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Harbinger Group Appoints Avinash Lele as Chief Growth Officer

Harbinger Group Appoints Avinash Lele as Chief Growth Officer

Harbinger Group, a global technology provider of software products and services, today announced the appointment of Avinash Lele as its Chief Growth Officer.

Avinash will be responsible for increasing sales through crafting successful sales strategies, directing, guiding, and managing sales teams, and optimizing the end-to-end leads-to-closure process. He will report to Dr. Vikas Joshi, Chairman and Managing Director, Harbinger Group.

Avinash is an industry veteran with over three decades of experience serving at prominent CXO and board-level positions at leading companies like L&T Infotech, Cybage Software, and Hexaware Technologies. Before joining Harbinger, he was a board member and President at iOPEX Technologies. Avinash is an alumnus of The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania where he studied Advanced Management and the Northwestern University for Corporate Law.

On his new role, Avinash said, “I am happy to join Harbinger at an exciting stage in its growth journey. Its rich history of developing world-class products and carving out a niche as a leader in the eLearning and Content space, position it well for moving into the next orbit.”

Dr. Vikas expressed his thoughts, “Harbinger group has embarked on a growth journey fueled by its unique strengths in product engineering and eLearning. We are excited to have Avinash on board at this critical juncture. His rich experience of leadership in crafting win-win deals, providing world-class account management, and leading large sales organizations will help Harbinger and its customers alike.”

Avinash is based in Princeton, New Jersey.

About Harbinger Group

Harbinger is a global technology company that builds products and solutions that transform the way people work and learn. For 30 years, it has been innovating alongside organizations that are in the people business – serving the Human Resources, eLearning, Digital Publishing, Education, and High-Tech sectors.

Harbinger understands that building a great product requires in-depth knowledge of the user, the nuances of the business, and expertise in technology – that is why the company provides both end-to-end Product Development and Content Creation services. Its pedigree in eLearning and building next-generation products has fostered a culture of continuous learning. The company experiments with new technologies easily embrace new ideas, and creatively applies them to its customers’ products. To learn more about Harbinger, please visit www.harbingergroup.com.

AC Features that make monsoon enjoyable

AC Features that make monsoon enjoyable

The monsoon is considered one of the most beautiful seasons as it gives respite from the sweltering summer heat. However, it also brings excessive humidity along with it, which makes you feel even hotter. This makes the AC a must-have appliance in your home.

Hitachi Cooling & Heating India’s air conditioners come with a myriad of innovative features to keep you cool, dry, and comfortable during the monsoon season. Let’s have a look at Hitachi ACs’ smart and advanced features, which create an environment where you live in harmony with yourself even during the extremely humid monsoon days.

Dry mode

In the monsoon, the humidity level goes up to 80%, which makes the environment hot. Hence, it is recommended to run your air conditioner in dry mode. It helps in extracting moisture and dampness from your rooms, thereby removing excess humidity from the atmosphere. Apart from keeping the humidity levels under control, dry mode also helps in decreasing energy costs and carbon footprints.

Hitachi Cooling & Heating India’s Expandable Inverter ACs are the best for the monsoon season as they keep the humidity level inside your room under control without compromising on performance. Hitachi’s Expandable Inverter ACs can increase their compressor’s rotation per minute (RPM) from the standard rated RPM as and when required, according to the actual ambient conditions outside and load requirement inside the room.

4-way Swing for Uniform Cooling

Usually, ACs come with a 2-way (up and down) swing blade to disseminate cool air inside the room. But modern Hitachi split ACs come with the 4-way swing function (up-down + right-left), which blows the cool air in multiple directions to ensure thorough cooling inside the room. This 4-way air distribution system cools a larger area in a short span of time simply by adjusting horizontal and vertical louvers. This feature is extremely useful during the monsoon season when the humidity level rises and you need quick relief from the sticky and scorching heat.

Auto Cleaning Technology

Hitachi Cooling & Heating India’s unique FrostWash or iFresh technology in its Inverter ACs creates frost on the heat exchanger coil with the help of dew collected from air moisture. After some time, the frost then melts and drains out the dust particles, bacteria, mold, etc. Then, the coil dries up and becomes clean to offer fresh air again.

On the other hand, HitachiACs’ iClean+ Technology prevents dust accumulation and keeps the filter clean like new. It even checks the breeding of mold and bacteria that cause unpleasant odors and keeps you feeling fresh and comfortable all day long.

