Archive: May 6, 2022

News

Debutant Author Ambika Bhardwaj unveils her book In conversation with Light and Darkness

May 6, 2022 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments

Manali, May 2022: A soul stirring fiction book ‘In conversation with Light and Darkness’ by author Ambika Bhardwaj was launched in Old Manali. Published by The Write Order Publications, it is a book on healing consisting of distinct short stories and poems that deeply reflects author’s personal thoughts and experiences.

The book title justifies the intention behind the book as it is a poetic dialogue between the light and darkness present in each of us. It maneuvers around the themes of self, strength and surrender, love and hate in the form of verses and a few short stories.

With the launch of ‘In conversation with Light and Darkness’, Ambika achieved her dream of becoming an author and transforming her thoughts into personalized stories. After quitting her corporate job, she moved to the mountains where she realized her dream of becoming an author. In her journey, moving to the mountains wasn’t merely a physical move but one that also involved moving to and climbing the mountains within. When all the city hustle faded away in the sleepy Himalayan village of Manali, Ambika started sharing her midnight scribbles with the world online. Soon strangers from all walks of life began to resonate with her words and shared their life stories. Her Instagram page, Dastaan-e-musafir, became a movement of exploration between the inner journey of poetry and the outer journey of the mountains. This proved to be her first stepping-stone and motivated her to write her first book.

The debutant author shared a few verses from her book at the launch. She expressed herself emotionally with a thankful note on the launch. “It is an honor to finally get my first-ever fiction book published. I hope the book finds itself in the hands of a reader on the path to healing. And in the storm that sometimes healing feels like, may the book hold your hand just like it held mine” says Ambika Bhardwaj, Author, and Social Media Influencer.

When asked how did this book came to be about, she says, “When the adult in me sat down with the child in me, when the fairytales and nightmares in me sat down with the truth in me, that’s when this book wrote itself.”

The book will be available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle version

Education

Coursera announces new content and partnerships with Indian institutions to meet the demand for job-relevant credentials

May 6, 2022 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #Coursera, #India and APAC, #Managing Director, #Raghav Gupta

New Delhi, May 2022: As India’s National Education Policy lays the foundation for a modern skill development ecosystem, Coursera, Inc. (NYSE: COUR), one of the world’s largest online learning platforms, has announced a number of partnerships with premier Indian higher education institutions and industry leaders. The addition of these new educators – IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Indore, IIIT Bangalore, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Hero Mindmine, PwC India and Tally Education – takes the total number of university partners to 14 and industry partners to five in the country. Coursera also unveiled new job-relevant online degrees and credentials from leading universities designed to help learners accelerate their careers amid the country’s booming digital economy.

The recent Campus Skills Report reveals that Indian students are interested in building foundational digital skills to secure high-growth technology jobs like data scientist, software engineer, and machine learning engineer. These partnerships with Coursera enable the current higher education system to evolve and equip learners at scale with the skills they need to unlock the most in-demand jobs.

“The Indian education system is going through an important phase of reform and recalibration. Online learning is now seen as a critical pathway toward building a more inclusive, accessible, and affordable education model,” said Dr. Betty Vandenbosch, Chief Content Officer, Coursera. “We are honored to partner with the country’s top higher education institutions and industry educators to widen our portfolio of job-relevant credentials, which will make learning on Coursera even more rewarding for learners in India and across the globe.”

The new credentials aim to build critical business, technology, and data science skills: 

MSc in Data Science from International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore: This is the first data science degree from an Indian university on Coursera. The rigorous program combines high-quality instruction with real-world experience through applied projects. Graduates will be prepared for roles such as data scientist, data architect, and machine learning engineer. The cohort is expected to begin by the end of the year.

Executive Masters in Business Administration from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee: Offered by one of the premium institutes in India, this 2-year masters program with features of credit-based payment and flexibility in enrollment is aligned to the needs of Industry 4.0 and designed to develop capable managers skilled in both engineering and business. The program aims to prepare future leaders in high-growth industries. The cohort is expected to begin in November 2022.

Global Management Program in Infrastructure and Global Management Program in Operations & Supply Chain from The Indian School of Business: The Global Management Program in Infrastructure will equip learners to develop strategic plans, manage uncertainty and risks, and learn to communicate, market, and negotiate effectively. The Global Management Program in Operations & Supply Chain is designed to meet the increasing demand for techno-business managers for the operations and supply chain sector. The cohorts are expected to begin in October 2022.

Other new employability-focused credentials announced today include: 

Six job-relevant Postgraduate Certificate Programs from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati – Programs in Cloud Computing Applications; Deep Learning for Computer Vision & Extended Reality (XR); Digital Manufacturing; UX Design & HCI; Natural Language Processing; and Robotics & Mechatronics will help learners gain the skills needed to succeed in today’s most in-demand roles.

