CEOSPEAK Pradeep

PradeepViswambharan
Viswambharan

A billion votes
a decisive mandate
P olitics, as it is practiced in our
country, is not my cup of tea. How-
ever, if politics, as defined in Merriam
Webster’s Dictionary is to be taken as
a guideline, I am all for it. Webster’s
describes politics as the art or science
of governance, the art or science con-
cerned with guiding or influencing
government policy, and the art and
science concerned with winning and
holding control over a government.
View it from any of these three angles
you like, the recently held general
Team Manmohan soon after taking office in May
elections and its outcome will tell you tion after election did not translate into
the story of a nation coming of age, the good of the aam admi, the common
and a billion-strong electorate that man. And finally, the first half of the
constitutes the world’s largest democ-
racy, attaining maturity enough to tell
the world that, yes, India is finally ready
to endorse the art and science of good
politics, not wholly or in full measure,
but very substantially, to quote from
Jawaharlal Nehru’s Tryst With Destiny
speech!
It was Winston Churchill who infamous-
ly remarked prior to us winning free-
dom that Indians are not fit to govern
themselves; they will only make a mock-
ery of democracy. Unfortunately for us,
it turned out
to be pro-
phetic, sev-
eral times
over the past
six decades
of our histo-
ry. The will
of the people
expressed
through elec-
1990s changed it all for
the better when India took courage
and unshackled itself from wornout
ideologies and opened up itself for the
world to come and join in its re-dis-
covery. Destiny had painstakingly pre-
pared a discoverer in the person of Dr.
Manmohan Singh, who as Finance Min-
ister under Prime Minister P.V. Narasim-
ha Rao, helped awaken India from its
slumber, the outcome of which is there
for all of us to see, partake of and
benefit from, especially so for us in
IT, for whom a whole new world has
been opened up to experiment with.
The recent elections, the result of
which has ensured that India has po-
litical and administrative continuity,
will go down in history as a landmark
in our quest to seek and enhance
change. A gov-
ernment of the
people, by the
people and
(hopefully) for
the people can

Accentia- Bhubaneswer
ccentia-Bhubaneswer
completes 2 years of operations
Accentia’s Bhubaneswar unit successfully completed 2 years of operations on
June 1, 2009. These two years have been highly productive, with plenty to
learn and good support provided by everyone in Team Accentia globally, reports
Mr. S. Pankaj, Dy. Production Manager
in the unit. ”Accentians in Bhubaneswar
expect plenty more to happen in the
years to come, and are committed
towards providing quality service to all
their clients”, he adds. ”At this
juncture, we want to express delight
for the privilege in working with
everyone in Accentia and would
continue to seek guidance whenever
required to achieve the vision set for
us.”
Winston Churchill
perform well
only if there are
no roadblocks in its path. While, dur-
ing the past five years, Dr. Manmohan
Singh’s bandwagon of governance was
slowed down by road blocks, in this
second turn he has no such hiccups to
fear from. People of India have cho-
sen well, and most of the members of
the lower house of our parliament are
well educated, dedicated, and com-
mitted to the cause of politics, which,
as I said earlier, is the art or science
of governance, policy making and win-
ning, and controlling the levers of pow-
er.
At long last we have proven Winston
Churchill wrong. However, our lead-
ers and administrators should contin-
ue to strive to prove Boise Penrose also
wrong, who in 1931 wrote in Collier’s
weekly: Public office is the last ref-
uge of a scoundrel.
This is their best chance to prove it.
Let’s wish them Godspeed in the task.

