Two more technical universities will be established at Tiruchi and Coimbatore. The Assembly passed the Bills on Thursday.
The new universities will be named Anna University, Tiruchirapalli, and Anna University, Coimbatore. The existing Anna University will be known as Anna University, Chennai.
Replying to the debate, Minister for Higher Education K. Ponmudi said managing the affairs of more than 240 affiliated engineering colleges in the State had become a near impossibility. To ensure better and effective monitoring of the colleges the new universities were being set up.
The break-up
About 150 engineering colleges in Chennai, Kancheepuram, Thiruvallur, Vellore, Thiruvannamalai and Villupuram districts will come under the purview of Anna University, Chennai. The Tiruchi university will have control over 75 engineering colleges in Tiruchi, Cuddalore, Kanyakumari, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin, Virudhunagar, Nagapatinam, Pudukottai, Ramanathapuram, Sivagangai, Thanjavur, Perambalur, and Thiruvarur districts.
A total of 53 engineering colleges in Coimbatore, Dindigul, Erode, Karur, the Nilgiris, Theni, Dharamapuri, Krishnagiri, Namakkal and Salem districts will be affiliated to Anna University, Coimbatore. The new entities will be independent and have separate vice-chancellors and registrars.
Source: The Hindu
Friday, December 08, 2006
Cognizant plans for techno-complexes in Coimbatore!!
IT service provider Cognizant Technology Solutions India Private Limited today announced plans to build its own facility in Hyderabad at an investment of around Rs 140 crore by the end of 2008.
The company proposes to build a 5-lakh square feet office space to provide an additional capacity for over 5,000 new employees. Cognizant has a headcount of about 2,000 people currently deployed for the Hyderabad operations.
Laxmi Narayanan, president and CEO, Cognizant, told the media that the Hyderabad plans were part of the Cognizant’s larger expansion programme at an investment of $200 million to create fully-owned techno-complexes in Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Pune.
The company was planning to build over 3 million square feet of office space to accommodate over 30,000 new employees in the cities, he added.
“Cognizant has grown faster than our competitors over the last several years, and our strong product pipeline reinforces our confidence in our future growth plans,” Narayanan said.
According to him, the company’s global revenues are expected to grow by 58 per cent to touch $1.4 billion from $80 million during the current calender year.
About 70 per cent of its revenues come from financial services and health care businesses while 86.89 per cent of the total revenues are being generated from North America alone.
Source: Business Standard
The company proposes to build a 5-lakh square feet office space to provide an additional capacity for over 5,000 new employees. Cognizant has a headcount of about 2,000 people currently deployed for the Hyderabad operations.
Laxmi Narayanan, president and CEO, Cognizant, told the media that the Hyderabad plans were part of the Cognizant’s larger expansion programme at an investment of $200 million to create fully-owned techno-complexes in Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Pune.
The company was planning to build over 3 million square feet of office space to accommodate over 30,000 new employees in the cities, he added.
“Cognizant has grown faster than our competitors over the last several years, and our strong product pipeline reinforces our confidence in our future growth plans,” Narayanan said.
According to him, the company’s global revenues are expected to grow by 58 per cent to touch $1.4 billion from $80 million during the current calender year.
About 70 per cent of its revenues come from financial services and health care businesses while 86.89 per cent of the total revenues are being generated from North America alone.
Source: Business Standard
NEPC to start All Seasons Hotels in coimbatore
The board of directors of NEPC India, which met on December 7, 2006, approved a proposal for the construction of hotels at prominent locations in Chennai, Coimbatore and Tirupur in Tamil Nadu.
According to a release issued by NEPC to the BSE today, the meeting also approved the name of All Seasons Hotels for the new business line of hotel chain.
The company is also planning to enter into foreign collaboration, contract/agency agreement for the hotel chain, the release added.
The board also approved a plan to launch the pilot batch of the new product Power House In-House in Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana from January 15, 2007.
Source: Bussiness Standard
According to a release issued by NEPC to the BSE today, the meeting also approved the name of All Seasons Hotels for the new business line of hotel chain.
The company is also planning to enter into foreign collaboration, contract/agency agreement for the hotel chain, the release added.
The board also approved a plan to launch the pilot batch of the new product Power House In-House in Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana from January 15, 2007.
Source: Bussiness Standard
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Intel holds conference for channel partners
Intel organised a conference here on Tuesday for its channel partners on its new products.