Odour-free Air (Auto Coil Dry Technology)

Hitachi’s unique Auto Coil Dry Technology keeps the indoor fan blower running for some time on standby mode whenever the AC is switched off with the remote controller so that it dries up the condensed water accumulated on the evaporator coil. It prevents the accumulation of debris, dust, and pollen in the form of condensed water droplets on the evaporator coil and keeps the unit dry and clean to ensure fresh and healthy air.

Hot and Cold Technology

Hitachi’s Hot & Cold ACs maintain the desired indoor temperature across a wide working temperature range from -15 °C to 52 °C. This ensures faster heating during winter while maintaining the right comfort level. The AC also provides uniform heating and moisture retention, even during the harshest winters. Its energy-efficient operation ensures that wherever you are in India, be it Kashmir, Cherrapunji, Jaisalmer, or Chennai, you will always be comfortable in your home. It keeps you cool during summer, provides a comfortable temperature during the monsoon, and keeps you warm in winter.

For a professional service provider, contact Hitachi AC’s customer care at 079-7141-4848 (Landline) or 756-788-4848 (Mobile/WhatsApp) or email at customercare@jci-hitachi.com.

Dancing a fine line: women in Bollywood

Dancing a fine line: women in Bollywood

The position of female performers in Bollywood films’ big dance numbers is the focus of new research at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Bollywood is a multi-million-dollar industry with huge cultural influence and popularity worldwide. Dr. Kooshna Gupta, Faculty of Arts, examined how the dance item in these movies became big business.

The ‘item dance’, one of the main musical numbers of the film usually performed by a female dancer, has become increasingly important for a film’s success. The role has changed over time, says Kooshna whose research covers films from 1988 to 2015.

She examined the characters played by female performers, focusing on the type of dance that is not related to the narrative but is more of an erotic display of women – just there for entertainment purposes. In other words, If you removed the song, the film would still make sense.

She found that the traditional item song, from as far back as the 1950s, used to be performed by actresses who were often newcomers rather than established performers. They were never the heroine of the film, but rather the ‘vamp’ who could be seen drinking, smoking and being openly sexual in ways the heroine couldn’t.

“Because it wasn’t seen as acceptable in Indian society for the heroine to dance or be presented in such a provocative way in a public space,” she says.

These actresses could become an instant success, so the item song was seen as a gateway to popularity. There were some movies which would have been a big flop, but the item song saved the film which of course gave these female performers some power.

This started the process of film companies spending serious money on the production of that one song because selling the rights to TV channels represented around 50 percent of their profits.

Leading actresses, known for their other more ‘serious’ work like Priyanka Chopra, starting to perform these songs, which in turn increased the film’s budget, as they had to be paid more.

Add to that the cost of hundreds of people working behind the scenes – as musical directors, composers, choreographers, dancers, set designers, wardrobe, special effects and lighting – and the item song has become very big business.

Kooshna says there’s long been a paradox between the agency of the item dance performer and her power to earn money and fame, and the way she is achieving it; by performing in hyper-sexualised dances that objectify her for a largely male audience and create an unrealistic image of the ‘perfect woman’.

“We’re always going to have this tension between agency and subjectivity, but if you look at actresses in Bollywood, they have gained something; it’s a space, one place, where they are dominating, making a lot of money and becoming famous.”

However, with increasing attention to rape and violence against women in India and the Nirbhaya case in 2012, several feminist movements and humanitarian organisations pushed for a ban on item songs.

As a result, Kooshna says the censor did at one point ban the songs from TV, but you still have YouTube channels playing 24 hours a day.

However, the fact that these performers are now considered professionals, like any other professional, is progress, she believes.

“So, you can be in a serious film or a Bollywood film and cross genres as a female performer in India now. There’s a kind of flexibility to switch roles, from being a heroine to an ‘item girl’. I think that’s a positive thing.”

This is Kooshna’s second PhD. She first combined her interest in linguistics and the Indian socio-cultural context by focusing on code-mixing in Bollywood films (2009-2014). Code-mixing is a linguistic term that refers to the use of more than one language, in this case Hindi and English, in the course of a single conversation or written text.

Zimyo is taking the start-up ecosystem to the next level with its ‘Start-up Program.’

Zimyo is taking the start-up ecosystem to the next level with its ‘Start-up Program.’

