Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Easter Special Brunch at The Resort Mumbai

Make your Easter celebration perfect with these delectable dishes of Chicken terrine with apricot, Stuff Squid salad, Fish steak, wilted spinach with caper lemon butter sauce, Roast turkey with bread stuffing and cranberry sauce, Sea-food soup infused with saffron, Pork Vindaloo, Pan seared polenta with mushroom rough. Conclude your meal with toothsome chocolate bunny tea cake, Carrot cake, Half shell egg with chocolate and much more.

 

What: ‘Easter Special Treat’

Where:  The Resort, Mumbai

When: Sunday, 4th April 2021

Time: 12.30 - 3:30 PM

Call: 9819877316/9920183520

NephroPlus is organising a “COVID-19 Vaccination Drive” to educate Dialysis Patients

 


A Pan India Initiative to build awareness on the importance of COVID-19 Vaccination

Mumbai, March 31, 2021 – NephroPlus, India’s largest dialysis care network and a leader in redefining dialysis care in India, is organizing a national education drive on COVID-19 vaccination for dialysis patients across their centers. This initiative is launched to drive awareness about the importance of the COVID-19 vaccination and further guide the patients on the registration process for the vaccine. The sole aim of the initiative is to dispel certain myths associated with taking the vaccine and encourage them by addressing the concerns they might have on the safety and efficacy of the vaccine.

Dialysis patients are at very high risk of getting affected with COVID-19, as they have very low immunity as compared to healthy individuals. As per a recent manuscript that is being published in the upcoming edition of the reputed International Journal, ‘Kidney International Reports’, COVID-19 prevalence among dialysis patients is about 20 times higher than the healthy population. Around 99% of patients who were admitted to the hospital had to stay for a minimum of 12 days. Mortality amongst those infected was about 23%, and mortality among those > 55 years of age was 3 times higher than those <30 years old. 

Speaking about this, Mr. Vikram Vuppala, Founder and CEO of NephroPlus said, “Dialysis patients are highly immune-compromised which means their immunity levels are much poorer than the healthy population. Also, they have to visit a dialysis center three times a week, which puts them at a high risk of contracting novel Coronavirus. This means that we really need to work hard to get most of them vaccinated as soon as possible. We at NephroPlus are looking forward to this drive, as we want to build awareness amongst our Guests and other dialysis patients, address their concerns and help them register for vaccination as soon as possible”.  

Adding to this, Kamal D Shah, Co-Founder & Director of Guest Services, NephroPlus says, “During the pandemic, cases have increased drastically and this is a matter of concern as dialysis patients have two things going against them. One is their increased risk of exposure to the novel Coronavirus in high-risk hospital environments. Second is their inherent kidney disease that causes their outcomes to be poorer if they contract the disease. Therefore it is our job to make efforts to build awareness and get more people to take the vaccine. Through this initiative, NephroPlus hopes to ease their lives by taking the first step towards a safer future.”

 For further information: https://www.nephroplus.com/ 

HP opens registration for OMEN Esports Gold Quest scholarships with AMD Ryzen ™ for PC Gamers

 

 

The scholarship in collaboration with AMD will support future PC gaming stars from India.

3 Gamers stand a chance to win annual esports scholarship worth Rs 12 lakh including esports training and OMEN gaming setup to better their game.

 

 

Highlights
•	A scholarship, offering OMEN gaming gear, international esports training and annual financial aid
•	 3 individuals will be chosen and enrolled in the scholarship program 
•	Application period : 
•	Entries will be received from  31 March till 30 April, 2021.
•	The applicants will go through selection through May and June; and the 3 winners will be announced by end of June
•	Scholarship period will be 1 July 2021 till 30 June 2022
New Delhi, March 31, 2021 —Supporting the rise of PC gaming culture in India, HP India has opened registrations for the OMEN Gold Quest in collaboration with AMD Ryzen™. The ‘OMEN Gold Quest” is a scholarship program that will provide gamers with the necessary financial aid, OMEN gaming gear, skills, and exposure to help them in their quest to compete on the global stage and become future esports stars.

 

With esports growing at a rapid rate, HP recognizes the need to support the gamers community with the right set of tools and guidance to truly explore their passion and create a mark in the world of esports. The OMEN Gold Quest scholarship will select three applicants and will offer them an annual esports scholarship to support them to better their game. The scholarship will offer international esports training, OMEN Gaming Gear (includes OMEN by HP Laptop powered by AMD Ryzen), annual financial aid - worth Rs 12 lakh for each individual , given gamers a chance to better their gameplay.

