
Model farm for organic cotton
The South India Cotton Association has developed a model farm here for organic cotton.
According to an association official, the farm is developed jointly with Super Spinning Mills and the cotton varieties Sara 2 and Sara 33 have been sown on 60 cents. The plant is about 80 days old now. From next month, the association plans to invite delegations to the farm.
The demand is increasing in the U.S. and the European Union market on organic cotton and fabric made from it. Awareness about these products is on the rise in the domestic market too. Hence, the association decided to demonstrate cultivation of organic cotton through its model farm.
“It is biocotton. We have used only the natural method for cultivation of these cotton varieties,” the official said. The programme is supported by the Organic Exchange. As many as 13 technologies of organic method of farming have been adopted. Farm yard manure, bio-fertiliser and natural predator pests have been used. All the methods followed are in line with international standards. The total life of the crop is 180 to 190 days, he says. The association has been growing cotton on the plot for the last three seasons to demonstrate different cotton cultivation methods to farmers and the industry.
According to an association official, the farm is developed jointly with Super Spinning Mills and the cotton varieties Sara 2 and Sara 33 have been sown on 60 cents. The plant is about 80 days old now. From next month, the association plans to invite delegations to the farm.
The demand is increasing in the U.S. and the European Union market on organic cotton and fabric made from it. Awareness about these products is on the rise in the domestic market too. Hence, the association decided to demonstrate cultivation of organic cotton through its model farm.
“It is biocotton. We have used only the natural method for cultivation of these cotton varieties,” the official said. The programme is supported by the Organic Exchange. As many as 13 technologies of organic method of farming have been adopted. Farm yard manure, bio-fertiliser and natural predator pests have been used. All the methods followed are in line with international standards. The total life of the crop is 180 to 190 days, he says. The association has been growing cotton on the plot for the last three seasons to demonstrate different cotton cultivation methods to farmers and the industry.
Organic farming in coimbatore villages
Scientists should strive to promote organic farming concepts in villages, S. Natarajan, Director, Centre for Soil and Crop Management Studies, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, said here recently.
Sensitisation
Inaugurating a two-day training in organic farming for scientists at the university, he said that they should be sensitised to the concepts and components of organic farming in order to motivate the farmers to take it up.
SRI method
“There is a need for maintaining soil health and producing quality farm products. The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method that can be well integrated with organic farming should also be impressed upon the farmers,” he added.
M.V. Ranghaswami, Director, Water Technology Centre, TNAU, explained about the Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernisation and Water Bodies Restoration and Management project funded by the World Bank and implemented by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.
Key activities
“Promotion of organic farming is one of the key activities of the project. It aims to give widespread awareness about the utilisation of organic manures, green manures, bio-fertilizers and bio-pesticides in crop cultivation,” he said.
Cluster basis
The project would be promoted in a cluster basis (20 hectares) in each sub-basin and a nodal village would be converted under organic farming under each sub-basin, Dr. Ranghaswami added.
Sensitisation
Inaugurating a two-day training in organic farming for scientists at the university, he said that they should be sensitised to the concepts and components of organic farming in order to motivate the farmers to take it up.
SRI method
“There is a need for maintaining soil health and producing quality farm products. The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method that can be well integrated with organic farming should also be impressed upon the farmers,” he added.
M.V. Ranghaswami, Director, Water Technology Centre, TNAU, explained about the Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernisation and Water Bodies Restoration and Management project funded by the World Bank and implemented by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.
Key activities
“Promotion of organic farming is one of the key activities of the project. It aims to give widespread awareness about the utilisation of organic manures, green manures, bio-fertilizers and bio-pesticides in crop cultivation,” he said.
Cluster basis
The project would be promoted in a cluster basis (20 hectares) in each sub-basin and a nodal village would be converted under organic farming under each sub-basin, Dr. Ranghaswami added.
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