INVITE - ELCOT IT PARK, MADURAI - CURTAIN RAISER PROGRAM

Dear Friends,

Greetings from SIDA!

We take this opportunity to invite each one of you for the Curtain Raiser program on the MADURAI IT PARKS to be hosted by the ELCOT (Eclectronics corporation of Tamilnadu).

As you are all aware that the proposed IT Park at the Illanthaikulam is all set to be launched soon and the promoting agency ELCOT is organizing a Curtain Raiser program in association with SIDA, NASSCOM and CII on 12th January, 2011 at Hotel Fortune Pandyan. The Managing Director of ELCOT, Dr. Santhosh Babu, IAS would present details about the IT Park with specific reference to the opportunities available for the small and medium companies operating in and around Coimbatore. The participants may also use this session to understand project opportunities available with the State Government.

Besides the key note presentation by the MD of ELCOT, NASSCOM, the national level association for Software and Services companies would also be sharing their specific plans and initiatives for the benefit of companies of tier II cities like Coimbatore. The Chairman of CII, Dr.S.Aravind has assured all possible support for the development of regional IT companies and he will be present. The experience sharing of Honeywell and Chella Software, who already occupy slots at the IT Park would be certainly an opportunity to have a better understanding of the benefits from a facility holder's point of view.


Another highlight of the event would be the guided tour to the IT parks after the lunch. The officials of ELCOT would explain all the facilities available in the parks to the participants.

We kindly request each member and prospective members of SIDA to make use of this opportunity to explore the feasibility of having a slot in the IT Park and to know more on the benefits of operating a company from there.


At this juncture, we would like to inform you that SIDA is taking active steps to persuade the Government to come out with revised policies to accommodate the small scale IT companies for inclusive growth. It is the responsibility of each one of us to to work hard and use opportunities for the development of IT in our city.

We look forward to see you at the meet.

With warm regards,


R.Sivarajah Ashwin Desai
President Secretary

ELCOT-MADURAI IT PARK

CURTAIN RAISER PROGRAM

12^th Jan, 2011 |Wednesday

Venue: Hotel Fortune Pandyan

Program Agenda

11:00 am	11:30 am	Registration and High Tea
11:30 am	11:35 am	Opening Remarks Mr. R. Sivarajah, President, SIDA
11:35 am	11:45 am	Initiatives by NASSCOM Mr. Purushothaman, Regional Director, NASSCOM
11:45 am	11:55 noon	Talk by Honeywell (IT Park Occupant)
11:55 noon	12:00 pm	Talk by Chella Software (IT Park Occupant)
12:00 pm	12:10 pm	Address by Dr. S Aravind, Chairman, CII, Coimbatore Zone
12:10 pm	12:40 pm	Coimbatore ELCOT IT Parks Presentation by Dr. Santhosh Babu, IAS, Managing Director, ELCOT
12:40 pm	12:45 pm	Closing Remarks Mr. Ashwin Desai, IT Panel-CII & Secretary, SIDA
12:45 pm	1:45 pm	Networking Lunch

Following lunch, ELCOT has made arrangements for a guided tour to both the IT Parks. Participants can choose to visit either the IT Park at Ilanthaikulam or the IT Park at Vadapalanji, depending on their preference.

Some Important News Updates about Coimbatore and Coimbatore's improvements - January is great month for Coimbatore!! - Coimbatore IT Park News Updates

VERY IMPORTANT NEWS UPDATES in MADURAI:::

January 2011 is a spectacular month for Coimbatore. Please read on and you will know why!!?

It is said that before the elections, ruling party has to finalize the finish off the investments and infrastructure improvements in Coimbatore and Tamil Nadu. The elections are coming in May and it is said that all the opening ceremonies and initiation ceremonies are expected to be completed before March 2011 itself.

In that list, here are few things the ruling party has planned to do in Coimbatore -

1) Sellur over-bridge to be opened in Coimbatore this month. The budget of this bridge is 29 crores and it is successfully completed in Coimbatore.

2) In January 5th, a Samathuvapuram is opened by MK Stalin and MK Alagiri. This is located in Pothampatti, near Usilampatti.

