Chennai Information Technology Sector

[Ramki830]

Originally Posted by udhaya

so chennai is now officially the larget base for the largest (biggest) 2 it behemoths of the country,i think chennai's position is cemented,no doubt there is a need for more product dev companies,even if they are not mass employers.

I am afraid this may not be the case. Both the above mentioned corporates, are actively pursuing a policy of diversifying their workforce, away from Chennai.

And Chennai's IT sector is excessively dependant on these domestic based outsourcing companies, whose business model is built on paying low salaries (relatively) in offshore and selectively exporting them through H and L visas to onsite . This model cannot be sustained in long run.

What we should wish for is Chennai get more and more of Proper MNC affliates here. Like Google, CISCO, Microsoft etc. Proper global MNC IT Companies that put their base in chennai . We have some like IBM and accenture (and some like amazon) but still they are small in number. I wish that the number increases. These Global IT MNCs basing in chennai big time is the real measure of our success in IT .

[ppn123]

[QUOTE=Ramki830;103323454]Do agree on current CM. But wait ..If the previous CM was perfect in terms of industrialization and development, why is it that TN is having such a huge power deficit? Why is it that TN saw just 300 MW of addition of power generation capacity btw 2006 and 2011?

And the previous CM's party has been non stop in power in Delhi from 1996 to 2013 (except 1 year break). Why is it that TN has not got a single big railway project or a single world class international airport?

Care to explain?
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[proprashanth]

Neither DMK nor ADMK foresaw this much demand in electricity in such a short time. Blame their shortsightedness. During 2005 - 2010 the investments were humongous that almost everyone wanted to invest in IT, Auto, Electronics, etc. in and around Chennai. Real Estate flourished. Jobs created, Industries multiplied, Houses multiplied and most importantly Air Conditioners multiplied and as a consequence you can see the present demand. And this demand will only keep rising and Govt needs to plan Energy investments without holding its breath.

[Ramki830]

Both parties have ruined the state in their own ways but when it comes to power sector, 90% blame lies with Thi Mu Ka.

In 2001, JJ raised power tariff. After that, cost of power did not rise much. After 2006, price of power started rising. But DMK did not care to increase tariff. More so, they brought free TVs and that itself added big time to load.

More importantly, DMK has been part of central govt since 1999 non stop. They were in power in state also. They could have ensured that TN got some big UMPP (Ultra Mega Power plant). See how gujarat, and MP, ruled by opposition BJP have got two big ultra mega power plant. Both states, were in deficit in 2003, now are in surplus.

Tripura - small north east state, ruled by CPM for years is now having 700 MW power supply thanks to central govt investment (through ONGC/NTPC). But TN, has not got any big project. Why?

Also, DMK must have insisted that southern grid be linked to western grid ASAP, so that state can buy power from north. Why they dint do that? They showed so much importance in getting some ministries, but not this ? Why?

Finally, the power minister in state mismanaged TNEB so much, a lot of meters were dead. Collections were down. 38000 crore loss in TNEB left to Jaya's hands. She has done lot of mistakes, but on power issue, the fault wholly lies with previous govt plus UPA govt in Delhi.

[Ramki830]

Ultimately, I think it is all about our leaders not realising which is important than which.

Power sector's importance is not understood at all. It is said that DMK leader got the idea of free TV distribution from Prof Naganathan. But why did he not consult some expert on howpower situation will change down the line?

Even now, things are same. Is our present CM getting right advice from real experts? What about other party leaders? The great leaders - Vaiko, Vijaykanth, Seeman . Or ramdoss.. It is easy to criticise power situation. But do they have any ideas? Do they even talk to people who can understand the facts?

[karkal]

With second highest tele-density in country, TN set to give m-commerce a big boost

Ezhumalai, who works as a cashier in a tea shop in T. Nagar, also doubles up as a banker for scores of migrant sales staff working in commercial establishments who want to send money home.

Most of these staff hail from places like Tirunelveli and Tuticorin and their long duty hours leave them little time to go to a bank or a post office.

Instead, they simply hand over the money to Ezhumalai who retails an m-commerce service of a private mobile operator.

All he does is to push codes on a mobile handset and the money is instantly deposited in a designated bank account.

Highway Patrol cars of the State police use a GPS/GPRS technology that enables the instant location and despatch of a vehicle that is closest to an emergency site.

South of Chennai, in Veerampattinam, just beyond Puducherry, fishermen venturing into the seas use an application called BREW that improves their catch (by mapping locations of school fish), enables safe navigation (with weather warnings) and also fetches a higher price (with price listings of neighbourhood markets).

Mobile phones and wireless telephony, which were once inaccessible to most, are now not just ubiquitous communication tools across the population; they are changing lives in ways hard to imagine even a decade ago.

Mobile phone penetration, which has grown by leaps and bounds in Tamil Nadu, has now catapulted the State to second spot in India.

The State now has a mobile subscriber base of 71.81 million users, trailing only the populous State of Uttar Pradesh (121.60 million mobile phone subscribers), according to subscription data from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, as of February, 2013.

