Category Archives: Kerala News
Adventures Footsteps of the Mobility Hub
Vyttila Mobility hub is a transit terminal for all ways of transportation which is going to be a big entrée to Kochi. Site proposed for the hub connects Allapuzha, Coimbatore, Idduki, Kottayam and Thrissur through National Highway 47. It will be the meeting point of land, air and ferry transportation. The project is implementing through three phases. The first phase, which consists of the terminal for long distance buses, started in December 2010. And it was commissioned on Feb 26, 2011. It is facilitated with a resting area for 65 buses. And the second phase is the implementation of bus terminals and boat jetties and will begin soon. The third and last phase is to deliberate about new amendments.
The hub will be equipped with RFID (Radio frequency identification) to continuously monitor the buses plying from different places. Tamil Nadu and Karnataka bus services are going to open their ticket counters here soon. The state govt. is also considering a plan to connect the east Kochi with the upcoming mobility hub. But it will take a long time for the finishing the project. Being the Govt. funds are limited, the state is looking for the possibility to raise the funds for the project. If the Union bank supports the project by providing loan of about Rs. 100 crore, the second phase of the hub can be started. The Hub will also provide with multilevel car parking facilities and an advanced cafeteria. Electronic monitoring system to show the scheduled time of bus arrivals and departure will be a big help to the people. The full-fledged terminal is expected to be completed by 2013. With the introduction of Vyttila mobility hub there is going to be a tremendous change in the city. It will give Kochi a new face. Let’s wait for the miraculous vision to happen.
Kochi Metro Rail Project
Metro Railway is coming to reality in Kochi. The project is initiated by the state Govt. and it has consulted Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to start the work. DMRC will implement the project. The project was first proposed in the year 2006 and was expecting to be completed by 2010. But it was delayed by various reasons. The state has sanctioned Rs.159 crores to the DMRC for the purpose. The project could be completed within 3 years. And the state is waiting for the sanction from central Govt. The expected railway will be in the model of Chennai or Delhi Metro Railway. The railway has proposed to span from Aluva to Petta. And it comprises of 26 stations altogether. Connection of Aluva to Petta is expected to complete in three stages. The total project is expected to Rs. 4000 crores. The cost estimated five years ago was Rs. 2000 crores. As the first step in the implementation of the project, the busiest North over bridge will be widened.
Metro railway cooperation has formed to undertake the supervision of the project works. Moreover it will be a project of the people. A new website is launched for the public to watch news updates about the project. The corporation has conducted a contest among students for logo design in the last month and would select the most suitable one. And the winner will get a cash prize of Rs.5000. The number of vehicles in the city has increased an average annual growth rate of 13%. As it concerns the Metro Rail will help to reduce the traffic in the industry city of Kerala. And it will ease the life of the ordinary people. As Kochi is a vastly populated city, it needs a multimode public transport system. Its expecting that a lot of Job opportunities will create regarding with The Kochi Metro Rail Project.
WebNesters launches SEO Training Course in Cochin
Webnesters
WebNesters Online Solutions Pvt.Ltd, an emerging Internet marketing service company based in Cochin, launched a training program in Search Engine Optimization. Also known in short as SEO, Search Engine Optimization is a key method in Digital marketing industry. As the Internet penetration is booming in India, Internet advertising and digital marketing industry is growing at 26% annually (Source: IAMAI Research). This opens lots of career opportunities for fresh graduates in the digital marketing industry.
Details of SEO training are provided below:-
They offer a 60 hour course in Advanced SEO concepts. They claim that syllabus is very advanced, practical and industry oriented. Classes are lead by experienced digital marketing professionals. Highlight of the course is that, this training series is backed by a professional company which offers similar services in the market. Their up to date knowledge in the SEO industry and techniques will be shared to students.
Please visit www.seotrainingkerala.com for
1. Syllabus of SEO Training
2. Course Details and Fees Structure
3. Registration for the course
A well detailed article about the career opportunities for SEO professionals is written in this article:- Career opportunities for an SEO Professional
Search Engine Optimization is a very interesting subject. Briefly described, it’s the art of driving visitors to a website from search engines. Millions of websites are out there in our world of Internet. The interesting thing about a website is, it is of no value without people visiting them. Have you ever thought how these websites bring in more and more visitors? Search Engine Optimization is the technique used by website owners to bring visitors. We all search in Google and Bing to know more and more about something we don’t know, rite? For every search query we make in Google or Bing, we get many pages of results. Usually we will get our answer from first or second page. Now just think how some websites manage to get the first or second page position? Confused? – That is Search engine optimization – the art of optimizing a website page so as to bring it in the first positions of a search engine.