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EDITORIAL Rajeev Viswambharan

A breath of fresh air

and K argil remembered
Kargil
T he global economy is still in tail
spin mode. No one knows when it
will stabilize, whether share prices
will move northwards or dividends will
happen to spread a smile of cheer
around. Mega corporations are shy and
reluctant to come out with their an-
nual results simply because there is
nothing much to show by way of prof-
its or returns. This is especially true
of the IT industry where the crisis
seems to be deepening day after day.
It therefore was welcomed as a breath
of fresh air when Accentia’s Board of
Directors, after due deliberations,
approved a final dividend payment of
20% on face value to its shareholders,
based on the company’s performance
in 2008-09. This proves that there is
room for hope even in the season of
adversity was how The Economic
Times, India’s premier financial daily
An Accentia Technologies Update
qualified our growth story.
AccentiaTech.Com congratulates every-
one on Team Accentia for making this
Accentia-Trivandrum looks back as the
anniversary of Kargil approaches, with
a piece appropriately titled ‘Lest we
near-impossible story possible through forget.’ Is there room for laughter
diligence, dedication, and intelligent behind all those serious messages on
hard work. A detailed news analysis on TV and Radio advertisement jingles?
page 5 of this issue. Nagma Tabassum of Accentia, Banga-
lore employs some imagination and
Remember Kargil War? The blatant vio-
creativity to tell us that, indeed there
lation of our Himalayan borders by a
is a lot of laughter behind those hid-
neighbor that led to fierce fighting and
den persuaders.
the loss of several precious lives? This much and more await you in the
Though India won the war, the scar of pages that follow.
that wound remains. Sathyajit K.K. of Editor in Chief
July 4 in Histor
Historyy
W hy is July 4 a date so important? Because it happens to be the
Independence Day of the USA of course!. But besides that, July 4 has
also gone down in history as a noteworthy day for so many other reasons.
Here are some of the more significant among them:
1054 Brightest known super-nova (Crab Nebula) starts shining (23 days)
1776 Declaration of Independence - U.S. gains independence from Britain
1837 Grand Junction Railway, the world’s first long-distance railway, opens
between Birmingham and Liverpool.

Managing Editor
Pradeep Viswambharan
pradeep.vs@accentiatech.com
Editor in Chief
Rajeev Viswambharan
rajeev.vs@accentiatech.com
1840 The Cunard Line’s 700 ton wooden paddle steamer RMS Britannia
departs from Liverpool bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia on the first
transatlantic crossing with a scheduled end.
1906 Great Britain, France and Italy grant Independence to Ethiopia .
1865 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is published.
1876 1st public exhibition of electric light in San Francisco

Executive Editor 1884 Statue of Liberty presented to U.S. in Paris

C.K. Sooraj 1886 The people of France offer the Statue of Liberty to the people of the
sooraj.ck@accentiatech.com United States.

Editorial Consultant 1918 Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar
Mathukutty J. Kunnappally date).
destinationkerala@gmail.com 1934 Leo Szilard patents the chain-reaction design for the atomic bomb.
1946 After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule, the Philippines attains
Associate Editor
full independence from the United States.
Sheeja Shivkumar
sheeja.s@accentiatech.com 1947 The “Indian Independence Bill” is presented before British House of
Commons, suggesting bifurcation of British India into two sovereign
Layout and Design countries – India and Pakistan.
Shaji Kumar G.P.
1966 President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act
into United States law. The act goes into effect the next year.
www.accentiatech.com 1976 Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but
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1976 American people celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Declaration
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1997 NASA’s Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.

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 GROWTH STORY
Accentia breaks the recession barrier!

