The joy of giving and receiving a gift will never get old. Every celebration has one unique tradition of exchanging gifts. It’s an act of self-gratification, a good way of strengthening relationships. It is something that instantly brings smiles and joy to everyone’s face regardless of their age or gender, but it also brings lots of confusion about selecting the right gift for your people.

In this gifting world, most companies procure products from China or other countries whereas, Giftkyade strongly supports & promotes Govt. of India’s vocal for local initiative and made in India. It is a company that provides complete solutions to your gifting requirements.

Founded by a group of young people, GiftKyaDe is promoted by Konsole Group, a leading mobile communication company and advertising agency in central India. Some ex-employee at Konsole, presented the idea to establish a gifting solution firm that creates unique, wooden, and laser-cut products.  Acting upon the veteran company’s mandate to promote young talent and budding entrepreneurs the Board of Directors (Harpreet, Amandeep, Suyash, Pushpendra, Zama) of Konsole Group backed the idea and thus Gift Kya De was founded in 2019. Within one year the company has established a stronghold on the market and received more than 150 orders a day through their online portal. The current team of Gift Kya De is managed by Amit, Rajat, Guljeet, and Vinay.

GiftKyaDe was awarded for Best Startup of the Year 2020 for their idea of bringing a smile to the face of loved ones. It is mentioned in one of the leading magazines as the top 10 startups in India. This online gifting web manufactures and sells many unique and eco-friendly products. They render gifts across various categories like wooden family photo frames, wooden Diya stand, wooden home decor items, tabletops, personalized gifts, made-to-order gifts, corporate gifts, gifts for all occasions, couple gifts, and many more.

GiftKyaDe is the only company in central India that has talented in-house designers and has manufacturing capabilities by which the company designs and sells their products. The customer directly buys their gift and products from the company through their online portal. It is a name that comes from the everyday situation on every occasion. It also provides the flexibility of customization and personalization options to the customer. GiftKyaDe has done collaboration with Industry who like GrabOn,shopify, Razorpay and shiprocket and have served huge B2B clients as well  Chamber of Commerce, Cognizer, Hyatt Hotel, and Original Organic India. It is also tied up with more than 50 stores across Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Raipur, and Nagpur and intends to grow its presence across other cities.

GiftKyaDe has specialized themselves in customized and personalized according to their customer needs. After placing the order, they receive timely updates of their shipment via text messages and emails along with the shipment tracking id. They grow their bond with their customers by engaging them in various contests on their social media platform and company website.

IRIS Home Fragrances, the spatial home fragrance brand has come together with Alive India in a music video that ties the sense of smell and music together.

The song shows the similarities between music and perfume, as both mediums are invisible and are connected with the movement of air. The matching of scents with music is both one of the most natural (or intuitive) of crossmodal correspondences and, at the same time, one of the least frequently explored combinations of senses in an entertainment and multisensory experiential design context.

The music video is available in four different languages like Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, and Bengali.

The video can be watched in:

Hindi : (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10RKrZyQO8M & feature=youtu.be)

Kannada: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sQALpuNByA)

Tamil: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rclvvs3wjCo)

Bengali:(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSXPDM9bZsI & feature=youtu.be)

IRIS Home Fragrance is the official fragrance partner for the music video and the IRIS Aroma Boutique is the shoot location in the music video. The video is the first-ever song made on the theme of fragrance in India. The song in the video celebrates the Fragrances & Moments that stay in our hearts forever.

IRIS believes in the power of fragrance to refresh the body and mind and this belief is manifested in all their products, which is why they employ the art of Aromachology. The fragrance of the beautifully designed IRIS products has a revitalizing effect on ambiance and enhances the aesthetics of interiors as well.

The IRIS dream is to provide sensory delight through fragrance and form. They have created awareness and made consumers in the metro and mini-metros understand the importance of home fragrances in their lives.

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)South Asia Regional Centre, Varanasi collaborated with Chhattisgarh Agricon Samiti, to perform direct on-ground trials with farmers of 2 districts of Chhattisgarh, Raipur & Durg. Varieties developed by scientists and state agriculture universities were put on trial directly into farmer’s fields. Through this practical approach not only variety’s performance in the field was observed but also feedback from farmers group and their observation was given consideration.

