THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Technopark employees have approached town police commissioner and the Park Centre with court cases against the ‘rude and unprofessional’ behaviour of safety workforce from State Industrial Security Force (SISF), an arm of state police which is chargeable for the safety of Technopark. SISF workforce who guard the gates of the IT park aggressively pursue safety take a look at, argue with employees, cause them to stay up for lengthy in the name of ID verification and every now and then confiscate place of job id playing cards mentioning flimsy causes, allege the techies.
Days after ‘Sea Vigil’, a coastal defence workout during which additional safety arrangements were installed position at Technopark concluded, recent incidents of SISF workforce confiscating ID playing cards got here up.
“The SISF workforce on Wednesday night time confiscated ID card of an IT worker, which additionally contained get admission to to his place of job development allegedly for loss of hologram. The IT worker had to in the end get a short lived ID from his place of job to go into the place of job. The ID used to be returned best on Thursday,” sources stated.
On Friday, various organizations in Technopark including Prathidhwani, Natana, Tejus, Tech Friends and Technoparktoday met Technopark government to submit a criticism. At the meeting, Technopark business development supervisor Vasanth Varada agreed to deal with the issue. Later, Prathidhwani despatched an e mail narrating the location to city police commissioner S Surendran.
“We have requested the government to be sure that periodic training is equipped to the police officers. Complaint formalities, similar to whom to record a criticism on the time of rude behavior through police or an IT worker, will have to be correctly displayed,” stated Rajeev Krishnan, secretary of Prathidhwani.
It is not only IT employees, CXO level officers have additionally found themselves in bother when they had to make their purchasers stay up for hours on the gate. Usually, they have to name officers on the gate to let their guests in, which might take numerous time.
Meanwhile, Unwin Antony, commandant of SISF, stated that the safety take a look at at Technopark used to be a routine workout and SISF workforce have been best doing their responsibility. “Whenever there is a criticism, we take a look at CCTV visuals. In maximum cases, we found that employees have been the ones who erred”, he stated.
Radhika Vishwanathan, a senior executive with an IT company, stated that anything else beyond the minimum privateness to be ensured in a gated neighborhood used to be pointless. “If the issue is knowledge safety, corporations have very well addressed it. If the issue is safety, persons and vehicles can also be scanned. CCTV, safety, random audit of IDs and scanners might be enough,” she stated.
Robin Alex Panicker, the founder of an IT firm Finotes, stated that none of the IT parks in the country follows the kind of handbook operations that used to be taking place in Technopark. "This current system of manual checking must be replaced with proper technology. Even the toll plazas automatically scan vehicle numbers and allow seamless movement," he stated.
Former IT consultant to the federal government and CEO of Standout IT solutions Joseph C Mathew stated that the entire workout of checking the ID used to be futile. “I know bigger harassment confronted through numerous voiceless unemployed youths over the past a number of years. Technopark is supposed for such hapless youth, who come all the technique to get a job,” he stated.
TOI’s repeated attempts to contact IT Parks’ CEO Hrishikesh Nair through phone and e-mail failed, as he didn’t reply.
Days after ‘Sea Vigil’, a coastal defence workout during which additional safety arrangements were installed position at Technopark concluded, recent incidents of SISF workforce confiscating ID playing cards got here up.
“The SISF workforce on Wednesday night time confiscated ID card of an IT worker, which additionally contained get admission to to his place of job development allegedly for loss of hologram. The IT worker had to in the end get a short lived ID from his place of job to go into the place of job. The ID used to be returned best on Thursday,” sources stated.
On Friday, various organizations in Technopark including Prathidhwani, Natana, Tejus, Tech Friends and Technoparktoday met Technopark government to submit a criticism. At the meeting, Technopark business development supervisor Vasanth Varada agreed to deal with the issue. Later, Prathidhwani despatched an e mail narrating the location to city police commissioner S Surendran.
“We have requested the government to be sure that periodic training is equipped to the police officers. Complaint formalities, similar to whom to record a criticism on the time of rude behavior through police or an IT worker, will have to be correctly displayed,” stated Rajeev Krishnan, secretary of Prathidhwani.
It is not only IT employees, CXO level officers have additionally found themselves in bother when they had to make their purchasers stay up for hours on the gate. Usually, they have to name officers on the gate to let their guests in, which might take numerous time.
Meanwhile, Unwin Antony, commandant of SISF, stated that the safety take a look at at Technopark used to be a routine workout and SISF workforce have been best doing their responsibility. “Whenever there is a criticism, we take a look at CCTV visuals. In maximum cases, we found that employees have been the ones who erred”, he stated.
Radhika Vishwanathan, a senior executive with an IT company, stated that anything else beyond the minimum privateness to be ensured in a gated neighborhood used to be pointless. “If the issue is knowledge safety, corporations have very well addressed it. If the issue is safety, persons and vehicles can also be scanned. CCTV, safety, random audit of IDs and scanners might be enough,” she stated.
Robin Alex Panicker, the founder of an IT firm Finotes, stated that none of the IT parks in the country follows the kind of handbook operations that used to be taking place in Technopark. "This current system of manual checking must be replaced with proper technology. Even the toll plazas automatically scan vehicle numbers and allow seamless movement," he stated.
Former IT consultant to the federal government and CEO of Standout IT solutions Joseph C Mathew stated that the entire workout of checking the ID used to be futile. “I know bigger harassment confronted through numerous voiceless unemployed youths over the past a number of years. Technopark is supposed for such hapless youth, who come all the technique to get a job,” he stated.
TOI’s repeated attempts to contact IT Parks’ CEO Hrishikesh Nair through phone and e-mail failed, as he didn’t reply.
No end to ‘security trouble’ for Technopark employees
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