The scholarship will be open to Indian applicants in the 18 – 23 year age group. The nationwide talent hunt program for selection will roll out on March 31, 2021 with final selections in June 2021. The scholarship period will commence from 1st July 2021 and carry on till 30th June 2022.

 

Participating gamers get a chance to win the OMEN gaming gear which includes OMEN by HP laptop powered by AMD Ryzen™ guaranteeing powerful performance. The gaming gear also comprises of headset, mouse, keyboard, and monitor.

 

 

 

For more details of the event/registration please log onto: https://www.omen.com/in/en/omen-scholarship.html#js-main-content

 

About HP

HP Inc. creates technology that makes life better for everyone, everywhere. Through our product and service portfolio of personal systems, printers and 3D printing solutions, we engineer experiences that amaze. More information about HP Inc. is available at hp.com.

Nissan India and ExxonMobil join hands to supply lubricants for the passenger vehicles business

The new range of engine oils is suitable for India’s latest BS-VI standards and is compatible with older generation BS-III or BS-IV Nissan models

  • All-new range of engine oils from ExxonMobil enables Nissan vehicles to achieve optimal performance reliability and potential fuel economy benefits

New Delhi, (March 31, 2021): ExxonMobil Lubricants Pvt. Ltd. today announced that it has signed an agreement with Nissan Motor India to supply lubricants for the passenger vehicles (PV) aftermarket business.

 

Commencing in April 2021, ExxonMobil will supply an extensive range of engine oils to Nissan India that is suitable for India’s BS-VI standards, while remaining compatible with older generation BS-III or BS-IV Nissan passenger vehicles. This partnership provides Nissan car owners access to advanced lubricant technology that meets the latest specifications for optimal performance reliability and potential fuel economy benefits.

 

Speaking on the development, Deepankar Banerjee, CEO, ExxonMobil Lubricants Pvt. Ltd., says, “We are delighted to be Nissan’s trusted partner to provide the latest lubricant technology that helps protect Nissan engines and allows them to run more efficiently. We are honored to be working closely with Nissan’s team to optimize the latest range of engine oils for their specific design needs and offer an excellent experience to their customers. This partnership adds to our continuous efforts to provide consumers with technologically superior and advanced formulated lubricants for their vehicles to keep them performing at their best.”

 

“We are pleased to be partnering with ExxonMobil, as both companies have core strength areas in their respective fields. This collaboration reiterates our commitment of providing the most advanced technologies to our discerning Indian customers. At Nissan our emphasis has always been to provide customer delight, fill unmet needs, bring innovative technologies for a better future and mutually grow business. The partnership with ExxonMobil is a major step in our effort towards this journey,” says Rakesh Srivastava, MD, Nissan Motor India.

 

The all-new range of engine oils – Nissan Genuine Parts Motor Oil SAE 0W-20, 5W-30, 10W-30, 10W-40 – includes synthetic and semi-synthetic PV products that were developed by ExxonMobil’s global research and development center through trials and tests to deliver optimum engine performance in different conditions.

 

Made with ExxonMobil’s proprietary formulation, the latest range of engine oils meets the latest International Lubricant Standardization and Approval Committee (ILSAC) and American Petroleum Institute (API) standards, and also comes with features such as emissions system compatibility, oxidation stability, deposit control along with sludge and varnish protection, engine durability, wear protection for idle-stop and low-speed pre ignition minimization. The co-developed engine oils will be available through the Nissan service network for all variants of Nissan models.

 

 

About Nissan Motor India Pvt. Ltd.

Nissan Motor India Private Ltd. (NMIPL) is a 100 percent subsidiary of Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. Japan. The company was incorporated in 2005 and offers innovative and exciting products across the hatchback, MUV, SUV and sedan segments in India. Nissan together with its global alliance partner Renault set up a manufacturing plant and a Research & Development Centre near Chennai. Nissan in India has a portfolio of two brands, Nissan and Datsun. For more information, visit www.nissan.in.

Mobile Premier League (MPL) to continue as long-term principal sponsor with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

 

 

India, March 31, 2021: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Mobile Premier League (MPL), India’s largest esports and skill gaming platform, announced today that MPL has come on board as the principal sponsor for KKR on a three-year sponsorship deal.

