Nagpur IT News 2012 : Infosys to set up development centre in Nagpur, inks MoU with state Govt

IT major Infosys will set up a software development centre in the city, its second in Maharashtra after Pune, with an initial investment of Rs 100 crore.

The Bangalore-based software services provider today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this regard with Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC) in presence of Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan.

The MoU was signed by MADC Vice-Chairman and Managing Director U P S Madan and Shibulal, Managing Director of Infosys.

India's second-largest software firm will be allocated 142 acres of land for the centre at Mihan, a air cargo project being developed by MADC.

According to the MoU, the IT firm will start operations within three years at the centre which will come up at an investment of Rs 100 crore and provide jobs to about 2,000 software engineers over five years.

Infosys intends to invest a total of Rs 415 crore and create jobs for 14000 IT engineers when the centre, the firm's 12th in the country, is fully developed in about 10 years.

Infosys has 64 offices and 68 development centres in India and abroad and 1,45,088 employees as on December 31, 2011.

Infosys In Nagpur 2012 - Infosys likely to start operations in 3 years

After being pursued by the state government for the last six months, IT giant Infosys signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC) for setting up a unit in the Mihan-SEZ. 

However, the move is still short of clinching the final deal with this state government company which will ultimately lead to allotment of land to Infosys in the SEZ. 

UGC Model College bone of contention between Nagpur University & Gondwana University

Even as the Nagpur University cleared files and accounts of Gondwana University (GU) after a long delay, there are still many disputes between officials of both universities.

SSC exam Day 1 - 168 incidents of malpractice on day one

A total of 168 instances of exam malpractices were recorded on the first day of the state education board's secondary school certificate (SSC, Class X) examination, which started on Thursday. This included 29 cases reported from Pune division. The first language papers for Marathi, Hindi and other regional languages, including Urdu and Gujarati, were held on the first day of the board exam. 

Nagpur Cheater 2012 - Cheating topper Nagpur, Pune far behind

Pune continued its impressive record of “no cheating” in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) board Class X exams that commenced on Thursday. While the rest of the state registered a total of 168 cheating cases. Pune division saw 29 cheating cases, with 26 in Solapur and three in Ahmednagar in the exam conducted by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE).

Nagpur Edu 2012- After easy start, CBSE std X gears up for maths paper on Friday

 CBSE and SSC board exams officially kicked off from Thursday marking the start of a busy exam month. While for SSC, the paper was of non-English first languages, the central board's Std XII had the English paper.

Nagpur Live 2012- Nagpur-Mumbai Duronto to run daily before railway budget

 Like it happened elsewhere in the state a couple of days ago, only two of the 20 MPs invited turned up at the meeting called by the Central Railway general manager on Thursday, ahead of the railway budget to be presented on March 14.

News 2012- Nagpur, a destination for pure sciences

From mining to environment, archaeology to agriculture technologies, there is a whole array of institutions in the city engaged in research based on pure sciences. However, not many from the city know of these institutions and the work they are engaged in.

The scientists from city believe that Nagpur can very well be called a 'destination city' for pure sciences. However, the institutes engaged in research have so far been downplaying themselves."With institutes like National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (Neeri), Geological Survey of India, Indian Bureau of Mines, Central Mining Research Institute, Central Institute of Cotton Research and National Research Centre for Citrus among other, the city sure offers some good opportunities to students of geology," said Arindam Chatterjee, director of GSI and founder member Gondwana Geological Society.

Nagpur University 2012 - Nagpur University clears Gondwana varsity files, accounts

After a prolonged delay, the Nagpur University officially granted approval to the Gondwana University (GU) on Wednesday. The management council approved the transfer of files and accounts to the Maharashtra's newest university at a meeting. 

Though there was unanimity among members to transfer all rights as granted by the state government to GU, there was some confusion on the issue of affiliation. The government had not granted dual affiliation which was required while transferring colleges to the new university. 

Therefore, it was decided to dispatch a letter to the government to clear doubts on the issue. The delay in transfer of files to GU had created a rift between officials of both universities which blamed each other for non-cooperation.

Nagpur SSC 2012- Over 2L students from Nagpur division to appear for SSC exam

 Over 13.46 lakh students would take SSC exam, conducted by Maharashtra State board, which will commence from Thursday with Marathi spaper. Of them 2.06 lakh would be appearing from six districts in Nagpur division from 648 centres. 

Nagpur 2012 - Infosys close to Nagpur campus agreement

Nagpur 2012 Infosys is close to signing an agreement with the state-run Maharashtra Airport Develop-ment Corporation (MADC) to set up an IT campus at an investment of Rs 460 crore at the Nagpur SEZ. The proposed centre will be Infosys’ third facility in Maharashtra after two campuses at Hinjewadi industrial estate near Pune. Infosys plans to complete the project in three phases and it would enjoy SEZ benefits.

Nagpur Campus 2012 - Infosys, MADC deal on March 4

Nagpur Campus 2012 

 The function to formally ink the pact between IT major Infosys and Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC), the developer of Mihan-SEZ, has been postponed to March 4. The function, which was supposed to be held in Mumbai on February 28, will now be held in Nagpur. Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan will be the chief guest.

