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SASI P M TAKES THE HELM OF IT PARKS KERALA

asi P M has taken charge as CEO of IT Parks Kerala. He was previously the head of C-DAC TrivandrumS and is currently the Director of ICFOSS. He was also the Member of Board of Directors of KEL- TRON, Member of the Technical Advi- sory Committee of AICTE; Member of Research Advisory of C-DIT and Member, Technology Development and Adaptation Committee – KSCSTE. The IT department issued a Govern- ment Order in this regard. He succeeds Hrishikesh Nair, who was serving this role for the past 3 years. Hrishikesh Nair is moving on to pursue his career back in core IT industry. He was selected during the last Government’s rule and in the three-year tenure, he has successfully completed multiple IT projects, which brought laurels to the IT industry of State. He was instrumental in develop- ing the Phase 2 expansion of 125 acres in Infopark with this first IT building and bringing in the State’s first World Trade Center to the campus. His efforts were well recognised, and when the present Government took ‘Technocity’ and expanded its IT growth phase – with over 1 lakh direct a decision to consolidate all IT parks space by inviting investments to the employment and 700+ companies in OCT - NOV 2019 - NOV OCT under one CEO, he was chosen and State like Nissan, H&R Block, Teranet, the three IT parks together contrib- given additional responsibility of all IT Taurus Investments etc. In three years, uting towards software exports worth parks in the State. He completed the he could turn around Technopark to Rs. 14,000 crore. Also 55 lakh sq. ft. of first IT building as well as the Mobile a financially stable CRISIL-A rated built up IT space of the total one crore Applications incubator at Cyberpark position, which was truly a defining sq. ft. target of built up space is already Kozhikode. Under his leadership, moment for Kerala IT. achieved, and the remaining work is in

22 Technopark developed its 4th Phase Currently the IT parks are back in a fast progress. KERALA IT COS WIDEN GLOBAL CONNECT AT GITEX 2019 ompanies from the three IT Parks in Kerala represented the State’s CIT industry at the GITEX Technology Week, the biggest IT expo in Middle East market. The Kerala IT Pavilion was inaugurated by Chief Minister’s IT Fellow Arun Balachandran who led the delegation from Kerala to GITEX. Fifteen IT companies from Kerala participated in the event. Kerala IT, under its ‘Global IT Connect’ initiative for over the last decade has provided a platform for cording to an official release from IT partners, the two regions can leverage the IT companies in the State to Parks Kerala, the interactions with the each other’s strength and thus look showcase their products, services, get global IT community at the conclave forward to GITEX as an enhanced international exposure, build business have encouraged many investors to collaboration platform in the field of network and interact on the changing set up their IT startup companies in IT,” Arun said. technology trends. Kerala. The companies from various IT Kerala was the only State that “With wider reach of e-Governance parks which participated at the event represented at GITEX and and m-Governance, growing Smart were Zoondia, Ospyn, Neoito Tech- prominently displayed the services Cities, faster deployment of IoT, UAE nologies, Webandcrafts, Toobler, and products by the participant com- is already moving from an oil-based OGES Infotech, Weft Technologies, panies in the main exhibition hall. economy to being a digital capital of Bassam Infotech, Office KIT HR, The participation in GITEX helped the world. Kerala is fast progressing as Capio Interactive, Mentor Perfor- Kerala to promote its IT ecosystem as a knowledge economy, leveraging the mance Rating, Cybrosys, Syssol, a brand in the Middle East region. Ac- wealth of its skilled human capital. As Beacon Infotech and Sigosoft.

TWO-DAY WORKSHOP ON CYBERSECURITY HELD two-day cyber security workshop – RedTeam Security Summit 2019A organised by RedTeam Hacker Academy at Cyberpark Kozhikode recently discussed the emerging challenges and solutions. Cybersecurity enthusiasts and experts from across the country shared their skills and knowledge in the fields of IoT, Machine Learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and quantum computing. Ashok Yadav, Inspector General of Police and Sasi P M, CEO of IT Parks “By next year, over 500 IoT prod- compliance to inform about tactics Kerala inaugurated the event which ucts are expected to be launched, and strategies involved in cyber- was co-organised by Calicut Forum especially in the healthcare sector. security compliance. Gokul Alex, for IT (CafIT). The future is going to witness rising Associate Director, PwC India, held Speaking at the event, the newly challenges in cybersecurity with a session on Quantum Computing, appointed CEO of IT Parks Kerala the advancement of technology,” he elaborating on the next breakthrough said that mobile phones which have added. in computing technology. 2019 - NOV OCT become an integral part of our lives The event comprised of workshops To add spice to the mix the event were also posing security threats to and talk sessions. Vaibhav Bedi, consisted of a CTF Challenge in society. He added that women and Cybersecurity Expert held a session which the contestants had to gain children are increasingly falling vic- on Firmware Reverse Engineering. complete access of a system to win, tims to cybersecurity threats which Dinesh O Bareja, Cybersecurity and the winning team was rewarded

manifest in various forms. Consultant spoke on cybersecurity with a bounty of Rs. 10,000. 23 24 OCT - NOV 2019 U UST GLOBAL HONOUREDBY ‘ women inclusive to policies attract mark among companies with more Lives’, UST abench- has Global set Kochi, Gurgaon, Bhopal and Pune. nanthapuram, , Hyderabad, spread across- Thiruva Bengaluru, 15,000 employees inIndia and offices with aheadcount globe, the of over and has over 23,000associates across rapidly since its inception in1999 and more. The companygrowing is opment, wellbeing, personal benefits in its employees’ professional devel- growth inIndia and its investment strates UST Global’s commitment to demonThis certification further - employees by Great Place to Work®. culture assessment among company’s through Trust the Index© and Survey key countries of USand India year. this company across recognized has been on workplace culture assessment. 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