Chennai, May 11^th 2012: Consim Info Pvt Ltd, a signature Internet conglomerate, has announced the launch of KeralaChristianMatrimony.com, the largest and most exclusive matrimony portal catering to the unique matrimonial needs of Malayalee Christians from all denominations around the globe.

KeralaChristianMatrimony.com features the largest base of Malayalee Christian profiles and is powered by innovative tools and cutting-edge technologies to provide the best search experience for its users with a touch of Malayalee Christian traditions and customs. The authentic service provides all its customers with multiple security features and the guarantee of finding genuine alliances for themselves or for their loved ones.

Commenting on the launch, Consim Founder-CEO Murugavel Janakiraman noted: “We aim at providing world-class and highly effective matrimonial services for the Kerala Christian community. The portal offers several benefits to its members who can now search the largest database of Kerala Christian profiles for a life partner within their own community from across the globe at the click of a mouse. For Kerala Christians who value tradition and are passionate about their roots, this portal will help them connect with a partner from their community irrespective of whether they are from the same city or several thousand miles away, across continents.”

Married couples feel more comfortable in common social and cultural environments and are able to jointly celebrate traditions and values that were part of their upbringing. This is another reason for launching a highly differentiated service like KeralaChristianMatrimony.com

KeralaChristianMatrimony.com features the largest number of profiles from the Kerala Christian community and has a global and wide set of profiles including NRIs.

Other benefits include free and easy profile registration and 100% privacy guarantee on a very safe and secure site. Registered profiles are manually screened or validated to ensure they meet the norms of the site. Multiple privileges are available for premium members while free members have access to several standard benefits. Registered members will receive matching profiles daily through e-mail based on their partner preference. E-mail alerts are also available for all premium members.

About Consim Info Pvt. Ltd:

Consim Info. Pvt. Ltd., India’s leading internet business group was established in 1997. The portal has leadership presence in all key categories. The group currently owns and operates BharatMatrimony.com and have 15 regional portals; 5 exclusive matrimonial sites like PrivilegeMatrimony.com, EliteMatrimony.com. Consim is an open, hierarchy-free organization that believes in giving every individual equal respect and dignity. In 2009 Consim received the Red Herring 100 Asia 2009 award and in 2010 went onto bag the Red Herring 100 Global Award. The company was listed as among the top 50 of 100 IT innovators by NASSCOM in 2009 and was Deloitte Fast 50 winner in 2008 and 2009 and 2011.

“This is the third year in succession that TCS has achieved the best score in general customer satisfaction and has achieved above-average results in every single KPI. The result is especially impressive considering the rate at which TCS has been growing in the region. Very few companies are able to balance industry leading growth while maintaining pole position in client satisfaction. TCS has demonstrated that it has got the formula right,” said Carl-Henrik Hallström, Head of Sourcing Advisory at KPMG.

TCS is among a select few global service providers in the survey that have had more than 25 large scale and transformational projects in the Nordic region evaluated. When relating the TCS score to other global service providers that engage in projects of comparable complexity and scale, the survey shows that the general customer satisfaction lead that TCS has over these companies is between 12 and 20 percentage points.

One of the clients TCS is providing transformation services to, Will Pritchett, Director of Change at RSA Scandinavia (Codan and Trygg-Hansa), said, “The TCS team is successfully transforming our Claims and Front-office Platform, which has delivered strategic value to RSA in consolidating our operations in Sweden and Denmark through establishing a common Nordic IT platform; extendable to all markets in the region. Thanks to the ability to deliver industry specific and complex services while working closely with RSA and our partner ecosystem, we are extremely satisfied with TCS. The partnership with them has been critical towards the success of this program.”

Another TCS client, Taneli Ropponen, CIO at DNA, remarked, “The TCS team has transformed our IT landscape enabling us to improve end-customer experience and enhance operational stability. TCS has been very flexible, accessible and responsible partner that has proactively worked on innovative solutions to overcome challenges and meet our objectives.”

Present in the Nordic region since 1991, TCS has continuously invested in the market locally to deliver consistent results to its customers with a level of certainty that no other firm can match. TCS now has more than 4500 consultants working on projects in the Nordic region with over one-third of in-country staff being local nationals. Its scale of operations have doubled since 2010 in the region and globally the company recently announced a symbolic crossing of US $10 billion mark in terms of revenue.

“Over the last few years, clients in the Nordic market have demanded a new age supplier that can keep up with the demands of an increasingly competitive business world and hyper-connected consumer. I am very pleased that for the third year in running we have delivered consistent performance, while undertaking larger and more complex assignments every year. I attribute this to our unique company culture of customer centricity, multi-disciplinary capability and collaborative approach,” said Amit Bajaj, Head – Nordic and Baltic Region. He added, “Customers who choose TCS can trust us to deliver. Notably 100% of TCS’ clients surveyed were satisfied with our services.”

About KPMG Nordic Region Service Provider Performance & Satisfaction Study 2012
An important IT survey on trends and satisfaction based on perception from end-user clients

The report is focused on more than 300 of the top IT spending companies in all sectors in the Nordic region. Total confidentiality is guaranteed for participants and the data is collected via a web-based survey. Most participants are CIO, CFO, CXO or immediate direct reports with decision-making responsibility. For more information, visit www.kpmg.com.

About Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS)
Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, consulting and business solutions organization that delivers real results to global business, ensuring a level of certainty no other firm can match. TCS offers a consulting-led, integrated portfolio of IT, BPO, infrastructure, engineering and assurance services. This is delivered through its unique Global Network Delivery Model™, recognized as the benchmark of excellence in software development. A part of the Tata group, India’s largest industrial conglomerate, TCS has over 238,500 of the world’s best-trained consultants in 42 countries. The company generated consolidated revenues of US $10.17 billion for year ended March 31, 2012 and is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India. For more information, visit us at www.tcs.com.