Post Graduate Certificate in Machine Learning for Finance and Post Graduate Certificate in Strategic Supply Chain Management with AI from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee – Covering concepts such as supervised and unsupervised learning, natural language processing, and artificial neural networks, the Machine Learning for Finance program will provide learners with an overview of ML and its application to the finance industry. The Strategic Supply Chain Management program will provide foundational knowledge about the cutting-edge advances in intelligent supply chain strategies, driven by AI and ML technologies.

“These partnerships not only unlock a powerful opportunity to address local skill shortages and increase the Gross Enrollment Ratio, but also help catalyze the internationalization of education envisioned by the NEP. Together with our partners, we’re excited to take India’s high-value credentials to our global learner base and solve for the needs of the knowledge economy,” added Raghav Gupta, Managing Director, India and APAC, Coursera. 

Over 16 million learners in India trust Coursera for their skilling needs. The new industry partnerships are poised to benefit learners of all stages, including youth and learners from non-traditional backgrounds:

Hero Mindmine is expected to launch programs to help learners understand all about Insurance and the skill of selling insurance successfully

PwC India plans to launch programs to equip learners with knowledge in the tax domain. This knowledge can help learners secure roles and also progress effectively in their careers.

Tally Education will help young graduates understand and prepare for their first job in business accounting with courses planned to span Indian Accounting Standards & Compliance, bookkeeping, reporting, and inventory management

Business World

Upstox onboards 1 crore customers

May 6, 2022 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments

New Delhi | May 2022: Upstox (also known as RKSV Securities), one of India’s largest online investment platforms, today announced that it has crossed the significant milestone of onboarding 1 crore customers. Founded in 2009, Upstox achieved the milestone of 10 lakh customers in June 2020 and has grown 10x in less than two years.

Upstox has achieved this milestone by delivering a delightful investing experience to its customers, whether they are new investors or experienced traders. Simplifying wealth by providing access, information and an intuitive product experience have been at the heart of Upstox’s meteoric rise.

Commenting on this milestone, Ravi Kumar, Co-Founder & CEO, Upstox said, “Our mission is to magically simplify investing for every Indian. And with this milestone of 1 crore customers, we are just getting started in our mission. People from across the country have appreciated our efforts to increase access to investing and we are grateful for that. We are excited about the path in front of us, and the potential to make investing a habit for every Indian.”

The investing platform has seen tremendous broad-based growth in the last three years – over 50% of the customers are millennials, nearly 70% are first-time investors, and more than 85% belong to Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. And in the next 4-5 years, the Upstox team aims to onboard 20-30 crore (200 million to 300 million) customers.

 This growth will be made possible by offering a seamless, intuitive and hassle-free investing experience, backed by cutting-edge technology. Upstox already delivers the highest stability and is one of the highest ranked apps in the industry. The platform is confident that continuing the focus on cutting-edge features made customer-friendly through intuitive design, will make it the investing partner of choice for everyone.

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Narula Institute of Technology organizes a live demonstration of waste management for dump yards during its Techno-Management fest – KRITANJ

May 6, 2022 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments

Kolkata, May 2022: Narula Institute of Technology, the flagship college of JIS Group has organized the Techno-ManagementEvent – ‘KRITANJ’ in association with Merchants Chamber of Commerce & Industry on Thursday and Friday (5th & 6th May) at the Narula college campus. This time the inaugural session witnessed a LIVE demonstration of a novel concept of waste management for dump yards which is a matter of grave concern in our city. This was exhibited in the Bhagar (Dumpyard)of Agarpara station road. The Turbo Separator Project aims to segregate waste materials and reduce them eventually. The ceremony was graced by eminent dignitaries like Shri Debabrata Mitra, IEDS, Jt. Director & HoO, MSME- DI, Govt.of India, Ministry of MSME, officials from MCCI, Mr Prafulla Billore, Founder of MBA Chaiwala, Mr Raj Vikramaditya alias Striver, famous Coder, Mr. Sayan Chakraborty, CEO-WTF, Mr. Tushar Chatterjee, Vice Chairman of Kamarhati Municipality & Mr Taranjit Singh, Managing Director, JIS Group Educational Initiatives.

The Fest has also witnessed the participation of various Technical Aspirants from colleges all over West Bengal which brings around a multitude of students to compete under one roof. Whether it is innovative ideas and project display, technological symposium, robotics or Coding, food fight or zorbing, it has witnessed more than 8000 participants bagging twelve lakh pool prizes participating in more than 60 events during the previous years. This is for the first time in WestBengal that such a challenging project has been taken up by the budding technocrats of an Institute to make the city cleaner.