 

MPL and KKR have forged a strong partnership that brings together the proficiencies the two brands have in the field of sports, e-sports, and entertainment.

 

The association with MPL commenced last year in 2020 as they bagged the principal sponsorships for both the franchises of the Knight Riders brand, that included KKR and Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and Caribbean Premier League (CPL) respectively.

 

Taking the relationship forward, the three-year sponsorship deal begins this year with the 14th edition of IPL 2021 and will go on till the year 2023. KKR and MPL will look to create greater fan engagement opportunities and unique experiences that bring the game closer to the audiences.

 

Venky Mysore, CEO and MD, of KKR said, “We started our partnership with MPL as principal sponsors for both KKR and TKR in 2020 and are delighted that they will continue as long term principal sponsors for KKR. MPL is a vibrant e-sports company which has grown rapidly through some amazing energy and innovation. It’s been a great journey for KKR with MPL and we look forward to deepening and broadening our relationship.”

 

Sai Srinivas, Co-founder and CEO, MPL, said, “We are proud to extend our partnership with the Knight Riders. Last year’s beginning was very fruitful for the brands and we organised some great fan engagement activities together, which we will take forward this year and in the subsequent editions of the IPL. KKR is one of the most watched teams in the IPL and being on the front of their jersey adds a lot of salience and visibility to our brand.”

 

The 14th edition of Indian Premier League will begin on April 9, 2021. The two-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will play against the other 8 teams in 14 matches. KKR will play their first match for IPL 2021 on April 11 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

 

About MPL

MPL is Asia’s biggest eSports and skill gaming platform, with over 70 million users in India and 3.5 million in Indonesia. MPL has worked with numerous game developers and on-boarded over 70 games on its platform. It was founded in 2018 by Sai Srinivas and Shubh Malhotra. The gaming platform currently employs over 500 personnel with offices in Bengaluru, Pune, Jakarta, and Singapore.

 

OYO’s Weddingz.in - India’s largest wedding company launches ‘Wz Prime’, an online platform to help wedding banquets across India recover business

Mumbai, 31st March 2021: With gradual unlocks and strengthening consumer confidence, the industry is now witnessing nearly 85% of pre-covid level demand, a positive sign of steady recovery across regions. Additionally, in the post pandemic world, consumers are shifting to digital platforms for their wedding preparations. To further fast track the recovery of the industry with innovative technology, OYO’s Weddingz.in, India's largest wedding company has launched its homegrown technology platform, Wz Prime, a tech-product that enables venues owners or banquets to grow their business across India. At present, venue owners can access the Wz Prime platform across 20+ Tier II and III cities including, Gwalior, Ludhiana, Jodhpur, Visakhapatnam, Rajkot, Varanasi, Guwahati, Coimbatore, Amritsar, amongst others. 

Essentially, Wz Prime is a product designed to help banquet owners to meet their end-to-end requirements, by providing access to relevant customer inquiries, marketing local venues to target customers, thereby generating more customer visits and lastly, enabling venue owners with the company’s best-in-class banquet management system to effectively manage customer leads, drive higher productivity and increase conversions, ultimately optimising their revenue in the post-pandemic world.  This platform will therefore empower independent or small venue partners with access to relevant customer enquiries for various events including weddings, social, and corporate functions, among others.

While digital disruption is crucial for the industry’s recovery, in traditional industries like the hospitality and weddings sector, educating and enabling convenience and hassle-free digital adoption are factors that will drive higher acceptance for technologies among small and medium sized entrepreneurs. Understanding this straightforward challenge, Weddingz.in has built an easy-to-use and mobile-friendly Banquet Management System (BMS) for Wz Prime venue partners. This will allow venue owners access to all banquet-related data such as customer inquiries, booking-related information, event calendar on their mobile handset itself without the requirement to install any special software or app on their phones. Additionally, to drive higher visibility and reach, Weddingz.in will market and promote  for Wz Prime venues on the Weddingz.in website and mobile app. 