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The Chief Guest of the event was the Mr Sumit Awasthi Depty Editor Aajtak news channel.
The Event was inaugurated by the chief guest along with the President Rajiv kr Gupta, Director Dr A .K Shrivastav Advisor of the Institute Alok Agrawal and the Principal Law College Dr N.S Azad by lighting the lamp.
A dance performance on Saraswati vandana by Monika Bisht also enlightened the ceremony.
Around 250 students of the institute with approx 30-35 students from various colleges have participated in different activities.
Nidhi Tiwari and Dipanshi Garg got first Prize and Shivani Solanki and Bhumika Sharma got second prize in Rangoli competition.
Arjun Mehta wins first and Purnima got second prize in Mono Acting Competition.
Team of Bharti and Damini got first and the team of Punit and Jyoti got second prize in collage making competition.
Fashion Show, face painting, Best Out of waste, T-shirt Painting and Nail Art were the other attractive activities of PRATIBHA day 1 event.
Tatoo art, Mehndi, LAN Gaming, Mr. and Ms. Pratibha, Lucky Draw, singing competition and Ad Mad Show etc will be the main attraction of Day 2 of PRATIBHA 2012.
The Event was coordinated by Prof P.K Agrawal with Dr Vinita Gupta.
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This project to “checkmate the polio virus” during and after the eradication of poliomyelitis could result in a live polio vaccine that cannot perpetuate. Such a vaccine could carry the beneficial effects of an oral polio vaccine namely safety, efficacy, ease of manufacture, distribution and administration along with the safety profile of an injectable polio vaccine by eliminating vaccine derived polio virus (VDPV).

“Vaccines play a crucial role in the eradication of diseases that affect millions of lives worldwide. The GCE Grant will help us accelerate the pace of research programs and Explore New Solutions in Global Health Priority Areas.” Dr. Krishna Ella, Co-Founder of Ella Foundation said.

Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) funds individuals worldwide to explore ideas that can break the mold in how we solve persistent global health and development challenges. Ella Foundation’s project is one of over 100 Grand Challenges Explorations Round 8 grants announced today by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

“Grand Challenges Explorations encourages individuals worldwide to expand the pipeline of ideas where creative, unorthodox thinking is most urgently needed,” said Chris Wilson, director of Global Health Discovery and Translational Sciences at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. “We’re excited to provide additional funding for select grantees so that they can continue to advance their idea towards global impact.”

Grand Challenges Explorations funds scientists, researchers and entrepreneurs worldwide to explore ideas that can break the mold in how we solve persistent global health and development challenges.

To receive funding, Ella Foundation and other Grand Challenges Explorations Round 8 winners demonstrated in a two-page online application a bold idea in one of five critical global heath and development topic areas that included agriculture development, immunization and nutrition.

About Grand Challenges Explorations
Grand Challenges Explorations is a US$100 million initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Launched in 2008, over 600 people in 45 countries have received Grand Challenges Explorations grants. The grant program is open to anyone from any discipline and from any organization. The initiative uses an agile, accelerated grant-making process with short two-page onlineapplications and no preliminary data required. Initial grants of US$100,000 are awarded two times ayear. Successful projects have the opportunity to receive a follow-on grant of up to US$1 million.

About Ella Foundation
Located in Genome Valley in Hyderabad, Ella foundation founded by Dr. Krishna Ella and Mrs. Suchitra Ella is well recognized as an independent Scientific and Industrial Research Organization since 2002.The key focus of Ella Foundation’s research activities is infectious diseases, the various areas of research and development include epidemiology, genomics and evolution, structure-function analyses, host- pathogen interaction and disease pathogenesis, vaccines and therapeutics as well as diagnostics.

The Foundation’s vision is to instill scientific aptitude, foster scholarship and leadership, and develop next generation scientists as well as promote innovative and high risk research programmes driven by young scientists and students under the advice of senior scientists in India and abroad. The Foundation has received many prestigious grants from agencies both in India and from abroad to carry out some of its scientific research projects.

Ella Foundation has been successful in obtaining grant funding from global funding agencies for itsongoing research projects such as adenovirus vectored vaccines, reverse genetics technology, bovinemastitis, salmonellosis, laboratory animal health monitoring etc. Ella foundation has also been instrumental in developing cell culture based vaccines for influenza.

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Mr. Murthy left the future business leaders present in the auditorium, with valuable insights, advising them to benchmark themselves always with the best in the world keeping focus on execution, as the need of the day is to bring efficiency and excellence in professional lives and a thought provoking question, “What can you do to achieve that India?”.
The convocation ceremony was held on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at the FORE campus where a total of 268 students graduated this year, in the three variants of the Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) course offered by FORE. Of these, 170 were from the flagship full-time PGDM course, 56 students from PGDM (IMG) and 42 students from the PGDM (WMG) course.

Also present in the ceremony was Mr. R.P. Billimoria, President Emeritus FORE (Former Chairman-Public Enterprises Selection Board, Govt. of India & Former Chairman-SAIL); Mr. R.C. Sharma, President, FORE (former Director CBI, Govt. of India); Dr. Jitendra K. Das, Director, FORE. Dr. Das presented the annual activity report for the institute and emphasized on FORE’s new phase of growth by going international through exchange programmes and engagement with prestigious schools like ESC Rennes, School of Business (France), Faculty of Business, UNB (Canada), Savannah University (USA) and Asian Institute of Technology. The current batch onwards will be exposed to the international business environment through an intensive immersion programme in international B-Schools. Expansion plans of existing FORE infrastructure as well as a new campus at Sonepat for also announced.

100% of FORE final year students received their placement offers and 100 % of the first year students secured their summer internship. The highest CTC this year soared to Rs. 32 lakhs, as compared to last year’s Rs. 13 lakhs, while the average CTC for final placements increased from last year’s Rs. 7 lakhs to approximately Rs. 8 lakhs this year. 32 out of the total 111 were new recruiters for the final placement this year, including companies like TATA Motors Ltd., HSBC, Castrol, Genpact, C.B. Richards, UB Group, Michael Page International, EXL Services, Honeywell, Maruti Suzuki, Sony India, Jones Lang LaSalle, Axis Bank, etc.
The convocation ended with the students high on excitement and beautiful message from Dr. B.B.L Madhukar, Vice President FORE, in the form of a shayari, “ Gul ne gulshan se gulfaam veja hai, sitaron ne aasmaan se saalam veja hai, Mubarak ho aap ko ye degree, Khuda ne Jannat se ye paigaam veja hai.”

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Patiala: Neurosurgery in India as a specialty has grown very rapidly with giant strides in technology and training of neurosurgeons in modern techniques

In order to provide information to the public on recent advances in neurological disorders, Columbia Asia Hospital, Patiala held an open discussion on May 8th2012, where two rare neuro surgeries were discussed.