C. Jagannathan, the Channel and Retail Marketing Manager of Intel South Asia, told presspersons that the conference was to educate the partners mainly on the Intel Core 2 Duo processor and also to update them on the products that would come in during the next six months.
This was a bi-annual conference, which was conducted in 15 cities in the country. Intel had about 2,000 channel partners and 150 of them from Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchi and Tirupur attended the conference here. The theme was "Multiple Cores Multiple Opportunities." With growth in market, the number of partners had also gone up in Coimbatore. Some of the reasons for increasing business here were considerable purchasing power of people and the need for high-end technology. "Coimbatore is important for Intel from business view point." It was among the top four tier III cities for Intel. Apart from the training, schemes would be launched to motivate the partners and awards would be given to those performing well, Mr. Jagannathan said.
Source: The Hindu
C. Jagannathan, the Channel and Retail Marketing Manager of Intel South Asia, told presspersons that the conference was to educate the partners mainly on the Intel Core 2 Duo processor and also to update them on the products that would come in during the next six months.
This was a bi-annual conference, which was conducted in 15 cities in the country. Intel had about 2,000 channel partners and 150 of them from Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchi and Tirupur attended the conference here. The theme was "Multiple Cores Multiple Opportunities." With growth in market, the number of partners had also gone up in Coimbatore. Some of the reasons for increasing business here were considerable purchasing power of people and the need for high-end technology. "Coimbatore is important for Intel from business view point." It was among the top four tier III cities for Intel. Apart from the training, schemes would be launched to motivate the partners and awards would be given to those performing well, Mr. Jagannathan said.
Source: The Hindu
Recruitment drive at BU, affiliated colleges
The Department of Extension, Career Guidance and Students Welfare of the Bharathiar University will organise a recruitment drive at the university premises on December 9. Cognizant Technology Solutions will recruit from the 2007 batch of students belonging to the disciplines of computer science, mathematics, statistics, physics, chemistry, electronics and BCA.
According to a release, the final year students of both the undergraduate and post-graduate courses are eligible to attend the drive. They should not have any standing arrears, should not have more than two arrears in the history of their studies and should have scored 60 per cent in their 10th, 12th, UG and PG courses. The selection process will be through an aptitude test and technical interview. Interested students and colleges willing to depute their students can register with www.careervarsity.com.
There will also be a career fair to be organised by the Department, wherein private banks, e-publishing companies, insurance companies, retail marketing stores, IT and ITES companies will be recruiting final year UG and PG students of the affiliated colleges and the School of Distance Education. There will be no registration fee.
In order to facilitate easy access to students, the fair will be organised on four days in four different places. It will be held at the university campus on December 15, at Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja College, Pollachi, on December 16, Vellalar College for Women, Erode, on December 17 and at Emerald Heights College for Women, Udhagamandalam, on December 18.
The colleges should submit the subject-wise list of students who wish to participate in the fair before December 8. Interested students should register at www.careervarsity.com (link: student registration). Those attending the career fair should carry three copies of CV and student ID card.
Those who register and are recommended by the college/SDE alone are eligible to attend the fair.
Source: The Hindu
According to a release, the final year students of both the undergraduate and post-graduate courses are eligible to attend the drive. They should not have any standing arrears, should not have more than two arrears in the history of their studies and should have scored 60 per cent in their 10th, 12th, UG and PG courses. The selection process will be through an aptitude test and technical interview. Interested students and colleges willing to depute their students can register with www.careervarsity.com.
There will also be a career fair to be organised by the Department, wherein private banks, e-publishing companies, insurance companies, retail marketing stores, IT and ITES companies will be recruiting final year UG and PG students of the affiliated colleges and the School of Distance Education. There will be no registration fee.
In order to facilitate easy access to students, the fair will be organised on four days in four different places. It will be held at the university campus on December 15, at Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja College, Pollachi, on December 16, Vellalar College for Women, Erode, on December 17 and at Emerald Heights College for Women, Udhagamandalam, on December 18.
The colleges should submit the subject-wise list of students who wish to participate in the fair before December 8. Interested students should register at www.careervarsity.com (link: student registration). Those attending the career fair should carry three copies of CV and student ID card.
Those who register and are recommended by the college/SDE alone are eligible to attend the fair.
Source: The Hindu
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
`Dream car' contest
Over 100 youngsters from 20 schools participated in a `Dream Car' contest for children below 15 years, conducted at Anaamalais Toyota, Mettupalayam Road, recently. Marketing Director of Anaamalais Toyota, Alagu Mageswari, inaugurated the event.