Starting of Trials: Trials started in July 2021. These trials were conducted in 2 different modes: On-farm trials (OFT)and Varietal Cafeteria (VC). In OFT 7 paddy varieties provided by IRRI and a local popular variety of the area was distributed to farmers by team members of Chhattisgarh Agricon Samiti. These varieties were cultivated in farmers land, using farmer’s regular package of practices. Demonstration of VC was done with one farmer in Raipur in which 30 on-trial varieties were demonstrated. In varietal cafeteria farmers and other stakeholders like agriculture department, scientists, interact, learn, evaluate, and decide on their favourite varieties.

“Farmers training cum evaluation” was organised at the varietal cafeteria and other OFT sites. Field visit and feedback session was conducted during October 2021 in the presence of scientists of IRRI(Varanasi) Dr. Kuntal Das, Dr. Sarvesh Shukla, and Dr. Sanket Thakur of Chhattisgarh Agricon Samiti. Farmers shared their feedback and problems related to the varieties with the scientists.

In the varietal cafeteria, an evaluation training and feedback workshop was conducted before harvesting of the crop. 50 farmers participated in the event along with Mr. Gayaraam joint director agriculture, Raipur, dr. Sanket Thakur (agriculture scientists) Mr. Gajendra Chandrakar agricultural scientist from Indira Gandhi Agriculture University, Mr. R.K Kashyap Deputy Director Agriculture. The evaluation process involved aspects like the height of the crop, number of panicles, number of grains per panicle, and other agronomical observations along with ease of cultivation.

The workshop encouraged farmers to identify preferred characteristics in the paddy plant. Evidence-based trial and evaluation improved awareness about various new and improved varieties among farmers.

Training on “Quality Seed Production”
Training on “Quality Seed Production”

Quality Seed Production and inclusion of women

This trial of paddy varieties was formulated with an approach of “providing seeds to producing seeds”. After harvesting and evaluation by farmers, a farmer’s favourite variety was selected for seed production. The training was conducted on “Quality Seed Production of Rice” by Chhattisgarh Agricon Samiti.45-50 women participated in this training and learnt to produce quality seeds. These seeds will be used for OFT in Rabi season. These trials are now being carried out for rabi season with 45 farmers of Raipur and Durg.

Positive Outcomes:

Farmers were supported and motivated in the adaption of emerging and improved varieties of paddy along with aspiring them for quality seed production.

IRRI received performance analysis, farmers’ acceptance, and behavioural analysis from the trial which will support them for further research.

Appointing the new leader is a key strategic move for SARACA to expand its presence in the semiconductor, transport, and communications sector.

Noida, January 12, 2022- Saraca Solutions, a leading global IT consulting and engineering R&D services firm is very pleased to announce that B Syed Abdul Rasheed joins the team as Associate Vice President for Semiconductor, Transport and Communication business unit. Syed’s responsibilities will encompass delivery and sales team leadership, accelerating SARACA’s revenue through expanding its presence in new geographies, developing new channels, and contributing to the company’s marketing and business strategies.

Syed started his career as VLSI Design Engineer and gradually took different roles in Marketing and Business Development. His last assignment as Head of Business Development was to create, develop and execute strategies that drive B2B Sales, Business Development and Key Account Management. He has successfully managed complex business functions/initiatives and achieved explosive multimillion-dollar company growth. He is an Electronics and Communication Engineering graduate and holds an MBA in marketing.

“We are excited to have Syed with us.” said Kuldeep Tyagi, CEO and Managing Director of Saraca Solutions. “Syed’s extensive engineering and B2B sales experience should help SARACA strengthen its customer base, develop strategic alliances and expand our international sales presence.

During his stint at other leading global organizations, Syed has provided solutions that have helped many OEMs and Tier-I companies to meet their product development and objectives. He has over 21 years of industry experience working on various domains such as Semiconductor, Automotive, Industrial, Medical and Energy.