Sharing his thoughts on the launch of Wz Prime, Sandeep Lodha, CEO, OYO’s Weddingz.in said, “Although the previous year has been a challenging one for the wedding industry, we are seeing steady recovery since November-December 2020. As the country’s largest technology-led wedding company, we are confident that technology was the only way forward to emerge resurgent from the effects of the pandemic. With Wz Prime, we will now enable venue owners, especially independent and local banquet owners a chance to increase visibility for their venues, as well as access higher demand through relevant leads through our platform and Wz Prime’s technology. This tech solution will open doors to small businesses to optimise genuine queries related to venues and maximise revenues during such challenging times. With Wz Prime, local venue owners will benefit from the visibility and higher lead conversions, thereby, helping the industry recover at a faster pace and adopt digital transformation for the years to come. I am also happy to share that within a short span of going live, venue owners across 9+ cities have been quick to embrace the product and witnessing successful lead conversions from the channel.”

Here’s how venue owners can gain access to the ‘Wz Prime’ platform:

  • For exclusive access to ‘Wz Prime’ platform, venue owners can opt for a pre-paid quarterly or annual subscription plan for a minimal fee 

  • Venue owners to submit all venue-related details for ‘Wz Prime’ activation

  • Post activation, within 48 hours of the verification processes, vendors will have access to the platform, resulting in an inflow of leads via Banquet Management System, Email and Whatsapp as well as premium positioning of venues on Weddingz.in website

To maintain the highest levels of sanitisation, social distancing and hygiene, Weddingz.in launched the ‘Wz Safe’ program, implementing a 20+ point checklist across its venues,  enabled LIVE streaming of events and multi-video conferencing for virtual wedding guests, empowered customers with virtual venue recess and digital payments, as well as introduced a slew of all inclusive value packages covering smaller events end-to-end.

Khatabook acquires Biz Analyst in a strategic move to strengthen tech offerings for MSMEs


  • ‘Biz Analyst’ to operate as a distinct brand and offer premium value-added services to customers 
  • Acquisition is a part of Khatabook’s ongoing efforts on monetization and growth
  • The platform will enable Khatabook’s MSME customers to digitize operations for business growth by leveraging business analytics, sales force automation and digital invoicing

 

Bengaluru, 31 March, 2021: India's fastest growing fintech start-up, Khatabook, announced the acquisition of Biz Analyst, a leading SaaS business management application, in a deal worth USD 10 million as a mix of cash and equity. With this acquisition, Khatabook aims to leapfrog into the next phase of growth and offer its customer base of over 10 million monthly active merchants an opportunity to scale up their businesses by utilizing premium value-added services. Creating a closer integration with their upstream supply chains -- distributors, wholesalers, traders, and suppliers -- Khatabook users can now seamlessly avail additional features to improve their efficiency through business analytics, sales force automation and digital invoicing.

 

Launched in late 2016, Biz Analyst is a cash flow positive business providing solutions to SMEs using Tally accounting software to automate daily business operations and make data-driven decisions to manage sales, inventory, outstandings and productivity. The company has achieved consistent growth and currently has over 80,000 paid users. Biz Analyst, now as a part of Khatabook, aims to double the user base in 2021 and create bigger opportunities for the network of its 1000+ channel partners.

 

The Biz Analyst team will continue to run independently, retaining Mumbai operations while maintaining synergies with the Khatabook headquarter in Bangalore. The original co-founding team of Biz Analyst Vaibhav Vasa, Mehul Sutariya, and Nilesh Zaveri will now be a part of Khatabook’s leadership team.

 

The acquisition is in line with Khatabook’s continued efforts to drive meaningful change and solve complex problems in-house through technology and focus on building the right infrastructure to empower MSMEs in the country. Utilizing Khatabook’s core strength, Biz Analyst’s tech solutions will potentially reach a widespread and massive network of MSMEs spanning almost every district in India. The tech and product development efforts will be scaled up while streamlining hiring and talent development under the Khatabook structure.

 

Commenting on this, Ravish Naresh, CEO and Co-founder, Khatabook said, “This deal is our first strategic acquisition as we intensify our network effects up the supply chain and focus on monetization. The features and strengths that Biz Analyst offers are the perfect extension to our present business portfolio. The acquisition is a step forward for Khatabook in its mission to provide business efficiency to India’s MSMEs through value-added services.”

 

The founders of Biz Analyst, Vaibhav Vasa and Mehul Sutariya in a joint statement said, We are thrilled to join forces with Khatabook, a company whose core values and mission resonate with ours. Together, we look forward to expanding the digital adoption by SMEs through our affordable SAAS solutions and connecting businesses across different verticals onto a single platform. As the new chapter in our growth journey unfolds, we are excited to create bigger and better opportunities for our team, for our partners, and most importantly, for our customers, by bringing in products that cater towards solving day-to-day challenges faced by them.”

