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INDIA'S FIRST RESEARCH & INNOVATION LAB ON CYBER THREAT RESILIENCE (CRICTR)

India’s first Research and Innovation Lab on Cyber Threat Resilience (CRICTR) was launched at IIITM-K, Trivandrum by Dr. Gulshan Rai, National Cyber Security Co-ordinator, Govt. of India and Mr Madhavan Nambiar, IAS (Rtd), Chairman of the Board of Directors, IIITM-K during the International Workshop on Cyber Threat Resilience held at Technopark, Trivandrum on 13th October 2015.
Mr. P.H. Kurian, IAS, Principal Secretary (IT), Mr. Manoj Abraham, IPS (Inspector General of Police, Kerala), Mr. V.K. Mathews (Founder & Executive Chairman, IBS), Prof. N Balakrishnan (Professor, IISc, Bangalore) and Dr. K P Subbalekshmi (Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology) spoke on the occasion.Around 300 participants from various academic institutions, R&D establishments, Government Departments, Industries and IT Corporates participated in the Workshop.

Startup Grind launch event will be held at Travancore Hall, Park Centre, Technopark on Friday, 30th October 2015 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Dr. Jayasankar Prasad, CEO of Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) will be the chief guest for the occasion.

CONGRATULATION DR. SYED IBRAHIM

Dr. Syed Ibrahim, the Managing Director of the software company Palnar Transmedia inside the Technopark, Trivandrum campus has been conferred with the German Government's Cross of the Order of Merit award, the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Benglauru. Dr. Syed is also the Director of the Goethe-Zentrum in Thiruvananthapuram.

TECHFRIENDS IN ASSOCIATION WITH (KSSM)

TechFriends Educational & Charitable Trust is a voluntary forum of Technopark employees formed for educational & charity based help for the needy and also to work for noble causes.
TechFriends in association with Kerala Social Security Mission (KSSM) conducted Lifestyle Health Check-up camp for IT professionals, Security and Housekeeping staffs of Technopark at Nila on 21st Oct 2015.
The event was inaugurated by Nireesh C (GM, Merketing, Technopark) ,Vasanth Varada (Manager, Business Development). Mr Shibu from KSSM explained the benefits of health check-up and other events coordinated by KSSM. TechFriends senior members Muhammed Basheer and Binu A had explained about the various activities organized by TechFriends.
Camp facilitated to test Blood (Pressure, Sugar, and Cholesterol & Total Count), Urine (Albumin, sugar & Creatinine) and ECG. The camp was utilized by around 80 members from Technopark.
TechFriends Coordination committee expressed sincere gratitude to all supporters for the successful event.

Headstart Higher is India's most successful startup hiring event. We will shortlist outstanding candidates from a pool of applicants. On an average, each candidate gets shortlisted by 6 startups. 50% of the candidates get job offers from multiple startups. In previous Higher 63% of participating candidates got offersout of which 65% of them joined the startups.

INTEL® TECH CHALLENGE

Intel®Tech Challenge – Kerala is a specially designed programme jointly initiated by Intel® Technologies and Kerala Start up Mission.
The objective is to get young children
To develop an interest in design, discovery, coding and develop their computational skills through play and learn activities. To give wings to their creativity. To inculcate a spirit of innovation and a scientific temperament among the young citizens. Technology has a profound effect on society and the world. It’s fueling the knowledge economy that brings possibilities, innovation, and sustainable economic empowerment. This has drastic implications on requirements in education to ensure that the students of today are innovators of tomorrow.
For more details, please visit: https://startupmission.kerala.gov.in/itc/

DJ NIGHT @ TECHNOPARK

Red FM Trivandrum presents in association with Technopark, Trivandrum and Natana - RED FM Party Nights with DJ Julius Sharma | Oct 29 | Amphitheatre | 6.30 PM on wards. Entry Free.

TECHNOPARK IS THE SAFEST PLACE TO WORK

Technopark,Trivandrum, the home of ‘single largest source of employment in Kerala’ always make sure techies are safe when it comes to their hub.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing at Trivandrum has been working in application oriented research, design and development for various industrial and customer requirements.
At CDAC, Technopark, Trivandrum
Photo: Kiran ST Iglesias