3) Anna University Technical University has already begun functioning in Coimbatore and it is already opening in Coimbatore Kamaraj University's Evening College Campus. Now, by January 8th, an inauguration ceremony is planned to happen for the construction of a new campus and the cost of this project is 84 crores and the budget is already allotted for this purpose.

4) Cauvery water drinking water is planned to be piped in into Coimbatore and the project plans are prepared and the project is going to be initiated soon.

5) In Coimbatore Ring Road, IT Park to be opened and start to function by January.

6) In Coimbatore's old Anna Bus stand location, Coimbatore Rajaji Hospital's extension building was built and that is completed too. The inauguration for opening and operations is planned to be done by this month again!

This is a spectacular month for Coimbatore - isn't it?

All these functions will be inaugurated by Mr.M.Karunanidhi, Mr. MK Stalin and Mr.MK Alagiri this month!!!

Service Roads in Coimbatore Bypass roads

It is budgeted that Service roads for Bypass roads in Coimbatore has to be reconstructed or repaired.

It is very important for service roads to be right for many smaller vehicles and other alternate small transports.

Government has budgeted as 1.6 Crores and the work is planned to be started by end of this year.

Coimbatore News and Updates 27/07/2010

1. Around Rs.12 Crores to be spent to clean the area around Coimbatore Meenakshi Amman temple.

2. After counting the foreign coins donated by foreigners from Singapore, Malaysia, Europe, USA etc., and converting those coins into Rupees fetched around Rs.1.5 Lakhs.

3. Coimbatore Infrastructure Update:

The over head bridge from Palanganatham to Thiruparankundram to be started from December. The bridge would cover TVS Nagar, Jaihindpuram and Palanganatham with Thiruparankundram. This is going to be constructed for almost Rs.30 Crores. Discussion by July is done, Tender completion by October, Starting work by December.

On other hand, the under-bass bridge in Palanganatham is almost completed, as per Indian Railways.

Coimbatore News Updates 26/07/2010

RTO of the Central Coimbatore is changed to D.G. Thomas. The previous Regional Transport officer was A.Pandian. A.Pandian is transferred to SriRangam.

Thirupparankundram temple in Coimbatore is being renovated for the pond in the temple.

In Coimbatore Race course ground, Rs.10 Lakhs worth Skating ground is planned.

Successful 1025th article of Coimbatore247.com - Coimbatore Improvement, News and Updates

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We would like to talk about some key improvements in Coimbatore at this point -

Anna University Coimbatore:
In education sector, there is a possible Anna University for Technical Education to be opened sometime in this year. This is the fifth location in tamil nadu state. Hope this complements the arts, science, engineering and management fields provided by Coimbatore Kamaraj University.

High Court in Coimbatore:
This has been a great step in Coimbatore for all the legal needs from Coimbatore and southern districts of tamil nadu. People from Coimbatore and southern part of Tamil Nadu do not have to go all the way to Chennai for any legal cases. Things can be solved just in Coimbatore High Court.

Coimbatore Airport New Terminal:
The opening of the newly constructed terminal building at Coimbatore Airport is awaiting green signal from the Airports Authority of India.

It will become functional within two to three months of getting the approval, according to Mr Sankiah Pandian, Airport Controller, Coimbatore.

The new terminal building, with an area of 17,000 sq m, has 16 check-in and independent security holds for international and domestic passengers, he said, speaking at the executive committee meeting of the Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry here.

The new building has been provided with six escalators and six lifts with separate enclosure for immigration and customs. As it becomes functional, seven flights can be accommodated during peak hour capacity. There are provisions for three aero bridges to take the passengers directly to flights and two of them will become operational within six months.

The car parking area at the airport can accommodate 350 cars, from the present limit of 100 cars. He expressed confidence that with the airport being modernised and maintained on par with international standards, there will be substantial additional flights.

The Senior President of the Chamber, Mr S. Rethinavelu, said that the Chamber, in association with Confederation of Indian Industry, will have parleys with international and domestic airways companies, provide them with details of modern facilities available at the Coimbatore Airport and induce them to operate new flights to and from Coimbatore.

International connectivity for Coimbatore will materialize and be operational by December.