Managing Director of JIS Group, Mr. Taranjit Singh mentioned in this regard, “For taking up unique initiatives for a clean city and cleaner environment, we are absolutely proud of the young students who are undoubtedly all set to create the world a better place and habitable for many generations to come.”

Business

Exterro Enhances Digital Forensic and Incident Response Automation with Major Upgrades to FTK® Connect

May 6, 2022 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments

Mumbai, May 2022 — Exterro Inc. – the preferred provider of Legal GRC software specifically designed for in-house legal, privacy, and IT teams at Global 2000 and Am Law 200 organizations – today announced the release of its upgraded FTK® Connect digital forensic tool that adds powerful new automation, orchestration and integration capabilities to Exterro’s industry-leading platform.

FTK Connect automation enables both corporations to streamline their incident response or breach investigations, and law enforcement and public sector customers to accelerate forensic evidence processing and review in criminal cases. The launch exemplifies Exterro’s ongoing investment in the FTK® product line as it plans a future IPO and underscores the company’s commitment to the digital forensics and incident response market.

In 2021, businesses suffered 50% more cyberattacks per week than the previous year and corporations around the globe expect an increase in attempted breaches. But if their forensic tools are not directly integrated with their cyber intrusion tools they risk being unable to preserve the evidence needed to remediate the attack. FTK Connect supports incident response requirements by combining new automation capabilities with the power and speed of Exterro’s FTK solutions in performing forensic investigations, incident response workflows, and securing corporate assets. Additionally, it allows SIEM and SOAR platforms like Splunk and Palo Alto Networks to be automatically integrated with FTK forensic products to instantly preserve evidence upon detection of an intrusion, with no human interaction needed. It also features a dramatically simplified drag and drop user interface (UI) that is specifically designed to allow non-programmers to easily create automations for any case type.

Public Sector 

For public sector agencies, FTK Connect provides a much-needed automation solution that overcomes many challenges they face today. Some of these challenges include case backlogs that exist due to diminished tech budgets, lack of investigator training, and the enormous amounts of data that need to be processed. Essentially, the costs of outfitting a forensic lab with state-of-the-art technology with highly trained examiners are out of reach for most agencies. Thus, forensic evidence examinations become delayed after the imaging of a drive or collection of evidence because they rely on the availability of trained examiners to perform the next steps. Due to these circumstances and budgetary reasons, agencies are more frequently using non-technical reviewers who lack any training in forensics or forensic software, but who need to prepare cases for review by a forensic expert. As a result, investigation close rates continue to lag severely.

“By utilizing FTK Connect automation, law enforcement agencies can perform forensic workflows much faster and make better use of their existing hardware and software investments by putting them to use when users aren’t there,” said Harsh Behl, director of product management at Exterro. “Scheduling the automation outside office hours utilizes the 16 hours of the day from the time when an investigator leaves work to when they arrive the next morning, which were previously wasted. Law enforcement agencies utilizing FTK® Lab or FTK® Central with FTK Connect will be able to close more cases in less time.” 

The FTK Connect enhancements resulted from Exterro’s close partnerships with prominent customers in the US, UK, and Europe. The wealth of experience and market insights from these customers have helped Exterro build a tool that creates efficiencies and covers the major gaps that exist within other forensic solutions.

New Features and Functionality of FTK Connect:

Create Automations with Unprecedented Ease

Built for non-programmers, the intuitive interface allows users to easily create automations for any case type with a drag and drop interface. Be instantly productive with minimal training.

Automated Processing and Review

Law enforcement agencies can configure FTK Connect to watch directories and automatically process any forensic image placed there, then automatically search cases for preconfigured search terms, apply labels or bookmarks, and export the resulting files.

Unite SIEM & SOAR with Forensic Investigations

Orchestrate forensic collection workflow by integrating internal cyber infrastructure tools together. Instantly preserve electronic evidence upon detection of an intrusion. FTK Connect can automate collection from remote endpoints based on triggers from solutions like Splunk SOAR and Palo Alto SOAR.

Custom Workflows

Leverage the FTK Connect APIs to build custom workflows or integrations that fit the organization’s exact needs and specifications.

ISO Accreditation

FTK Connect automation helps minimize human interaction during the handling of digital evidence, thus reducing the chance for errors and ensuring their compliance with/adherence to ISO Accreditation Standards such as ISO 27037, or ISOs 17020 and 17025.

Compatibility

FTK Connect seamlessly integrates with FTK® Lab, FTK® Enterprise, and FTK® Central bringing unrivaled speed, power, and security to forensic workflows.