The unrivaled venture Zimyo – a leading HR-Tech service provider, launched its new initiative for young start-ups by offering a free HR and Payroll services suite.

Gurugram: The Indian start-up Zimyo stays true to its promise of providing the highest quality employee experience platform as they launched their very own ‘Start-up Program.’ With the revolutionary growth since its debut four years ago, Zimyo has now taken a step to benefact fellow start-ups that are just starting out.

Zimyo is a stellar HR and Payroll software provider driven by modern AI that incorporates a Recruitment Management, Performance Management, and Employee Benefits suite to fulfill the demands of all SMEs it has indulged. The year 2022 has brought immense success to this HR-Tech foundation, and the revenues are increasing year on year.

Zimyo kick-started its Start-up Program on 15th July 2022, wherein they’ll be offering;

  • Free SaaS subscription for Core HR & Payroll Product Suite, including Mobile App, Employee Self Service, Benefits, etc., for 6 months.
  • Major discounts on other Zimyo modules – Recruitment Management, Performance Management, etc.
  • 18 Hours of dedication to onboarding, including setting up HR processes for the start-up.
  • 4 hours dedicated to ‘Strategic HR/OKR’ consulting.
  • Free HR Templates are provided on the platform for appraisal, emails, job descriptions, offer letter generation, etc., and much more.

To avail the offer;

  1. Visit: Zimyo signup
  2. Signup (Create User ID and Password)
  3. After sign up, login to the account
  4. Go to Subscriptions (on the bottom left side of the page)
  5. Click Manage Subscriptions
  6. Click Upgrade
  7. Select HRMS BASIC + Add the number of users
  8. Select Half Yearly Subscription
  9. Apply coupon code – PRSP2022
  10. Proceed to pay
  11. User validation will take place by deduction of ₹1.

“Our nation is on track toward a perennial ecosystem with initiatives like start-up India in the picture. To help our economy and promote a culture of growth, entrepreneurs establishing start-ups are being offered extraordinary benefits. With a similar vision, Zimyo took it upon itself to offer its product suite to young start-ups as a helping hand,” Kumar Mayank, CEO of Zimyo, shared his thoughts.

Now this successful venture aims to empower other start-ups to achieve prodigious growth through its tech and innovation. The mission is to unshackle professionals from tedious manual work from day 1 with the automated solutions they’re offering.

Zimyo HRMS software is profoundly used by a number of renowned SMBs such as Yash Raj Films, Amity University, Bajaj Capital, Apollo Power Systems, etc. Furthermore, it has onboarded clients from UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Oman to imprint its growth toward foreign lands too.

The unfaltering dedication Zimyo portrays to its customer base and employees has enabled it to carve its name in stone within a short amount of time. Flourishing and advancing with even more zeal and determination, it’s committed to giving fresh start-ups the finest employee experience and engagement platform.

As the SaaS expert Zimyo is aligning with young organizations, it’s enabling them to recruit the best talents from the industry. Other perks of this robust HR solution would be the exhausting rate of employee attrition, scaling up of retention rate, and an upgrade in employee engagement by threefold.

About Zimyo

Zimyo is a paramount HR-Tech service provider with an aim to empower entities around the world with the best-in-class employee experience for their workforce.

With its suite of cloud-based HR, payroll software, a performance management software (PMS), an applicant tracking system (ATS), time attendance systems, and an engagement platform with additional employee benefits, Zimyo claims the highest throne in the HR-Tech industry.

Backed by an end-to-end implementation to renew all the prime metrics, Zimyo software optimizes all necessary steps in an employee lifecycle – from job postings and onboarding to offboarding and every step in between.

A package deal for all HR troubles that assist organizations in augmenting their productivity rates and developing a culture of employee engagement within the workplace.

On 12th August, Bikaner will honor the real heroes of the city with Bikaner Gaurav Award

On 12th August, Bikaner will honor the real heroes of the city with Bikaner Gaurav Award

Nirvikalp Foundation, in collaboration with citizens of Bikaner, is honoring individuals who make the city proud on national and international platforms in different domains.

Dr. Chandra Shekhar Shrimali (founding director of the foundation) shared with the media in a briefing about the upcoming event. “Bikaner Gaurav Award ceremony will be organized at the historic Gajner Palace Hotel at Bikaner on Friday 12th August 2022. Many native citizens of Bikaner are going to attend this unique ceremony and coming from not only different parts of the country but even from abroad” – Dr. Shrimali added.