Dr Arvind Malhotra, MS FICS Mch Neurosurgery Consultant Spine & Neurosurgeon shared his experience and complications that he faced while operating the two patients.
One of them suffered from Acoustic Scwhannoma (a non cancerous tumor of hearing); where a ball size tumor was successfully operated from 45 yrs old Female patient.
While the second patient suffered from Olfactory Groove Meningioma (a large benign tumor); where a cricket ball size tumor was successfully removed from a 60 year old patient.
Explaining the two cases, Dr Arvind Malhotra said, “Acoustic tumors are benign tumors of the hearing nerve and are in a sensitive area of brain where the centre for sensations of face, eyes, swallowing are present. Any damage can lead to permanent disability and even death.”
“Olfactory Groove Meningioma arises from the nerve of smell which runs between nose and brain. These compress vision nerves and frontal lobes with resulting blindness and mental behaviour changes. Such surgeries are difficult, as all nerves and vessels of the brain are in centre where the tumor is located. Precision and right technical help are two important things which are needed for such surgeries.”
Neurosurgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and extra-cranial cerebrovascular system.
About Columbia Asia Hospitals Pvt. Ltd.
Columbia Asia Hospitals Pvt. Ltd. is one of the first healthcare companies to enter the country through 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) route.

About Columbia Asia Group of Companies
The Columbia Asia Group is owned by more than 150 private equity companies, fund management organizations and individual investors. The Columbia Asia Group is owned by more than 150 private equity companies, fund management organizations and individual investors.

The group currently operates six multi-specialty community hospitals, one referral hospital and one clinic in India. The company also operates hospitals in Malaysia (10), Vietnam (3), and Indonesia (1). The Indian management operations are managed from its office in Bangalore.

The outdoor media campaign rolled out by Global Advertisers for CONVERSE shoes is creating a buzz in the market. Pantaloons Retail India, the exclusive owner of the marketing and distribution rights for CONVERSE across India, has roped in Global Advertisers for the outdoor promotion of the brand.

The creative for CONVERSE’s outdoor campaign attempts to convey the company’s commitment to create personalized pairs of shoes for their customers. A CONVERSE customer can choose from a wide range of print designs, colours for the fabric, laces and soles that will make his or her pair of CONVERSE shoes.

Global’s hoardings communicate the message of tailor-made premium athletic footwear through an image that conveys the idea of shoe customization in a unique eye-catching way. The perfect placement of Global’s hoardings for CONVERSE is being widely credited for communicating the brand message for CONVERSE and creating the required recall value.

Commenting on the response to the campaign, Sanjeev Gupta, chairman and MD, Global Advertisers, said, “We are very happy to be associated with a celebrated international brand like CONVERSE because we share with CONVERSE values like eye for detail, superlative service and a readiness to deliver tailor-made offerings to clients.”

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May 10th, 2012; Patiala: Neurosurgery in India as a specialty has grown very rapidly with giant strides in technology and training of neurosurgeons in modern techniques

In order to provide information to the public on recent advances in neurological disorders, Columbia Asia Hospital, Patiala held an open discussion on May 8th2012, where two rare neuro surgeries were discussed.

Dr Arvind Malhotra, MS FICS Mch Neurosurgery Consultant Spine & Neurosurgeon shared his experience and complications that he faced while operating the two patients.
One of them suffered from Acoustic Scwhannoma (a non cancerous tumor of hearing); where a ball size tumor was successfully operated from 45 yrs old Female patient.
While the second patient suffered from Olfactory Groove Meningioma (a large benign tumor); where a cricket ball size tumor was successfully removed from a 60 year old patient.
Explaining the two cases, Dr Arvind Malhotra said, “Acoustic tumors are benign tumors of the hearing nerve and are in a sensitive area of brain where the centre for sensations of face, eyes, swallowing are present. Any damage can lead to permanent disability and even death.”
“Olfactory Groove Meningioma arises from the nerve of smell which runs between nose and brain. These compress vision nerves and frontal lobes with resulting blindness and mental behaviour changes. Such surgeries are difficult, as all nerves and vessels of the brain are in centre where the tumor is located. Precision and right technical help are two important things which are needed for such surgeries.”
Neurosurgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and extra-cranial cerebrovascular system.
About Columbia Asia Hospitals Pvt. Ltd.
Columbia Asia Hospitals Pvt. Ltd. is one of the first healthcare companies to enter the country through 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) route.

About Columbia Asia Group of Companies
The Columbia Asia Group is owned by more than 150 private equity companies, fund management organizations and individual investors. The Columbia Asia Group is owned by more than 150 private equity companies, fund management organizations and individual investors.

The group currently operates six multi-specialty community hospitals, one referral hospital and one clinic in India. The company also operates hospitals in Malaysia (10), Vietnam (3), and Indonesia (1). The Indian management operations are managed from its office in Bangalore.

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The bank aims to grow its number of branches to 125 in the next three months, and to about 300 over the next three years. Ratnakar Bank also seeks new business opportunities by launching several new products across various verticals. To fulfill this objective and gain a competitive edge, the bank intends to leverage best-in-class banking practices on a new-age technology platform.

Speaking on the selection, Mr. Vishwavir Ahuja, Managing Director and CEO, Ratnakar Bank said “In the transformation of the bank to a vibrant new-age entity, technology will play a critical role. Since we have least legacy we believe that bringing in the latest technology will become one of our key differentiators. We are the one of the first few banks that will install the latest version of Finacle from Infosys. This aids our technology strategy and with this we future proof our core banking system.”

Ratnakar Bank’s upgrade from the legacy banking system to a new-age platform will help it effectively overcome the challenges of managing operational change. It will also enable the bank to have a 360 degree view of customer relationships which in turn would improve customer experience and enhance loyalty. This alliance will also facilitate seamless integration between all the banking channels, including online, mobile and branch thus enhancing operational efficiency and lowering transaction costs. Finacle will help the bank enhance its speed to market, in terms of product/service delivery, by supporting its expansion across both urban and rural markets of the country.