C.S.Vigneswar, Deputy Managing Director, made children discuss their dream car to bring out their creative talents.
Parents who accompanied them got an opportunity to test-drive certain cars. M.Raghuram, Director Operation, distributed the prizes. G.S.Prasad, General Manager (Sales), organised the event.
Source: The Hindu
C.S.Vigneswar, Deputy Managing Director, made children discuss their dream car to bring out their creative talents.
Parents who accompanied them got an opportunity to test-drive certain cars. M.Raghuram, Director Operation, distributed the prizes. G.S.Prasad, General Manager (Sales), organised the event.
Source: The Hindu
Four-year wage revision in Tirupur garment industry
The garment industry and trade unions in Tirupur have agreed for wage revision once in four years, thus ending the six-month long stalemate over the issue.
The employers wanted a five-year period for revision, as against three years demanded by the trade unions. The present agreement took place at a tripartite meeting held yesterday before the Joint Commissioner of Labour, they said.
The Tirupur Exporters' Association secretary Karthikeyan, South India Hosiery Manufacturers' Association president Mohan Kandasamy and representatives of trade unions AITUC, INTUC, ATP, LPF, MLF and CITU participated in the meeting, the 19th in the series.
Source: The Hindu
The employers wanted a five-year period for revision, as against three years demanded by the trade unions. The present agreement took place at a tripartite meeting held yesterday before the Joint Commissioner of Labour, they said.
The Tirupur Exporters' Association secretary Karthikeyan, South India Hosiery Manufacturers' Association president Mohan Kandasamy and representatives of trade unions AITUC, INTUC, ATP, LPF, MLF and CITU participated in the meeting, the 19th in the series.
Source: The Hindu
Monday, December 04, 2006
CAT in Coimbatore!
The flurry has still not died down after the Common Admission Test (CAT). Institutions training students for the test have already embarked on grooming candidates likely to get through to group discussions (GD) and personal interviews (PI). Detailed analyses of CAT are being held and candidates are working out their chances of making it to top Indian business schools.
With Coimbatore becoming a centre for CAT this year, around 2,500 candidates appeared for the test in the two centres. "This is the first time that Coimbatore has become a centre for CAT," says Madhu Nambudiri, Director, T.I.M.E, Coimbatore.
However, candidates who took the test in the two centres in the city include those from neighbouring Kerala and other Southern districts in Tamil Nadu.
Training in GD and PI is important, as it plays a major role in the cumulative scoring followed during admissions.
While 70 per cent of the thrust is on the entrance score, 25 is on GD and PI and five on work experience. But, this varies with institutions, Mr. Nambudiri says.
Till last year, Chennai was the only centre for taking the test in Tamil Nadu. Now, with Coimbatore also becoming a centre, more candidates will get an opportunity to attempt CAT, says T.P. Senthil Kumar, Centre Director of PT Education, a training institute in Coimbatore. Even in a centre such as Indore in Madhya Pradesh, which has fewer educational institutions when compared to Coimbatore, around 4,000 students appeared for CAT this year.
However, even among the number of students who appear for the test, very few of them actually aspire to get into the Indian Institute of Managements (IIMs).
Last year, six students from the city made it to IIMs and around the same number is expected to make it to the top institutes this year too, Mr. Nambudiri says.
There is a general perception that it is extremely difficult to make it to IIMs, which is one of the reasons why most of the students come prepared to settle for B- and C-level management institutions.
Also, according to Mr. Senthil, more than 70 per cent of the students who make it to IIMs are from an engineering background, as they usually have a strong base in mathematics. "This year however, maths and logic sections were relatively easier when compared with English," he says.
Fat pay packet
"Compared to the northern states, there are not many who attempt the examination from South India even if the average salary for an IIM student in India is seven to eight lakh per annum. Last year, the salary even went up to even US$ 96,000 abroad, Mr. Senthil Kumar says. More students from the city can attempt CAT, as the potential is high here, he adds.
Going by the national figures, the number of students who appeared for CAT has gone up from 1.75 per cent last year to 1.9 per cent this year, Mr. Nambudiri says.
Source: The Hindu
With Coimbatore becoming a centre for CAT this year, around 2,500 candidates appeared for the test in the two centres. "This is the first time that Coimbatore has become a centre for CAT," says Madhu Nambudiri, Director, T.I.M.E, Coimbatore.