The change in plan was confirmed by MADC's project manager SV Chahande. He said the function was rescheduled as Chavan, who is also the MADC chief, wanted the function to be held in Nagpur.Infosys will be acquiring 140 acres of land in Mihan SEZ making it the latest investor in the zone. Talks succeeded after MADC pursued the company for a long time.

Nagpur Spanco BPO - City on radar for Spanco BPO - IT bigwigs unsure

Spanco BPO Ventures, the outsourcing arm of Spanco Limited which has taken up power distribution in parts of the city, also has Nagpur on the radar as its scouting for destinations to start a 500-seat BPO unit. However, this cannot be seen as advent of BPO culture in the city, because many bigwigs in the industry still wary of considering the city as a suitable BPO destination.

Nagpur University 2012 Plan - Budget constraints force NU to drop online valuation plan

Nagpur University has had to drop its ambitious plans of online evaluation of answer sheets owing to budget constraints. NU officials preparing budget for next financial year of 2012-13 told TOI that the cash-strapped university could not afford Rs 20 crore per year system. TOI had been making the point that the new system made by Bangalore-based Mind Logic Infotech was not feasible for universities like NU having huge number of colleges (over 800) and students (over 4 lakh).

Nagpur AIEEE 2012 exam‎ - Despite incentives, only 15% opt for online AIEEE 2012 exam

Despite several incentives and increase in the number of online centres, AIEEE's effort to convince students to register for the online exams received a lukewarm response. A CBSE official, from the board responsible for conducting the engineering entrance exam, told TOI that only 15% of the total registered candidates have opted for online exam.

Nagpur IT 2012 - NIT's IT Park finally takes off, with pvt player

 The city may have one more IT park in the coming days, a project that could have come up much earlier but for an abrupt change of approach by Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT). The project will come up on 2 acres NIT land behind the existing Infotech tower in Parsodi.

HSC Test In Nagpur Over 50 class XII students found cheating

Over 50 students appearing for the ongoing class XII board examinations have been found to be writing the exams after submitting forged documents by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary School Examination officials here. 

The accused students, mostly comprising dropouts and those who have failed repeatedly, were trying to appear from centres in remote areas so that they could resort to unfair means to clear the exam that began on February 21, officials said. 

Nagpur- CBCS in NU's PG courses from 2012-13

In some good news for the students, Nagpur University's Academic Council on Thursday cleared the proposal to implement Choice-based Credit System (CBCS) from academic session 2012-13, senior officials have said.

Nagpur - Gondwana varsity to begin with semester pattern

Maharashtra's newest university - Gondwana - in Gadchiroli may be still awaiting formal inauguration but its officials are making sure it makes an impressive debut. Its first vice-chancellor Vijay Ainchwar and his team have drawn up ambitious plans to make the university, located in tribal area, as one of the best in country. Though other traditional universities, including Nagpur, are struggling to introduce semester pattern in postgraduate courses, GU will have this pattern even for undergraduate programmes. "Our first session from 2012-13 would begin with semester and Choice Based Credit System (CBCS)," Ainchwar said.


The VC has roped in renowned architect Ashfaq Ahmed who made designs for Gorewada Zoo for preparing a 'master plan' for the university that includes administrative complex as well as various department buildings. "These buildings would have state-of-the-art infrastructure and would be self-contained. Each department would have its laboratories, staff quarters, library, hostel, computer lab and auditorium apart from classrooms," he added.Ainchwar said that funds were not a problem as Tribal Development Corporation had granted Rs 5 crore to the university, to be carved out of Nagpur University with a view to develop Naxal affected district. "Even UGC and state government would provide funds," he said. The VC disclosed they planned to admit all students online and had already started preparations for it. "We have appointed Namdeo Kokode as Board of College and University Director (BCUD) who is making all out efforts to get the job done," Ainchwar said.


The university would commence short-term courses specially designed for students from tribal areas. "Initially, 10 courses including those like extracting honey, how to catch snakes and extract poison to be used for medicinal purpose would start. These would help candidates get employed locally," the former principal of SP College in Chandrapur said.


GU has a logo with green and yellow stripes depicting tribal lifestyle and its website is getting final touches. Vinayak Irpate and BS Rathod have joined as registrar and Finance and Accounts Officer (FAO) respectively. The university has advertised for the posts of Controller of Examination (CoE) and librarian.


Ainchwar informed they had identified 151 acre land on Chamorshi road a part of which was Zudpi jungle. "We have submitted application to the collector and other authorities and are hopeful of being allotted that. We are focusing on 10-acre land we already have which was earlier part of NU's Gadchiroli sub-centre," he said.


Fact-file:


* GU will formally opened after ZP and municipal elections


* It will be state's newest university after Solapur in 2004


* NU to be bifurcated for second time after creation of Amravati university in 1983


* GU will affiliate 177 colleges in Chandrapur and Gadchiroli districts


* NU's sub-centre and five PG departments to be part of GU


* GU will conduct first exams in November 2012


* All courses would have semester pattern

Nagpur - NUTA holds protests for 6th pay panel salaries

 The Maharashtra Federation of University and College Teachers' Organisation (MFUCTO) staged a statewide protest on Tuesday for various demands. Secretary of Nagpur University Teachers' Association ( NUTA) Anil Dhage led the protest in the city.