This points to a fact that, theoretically every website in this world needs to apply Search Engine Optimization to bring traffic. Commercial websites like Flipkart, Ebay, IndiaGlitz, Ibibo has in house SEO professionals team to manage their Search engine optimization. There are two kinds of career opportunities for an SEO professional – one to work as an in house SEO professional for commercial Internet companies like Flipkart, Ebay etc. Second option is to work with Digital marketing corporate companies like WPP, Communicate2, Pinstorm etc.
E-commerce industry and Internet business is booming in India. There are a lot of opportunities to explore in the digital marketing industry. Hope this article helped you!
IIT in Kerala… Finally?
During Prime Minister’s recent visit to Kerala he had mentioned the need of an Institution of International standard in Kerala. It has been a long time waiting for our state, often referred to as a land of brains, to have an institution like IIT (Indian Institute of Technology). IITs are currently established in 15 states and it’s a shame one of them is not in Kerala. The State Government has promised to take measures, to realize this long time dream into a reality. But there are certain hurdles to clear before it becomes true. Various political parties who believe education and related fields are theirs to rule would find the proposal a bitter pill to swallow. IIT is purely governed by their own interests and political influence is little. Hence these so called parties who claim they are the ambassadors of education won’t be pleased. Kerala State Chief Minister Mr. Oommen Chandy is in support of the project and believes the State Government could convince the Central Government to sanction the project. Another major worry for the purpose is availability of land. It would require a minimum of 200 acres of land for an institution of IIT’s caliber to begin with and around 300-400 acres of land for the Institution to work efficiently. We are already in shortage of land for various projects, but unlike them this one project we really would not want to miss. Hence there should be serious thoughts on the issue, and rapid measures are ought to be taken before this project also gets away from our grasps. But it’s not just about a single institution being established in our state. It’s about the possibilities it can bring to our land. The quality it brings to our education is huge and having such quality opposition makes rival Universities or Institutions to raise their standards as well. And such healthy competition eventually is an added advantage for our education and our future generations will benefit from this. An Institution completely dedicated to education and research, it’s a benefit in all ways to our educational system. There are 140 odd Engineering colleges in Kerala and students and the faculties from these colleges can continue their research here in IIT. Here we are looking forward to a bright future for our Educational system. There will be a lot of obstacles on the way, but the Government and the associated officials should have a clear view of the situations and any opposition should be tackled. There will be a lot of companies and firms who could come and establish themselves in Kerala, thus increasing opportunities. So we have to turn this dream into a reality, so that many young hearts could dream and fulfill those dreams, that too in the near future. It’s better late than never.
Gamer’s Meet-up @ Cochin
- Gamers meet up
UTV Indiagames, a Mumbai based Game development Company, is organizing a Gamer’s Meet-up, due to be held tomorrow 17th September 2011. The event is scheduled to begin by 3 PM in the evening at Lokah Restaurant and Café, NH Bypass, Cochin. The event is co-hosted by C-Sharks Games & Solution Pvt. Ltd; a well famous Cochin based Game development Company. This model has been successful with Gamer’s Meet-Up being held at Mumbai, Pune and Pondicherry with an average of over 70 attendees gracing the event. The event is all about games and the main agenda of the Meet-up is about creating awareness among parents, friends and relatives and the seriousness of gaming. Other purposes of the Meet-up are creating awareness among the gamers across the world that there are serious gamers in India as well. The Gamer’s Meet-up also is a platform for gamers to have chat, discuss and share ideas between them and thus helping them unite and stand for the betterment of gaming and Game development in India. C-Sharks is one of the leading game development companies in India, working with many publishers and game portals worldwide. Indiagames is engaged in publishing and developing games across various platforms including Online and Mobile. UTV Indiagames is a leading Game development Company in India and they have been organizing similar Meet-ups across several cities in India and all of them proved to be successful. This event also is a platform to showcase your skills. So if you are a game freak this is an event you cannot miss. The gamers are surely in for a treat and the youngsters in Kerala can surely hope for a lot from the event. The event will be a certain boost to the gaming society in India and the network for the gamers to interact among themselves. The details of the event are available on www.indiagames.com and www.facebook.com/pages/Lokah-Restaurant-Caf%C3%A9/146003955434131. You can register to the event at www.facebook.com/Indiagames?sk=app_228253077198062. So, get ready. This is one event you would never want to miss.
