100th Follower of my blog :) brought by Gabbar Singh

Today I am fully filled with joy - not just because its heading towards a looooong weekend, but my blog followers number touched 100 :) Hurray! 

With this achievement & excitement, I am sharing my happiness with the below pictures of Gabbar Singh (He is really special for my blog)......

Inspite of 3 Successive Flops, 3 Crazy Projects are Awaiting...

Generally, craze for any hero in the film industry builds with his immediate previous projects (HITS)... But one man is contradicting this formula and standing against it ...he is none other than Power Star Pawan Kalyan! 

His Komaram Puli released with usual hype, but failed to pull crowds to the theatres; Pawan opted Love Aajkal remake "Theenmaar" again the movie failed in collecting monies; Even his Panjaa failed to shake the box office and could not entertain his fans and all the movie lovers.... so total 3 flops in a row!

Now is the time for him to realize and show his power to the box office, but how? Currently Power Star is working with young director "Harish Shankar" for his Gabbar Singh, but Whats next??

Got Bored with the Routine Busy Life in City?

Are you a Student - dying to travel distances everyday, carrying a huge burden at your back - to your School or College? (or) Are you fed-up with your boss and the office work (if you are an employee) - don't tell me that you are a software engineer, surely you must be irritated at you work place (working for more than 10 hours a day - under  uncontrollable pressures). Then you are missing a lot in your life! 

I would say life is not just a journey, its a journey of joy! So my dear friends, why don't we try to do some treasure hunt (not really treasure) for better options to enjoy our lives to the fullest, if not every day (every minute, every second) - at least on a weekend (or) at least once in a month (or) at least once in a quarter you should have an outdoor trips with your friends / colleagues / families. Believe me this will boast your energy and surely help you in relaxing from all the useless tensions in your life.

Out of my past experiences, one such wonderful location is an eight hour trip to Papikondalu from Rajahmundry on the River Godavari by Boat (this can be extended up to Bhadrachalam, which will be a much more excited trip). Yes! I had this great fun just twice in my life and I will do this again and again...

Travelling being my passion, I used to go for long drives to Sagar and Srisailam by bikes very regularly (say once in a quarter). But for the first time when we planned this trip to Papikondalu, I thrilled travelling to Rajahmundry with my Graduation friends by Train (for an already planned and reserved Papikondalu Trip through APTDC). But when I tried doing the same next time, APTDC could not provide required tickets for the trip (due to the short notice). For those people who want to book tickets for boat seats (or a complete boat) just before a week's time with a limited budget, then there is a way... 

India's IT and Software Industry Continues its Growth Curve

Here is an old post about the forecast of Software Industry Growth in India. I liked this article and thought of posting it here...will come up with more like this...

The software industry is continuously expanding in India. It is a leading destination for the IT and IT-enabled services worldwide. As per NASSCOM, the leading body for the software industry in India, the gross revenue has grown from 1.2% from 1997-1998 to 5.8% from 2008-2009.

Sydney, New South Wales, May 20, 2010 /India PRwire/ -- The IT and Software industry is a major economy player in India. Mainly based on IT software and facilities such as system integration, software experiments, custom application development and maintenance (CADM), Network and IT services and solutions; the country's IT-BPO industry expanded by 12% during fiscal year 2009, and attained aggregate returns of US$71.6 Billion. Out of the derived revenue, US$59.6 billion was directly generated by the software and services sector alone. The IT industry in India had an increase of about US$7 billion in FY 2008/2009 i.e. US$47.3 billion against US$40.9 billion in the previous FY.

Major multi-million dollar investments are expected in the Industry in the next few years for instance, a five year agreement between HCL Technologies and News Corp for administering its information centers and IT services in the UK. According to industry pundits, the deal is estimated to be at about US$200 - US$250 million. Other investment deals include the US$50 million agreement between HCL Technologies and Meggitt, a UK based security apparatus manufacture, for offering engineering facilities and the Global giant Walmart that shortlisted three Indian IT dealers for a deal worth US$600 million. NASSCOM-Deloitte study shows that the contribution of the IT/ITES industry to the GDP of India has gone up to a share of 5% in 2007 from the meager 1.2% in 1998. Revenues from the Industry have been put at US$64 billion and its growth rate stood at 33% in the FY ended 2008.

Major software and IT industry players in India include, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro Limited, Infosys, HCL Technologies, Tech Mahindra, Patni Computer Systems, i-flex solutions, MphasiS, L&T Infotech and IBM India. There are numerous software companies in the country but the above are the top companies that offer IT and software services. Software exports from India have increased and account for about 60% of India's total software revenue. This has been boosted by the domestic software market that depends on the sale of software packages and products, earning revenue for the country. About 40% of the domestic software market is made of products while more than 80% of software exports earnings are generated by services like custom software development and consultancy services. More information about the Indian IT & Software industry is available on http://www.investinindia.com.
It is expected that India's software export revenue will grow by 13-14% in the current fiscal year that began in April even though companies in the outsourcing business are expected to remain cautious on their technology spending requirements.

Invest in India is an initiative to market India as an investment destination all over the globe, to provide a networking platform to the Indian businesses at a global level and to provide information to the international investors about investment opportunities in India. [source]