20% annual dividend

declared for 2008-2009
Mumbai: Board of Accen- net sales for 07-08 were Rs.519 Ft Lauderdale (Florida), UAE, bility even in the present
tia Technologies Ltd, the Million and net profit Rs.148.6 Trivandrum, Cochin, Hyderabad, challenging market condi-
Mumbai based, BSE list- Million, the figures have grown Calcutta, Chandigarh, and Bhu- tions, and it is ,definitely,
ed Healthcare Receiva- to Rs.804.6 Million and Rs.245.5 baneshwar. Berggruen Holdings, showing positive results.
bles Cycle Management Million respectively.” Accentia a $ 3 billion fund has
(HRCM) major, operating Technologies, over the past two acquired 14% stake in
years has Accentia, making it
shown re- possible for the HRCM
m a r k a b l e leader to go ahead
growth in its with its acquisition
operations. and expansion plans.
From just 2 Accentia plans to in-
p r o d u c t i o n crease its global em-
centers in ployee base by 60% in
2008, it today the current fiscal to
has 17 pro- execute the orders in
duction units hand. Accentia has in-
spread across itiated an organiza-
from Technopark-Kerala India and abroad. Accentia cur- tion-wide process and
and other centers across rently operates from Bangalore, cost-restructuring to
the country and abroad, New Jersey, Portland (Oregon), increase the profita-
has recommended a final
dividend of 20% on the
face value of its Rs 10
Mer vin Ale
Mervin xander
Alexander
shares for the financial
year 2008-2009. This is new CEO
CEO,, T echnopark
Technopark
despite the fact that ow- Trivandrum: The man who played action. Besides, we also have the
ing to the current global a key role in the computerization responsibility to launch Kollam
recession, BPO/KPO com- of post offices all across Kerala and Technopark by July 2010, with in-
panies are faced with Tamilnadu will now steer forward vestors beginning operations
challenges leading to ex- the computer-inspired IT revolu- there”.
treme measures includ- tion in God’s Own Country, as Chief In addition to creating space and
ing large scale pink slips Executive Officer of Technopark, environment, the new CEO will also
and other cost cutting Trivandrum. have to sell the extensive infra-
steps. structure in the global market.
Precisely with that mission as his
“The recession in the US With the tentacles of a global re-
challenge, Mr. Mervin Alexander, till recently
economy, on which we cession strangulating the economy of devel-
Director General-Postal Services, Coimbatore
too depend for our ma- oped nations, it is going to be a tough call
took over the reins of the World’s Greenest
jor contracts, has had lit- for him and Team Technopark.
Electronics Technopolis, which is also India’s
tle effect on our volume CEO Mervin Alexander belongs to the 1987
first full-fledged park for IT and ITES enter-
growth in FY 2008-09”, Indian Postal Service batch and has held key
prises.
Pradeep Viswambharan, positions in the Department of Posts in Tamil-
CEO of Accentia Technol- “I already have the work cut out for me”, nadu, Kerala, and New Delhi. He has also
ogies said in a statement. CEO Mervin said while formally taking over worked as Chief Vigilance Officer in Cochin
“In fact our performance from Mr. Siddhartha Bhattacharya, who was Shipyard & Cochin Port Trust and served as
in 08-09 in comparison to in charge here while also serving fulltime as Consultant to the Asia Pacific Postal Training
the previous year shows CEO-Infopark, Cochin. “The second and third Centre, Bangkok. He has to his credit several
that there is room for phases of Technopark and the proposed Tech- papers on postal management, transparency
hope even in the face of nocity, all these in various stages of develop- in administration, and vigilance administra-
adversity”. Whereas the ment, are challenges that call for time-bound tion.