Be informed that the unique award ceremony is proudly supported by various business houses and individuals of the city including Bikaji Namkeens group, Lotus – Modi Dairy, Jeevan Raksha Hospital, Bikaner Boys School, Binnani X-Ray, Social Activist Bhikam Chand Pugalia, and many other prestigious brands and individuals.

A poster launch ceremony of the event at Bikaner Boys School was graced by the chief guest Additional District Commissioner A H Gauri and chaired by the Additional Director of Secondary Education, Rachna Bhatia.

 

Akshay Acharya, founder of Smart Bikaner and an active member of the foundation handling technical division, shared with the media about the digital handling of the event. He mentioned that for the first time in the city, a website has been created for such an event. This website was inaugurated on 1st August 2022 by the honorable Dr. B D Kalla, Minister of Education, Rajasthan, and is accessible at https://bikanergauravaward.in.

In this prestigious event, the foundation is going to honor industrialists, social activists, sportspersons, people associated with art and literature, IT, administration, and new age entrepreneurs who have brought laurels to the city of Bikaner.

Some of the nominations for this award for the year 2022 are Mr. Madan Agarwal (Director of V-Mart), Joyti Jain (TT Ltd), Navratan Agarwal (Director, Bikanervala), Sudha Shrimali (Business Editor, Navbharat Times), Simi Dhamija (Chief Transformation Head, Tech Mahindra), IPS Premsukh Deli, Pushpendra Singh Rathore (DIG, BSF), Rameshwar Vyas (Director, Ranosys Singapore), Magan Rajvi (Arjun Awardee & Ex Captain Indian Football Team), Bharat Ranga (Beginnen Media) and many more.

For more information about the ceremony, please visit https://bikanergauravaward.in

Global India Business Forum (GIBF) Working Towards Making India Self-Reliant: Governor of Rajasthan Shri. Kalraj ji Mishra and MP of Jaipur Shri. Ramcharan Bohra

Global India Business Forum (GIBF) Working Towards Making India Self-Reliant: Governor of Rajasthan Shri. Kalraj ji Mishra and MP of Jaipur Shri. Ramcharan Bohra

Jaipur, Rajasthan – The National Awards 2022 Business Excellence Awards were organized by the Global India Business Forum at Hotel Holiday Inn, Jaipur Rajasthan. Governor Kalraj Mishra Ji was the chief guest of this Programme. Apart from this, ambassadors and Council of Generals of many countries were present at the Programme.

The purpose of this Programme is to motivate and support the entrepreneurs of the MSME sector. Global India Business Forum is working to promote employment and business at the national and international levels. On this occasion ambassadors from more than 5 countries attended the event to discuss the Indian market.

Governor Kalraj Mishra Ji said that the Global India Business Forum has given awards to the businessmen who have made very good progress and people working in different fields. New opportunities are available. So the President of the Global India Business Forum has done a great job and I congratulate all the ambassadors and awardees.

Dr. Jitendra Joshi, President, Global India Business Forum said that the main objective of GIBF is to realize the dream of the Government of India to make a self-reliant India. We are constantly striving for this and it is our aim to motivate and support all MSME sector businessmen in India after a difficult situation like the corona pandemic and lockdown.

Speaking at the event, Deepali Gadkari, Director, GIBF, said that the Global India Business Forum is specially felicitating women for their support and contribution.

