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Saturday, December 05, 2009. EFYTimes
Technical Communication Evolves As An Industry!
Technical Communication has evolved to be recognised as a industry, agreed experts and industry leaders at the Society for Technical Communication Annual conference. According to these experts, technical communication is a $100 million market today and growing to reach $800 million by 2012 and over a billion in the next five-six years. This growth is backed by a surge in outsourcing demand, improved human capital supplies and larger domestic customer bench.
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Friday, December 11, 2009. Business Standard
Indian professors clear outsourcing test
“Technical communication space is growing fast and rising up the value chain in terms of delivery for the domestic and global customers. It is also an enhanced return on investment proposition, aided by superior technologies and tools,” said Rakesh Shukla, managing director, The Writers Block, a technical communication and publishing services provider.
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009. Deccan Herald
For the technically sound writer
The field of Technical communication is immensely fascinating as it is about comprehending and then communicating highly technical concepts to people. It involves creating technical manuals, training material and user guides for a variety of products; from electronic hardware to financial products. Omnipresent, this form of written communication is more widely read than you might imagined.
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Friday, Apr 03, 2009. The Financial Express
TWB enhances education and training portfolio
TWB Institute of Professional & Technical Communication (TWB), India’s leading organization for Technical Communication Education and Training, releases a larger education portfolio, offering a complete range of professional & employment-oriented programs. With this TWB provides India’s most comprehensive & most specialized suite of trainings in professional and technical communications.
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Friday, Apr 03, 2009. Business Wire India
TWB Institute of Professional & Technical Communication (TWB) Enhances Education and Training Portfolio
Offers Short Term Job Related Courses, Professional Certifications and a Post Graduate Diploma
TWB Institute of Professional & Technical Communication (TWB), India’s leading organization for Technical Communication Education and Training, releases a larger education portfolio, offering a complete range of professional & employment-oriented programs.
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Friday, Feb 10, 2009. Frontier India Strategic & Defence
The Writers Block & Master Aerospace Consultants Forge a JV
The Writers Block (TWB) and Master Aerospace Consultants (MAC) have come together to forge a joint venture that will operate as TWB+MAC. The venture will address the growing technical communication and documentation needs of the Aerospace, Defense, Maritime, Hi-Tech Engineering, Automotive and related markets. Indian defense and aerospace industry is on a major growth trajectory and is a market pegged at USD 30 billion. The military aerospace market is valued over USD 150 billion for the 20 years.
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Friday, Feb 6, 2009. Franchise-Plus.com
TWB to take certification programme pan-India through franchisees
The Writers Block (TWB), the leading provider of technical writing education and training services to aspiring technical communicators, has announced plans to take TWB Certification Programmes pan-India through TWB partners or franchisees. With immediate plans to expand aggressively via the franchise route, TWB seeks entrepreneurs and business owners, in India and Southeast Asia, who understand the unique drivers of education domain in India.
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Monday, Feb 2, 2009. LiveMint - The Wall Street Journal
Here are the Jobs!
As Nitika Wadhwa (TWB Alumni) flips through newspapers, the absence of advertisements for walk-in-interviews does not bother her at all. After working with a BPO for a short while and then an NGO, she is today working as a technical writer. She says she hasn’t seen even a single person in her function being handed a pink slip even in these recessionary times.
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Thursday, Jan 22, 2009. Deccan Herald
The ups of a downturn
Growing markets create mass workers while tough markets need specialists, says Rakesh Shukla
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Wednesday, Oct 01, 2008. India Today
New age teachers
Says Lakshmi Ramanujan, online facilitator, The Writers Block (TWB), Bangalore, “E-tutoring is the future of education. We should gear up to it.” And we sure are.
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Monday, Sep 01, 2008. bpotimes.com
TWB Creates Solutions For KPOs, R&D Businesses
The Writers Block (TWB) recently introduced a range of new corporate trainings, which will help technology and intellectual property-driven businesses to manage their information and technical content needs better. TWB’s trainings are useful in particular for the knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) sector, for large IT companies and R&D outfits.
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Friday, Aug 29, 2008. newspostonline.com
TWB creates solutions for KPOs and R&D Businesses
The Writers Block (TWB) has introduced a range of new corporate trainings, which will help technology and intellectual property-driven businesses to manage their information and technical content needs better.
TWB’s trainings are useful in particular for the Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) sector, for large Information Technology companies and Research and Development outfits.
