Software exporters running a big portion of their technology development and delivery from chennai kept critical resources. The computer program mike flood developed by the danish. Chennai, state capital of tamil nadu lies in the eastern. Chennai floods to impact margins by 100120 bps in q3. Bitech is an organization with decades of experience in providing high quality technical resources, executing software projects and developing software products, while adhering to the highest international standards of excellence. Chennai floods saw a lot of help coming in various parts of the. Clearly, indiscriminate development and shoddy urban planning have contributed to the floods in indias fourth most populous city.
Chennai floods a lesson in technology evolution digit. In india, ibm teams respond in flooding disaster ibm. In response, ibm deployed sahanathe open source software from sahana. All content is posted anonymously by employees working at bitech international. Bitech digital providing cybersecurity, consultancy. Chennai has refused to let adversity force it into correcting its course of development. Much of the flood damages are the consequence of chennai s geography. On the morning of friday the 3 november 2017, the state of chennai, tamil nadu in india, was severely affected by a low pressure area that had formed over sri lanka and south west bay of bengal. The custom software development company and their employees joined forces with aid india to build seven houses for underprivileged families. An expert system is a computerbased program that makes decisions and predictions based on a set of data.
Urban flood, flood management, floo d risk, chennai flood. Chennai is one of the 100 indian cities to be developed as a smart city under the smart. Are your talents just something youre born with, or can you develop them. Software development company in chennai, india calotropis. Urban flood, flood management, flood risk, chennai flood. Mphasis it firm mphasis has said its margins will take a hit of up to 120 basis points in the december quarter owing to recent floods in chennai. Application product development, reengineering, migration and legacy maintenance, package implementation, upgrades, education and training, and valueadded professional services. An analysis shows that in just four decades, urbanization in the chennai city increased by almost 20 times. We have been playing the role of a trusted it partner to our clients since 2003 by helping them translate their it vision into solid, measurable value. As chennai tries to put its ordeal with the floods behind it, the country is gradually realising the sheer magnitude of the damage both in human and economic terms. Research, led by iit bombay, design a system to forecast floods in chennai. The chennai floods were a very sad situation and i could not help myself assisting. After severe spells of rain flooded most of the the city and large parts of the state, chennai and areas surrounding the capital city is slowly getting back to. Our it lead, sri, has shared his story of the last few days in flooded chennai.
Chennai, a key city for indias automakers, also hosts indian it companies development centres. Bitech digital provides cybersecurity, consultancy, managed services, network and telecoms hardware and software to organisations throughout europe. Development of indias first integrated expert urban flood forecasting. This paper approaches the floods of 2015 in chennai, tamil nadu. The 2015 chennai floods submerged major portions of the city, killing 269 people. Chennai floods are not a natural disaster theyve been. Chennai also known as madras is the capital of the indian state of tamil nadu. Why poor planning leads to floods in chennai and houston. The caustic factors for chennai flood damages are summarized as below. It firms hcl, tcs, wipro close offices, arrange employee accommodation tamil nadu has seen the heaviest rainfall in more than a century, causing massive flooding and the national weather office says the state will see no respite from the downpours for the next three days.
Chennai becomes first in india to get an intelligent flood. Assisting in what was called the worst flooding in a century, two of ibms best. The paper discusses causative factors responsible for flood risks in chennai, the immediate need for proper flood risk reduction and management strategies. Our portfolio includes the management and provision of wide area networks, local area networks, network security, storage, colocation and software development. Chennai floods chennai floods are not a natural disaster theyve been created by unrestrained construction the infrastructure of big commerce has replaced the infrastructure to. Spicejet inflates ticket price during chennai floods. While efforts are being taken on the one side to prevent devastating disasters such as the 2015 chennai floods, rampant development over the few existing waterbodies in. Development of indias first integrated expert urban flood forecasting system for chennai. Sagitec solutions is building homes for chennai flood victims.
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