Syed quoted, “I am very excited to be joining the SARACA team. I believe SARACA has a great business model and talented management team that uniquely positions itself to ease the supply-demand gap caused by the pandemic. It is particularly a dominant issue in the Semiconductor and Automotive industry. As the industry evolves through designing for resilience and designing for availability, I believe that SARACA can provide a cost-effective suite of services, enabling clients to meet market demand well within timeline and budget.”

“SARACA comes with rich experience working with top OEMs and Tier-I clients by offering solutions that add value to their products and services. Currently, SARACA is working with life-critical medical devices that demand strict compliance to safety standards similar to the Automotive industry. SARACA is confident and ready to execute projects in cutting edge technologies.”

“SARACA can provide clients following critical support for their business needs,

  1. Help rethink product architecture to be flexible to decrease reliance on at-risk components having fewer suppliers or hard to get parts.
  2. To design or test/qualify multiple acceptable parts/modules that are parts of a system/design.
  3. Support engineering effort by providing experienced engineering resources to augment existing client team during the peak workload.”

About Saraca Solutions

SARACA is a global IT consulting and engineering R&D services company working with multiple fortune 500 companies. We provide services in Semiconductor, Automotive, Communication, Medical technology, Aerospace, Defense and Rail transportation. The company is based in Boston, MA and Fairplay, SC with its headquarters in Noida, India. Learn more by visiting www.saracasolutions.com or email – contact@saracasolutions.com.

Delhi-NCR region is recognized by numerous avid bikers both locals and tourists who come from all over the country. The Rang De Basanti Mania evoked the bike rider culture already persisting way back in 2006. Every day bikers are increasing rapidly. Observing this phenomenon Bike Rental Player has decided to introduce 100 more motorcycles in the Delhi-NCR Region.

RenTrip offers bike rentals in Delhi as well as 40 + cities through a network of its dealers. People can rent self-drive bikes at the comfort of their home on www.rentrip.in

RenTrip CEO Agam Raghav told that due to the spurt in Covid cases of Omicron Variant, people are preferring a safer way to commute. Since self-drive bikes allow people to commute without having fellow passengers, there is an increased demand for rental bikes in Delhi. People can book the bikes online on an hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly and avail of no-contact delivery of the bikes at their doorstep. RenTrip has a variety of bikes and scooters and users have the choice to rent from Activa to Harley Davidson at affordable prices.

 

Users can avail of monthly bike rentals starting for Rs 3850 onwards which includes maintenance, a complimentary helmet, and insurance. Monthly bike rentals are also a good option for food delivery executives who do not want to invest in bikes for starting with their job.

The initial advent of bike rental in India took place in tourist places like Goa, Kerala, Leh & Ladakh. With due time this business expanded in other cities, as well as the demand for it, expanded subsequently. Today, bike rentals are available in the entire major as well as some of the prominent minor cities.

Daily innumerable people use transportation in the Delhi-NCR region making it one of the most populous traffic all over the country. The whole movement to introduce 100 more bikes in this region will enable more riders to use them and reach places with ease and convenience.

The much-anticipated TV anime series “Attack on Titan, Final Season Part 2” started airing in Japan on the 10th of January through NHK General TV. With the TV series on air, the artist behind its opening theme song has been revealed. Viewers found out that Reggae and Punk band, (SiM) created the title song of this anime, ‘The Rumbling’.

The original Attack on Titan story inspired vocalist MAH to create this song. The title ‘The Rumbling’ was picked from the strong impression the scenes in the latest season of the TV series had on them. This TV edition of the song has been released on the 10th of January through various music streaming and download services. Simultaneously, the announcement of SiM moving to the label PONY CANYON has officially been announced.

SiM kickstarted their new year with big news about this amazing collaboration with the popular anime franchise, and their transfer of music label. People cannot stop talking about their new adventures this year and it all appears to be just a beginning.

