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IBM and Oracle to Technopark

International Computer giants IBM and Oracle are coming to Trivandrum Technopark. They are having plans of establishing a unit in the IT centre of Kerala. Both of these companies had discussions with Kerala IT department regarding the plans and possibilities. The arrival of these well reputed companies can create great effects in industrial sector of Kerala. Technopark of Trivandrum was established in late 90’s and now there are about 185 companies running there. About 30000 people are working in this IT Park. These 2 companies are capable of creating about 4000 job opportunities in Technopark. The interests shown by multinational companies in Trivandrum Technopark is an added advantage for the mission of making Kerala the fastest growing IT destination of the country.

Logo Unveiling of Lulu Shopping Mall

The logo unveiling ceremony of Lulu shopping mall at Edapally, Kochi will be held tomorrow 11 am (03-04-2010) at Le Meridian Convention Centre. The logo unveiling will be done by Kerala chief minister Shri. V.S. Achuthanandan. The logo will be received by Shri. T.K.A. Nair, principal secretary to the prime minister. The chief guest of the function is H.E. Sheikha Lubna Al Quassimi who is the UAE minister of foreign trade. The function will be presided by Shri.Oomen Chandy, the leader of opposition. The website of the shopping mall will be launched by Shri. Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, Minister of Home and Tourism of Kerala. The Brochure of the shopping mall will be released by Prof.K.V. Thomas, Minister of State for Agriculture. The first brochure will be received by Shri. M.V. Nair, Chairman and Managing Director of Union Bank of India. The welcome speech will be delivered by Shri. Yusuffali M.A who is the Managing Director of EMKE group and Lulu International shopping mall.

The other Felicitations in the ceremony are

Shri. S. Sharma, Minister for Fisheries & Registration,

 H.E.  Mohamed Sulan Abdalla Al Qwais UAE Ambassador to India

 Shri. Dominic Presentation, MLA

Shri. A.M Yousuf, MLA

Shri .K. Babu, MLA

Shri.V.K. Ibrahim Kunju, MLA

Smt. Mercy Williams, Mayor of Cochin Corporation

Smt.V.M. Arifa, Chairperson of Kalamassery Muncipality

Dr.M. Beena IAS, District Collector of Ernakulum

Smt. Henny Baby, Opposition Leader of Kalamassery Muncipality

Shri. K.M. Abdulla, President of Kerala Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The presentation of memento will be done by Shri. M.K.Abdulla who is the chairman of EMKE group. Shri. Ashraf Ali M.A who is the Executive Director of EMKE group& Lulu International shopping mall will deliver the vote of thanks.

Lulu Shopping mall will turn out into the final destination of the shoppers all over Kerala. The estimated date of completion of this project is by June 2011. Lulu mall provides 25 lac. Sq.ft of shopping, leisure and entertainment. The project gives direct employment for 8000 and indirect employment for more than 20,000 people. The mall will have special area for promoting Kerala products. It will have a car parking space for more than 3000 cars. There will Family amusement center and 5 star luxury hotel by Marriott.

IPL team brings Joy and happiness in Kerala

Finally, Kerala also got the genuine waves of IPL celebrations. The new Cochin IPL team is owned by a group of companies under the leadership of Rondevu Sports World Ltd. They owned the Cochin IPL team for a sum of 1533 crore Rs. Along with Cochin, Pune also got IPL team for 1702 crore RS. This team is owned by Sahara Adventurous group. Shailendra Gaikwad from Gujarat is the chairman of Rondevu Sports World Ltd. The Operations of the Kerala team will be coordinated by Vivek Venugopal from the Elite group Thrissur. Mr. Vivek is running his own firm called Trading and Infrastructure in Bangalore.

The major investors other than Rondevu Sports World Ltd are Parini developers, Film Wavees and Anchor Earth.