“One of the pre-requisites at Ratnakar Bank in selecting its core banking solution technology partner was for the product to have the flexibility to adapt to a dynamic environment to offer new products and services to our customers. Finacle has been able to provide the Bank with a comprehensive, integrated yet modular business solution that effectively addresses our strategic and operational challenges. We are happy to have chosen an excellent partner in Infosys to support our growth ambitions. ” said Mr. Nitin Chopra, Head – Consumer & Retail Banking at Ratnakar Bank.

Research studies indicate that 48% of customers globally plan to change their banks due to poor service levels. Finacle will play the critical role of helping the bank streamline operational efficiencies and enhance customer service. It is estimated that 11% of Indian banking customers are likely to change their banks in the future. Leveraging Finacle, Ratnakar Bank will also be better positioned to right sell personalized offerings, bundled products and an enriched segment-specific product portfolio to customers.

According to Haragopal Mangipudi, Global Head – Finacle™, Infosys, “This deal underscores the success of our product roadmap to offer banks a one stop shop for all their banking needs. Our consistent R&D investments ensure we deliver openness and best of breed functionality to improve efficiencies and enhance product delivery capability and in turn, increase profitability for our clients. We are delighted to be helping Ratnakar Bank transform its business to deliver the agility and adaptability it needs to effectively perform in an increasingly competitive market”.

About Ratnakar Bank:
Ratnakar Bank is a scheduled commercial bank established in 1943, with registered office at Kolhapur and a rich business legacy in the region serving the trading, agri & manufacturing sectors through a network of 105 licensed branches spread across Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi, Karnataka & Goa. It has assets of around Rs. 7,300 crores and a business volume of nearly Rs. 9,000 crores as of March 31, 2012. The Bank’s leadership includes a highly experienced team with strong credentials. For more information, please visit www.ratnakarbank.co.in .

About Finacle™ Universal Banking Solution
Finacle from Infosys partners with banks to power-up their innovation agenda, enabling them to differentiate their products and service, enhance customer experience and achieve greater operational efficiency. This proven and effective framework for multi-disciplinary change, enables banks to shift their strategic and operational priorities.

Finacle solutions address the core banking, e-banking, Islamic banking, treasury, wealth management and CRM requirements of retail, corporate and universal banks worldwide. Several powerful and differentiating features make Finacle one of the most comprehensive, flexible and scalable universal banking solutions in its class. These solutions, when associated with Finacle services, empower banks to maximize their opportunities for growth, while minimizing the risks that come with large-scale business transformation. For more information, visit www.infosys.com/finacle

About Infosys
Many of the world’s most successful organizations rely on the 150,000 people of Infosys to deliver measurable business value. Infosys provides business consulting, technology, engineering and outsourcing services to help clients in over 30 countries build tomorrow’s enterprise. For more information about Infosys (NASDAQ: INFY), visit www.infosys.com

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                                                     3DPLM Software Solutions deploys NetApp virtualization solutions

-      To drive rapid business growth by leveraging resulting flexibility and efficiency-

Bangalore, India, May 08, 2012 :NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP)today announced that it will help 3DPLM Software Solutions Ltd., a joint venture company of Geometric Limited and DassaultSystèmes involved in  CAD and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) product development, to make the transition to virtualized IT infrastructure. With the increasing usage of PLM in India and across the world, 3DPLM needed greater flexibility and scalability to help over 1500 developers and engineers built better applications.

NetApp’s systems and solutions, being deployed in two phases, will help 3DPLM improve the economics of their internal IT infrastructure. This will help the company increase storage capacity and lower costs. 3DPLM could save nearly 60% storage capacity due to de-duplication feature, and 20% due to thin provisioning.

Commenting on their association, Surajit Sen, Director – Channels Marketing & Alliances, NetApp India, said, “We strongly believe that NetApp’s innovative and futureready systems and solutions will play an important role in changing the economics of IT in India Inc. We are delighted that progressive companies like 3DPLM are realizing the advantages of NetApp’s virtualization solutions in their bid to drive organizational efficiencies. We look forward to a long-standing association with 3DPLM and wish them success and rapid business growth, built on NetApp technologies.”

Manoj Bhat, Head IT Operations, 3DPLM, said, “Our engineers work on very heavy files, and therefore good storage was one of the key elements in our transition towards a virtualized computing environment. With a fast growing business, we were also facing increasing demands of containing server sprawl.With NetApp’s innovative and scalable storage systems and solutions, our concerns are now addressed, and we believe we will ride on the resulting flexibility and efficiency to rapidly support our users and save tremendously on power, cooling and data center space.”

3DPLM carries out research and development for DassaultSystèmes products in India. 3DPLM, along with NetApp team, discussed the company’s challenges for virtualization; and with the help of NetApp’s Global Services team designed and deployed a solution that incorporated Cisco UCS, VMware and NetApp technologies and products to deliver a complete, end-to-end solution. Together, these features create a flexible platform that can be scaled to accommodate a variety of enterprise application workloads .Virtualizing more than 350 servers will help 3DPLM save a projected 119KW of power and any sudden increase in the business requirement can be fulfilled without any loss of time

SUPPORTING RESOURCES 

·         NetApp Storage Solutions for ServerVirtualization:http://www.netapp.com/us/solutions/infrastructure/virtualization/server/

·         NetApp’s Nick Howell’s ‘Virtualization Arcade’ blog: http://blogs.netapp.com/varcade/

·         NetApp’s Tim Waldron’s ‘Tim’s Tales’ blog: http://blogs.netapp.com/tim/

·         FlexPod™ Data Center Solution :http://www.netapp.com/us/technology/flexpod/

·         Follow NetApp onTwitter, Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn

About 3DPLM

3DPLM Software Solutions Limited (3DPLM) is a 58:42 joint venture between Geometric Ltd,  a specialist in product lifecycle management, outsourced product development and global engineering solutions, and Dassault  Systèmes (Nasdaq : DASTY; Euronext Paris : #13065, DSY.PA), the world’s leading provider of CAD tools and PLM solutions. Established in 2002, 3DPLM delivers product development, industrialization, maintenance, documentation, and support for cutting-edge and innovative products like CATIA, ENOVIA, DELMIA, SIMULIA, 3DVIA, and SolidWorks. For more information about 3DPLM, please visit http://www.3dplmsoftware.com

About NetApp

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Seize the opportunity to ‘Write the Future’

Develop exciting apps for Facebook & win iPads, Smartphones, iPods and more…

India, May 9, 2012: Following the astounding popularity of FaceCode Hackathon, the first app development contest of its kind, KRDS, the country’s largest Facebook Preferred Developer Consultant (now PMD), is organizing ‘KRDS FaceCode’ for the second year in a row. ‘KRDS FaceCode’ is a 24hr, all-night hack contest for the developer community to build apps exclusively for Facebook. The enthusiastic response displayed by this community last year encouraged KRDS to conduct a second edition, the theme for which is ‘Write the Future’. FaceCode is one of India’s largest hackathons in scope; it encourages people to develop apps around real-life national issues like corruption, education, traffic hauls etc. on Facebook, to lead Indians into a better future.