However, candidates who took the test in the two centres in the city include those from neighbouring Kerala and other Southern districts in Tamil Nadu.
Training in GD and PI is important, as it plays a major role in the cumulative scoring followed during admissions.
While 70 per cent of the thrust is on the entrance score, 25 is on GD and PI and five on work experience. But, this varies with institutions, Mr. Nambudiri says.
Till last year, Chennai was the only centre for taking the test in Tamil Nadu. Now, with Coimbatore also becoming a centre, more candidates will get an opportunity to attempt CAT, says T.P. Senthil Kumar, Centre Director of PT Education, a training institute in Coimbatore. Even in a centre such as Indore in Madhya Pradesh, which has fewer educational institutions when compared to Coimbatore, around 4,000 students appeared for CAT this year.
However, even among the number of students who appear for the test, very few of them actually aspire to get into the Indian Institute of Managements (IIMs).
Last year, six students from the city made it to IIMs and around the same number is expected to make it to the top institutes this year too, Mr. Nambudiri says.
There is a general perception that it is extremely difficult to make it to IIMs, which is one of the reasons why most of the students come prepared to settle for B- and C-level management institutions.
Also, according to Mr. Senthil, more than 70 per cent of the students who make it to IIMs are from an engineering background, as they usually have a strong base in mathematics. "This year however, maths and logic sections were relatively easier when compared with English," he says.
Fat pay packet
"Compared to the northern states, there are not many who attempt the examination from South India even if the average salary for an IIM student in India is seven to eight lakh per annum. Last year, the salary even went up to even US$ 96,000 abroad, Mr. Senthil Kumar says. More students from the city can attempt CAT, as the potential is high here, he adds.
Going by the national figures, the number of students who appeared for CAT has gone up from 1.75 per cent last year to 1.9 per cent this year, Mr. Nambudiri says.
Source: The Hindu
Recruitment drive in Coimbatore
In a two-day recruitment drive conducted by Wipro Technologies in Coimbatore, 250 graduates who would pass out in 2007 were recruited. They were selected out of the 1,800 students from Coimbatore, Pollachi, Udumalpet, Udhagamandalam, Erode and Salem, who appeared for the aptitude tests.
The selected students also included those from physics, maths, computer science and information technology backgrounds.
They would be taken in for the Wipro Academy of Software Excellence programme, said Viswanathan Venkatasubramanian, Manager, Fresher Hiring, Wipro Technologies.
Through this programme, the students would be given an opportunity to do MS in Software Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani.
Faculty
Faculty members from BITS would take weekend classes for the students. By the end of the four-year programme, they would be trained on the job (software development) and they would have an MS degree as well, Mr. Viswanathan said.
Students from all over the country are recruited for this programme. This year around 1,300 students are undergoing it and the number was likely to become 4,000 by next year, he added.
It is offered at Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune and Kolkata. The candidates would also be given incremental stipend at Wipro so that they could support themselves while studying and working.
Coimbatore had immense potential to supply manpower for the industry and it was one of the most important destinations during such recruitment drives, Mr. Viswanathan said.
Smaller towns
They would also go to smaller places such as Thiruchengode. "Talents are available every where. Our job is to choose the best from the lot."
The selection is based on the fundamental skills of the students, their communication skills and their attitude.
They should have the willingness to learn and also be able to adapt according to the changes taking place in the industry, he said.
Good communication skills were necessary as the job demands students to interact with customers who are mostly from North America, China and Japan. They might have to write to the clients in addition to taking conference calls, he added.
With programmes such as these, even maths, physics and statistics graduates can become trained software developers attached to companies such as Wipro, said George Joseph Alapatt, Director of Placements, CMS College of Science and Commerce, one of the colleges in which the recruitment was held.
The selected students would join work in June 2007.
Source: The Hindu
The selected students also included those from physics, maths, computer science and information technology backgrounds.
They would be taken in for the Wipro Academy of Software Excellence programme, said Viswanathan Venkatasubramanian, Manager, Fresher Hiring, Wipro Technologies.
Through this programme, the students would be given an opportunity to do MS in Software Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani.
Faculty
Faculty members from BITS would take weekend classes for the students. By the end of the four-year programme, they would be trained on the job (software development) and they would have an MS degree as well, Mr. Viswanathan said.
