IT Belgaum.com, an unknown entity just over a year back, celebrated today its 1st anniversary. IT-Belgaum is a premier group of all IT companies in Belgaum each engaging in businesses ranging from software development, software services, embedded systems, consultation, training, BPO, e-commerce, web applications, website development, animation, gaming and many more.

In summary, IT-Belgaum has conducted over 10 seminars and workshops in and around Belgaum to help better the talent pool and create awareness on the presence of IT in Belgaum.

As part of the celebration a brief list of the group’s activities over the last one year:

23-May-2009: Formation / birth of this group. The group was fairly small then. It was decided that IT-Belgaum needs to take initiative to educate the youth about opportunities in Belgaum and help them choose a better career path.

29-Aug-2009: IT-Belgaum in its first public appearance successfully conducted a Seminar in KLS GIT college. Mr. R K Patil, CEO, Vayavya Labs Pvt. Ltd. introduced to the group while Dr. Ameet Patil, Spundhan Softwares Pvt. Ltd. and Mr. Swapneel Patnekar, Eth1 Network Solutions both enlightened the crowd with their knowledge on Embedded Systems and Open Source Tools (LAMP) respectively.
More information here (http://www.itbelgaum.com/events?start=6)

24-Oct-2009: IT-Belgaum presented a seminar in KLE Engineering college. Dr. Aadil Bandukwala, Talent Onions introduced the group while Mr. Sandeep Hegde, dotCORD IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd. and Mr. Vinod Chavan, 3i Global thrilled the audience with their technical skills in Building Open Source Websites and The world of Animations for budding Engineers respectively.
More information here (http://allaboutbelgaum.com/it/it-belgaum-workshop-tomorrow-in-kle-engineering/)

30-Jan-2010: IT-Belgaum visited Jain College campus to enlighten the BBA and BCA students. Mr. R K Patil fired away with the group’s introduction while Dr. Aadil Bandukwala and Uday, allaboutbelgaum.com talked on Orbit Shifting Innovation and Social Media respectively.
More information here (http://allaboutbelgaum.com/it/it-belgaum-rocks-jain-college/)

03-Feb-2010:IT-Belgaum went to GCC college for BCA students. Mr. Sandeep Hegde gave the introduction followed by Mr. Swapneel Patnekar and Mr. Purushottam Deshpande entralled the audience with Open source software and Web 2.0 technologies respectively.
More information here (http://allaboutbelgaum.com/it/it-belgaum-spreads-it-word-in-gogte-bca-and-bims/)

03-Feb-2010:Surprising on the same day another event was held by IT-Belgaum in BIMS college. This session was an open platform to allow the students to have a free first hand interaction with Enterpreneurs from IT-Belgaum group. From IT-Belgaum Mr. R K Patil, Dr. Aadil Bandukwala, Mr. Madhav Karekar, Dr. Ameet Patil, Mr. Santosh from TiE Hubli chapter, Mr. Sandeep Hegde were present.
More information here (http://allaboutbelgaum.com/it/it-belgaum-spreads-it-word-in-gogte-bca-and-bims/)

11-Feb-2010:IT-Belgaum visits KLES college of BCA. Mr. Rajendra Pai introduced the group followed by presentations by Mr. Manoj Mani and Mr. Swapneel Patnekar on Website in 10 minutes using WordPress and Open Source Software (Linux) respectively. Other members of of IT-Belgaum also present included Mr. R K Patil, Dr. Ameet Patil, Mr. Sandeep Hegde, Mr. Madhav Karekar, etc.
More information here (http://allaboutbelgaum.com/it/itbelgaum-sways-at-kles-college-of-bca/)

08-Mar-2010:IT-Belgaum presented at Vasantrao Potdar Polytechnique College. Dr. Aadil Bandukwala introduced the group while Mr. R K Patil delivered an enlightening speech on Embedded systems.
More information here (http://allaboutbelgaum.com/it/itbelgaum-spreading-the-word-at-vasantrao-potdar-ploytech/)