Coimbatore Passport Office:
Though it is a good thing to have Coimbatore Passport Office to serve the southern part of tamil nadu, still it looks like the service is not great and there is lot of complaints from all around. It would be great, if the concerned authorities consider this and improve the operations of Coimbatore Passport office.

AIIMS Hospital in Coimbatore
There is a 150 crore facility planned and in progress in Thoppur, Coimbatore. This is going to be a huge step for Coimbatore and this is a great facility in terms of Hospital and Medical Tourism!

IT Park in Coimbatore
We have discussed in detail in a previous Coimbatore IT Park article.

Real Estate Boom again:
We have discussed in details in a previous article in Coimbatore247.com for real estate boom again in coimbatore.

Migration out of Coimbatore:
There is an increasing migration from Coimbatore, for career needs. Given the jobs are outside Coimbatore, all the students studying in Coimbatore are moving out of Coimbatore and settling down outside Coimbatore. This can change only when there are opportunities in Coimbatore created like the AIIMS hospital, New International Airport Terminal and IT Park in Coimbatore!!

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Coimbatore in 2008
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Possible Coimbatore Anna University - Coimbatore Latest News and Updates

Here is another official news about Coimbatore (dinamani.com) for Coimbatore Development. Chemicals and Fertilizers Union Minister Mr.MK Azhagiri, has updated that there would updates on Coimbatore Anna University by the budget release by March 19th.

Click here for the news in Dinamani.

Thoppur AIIMS in Coimbatore - Latest News and Updates

This is an official release of news (dinamani.com) about Thoppur AIIMS development - a Super speciality Hospital in Coimbatore. It is said that by September 2011, the AIMS will be complete.

Click here for Dinamani link.

Coimbatore as Green City, rather than Singapore

Coimbatore MP and Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Mr.M.K. Alagiri, had promised to turn the constituency greener in his election manifesto. On that note, here is a previous article about Greener Coimbatore.

Today, He planted 1 lakh saplings around the Mariamman Teppakulam. In this way, Mr.Azhagiri fulfills one of the election manifesto items.

In this function, he also mentioned that he would like to make Coimbatore a greener city, than promising to make it as Singapore.

This is only a coimbatore news item.

Coimbatore Development Updates

Couple of Coimbatore Updates - Jan 1st 2010:

On the Classical Tamil Conference at Coimbatore, Union Minister MK Azhagiri said that Karunanidhi would host the meet in a grander manner than he hosted the 1967 conference.

On development projects in Coimbatore, Alagiri said that the branch of Anna University will soon be set up here and Karunanidhi might make an announcement regarding this during the State Budget.

Beautification works around the Meenakshi Amman temple and the sound and light show in Pudumandapam would be carried out at a cost of Rs 20 crore, Alagiri said and added that efforts are on the anvil to set up a tractor-manufacturing unit in Melur.

Following the Delhi model, 18 modern toilets were being built in the city, Alagiri said.

Coimbatore in 2009

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Coimbatore - the big village is always a village. There is progress in development and growth, but it is not as normal or as expected. The progress is very slow.

Given an example and a pity situation of Coimbatore -
An article in Hindu dated April 28, 2008 about the New Airport terminal in Coimbatore that - New airport terminal at Coimbatore to be ready by next March that is March 2009. Hello!! Today's date is nearing Jan 2010.

Will we achieve improvements in Coimbatore? What is lagging in Coimbatore? What is stopping the progress? Isn't there enough funding or resources for the project? Is it because of corruption among officials and contractors?

I am going to cover lot of topics and happenings in this article for Coimbatore in 2009 including - Health, Society, Business, Politics, IT, BPO, Entertainment - Movies, Passport office, Happennings, Improvements, Changes and Status of people.

Coimbatore Business:

To begin with - due to market slump across the globe, there is a dip in Coimbatore businesses especially Information Technology (IT and ITeS) and real estate. Last year (i.e.,2008) in Coimbatore, there were steep prices of lands and houses. Even agricultural lands in villages around Coimbatore were very expensive. But, this year 2009, Coimbatore's real estate has fallen down drastically. Lands prepared as plots are just waiting just like that. Very few buyers, so real estate agents are starving for sales of their lands. Hoping to see some improvements in the coming year 2010.