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 KARGIL REMEMBERED
A jay Ahuja, Amol Ka
lia, Manoj Kumar
Pandey, Anuj Nayyar,
Padhmaphani Acharya,
Vikram Batra, Vishwa-
nathan….. do these
names sound familiar?
Of course, in a land with
craze for movies and
cricket, they would be
lesser mortals, but these
brave men have immor-
talized themselves in our
history in no less way.
Capt. Aditya Mishra, Capt. Haneef Uddin, Capt. Jintu Gogoi, Capt. Vishwanath Vikram, Lt. VijayantThapar, Major Manoj Talwar, Major Vivek Gupta, Capt. Amol Kalia
Capt. Anuj Nayyar, Capt. Vikram Batra, Lt. Col. Vishwanathan, Lt. Manoj K. Pandey, Major Padhmapani Acharya, Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja
Yes, Squadron Leader
Ajay Ahuja, Captain Amol
Kalia, Lt. Manoj Kumar
Pandey, Captain Anuj
Nayyar, Major Padh-
maphani Acharya, Cap-
tain Vikram Batra, Lt.
Col. Vishwanathan, are
just a handful of names
among the hundreds of
brave soldiers who
fought valiantly and paid
the supreme sacrifice in
one of India’s greatest
war victories on the
snow-clad mountains of
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Sathyajit K.K.
Lest we forget….
Kargil, ten years ago. idly across
It might be called a diplomatic the coun-
or technological victory, but no
words can pay enough tribute to
the courage of our Indian sol-
try. People
thronged
their homes
diers who fought in the tough- to have a
est of conditions against an en- last glimpse
emy sitting on a hilltop and not of these
visible. young men
Taking advantage of the peace who laid
initiatives undertaken by India, down their
Pakistani militants aided by Pa- lives for the country. Their fu- light the funeral pyres of
kistan Army regulars occupied nerals were attended by thou- their fathers, families
strategic peaks in Kashmir, with sands, and their families, in their who sent all their chil-
a sinister motive to cut off Kash- time of grief, were supported by dren to war, colleagues
mir from the rest of India. What the whole society. who had to escort friends
draped in tricolor. Their
deeds have become folk-
lore.
July 26 th each year is
celebrated as Vijay Divas,
when we captured the
last peak from the infil-
trators. These men, I am
followed was a long, straining sure, would not want any
Who were they? Youngsters of an mega cultural shows or
combat in the treacherous Hima-
average age of 25, some who had charity work in their
layan terrain. The army came
just got engaged, some waiting memory; just a silent
under heavy fire from the top,
to return home for marriage, prayer from our hearts,
but came out victorious, finally some whose leaves were can-
remembering them and
recapturing all the peaks. Op- celled for the call of duty, some
thanking them for what
eration Vijay, as it was called, who were expecting their first
they did for us, would
was one of India’s most well- child. The stories go on, each
just suffice to keep their
planned and well-executed mil- and every one a tale of grit and memories fresh in our
itary operations. valor, of families receiving the minds.
Even as India celebrated, our lifeless bodies with pride in their Sathyajit K.K. is from Produc-
hearts went out to the families eyes, wives and fiancées control- tion Wing, Accentia-Trivandrum
of those who did ling their emo-
not return. “aye mere vatan kke
e logon tions in front of
Their tales of zara aankh mein bhar lo paani all, small chil-
valor spread rap- dren having to
jo shaheed hue hain unki
ar
zara yaad kkaro qurbaani…”
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 JEREEN’S COLUMN
Managing a Large Staff Effectively
W atching a team grow
can be both exhilarat-
ing and terrifying. You en-
joy the pride of being a
leader of a bigger team as
well as think of increased
earnings coming with the
responsibilities, but also
worry about keeping up
with the demand of manag-
ing this bigger team. When
you have a team or depart-
ment growing it gets pretty
intense in managing without
facing too many team or
people related issues. How
can a leader keep up with
the pace of growth? Pay at-
