Sunday, September 11, 2005

Tata Indicom’s Hub launched

Tata Indicom’s Hub launched
Newindpress.com

HUBLI: Tata Teleservices launched ‘Tata Indicom True Value Hub’ in Hubli to provide complete and end-to-end service to customers.

Speaking to reporters after launching the Hub Prabhat Mani, Chief Operating Officer, Tata Teleservices, Karnataka, said the Hub promised to provide customers a truly enjoyable and enriching experience and was a one stop shop for all telecom needs.

He said that Tata Indicom was committed to provide high-quality service to potential and existing customers of Tata Indicom. He also said that it was being planned to add a total of 700 true value outlets across Karntaka by the end of 2005.

He said the Hub offered customers a first-hand experience of all handsets, accessories and online systems to allow customer to register complaints and seek resolutions and to make cash and cheque payments for bills and obtain receipts instantly.

Besides the above services, the Ture value Hub will also attend to basic handset repairs and service of handsets from customers, he said. Tata Indicom currently is offering services in 155 major towns in Karnataka and uninterrupted coverage on prominent highways.

The services include fixed wireless, CDMA mobile, Wireline and other Internet and data services like ISDN, DSL, VPNs and Data centre services and Tata Indicom had a cumulative customer base of over 4.5 lakh customers in Karnataka, he added.

Hoekstra visits Unified Soft-tech unit

Hoekstra visits Unified Soft-tech unit
Newindpress.com

HUBLI: Bob Hoekstra, CEO, M/S Philips Software Centre, visited Unified Soft-Tech Development Centre – an embedded and real time systems training and development company – in Hubli recently.

Hoekstra interacted with engineers of Unified soft-tech and reviewed the demonstration of embedded products designed and developed by unified soft-tech. He appreciated their talents and efforts and wished a success for upcoming Bangalore office of unified soft-tech.

He said it was great to see real life projects. He pointed out that the modern market was all about understanding the needs of user. Success depended on understanding the secret, he added.

Ashok Shettar, Principal, B V B College of Engineering and Technology, Hubli, Prakash N Kurdekar, CEO, Unified soft-tech, Hubli, B L Desai, Head of the Department, E and C, B V B College, Andaniswami Patil, operations manager and team of Unified soft-tech were present.

U-17 inter–dist cricket from Saturday

U-17 inter–dist cricket from Saturday
Newindpress.com

DHARWAD: The Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA)’s Dharwad zone inter-district cricket tournament commences at B V B College of Engineering and Technology ground, Hubli, from Sunday.

Hubli City takes on Gadag in the inaugural fixture. Dharwad City, Belgaum district and Karwar districts are the other teams participating in this tournament being played on the round robin league upto Sept 20.

The itinerary is as follows: Sept 11: Hubli vs Gadag, Sept 12: Hubli vs Dharwad, Sept 13: Dharwad vs Karwar, Sept 14: Karwar vs Gadag, Sept 15: Belgaum vs Dharwad, Sept 16: Belgaum vs Karwar, Sept 17: Karwar vs Hubli, Sept 18: Belgaum vs Hubli, Sept 19: Belgaum vs Gadag, Sept 20: Dharwad vs Gadag.

DHARWAD DIST TEAMS: The following players have been provisionally selected to represent the Dharwad district schools in the Divisonal level schools cricket selections.

The names announced by the Dharwad Districts Superintendent of Physical Education, G D Hiremath, after the trials held at the K E Board’s PU College ground, Dharwad are as follows:

Primary (under-14) section: Shreyas Murdeshwar (K E Board’s High School, Dharwad), Bharath Itagi, Prateek Kulkarni (both from Basel Mission English Medium High School, Dharwad), Akshay Angadi (St Paul’s High School, Hubli);

Murali Rajagopal (Rotary English Medium School, Hubli), Shashank Hulmani, Sanket Diwan (both from Pavan English Medium High School, Dharwad), Anjaneya Utagi (St Andrew’s High School, Hubli), Ketan Deshpande (JSS School, Dharwad), Sandeep Jahagirdar (Lion’s English Medium School, Hubli) and Omkar Bendre (Karnataka High School, Dharwad);

Reserves: Ramadas Hegde (Rotary English Medium School, Hubli), Kartik Borkar (Basel Mission English Medium High School, Dharwad), S Raghukumar (Karnataka State Police Childrens Residential School, Dharwad) and Rakesh Wali (K E Board’s High School, Dharwad).