The contest begins on Saturday, May 19^th and ends on Sunday, May 20^th. FaceCode is open to all enthusiasts – freshers as well as working professionals – who can participate online or from KRDS’ offices in Chennai, Bengaluru and Delhi.  Interested participants can log onto:   https://www.facebook.com/KRDS?sk=app_378766885488137 to register. They can post queries/responses at https://www.facebook.com/groups/facecode2012/ or email facecode2012@krds.com or tweet with the hashtag ‘#facecode2012’. While registrations are open until 8pm on Friday, May 18^th, participants are encouraged to register at the earliest to get the right team members and also to receive necessary communication about the contest.

Announcing the competition and inviting participants, Mr. Preetham Venkky, Business Head Asia, KRDS(Facebook Experts) said, “The overwhelming response last year of over 1000 registrations and the quality of apps we judged has convinced us that India has the best talent pool in the app development space. With the second edition of FaceCode hackathon we want to bring out the indigenous best in the young as well as experienced developers in the country.”

According to industry veterans, hackathons are an ideal platform to come up with some strong prototypes and provide implementation ideas for the same. Developers deal with challenges on a day to day basis, but a challenge to ‘Write the Future’ is definitely one that is worth taking up!

About KRDS

Incorporated in 2008, KRDS (www.krds.in) is a company that ideates and develops successful social media applications. KRDS is the No. 1 company in France for Facebook application development with operations in Spain, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland & India. KRDS develops and manages Facebook Applications, Facebook Pages, Customized Landing Tabs, Facebook Connect and Facebook Ads.  Their service offerings include Ideation, Conception, Development, Hosting, Advertising and Monitoring.

Headquartered in Chennai, KRDS India is the first company in the region to be a certified as a Preferred Developer Consultant by Facebook. KRDS has worked with over 150 brands which include global names such as Diesel, Titan, Dior, Canal+, Kurkure, Chivas and Diageo.

The event was the result of dedicated student work and their support along with the team member of MAAC Kamla Nagar. “The gallery work was astonishing, there is a lot of hidden talent among students and a gallery like this provides them a platform to put their work across. Such initiatives are very important for the industry so that we can see more and more talent come forward,” said Amitabh.

“It was an honor to have Mr. Amitabh and Mr. Vikas Tewari, Senior VP, MAAC, with us as the Guests of the event, welcoming our contribution to the art 3D Animation & VFX and kicking off what was a spectacular event for us. Our students are creating amazing works and we always felt the need to put their work between the masses giving them a much needed stage. The response for the gallery is a nice surprise. We would plan to hold it even bigger next year and make it theme oriented.” said Madhav Ojha, Center Director MAAC Kamla Nagar.

About MAAC Kamla Nagar

MAAC Kamla Nagar is located right in the heart of Delhi University and has been a major name among the producer of the finest artists in 3D Animation, Visual Effects and Multimedia. The institute is known for taking such initiative for the best development of their student. For more details on the various events and offering by MAAC Kamla Nagar one can call +91-8800091500 or visit www.top3danimation.com.

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The new IEEE 802.11-2012 revision has been expanded significantly by supporting devices and networks that are faster, more secure, while offering improved Quality of Service and, improved cellular network hand-off. IEEE 802.11 standards, often referred to as “Wi-Fi®,”already underpin wireless networking applications around the world, such as wireless access to the Internet from offices, homes, airports, hotels, restaurants, trains and aircraft around the world. The standard’s relevance continues to expand with the emergence of new applications, such as the smart grid, which augments the facility for electricity generation, distribution, delivery and consumption with a two-way, end-to-end network for communications and control.

“IEEE 802.11 is obviously a standard of tremendous impact for developers and users of Wi-Fi-enabled devices, service providers, the global smart-grid community, manufacturers, healthcare workers and retail service providers around the world,” said Phil Solis, research director with ABI Research. “In the 15years since the standard’s original publication, we’ve seen wireless networking evolve from a curiosity and nice-to-have capability to a must-have feature for doing business in a wide range of industries around the world. It’s a capability that today is expected to be embedded in almost any communications device, and it’s a service that’s expected to be available to employees and customers almost anywhere in the world.”

IEEE 802.11defines one MAC and several PHY specifications for wireless connectivity for fixed, portable and mobile stations. IEEE 802.11-2012 is the fourth revision of the standard to be released since its initial publication in 1997. In addition to incorporating various technical updates and enhancements, IEEE 802.11-2012 consolidates 10 amendments to the base standard that were approved since IEEE 802.11’s last full revision, in 2007. IEEE 802.11n™, for example, defined MAC and PHY modifications to enable much higher throughputs, with a maximum of 600Mb/s; other amendments that have been incorporated into IEEE 802.11-2012 addressed direct-link setup, “fast roam,”radio resource measurement, operation in the 3650-3700MHz band, vehicular environments, mesh networking, security, broadcast/multicast and unicast data delivery, interworking with external networks and network management.

“The new IEEE 802.11 release is the product of an evolutionary process that has played out over five years and drawn on the expertise and efforts of hundreds of participants worldwide. More than 300 voters from a sweeping cross-section of global industry contributed to the new standard, which has roughly doubled in size since its last published revision,” said Bruce Kraemer, chair of the IEEE 802.11 working group. “Every day, about two million products that contain IEEE 802.11-based technology for wireless communications are shipped around the world. Continuous enhancement of the standard has helped drive technical innovation and global market growth. And work on the next generation of IEEE 802.11 already has commenced with a variety of project goals including extensions that will increase the data rate by a factor of 10, improve audio/video delivery, increase range and decrease power consumption.”