 

Over the course of the last year, several MSMEs and kiranas have adopted technology to become more operationally resilient. Powering the digital transformation of the ecosystem, Khatabook platform recorded 1.4 billion+ transactions with a cumulative value of more than $100 billion. 

 

About Khatabook

Khatabook is India's fastest growing SaaS company that enables micro, small and medium businesses to increase efficiency and profitability through safe and secure digital solutions for business and finance. The flagship Khatabook app is a digital ledger solution. To digitize end-to-end business processes for MSMEs, the company has also launched MyStore by Khatabook, an e-commerce platform, and Pagarkhata by Khatabook, a staff and salary management platform. Founded in 2018, Khatabook today is available in 13 languages and has 10Mn+ monthly active users.

About Biz Analyst

Biz Analyst is a bootstrapped startup based out of Mumbai that provides SME business owners real-time access to their business data on mobile by connecting with Tally accounting software. Launched in late 2016, it helps business owners and their sales team make data-driven decisions on the go. It launched a Sales Force Automation solution in 2019 to improve the performance and efficiency of the field sales teams of distributors, manufacturers, wholesalers, traders across different industry verticals. Biz Analyst operates with 70 employees and has over 80000 paid users across domestic and international markets.

 

T-Series joins IPRS – A big boost to the Indian Music Publishing Industry

India, 31 st March 2021- T-Series and The Indian Performing Right Society Limited (“IPRS”) in a joint press release announced today that Super Cassettes Industries Limited, popularly known as “T-Series”, has joined the membership of IPRS.

T-Series, India’s leading Music label and the biggest Film Production studio in India led by Mr Bhushan Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director, brings to IPRS a vast music library of more than 200,000 titles, including 50,000 plus music videos, comprising of more than 15000 hours of music including musical compositions and lyrics forming part of songs/music videos spread across more than fifteen Indian languages such as Hindi, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Haryanvi, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Rajasthani, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, etc.

This development is a watershed moment in the Indian Music Industry and will provide a game changing boost to the IPRS, the registered Indian Copyright Society representing music composers, lyricists and owner publishers of music. T-Series presence as a member will significantly benefit authors and music composer members of IPRS. IPRS will now represent the T-Series music publishing catalogue of lyrics and musical compositions and license a wide variety of platforms and businesses which exploit music in India significantly enhancing the music publishing ecosystem in India and vastly improving the ease of doing business for numerous music licensees including broadcasters, digital services, telcos and various other small businesses intending to license music in a seamless single window clearance for underlying works embodied in a sound recording or a music video .

Chairman of IPRS renowned lyricist Mr Javed Akhtar said – “I see this as a homecoming for T-Series and thank Mr Bhushan Kumar and the T-Series family from the bottom of my heart for entrusting IPRS with its copyright catalogue once again. This is a win-win proposition for T-Series and for our author and music composer members who will benefit tremendously. The entire music industry is united today in its determination that creators, music businesses all will work together for the common cause. I am joined by my fellow Directors of IPRS in saying I also look forward to welcoming Mr Bhushan Kumar on the Board of IPRS”.

Chairman and Managing Director of T-Series, Mr Bhushan Kumar said - “Copyright is in the heart and soul of what T-Series creates. Our joining IPRS is a logical progression for the company. We took this decision in the interest of the entire music industry – today the entire industry, creators, music businesses, all united, represent a seamless coalition of stakeholders contributing to our country’s progress and working together in our common interest. T-Series will bring more value to IPRS and its members. We look forward to IPRS growing even more with our support in the future so that it can benefit the creator community and the industry even more”.

Mr Devraj Sanyal, Managing Director &amp; CEO, Universal Music Group, India &amp; South Asia said - “ for

great change to effectively happen in the publishing business of the Indian Music Industry, you need all

the major players to band together to push the agenda of fairness, transparency &amp; equitable

remunerations for both owner publishers &amp; our respected author composers and now with my dear

friends Bhushan &amp; teams from T-Series joining us in IPRS, that day is here. With Javed Saab, Bhushan &amp;

all my fellow board members I’m sure we will now see a golden age dawn for creators &amp; copyright

owners”.