tention. It’s easy to focus
on your own work when you
have a large and able staff
supporting you. But if you
neglect your people for too
long, you could be in trou-
ble. It’s important to pay
attention to how your peo-
ple are doing. Are they
overtaxed — consistently
working long hours and/or
under too much pressure?
Are you articulating the
team objectives in a way
they understand?
Learn how to tolerate
growing pains. Before you
can withstand the pangs of
growth, you must ask your-
self questions like, “Is my
team/department ready for
growth?” “How can I pre-
pare my employees for
growth?” “What kinds of
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E Santosh Kumar & Sabita
L Mr. Santosh Kumar Sahu (Accentia-Bangalore), son of Mr. Manjunath A, (Accentia-Bangalore), son of Mr. Athira (Ac centia-Trivandrum), daughter of Mr.
Smt. & Sri Lakshmi Charan Sahu married Ms. Sabita, Appaswamy and Mrs. Jayalakshmi married Raveendran and Mrs Lathika Raveendran and Nevin
L daughter of Smt. & Sri Kali Charan Panda on May 6, 2009 Ms. T Vedavathi, daughter of Late Venkatappa and (Accentia-Trivandrum), son of Mr Morris Fernandez and
S at brides residence, Berhampur, Orissa.
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problems do I foresee, and do
I have adequate resources to
handle them properly?” Ac-
commodating growth doesn’t
occur overnight; you must
become comfortable with the
process of managing your
growth.
Implement a system for per-
formance management. No
matter how skillful your staff
may be, you must always pro-
vide a mechanism for employ-
ee feedback. With a small
staff it’s easier to conduct
informal reviews, but as you
add more people, this task
becomes more challenging.
You need to ensure that per-
formance reports are moni-
tored and feedback given in
a regular manner
Match people with projects.
With a large staff, it’s easy
(even tempting) to assume
people are doing their appro-
priate tasks adequately. Let’s
face it: it’s not easy to keep
up with what’s on everyone’s
plate. One way to avoid los-
Manjunath & Vedavathi
Mrs. Rathnamma on May 20, 2009.
ing track is to make sure you
match people with the right
projects/activities. If some-
one is mismatched with a
particular task that could
slow down the whole team
at the same time compro-
mise the quality of service
delivery. Effectively aligning
your resources with the ap-
propriate function adds to
the efficiency of your team.
Commit to training and de-
velopment. Identifying ap-
propriate educational op-
portunities, and making
them available, lets your
people know that you’re in-
terested and invested in
their professional develop-
ment. Providing them with
the tools to do their best
work will keep them moti-
vated and increase their loy-
alty to the company. If you
are head of a team or a de-
partment then continuous
education on the instruc-
tions or process changes
should be informed to your
Athira & Nevin
Mrs Cadpona Morris were married in Trivandrum recently.
Jereen Mathew
team in a
timely fash-
ion.
Create a collaborative and
friendly culture. It’s just a
fact of life: the more peo-
ple you have, the greater
the chance of conflict. Cre-
ate a workplace character-
ized by mutual trust and re-
spect. High ethical stand-
ards should be the norm,
and those who cannot abide
by company rules should
face the consequences. Be
consistent and firm but re-
spectful, too. Communi-
cate what’s expected, and
demonstrate your commit-
ment to that standard.
Simulate a small staff en-
vironment when you can.
Occasionally, you might
hear someone grumbling
about the size of your staff:
“I don’t know anyone any-
more” or “Who’s that?” You
can’t stop growth (well,
you can, but you probably
don’t want to), but you can
simulate a “small office”
ambiance. Get everyone
together for spontaneous
events such as birthdays,
weekly meetings or any so-
cial gathering. Use plat-
forms such as our monthly
newsletter to let everyone
within your department or
other departments know of
activities in your team/de-
partment.
GREETINGS