BSNL NEW ONAM OFFERS
The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has widened the existing offers and has also announced new Onam offers to take the full advantage of the festival season. BSNL had already unleashed new plans and offers for the arriving Onam season. Taking into account the improved responses and requests from the consumers the authorities have widened the range and offers of the Onam plans.
The much appreciated ‘Mithram’ plan of BSNL has been extended to 16/9/2011 following the continuous requests of consumers. The present ‘Mithram’ connections have exceeded 4.1 lakhs in number. The Ernakulam S.S.A alone has given away about 1.25 lakh new ‘Mithram’ connections. 5 numbers of our choice can be called at lower rates in this plan. For BSNL network, the rate is 10 paisa per minute and for other networks it is 30 paisa per minute. With the first recharge of Rs.53, the subscribers will be provided with 2000 free national and local sms for six months and free calls worth Rs.50. The validity of this ‘Mithram’ plan is 180 days.
Onam fares will be conducted in all BSNL customer service centres on the 5th, 6th and 7th of September. In the fare, the BSNL services and products will provided to customers with special reductions. A BSNL stall is also set up in the IRDP Onam fare.
BSNL has also started a prepaid plan for students in this Onam season. In this plan with the first recharge of Rs.40, they will be provided with a BSNL to BSNL free talk time of Rs.30 and a BSNL to other network free talk time of Rs.10. Other than this, the customers will also be given a 50 MB free data usage and 600 free sms. The first validity of this plan is 30 days. Call rates of the plan are 40 paisa per minute for local or STD calls in the BSNL network.
In the ‘Friends and Family’ scheme we can register 5 numbers for the scheme and among this the call rates to three BSNL numbers will be 10 paisa per minute and the rates to the two other network numbers will be 30 paisa per minute. The numbers registered can be changed any time as our wish. The validity in this plan should be extended every month with a recharge of Rs.22 and with every such recharge, the subscriber will be given a free data usage of 100 MB and 300 free sms.
WORLD COCONUT DAY CELEBRATED
The coconut development board celebrated the world coconut day yesterday at Guwahati in Assam. National awards of the board were also distributed at the function. The function was inaugurated by the Assam Chief Minister Tharun Gogoy. The president of the function was the agricultural minister of Assam Nilamani Sen Deka.
National Awards were presented to 15 individuals and institutions for their excellence in coconut industry, coconut farming and the related activities. It was the Chief Miniater who distributed the awards.
The award for the best coconut farmer was presented to K. Balasubramanya from Kasargod and Kondana Chandrasekhar Gutty from Mangalore. The Marico Industries in Palakkad received the award for the best project of producing traditional products. And the Active Char Product Pvt Ltd achieved the award for the production of non- traditional products. This private company is functioning at Binanipuram in Ernakulam. Two special awards were also given in the sections stated above. The special award for the production of traditional products were awarded to the Silver oil mills at Malappuram and the award for the production of non- traditional products were given to the Alphe Enterprises of Malappuram.
The award for the best research was presented to the head of Biochemistry department Dr. T. Raj Mohan of Kerala University. The Subhiksha Coconut Producer Society functioning in Kozhikode was presented the award for the best N. G. O. The best developmental activist was also given an award and it was received by the agricultural officer of Kadakkavur, V. R. Bineesh. For the best exports, the award was presented to the Indo German Carbons of Binanipuram.
The world coconut day has been celebrated every year with different programs. These programs and the day celebrations are intended to improve the importance of coconut in our day to day lives. In this developing world, we are filling our lives with modern products and modernization. Some years before was it started that we recognized the vast opportunities that the natural resources of our own land offered us. Among them the most prominent one was the coconut farming. As every part of the tree was useful and was widely grown all over the state it soon gained importance. The tree of Kerala from which the state is said to have acquired it’s name was slowly regaining it’s lost life. The ‘ilaneer’ which is the drink obtained from the tree was found highly nutritious and good for health. It was realized that comparing to the soft drinks in the market it was highly nutritious and healthy and hardly harmful. Since then huge importance was given to the section of coconut farming and different encouragements were given to the farmers who showed excellence in the field.
Yet another world coconut day has passed and we hope the golden days of the favorite tree of Keralites return…