About the IEEE Standards Association
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Delta’s Ultron Series is a double-conversion and IGBT-rectifier three phase UPS. With a state-of-the-art triple level inverter (TLI) and three phase power factor correction (PFC) topology, the product features industry leading performance. Aiming to achieve the highest availability possible, Delta’s Ultron Series has special designs in the areas of battery management, fan speed control and ease of maintenance. With a smaller footprint, higher efficiency, and lower cost, the Delta Ultron Series is also transformer less and designed to meet today’s market requirements. In addition, Delta offers an optional inbuilt isolated-transformer model for when galvanic isolation is needed by the application.

Dr. Charles Tsai, general manager of Delta’s Mission Critical Infrastructure Solutions Business Unit (MCIS BU), said, “The excellent power performance and high system availability of the Ultron Series provides customers with the benefits of stable power supply, high power efficiency, low capital investment and low overall operational cost. In terms of size and footprint, we are proud to claim the Ultron Series as the most compact UPS of its kind in the market.”
“In Europe, Russia and India we’ve seen the Ultron Series installed to protect a wide range of mission critical applications including telecom infrastructure, data centers, and in the manufacturing environment for paper, solar products, bearings, and more. We believe it will be also be highly acclaimed as a high performance UPS in the new markets,” said Dr. Tsai. “Delta Electronics is committed to fulfilling its mission, “To provide innovative, clean and energy-efficient solutions for a better tomorrow.” We expect to launch more models in the Ultron Series and will continue Delta’s engineering efforts in UPS development in response to global customer needs”.

About Delta Group
A global leader in power electronics since 1971, Delta Group pursues the mission “To provide innovative, clean and energy efficient solutions for a better tomorrow.” Delta Group is the world’s top provider of power management and thermal management solutions, as well as a major source for components, visual displays, industrial automation, networking products, and renewable energy solutions. Delta has sales offices worldwide and manufacturing plants in Taiwan, China, Thailand, Japan, Mexico, India, Brazil and Europe. Committed to environmental protection, Delta uses environmentally-friendly green buildings, and implements green, lead-free production, recycling and waste management programs. Delta was recently named to two of the prestigious 2011 Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes: the DJSI World Index and the DJSI Asia/ Pacific Index.

More information about Delta Group can be found at www.deltaelectronicsindia.com

About Delta UPS and MCIS BU
Delta’s Mission Critical Infrastructure Solutions (MCIS) business unit (BU) has developed a variety of UPS solutions. Positioned as “The power behind competitiveness,” the MCIS strives to play an important role in making our customers’ businesses and operations more competitive. Our mission is realized by providing highly reliable and efficient power management products, including UPS and datacenter infrastructure solutions that ensure the continuity of mission critical operations and better total cost of ownership (TCO). Delta offers 4 UPS product families.

More information about Delta MCIS products can be found at www.deltaelectronicsindia.com

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Most hospitals as a rule do not allow patients to consume food brought externally as it could be contaminated or improperly cooked, which can lead to other complications. Hinduja Hospital’s in-house food service department already has strict protocols that are followed to maintain food safety and hygiene. Yet the hospital believed in getting this authenticated by a third party hence, went in for HACCP certification. The hospital prepares each day approximately 3500 packs of food.

Mr. Pramod Lele, CEO, Hinduja Hospital said, “The food and food service department is equally important in speedy recovery of patients. We therefore decided to subject our FSD to the most stringent auditing standards. This certification is usually sought after by hotel industry but we decided to go for the certification as Hinduja Hospital always ensured ‘Quality Healthcare for All’ and thus we have become the first hospital to get HACCP certified.”

Mrs. Savinder Kaur, Director Support Services said, “Hinduja Hospital is driven by Excellence in Patient Care and Employees Development. My team is totally committed to carry out assigned activities as a challenge to perform with a highest degree of excellence. Based on their dedication & work ethics we were motivated to subject our department to inspection by a renowned regulatory authority Det Norske Veritas AS (DNV) which resulted in us being the 1st HACCP certified hospital in India. We are confident to continue to provide in future, safe food which is one of the important requirements of Quality delivery of Patient Care.”

The certification process involved audits conducted by, DNV Business Assurance Management, Netherlands. HACCP certification ensures that the systems for managing food safety are in place and adequate pre requisite programmes are established for ensuring safe food. The HACCP methodology is a structured, preventive approach to food safety that optimises efforts to provide the consumer with safe food. An efficient food safety management system tailored to the processes will support the organisation’s efforts to prevent food safety failures and associated costs, and ensure legal compliance. At the Hinduja Hospital, the auditors audited the receiving, pre-preparation, cooking and serving of Indian and Continental vegetarian food of the hospital. In other words they audited the entire food chain, raw material storage to the cooked food being served to patients and others in the hospital and finally presented the certificate.

“We at DNV would like to congratulate the management of P D Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Centre for successfully getting the HACCP Certification. HACCP certification of Food safety Management system for the food preparation and servicing is an unique and commendable initiative undertaken by P D Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Centre. It demonstrates the organization’s commitment towards food safety compliance for its staff and patients. Certification helps the organization to measure their system against acknowledged and relevant food safety standards and contribute to continual improvement,” said Sujitkumar Nair, Zonal Head (Food Sector & Training Services) – West, Det Norske Veritas AS.

Any business related to food or food production has to be registered with The Food Safety Standard Authority India (FSSAI). The FSSAI act is all about safety and hygiene of food and HACCP is considered the apex certification when it comes to quality, safety and hygiene of food. The certification from HACCP is one among the others where the hospital has been at the vanguard of many such quality initiatives including NABH, CAP, ISO 27001 for IT safety and Six Sigma to name a few.