Jaipur National Awardees 2022:-

  1. Peeyush Pandit (Founder – International Internship University) Awarded for India’s First and Best Educational Digital University.
  2. Vandana Sharma (Founder & Chairperson – Sekhem Healing Centre) Awarded for Emerging Business Icon.
  3. Bikaji Foods International Ltd Awarded for Brand of the Year.
  4. Ranjit Prasad (Founder & Director – Truedreams Projects India Pvt. Ltd) Awarded for Social Activist of the Year in Education Sector.
  5. Kunal Jhunjhunwala (Managing Director – Airpay payment services pvt ltd) Awarded for Innovative Start-up of the Year.
  6. Pushpendera Kumar Sharma (Director – Pinaki World) Awarded for Education Leadership Award.
  7.  Dr. Omprakash Mittal (Proprietor – M/S Om Gas Agency) Awarded for Best MSME Company
  8. Mr. Vinay Prakash Tiwari (Investing Daddy) Awarded for The Brilliant Innovator for the invention of LTP calculator.
  9. Dr. Kishor Navandar (Chairman & Managing Director – Blue Billion Group India) Awarded for Business Tycoon of the Year.
  10. Dr. B L Swami (Head of Cardiology Department – Ayushman Heart Care Center Bikaner) Awarded for Best Youngest Cardiologist of Rajasthan.
  11. Mr. Ashish Kumar Shrivastava (CEO – Sensotronics TECHNOLOGY Inc) Awarded for Best MSME Company.
  12. Dr. Kavita Goyal (Senior Gynaecology Laparoscopic Surgeon – Cocoon Hospital, Jaipur) Awarded for Outstanding Achievement Award in the field of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
  13. Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey (CEO – Mobisafar services Pvt. Ltd) Awarded for Best Company of the Year.
  14. Mr. Hans Raj Agarwal (Chairman & Managing Director – Hi Tech Insulators Pvt Ltd) Awarded for Outstanding Achievement towards Industrial Technical Textiles.
  15. Dr. Avinash Gupta (Director – Shreet Career Guidance Services Pvt. Ltd) Awarded for Best Company of the Year.
  16. Dr. J Shrenik Nahar (India Tanzania Trade Commission) Awarded for Commerce and Trade.
  17. Ms. Harshita Nayyar (International Make-up artist) Awarded for Young women entrepreneur of the year.
  18. Mr. Hemendra Bokadia (Founder & Director – M/s BOKADIA WIRES) Awarded for Outstanding Achievement in Fencing Products.
  19. Mr. Jai Ram Meena (Director – Okflip India Pvt Ltd) Awarded for Best MSME startup.
  20. Mr. Aditya Jain & Ms. Monu Keer – (Director – MENTOR ADITYA JAIN ACADEMY PRIVATE LIMITED) Awarded for Outstanding Contribution towards Education Sector.
  21. Dr. Adv. Sunil Nanasaheb Karpe – (LEXOPUS LLP) Awarded for CSR Champion.
  22. Dr. Jagdish Pareek (Founder – Help India Online foundation) awarded for Innovative Start-up of the Year.
  23. Mr. Manish Kumar Meena (CEO – Verdant Impact Private Limited) Awarded for Best Emerging Startup.
  24. Ms. Rati Mamodiya (Egnoto Technologies LLP) Awarded for Best Digital Solutions Agency of the Year.
  25. Mr. Vishwanand Srivastava & Ms. Biyas Mukherjee (CEO – CAZ BRAIN PVT LTD) Awarded for Outstanding Contribution towards Information Technology.
  26. Mr. Rohit Sharma (Founder Group & CEO – CHAIWALAS) Awarded for Innovative Start-up of the Year.
  27. Mr. Vipul Jain (Managing Director – My Irigacio World Private Limited) Awarded for Emerging Startup.
  28. Mr. Abhishek Bhatt & Mr. Sarang Porwal (MANAGING PARTNER – AMPLIFY CAPITALS PVT LTD) Awarded for Promising Business of the Year.
  29. Mr. Sandeep Patidar (Managing Director – Amritanjali Ayurved Private Limited) Awarded for Best MSME Company.
  30. Mr. Rakesh Sharma (Chairman – Kalkatti chat bhandar) awarded for Outstanding Achievement.
  31. Mr. Surendra Bajaj & Mr. Shyam Bajaj (Partners – Shree Transformers) Awarded for Brand of the Year.
  32. Mr. Uddeshya Singh (Director – SkillHai – The Institute of Skill Development) Awarded for Best MSME Company.
  33. Mr. Arvind Agarwal (Proprietor – Harison minerals and marbles) awarded for Promising Business of the Year.
  34. Mr. Amit Singhania (Singhania Project Management Company UAE) Awarded for Outstanding Contribution towards equality, diversity and inclusion.
  35. Dr. Kushmendra Parashar (Director – PARASHAR HEART CLINIC) Awarded for BEST CARDIOLOGIST OF JAIPUR.
  36. Ms. Anushka Jain (Anushka Jain Jwellery) Awarded for Best Minimal Jwellery.
  37. Mr. Rahul Bhargava (Director – R Dot Ventures) Awarded for Emerging Startup.
  38. Mr. Varun Porwal (CEO – Porwal Group of Industries) Awarded for Golden Jubilee years of Ethical Business Practices.
  39. Mr. Raman Malpani (Founder – Namaste German) Awarded for Best Consultancy for Medical PG in Germany.
  40. Mr. Trupti Rajan Das (Chairman – HLW Cab Services Pvt Ltd) Awarded for Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
  41. Mr. Mahendra Bilala (PROMOTER / DIRECTOR – UNICLAN HEALTHCARE PVT LTD) Awarded for Outstanding Contribution towards Hygiene sector.
  42.  Mr. Karnal Vaishnav (Director – Getraise Pvt Ltd) Awarded for Emerging Start-up.
  43. Dr. Kangana Yadav (Managing Director – Cert & Shree Ram Group of Institution) Awarded for Promising Business of the Year.
  44. Dr. Govind Singh Rathore (Doctor – Vainavi Pharmaceutical) Awarded for Outstanding Contribution.
  45. Mr. Nishya Nand Kaushik (Managing Director – Subudha Facility Management Pvt. Ltd. (SFM Services)) Awarded for Promising Business of the Year.
  46. Mr. Ramkishor Tak (Managing Director – Shubhangini Spice Suppliers) Awarded for Outstanding Contribution.
  47. Mr. Rakesh Mehta (Director – ASTRAL EDUCATION®) Awarded for Brand of the Year.
  48. Dr. Khushboo Kapoor (Cultural and Entertainment Industry – International Anchor & DJ) Awarded for Pride of Rajasthan.