13-Mar-2010:Bhartesh BBA college was mesmerized by IT-Belgaum. Mr. Rajendra Pai introduced the group and Dr. Ameet Patil spoke on how to get the job you want – Wake Up Sid.
More information here (http://allaboutbelgaum.com/it/bcba-mesmerized-by-it-belgaum/)

15-Mar-2010: IT-Belgaum visited IMER campus where Mr. Amit Soundalgekar and Mr. Sandeep Tekriwal entertained the audience with a thrilling introduction and a talk on Importance of Social Media respectively.
More information here (http://allaboutbelgaum.com/it/imer-fascinated-by-it-belgaum/)

12-May-2010:IT-BElgaum spread their wings and flew to HIT Nidasoshi college. Mr. Rajendra Pai introduced the group, Mr. Purushottam and Dr. Ameet Patil presented on the emerging trends and how to prepare for a better future.

Dr.Ameet Patil founder of Spundhan labs told this blog this year they intend to conduct workshops in colleges, schools and also conduct workshops for IT teams in the various industries. “We dont dream big, but yes we do dream to become big” he added further.

May IT-Belgaum scale more heights in future. As many of us would agree: This is just the beginning of a new era in Belgaum!

As most of the business, networking and development relating to an organisation happens on the Internet.

Website are not just essential but an integral part of the system.

eth1 Network Solutions here presents a course on Web 2.0 introducing students to the new age of corporate and youthful website building.

Explore the latest versions of content management systems to build a site, secure them and the exciting part.. learn how to earn from it.. !!

Course Contents:

1. Web Architecture
2. Installing and setting the Stack for PHP & MySQL
3. Basics of PHP & MySQL
4. Web Applications
5. Content Management Systems In-Depth
6. Graphics(Creation/Manipulation)
7. How to Optimize a website
8. Securing and Maintaining a website
9. Earn money from your website using Free tools/programs.

Following their traditional approach of ‘hands on‘ approach of learning, the course also provides the following freebies/free goodies,

1. Domain name for 1 year.
2. Web Hosting account for 1 year having 100MB disk space.
3. Personalized email such as you@yourdomain.com comprising of 7G disk space for email, 50 Users.
4. Certificate after successful completion of the course.
5. CD containing software/tools, themes and plugins.

This practical course is intended for:

1. Students from any branch/domain interested in learning web designing.
2. Anyone who wants to learn and earn by building websites of companies/individuals etc. i.e Web Designers/Freelancers.
3. Aam Junta interested in building websites/applications for their Final year project.

Requirements for this course:

1. Passion for technology and attitude for doing things practically.

Note: One does not require knowledge of HTML or PHP for taking this course.

Due to an overwhelming response, eth1 Network Solutions is going to take multiple batches from the 20th of July 2010. Hurry !

Contact: Swapneel Patnekar

Mobile: +91 98866 37820

Email: swapneel@eth1.in

Conqcore Solutions member of the ITBELGAUM group with its association is organizing a two job fair.

Venue – RLS College Campus, College Road Belgaum

Date – 16th & 17th July 2010. Time – 10 am to 5 pm

Interviews would be held for MNC BPOs from Pune & Bangalore .

Requirement:

Educational Profile

• Any graduate from Govt. recognized universities

• 10+2+3 Diploma Holder (equivalent to Graduation) from Govt. recognized

universities

• 10+2 Under-graduates with minimum 6 months prior International call

center experience preferred

• 10+2 Under-graduates with minimum 6 months prior any industry

experience acceptable

Mandatory documents:

• Education docs: 10th, 12th and graduation mark sheet. Provisional certificates are

not accepted and mark sheets are mandatory.

• Last organization: DOJ, Emp. id and LWD proof.