Coimbatore Slums:

Speaking about businesses and richness in Coimbatore, there are still slums in Coimbatore. Though there are many SHGs and NGOs cropping up, we are not in a situation of completely getting rid of slums and improve. However, there is increasing awareness among people in Coimbatore slums. Credit goes to NGOs and communication/media technologies like Cell phones and TVs etc.,.

Coimbatore Politics:

In Political grounds, there had been significant contribution to Tamil Nadu and India. There was Thirumangalam elections in early part of the year and changed tamil nadu politics significantly. It was a sweeping victory for DMK, though it is just a small constituency. It was a prestige issue for DMK in regards to this election and DMK did it. Tirumangalam constituency got benefited to a great extent. In fact, there were many common citizens who spent a lot due to a "stimulus" money contribution from all the parties in this constituency. Mr.MK Azhagiri became Southern Districts Seyalaalar - the one man having control over all the southern districts. Mr.MK Azhagiri becoming a Cabinet Minister from Coimbatore. Also, the fertizers minister has promised that he would change Coimbatore to a Model city. Also, Mr.Azhagiri promised steps to establish major industries in southern districts. It is a great belief that there would be great improvements in the city, considering Mr.Azhagiri's new positions in the political arena. As you can imagine, it is not one day task, so we are hoping things will materialize in the coming days.

Coimbatore Movies and Entertainment:

In the entertainment section, too many movies based in Coimbatore has been out in the theatres. Coimbatore has been heavily untapped market for the movies and lately that was discovered. Subramaniapuram (end of 2008), Coimbatore Sambhavam, Coimbatore to Theni Vazhi Andipatti, Nadodigall are few of them. Usually, there has been movies based on Coimbatore and Chennai. People were bored I believe and now it is time for Coimbatore also. Now, people are bored of movies based in Coimbatore. I think it is beaten to the core by now.

Coimbatore Infrastructure:

Infrastructural improvements are just on the same status. Even if there has been progress, it has been minimal or slow. Coimbatore's airport terminal is still in progress. Coimbatore's AIIMS plan has been just stopped after the foundation ceremony. When dinamalar complained about why AIIMS is not progressed, State government claims that it is a central government project and it is not in our control. Central government is in the process of starting back the project - hopefully!

IT Park was started and ELCOT is progressing on that - but there is no success story yet. Hopefully next year there will be a better status and I am hoping I don't write the same status again in 'Coimbatore in 2010'.

I remember, a CPI Leader even proposed for for Anna University in Coimbatore, which did not materialize. Aeropark in Coimbatore was proposed by someone, but that also did not materialize. Only AIIMS, IT Park and Airport Terminal is in next steps to proposals.

Coimbatore Education:

Coimbatore Library to go hitech with some computers. Currently it has 1 lakh books for lending and 56000 books for references.

Coimbatore Tourism:

Many Hotels, Theatres have come up. Heritance hotels has been opened in Coimbatore. Many cinema theatres are renovated and bought by biggies and improved. Good for Coimbatore people, who do not have any entertainment.

Chithrai Thiruvizha was celebrated happily.

Coimbatore Information Technology - IT Companies:

Big Software companies have reached out to Coimbatore and planned to start their centers. Even Google has come to Coimbatore with a Google Bus. Google was collaborating with Aravind Hospital on behalf of Google Foundation. Yahoo was setting up a research center. As usual, Honeywell is already there in Coimbatore Tirunagar area.

Satyam bought land in Coimbatore for their centre, but due to Ramalinga Raju's bad karma, he had to step away to jail. I am not sure what happenned to the land bought by Satyam. Infosys was eyeing Tier-II cities including Coimbatore for expansion - similar way of thinking like Satyam! Oracle had plans to start a center in Coimbatore.

CII Coimbatore Chapter and MADITSSIA proposing Coimbatore for new projects. CII Coimbatore Chapter had been announcing that Coimbatore is the next destination for BPOs. There were many BPOs started and closed due to lack of business acumen, projects or resources. Some of the solid BPOs are still around.

