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To set up Cloud Centre of Excellence, Women Leaders’ Forum Contrary to popular perception there has been no significant reduction in the office space by the IT and BPO firms in Hyderabad.
“We have recently conducted a survey among the IT firms in Hyderabad. No company told us that they are reducing the space or not renewing their lease agreements,” Bharani Kumar Aroll, President of Hyderabad Software Enterprises Association (HYSEA) told
BusinessLine.
Some of the IT SMEs did face the issue of cash flow initially. “But since the demand for IT and digitisation have gone up as the pandemic progressed, the situation has improved of late,” he said.
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HYDERABAD: Move over English, coding in Telangana’s government schools will now be taught in Telugu, in a new move that could see scores of students queuing up to learn the programming language in their mother tongue.
Authorities said with students who are not well-versed in English and shying away from learning this skill, it has been decided to start courses in Telugu to encourage youngsters.
“As a pilot, we will start the programme in 50 schools in the coming academic year. Soon, it will be extended to all other schools in the district,” said Vijaya Kumari, district education officer (Medchal-Malkajgiri district) where the project will be kick-started.
Centre of excellence in cyber security mooted in Hyderabad
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Hyderabad, Jan 30 : Society for Cyberabad Security Council (SCSC), the collaborative body between Cyberabad police and information technology industry, plans to set up a centre of excellence in cyber security.
Cyberabad Police Commissioner V. C. Sajjanar said since cyber security is going to be the focus area in view of the threats, a centre of excellence is proposed in Cyberabad commissionerate limits.
A programme organised to celebrate 15 years of SCSC was attended Home Minister Mahmood Ali, Director General of Police (DGP) Mahender Reddy, principal secretary, IT, Jayesh Ranjan, police commissioners of Cyberabad, Hyderabad and Rachakonda and representatives of IT industry.
Cognizant, Infosys, Micron win HYSEA CSR awards
January 21, 2021
IT majors Cognizant and Infosys have won the CSR (corporate social responsibility) awards instituted by the Hyderabad Software Enterprises Association (HYSEA). The two firms won the award in the category of ‘education initiatives’.
Infosys’ Hyderabad unit has also won the award in the category of ‘environment initiatives’ along with HSBC Electronic Data Processing India.
Micron Technology and Tech Mahindra have received the awards in the category of ‘health and well-being’ initiatives.
The awards were given away by badminton player Pullela Gopichand at a function organised at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) on Thursday.
Hyderabad IT Firms May Remove Work From Home Option From May Jan 02, 2021, 17:24 IST
HYDERABAD: New Year will bring new changes. In 2020, people mostly stayed at home. With lockdown and risk of coronavirus spreading, all the IT firms announced work-from-home, last year. Even in 2021, many companies declared WFH till the end of May.
But now with the possibility of the vaccine rolling out soon and people ready to go back to the company, IT firms in Hyderabad have decided to open the offices. Employees will return to the office. By the month of May, Hyderabad will most likely see an increase in RTO (Return to office).