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Hi Tech Pune Maharashtra 2009 Conference: 26 & 27 Feb
Hi Tech Pune Maharashtra is a two-day conference on technology that is held in Pune every year. This year, the theme is “IT in Governance” and the schedule features a number of very interesting speakers. I attended this conference last year, and live-blogged it here and here. Here are some of the lectures that I [...]
Can Pune Emulate The Silicon Valley Technology Startup Ecosystem?
Image via Wikipedia This article is cross-posted from Amit Paranjape‘s blog. I have always wondered about the parallels between Silicon Valley and Pune. Some might call this farfetched, but there are some really interesting and some coincidental similarities. Pune (as does any other Indian City) has a long way to go to even get closer, [...]
Reasons why proto.in should be in Pune
Proto.in is the premiere conference for startups in India. The most recent edition was held in Bangalore last week. The next one is now being planned and the organizers are asking whether it should be in Pune or Mumbai. Instead of making it simply a twitter popularity contest, I say let’s give them a host [...]
Shop online this Diwali at Laxmi Road shops using laxmiroad.in
Here’s a Diwali themed post for you as PuneTech takes off for a few days. Legendary Marathi author Pu.La. Deshpande once said (and I am paraphrasing here) that there is no need to travel the world, because you can buy anything that you would really want at Pune’s Laxmi Road. Unfortunately however, thanks to the [...]
What Pune does, country follows: After award, kiosks head beyond city
The Indian Express reports that Pune is leading the nation in the use of IT for governance. Recently, it had set up kiosks where citizens can pay property taxes, and get copies of birth and death certificates. This initiative has received an award from the state government, and Vansh Infotech, the company implementing the kiosks [...]
PMC launches participatory budgeting
The Pune Municipal Corporation has a scheme to include citizens suggestions in the budget for the year. Anybody who has an idea for work that can be carried out in their ward/locality can download a form, fill it out and submit it at their ward office / nearest multi-utility citizen kiosk location / citizen facilitation [...]
Why I chose Pune for my startup
This article was written by Anthony Hsiao in an e-mail thread over at Pune OpenCoffee Club‘s mailing list, and is reproduced here with permission. Anthony is a co-founder of Pune-startup Entrip. Anthony, Nick and Adil, who were in London when they decided to start Entrip, moved to Pune to actually make it happen, for the [...]
IT cos find Pune rentals high-priced
The Times of India is reporting that the increasing rentals in Pune could be a significant deterrent in growth of IT in Pune. Sunil Patil, president (Pune region), UBICS, a software company of the UB group, believes that the rentals may spoil the show. “Rentals in Pune for software companies have gone up 300% in [...]
Hi-Tech Pune Maharashtra conference 2008 – Day 2
Yesterday, I live-blogged about Day 1 of this conference. That was more about the speeches given by dignitaries. Today I am attending one session, and this one promises to be more technical talks. To refresh your memory, this is the Hi-Tech Pune Maharashtra 2008 organized by Suresh Kalmadi backed Pune Vyaspeeth, this is the 5th [...]
Hi-Tech Pune Maharashtra 2008 Conference – Day 1
The Hi-Tech Pune Maharashtra 2008 conference got underway today. Organized by Suresh Kalmadi backed Pune Vyaspeeth, this is the 5th installment of this conference, and in addition to IT, the focus this time is on Bio-Technology and Animation. The conference is spread out over three days (18th June to 20th June) and there is a [...]