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Wednesday, Jun 25, 2008. moneycontrol.com
CNBC Young Turks Tutorial with Nandan Nilekani
Rakesh Shukla was part of the Young Turks team that quizzed Nandan Nilekani, Co-Chairman – Infosys where he said the desire was to create a company that was different from multinationals and put the employee at the center of it. He told CNBC-TV18 that Infosys was a calling and they were committed to it. He added that it was about creating a multi-generation company, which lasts for hundreds of years and continues to do well and converting the weaknesses into strength.
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Thursday, Jun 19, 2008. LiveMint - The Wall Street Journal
Employers seek out stay-at-home moms
Professionals looking to get back into workforce after a break are seen as ideal for jobs that offer more flexibility. When Rakesh Shukla started his technical writing outsourcing firm called The Writers Block (TWB), he decided to go after a somewhat unexpected source of labour to staff his company: the unemployed.
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Monday, April 28, 2008. The Times of India
Define, Plan, Review, Publish
Helen Shukla has 20 years of experience in the field of technical writing. She worked with several companies including SAP Labs, lcode software and others before co-founding The Writers Block - a technical communication company in Bangalore - with her husband Rakesh Shukla.
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Monday, April 21, 2008. EFYtimes.com
Training Day: TWB Beefs Up Corporate Training Portfolio
The Writers Block (TWB) has introduced a range of new corporate trainings, to support the growing technical communication training needs of large businesses, which need a high degree of information reuse. TWB's new offering includes training in concepts and implementation methodologies for XML; concepts and use of SGML; XMetaL Author Enterprise - used by authors to create valid XML content using DITA or other XML architectures; and use of Structured FrameMaker and moving from unstructured to structured documentation.
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Tuesday,15 Apr, 2008. The Economic Times
BPO minnows start training centres to build talent pool
Rajesh Shukla, the founder of The Writers Block, a Bangalore-based documentation outsourcing company, prefers to call the choice of a technical writer's job a "happy accident". There would be a need for 50,000 technical writers in the country over the next five years.
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Friday,April 4, 2008. India Today
TWB course selected for the 3rd time in India Today list of Hot New Career options
Technical writers, programmers or professionals who desire to upgrade their skills with minimum investment of time and money should consider this threeweek online programme.
Rakesh Shukla, CEO and founder of TWB says, “The course is designed to address market needs providing intellectually strong and vocationally relevant training.”
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Saturday, March 15, 2008. Deccan Herald
Working with writers' block!
Helen Shukla, founder-director of The Writers Block, a technical communication company, spoke to Cheryl D'Souza about the joys of her profession.
“You can’t sell the software without the documentation!” says Helen Shukla, Founder Director of The Writers Block (TWB), a technical communication and publishing services provider based in the city.
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Monday, Feb 18, 2008. livemint.com
If I Were FM | I will end ineffective government schemes
One is making manufacturing more competitive by way of strengthening industrial infrastructure and simplifying regulatory processes. What are the three things you wish for from the Budget?
Control inflation: While India has maintained healthy growth rates, there are concerns over rising cost of living, production, talent, staying in business, which is inherently not driven by demand-supply regimes but by systemic complexity and lack of infrastructural support in the system. Unchecked inflation adds to the woes.
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Saturday, Feb 02, 2008. Online edition of Hindu Newspaper
Technical writing online learning centre opened
VELLORE: VIT University Chancellor G. Viswanathan inaugurated a ‘Technical writing online learning centre’ of the Technical Writers Block (TWB), Bangalore, on the premises of JSR Career Consultants in Perumugai near here on Friday.
Mr. Viswanathan said that technical writers served as a bridge between creators of technology and the actual users . He called upon youngsters to properly learn English, good knowledge of which was essential not only to become a technical writer but also for any job in this era of globalisation. Several Chinese students had joined the VIT also to learn English, he said.
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Tuesday , January 29, 2008. financialexperess.com.
TWB Pioneers Shipping Industry Centric Solutions
The Writers Block (TWB) has introduced ship building and shipping industry focused technical documentation and technical knowledge publishing solutions. It is for the first time in India that an independent service provider has made a foray into this domain, which has always been considered extremely specialized and complicated to be serviced by an external agency. This initiative by TWB is driven by the growing demand of quality communication by the Indian shipping industry. India is one of the leading maritime nations of the world with over nine million Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT) rating, which is 17th in the world.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008. EFYtimes.com
TWB Forays Into Indian Shipping Industry
The Writers Block (TWB) has introduced ship building and shipping industry focused technical documentation and technical knowledge publishing solutions. This initiative by TWB is driven by the growing demand of quality communication by the Indian shipping industry, said the company.
