With Big IT Firms Missing, Will Kochi Smart City Project Score?
9 years, 1 month ago

With Big IT Firms Missing, Will Kochi Smart City Project Score?

The Quint  

The first phase of the Kochi Smart City project was inaugurated on Saturday amid much fanfare, but names of major IT companies that were expected to have been part of the final list are conspicuously missing. The project spread across 246 acres, was announced as an IT Special Economic Zone intended to attract international IT firms to Kerala and offered 90,000 jobs by its completion in 2020. Though TECOM, a Dubai holding which has 84 percent shares in Smart City claimed in a press meet held two days before the inauguration that 27 multinational companies would join the project on the very first day, only 22 companies finally turned up. The list includes mostly non-IT companies like Little Gems Kindergarten School, Subway outlet, SBT bank, which don’t really need an SEZ for functioning.

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Third phase of Infopark will turn Kochi into IT goldmine, says CEO
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Third phase of Infopark will turn Kochi into IT goldmine, says CEO

The Hindu  

With the completion of the third phase of Infopark, Kochi will become a goldmine for the IT industry, Infopark Chief Executive Officer Susanth Kurunthil said. He said that with global IT companies increasingly considering Kochi for their headquarters, the city’s administration, industry, and IT ecosystem should collaborate to build the right social environment. Greater Cochin Development Authority Chairman K. Chandran …

Kochi, smarting from a lost opportunity
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Kochi, smarting from a lost opportunity

The Hindu  

Khadar P.B., 51, a textile shop owner, should by now have had a sprawling IT township with skyscrapers surrounding the waters of the Kadambrayar in his immediate neighbourhood at Edachira in Kakkanad, the IT hub of Kochi. Their land was part of a parcel of 246 acres leased out to SmartCity Infrastructure Private Limited, a special purpose vehicle jointly formed …

Probe Smart-City Kochi exit, put land to better use
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Probe Smart-City Kochi exit, put land to better use

New Indian Express  

A big foreign investor’s entry or exit is a big deal for the investment-starved Kerala. So, when the state cabinet announced that it has allowed Dubai-based Tecom Investments to exit its 84 percent stake in SmartCity Kochi, a 246-acre IT park in which the state government owns the rest, questions were naturally asked about the cost of the pullout. The …

Smart City programme a big failure in Kochi
5 years, 7 months ago

Smart City programme a big failure in Kochi

Deccan Chronicle  

Kochi: While other cities selected for Smart City Miss’ion across the country have implemented a series of projects, Kochi city could spend only less than five per cent of the Rs 2075 crore programme. The Centre has already given `196 crore for implementing projects in Kochi and the deadline for Smart City Mission programmes, started in 2016, is March 2020. …

SmartCity plans three more project phases
7 years ago

SmartCity plans three more project phases

The Hindu  

Amid speculation regarding the future of SmartCity Kochi, a flagship IT township project originally conceived as a joint venture between the State government and the Dubai-based Tecom Investments, its new chief executive officer Manoj Nair has said that planning was already afoot for an additional three phases for the project. Talking to The Hindu at the SmartCity Kochi project office …

Of deadlines violated without fail
7 years, 6 months ago

Of deadlines violated without fail

The Hindu  

The next meeting of the board of directors may prove crucial for SmartCity Kochi, the much-touted IT project of the State, in the wake of a major organisational restructuring at Dubai Holding, which has taken direct control of the project. SmartCity Kochi, a joint venture of the State government and Tecom Group, a subsidiary of Dubai Holding, has been envisaged …

Kochi Smart City plan loses steam
7 years, 9 months ago

Kochi Smart City plan loses steam

Deccan Chronicle  

KOCHI: Even as Thiruvananthapuram has just been selected for the Union government’s Rs 1,000 crore Smart City Mission programme, Kochi which was announced as a Smart City two years ago in 2015 lags way behind in planning and implementation. Despite the formation of the special purpose vehicle, Cochin Smart Mission Limited with Kochi Metro Rail Limited managing director Elias George …

Kochi sluggish on Smart City
8 years, 6 months ago

Kochi sluggish on Smart City

Deccan Chronicle  

Kochi: The cities selected for the Rs 1,000-crore Smart City programme have already started implementing the projects identified under the initiative but Kochi Corporation is yet to complete even the preliminary steps. Kochi Metro Rail Limited managing director Elias George has been appointed as the full time CEO of the Cochin Smart Mission Limited but the special purpose vehicle is …

Kochi Smart City gets a leg up
8 years, 9 months ago

Kochi Smart City gets a leg up

Deccan Chronicle  

KOCHI: The Cochin Smart Mission Limited has floated the Request for Proposal to select a project management consultant to design, develop, manage and implement the Rs 1,000-crore Smart City programme. The consultant will specifically focus on area-based development, and given the wide range of technical and sector specific expertise required for implementing the projects, CSML will also be supported by …

Yes to jobs, no to mosquitoes
9 years, 3 months ago

Yes to jobs, no to mosquitoes

Deccan Chronicle  

Kochi, the Queen of Arabian Sea, is the state's commercial hub and one of the sought-after tourist destinations in India. As per the government’s guidelines, various surveys have been done among the citizens, by the authorities to know people's concerns about their city and suggestions to make the city ‘smart’. As district collector Rajamanickam mentioned in his Facebook post that …

Kochi may win ‘100 smart cities’
9 years, 7 months ago

Kochi may win ‘100 smart cities’

Deccan Chronicle  

KOCHI: Kochi, the fast growing commercial capital of the state, is likely to be Kerala’s only city selected for the union government’s ‘100 smart cities’ programme. The ministry has introduced a city challenge round where the cities have to present their credentials and compete to be included in the list of 100 smart cities. The ‘100 smart cities project’ of …

Smart Cities: A futuristic vision of urbanization in India
10 years, 7 months ago

Smart Cities: A futuristic vision of urbanization in India

India TV News  

New Delhi: Across the world, the stride of migration from rural urban areas is increasing. The announcement of ‘100 smart cities' falls in line with this vision.A 'smart city' is an urban region that is highly advanced in terms of overall infrastructure, sustainable real estate, communications and market viability. Though this may sound futuristic, it is now likely to become …

Kochi-type Start-up Village at Vizag?
10 years, 8 months ago

Kochi-type Start-up Village at Vizag?

The Hindu  

Andhra Pradesh will soon have its own Start-up Village for IT companies on the lines of the one set up in Kochi, Kerala. A team of officials from the State led by J. Satyanarayana, IT Advisor to the State Government, will visit Kochi on Friday for a firsthand understanding of the Start-up Village established there. Once the policies get crystallised, …

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