Techgentsia Provides Unique Live Video Telecast Facility to Kerala High Court

ALAPPUZHA:
Amid the growing trend of live YouTube streaming of state-level judicial proceedings, Kerala High Court is relying on unique Vconsol software developed by IT service provider Techgentsia of Infopark Cherthala to prevent manipulation of videos.

Vconsol will guard against possible misuse of videos on the court proceedings, as the software will not permit recording the audio-visuals. The link on the live telecast will vanish the moment the hearings end, Techgentia officials said.

As the High Court’s IT team worked with Techgentsia on the Vconsol facility, the debut streaming was conducted on a session led by Acting Chief Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque, Justice Shoba Annamma Eapen and Justice S Manu.

Joy Sebstian, who is CEO of Techgentsia he co-founded 15 years ago, notes that Vconsol guards against the increasing trend of manipulating downloaded videos that can be several years old. “Our software can eradicate this malice,” he added.

Techgentsia’s Vconsol won national attention four years ago with the IT firm routinely facilitating internal video-conferencing sessions between the Kerala government and the Centre. Having come up with Vconsol for Android, iOS, Mac, Windows & Linux platforms made in India, the fully-integrated and enterprise-grade video-conferencing solution won the company the Bharat Innovation Challenge in 2020, surpassing 1,983 contestants. Soon, the Union Government discontinued with the apps from foreign countries and substituted them with Vconsol.

Founded in 2009 and based six km north of Alappuzha, Techgentsia has also been assisting in research activities on the video-conferencing domains of companies in Europe and America besides Asia.

Within the country, Vconcol is being used by the state’s Election Commission, Comptroller and Auditor General, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Indian Plasma Research Institute and the Navy, besides the High Court.

Techgentsia functions from the Chaithanya building at Infopark Cherthala with a working space of 2.4 lakh square feet. The IT hub, which houses 20 companies, employs 500 people. Last year saw four companies setting up offices in Cherthala Infopark, generating 200 jobs.