SOFT POWER CLUB ANNUAL CONFERENCE

After the opening session of the Annual Soft Power Club conference held at Technopark, the 20-member Italian Delegation, led by Mr. Francesco Rutelli, President of the Soft Power Club, went for a guided tour of Technopark Campus alongside the Nila building in Phase I, as well as Ganga-Yamuna and Niagara (Embassy Taurus) building in Phase III. They visited major IT companies on the campus like IBS Software and Toonz Animation. Dr. Rathan U Kelkar, Secretary, E & ITD, Government of Kerala, and Col Sanjeev Nair (Retd), CEO, Technopark, accompanied Shri Amitabh Kant, G20 Sherpa, and the visiting delegates during this guided tour of Technopark. Noting that India’s first technology park has such a diverse talent pool, Mr. Paolo Cuccia, an executive of a leading Italian company, said the presence of such a good number of female IT professionals reflected on Kerala’s women empowerment initiatives. The delegation had interacted with representatives of the Group of Technology Companies (GTECH), the industry body of IT companies in Kerala. Executive Chairman, IBS Software, and Chairman, GTECH, Shri V K Mathews, and other industry leaders of Technopark and GTECH members participated in the interactive session.