It was a “starlit” marrige for Vikram, grandson of Shivaji Ganesan and son of actor Prabu tied the knot with Lakshmi Ujjaini, daughter of Dr.Mathivanan. The wedding was held at Rani Meyammai Hall at Egmore on Monday. Members from various political parties including Chief Minister Karunanidhi, Palani Manickam, Raja, E.V.K.S.Ilangovan, Vijaykanth, M.K.Stalin, Sathyaraj, Radhika and [...]

The rapidly industrialising Sriperumbudur-Irungattukkottai stretch near Chennai will soon become the node for a novel skill development initiative floated by the Confederation of Indian Industry – Southern Region. The SDI would foster industry relevant skills in unemployed youth and school dropouts to enable them to seek employment in the industries along the belt. A government-funded [...]

India’s rapid emergence as world leader in fast breeder reactor technology is necessitating multi-disciplinary research into newer areas, Baldev Raj, Director, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) in Kalpakkam, said recently. Shortly after the IGCAR and the Jeppiaar Engineering College signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate student researchers to utilise IGCAR infrastructure, [...]

Hexaware Technologies is looking to buy an IT company in Europe or USA for $20 million to $40 million, a top executive said. The company has cash balance of over $70 million. Mr Atul Nishar, Executive Chairman Hexaware told in Chennai that the company was looking – for an IT firm in ERP (enterprise resource [...]

HCL Technologies has said that SMITHS Aerospace, a part of the global technology business Smiths Group, on Feb. 27, 2007 has opened a development center in Chennai, India with the company. The development center is the result of an agreement between Smiths Aerospace and the company that was signed on Dec. 20, 2006. Under the [...]

IT major Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation will add yet another feather to its crowded cap by ringing the NASDAQ opening bell from its Chennai complex on March 5 at 9:30 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time). In a press statement, Cognizant and NASDAQ said they would co-host two celebrations – one in Chennai at Cognizant’s techno-complex and [...]

Chennai-based technology solutions provider, Teledata Informatics has plans to set up an integrated circuit known as chip-manufacturing facility in southern India, reports Hindustan Times. At present, the Rs 12,520 million company has four computer manufacturing facilities in US, Dubai, Singapore and Delhi with a total capacity of two  million notebooks and personal computers. K. Padmanabhan,MD [...]

Intel has named R. Ravichandran as South Asia Sales Director. In this role, Ravichandran will be responsible for the overall consolidation of all sales activities in South Asia across channels and OEMs. He will be based in Chennai. Ravichandran has been with Intel for more than 13 years. He is now moving back to Intel [...]

India’s Saurav Ghosal, ranked 46th in the world, lost to higher ranked Olli Touminen of Finland 5-11, 3-11, 8-11 in the men’s main draw at the Bear Sterns Tournament of Champions, a press release from the Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI) said here today.Touminen is ranked 18th in the world. In the qualifying rounds, [...]

Observing that India’s projected energy and resources requirements are enormous, a top Australian government official today said that expanding trade in energy and resources will be a critical factor between India and Australia. Inaugurating the Australian Consulate-General office here, Warren Truss, Australian Minister for Trade said: “Just as East Asia’s rapidly growing economy has been [...]

As a Major developments IT parks will comeup in Cities like Coimbatore, Trichy, Salem and Madurai. To start with the CM laid foundation  for the IT park which will be up and ready by Dec’08. Information Technology (IT) companies have booked about two lakh square feet for occupation at the Tidel Park here. The park [...]

The Department of Automobile Engineering of the Madras Institute of Technology, Anna University (Chrompet campus), is conducting a national-level technical symposium titled `Automeet 2007′ on March 1. As part of the event, a vintage car rally has been organised from Guindy to Chrompet. An `Auto Expo’, traffic rules awareness programme, `wear a helmet’ campaign and [...]