Technology pervades all aspects of our lives, and now even educational institutions are actively adopting tech based systems. A school in Pune, after scouring the market for a suitable e-learning tool and not finding one, developed one of its own.  This innovative tool - myEshala has been created by individuals with great software skills as well as experience in education. More...

Cricket song ‘Balle Mataram’ has turned out to be a big hit in the IT and BPO sectors.  Sung by Sukhwinder Singh for the Cricket World Cup 2011, techies have played a key role in every aspect of the song – from financing to the music itself.  Techgoss speaks to ex Networking tech expert turned full time musician Uday Shankar who is one of the key players behind Balle Mataram. More...

Sameer Suri, a management student at the New Delhi Institute of Management, launched a unique social networking service on January 1, 2011, that helps Metro travellers in Delhi to meet and make new friends. Sameer has high praise for his brother, an 18-year old DU student, Harsh Suri, for all his online promotional support on Facebook and word of mouth promotion of the site. More...

Ranjith Sankar, Film Director and screenplay writer of Malayalam movies successfully handles multiple roles in life - one that of an IT professional and the other in the Cine world. He may be only two films old, but his films have been very well received and his first movie ‘Passenger’ received multiple awards. Ranjith talks to Techgoss about his IT life and interest in films. More...

Harshad Oak has always chosen the road less travelled. After completing Computer Management in 2001 he worked for IT firms like I-flex & Cognizant for about two years.  But he’d always felt a strong urge to venture out and do something on his own. He wrote tech based articles for many newspapers and magazines and even managed to get a number of certifications under his belt. More...

Webonise Lab, a Pune based startup, is creating waves in the mobile apps space. Their mobile development arm Mobinise is set to launch an India specific mobile app store for Android phone users. This Android app store called “AppBazar” will have a strong ‘Indian’ flavour – right from Bollywood Masala apps to cricket and even religious apps. Pune has nourished many startups More...

Technopark is the most important tech hub in Kerala, and by extension one of the key pillars of the booming Indian IT – ITES sector. Spread over 300 acres, Technopark has more than 18000 tech and associated workers. The Kerala tech industry is one of the great success stories of India driven by a highly educated and tech savvy populace. But Technopark has a parking problem. More...

GTech, the Group of Tech Companies in Kerala, has hailed the agreement reached between the Govt of Kerala and representatives of the Dubai Govt for the SmartCity Kochi project. GTech says that the determination to sort out all outstanding issues and the State Cabinet’s ratification of the agreement almost immediately thereafter sends out positive signals to the all investors. More...

Teleperformance (TP) is one of the biggest BPO’s in the world.  It has about 100,000 employees and revenue of 1,800 mill pounds last year. Established in 1978, its core business spans the full spectrum of CRM/BPO contact center solutions. Teleperformance has a large global footprint in the industry with 276 contact centers, presence in 51 countries, servicing over 75 markets. More...

Hundreds of millions of Indians are glued to every cricket match.  The Ashes Test cricket series between England and Australia is followed by millions in both countries.  But cricket has never taken roots in USA.  In a sweet twist of fate, an American Ashley Kerekes, who had never held a cricket bat till Dec 2010, found thousands of cricket lovers following her Twitter account. More...