About Hinduja Hospital:
P.D.Hinduja Hospital, part of the Hinduja Group, is an ultramodern tertiary care hospital with a Medical Research Centre. The hospital has been created in association with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGM), Boston. P.D.Hinduja Hospital was the first multi disciplinary tertiary care hospital to receive ISO 9002 Certification from KEMA of Netherlands for Quality Management System. It is also the first hospital to be honored with the IMC Ramkrishna Bajaj National Quality Award for 2007. This NABH (National Accreditation for Hospitals) accredited hospital is the first in SAARC countries to have a College of American Pathologists (CAP) accredited laboratory. The hospital has to its credit, the ISO 27001 certification for IT Management Systems. Hinduja Hospital has been awarded as the best multi-specialty hospital in Mumbai for the past four years continuously by a leading weekly magazine and now as it completes 60 years of operations; it was awarded as the Best Multi Specialty Hospital in India – Metro at the 2011 India Healthcare Awards

These are designed with utmost care and precision. The designs are both traditional as well as contemporary. These designer blouses can ensure the highest levels of satisfaction to the clients. We utilize the finest grade fabrics and threads to manufacture our range and this is done to ascertain that the apparel is stylish and cost effective at the same time, said Ms. Sarvamangala.

Designer blouse are the hottest and most sought after by many fashionable women today. The latest Bollywood trends fuelled to this trend. We offer off shoulders, haulter necks, tie up necklines, boat necks, noodle straps, backless are quite haute and in vogue these days. A beautiful embroidered blouse having pattern in the back, make you feel different from the crowd. We offer such designer blouse that showcases feminine beauty. Some of them are aesthetically cut back. The designer blouse will make you stand out in any party and earn you praises. The range includes blouses of different patterns, colours and style to make you feel more feminine, which are crafted using superior quality fabrics. These are stitched to perfection, embellished with sequins, beads and decorated with intricate embroidery work she informed. The range starts from Rs 700/- and can go up to Rs.4000/-. All in all, Anagha showcases more than 500 designer blouses.

Anagha Designer blouses are class apart from other in design, prints and pattern, Color combination, sizes, embellishment, accessories used, choice of fabric. It is collection is eye catching, known for beautiful colour combinations, innovative designs, finish, standard, traditional yet contemporary look, soft and fine finish and higher tear strength.

What is really interesting and makes Anagha different from others is it deals in only Handloom fabric. Anagha is dubbed by many discerning customers as Handloom Haven. The Handloom clothes are known for its heritage and the tradition of excellent craftsmanship. Handlooms provide livelihood to millions of weavers and craftspersons. But, weavers are slowly going out of their tradition. Anagha extends helping hand by contributing to restore dying art of weaving and helps weaver community by only trading in Handloom clothes she informed.

Ms. Sarvamangala Chavali is a woman of many facets. She has designed of these collections herself. She is the Outstanding Woman Entrepreneur Award winner from Federation of AP Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FAPCCI), an Airhostess turned Fashion Designer, who designed clothes for many films and film stars like Shabana Azmi, Juhi Chawla, Kalyani etc. She is a model and does modeling for all the ads of Anagha Store. She has done TV commercials of Vencobb Chicken and The Hindu newspaper too. She is also an amateur actor who debuted in “Oh my Friend” and is now doing “Seetamma Vakettlo Sirimalle Chettu”. Mahesh Babu and Venkatesh are starring in this movie. Sarvamangala is an ISB Graduate under Goldman Sachs, 10,000 Women Entrepreneurs Certificate Program, a global initiative of the New York’s Goldman Sachs to provide business and management education to the under-served women. Ms. Sarvamangala Chavali is a single parent of two children. She works for the empowerment of the women and poor weavers and provides employment to differently-abled women.

You can visit Anagha Store at 6-3-251/2/1/b, 1st Floor, Lane between Post Office & GVK 1 Mall, Opp. to GVK Mall Exit in the lane,, Road No. 1, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad – 500034. Tel: 040 66252911 & 64607711

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“The first green revolution took care of food security but did not address the problem of providing healthy food. We now need new technology in agriculture that can address the problem of malnutrition, Dr B Sesikeran, Director National Institute of Nutrition said at a panel discussion.

“Food security alone is not enough to ensure health and nutrition for the people of this country. We need to look at production of vegetables, fruits and foods that contain micronutrients through the use of technology and ensure value addition. At every level of agriculture you need technological revolution.

Several suggestions to bolster agriculture growth through utilization of better seeds and thereby farmers prosperity were made during the media workshop with experts organized by IndoAsiancommodities.com, a website devoted to indepth analysis and opinions on commodities, metals and farm technology.

‘Technology as a Driver of Growth: Ensuring Farm Prosperity’, is the fourth in a series of media workshops and panel discussion on the importance of farm technology being organised by IndoAsiancommodites.com. The first such event was held in Jaipur and chaired by Dr Swapan Datta, Deputy Director General, Indian Council for Agricultural Research. The other two events were held in Bhopal and Ahmedabad.

Raghava Rao, managing director of Kohinoor Hatcheries Ltd said misconceptions and policy irritants were preventing technology from percolating to the farmers and proving detrimental to them in the long run.

Speaking at the workshop Dr Dwarkesh Parihar, Chief Scientist at Shriram Bioseed Genetics, said there was no doubt in the minds of the scientific community over the use of biotechnology. “It is a fantastic technology that has benefited the farmer, the people and the country.” he said adding there was a need to understand the science behind the technology and to appreciate its longterm benefits in improving people’s lives.

According to Sesikeran ensuring that people of the country get food was the primary goal of what is known now as food security that led to the green and white revolutions . He emphasised the time has come to use technology to step up quality food production.

Sesikeran said doubts over use of GM technology were misplaced and most of Europe, where the anti GM debate had started, has now accepted it. “Even in Europe more and more countries like Spain, France and Italy have taken to GM technology. North America and South America adopted this technology in the 1990 and if any proof is needed here is a history of safe human use “, he said. “With this technology if millions of lives can be saved we should embrace it as benefits far outweigh risks,” Sesikaran added.

Saying that doubts over GM technology do not have any scientific base, he said several GM crops are on trial but the process has slowed down because of misplaced notions and protests.

Parihar said somehow over the years BT and biotechnology got merged in the minds of the people and pointed out there was a vast difference between the two. He said biotechnology led to lower cost of production, higher yields and reduced the risk of dangerous chemicals.

Raghava Rao said too much focus on cereals led to a drop in production of pulses, oilseeds and corn and blamed the government for its “shortsighted” objectives. He said technology should be utilized to assess why prices of a particular commodity were going up or down as ultimately it was the farmer who was suffering because of the fluctuation in prices and it was also leading to frequent change in cropping patterns. He said Indian agriculture was still highly rain dependant and technology should be used for better forecasting of rains and monsoon.

