City brief

iYogi inks pact with Ventura
iYogi,the on-demand tech services company,announced a three-year contract worth $50 million with Ventura,a certified provider of superior outsourced support services. Ventura’s dedicated center for iYogi in Pune will hire,train and deploy more than 1000 highly experienced and proficient security support tech experts. The strategic agreement leverages iYogi’s global delivery platform created for rapidly scaling its tech experts.
“Ventura’s dedicated iYogi tech experts in Pune will seamlessly integrate on our global delivery platform to deliver security services to the millions of consumers plagued by growing online threats that compromise or slow down their systems,” said Vishal Dhar,president,marketing and co-founder of iYogi.

Sinhagad institute alumni meet
THE Sinhagad Institute of Management will organise its annual alumni meet,Encore 2010,on Saturday on its campus in Wadgaon Budruk. The meet will be a platform to honour and appreciate the work of extended family of the college. The meet will have talks by eminent personalities from the industry,interaction among alumni and existing students followed by a cultural programme. For registration,call Dr S P Ujagare on 9850176348.

Rose Federation award for Jagtap
Ramrao Jagtap,founder,Jagtap nursery was awarded the ‘Gurubux Singh gold medal’ by Indian Rose Federation at the inaugural function of 28 All India Rose Convention in Mumbai recently. Speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Dilip Wale Patil presented the award. The award is presented to rose aficionados who also promote rose growing as a hobby. Jagtap had represented India at the World rose conventions in Islamabad and Japan. He was also given the first ‘environmental award’ instituted by the Pune Municipal Corporation.