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IT young turks try to recreate Silicon Valley in Kerala -- Manorama Online

Thiruvananthapuram: They are fresh from college but not desperate for a job! Eight engineering graduates from this state, known better for its thriving tourism industry, are looking to give jobs to people in their IT startup that is already being valued at around USD seven million. more>>
Young IT turks dream of a `Silicon Coast` in Kerala -- Zee News

Thiruvananthapuram, June 26: They are fresh from college but not desperate for a job! Eight engineering graduates from this state, known better for its thriving tourism industry, are looking to give jobs to people in their it startup that is already being valued at around USD 7 mn. more>>
Dream of a 'Silicon Coast' in Kerala -- Economic Times

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: They are fresh from college but not desperate for a job! Eight engineering graduates from this state, known better for its thriving tourism industry, are looking to give jobs to people in their IT startup that is already being valued at around USD 7 million. more>>
Torque shortlisted for India Innovates Growth Program Organized by Lockheed Martin, FICCI and University of Texas at Austin.

FICCI jointly with the Lockheed Martin Corporation and IC2 Institute, University of Texas, Austin has launched the India Innovation Growth Program in February 2007. The aim of this new program is to accelerate innovative new Indian technologies into new markets in the United States and around the world. more>>
I am fascinated by students incubation initiatives in Technopark: President Kalam -- Newsletter from Technopark Technology Business Incubator Trivandrum

New Delhi: Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, President of India expressed delight at the manner in which groups of students and fresh graduates are inspired to turn entrepreneurs through Technopark Technology Business Incubator (T-TBI), which enables them to become job creators and not job seekers. more>>
Torque project gets Kalam`s backing -- Business Standard
Torque Technology Solutions, the Thiruvananthapuram Technopark-based technology company, has received an encouraging note from President APJ Abdul Kalam for the company’s idea to promote student entrepreneurship in Kerala.

The business incubation company run by a team of Trivandrum Engineering College students had met President Kalam a couple of days ago and presented to him the company's project titled 'Dawn of a Silicon Coast', which envisages promotion of as many as 100 student start ups. more>>
Lunch with Kavya Madhavan
MobME got into the festival spirit of Valetine's Day and conducted a competition for all those lovers out there to get a chance to dine with actor Kavya Madhavan by just answering a few question over MobME's IVRS Portal.
The winners at the end of the competition enjoyed a fine day with Kavya at Abad Plaza.

Going big on mobile technology --- The Hindu

VALUE ADDITION: MobME, new business venture of Torque, will open up before mobile users the amazing world of Mobile Value Added Services.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Torque team is at it again. `The Magnificent Seven' of the College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, who created waves by launching their own IT start-up while in college, are getting ready for the next big leap with a mobile infotainment initiative that works at the cutting edge in technology.more>>
Torque launches arm to tap mobile media market -- Business Line

Thiruvananthapuram Feb. 12 Torque, a company incubated at Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram, is launching a subsidiary called MobME to cater to the mobile media and entertainment market.

MobME will be based in Kochi, but will have its development centre in Thiruvananthapuram, said Mr Sanjay Vijayakumar, CEO, Torque. A group of non-resident Indians has invested $1 million in the new venture, he added. more>>
Kerala Based Student Startup Receives $1 Million In Funding -- ContentSutra

MobME, a mobile entertainment related business venture of Kerala based student startup Torque has received $1 million in funding. Torque is a 17 member operation which was started by students of Trivandrum College of Engineering, four of whom are still in college. more>>
MobMe’s coming -- The New Indian Express
KOCHI: Opening another window to Kochi’s techscape, MobMe is coming to the city within a month.

Mobile Media and Entertainment (MobME), a multi-million dollar investment venture, is a subsidiary of Torque, a trend-setter company floated by a group of engineering students and set up in Technopark in August 2005. This new initiative will be based at Infopark in Kochi with its technical and development centre at Technopark. more>>


Kerala's pioneering student Information Technology initiative, Torque, is all set to foray into mobilephone-based value added services - Mob VAS - seeking to tap the country's fast growing mobile-based infotainment market.

Conceived as a multi-million dollar venture supported by silent investors from India and abroad, Mobile Media and Entertainment-- 'MobMe'-- would offer a wide range of services entertainment, information and mCommerce, its CEO Sanjay Vijayakumar told a press meet in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday. more>>


Kerala's student IT venture forays into Mob VAS -- Kerala Kaumudi

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala's pioneering student Information Technology initiative, Torque, is all set to foray into mobilephone-based value added services - Mob VAS - seeking to tap the country's fast growing mobile-based infotainment market.

Conceived as a multi-million dollar venture supported by silent investors from India and abroad, Mobile Media and Entertainment-- 'MobMe'-- would offer a wide range of services entertainment, information and mCommerce, its CEO Sanjay Vijayakumar told a press meet here on Sunday.more>>
Start-ups start heading for small towns --- Wall Street Journal - Mint

In a list of India's 100 innovative start-up companies� released last month by Nasscom, which represents software and computer services firms, nearly one-tenth came from unexpected places making their debut: cities such as Indore, Durgapur and Thiruvananthapuram. more>>
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