■ About ‘The Rumbling’

The broadcasting started at 24:05 on Sunday the 9th of January in Japan. The opening theme song of “Attack on Titan, The Final Season Part2”

Title of the Song ‘The Rumbling’

Artist: SiM

Lyrics: MAH

Music・Arrangement: SiM

■ Information about the release

SiM ‘The Rumbling (TV Size)’ has been released through various music streaming and download services.

https://lnk.to/therumbling_tvsize

■The special site of the song

http://sim2022.ponycanyon.net/

■Artist’s HP

https://sxixm.com/

Also awarded 5-star garbage-free city rating

Recently, I participated in a celebratory event in my society as my city, Noida, had ranked top on Swachh Sarvekshan Survey – an initiative by the government of India. One thing I always admire about my society –is its focus on cleanliness. It may not be a fancy high rise with many luxurious facilities, but Century in Sector 100 is spacious with sprawling gardens and a deep sense of awareness about the environment and keeping our surroundings clean.

However, this was not always the case. The same ground where the event is being hosted and children play, was a dumping ground – a breeding space for infections just a few years ago. Our RWA collaborated and HCLF’s Clean Noida Project together were able to turn around the situation. HCLF cleared all the waste from the dumping ground and educated all residents and cleanliness staff about waste segregation. HCLF built a huge composting pit and there is enough manure to take care of all the plants. There are trees, flower beds and beautiful wall arts, thanks to the foundation and their rigorous efforts.

On weekends, the RWA members gather to work on the different aspects of society. There are beautiful corners that have been created through simple ‘best out of waste’ exercises. There are benches where plastic bottles have been used instead of bricks to utilize the waste. Leftover tiles to paint cans, all have been used as planters or to decorate the walls and paths.

At the event, a senior society member, Pawan Yadav, while thanking HCLF said, “They have created awareness and enabled improvement through prompt action. Years of door-to-door collections and training of the waste collection staff has enabled this change. The team HCLF has been prompt with support and guidance. The Clean Noida Project team is a bunch of dynamic people who recognize the problem and strive for a solution.”

Another gentleman, Suresh Verma addressed the importance of green revolution and protection of plants. He told the children present about the environmental concerns and how we should continue the hard work and build an exemplary city.”

The event culminated with games, quizzes and distribution of sweets. The work done by HCLF is commendable and inspirational. We thank them and hope to receive their continued support.

Headquartered in New York, WooStudy, the world’s first AI-powered Ed-Tech Marketplace, has launched its global operations with presence now in Pakistan, India, Nigeria, Canada, and Bangladesh.

With over 10,000 active students from around the world and more joining in every day, WooStudy is the world’s first Ed-Tech platform, that matches and connects students with their best-fit schools directly for free, thus eliminating the admissions cost.

Arif Khan and Maryam Khan, the power duo, founded WooStudy in 2019, with the aim to remove barriers to education. Working with Fortune 500 companies coupled with a Master’s degree in Education the co-founders had a unique insight into the complications faced by students and schools pertaining to the admission processes. They were further joined in their mission by Dinesh Mittal, a seasoned professional with extensive experience in new business start-ups in Technology and Hospitality industries.

“Having experienced both ends of spectrum, we realized how difficult and expensive it is for students to apply to colleges internationally. Finding their best-fit is a laborious process requiring intensive research, not to mention the immense broker costs that makes studying abroad virtually inaccessible to most aspiring students”, said Ms. Khan when asked about the vision behind WooStudy.

The one-of-its-kind AI-enabled platform successfully raised $100K in its pre-seed round in February, 2021. WooStudy’s propriety algorithm leverages Big Data and AI to automate the entire admissions to placement process, making it the pioneering AI platform in the ed-tech industry. Now anyone, be it global educational institutes or aspiring students, can join our online community that directly connects best-suited students and universities as per their requirements, with a few simple clicks.

With the mission to make the entire recruitment process hassle-free for both students and educational institutions, WooStudy has partnered with more than 25 well-known international academic institutions and is on-boarding more reputable schools every day. University of Waterloo, CUNY, University of the Potomac, Rowan University are a few of WooStudy’s partner universities, who have connected with hundreds of prospective students to date.