Website Link: – https://www.gibf.biz/

SUNREF India – Contribution to green housing in India

SUNREF India – Contribution to green housing in India

The National Housing Bank (NHB) organised the final event for showcasing the contributions of the Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and Energy Financing (SUNREF) India Housing Programme toward green housing in the country at Silver Oak, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, on July 25, 2022. CRISIL Risk and Infrastructure Solutions (CRIS) Limited is providing Technical Assistance to the SUNREF program.

SUNREF program commenced in April 2019 with the objective of scaling up green affordable housing projects in India. Over the past three years, SUNREF India Housing Programme has provided refinance of around Euro 100 million to 5300 households, of which more than 60 per cent are female owners and half of the households belong to lower income groups/ economically weaker sections.

The NHB’s efforts on enhancing green affordable housing in the country is in line with the Government of India’s priorities to support climate change.

In the past three years, the programme has undertaken 20 training programmes and 6 events, training 1,500+ people in different concepts of green housing. Additionally, the programme has developed various knowledge collaterals, including brochures, leaflets, success story booklets, promotional film, and TV commercial related to benefits of green housing to propagate it in India.
The event saw the participation of more than 100 representatives from amongst the multilateral/bilateral agencies, housing finance companies, real estate developers, government agencies, green-building experts, architects, and green material producers from various parts of the country.

The event was graced by S.K. Hota, Managing Director – NHB, Laurent Le Danois, Attache, and Team Leader of the Cooperation section of the European Union Delegation to India and Bhutan and Jacky Amprou – Regional Director, AFD South Asia. Other senior participants from the industry and green building rating agency included Nitin Tyagi, Director Nilaya greens and Sanjay Seth – CEO GRIHA Council.

S.K. Hota, Managing Director, NHB, said, “NHB, through its various refinance and direct finance activities, has been working to facilitate the supply of affordable housing in the country. With SUNREF India, we have gone a step ahead and promoted green affordable housing, too. SUNREF India has paved the path for the next generation towards green housing in the country, and this is just the beginning of change.”

The EU and the Government of India are cooperating closely under the partnership on Smart and Sustainable Urbanisation.

Laurent Le Danois, Attache- Team Leader of the Cooperation section of the European Union Delegation to India and Bhutan, said, ‘Sustainable practices are a must for avoiding the negative impacts of housing construction on the climate and for achieving sustainability goals. India, being at the stage of mass urbanisation, needs to adhere to green housing and energy efficient principles of construction’.

Jacky Amprou, Regional Director of South Asia, AFD, said, “AFD supports the development of affordable ‘green’ housing, which addresses environmental and social challenges in India. India has a huge shortfall of housing, mainly in urban areas and for populations with modest income levels. Indeed, 70 per cent of the housing that will exist in 2030 is yet to be constructed.”

