TCS to set up world’s largest corporate learning centre in Kerala

TCS to set up world’s largest corporate learning centre in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

New Delhi: Country’s largest software services firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) today said it will set up the world’s largest corporate learning and development centre in Thiruvananthapuram with a total capacity to train 50,000 professionals every year.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone for the facility.

The learning facility will be built over an area of 6.1 million square feet and will have the capacity to train 15,000 professionals at one time and 50,000 professionals annually, TCS said in a statement.

Located on a 97-acre property in the Technopark area of the city, the campus will also have residential accommodation for professionals and faculty at the centre, it added.

"TCS has been present in Thiruvananthapuram since 1997 and since then it has been the hub of our global learning and development efforts," TCS Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director N Chandrasekaran said.

The TCS Learning Campus will be the new benchmark for corporate learning worldwide and this iconic facility will produce world class professionals to meet the future needs of the IT industry, he added.

The project will provide direct employment to over 2,000 skilled and unskilled local people for a period of 4 years.

An integral part of the project will be the skill development programmes run by TCS to upgrade the skills of local youth and facilitate opportunities to work in the construction project, through contractors.

TCS employs over 2,85,000 professionals worldwide and plans to hire 50,000 professionals in 2013-14. It spends over 15 million hours on learning and development programmes for its employees every year.

Over the last 5 years till date, the company has trained over 1.43 lakh IT professionals in India and abroad.

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Man from Chennai arrested in Hyderabad for abducting minor girl to Kerala

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Hyderabad: A man from Chennai was arrested from the Mallepally area here on Thursday on charges of abducting a minor girl from Old City and taking her to Kerala after making false promises of training her in singing.

Accused Mohammed Mustafa, rented a house in Asif Nagar and allegedly kidnapped a 15-year-old girl staying in his neighbourhood on December 11, took her to Alappuzha and kept her in his friend's house, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West Zone) V Satyanarayana told reporters here.

Allegedly, he made false promises of getting her trained in singing and abducted her from the custody of her parents, the DCP said.

Mustafa allegedly prepared a fake 'voter ID card' for the victim with a fake name and showed her to a few people, the senior police officer said, adding the accused wanted the victim to change her name.

Allegedly, he planned to traffick the minor girl to Dubai, the DCP said. Following a complaint, the Humayun Nagar police registered a case under Section 366 (kidnapping) and Section 345 (wrongful confinement)of the Indian Penal Code against Mustafa, rescued the girl from his friend's house at Alappuzha and arrested Mustafa on Thursday.

Besides this case, Mustafa allegedly collected huge amounts from several people telling that his consignment was held up in the airport for customs clearance, the police said.

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Congress sets up 105-member executive committee for Kerala

New Delhi: Congress veteran K Karunakaran's son and daughter K Muraleedharan and Padmaja Venugopal figure along with senior leaders A K Antony, Vayalar Ravi, Chief Minister Oomen Chandy and PCC chief Ramesh Chennithala in the 105-member list of Kerala Pradesh Executive Committee.

The list also includes party MP Peethampara Kurup, who was in controversy recently over molestation charges by actress Shweta Menon, which were later withdrawn by her.

The jumbo committee announced by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi today, an exercise aimed at making the party fighting fit for next Lok Sabha polls, has tried to accommodate all factions of Kerala Congress giving representation to MPs and MLAs with an emphasis on youth.

Union Ministers Shashi Tharoor, K C Venugopal, Mullapally Ramachandran and K V Thomas are other prominent members in the committee with Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha P J Kurien, party MP and spokesperson P C Chacko, Kodikunnil Suresh, M I Shanavas, K Sudhakaran and K P Dhanapalan.

P P Thankachan, the convener of United Democratic Front as well as former PCC chief Thennala G Balakrishna Pillai also find a place in the committee. Rahul Gandhi's pick and former AICC secretary Shanimol Usman is among the 12 women leaders in the list. 

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Man from Chennai arrested in Hyderabad for abducting minor girl to Kerala

Picture for representational purpose only.

Hyderabad: A man from Chennai was arrested from the Mallepally area here on Thursday on charges of abducting a minor girl from Old City and taking her to Kerala after making false promises of training her in singing.

Accused Mohammed Mustafa, rented a house in Asif Nagar and allegedly kidnapped a 15-year-old girl staying in his neighbourhood on December 11, took her to Alappuzha and kept her in his friend's house, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West Zone) V Satyanarayana told reporters here.

Allegedly, he made false promises of getting her trained in singing and abducted her from the custody of her parents, the DCP said.

Mustafa allegedly prepared a fake 'voter ID card' for the victim with a fake name and showed her to a few people, the senior police officer said, adding the accused wanted the victim to change her name.

Allegedly, he planned to traffick the minor girl to Dubai, the DCP said. Following a complaint, the Humayun Nagar police registered a case under Section 366 (kidnapping) and Section 345 (wrongful confinement)of the Indian Penal Code against Mustafa, rescued the girl from his friend's house at Alappuzha and arrested Mustafa on Thursday.

Besides this case, Mustafa allegedly collected huge amounts from several people telling that his consignment was held up in the airport for customs clearance, the police said.

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