The IPL auction was held at Hotel Park Sheraton in Adayar. The Kerala Cricket association secretary T.C Mathew and the representatives of the companies were present in the function. The chief coordinator of the Kerala IPL team Shasi Tharoor was not present in the auction. The ownership of the team is for 10 years. The new teams will hit the ground by the year 2011. The total number of IPL teams has now become 10. There will 94 matches a year. The auction of the players to various teams will be held on September. The 2 cities were selected from the list of cities including Cochin, Pune, Ahmadabad, Kanpur, Nagpur, Dharmashala, Vishakapatanam, Cuttack, Rajkot, Baroda, Indore and Gwalior.

The highest bid was from Sahara and the second highest was from Rondevu Sports World Ltd. Sahara was able to select the city of their choice, and they selected Pune. Now Maharashtra has got 2 teams.

All the South Indian states have now got IPL teams. Kerala now has Cochin team, Bangalore Royal Challengers for Karnataka, Hyderabad Deccan Chargers for Andhra Pradesh and Chennai super kings for Tamil Nadu.

The IPL team of Cochin brings great hope to Kerala. It can provide a very good and respectable International branding for Cochin and Kerala. The players from Kerala can get the opportunity to play with International players. The IPL can generate more new players from Kerala. The funds and benefits for Kerala Cricket association from BCCI will increase. This can result in the construction of more stadiums and improvement of the existing ones.

Kerala will host 9 IPL matches a year. The people of Kerala can get easy opportunity for watching these matches. People from different places will come to Kerala for seeing the match. This will increase the revenue of the state. IPL will a great boon for tourism and business in Kerala.

Loan against Gold Scheme from Mahindra Finance

The first branch of “Loan Against Gold” from Mahindra Finance got launched at Todupuzha. The scheme provides required money as loan for Gold ornaments. The new scheme is launched by studying the nature and special requirements of the people of Kerala. This branch of Mahindra and Mahindra Financial service provides loans of various ranges.

Mohanlal and Mamooty at Kottayam

The super star gems of Malayalam film Industry Lt.Col Mohanlal and Mamooty will come to Kottayam ,the land of letters on March 21 ,2010. They are coming to Kottayam for inaugurating the Kottayam showroom of Emmanuval silks. This is a once in a while opportunity for the fans of both superstars to meet them together.

The inauguration ceremony is on 10:20 am. The venue is the specially created pavilion in the police ground. There will be also a special music fest by singers Franko and Saynora.

The Kottayam showroom of Emmanuval silks is of 1.25 lakh square feet in 8 floors that can provide the customers variety of choices. Emmanuval silks is having the world’s greatest collection of silk and wedding dresses

Recruitment in Territorial Army

The open recruitment rally for the GD post in Territorial Army will get conducted on March 29, 2010. The venue is Garuda Lines at Tiruchirappally. The opportunities are for applicants from Kerala, Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka can participate in this recruitment drive. The posting is temporary. The applicants must be currently employed. The applicants must report before 6 am at the recruitment center.

There are 20 posts vacant. The age of the applicants should be between 18-42. The salary is 7200. During the probation period, the salary is 5700.

The applicants should have a minimum of 160 cms height, 50 kgs of weight and chest width of 76-81 cms.

The minimum educational qualification is 10th standard pass with 45%. For applicants with higher educational qualification 45% is no bar.

The participants of the rally must bring the following certificates at the time of screening

1)Original copy of the nativity certificate.

2) 3 recent passport size photograph.

3)Community certificate.

4)Mark sheet.

5)Transfer Certificate.

6)Certificate of sports and games in district and state levels.

NOC certificates has to be presented by applicants working in Government and public sector firms.

The address of the recruitment centre is:

Garuda Lines( unit HQ) of 117 Infantry Battalion(TA) The Guards, Tiruchirappally.

Jagadeesh in the role of a Director

The ever youth super comedian of Malayalam film industry is now in the serious role of a director. Jagadeesh is the director of Amar Akbar Antony starring Mammooty. Mammooty comes in the role of an IT Genius. The movie features 3 different styles and mannerisms of superstar Mammooty. The story, screen play and dialogues of the movie are also from Jagadeesh. The producer is Ajayachandran Nair.

 

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