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14 Dec, 2007.Economictimes
TWB initiates Aerospace Documentation Standards Training
The Writers Block (TWB) has launched India's first ever Aerospace Standards Documentation training for the corporate sector.
The training reinforces TWB's commitment to specialist documentation domain, especially defence and aerospace.
Indian aerospace manufacturers will now be able to train their workforce in creating documentation of international standards and lower documentation costs.
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Saturday, December 22, 2007. EFYtimes.com
Avail Technical Writing Certifications Training In Vellore!
The TWB Online Partners Program makes available the TWB Experience while providing local facilitation and interaction to students. The Writers Block (TWB) Technical Writing Certifications including TWB Online Fundamental Certification, TWB Online: Adobe FrameMaker Certification, and TWB Online: Adobe RoboHelp Certification are now available in Vellore through the TWB Online Partners Program. The program has been designed to take the TWB Certifications to cities across India, where there is a growing need for good technical documentation talent for IT and other technology sectors.
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Monday, December 17, 2007. The Hindu
Training for technical writing.
The Writers Block (TWB), Bangalore, offers three programmes for those aspiring to become technical writers — Fundamental Certification Program for beginners, Associate Certification Program for beginners and TWB Professional Certification Programs for corporates. According to S. Umamaheswari, Proprietrix, JSR Career Consultants, the company assists those interested in undergoing the TWB courses.
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Monday, November 26, 2007. The Hindu
Technical writing offers a lucrative career.
Writing was always boring in school, be it homework or exams. But it had its own charm with the good writers in the class getting the attention of everyone. But writing is more than that. In this age of technology it offers lucrative careers.
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Friday, September 21, 2007. The New Indian Express - Education Express
TWB launches India's first online technical writing programme.
The Writers Block (TWB) has made a foray into online education with the launch of its unique initiative TWB Online. TWB offers technical documentation outsourcing and training services suitable for the technology companies.
TWB also offers various Technical Writing Certification programmes, and aims at creating trained manpower at national level. TWB OnLine offers formalised training to students from a remote location. Students who cannot attend a program due to distance or time schedule constraints can benefit immensely from this programme.
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Saturday, September 01, 2007. moneycontrol.com
CNBC showcases Shuklas' The Writers Block triumph in IT heartland.
Rakesh and Helen Shukla have started something called The Writers Bock. It’s a company that services the need of the IT and ITeS sector as far as technical documentation is concerned. Teamwork is the key to their success. It is a game plan that this husband-wife duo have mastered to make their brainchild a winner. They met eight years ago while working for the same company in Delhi.
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Friday, August 17, 2007. The Hindu - Business Line
TWB ties up with Canadian co for meeting aerospace needs.
The Writers Block (TWB) has augmented its service offerings by collaborating with Technocraft Solutions based in Quebec, Canada, which specialises in aerospace and defence engineering and integrated logistics support services.
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Thursday, August 16, 2007. EFYtimes.com
TWB, Technocraft Tie Up.
To jointly deliver technical documentation, interactive technical and training manuals, courseware and programme management consulting to aerospace and defence industry, The Writers Block (TWB), India technical documentation service provider has collaborated with Quebec-based Technocraft Solutions. This alliance provides an institutional service base to companies in aerospace and defence and also offers re-usable components.
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Monday, August 13, 2007. Global Services Media
Outsourcing Technical Documents
In an article published in Global Services Media - a concern of CyberMedia on the outsourcing industry - Nishat Paiker writes on how 'Outsourcing Technical Documentation' has picked up as a trend, but with its share of issues like success rates and on-time delivery. The article extensively quotes Rakesh Shukla, Founder CEO of TWB, for his industry perspetive. This perspective comes from TWB's experience in deliveries for customers across the world and in diverse areas such as computer hardware and software, finance, biotechnology, and life sciences.
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Monday, July 30, 2007. The Times of India - Education Times, Bangalore
How about a career in Tech Writing?
In the article titled "How about a career in Tech Writing?" published in the Times of India's education supplement called the Education Times, Prof. Sadagopan, Director IIIT - Bangalore discusses the opportunities in technical writing as a career in India. In the article he mentions TWB as the company that is focusing on creating technical writing talent.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2007. The Financial Express
A billion dollar baby on paper:
Technical documentation is a huge business opportunity waiting to be grabbed.