• 2nd last organization : Emp. id proof mandatory

• Pan card mandatory else acknowledgement receipt Valid id proof ( Drivers

license, voters id, bank passbook, college id card, passport)

Unique Knowledge & Skill Requirement

• Good customer service skill with neutral accent

• Basic technical knowledge of Computers, peripherals like Modem, Windows

operating systems, Internet connectivity, Email software, Browser software.

• Ability to multi-task in usage of different applications and tools

• Process check list of what all the agents needs to bring while accepting

LOI Mandatory docs at an offer stage are:

o Highest education cert/last

o 2nd last work experience documents(Emp. ID and relieving letter)Photo

ID/Pan card No

For more details one can contact: 97417 60624 / 0831- 4201451

What is your conception about an IT Park?

All will say a new hi tech building which looks a bit different from the lot, some nice greenery around, clean and of course some IT companies doing business in there.

True this is what most of you have seen, but for that has anyone seen the Belgaum IT park at Desur built by the KSSIDC.

I know the answer 95% will say “NO” “Belgaum has an IT park?”

Well yes, even tough Belgaum has been lacking quality infrastructure the KSSIDC and its foresight has given Belgaum an IT park way back in 2008-09.

The IT Park is built on 41 Acres 19 guntas land at Desur on Belgaum – Panaji Road (about 500 Mtrs. off NH).

IT park has roads built in but no takers

The 42 acres land that has been used for this park has now all the basic amenities required like roads, water etc. The road leading to the park been also made.

And now the same is being used as a grazing field for the cattle from the near by villages. (At least the park has benefited some one)

Till date there have been no takers for this and this entire 41 acres is lying un utilized.

The water tanks

Sandeep of DotCord IT Solutions who visited the park said that, he wanted to one day open his office in an IT park, but after seeing the Belgaum IT park he said, I rather make my office somewhere else.

41 acres of land just off the high way and no takers, seems funny but why is this is the question?

Cattle grazing in the IT park

Clear cut laid down roads and naming

Is this a runway

Wasnt KSSIDC aware of the situation or did their planning go wrong. Were the IT companies consulted before making this park.

All these questions remain unanswered, and we Belgaumites need to see this IT park deserted with cattle grazing all over, may be the cattle themselves have updated their Facebook status” Grazing in IT Park”.

Photos: Sandeep & Raju

BRIGHT is originally named upon the logic of doing business with art and enhancing the latest technology to the maximum output. BRIGHT is Belgaum based media production house involved in the MEDIA training for individuals. The art that is virtually real in presenting the inner-most imaginations to its maximum output of the targeted information.

BRIGHT (Promoted by 3iglobal Pvt. Ltd.), member of ITBELGAUM was formed with the aim of providing quality-specialized training in the field of Multimedia Animation, Corporate Graphics, Advertising, Photography, Videography and Event Management. BRIGHT is the right platform for individuals who will be largely benefited from its professional training and will be hired by premium corporate house.

This has been confirmed feedback from the ex-clients. Highly experienced people from various disciplines are both providing and availing BRIGHT services with the backup of lifelong vast and varied experience coupled with expertise in techniques required for arranging and attaining the said objectives for our valued clients.

The resources available at their command are immense and will bring tangible results to students. Their associates who are quite resourceful and diligent themselves at all levels from top to bottom will be the stepping stone for our students. The venture can be termed as a focal point for disseminating information relating to Multimedia and ventures on promoting such industries.

BRIGHT an independent company in the field of training and providing services for Animation, Multimedia, Photography, Videography and Event Management will be the platform to supply polished Visualiser, Designers and Performers to the corporate sector. Soon in days to come BRIGHT will be one of the top institution in India for the above. Not only this but also feedback from the professional clientèle in India and abroad have encouraged the promoters of this company to continue to provide the best services.

