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Set up IIT in twin cities: Bommai

Set up IIT in twin cities: Bommai
Newindpress.com

Friday August 25 2006 14:33 IST

HUBLI: S R Bommai, former Union minister for Human Resource Development, recommended for the Centre to establish the proposed new Indian Institute of Technology in south India, in Hubli-Dharwad, for which 300 acres of land is already earmarked.

In a letter written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a copy of which was released to the press here on Thursday, Bommai welcomed the decision of the Union Government to establish new IITs and IIMs to ‘prepare the country to meet the challenges in the field of knowledge.’

Bommai said the UR Rao Committee had recommended that the IIT in south India should be set up in Hubli-Dharwad. He said, “Now it seems that the PMO was trying to locate IIT somewhere near Bangalore, an area that was already highly congested with no more place for tranquility, essential for such centres.”

Bommai, as HRD minister in 1996, had set up an expert committee to go into the establishment of new IITs under the leadership of Prof U R Rao, a renowned scientist. The report was duly submitted in 1998 to the HRD ministry.

The Rao Committee had recommended IITs in north, north-east and southern India. It had categorically earmarked the twin cities for the new IIT in south India.

Stressing the need to open the new IIT in Hubli-Dharwad, he said the pleasant climatic conditions, strategic geographical position, readily available manpower and several excellent professional educational institutes, were in favour of the twin cities.

NSI to invest Rs 10 Cr in Hubli

NSI to invest Rs 10 Cr in Hubli
Source: HDMC Website

Hubli: NSI, a healthcare BPO Company will invest close to Rs 10 crore in the next one year in Hubli and employ over 500 professionals in the IT and BPO space.

In a press release here, Mr Santosh Huralikoppi, chief executive officer of NSI said his company has been selected, for their third consecutive time for the Karnataka Best IT Exports Award for the Software Technology Park of India-Hubli region by STPI. The award will be given on August 25 in Bangalore .

The NSI founded in 1999 and operational in Hubli and Bangalore with marketing offices in Michigan , Florida , New York and Ohio United States of America is expanding its operations in Hubli. The company will invest close to Rs 10 crore in the next one year in Hubli and employ over 500 professionals in the IT and BPO space.

Currently it had employed over 150 professionals both in Hubli and Bangalore . The NSI caters to the US healthcare market and also has a subsidiary company GEN, which is a premier business partner of IBM.

First mall-multiplex takes shape

First mall-multiplex takes shape
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

M L Kapur
25 Aug, 2006 0140hrs IST

HUBLI: People of Hubli and surrounding towns will soon be able to keep up with the Joneses, a la Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore.

The city is going to have its first mall-cum-multiplex in the next two years, coinciding with the projected peaking of the IT boom.

Promoted by Raiker Entertainments, leading film distributors and exhibitors of the region, it will come up over a prime commercial site in Vidyanagar, the educational hub of the city.

In the next phase, a three-star hotel is also planned in the same complex on Hubli-Dharwad road. Designed by Kembhavi Architecture Foundation, it will have two underground levels plus five upper floors; with a total built-up area of 2.5 lakh sqft.

It will be the first centrally air-conditioned mall-multiplex with full power back-up, outside of Bangalore and Mangalore in Karnataka.

Ramesh Raiker of Raiker Entertainments told The Times of India: "The mall-multiplex will have five theatres with capacities ranging from 150 to 350 seats.

It will be the first such facility in North Karnataka to have escalators from the ground level atrium to the top two floors housing the theatres."

The underground levels will have parking space and a hypermarket for groceries and green groceries. The parking area will have elevators up to the upper floors.

The mall will accommodate anchor stores, retail stores for branded products, and food outlets of various sizes and formats to suit varying budgets. Raiker said "a garden will separate the mall multiplex from the proposed three-star hotel. There will also be additional open parking area between the two.We are short-listing facilities management firms for efficient maintenance and housekeeping services."

He said: "The building plans are being given the final touches. Construction will start within six months and the facility will become operational in another 18 months. We are already getting a lot of inquiries from Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi. The response is very encouraging."

Raiker Entertainments at present owns 10 cinema halls in Hubli, Dharwad, Belgaum, Bijapur, Dandeli, Sirsi, Ankola and Kumta.

It is their first foray into retail space development. The mall-multiplex aims at providing a complete family shopping and entertainment experience.