High School (under-16) section: Reahmath Barchiwle (K D O Jain English Medium School, Hubli), Vidyadhar Kamble, Manjunath Melinamani, Pavan Mugali (all from K E Board’s High School, Dharwad), Abhay Narendra;

Deepesh Dharwadkar (both from Basel Mission English Medium High School, Dharwad), Akash Yalakishettar, Mion Khan (both from St Joseph’s High School, Dharwad), Shridhar Hosmani (St Paul’s High School, Hubli), Abhishek Dubey (St Mary’s High School, Hubli) and Manju Keerti (Pavan English Medium High School, Dharwad);

Reserves: Oniel Akkihal, Akhil Narendra (both from Basel Mission English Medium High School, Dharwad), Ajay A Dudihal (Lion’s English Medium School, Hubli), Lokesh Jain (Rotary English Medium School, Hubli) and Shivkumar V Gundam (Girish English Medium School, Hubli).

SMPU, SHARADA WIN: Shri Manjunatheshwar Pre-University College and Sharada Pre-University College won the boys and girls’ titles respectively in the Dharwad taluka level Pre-University inter collegiate ball badminton tournament at the Sharada PU College ground on Saturday.

Shri Manjunatheshwar PU College defeated Karnataka Science College 21-17, 22-20 to wear the boys’ crown. Earlier SMPU ousted K E Board’s PU College, Malmaddi 29-13 while Karnataka Science College defeated JSS College 29-16 in the semi final matches.

Girls final was an one sided affair with Sharada PU College ousting K E Board’s PU College, Malmaddi, 21-5, 21-6.

J S S College, Vidyagiri annexed girls’ throw-ball title outplaying Sharada PU College 15-5, 15-2. On way to the final JSS drubbed Anjuman PU College and Sharada PU College humbled Basel Mission PU College by an identical margin of 2-0 sets.

Sharada PU College Principal, M K Puranik and veteran sportsman V H Kaladagi gave away the trophies n the concluding function.

Prof Ramesh Siddhanti, Virupaksh Kurtkoti, K S Bheemannavar, Rajkumar K Islampure, B D Kurkuri and Jinnappa Kundgol were present.

Banks told to provide assistance to young IT entrepreneurs

Banks told to provide assistance to young IT entrepreneurs
The Hindu

DHARWAD: M.K. Shankarlinge Gowda, Secretary, Information Technology and Biotechnology, has called upon banks to help in the growth of the software industry in north Karnataka by extending financial assistance to young entrepreneurs.

Inaugurating the 29th anniversary celebrations of Malaprabha Grameena Bank here on Friday, Mr. Gowda said that by doing so the banks would be contributing to the development of the region indirectly.

"Bangalore city alone exports IT-related products to the tune of Rs. 30,000 crores and 40 per cent of this amount (Rs. 9,000 crores) is given to employees as salaries. These figures speak volumes about the creation of job opportunities and economic development," he said.

Mr. Gowda hoped that the Malaprabha Grameena Bank will be trailblazer in financing the information technology units. He referred to the Bangladesh model of Grameen Bank and asked the MG Bank officials to replicate some of the best practices there.

He bemoaned the fact that as a fallout of globalisation of the banking sector, consumer loans had increased significantly adversely affecting asset creation.

B.S. Surendra, Chairman of the bank, said the bank has reached the second position among the regional rural banks of the country. It plans to achieve a business level of Rs. 4,000 crores by the end of 2008, he said.

Earlier, M.S. Srikar, Deputy Commissioner, planted sapling in the garden of the bank to launch the "Vruksha Laksha" scheme of the bank.

STP building handed over to State Government

STP building handed over to State Government
The Hindu

HUBLI: The much-awaited transfer of the ownership of the commercial complex, purchased from the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation, to the State Government for housing the Software Technology Park took place on Friday, with the State Government handing over the dues to the corporation to receive the necessary papers.

M.K. Shankarlinge Gowda, Secretary, Department of Information Technology and Biotechnology, handed over a draft for Rs. 10.43 crores to Commissioner of the corporation P. Manivannan at a function held in the STP complex. It was on November 8, 1999 that the State Government decided to purchase the commercial complex built by the corporation for a sum of Rs. 23 crores through the KEONICS, a State Government undertaking.

While a token amount of Rs. 1 crore was handed over, the Government also assumed the loan burden of Rs. 11.57 crores from the corporation, which the latter had taken from the Housing and Urban Development Corporation. But the payment of the remaining sum to the corporation proved to be a matter of controversy with lot of issues being raised and the matter got postponed under one pretext or the other, leaving the issue of the ownership of the complex uncertain.

The KEONICS was unable to exercise its authority as the owner in the absence of the ownership and this came in the way of developing facilities at the complex. The matter was ultimately resolved in August this year and the government decided to pay the arrears.