The need for adopting modern farm technology to step up productivity and meet nutritional requirements while India, an agro-based economy, is on the threshold of a second green revolution, were emphasized by eminent experts at an interactive discussion here today.

Participating in the discussion the panelists said science and technology could be used to ensure value addition in crops and for evolving techniques for plants to withstand environmental and climate induced changes like droughts, floods and temperature fluctuations. Issues related to limited resources like water and fertile land, impact of climate change, bio safety and food safety aspects, use of chemicals such as fertilisers and pesticides needed to be addressed.

While the country was producing a record 250 million tonnes of foodgrains annually, 42 percent of women and children remain malnourished. Productivity had to be enhanced substantially to ensure everyone had access to nutritious food. For effective and quick agricultural operations use of machinery is crucial, it was pointed out. Farm machinery includes tools for deep ploughing, land leveling caring land, and other operation. For threshing and harvesting multipurpose machinery are imperative for saving time and labour and for efficient work.

The next round of technology requires the spread of improved variety of seeds to release land for crops where demand elasticity is greater – fruits, vegetables, and feed for animal husbandry products. Agriculture sector reforms are necessary to improve soil fertility, water management, new technologies, markets and creation of efficient value chains for supply and delivery.

India has the world’s second largest area under agriculture and also enjoys the second position in the world in terms of overall agricultural production. With a billion plus growing population in the country, it becomes imperative for India to increase its agricultural productivity, to not only be able to feed the growing population, but also provide raw material for the development of various industries. Agriculture and associated industries also account for about 50% of the country’s manpower.

It is estimated that the country would need an additional 50 million tonnes of foodgrains in the next 10 years to meet the domestic demand, as enunciated by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in his address to the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) recently.

The government in a report on ‘State of Indian Agriculture’ presented to parliament in February emphasized the need to bridge the yield gap in low productivity regions by technology, inputs and other interventions. It said raising productivity also assumes significance in view of the demand for land area growing for industrialization, infrastructure and housing.

Use of hybrid seeds, irrigation and modern practices of agriculture have changed the farming picture. Now with more yield per hectare, advanced agricultural implements such as automatic seed drills to sow seeds and seed cum-fertilizer drills (to sow seed and fertilizer at a time) are also being increasingly used by farmers. Agriculture research and technological infusion are key to strengthen domestic agriculture and to ensure sustainable growth, reduce farm losses and increase farmers’ incomes. Due to stagnating crop yields, agriculture is on a decline and no longer attracts people as a lucrative profession, especially the youth.

As such there is a need for corporates, research institutes and agricultural departments of central and state governments to engage more closely with farmers and for the government to be more proactive on issues concerning agriculture technology to revamp the agriculture sector and growth.

About IndoAsiancommodities.com: IndoAsiancommodities.com offers a platform to people who matter to discuss issues of relevance. It is our attempt to ensure that policy wonks get space to share their perspective with an industry busy with tenders and trading. It is our mission to better decipher an industry that is not perceived to be glamorous but yet has an important bearing on our day-to-day lives. To know more, please visit: http://www.indoasiancommodities.com/

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Chennai, 8th May 2012: CX Precision Mechanical (India), a subsidiary of Chunxing Group Company based in China, a leading manufacturer of castings, CNC and stamping products serving Telecom, Automotive, Electronics, Medical and Aviation Industries, today signed an agreement with Sri City to set up its manufacturing facility in Special Economic Zone (SEZ).

Commenting on their investment, Mr. R. N. Kannan, General Manager, CX Precision Mechanical (India) said, “Our Directors Mr. Jack Mao and Mr. Carvin Chen are planning to setup a big facility with a total investment of 100 crores to cater the export market and the huge Indian market in a long term course. The first phase of the facility has been established with an initial investment of Rs.40 crore, the manufacturing facility is expected to commence production from October 2012 and provide employment to around 300 people and indirect jobs to 500 people”. The new unit’s products will be catering to the market base of leading players like Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), Sanmina-SCI and so on with further focus on multiple sectors in the near future.

“Sri City is a great location with favourable government support, availability of labour and conducive business environment. We are confident that our manufacturing facility in Sri City will enable us to increase our production pace and reduce the risk of transportation to meet the local demand”, he added.

Mr. Ravindra Sannareddy, Managing Director, Sri City, said, “ It is another milestone for Sri City which is well on its way to becoming a true ‘World City ’ with the convergence of companies from all over the world at this plug-n-play integrated business zone. Currently we have companies from over 22 countries spanning the globe from the USA to Japan. While this is only the second Chinese company to come to Sri City, we have a strong pipeline and we expect to have at least 4-5 more companies in the next 6 months”.

About Sri City
Sri City is an emerging world-class Business City located 55-kms from Chennai. It has the distinction of being the largest private sector multi-product Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in South India with a Domestic Tariff Zone (DTZ) and a Free Trade & Warehousing Zone (FTWZ) built in functional partnership with the Government of Andhra Pradesh. Strategically located, Sri City offers the distinct advantage of well-established connectivity by rail, and road with proximity to three seaports and two airports. Today, Sri City as a whole is home to over 70 industries from 22 countries which is truly unique.

Built on the ‘Work-Live-Learn-Play’ concept and master-planned by Jurong Consultants, Singapore, Sri City is an integrated development of a world-class business city with lifestyle facilities. Well-demarcated industrial zones within the SEZ and DTZ include automotive, engineering, logistics & warehousing, aerospace, electronics, biotech/pharma and IT/BPO, renewable energy and other eco-friendly industries. The trading zone (FTWZ) will primarily cater to companies trading in imports and re-exports, packaging, storage and distribution in the local markets.

In addition, country specific enclaves are specially created to offer specific and exclusive facilities to companies from these countries. The enclave will include a gated community development that offers native-style homes, food-courts with native chefs, translators and an 18-hole golf course. Robust industrial infrastructure such as road, water, power, telecom and sewer networks will service these zones making Sri City a hassle-free operational zone. Residential areas, commercial hubs, world-class healthcare, educational institutions, recreation centres and all necessary amenities will support the industrial zones at Sri City making it a truly integrated development for business and lifestyle.
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