Courses offered:
Animation in Maya and VFX Training

Digital Photography Training

Personality Development Course

Videography Video Editing Training

WEB 2.0

Vishal Kulkarni and Vinod Chavan promoters of BRIGHT (Promoted by 3iglobal Pvt. Ltd.) told the blog that, “the main intent to start this training institute is for the primary reason that talent pool in Belgaum is not trained according to industry standards. We have some good projects from all over the globe and to cater to them we need trained people, but in city like Belgaum the training given in field of animation is outdated and not what the industry uses. We at BRIGHT intend only to teach what is required and used in the industry and course modules will be changed accordingly to industry standards.”

They also added that,” We thought of this backward integration so that we can get good trained people by which we can expand our footprint and make our global presence felt.” They also mentioned that “ Belgaum has a great talent pool which is rare but there are very few people who can groom them to current industry standards.

BRIGHT
3i Global Inc.
Development Centre
217/7, Kashi Kunj,
1st Cross Ganesh Marg,
Hindwadi,
Belgaum 590 011

Phone: 831 230 177
Cell: 93413 73161

http://bright.3iglobal.in/

Wipro BPO Solutions Ltd, the BPO division of Wipro India & Belgaum Leadership Academy, an institute providing high quality management education recently announced the launch of an Authorized Training Partner program for the benefit of the job aspirants in Belgaum District. The program intends to expand the resource pool of graduates and undergraduates available in the marketplace through an extended training intervention.

Job Fair: 21st and 22nd June 2010

Time: 10.00-17.30

Address: Belgaum Leadership Academy, Kalasannavar Farms, Teachers Colony, Khasbag, Belgaum

Contact: 9611406979 (Sameer Majali)

Final year students of any stream may apply — provided they are aged between 18 and 45 and possess good English communication skills. Undergraduates and diploma holders could also apply.

An orientation session will be on June 21.

Belgaum Leadership Academy:

The Belgaum Leadership Academy is dedicated to the cause of imparting Management Education to students in Belgaum District since 2004. The institute has gained considerable repute for the innovative teaching interventions which include 24 & 48 hr marathon sessions and extensive corporate interactions. BLA is proud to have faculty with a great amount of industrial and teaching experience. Together with the in-house faculty they ensure the all round development of the students.

The Authorized Training Partner program addresses this need for skilled resources by providing training related to interviews and an understanding of the work culture and processes at Wipro BPO. The prospective candidates are assessed by a preliminary interview and those eligible for direct hire by Wipro are given the opportunity to attend the interviews conducted at the BLA campus. The candidates found wanting with reference to the requirements for the said interview and job are provided Free Training at the BLA Campus and subsequently given the interview opportunity.

The training is provided by well qualified and experienced trainers on an eco-friendly campus conducive to learning. The customized training program addresses the shortfalls of the conventional process of education and improved the communication skills, analytical skills and interpersonal skills of individuals. It gears them up for a progressive, exciting and lucrative career with Wipro.

It was a year ago that AllAboutBelgaum.com spurted the idea of collaboration between the various IT & ITeS companies based in Belgaum. The Idea was well picked up by all companies and resulted in the formation of ITBELGAUM group where one can meet share and explore. At this moment there are 15 companies which are run by first time entrepreneurs in different aspects and streams of IT. IT-BELGAUM was set up in May 2009, at Belgaum to facilitate business and trade in software and services and to encourage software technology.

It is now a year Old, Happy Anniversary IT Belgaum!

Belgaum is a home to many small industries, colleges, universities and the human talent is huge. Belgaum has being doing estimable in the fields like foundry, health care and others but IT(information Technology) industry is lagging behind. Be it the Desur IT park or some other projects of the Government, nothing substantial has happened in the city and most of the people are unaware of IT companies that exist in the city.

To encourage and make awareness of the presence of IT companies in Belgaum a Premier Special Interest Group called IT-BELGAUM has been formed. IT-Belgaum is the premier Association of the IT-BPO companies in Belgaum.

