Chandigarh

CHANDIGARH - The Information Technology (IT) companies in Chandigarh are incurring huge losses since past few months due to an unsupportive economic scenario.

CHANDIGARH - India is expected to clock double-digit growth in the software and IT enabled services (ITeS) exports next year as the US and other markets are recovering from the meltdown, a top official of the trade association NASSCOM said here Thursday.

CHANDIGARH - The Punjab government is offering various sops to information technology (IT) companies operating in the state, including a 24-hour uninterrupted power supply, in order to boost the sector, a government official said here Wednesday.

CHANDIGARH - Software exports from Chandigarh and its adjoining towns of Panchkula and Mohali grew 31 percent to cross Rs.1,050 crore in 2008-09, compared to Rs.800 crore the year before.

CHANDIGARH - Punjab-based Rayat-Bahra Group of educational institutes has tied u p with IBM India to give specialised training to its engineering students, it was announced here Monday."There is an immediate need to bridge the gap between industry needs and academics, and this is our firm step in that direction," Gurvinder Singh Bahra, vice-chairman of the Rayat-Bahra Group, told reporters.