Hyderabad City to Host 5-Day Sky Fest From December 23

HYDERABAD: The City of Pearls is all set to host its largest-ever five-day festivity, Sky Fest, in December. It will be held at the Gachibowli Stadium from December 23 to 27.

To be hosted by Sparsh Hospice, a charitable initiative of Rotary Club, it will be a one-stop destination for adventure, entertainment, food and will have some major attractions like hot-air balloon rides, concerts, midnight open-air movies and acrobatic shows.

Speaking at the curtain raiser of ‘ACT Fibernet Sky Fest 2015’, IT and panchayat raj minister KT Rama Rao here on Wednesday said, “For any city to become a global city, social capital plays a major role. If the investors, migrants and natives do not have a social life, then that city cannot be called a true metropolitan city. That is the reason why we started promoting Hyderabad as a social capital through the ‘Happening Hyderabad’ programme and hosted many concerts and international conventions in the past one year. The upcoming Sky Fest will be a way forward and will definitely be a highlight among all our programmes.”

Rao added, “The festival is being organised with an aim to connect all sections of  people under one roof to create vibrant communities leading to a better life.

Also, the motive is appreciable as the organisers are trying to raise funds to expand their hospitality scope by adding new facilities,” Rao added.

He advised the organisers to target school students to make the programme successful. “As the programme will be hosted during the Christmas holidays, it will be better if  educational institutions are also involved in the event. As all the programmes will be held at one venue, there are high chances of children turning out in large numbers,” the minister said.

“Besides hot-air balloon rides, the other attractions of the festival will include concerts, midnight open-air movies, acrobatic shows, five days of carnival, shopping, food and much more fun and frolic  to bond people,” Dr M Subrahmanyam, trustee, Sparsh Hospice, said.

The movies to be screened are Dilwale, Baji Rao Mastani, Bahubali (Hindi), Sreemanthudu and Maya Bazar (Colour). Noted singers  Shanker Mahadevan, Sonu Nigam and Devi Sri Prasad will perform at the event.

Sparsh Hospice is a 15-bedded hospital in  a rented building at Banjara Hills in the city. The fundraising event is being organised to generate funds required to build its own premises and expand the capacity from 15 to 50 beds.

Source : Indian Express 

Innofest on Nov 21 : Hyderabad Startups

#Hyderabad to host Innofest on Nov 21

Start-up incubator T-Hub will host the first edition of Innofest, a festival of Innovation on Saturday. Angel investor Mohandas Pai, IT products association iSpirit co-founder, Sharad Sharma and Pramati founder Jay Pullur are among the speakers who would address different sessions in the daylong event.

It will be inaugurated by K T Rama Rao, the Minister of IT and Panchayat Raj, Government of Telangana. He will also deliver plenary key note address.

“Innofest is unique event organised to celebrate Innovation. It is a platform that brings together many unsung heroes among innovators and uncovered innovations and gives them their due recognition,” Hyderabad Software Exporters’ Association (HYSEA) President Ramesh Loganathan has said.

Source : The Hindu

Hyderabad leads in office space absorption among top eight cities

Hyderabad leads in office space absorption among top eight cities 

BENGALURU: Hyderabad recorded the highest office space absorption among the top-eight cities in the country in the third quarter of 2015, according to property consultant Cushman & Wakefield, as political stability in the region saw more corporates sign property deals. Net absorption of office space in the city was recorded at 24 lakh sq ft, while commitments were at 3.85 lakh sq ft, the highest office space net absorption witnessed after the formation of Telangana and the highest since 2008 .. 

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Bio-Medical Research to come up in Hyderabad

Hyderabad / New Delhi

The central government on Wednesday gave its go-ahead to set up a National Resource Facility for Bio-medical Research at Genome Valley in Hyderabad.

The institution, whose estimated cost is Rs.338.58 crore, will be the first of its kind for quality laboratory animals for basic and applied biomedical research in the country, an official statement said.

