CHENNAI ARCHITECT
Title No 3: Kolkata's Knights are IPL's 'Super Kings'
Kolkata Knight Riders dominated Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL final. Venkatesh Iyer's unbeaten 52 helped KKR secure their third IPL title with a clinical victory.
Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai top three cities for employing female applicants: Survey
Careernet's report, "Moving Towards Equality – An Overview of the Hiring Trends for 2022", looks at the hiring trends for women in India across industries. The report finds that the average percentage of total women candidates hired saw a steep drop outside of tier-1 cities, from 31% to 12.5%. The report shows companies' hiring sentiment across a range of experience levels and industries, spread over six tier-1 cities across India.
Again, MS Dhoni does what he knows best: Finishes the game in the last ball! Wins match against Mumbai Indians, and hearts
Anand Mahindra also paid a special tribute to the Captain Cool.
M2P Fintech strengthens its technology leadership team
M2P Fintech has appointed Kannan Murali as its head of product and data engineering and Kannan Raju S as vice president, infrastructure and information security.
Overhead tank: A solution to post-cyclone water shortage
It was the 19th century invention of steam pumps which enabled overhead tanks as a mass plumbing solution. Apartment blocks in New York soon had barrel-like tanks on three legs and a conical cap on their roofs.
PM to launch Global Housing Technology challenge in January to build bank of new construction technologies
The projects would have active participation from the states. Modi would unveil the projects in the presence of state chief ministers, who are likely to give more support to the new technologies.
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Tamil Nadu government renames three Metro Rail stations in Chennai after Anna, MGR & Jaya
According to a government order, the Alandur station will be called 'Arignar Anna Alandur Metro', the Central Metro as 'Puratchi Thalaivar Dr M G Ramachandran Central Metro' and the CMBT station as 'Puratchi Thalaivi Dr J Jayalalithaa CMBT Metro.'
Tamil Nadu youth develops portable house on the back of an auto
It was while doing his internship with a team of architects, who designed high-rise buildings in the city, that the prototype of compact and temporary houses struck Arun Prabhu N G.
Tidel Park in Chennai's Pattabiram to have ‘hanging garden’
Software professionals who work in the upcoming Tidel Park at Pattabiram may relax with a cup of coffee in style in a garden that would offer a bird’s eye view of the sprawling western parts of the city. The IT park will have lush green environment not on the ground floor or on the terrace, but in the middle of the multi-storey building, which would be one of the tallest structures on Chennai-Tirupati high road.
Chennai: ‘Using stucco to restore temple art like painting over Mona Lisa’
Several years ago, the sandstone sculptures of Shiva as Gangadhara and Ravana lifting the Kailasa on the interior walls of the Matangesvara temple in Kancheepuram were whitewashed in the name of restoration. Now, these ruined Pallava sculptures are set to be covered with stucco, a technique heritage experts say, will destroy the natural beauty of the ancient art as well as the architectural marvel that is the Shiva temple, believed to have been built by the Pallavas in the 9th century AD.
I was hooked to NASA's moon surface images for days: Chennai engineer who found lost Vikram Lander
NASA credited Shanmuga Subramanian for a tip-off that eventually led to the discovery of Vikram Lander.
Chennai techie uses Nasa images to find Vikram lander debris, gets credit from US agency
A Chennai techie, Shanmuga Subramanian, used lunar images from Nasa's Moon's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured on different dates and studied them for weeks to locate the debris of the lander. He wrote to Nasa informing about his findings. In a tweet later, Nasa confirmed the news and released images of impact site on moon surface.
Former India cricketer V B Chandrasekhar committed suicide over debts: Police
According to a senior police official, Chandrasekhar ended his life by hanging himself at his house in the city on Thursday evening due to debts.
Tamil Nadu honours "Rocketman" K Sivan with Kalam Award for stellar scientific work
The award carries 8 gm gold medal, Rs five lakh in cash and a citation.
Decoded: The concerns and aspirations of the urban electorate in seven Indian cities
As urban constituencies have risen in importance, parties use different strategies to appeal to these voters.
Green thumbs gear up to follow a plastic free month, taking off from the global movement
The initiative, is an off-shoot of the global movement Plastic Free July, that started in Western Australia in 2011 and is now spread across more than 150 countries worldwide.
Talent crunch: Kolkata's startup wave held back by 'zombies'
The extremely limited talent pool and the lack of exposure makes Kolkata a difficult place to startup and grow. This meant FusionCharts Pallav Nadhani had to shift to Bangalore after he realized the city's dearth of experts limited his ability to grow.
Project management most sought-after tech skill for 2017
Of the 7,000 respondents, 54 per cent fall in the age group of 25-30 years, 28 per cent in 22-25 years, 16 per cent in 30-35 years and the rest in 35 years and above.
Yes Bank designing facility in Chennai to encourage collaboration among millennial workforce
The facility, which will house 9,000 employees, will be spread over 4 lakh sqft initially, to be expanded to 9 lakh sqft in the next phase.
Chennai floats a new platform for ideas - Chennai International Centre
It has been structured as a company to allow it the ease of operations of a private limited company but also has Trust to perpetuate the CIC concept beyond the generation at the helm.
Here's how Bengaluru-based startup Team Indus is reaching for the moon
In 2013, Team Indus was a group of young space enthusiasts who had been working for three years to develop a spacecraft to land and rove on the moon.
Delhi-based architect Rohan Patankar's travel sketches help rebuild lives in Nepal
Rohan Patankar sold high-resolution reprints of his drawings as limited-edition art prints and postcards and sent the funds to help build homes in Nepal.
Crematoriums getting a facelift thanks to private enterprises
lnterestingly, cities like Coimbatore, Erode and Surat have signature crematoria designed by private architectural firms and widely cited in global architecture magazines.
Temenos to raise headcount in Indian offices to 2,500 in three years
The hires would be in several key verticals including banking product specialists, architects and engineers, Jayanthan said.
Chennai clampdown stunts low-cost housing growth
There is a need to bring in regulations. Officials need to ensure that only well qualified engineers and architects are allowed to work on building projects.
Global Franchise Architects to invest Rs 40 crore on expansion in South India
Joseph Cherian, CEO, GFA Global, said plans are on to open a total of 35 stores across all brands in South India this year, with a large focus on Pizza stores.
Komatsu set to buy out L&T Stake in joint venture, deal likely to be valued at Rs 600-700 crore
L&T is in the final stages of negotiations to sell its 50% stake to Japanese partner Komatsu in their hydraulic equipment manufacturing joint venture, L&T Komatsu.
Visiting US architect team says have a long-term view on India
The largest US trade mission to India in more than a decade, comprising an architecture services delegation, has arrived in Kolkata on Wednesday.
PayPal ramps up hiring at India unit
Online payment provider PayPal is betting on making India an 'incubation centre' for the company's employee engagement policies.
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