Making a travel reservation was never any fun till the Internet entered the act. Even first-timers soon discover that it is safe, simple and convenient. The software holds you by your hand and takes you through the screens. It answers your questions, and in case you forget to key in something, it gently pops a reminder. Your appreciative nod for the ticket that emerges from your printer is a tribute to the nameless tech writer who designed the help menu. It is his exacting proficiency at technical documentation and stringent usability tests that made it all possible.
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Sunday, May 6, 2007. Business India
Documenting Growth: Technical documentation outsourcing is a new growth area.
In most developed software markets, about 5-7 per cent of the total workforce is dedicated to technical documentation. In India, this number at present is estimated to be a minuscule 0.1 per cent. With the Indian software industry not only growing by leaps and bounds, but also moving up the complexity ladder, there is clearly a dire need for high quallity technical documentation capabilities.
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Friday, April 27, 2007. CIOL
Technical Documentation, the new outsourcing powerhouse.
Technical documentation is one of the emerging knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) sub-sectors that have huge potential in terms of employment, outsourcing, and revenue says Dr. Annapoorna Ravichander.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007. CIOL
TWB partners with Virginia Tech University.
The Writers Block (TWB) in association with Virginia Tech, Virginia, USA announces the launch of research project on outsourcing and off-shoring of technical documentation. The project is entitled "Teaching Technical Writing in the Context of Outsourcing: Comparative Assessment of Cross-Cultural and Rhetorical Competence".
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Monday, April 23, 2007. Deccan Herald
The Writers Block ties up with Virginia Tech University.
A first-of-its kind research project, jointly by The Writers Block and Virginia Tech, on outsourcing and off-shoring of technical documentation will address the cultural and rhetorical dilemmas for future technical writers.
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Monday, April 16, 2007. The Hindu
Fine-tuning technical writing.
TWB has launched a 90-day online programme catered to both working and non-working professionals interested in technical writing.
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Friday, March 23, 2007. PodTech.net
The Writers Block's Helen Shukla on Technical Writing as a Profession.
Helen Shukla is the founder-director of The Writers Block, a Bangalore-based company that focuses on technical documentation outsourcing and consulting.
In this interview, Helen talks about the state of technical documentation in India, what skills are required for the job and how her company aims in filling the demand for quality writers in India.
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Monday, March 19, 2007. ZD Net India
TWB strengthens technical writing value chain in India.
The Writers Block (TWB) has launched its placement programme - TWB OnCampus. This placement program allows all successful candidates of the TWB certification programs to participate in placements from companies hiring directly from TWB.
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Monday, March 19, 2007. ZD Net India
TWB launches online technical writing program.
The Writers Block (TWB) has made a foray into the world of online education with the launch of its unique initiative - TWB Online. TWB is a provider of technical documentation outsourcing and training services and runs the professionally valued TWB Fundamental and TWB Associate certifications programs.
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Tuesday, March 13, 2007. Techtree.com
Online Course in Technical Writing.
The Writers Block (TWB), a division of Bangalore-based Amatra Consulting, has made a foray into the world of online education with the launch of its new initiative, TWBonline (http://www.twb-dl.com).
TWB is a provider of technical documentation outsourcing and training services, and runs the professionally valued TWB Fundamental and TWB Associate certification programs. Reportedly, it is also the first Indian company to provide an online course specifically on technical writing.
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Tuesday, March 13, 2007. The Times of India
Now hone your tech writing skills online!
Good news for all those wanting to hone their technical skills! The Writers Block (TWB) has launched an online course, TWB Online ( http://www.twb-dl.com ), specifically on technical writing.
TWB Online offers formalised training to students from a remote location. Students who cannot attend a programme due to distance or time constraints, can now benefit immensely from this programme.
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Tuesday, March 13, 2007. MSN India
Online course in technical writing
The Writers Block (TWB), a division of Bangalore-based Amatra Consulting, has made a foray into the world of online education with the launch of its new initiative, TWBonline (http://www.twb-dl.com).
TWB is a provider of technical documentation outsourcing and training services, and runs the professionally valued TWB Fundamental and TWB Associate certification programs. Reportedly, it is also the first Indian company to provide an online course specifically on technical writing.
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Monday, March 12, 2007. The Hindu
Writing classes go virtual.
Bangalore-based The Writers Block (TWB) that provides technical documentation outsourcing and training services to suit the demands of Indian technology companies will make its fundamental certification and other more advanced courses online from Monday. The initiative called TWB Online will offer formalised training to students who are unable to attend programmes offered by TWB owing to distance or time constraints. TWB Online programmes will provide students greater flexibility by allowing them to train at their own pace and time.