Business

RMZ Corp Achieves UL Verified Healthy Building Mark for Indoor Air

May 6, 2022 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments

Bengaluru, India, May 2022 — RMZ Corp, one of Asia’s largest privately-owned real estate owners, investors, and developers, announced today that they have achieved the UL Verified Healthy Building Mark for Indoor Air for their RMZ Infinity property in Bengaluru. This achievement is in line with RMZ Corp’s commitment to incorporating high environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards across its operations. RMZ Infinity, a 1.21 million-square-foot office space, is designed to accommodate a modern, high-density office environment with futuristic architecture that is both flexible for tenant fit-outs and technologically smart. The property has been evaluated to rigorous indoor air quality (IAQ) standards and guidelines and has plans for the advancement of IAQ in the future.

To earn the UL Verified Healthy Building Mark, RMZ Corp participated in a thorough evaluation process that included an audit, on-site inspections, visual inspection and IAQ testing, among other assessments like measurement of total volatile organic compounds, formaldehyde, ozone, and a mold and moisture inspection. The program includes an annual reassessment coupled with surveillance at the midyear point to maintain the verification.

“We feel proud to receive the UL Verified Healthy Building Mark for Indoor Air for RMZ Infinity, Bengaluru. The recognition is of great importance for our communities and a milestone to providing indoor environments that support occupant health and wellness. This is one of the many ways that UL can help building owners, property managers and corporations earn trust from their tenants and employees. We constantly seek to enhance our focus areas to further contribute to our society and environment,” Thirumal Govindraj, Senior Managing Director & Member of the Executive Board, RMZ Corp, stated. 

One of the most respected names in safety, security and sustainability in buildings, safety science leader UL developed this program to provide credible, third-party verification for evaluating buildings against rigorous IAQ standards and guidelines. The UL Verified Healthy Building program can verify marketing claims in five areas: indoor air quality, water quality, building hygiene, lighting and acoustics before re-occupancy following an extended period of vacancy, such as during the coronavirus outbreak. The program also helps communicate a positive message by differentiating indoor spaces with Verified occupant health and well-being marketing claims.

“By earning the UL Verified Healthy Building Mark, RMZ Corp has taken an important step in advancing indoor air quality. This is a critically important effort as stakeholders from investors to tenants and regulatory bodies prioritize sustainability and wellness in buildings.” said Sean McCrady, director, of Assets and Sustainability, Real Estate and Properties at UL. 

The tiered UL Verified Healthy Building program verifies that an indoor space achieves exceptional indoor environmental performance based on a range of criteria. For more information about the program, visit https://www.UL.com/services/verified-healthy-buildings. For more information about the RMZ Infinity building, visit https://www.rmzcorp.com/our-spaces/bengaluru/rmz-infinity/.

 

Technology

5 Social Media Platforms to use and earn crypto tokens in 2022

May 6, 2022 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments

Cryptocurrency has successfully expanded the modern scope of investment avenues. It has given an opportunity to many netizens to jump on the bandwagon in a hope that digital assets will be worth more in the future. The number of Blockchain-based social media networks are increasing with the constant surge in digitization. Recently, we are witnessing crypto token-based social platforms built on the ‘Engage-2-Earn’ model. The more the users engage and create content on the platform, the higher the possibility to earn crypto tokens that has a value in fiat currency such as INR listed on crypto exchanges.

Here is a list of five social platforms integrated with the power of crypto-currency to watch out in 2022: 

– Chingari App: Chingari is a video-sharing mobile app. In these videos, users have options to add visual effects, lip-sync, dance, or voice-over movie scenes and comic dialogues. Users can earn money by uploading videos on the Chingari app. Chingari pays users on the basis of the popularity of their uploaded content. Users get to earn points or $GARI token based on the views their videos attract. In fact, each view earns the user a point. These points can later be exchanged for money.

– Taki: Taki, a global token-powered social network, is all set to launch the platform for users and content creators in India. Taki brings a unique engagement platform for creators, users, and crypto enthusiasts. Users on the platform can earn $TAKI, a crypto token, by creating content that other users enjoy, or even by simply engaging with the content such as commenting on and liking posts. Taki also allows users to create their own $USERCOIN to build their own personal economy on the Taki platform. Taki primarily aims to reward users who are spending their time every day on social media to get entertained and engage socially.

– Steemit: Steemit is a blockchain-based blogging and social media website. Users can gain a cryptocurrency, STEEM, for publishing and curating content. It serves a community of users with an automated set of news and commentaries based on their choice.

– SoMee social: SoMee is a social media platform similar to Facebook but it has a cryptocurrency wallet that can send, receive, hold and exchange any cryptocurrency. Furthermore, people can earn money on SoMee Social by posting, getting likes, sharing and liking posts.

– Sapien: Sapien is a social news platform built on the Ethereum blockchain that gives users control of data and content. By posting content the community unanimously agrees is true (or by interacting with other members), Sapien creators earn SPN tokens they can use throughout the platform and marketplace.