India has seen notable growth in green-rated residential buildings over the past decade. It is in this backdrop, that the event was organised in Delhi – the national capital which aimed at raising awareness on the importance of green affordable housing.

In order to spread the awareness further, a tv commercial and project end film developed under the SUNREF India project were released during the event. Green booklets focussing on Developers and Home buyers were also released in the event. The aim for the development of these booklets is to acquaint the mid-scale developers and home buyers on the practices/ technologies that can be imbibed in their construction methodology to make their conventional housing into green housing.

In the next months, the programme will focus on disseminating lesson learnt, recommendations and communication deliverables that have been finalized under the programme.

Rahul Bhave, Executive Director, NHB, delivered the concluding remarks and vote of thanks.

IFSCA Authorises Qkrishi as FinTech Entity for Quantum Finance

IFSCA Authorises Qkrishi as FinTech Entity for Quantum Finance

Qkrishi is focused on building QFinBox the world’s first quantum finance sandbox

Gandhinagar, Gujarat: Qkrishi Quantum Private Limited has been authorized as a Fintech Entity by the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) at an event held today in GIFT city, Gandhinagar. The letter of authorization was issued to Qkrishi co-founder Monika Aggarwal and the announcement of the authorisation was made in the presence of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. The award recognizes Qkrishi as a Fintech Entity under IFSCA’s framework to develop QFinBox (Quantum Finance Sandbox) for testing and benchmarking of quantum solutions for adoption by the finance industry. Many finance problems have a high degree of computational complexity and are slow to converge even on the fastest supercomputers. Quantum brings a lot of opportunities for the financial sector to address challenges in portfolio optimization, pricing, KYC, credit scoring, fraud detection, risk analysis and other financial domain use cases and QFinBox will provide a safe environment to test quantum algorithms on actual financial industry workflows for adoption in everyday critical business processes. QFinBox will also help financial organisations to prepare themselves to face up to cyber security threats by more easily adopting the new encryption standards for securing transactions and finance data against quantum attacks.

“Quantum represents a new computing paradigm. The financial industry needs to get ready for the future of computing. Qkrishi is working to radically reshape how financial organisations work by driving innovations using quantum computing,” says Smt. Prabha Narayan, co-founder at Qkrishi. “IFSCA is helping India emerge as a leader in this era of technology-driven finance and Qkrishi is partnering to bring the latest quantum technologies to the financial sector in India. QFinBox will enable the financial industry to get quantum ready. Qkrishi has also filed a patent on the quantum sandbox technology.”

Apart from Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri Bhupendra Patel, Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Gujarat Minister of Finance and Energy Shri Kanubhai Desai, Union Ministers of State for Finance Shri Pankaj Chaudhary and Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad also graced the ceremony held in GIFT City, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The IFSCA leadership team including Chairperson Shri Injeti Srinivas and Chief Technology Officer Shri Joseph Joshy and the leadership team of Qkrishi comprising Professor Monika Aggarwal, Shri Chetan Waghela, Shri Raghavendra V and Shri Sreekuttan L S were also present at this glittering ceremony held today.  At the ceremony Prime Minister Modi also laid the of foundation stone of IFSCA HQ Building and launched India International Bullion Exchange and NSE IFSC – SGX Connect.

About Qkrishi: Qkrishi, founded in 2021, focuses on quantum research, technology and skilling. Qkrishi is working with industry and academic partners on use cases of relevance to industries including finance. Qkrishi has a team of experienced researchers with advanced degrees in quantum computing. The Qkrishi team is constantly innovating to create intellectual property of value to industry clients.

About International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA): IFSCA was established on April 27, 2020, under the International Financial Services Centres Authority Act, 2019. It is headquartered at GIFT City, Gandhinagar in Gujarat. The IFSCA is a unified authority for the development and regulation of financial products, financial services and financial institutions in the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) in India. At present, the GIFT IFSC is the maiden international financial services centre in India. Prior to the establishment of IFSCA, the domestic financial regulators, namely, RBI, SEBI, PFRDA and IRDAI regulated the business in IFSC. As the dynamic nature of business in the IFSCs requires a high degree of inter-regulatory coordination within the financial sector, the IFSCA has been established as a unified regulator with a holistic vision in order to promote ease of doing business in IFSC and provide world-class regulatory environment. The main objective of the IFSCA is to develop a strong global connection and focus on the needs of the Indian economy as well as to serve as an international financial platform for the entire region and the global economy as a whole.