IT-BELGAUM aims to drive the overall growth of the global off shoring market by taking up the role of a strategic advisor to the industry. Our goals include:

1. Accelerating economic development efforts and improving local talent supply.
2. Strengthening local infrastructure.
3. Building cohesive partnerships and driving operational excellence.
4. To promote IT business with local companies and to retain local talent.

IT-BELGAUM’s members and associate member companies are broadly in the business of software development, embedded systems, software services, software products, consulting services, recruitment services, BPO services, e-commerce & web services, engineering services off shoring, animation and gaming.

The group has created awareness programs and practical workshops and seminars at GIT, KLE Engineering, Potdar Ploytechinic, IMER, BCBA, KLES BCA, Gogte BCA, Jain College, BIMS in the city giving out to the talent pool what is needed in the industry and this also initiates a student-industry interaction.

With time we will also help entrepreneurs who want to come to Belgaum and set shop here, as most of the companies are started by first time entrepreneurs, their experience would be worthwhile for the new comers to town.

The IT sector in Belgaum is very encouraging. Considering the human talent around and the blooming companies which have chosen Belgaum as their Playground, it was thought of collectively coming on a single platform where all the IT companies could share their knowledge with the community and also collaborate with each other. Human resources

Management, taxation problems, INTERNET connectivity, grooming the upcoming talent in colleges are some of the points IT-Belgaum group will emphasize on.

The ITBELGAUM.COM website is a platform where one can meet, share and explore opportunities in Belgaum. This site aims to be the one stop site for your entire search or queries related to IT & ITeS firms in Belgaum, IT jobs. The site also serves an as a medium where experts will attempt to answer to your queries in the domain of IT & IteS. We also plan to enable all employees of the group companies to use this site as a platform to share their ideas and gain knowledge by collaborating. By coming together, our voices could be heard by the government as well.

In a nutshell IT-Belgaum group is a place to Meet, Share & Explore.

It is not big promises made here, we have come together to Meet, Share & Explore opportunities for a BETTER and BRIGHTER BELGAUM.

Belgaum has so many IT companies?

To answer these kind of questions IT Belgaum is doing the current set of awareness campaign in all colleges of Belgaum.

The learned Faculty and the students were exceedingly gratified by the ITBelgaum’s initiative of doing technical seminar and workshops.

This was the 7^th college that a workshop was conducted.

Amit Soundalgekar, a corporate soft skill trainer gave an introduction to IT Belgaum in a overzealous style.

Sandeep Tekriwal, of Starnet Belgaum spoke on Social media and its importance for everyone.

The IT Belgaum group has been contributing its bit to the society by disseminating the latest information of the industry and know how with the students of various colleges of the city.

The premier Special Interest Group of the IT-BPO companies in Belgaum, ITBelgaum’s initiative of doing technical seminar and workshops was over again exceedingly gratified by the students and the faculty of BET’s Bhartesh college of Business administration.

Prof. G M Shetti, Prof. Arif Shaikh appreciated the efforts of the companies of coming together and spreading the word about IT amongst the student fraternity.

Rajendra Pai, a freelance excel trainer gave a introduction to IT Belgaum and Dr.Ameet Patil of Spundhan labs spoke on a very different topic, Wke up Sid. It was nothing to do with the movie but how one can sell himself in the job market.

The IT Belgaum group has been contributing its bit to the society by disseminating the latest information of the industry and know how with the students of various colleges of the city.

The premier Special Interest Group of the IT-BPO companies in Belgaum, ITBelgaum’s initiative of doing technical seminar and workshops was over again exceedingly gratified by the students and the faculty of Vasantrao Potdar Ploytechnic Tilakwadi Belgaum.

The IT Belgaum group has been contributing its bit to the society by disseminating the latest information of the industry and know how with the students of various colleges of the city.

Today Dr.Aadil Bandukwalla, Chief Evangelist Talent Onions gave a mind blowing introduction to IT Belgaum. R K Patil of Vavvaya Labs spoke on embedded systems.