Mr Rakesh Nigam CEO, IPRS said, “I am delighted that T-Series is joining IPRS. This will benefit the

authors and music composer members of IPRS tremendously. T-Series is not only a market leader in

the music and film industry, but it is also a hugely successful incubation lab and proving ground for many

young talented creators, all of whom will benefit from their association with IPRS as well.”

About IPRS

IPRS is India’s only Copyright Society registered under the Copyright Act, 1957, and counts more than

5,000 of India’s best-known authors, composers, and music publishers as its members. IPRS is

authorized under Sec 33 of the Copyright Act, 1957 to carry on the business of issuing and granting of

licenses in respect of musical works and literary works associated with musical works assigned to it by its

members as well as to collect and distribute the Authors’ Statutory Royalties, for the exploitation of

these works either by way of live performances and/or sound recordings through any medium except

when exhibited as a part of a cinematograph film shown in a cinema hall.

Kansai Nerolac continues its association with Sunrisers Hyderabad


Mumbai, 31st March 2021:
 Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd. (KNPL), one of the leading paint companies in India will continue its association with Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for the cricket league’s 14th edition. As part of the association, Nerolac’s logo will feature on the lead side of the team’s helmet and cap. The engagement will also witness on-ground branding on the perimeter board and giant screen.

 

Speaking on the association, Mr. Anuj Jain, Executive Director, Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd. said, “Cricket is loved by people across age-groups & cuts across stratums. IPL is one of the most awaited events of the year and is a great opportunity to drive brand visibility & connect. In our centenary year, we are happy to strengthen our continued association with Sunrisers Hyderabad.”

Nerolac has been leveraging people’s favourite sport, cricket for years. The brand has been associated with cricket leagues, championships for decades and with T20 franchisees since 2016.

 

About Kansai Nerolac Paints Limited:

With a rich heritage of 100 years in the paint industry, Kansai Nerolac Paints is one of the largest paint companies in India and the leader in industrial segment. A wholly owned subsidiary of Kansai Paint Co. Ltd., Japan, which is among the Top 10 companies worldwide, Kansai Nerolac manufactures a diversified range of products ranging from decorative paint coatings for homes, offices, hospitals and hotels to sophisticated industrial coatings for industries. Kansai Nerolac has established itself as a leader in product innovation with its initiatives including no added lead, low VOC and HD finishes with brands like Excel. Its product portfolio and customer awareness campaigns promote environmental sensitivity. www.nerolac.com

Airtel receives CERT-IN empanelment for Cyber Security Services



New Delhi, March 31, 2021: Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, has joined a select group of companies to be empanelled by Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN) – India’s National Incident Response Center for cyber Incidents across India.


 


With this empanelment, Airtel will be able to offer its cyber security solutions to Union and State Governments as well as Public Sector entities, in addition to corporate customers. Airtel provides end-to-end managed security services to enterprise customers under Airtel Secure, which combines Airtel’s robust network security with cutting-edge solutions delivered through global partnerships.


 


As part of Airtel Secure, Airtel has set up a state-of-the-art Security Intelligence Centre that rates amongst the best in India with access to advanced technology and AI / ML tools to track and mitigate potential online threats. From end point protection, email protection to cloud DDOS protection and more, Airtel Secure has created the most comprehensive solutions portfolio through strategic partnerships with global leaders such as Cisco, Radware, VMWare, and Forcepoint.            


 


Ajay Chitkara, Director & CEO – Airtel Business, said: “Airtel is trusted by over one million enterprises of all sizes. The CERT empanelment is a major milestone in our journey to becoming the preferred partner for enterprises when it comes to security, which is a top priority in today’s digitally connected world.”



 

About Bharti Airtel



 

Headquartered in India, Airtel is a global telecommunications company with operations in 18 countries across South Asia and Africa. The company ranks amongst the top three mobile operators globally and its mobile network covers a population of over two billion people. Airtel is India’s largest integrated telecom provider and the second largest mobile operator in Africa. At the end of December 2020, Airtel had approx. 458 million customers across its operations. Airtel’s portfolio includes high speed 4G/4.5G mobile broadband, Airtel Xstream Fiber that promises speeds up to 1Gbps, converged digital TV solutions through the Airtel Xstream 4K Hybrid Box, digital payments through Airtel Payments Bank as well as an integrated suite of services across connectivity, collaboration, cloud and security that serves over one million businesses. Airtel’s OTT services include Airtel Thanks app for self-care, Airtel Xstream app for video, Wynk Music for entertainment and Airtel BlueJeans for video conferencing. In addition, Airtel has forged strategic partnerships with hundreds of companies across the world to enable the Airtel platform to deliver an array of consumer and enterprise services.