It was NOT an Eve-teasing, it was MOLESTATION that happened to me

It was NOT an Eve-teasing, it was MOLESTATION that happened to me

A tale of modern love story that will leave you thinking…

Kate, the protagonist of this fiction story, her character stems from a similar harsh incident that the author had experienced in her own life as well, and people called it ‘eve-teasing’ when it isn’t. In fact, many young girls who go through this, are consoled with the statement- “It’s okay, try to forget, it’s not only you…” But such incidents can have a deep psychological effect on their minds, and their perspectives.

Dr. Eisha Sethi is a medical professional, but her creative mind finds art in every field where she passionately indulges herself.

She loves spending quality time with her family, and that includes her loving and constantly increasing Instagram family,’go4klass’ too, who made her believe that she can write. Eisha has taken every piece of appreciation from the followers as an encouraging pat on her back. Her strokes are clear and bold when she writes blogs and quotations about extremely sensitive topics related to mental health and social issues to spread awareness and impact lives, positively.

“Unexpected Day after that Night” is Eisha’s first Romance Novel. In this, the author shares her perspective, to a certain extent, through Kate.

‘Unexpected Day after that Night’ is a new adult, contemporary romance fictional story.

Thirteen-year-old Kate is nowhere to be found in school until her best friend finds her in a secluded corner, sitting alone and crying. After being brutally molested, Kate is anxious to let love in her life thereafter. She shuns romance and intimacy as a result. She is scared for her life every time she steps out. Enter Ross. A young, charming guy, who is persistent to take down the high protective walls around her. But he has his own demons chasing him, unknown to Kate.

Ugliness ensues when two troubled individuals bare their hearts open to each other.

Will the beautiful, sensitive Kate find her true love after all, or will she suffer an epic heartbreak because she let Ross into her life?

“I Humbly Accept Awards As They Motivate Me To Work Harder” – Save Earth Activist Dr. Sandeep Choudhary

“I Humbly Accept Awards As They Motivate Me To Work Harder” – Save Earth Activist Dr. Sandeep Choudhary

Apart from being a successful entrepreneur, Dr. Sandeep Choudhary has contributed greatly towards protecting and enhancing the quality of the environment we live in. His work as a social activist hasn’t gone unnoticed. He has been given several prestigious awards and titles from time to time. He was conferred with India’s Biggest Shaksheeyat Awards by the Honourable Governor of Odisha. The Rising Star Award was given to him by the Zee Media Group for his achievements as a young entrepreneur. Last year, on World Environment Day, he received the Global Business Achievers Award.

Talking about what awards mean to him, Dr. Sandeep Choudhary says, “I humbly accept awards as they motivate me to work harder. When I received an award as a student in school, I felt encouraged to do better in my studies. I feel honoured and an immense sense of gratitude whenever somebody gives me an award. I treasure each and every award given to me. Every single day, I try to do things that make me worthy of the titles that have been bestowed upon me.”

Dr. Sandeep Choudhary will be receiving another important award which would serve as yet another testimony of the fact that he has been working tirelessly to bring a change in society. Dr. Choudhary is the founder of the path-breaking company Inflector India which is based on the core principles of Make in India. Through the company, Dr. Choudhary and his team have consistently brought out products that are sustainable and eco-friendly and provide the consumers good value for their company.

Elaborating further on his mission to save the environment, he says, “Human beings can no longer run away from the fact that we have done a lot of harm to the environment. For our future generations to survive, we need to protect our biodiversity. Saving the environment is not an option but an urgency. If we don’t do it now, we will regret it for the rest of our lives. If every individual does his or her bit, we would be able to reverse most of the harm we have done to our environment. We must also be conscious in the present and refrain from engaging in any activity that could cause further damage to the environment.”

Through his actions, Dr. Sandeep Choudhary has proved that the sincere efforts put in by just one individual can make a significant difference. His efforts have inspired the youth greatly and paved the way for them to carry out activities that contribute towards safeguarding our environment. Today, a large number of people know Dr. Choudhary as a youth icon who has made a mark with his concern for the environment and love for his motherland.

While he continues to lead Inflector India towards the creation of high-quality and environment-friendly products, he has played a key role in the formation of several companies that are making India proud globally and are known for being conscious towards the environment and the society.