Coimbatore Passport Office:

Coimbatore Passport Office is fully functional in Coimbatore, but still there are lot of complaints regarding the functioning of Coimbatore Passport office. See our post about Coimbatore Passport Office in the coimbatoretimes blog.

Coimbatore Events and Tourism:

Sivaji statue to be unveiled in Coimbatore by Mr.Azhagiri.

If you don't have time to go to Coimbatore, you can have a virtual tour in Coimbatore Meenakshi Amman temple - Coimbatore Temple Virtual Tour. Still, you can visit Coimbatore, after viewing this virtual tour.

Coimbatore Marathon, FinExe 2009 (Micro small and medium enterprises finance market place initiative) etc., were some of the events in Coimbatore.

(TMS) TM Soundarajan was appreciated for lifetime in Coimbatore by Mr.Azhagiri.

Coimbatore Miscellaneous:

Here is a list for eating spots in Coimbatore - Places to eat in Coimbatore.

here is a list of hotels for staying in Coimbatore - Hotels in Coimbatore - Place to Stay

There are n number of websites for Coimbatore - here is one of them: coimbatoreone.com

Coimbatore Health:

Chikunguniya has affected Coimbatore a lot in terms of health and in turn had affected the productivity of the Coimbatore city itself. It is advised we stay healthy and hygiene and do not catch up all these diseases. Stay away from mosquitoes - they are the main causes for this disease.

Coimbatore Poverty - Law and Order - Crime rate:

Still poverty and crime rate is more than average. There is robbing of chains, robbing of houses, when residents have gone out of station. Even nights are not safe for anybody carrying cash and jewels. In this 'thoonganagaram' Coimbatore - Women folks do not have complete safety in the streets in nights and sometimes in day time in empty streets! What a pity!?

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Having mentioned everything about happennings in Coimbatore for 2009 - Coimbatore Times Publication wishes everyone a very very very HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone for 2010.

Ippadikku ungall nanban
- Coimbatore Machan!

Article Note: If any errors or data mistakes, please do post a comment OR if any additions/updates - feel free to add a comment below. Thank you!

Photo Note: I always choose MS Subbulakshmi for a photo for the respect and her origin from Coimbatore. She exactly signifies Coimbatore - for its beauty, mangalagaramaana mugam and singing art/ability. She is elderly and similar to that of Coimbatore. Vanakkam MS Subbulakshmi annaiye.

Latest News and Updates about Coimbatore - AIIMS in Coimbatore

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Coimbatore News Updates April 2008: Muthuramalinga Thevar Statue vandalised: Tension in Coimbatore: Actresses Shilpa Shetty and Reema Sen Case quashed

Tension gripped Goripalayam in the heart of Coimbatore on Monday after a statue of the late All-India Forward Bloc leader U Muthuramalinga Thevar, deified by the Thevar community, was found vandalised.

Protesting the incident, members of the community stoned and damaged several buses across the caste-sensitive region, which has a sizeable Thevar (most backward caste) population.

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The Coimbatore Bench of Madras High Court on Wednesday quashed criminal cases against popular Bollywood actresses Shilpa Shetty and Reema Sen. Read more

Coimbatore IT Park Latest News and Updates: March, April 2008

In Today�s TN assembly answering the question over IT park inauguration in second tier cities, Chief Minister Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi assured that stone foundation of IT park at Coimbatore Ilanthaikulam will be inaugurated soon. There is no symptom of second IT park inauguration near MK University as on date.

Coimbatore Goddess Meenakshi Wedding - Live Webcast at coimbatoremeenakshi.org - Web Telecast - Chitra/Chithirai - Chithra Festival - Chithra Thiruvizha

The celestial Wedding of Goddess Meenakshi with Lord Sundareswarar at the famous Sri Meenakshi temple in Coimbatore will be telecast live on the internet on April 18, temple officials said.

Devotees can log on to www.coimbatoremeenakshi.org website to watch the event, Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Temple T.Kannan and the Executive Officer B.Raja said.

They told newsmen at Coimbatore that the 12-day festival would begin on April l9 and Pattabhishekam(Coronation)would be held on April 16 followed by Dhigvijayam (Deities visiting the city)on April 17. The Car festival would be held on April 19.