Building D2C ECommerce platforms, Infoscalez Tech Pvt Ltd catalyses growth for brands.

 

 

Bangalore-based InfoScalez provides SMBs like dairies, organic stores, grocery stores, etc, with out-of-the-box D2C ECommerce platforms that comprise features to build online stores with the cutting-edge latest tech to manage the inventory, orders, and payments, dispatches & delivery plus generate traction through the latest digital marketing trends.

 

In 2015, when e-commerce started to boom in India, Bangalore-based entrepreneur Jaideep Kashikar hit upon an idea. A man with many feathers in his cap, his tech-inclined mind helped him foresee the surging e-commerce wave and the future shift of this towards the direct-to-consumer (D2C) approach of online shopping.

He looked at how he could leverage tech to enable offline brands to go online, at the same time, digitally manage the entire supply chain operations. The idea grew into a SaaS model that a brand needs to go online powered with smart supply chain management and launched InfoScalez in 2020.

“InfoScalez is built with a vision to keep brands, customers, and their product demands synced with each other, in an increasingly digital world.”

Jaideep Kashikar

Co-Founder, InfoScalez Tech. Pvt. Ltd.

How It Works

InfoScalez’s SaaS products provide businesses with an out-of-the-box D2C e-commerce platform. Popularly marketed as StoresBuddy and DairyBuddy, both the SaaS products are specifically designed to meet the needs of retail grocery stores and dairies.

 

Its features include creating online shopping stores, enabled with an admin dashboard to manage orders, inventory, and integration with payment gateways for seamless transactions. It also includes a key feature of delivery tracking applications available for both the delivery executives and the back operations admin, to keep deliveries on-time and seamless.

 

“It’s the timely deliveries against the orders, neither before time nor late, that help retaining and growing the customer base in both the grocery and dairy business. With InfoScalez‘s smart delivery application, many of our clients are outclassing many e-commerce brands.”

Jaideep Kashikar

Co-Founder, InfoScalez Tech. Pvt. Ltd.

 

The Digital Wave and Need to Sell Online

India’s online grocery market is expected to scale up to $10.5 Billion by 2023, as reported by RedSeer. Also, the growing D2C market of India will be clocking $100 Billion in 5years as reported by Avendus. All this points out to one direction that brands need to establish D2C eCommerce platforms sooner or later.

 

Although InfoScalez helps brands with D2C eCommerce establishment, the bigger problem lies in showcasing consistent growth.

 

“The variable over which the growth of any brand depends is increasing every day.  It is hard to assess the magnanimity of this cause without any analytics tools.” Jaideep explains, adding

 

Analytics tools help in identifying opportunities and threats early enough to make any significant impact. With analytical reports, any brand can decide what to stock, how much to stock, or how much to purchase and all related to that”

 

Marketplaces are cluttered and overcrowded, adding to the challenges are the heavy discounting strategies, deal with low margins, and carrying business on with little to no customer data.

 

“D2C e-commerce store is a way through this abyss. SMBs with aggressive growth aspirations have started to invest in their own D2C e-commerce store. They are keen to reorient themselves as brands, that can develop their loyal followers, longer lifetime values, and higher revenues. All of this can enhance their offline shop reputation as well.” adds Jaideep.

 

StartUp Charcha: A New Initiative

Recently, InfoScalez has kick-started a new platform called StartUp Charcha. The program started in the week of International Women’s Day 2021, putting their Startup stories in front of the whole world.

 

The inaugural season of 6 episodes saw women entrepreneurs from a wider field explaining their journey from scratch to ventures. The program went on not like some conventional interview session type but more of a 1-on-1 conversation focussed on casual lives to technicalities of a startup.

 

“The StartUp Charcha has received quite a good response from its viewers and, as we gear up for the second season, we promise to return soon with many new startup icons, and indeed, their success startup stories.” Says Jaideep, host for StartUp Charcha.