The WooStudy team, regularly participates in international dialog on the future of education. The team recently appeared at global events such as the MACBAA conference held in USA, WISE Summit, Qatar and Techstars, Abuja, in order to propagate its mission to make education more accessible.

With its global launch, the WooStudy team can better serve the international students across multiple continents in finding and connecting directly with their dream university, with absolutely zero cost!

Come join us, today – for FREE.

Website: https://bit.ly/3rX9elj

Co-founders: Arif Khan, Maryam Khan, Dinesh Mittal

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Aaddress.in – The Virtual Office Company, has become the most preferred and trusted Service provider for Corporates and start-ups these days for Virtual Office Services.

The company (NSS IT) was founded back in 2018, with a Vision “To Provide Business solutions to the entrepreneurs, by shifting their conventional mindset and enabling them to scale business without incurring bad cost.”

Entrepreneurs and Businesses can reduce up to 95% of their office rentals with Aaddress.in.

With a prominent presence across all the 29 states in India, Aaddress.in is serving thousands of businesses and saving millions of rupees of businesses bad cost and office rentals bills of entrepreneurs with their Virtual Office Services in the Last 4 years of their Business Operations.

With the popularisation of Work-From-Home culture across world and India, corporate world and start-ups are saving a lot on their office rentals bills and reducing their fixed costs by shifting to the Virtual Office Services with Aaddress.in. Small office rented for a start-up usually costs around 2.5 lakhs a year. Most of the start-ups are likely to use a physical office space for showing their presence, either for an impactful commercial address or for obtaining Government Licences such as GST Registration, Business Registrations, for mailing address and various other formalities. However, with Aaddress.in Virtual Office Services, this cost can be reduced to just Rs. 20,000-25,000 for a year, saving 95% of the rental costs. Companies can use professional business centres & co-working Spaces to register for any Government Licences or using the fancy address for their business.

“E-commerce sellers are considering the Virtual Office Services as a blessing to Onboard with e-commerce companies and obtaining GST registration in any state at a very reasonable pricing. Aaddress.in is serving many e-commerce companies for fulfilling the seller Onboarding requirements across India for Principal Place of Business and Additional Place of Business.”

Aaddress.in is bringing a big shift in the world of Office spaces, elevating the efficiency of business organisations. It is by far considered the best choice among start-ups and established businesses for their Virtual Office requirements.

As the pandemic spreads its tentacles again, this time with the new variant Omicron, the situation has turned worrisome for the poor once again, especially those whose livelihood is at stake.

For such people, NGOs and social workers are no less than angels in human disguise. In the past two years, the selfless workers have provided succour to the needy by supplying free food and essential items on a daily basis.

One of the many food camps or Langar Sewa activities being carried out throughout the country by good Samaritans, in view of the growing uncertainty during pandemic, is an initiative run by Pushppal Singh Bhatia and his wife Ravneet Kaur, in Jalandhar for underprivileged kids. The duo, who are famous for their digital content on social media with their handle “That Couple Though”, run the food camp for underprivileged children every Saturday-Sunday at Kapurthala Road in Jalandhar. At this camp, 400-500 children belonging to poorest of poor families are fed meals, supplied with warm clothes and blankets, and kept safe during the harsh cold.

Pushppal and Ravneet, both parents themselves, realise the value of a nutritious meal for the children’s development. Their initiative is a means to address the grave issue of malnutrition among underprivileged children. Fortifying this further, Pushppal Singh remarked, “We as a couple have always been connected to our roots and we wanted to help bring a change in the society.

The Langar Sewa is also an integral part of the Sikh community which was started by our first Guru, following his footsteps I feel that it is our duty to give back to the community in every possible way”

His wife, Ravneet, further elaborates, “Me being a parent myself can understand the hardships that these children have to face on a day to day basis. I am happy that with this initiative we have managed to bring a small positive change in their lives.”

In this initiative, the couple is supported by Amrik Singh, another local Samaritan, who provides the space for the Langar Sewa where food & essential items are distributed among the children. To connect with them directly you can ping them at: (https://www.instagram.com/that.couplethough/?hl=en)