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Saturday, February 24, 2007. EFYtimes.com
Writers Block Launches TWB OnCampus.
The Writers Block (TWB), a division of Amatra Consulting Pvt Ltd, has launched its technical writing placement programme -- TWB OnCampus -- that allows successful candidates of the TWB certification programmes to participate in placements from companies hiring directly from TWB.
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February 2007. India Today Aspire
India Today Aspire features TWB as the top Technical Writing training available in India.
The Writers Block (TWB) has been featured in the February 2007 edition of India Today’s Aspire magazine, which has the ‘Best Careers of 2007’ as its cover story. India Today Aspire is one of India’s leading publications on education and career. Technical Writing is featured as one of 10 ‘Hot New Career Options’ in an article that showcases a selection of the best courses that have recently been launched by top institutes across the country.
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November 2006. EducationWorld
Technical Writing Teacher
The 40 percent plus year-on-year growth of India’s leading IT and ITES companies has sparked a massive demand for trained technical writers. This new genre of writers are employed by software and electronic manufacturing firms to explain hi-tech products/ processes in simple language to corporate customers. But given contemporary India’s unprecedented shortage of skilled professionals and dearth of quality education institutions, technical writing training colleges are springing up across the country. The Writers Block (TWB), a Bangalore-based technical writing training institute is all set for its first anniversary with a celebratory get-together of its 30 staff, 200 students and committed recruiters on November 4.
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Thursday, October 5, 2006. The Hindu
New courses on technical writing.
TECHNICAL WRITING has emerged as a lucrative career avenue for students. But getting the right training is the key to landing a job in a good organisation. "The Writers Block" offers three certification programmes. The Fundamental Certification Programme is of 2.5 months duration, open to graduates and students pursuing graduation or those working in a software development organisation. The applicant should have good command over English language and know how to use a computer.
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Thursday, October 5, 2006. Deccan Herald Education
If you can write...
A technical writer is one who can understand a subject and describe it in a simple way for the readers.
With Bangalore making a mark in the field of Software development and more recently BPOs, there has been an interest in careers related to these fields. For students looking for a good career, the options have opened up in the recent past and it looks like the trend is for new fields to emerge every few years. Technical Writing as a profession is picking up in a very big way, going by what the industry experts have to say.
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Thursday, May 18, 2006. Deccan Herald Education
Tryst with The Writers Block.
If you are a writer at heart. You’ve got good communication and language skills and the attitude to make it big as a writer, then you could try your hand at a career in technical writer.
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Monday, November 21, 2005. The Hindu
An enterprising technical writer keen to produce more of her kind.
Helen Shukla tells The Hindu that she aims to produce quality professional technical writers through The Writers Block.
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Saturday, November 5, 2005. Vijay Times, Indian Express, Deccan Herald
Training centre launched for technical writers.
The Writers Block (TWB) announces the opening of its first in-house technical writing training facility in Bangalore.
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The Writers Block(TWB) is Asia’s leading technical
communication and publishing services
provider and caters to the needs of technology
and process driven industries. TWB provides world-class technical
communication outsourcing, corporate training
and publishing services
to
companies globally. TWB's expertise spans industries that include IT
technology Products & Outsourcing, ITES, Financial, Aerospace,
Defense, Ship
Building, Discrete & Process Manufacturing
Industries. TWB offers a complete suite of services
that allows its
customers to effectively publish the technical knowledge and caters
to over 60 large clients globally, including Cisco, NEC, Infosys,
Accenture, Samsung, MindTree, Siemens, AOL, Titan, Intel, Wipro, CGN,
BearingPoint, Tata Power, HAL, Uniliver, DRDO and several others. TWB
offers training under the TWB Technical
Writing Certification
Programs and has a portfolio of over two dozen certifications
available as training offerings. Over 200 companies including SAP
Labs, Lucent Technologies, IBM, Wipro, TCS, Sun Microsystems hire TWB
certified professionals through the TWB OnCampus program. TWB's expertise can be
leveraged across
functions which include Engineering, Software Development &
Support knowledge through user manuals, quick reference guides and
instruction guides, product overviews, Illustration/3D drawings;
Marketing & Sales knowledge through whitepapers, case studies,
newsletters, flyers, brochures, websites, blogs & forums and web
based flash demos; Training, Implementation and Support knowledge
through e-learning, demo’s, troubleshooting guides, course
materials, installation guides, IETM generated documents and Process
Documentation knowledge through ISO & CMMi documentation, policy
manuals, process work flow documents.
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