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Kingfisher ULTRA Indian Derby 2021

 


 

The winning thoroughbred of Kingfisher ULTRA Indian Derby, Immortality, took home a total prize amount of Rs. 91.50 lakhs

 

Mumbai, March 28, 2021: The Kingfisher ULTRA Indian Derby 2021 was concluded today at the Mahalakshmi Race Course. Over the years, the much awaited racing event on the calendar has gained immense popularity amongst the city’s who’s who. The Kingfisher ULTRA Indian Derby 2021 was home to a line-up of India’s best thoroughbreds.

 

Immortality took the prime spot from get go and emerged victorious in one of the most awaited events on the Indian racing calendar, The Kingfisher ULTRA Derby. Trained by Pesi Shroff and ridden by Suraj Narredu, rallied towards victory.

 

Immortality owned by Ms. Ameeta Mehra and Mrs. Liane Luthria took home Rs. 91.50 lakhs of the total prize money and the Trophy from Mr. Kiran Kumar, Chief Sales Officer of United Breweries Limited.

 

The top three of the Kingfisher Ultra Derby -2021 are:

 

1.    Horse Name: Immortality;  Trainer: Pesi Shroff; Jockey: Suraj Narredu

2.    Horse Name: Forest Flame; Trainer: Sulaiman S. Attaollahi; Jockey: P Trevor

3.    Horse Name: Taimur; Trainer: Karthik Ganapathy; Jockey: A Sandesh

 

About Kingfisher ULTRA:

 

Kingfisher ULTRA, the choice of millions was launched in 2009. A premium offering from the house of United Breweries Limited, ULTRA assures consumers the best quality, taste and the most differentiated experience across every touch point. Kingfisher ULTRA is made from the finest imported malts and hops which have a distinctive and unforgettable smooth taste. The packaging is unique with an embossed flint bottle, ring pull crown, gold metalized neck and front label.

 

The brand has based its activations on prominent genres like fashion and music. It is a beer for the classy, modern, urban, confident, independent and self-assured consumer making them Live the ULTRA Life.

 

The multi-talented artist Farhan Akhtar is the brand ambassador of Kingfisher ULTRA. Farhan’s versatility, suave and sophistication along with his energy is in sync with Ultra’s brand ethos and values

 

Statement from Mr. Cyrus P Mistry – March 30, 2021 , “Grateful for the opportunity – My conscience is clear.”

During my tenure as executive chairman of Tata Sons, it was always my duty and privilege to present India to the global business community as a market of great opportunity and promise, backed by an effective rule of law that is just, equitable and evolved.

 

At Tata Sons, I have had the opportunity to work with a fantastic team of people from diverse backgrounds in multiple industries and geographies all bound together by a common value system embedded by the founders into the Tata Group. For that opportunity, I shall be eternally grateful.

 

My aim at Tata, an iconic institution undergoing a generational change in leadership, was to ensure a robust Board driven system of decision making and governance that is larger than any one individual. A key focus was to enable the directors on various Boards to discharge their fiduciary duties without fear or favor, while still ensuring that shareholders views were reflected in strategy and actions. It continues to be my belief that it is by such a model, that one would protect value for all stakeholders in Tata Sons and its various Group companies.

 

To this end, my performance was reviewed by nearly 50 Independent directors across multiple Tata Boards that I served. Beyond the performance metric that speaks for itself and the documented appreciation for my initiatives, I am humbled by the continued support I have received from my former colleagues and other Board members. All the successes we achieved, was built on the efforts of a very talented team including my executive management team (The GEC), the managers and staff of Tata Sons as well as the management teams in the Tata operating companies supported by their respective Board Members.

 

Over the last four years, I have had the opportunity to reflect on my actions and on whether I could have handled the generational change in leadership better. In hindsight, while I may have had many imperfections, I have no doubt or erosion of conviction about the direction I chose, the integrity behind my actions and their consequences. Every member of society looks to institutions such as courts to validate and endorse the appropriateness of his or her actions and beliefs. As a minority shareholder of Tata Sons, I am personally disappointed by the outcome of the judgement with respect to our case. Although I will no longer be able to influence the direction of governance of the Tata group directly, I hope that the issues I have raised, will cause deeper reflection and influence individuals concerned to catalyze change. I sleep with a clear conscience.

 

Life is not always fair, but we are still the lucky ones – I am lucky to have the unwavering support of my family, friends, colleagues - past & present. I am grateful to my legal team that has remained steadfast and committed beyond the call of duty, through this journey.

 

This is another step in the evolution of life for me and my family. We will celebrate the good times and take the knocks on our chins.