JULY BIRTHDAY BOYS AND GIRLS OF HYDERABAD AND BHUBANESHWAR

WASEEM SULTANA: JULY 1, MOHANA KRISHNA V: JULY 1, DANISH RAZA KHAN: JULY 1, AJIT KUMAR PARIDA:
JULY 1, PRADEEP KUMAR D: JULY 1, CHNDRA SHEKAR: JULY 1, RAMA KRISHNA G: JULY 1, SHIRISHA KODURI: JULY
1, GAUTAM KUMAR PARIDA: JULY 2, ANNAPURNA M: JULY 4, UMALATHA M: JULY 4, SURYA KANTA SINGH: JULY 4,
ARJUN TRIPATHI: JULY 4, CHANDRA SHEKHAR G: JULY 5, BIKRAM KESHARI BEHERA: JULY 5, PRAVAT KUMAR DAS:
JULY 5, SHAILAJA N: JULY 6, RAVI KUMAR BALLA: JULY 6, NANDA KISHORE YADHAV: JULY 6, HARI KRISHNA REDDY
P: JULY 6, SWATHI: JULY 6, SUCHARITHA J.N: JULY 7, SAHU SANTOSH K: JULY 7, KALPATARU MOHANTA: JULY 8,
VENKATESH MURTHY C.R: JULY 9, KALYAN KUMAR G: JULY 10, NAGARAJU N: JULY 10, VIJAY RAJU G: JULY 10,
ANIL KUMAR RAY: JULY 11, SOUJANYA VEMANA: JULY 11, ANITHA AENNU: JULY 12, PRASHANT K: JULY 13,
SHANKAER YADAV L: JULY 14, NIHAR RANJAN CHHUALSINGH: JULY 14, SANGRAM KESHARI RAY: JULY 15, VINAY J:
JULY 15, HEMALATHA P: JULY 16, SHAKEEL MOHAMMED: JULY 16, NAZIYA SHAIK: JULY 16, JAGDISHWAR G: JULY
17, BISWADEEP PATRA: JULY 18, TAPAS KUMAR SWAIN: JULY 19, TAPAS RATH: JULY 19, SHIVA KUMAR P: JULY 20,
RAMESH T: JULY 20, RAMESH BABU B: JULY 20, PRADEEP KUMAR ROUT: JULY 21, NEERAJA REDDY K.R: JULY 22,
MAHESH KUMAR P: JULY 22, KOTESWARARAO CHENNAMSETTI: JULY 24, ANAND K: JULY 25, BIKASH SINGH: JULY
25, KARTHIK UGGIRALA: JULY 25, MARY SOWJANYA E: JULY 25, QUDDUS: JULY 26, AHAMMAD BABU SHAIK: JULY
27, MANOJA STEVENSON: JULY 28, NATRAJ GOUD K: JULY 28, CHANDRA SHEKAR GOUD P: JULY 28, ZOHERLIANA
LUNGTAU: JULY 30, SYED IFTHEQUAR AHMED: JULY 30, SHRAVANTHI D: JULY 31, ABDUL SALEEM: JULY 31

Accentians in Trivandrum with the big day in July 2009:

VISHMA KUMARI J: JULY 1, MANOJ S: JULY 5, NISHA GEORGE: JULY 7, SMITHA M PILLAI: JULY 8, INDU S: JULY 9,
VISHNU KUMAR S.L: JULY 10, SOUMYA K: JULY 11, JIJI. J.B: JULY 11, INDU. U: JULY 11, ASHISH S.P: JULY 14,
SUJIN JOSEPH: JULY 16, SHAIJU M S: JULY 16, JINI JAYACHANDRAN: JULY 17, ANITHA.A: JULY 17, UNNIKRISHNAN
A: JULY 17, SHEEJA SHIVKUMAR: JULY 19, REGIN PRASAD: JULY 20, JAYASHREE: JULY 21, LAKSHMI. P.R: JULY
21, ANU DANIEL: JULY 23, SONI VARGHESE: JULY 24, RANJITHA NAIR: JULY 25, NIMYA JOSE: JULY 26, DENSIL
NAZUMUDEIN: JULY 29, MOUNA T: JULY 31, SHREEJA BIJU: JULY 31

These are the Bangaloreans who celebrate the big day this month:
Asscent Division
RAMESH K: JULY 1, KALAREKKAL BIJJU: JULY 1, JULIA PADMINI I:
JULY 2, SANTOSH KUMAR SAHU: JULY 2, INDULEKHA: JULY 3, JIBI
B PRASAD: JULY 5, P INDUPRIYA DARSHINI: JULY 10, GAJALAKSHMI
K: JULY 14, R FREDDY RAJAN: JULY 14, MADHU L: JULY 14,
KOTRESHA C.H.M: JULY 16, SHEELA K.K: JULY 21, ASHWINI P
DESHPANDE: JULY 21, REKHA P: JULY 22, SNIGDHA BOSE: JULY
24, SURESH KUMAR R: JULY 24, RAVI SANKAR: JULY 27, PRADEEP
M: JULY 28, RUPINDER SINGH: JULY 29
Thunga Division
SHRI LAKSHMI C.R: JULY L, KASHIF AHMED:
JULY 3, HUSSAIN SHARIFF: JULY 10, PRADEEP
S GADAD: JULY 12, PARAMESHWARI: JULY 13,
THRIMURTHY K: JULY 14, SYED SADIK: JULY
18, UMESH JANTLI: JULY 27, MADHAVA
VENKATESAN K: JULY 28, KIRAN K.R: JULY
29, MADHAN KUMAR V: JULY 29, SUMA B.S:
JULY 30