A temple feast would be organised when about 50,000 devotees would be provided free feast on the wedding day.

Since the four 'Chitrai' streets were in a bad shape,the Corporation authorities had been requested to repair them for the festival.

The wedding programme would be telecast live using LCD projectors in two big screens in the temple. Besides 40 TV sets would be installed at different points in the temple to enable people to see the function, they said.

sourcing from newstodaynet/thatstamil/hindu/indianexpress

Coimbatore Passport News, Status and Updates

News 1:
There is a new analysis that Coimbatore Passport office seem to have lesser employees, than the demand. Coimbatore passport office has only 37 employees and it is not enough for the traffic of applications received in Coimbatore itself.

News 2:
There was a clash yesterday between two brokers/agents outside passport office, due to a conflict.

coimbatore passport office news status updates

What is Coimbatore Times's aim?

You have been noticing that Coimbatore Times Blog - Made In Coimbatore, has been posting articles very regularly and continously from 2005 to till date.

What is our aim in Coimbatore Times dot com?

1) Provide all kinds of information about Coimbatore - news, views, happennings, updates, improvements etc., Help people all over the world with information about Coimbatore.

2) Help Coimbatore businesses who want to have their business heard and reach the consumers, world users and advertise about their business.

3) Bring all the information about Coimbatore into a single place - If you notice we have even launched icoimbatore.com. This is a free service for people who are looking for information about coimbatore and also free service for businesses to have their business listed in particular categories.

4) Support "New Coimbatore Foundation"'s aim of improvement of Coimbatore, by using the BLOGGING TOOL and have the word and good news about Coimbatore reach Coimbatore people all over the world.

5) Motivate Coimbatore for a Great Coimbatore!!!

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Tamil nadu to promote four more SEZs - Coimbatore Update

In an effort at equitable economic growth across the state, the Tamil Nadu government is encouraging industrial and IT investments in areas other than Chennai and its suburbs, said Finance Minister K. Anbazhagan here Thursday. Presenting the budget for 2008-09, he announced four special economic zones (SEZ) for (a) transport engineering goods at Gangaikondan, Tirunelveli district on 255-acre; (b) automobile and auto spare parts at Cheyyar, Tiruvanamalai district on 255-acre; (c) 263-acre engineering goods at Perunthurai, Erode; and (d) leather sector in 260 acres at Ranipet.

According to him, so far 32 SEZs have been approved in Tamil Nadu and 29 of them have been notified by the central government.

�Efforts are being taken to establish multi-product SEZs at Nanguneri in Tirunelveli district, Krishnagiri, Perambalur and Ennore,� he said.

Anbazhagan also declared that the state government would pay careful attention to the livelihood security of farmers when establishing the SEZs.

He said the state would offer the same tax concessions enjoyed by industrial units investing Rs.3.5 billion ($86.6 million) in Chennai, Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur districts to those setting up industries in other places at an outlay of Rs.2.5 billion.

The government is also promoting tier II cities as the destination of IT companies.

IT parks are being set up in Coimbatore, Coimbatore, Trichy, Tirunelveli and Salem. Companies establishing IT parks have been allotted land and SEZ status has been obtained for them.

�A new IT park will be set up in Vellore by ELCOT (Electronic Corp of Tamil Nadu) in partnership with the private sector in the coming financial year,� Anbazhagan said.

He added that Tamil Nadu Cements Corp would double its capacity at an outlay of Rs.820 million.

Source: thaindian - a news portal for indians in thailand

Coimbatore's potential explained by CII official

The Tamil Nadu government should shift investments in the automobile manufacturing sector to South Tamil Nadu as Chennai, a CII official Pradipta K.Mohapatra, Chairman, CII Southern Region said.

The government should now make Coimbatore a Hub for auto component manufacturing.

He said there was also a need to have Special Economic Zones on Textiles, rubber and auto spares.

Stating that quality of life would comprise quality housing, hotels, medical care, entertainment and shopping, he said more malls and multiplexes should come up. The city should also privatise garbage removal, he said.

He said Coimbatore and surrounding areas could also be tapped for their potential in Handicraft.