TRAI’s latest Quality of Service report is kinder than in the past and notes that there has been improvement among operators in fault incidence, turnaround time and call completion rate.

Even as wireless subscriber numbers declined nationally by an estimated 2 million due to the large-scale disconnection of inactive SIMs, none of the major telecom players reported negative growth in the State.

And, in terms of tele-density, or the number of phones per 100 inhabitants, Tamil Nadu (109.97) is second only to Delhi.

City’s tele-density nearing 200

The tele-density in Chennai is trending towards 200, which industry watchers attribute to influx of migrant workers, an active youth segment and patronage of dual SIM phones that now account for about 30 per cent of the mobile handset market in the city. Chennai’s importance as a strategic market in the mobile telephony space is reflected in the presence of as many as nine GSM operators and two CDMA players.

Government has shown clear signs of warming up to the potential of Information and Communication Technologies, especially mobile phones, with successful adoption of various pilot m-governance services - from projects that enable the public to access through a text message data on the food stocks available at the local ration shop to vaccination reminder alerts on the mobile phones of over 10,000 village health nurses that have proved a useful tool in reducing infant and maternal mortality risk.

The flip side, however, is that such innovative services are yet to go mainstream in the State.

Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan says the widespread adoption of the “108” emergency helpline and the system of using text messages preceding a Pulse Polio campaign are examples of successful leveraging of mobile telephony.

“But, I agree that the potential in this medium is yet to be fully tapped. In fact, we’re looking at a number of ways to better exploit mobile phone penetration as a mode of improving health services,” he said.

Game-changer

Airtel, which pioneered the m-commerce service Airtel Money, is set to be a game-changer in rural areas and cities like Chennai with a large migrant or floating population segments.

“M-Commerce, which works on SMS prompts on the most basic handsets, has the potential to promote financial inclusion and foster economic growth for large sections of the Indian society,” said Vikas Singh, Airtel’s CEO for Tamil Nadu & Kerala.

Vodafone, which recently launched ‘M-pesa’ in the Eastern Region, is looking to bring the service down south, while BSNL too is planning an entry into the m-commerce space shortly.

“We’re testing the ground for launching our own m-commerce service,” said BSNL Chennai Telephones spokesperson G. Vijaya.

Keywords: m-commerce, Tamil Nadu, mobile subscriber base

[ranga]

Originally Posted by Ramki830

Both parties have ruined the state in their own ways but when it comes to power sector, 90% blame lies with Thi Mu Ka.

In 2001, JJ raised power tariff. After that, cost of power did not rise much. After 2006, price of power started rising. But DMK did not care to increase tariff. More so, they brought free TVs and that itself added big time to load.

More importantly, DMK has been part of central govt since 1999 non stop. They were in power in state also. They could have ensured that TN got some big UMPP (Ultra Mega Power plant). See how gujarat, and MP, ruled by opposition BJP have got two big ultra mega power plant. Both states, were in deficit in 2003, now are in surplus.

Tripura - small north east state, ruled by CPM for years is now having 700 MW power supply thanks to central govt investment (through ONGC/NTPC). But TN, has not got any big project. Why?

Also, DMK must have insisted that southern grid be linked to western grid ASAP, so that state can buy power from north. Why they dint do that? They showed so much importance in getting some ministries, but not this ? Why?

Finally, the power minister in state mismanaged TNEB so much, a lot of meters were dead. Collections were down. 38000 crore loss in TNEB left to Jaya's hands. She has done lot of mistakes, but on power issue, the fault wholly lies with previous govt plus UPA govt in Delhi.

Power sector in TN has been ruined as it is used as a means of populism to garner votes as tariffs were not increased from time to time while input costs for power generation increased abnormally thereby TANGEDCO became bankrupt.UMPP power projects could not come to TN as the companies which wanted to bid could not agree on PPA with the state govt.Moreover the bankrupt power company of the state also made private sector or PPP model not taking off as the ability to make power purchase payments by the state govt power company is in doubt.The present Govt is rectifying the past mismanagement.The people of TN having undergone or undergoing long outages should atleast now realise that power cannot come for free or at an uneconomical price otherwise TN and its people will have to encounter more hardships in the power front and its consquences for the economy as a whole.The central govt cannot be faulted for the populism of the state govt abd this has caused damage to all state govt undertakings.

[karkal]

iGate sacks Phaneesh Murthy after sexual harassment claim

[krishnaswamy]

iGATE terminates employment of CEO Phaneesh Murthy on sexual misconduct charges

co-founder and co-chairman Sunil Wadhwani said that the board "deliberated extensively" on the matter

"We recognize the significant contributions Mr. Murthy has provided over the past ten years in helping to establish iGATE as a leader in the IT industry. He has worked hard to improve the value of iGATE, and we greatly appreciate his efforts. However, as a result of this violation of iGATE policy, we asked Mr. Murthy to step down," Wadhwani said.
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Gerhard Watzinger, age 52, has previously worked at iGATE from 1998 to 2003 in a number of roles, including CEO of the iGATE Solutions business. Watzinger returns to iGATE from security software-maker now owned by Intel chip-maker McAfee, where he was EVP and Chief Strategy Officer.

[ppn123]

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