And, here are the Cochinites in celebration:

RATHEESH NATH: JULY 3, NISA ASLAM: JULY 4, ABRAHAM: JULY 23, SIMI: JULY 24,
LATA MADHUSUDHAN: JULY 28, DR. RENU DINESH: JULY 28

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CORPORATE AFFAIRS CORNER Ravi Sankar

Accentia all set to enter Leela

Infopark, Kochi with new facility
K ochi has been a major
offshore production cen-
tre for Accentia for the last
fopark, Cochin in the area. The proposed
Special Econom- Kochi International Trade and
ic Zone and KIN- Exhibition Centre would rank
few years. Realizing the po- FRA Export Pro- among the tallest buildings in
tential of the large pool of motion Industrial India at 500 meters
college graduates interested Park operate in (100 floors) upon completion.
in pursuing medical tran- the outskirts of The Kochi International Air-
scription as a career in this the city. Several port is also in the process of
city and the excellent results new industrial setting up an aerotropolis.
shown by the Team Accentia campuses for re- Already in Accentia-Kochi, 70
in Kochi, the management search, trade seats in the ground floor were
has decided to further ex- Leela Infopark, Kochi and develop- recently added to the produc-
pand the pro- Kochi, known as queen of the ment in biotechnology, elec- tion facility situated in Valan-
duction capac- Arabian Sea, is a major desti- tronic hardware and informa- jambalam. The interiors have
ity here. This nation for IT and ITES compa- tion technology are in various been done up in the usual
will be by add- nies. Kochi was recently stages of con-
ing more seats ranked by NASSCOM as the sec- struction in the
in the existing ond-most attractive city in In- suburbs of the
facility as well dia for IT-based services. Avail- city. The nine
Sojan Sebastian
as creating a ability of cheap bandwidth Special Economic
new centre in Leela In- through undersea cables and Zones in the out-
fopark, which is a special lower operational costs com- skirts of the city,
economic zone situated in- pared to other major cities in sanctioned in pri-
side the Infopark Campus. India has been to its advan- vate sector by
Production in progress in Kochi centre
We are also developing the tage. Various technology and the Government
existing training facility in industrial campuses including of Kerala recently are expect- blue and white colors of Ac-
Kochi by adding more seats. the government promoted In- ed to boost the IT investment centia. Another space of ap-
proximately 1500 sq. feet in
Laughter@A
Laughter@Ad d_Lines Nagma Tabassum
the top floor of the building
What does a donkey bray after is also being done up to ac-
kicking a man? commodate another 70 seats.
What do the lice With these additions, the staff
“Ho shuru har din aise
sing to the hairs? strength of 130 is expected to
Ho shuru har pal aise”
“Har pal saath cross 250 within the next few
nibhaye” months.
What does a bull inching towards At present, the 30-seater
a fight scream? training facility is situated in
“Give me red” Anjali Complex, adjacent to
How does an the production facility. The
elephant cheated production centre at the pres-
How would you react if your dog
in love cry? tigious Leela Infopark, which
eloped with the neighbour’s bitch?
“Har shyam ka comes under the Cochin Spe-
“Neighbour’s envy, Owner’s pride” cial Economic Zone, will be a
saath, mein aur
meri whicky” 5000 sq. feet, 180 seater fa-
What does an unsatisfied hen say cility when completed. This
after laying 3 eggs? What is the facility will have both produc-
p r e l i m i n a r y tion as well as training under
“Yeh dil Maange more”
instruction that the same roof.
all cuckoos in a The Kochi centre is headed by
choir group Sojan Sebastian and under his
What do you think is the anthem
follow? able guidance, we are sure
of the blood suckers?
the team will scale new
“Thodi si pet puja kabhi bhi, “Vicks ki goli lo, heights in the coming months.
kahi bhi” kich kich door karo”
Ravi Sankar is Accentia’s Sr. Vice
President–Corporate Planning,
Nagma Tabassum is from Batch 33, Accentia-Bangalore
based in Bangalore