SPIRIT OF MUMBAI

Sambit Bal, Editor-in-chief, ESPNcricinfo, Rahul Dravid, Former Indian Captain and Head coach Under-19, Sanjay Manjrekar, ESPNcricinfo expert and Professor Raghunathan Rengaswamy, IIT Madras Partners with IIT Madras to co-develop an Artificial Intelligence engine that leverages rich data collected from  over a decade old ESPNcricinfo’s ball-by-ball updates Superstats constitutes of three metrics: Luck Index, Forecaster, and Smart Stats Rahul Dravid and Sanjay Manjrekar lead the conversation to discuss the future of statistics in cricket  In the era of multiple formats and leagues, game of cricket needs to move beyond conventional measurement system such as economy rate, average and strike rate. Keeping this in mind, ESPNcricinfo in partnership with Indian Institute of Technology Madras launches Superstats, next level metrics to analyze the game of cricket. Superstats is a combination of stats metrics - Luck Index, Forecaster and Smart Stats that uses Data Scie...

98% of the participants likely to return in 2019 OTM Mumbai, the largest travel trade show in the Asia Pacific region concluded on an optimistic note. 1000+ sellers from 50+ countries and 27 states networked with 10,000+ trade visitors, at Bombay Exhibition Centre, between 18th to 20th January. The show was inaugurated by  Shri. K J Alphons , Minister of State for Tourism (I/C), Government of India. In his inaugural address he expressed his delight seeing the turnout of the global participants. He also expressed satisfaction about the mix of international and national participants at the show floor - approximately 400 and 600 respectively. Guest of Honour  Shri. Jaykumar Rawal , Minister of Tourism, Government of Maharashtra remarked that Mumbai was proud to host the leading travel show in the Asia Pacific region. He also marvelled at the long history of  OTM  as an offshoot of the oldest travel trade show in the country. In an exit survey, 9...

Hearty, Starry & Musical Launch of Feed The Future Now : MUMBAI The Akshaya Patra Foundation along with nine leading corporates and Government of India pledge for a Nourished India, Educated India!    Aims to serve 5 billion mid-day meals by 2020 The Akshaya Patra Foundation, in presence of Shankar Mahadevan (composer and playback singer), Vivek Oberoi, Sonali Bendre  (Indian actor) and  Sanjeev Kapoor (Celebrity Chef and Entrepreneur)  launched Feed the Future Now in Mumbai on Wednesday at PVR, Juhu Dynamix Mall. Feed the Future Now is a national movement to raise awareness about importance of nourishment amongst children and its impetus to education. This movement aims to serve 5 billion meals to children across India by 2020 with a view to create a ‘Poshit Bharat, Shikshit Bharat.’ The Akshaya Patra Foundation’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Shridhar Venkat  said,  “We are very thankful t...