The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The resource centre, to be set up by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), is expected to be functional by 2018-19, it said.

"It will be developed as a world-class facility for breeding and housing of animals such as primates, canines and other specialised models such as transgenic and knockout rodents required for testing of various R&D products," the statement added.

The facility will create, develop and provide access to a range of laboratory animals and related technological resources for advancement of biomedical research in the country, mainly to facilitate research in medical colleges, research and academic institutions, universities and Biotech/Bio-pharma companies, it said.

It will also provide training facilities for personnel in the specialised areas in the field of biomedical research.

The state government has allotted 102.69 acres of land at Genome Valley, Hyderabad, free of cost, to the ICMR for Establishment of National Animal Resource Facility (NARF) for Biomedical Research.

Source : NDTV

Hyderabad will soon be ringed by nature parks

The city could be surrounded by a garland of green spaces in the coming days, offering ample space, abundant fresh air, and opportunity to shed those extra kilos, for hobbyists, walkers and residents in the proximity.

In the coming six months, the Forest Department is planning to launch about 10 nature parks at various locations on the city fringes, for visitors, children, trekkers and bicyclers. This is in line with Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s instructions for development of lung spaces for urban dwellers, officials from the department said.

 30 fores blocks

While the parks will function much in the same way as the Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park, with restricted entry and nominal fee, national park status will not be obtained for the new ones, as it could delay the future development projects, they said. There are about 30 forest blocks in city’s proximity.

Already, two such parks, namely, ‘Bhagyanagar Nandanavanam’ in Narepally on the Warangal highway, and ‘Sanjeevini Vanam’ in Gurramguda have been thrown open to the public.

Locations where the rest of the parks could be coming up include Domnair, Gundiguda, Kandlakoya, Dulapally, Vanasthalipuram, Bowrampet, Gajularamaram, Nagaram, Turkayamjal, Medchal, and Suraram. Area of each park could range between 100 acres and 700 acres.

Part of the ‘Mahaveer Harina Vanasthali National Park’ at the Vanasthalipuram and the forest land at Dulapally will be used to develop nature parks there.

Something for everyone

Natural vegetation already existing in the blocks will be encouraged, and fenced off with a compound wall. An earthen walking track and another track for cycling will be laid along the wall inside, besides landscaping at the entrance. Rest-shelters, bench-seating, drinking water, and wash-room facilities will be provided, apart from sign-boards and labelling of trees. Each park will have an education centre with library, auditorium and interpretation hall, and a nature camp shed for children and Yoga enthusiasts, the official said.

“Allowing people into these spaces will increase the sense of responsibility and control encroachments, as witnessed in the case of KBR Park,” the official said.

Tentative launch of the park at Domnair is scheduled in December, while the same for the one at Dulapally is in January next year. Nagaram and Kandlakoya parks could be launched in February next. One park in Gurramguda could be launched in a month, while the second is scheduled for March 2016.

The park at Vanasthalipuram too may be launched in three months.

Other than these parks, five forest blocks within three km from the Outer Ring Road, respectively at Eliminedu, Guttala Kancha, Kongarakhurd, Kongara Kalan and Saaloni Dibba, will be developed as adventure sports locations for youth.

Source : The Hindu 

Hyderabad - e-rickshaws to criss-cross soon

Hyderabad Battery run e-rickshaws have arrived to cut the city loose from smothering vehicular pollution. Like in New Delhi, the Road Transport Authority in Hyderabad has decided to introduce these rickshaws which run inducing minimal emissions. 

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These vehicles that are already put to use around the Nehru Zoological Park could bring back the much required breathing space that the city needs. But like every good deed, there were hurdles that the authorities had to overcome before taking this e-leap. As permissions from Central Institute of Road Transport is required to run new vehicle models, the authorities had to wait for the required permits to get the green wheels hit the road.

Now, three agencies have come forward to supply the rickshaws imported from China and deployed in New Delhi. Perhaps, the city’s green dream is not that farfetched or away.

Source : The Hindu