Students from all over the country are recruited for this programme. This year around 1,300 students are undergoing it and the number was likely to become 4,000 by next year, he added.
It is offered at Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune and Kolkata. The candidates would also be given incremental stipend at Wipro so that they could support themselves while studying and working.
Coimbatore had immense potential to supply manpower for the industry and it was one of the most important destinations during such recruitment drives, Mr. Viswanathan said.
Smaller towns
They would also go to smaller places such as Thiruchengode. "Talents are available every where. Our job is to choose the best from the lot."
The selection is based on the fundamental skills of the students, their communication skills and their attitude.
They should have the willingness to learn and also be able to adapt according to the changes taking place in the industry, he said.
Good communication skills were necessary as the job demands students to interact with customers who are mostly from North America, China and Japan. They might have to write to the clients in addition to taking conference calls, he added.
With programmes such as these, even maths, physics and statistics graduates can become trained software developers attached to companies such as Wipro, said George Joseph Alapatt, Director of Placements, CMS College of Science and Commerce, one of the colleges in which the recruitment was held.
The selected students would join work in June 2007.
Source: The Hindu
Ondipudur flyover will be open to traffic by March-end, says Minister
The flyover at Ondipudur will be open to traffic by the end of March next year, Minister for Highways M.P. Swaminathan said here on Sunday. The one coming up on the Sungam Bypass Road (along Valankulam) would be put in use by the end of April, he said after inspecting both structures along with Collector Neeraj Mittal and officials of the Highways Department.
Both flyovers were being constructed over the railway line as a solution to the traffic bottleneck at these points.
The flyover at Ondipudur was being constructed at Rs. 16.50 crore. The State's share was Rs. 58 lakh and the rest was the Railways' contribution. The cost of the flyover on Sungam Bypass Road was Rs. 15.40 crore and the State Government's share was Rs. 38 lakh.
Work progressing
He said the Railways' work on the Ondipudur flyover was progressing fast. The State's Highways Department would begin its work in 15 days from the completion of the one by the Railways.
At the present pace of work, the flyover could be opened to traffic by the end of March. The Highways' work on the Sungam Bypass Road flyover would begin by the end of January.
Assurance
The Minister's announcement came as an assurance to the city that had been agonised by the delay in the completion of the flyovers. With long-distance buses, trucks and other vehicles forced to take a detour through Irugur, areas unused to heavy traffic were put to hardship owing to the delay.
Source: The Hindu
Both flyovers were being constructed over the railway line as a solution to the traffic bottleneck at these points.
The flyover at Ondipudur was being constructed at Rs. 16.50 crore. The State's share was Rs. 58 lakh and the rest was the Railways' contribution. The cost of the flyover on Sungam Bypass Road was Rs. 15.40 crore and the State Government's share was Rs. 38 lakh.
Work progressing
He said the Railways' work on the Ondipudur flyover was progressing fast. The State's Highways Department would begin its work in 15 days from the completion of the one by the Railways.
At the present pace of work, the flyover could be opened to traffic by the end of March. The Highways' work on the Sungam Bypass Road flyover would begin by the end of January.
Assurance
The Minister's announcement came as an assurance to the city that had been agonised by the delay in the completion of the flyovers. With long-distance buses, trucks and other vehicles forced to take a detour through Irugur, areas unused to heavy traffic were put to hardship owing to the delay.
Source: The Hindu
Sunday, December 03, 2006
Now's the time to invest: TN Minister
Tamil Nadu Health minister K K S S R Ramachandran feels it is the right time for industrialists to take up new ventures in the state.
Declaring open SPEED-2006(Southern Prosperity through Enhanced Economic Development), organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here, he said Chief Minister M Karunanidhi was accessible and "you can get any concession by meeting him and convincing him".
The Chief Minister himself was interested in spreading industrial development to cities like Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Madurai and Coimbatore where the cost of living was cheap, life more peaceful and cost of labour, land etc was much cheaper, compared to bigger cities, he said.
Source: Chennai Online
Declaring open SPEED-2006(Southern Prosperity through Enhanced Economic Development), organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here, he said Chief Minister M Karunanidhi was accessible and "you can get any concession by meeting him and convincing him".
The Chief Minister himself was interested in spreading industrial development to cities like Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Madurai and Coimbatore where the cost of living was cheap, life more peaceful and cost of labour, land etc was much cheaper, compared to bigger cities, he said.
Source: Chennai Online
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