Archive: September 2, 2022

Edureka onboards 100th Delivery Centre in India

India, September 01, 2022: Brain4ce Educations Solutions Pvt Ltd (represented by brand name ‘Edureka’), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Veranda Learning Solutions Limited (“Veranda”), a public listed EdTech company (BSE: 543514, NSE: VERANDA), signed up the Delivery Partner (DP) for its 100th centre in India and the first one in Indore. These centres operate under the brand name of ‘Veranda Acacia, powered by Edureka’. Veranda aims to democratize access to high-quality education at an affordable price and is playing a vital role in helping the country meet the growing demand for talent across segments. This new centre will help bridge the digital skills gap in and around Indore city.

Veranda Acacia follows an outcome-oriented hybrid pedagogy with no compromises on either quality or affordability through a 100% practice-oriented and industry-aligned curriculum, a regimental pedagogy, and a robust placement support mechanism. A total of six career tracks are offered at Veranda Acacia centres, namely Full Stack Web Development, Cloud and DevOps, Data Science, Cybersecurity, Mobile App Development, and Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

Having trained more than one million working professionals in more than 160 countries through its online VILT courses over the past decade, Edureka is on a mission to empower learners (working professionals and students alike) who wish to upskill themselves and enhance their employability quotient, for addressing the huge digital skills gap in the IT sector and providing suitable/trained candidates to the sector in a short span. Taking the mission forward, and with an objective of taking its proven high-quality upskilling courses to the neighbourhood of the college going students, Edureka ventured on the journey of opening Delivery Centres across the country at the start of the current financial year and announced the signing up of its first set of 25 centres in May 2022. With the signup of the 100th centre, it has perhaps become the fastest Indian EdTech company to have done so in a short span of four months. 11 such centres have become operational recently and are currently enrolling the students. Many more centres will become operational in the coming months, majority of them being in the South and East regions, followed by North and West regions.

Veranda Acacia courses (career tracks) are fully aligned to the emerging needs of the skilled workforce in the IT industry providing them with work-ready college graduates who are equipped to uplift and further develop the sector. The noteworthy feature of these courses is that these courses are also accredited by FutureSkills Prime, an initiative of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), GOI and NASSCOM.

These hybrid courses are offered to undergraduate and postgraduate students, both at Edureka’s Delivery Centres and on institutional campuses. Every learner is not only trained for the employment-aligned tech stack but also provided with all-round placement support encompassing technical and non-technical interview preparation, soft-skills training, resume building, portfolio building, mock interviews and a one-of-its-kind proprietary placement terminal.

Speaking about the 100th centre launch of Veranda Acacia, Mr. Kalpathi S. Suresh, Chairman and Executive Director, Veranda Learning Solutions, said, “With an outcome-driven hybrid approach, Veranda Acacia consistently delivers high-quality, affordable, and hybrid courses, across metros, tier 1, tier 2 and tier 3 towns that help enable the employment potential of learners and make them production-ready to meet the tech market demand. 100 centres is a major milestone to achieve in a short span, which highlights Edureka’s emphasis on bridging and filling the employment gap in our country by enabling learners to access premium jobs and further grow the sector.”

Mrs. Pinky Verma, Proprietor-Sphere Learn Consultancy,100th Delivery Partner says, “I am glad and privileged to be associated with Veranda Acacia. We completely resonate with the philosophy of Veranda wherein we are committed to providing quality education to the students at an affordable price. Veranda Acacia has a strong foundation and vast bandwidth across industries to bridge the gap between the skills required and the skills available. In the current scenario of ongoing technological change, which is so rapid and disruptive, upskilling and upgrading are imperative to keep oneself relevant in the industry and in the job market. Veranda Acacia is facilitating this so conveniently by making the new and complex skills accessible and affordable to one and all. As a delivery partner, we are very optimistic and confident that we will be a part of success stories in strengthening the technical foundation of our nation.”

Commenting on achieving the milestone, Veranda Acacia’s Business Head – Mr. Himanshu Dandotiya said, “This moment reassures two things for me – one, the the trust our partners put into Veranda legacy and Brand Edureka and two, the existence of an unprecedented demand for the digital upskilling among the learner fraternity. I wish to acknowledge all our partners’ trust and reiterate Edureka’s ‘ridiculous commitment’ to the success of its learners come what may! It is the learner delight and achievements that make both our partners and us successful. I do believe that it is just the beginning, and we have more exciting times to witness ahead.”

Speaking on network expansion, Acacia’s National Head of Sales and Operations, Mr. Manish Mathur commented, “100 delivery centre tie-ups is not something no other business has achieved, what makes this a feather in the cap of Edureka is that these 100 tie-ups have been done in a span of about 135 days which is 1.35 tie-up each day. At this juncture—I would like to share this success with my team who has worked tirelessly, and we together stand here today, feeling proud of our little contributions, in our own capabilities. This I believe is only a first step towards success.”

Edureka’s CEO, Mr. Vineet Chaturvedi adds, “It’s a proud moment for all to celebrate this milestone, and this is just the beginning of a change that Edureka/Acacia is determined to bring to the education sector. It’s very certain that the journey will be full of experiences and learnings along with success and demeanours, and we as a team will celebrate and accept it with grace and understanding. It’s beautiful and encouraging how we are growing at such a pace, and we would like to continue the same in the future”

Aparajitha hosted India’s largest compliance conclave – Demystifying Labour Codes

Chennai, September 2022: Chennai-based Aparajitha Corporate Services Private Limited, India’s No.1 company for Compliance, hosted the country’s largest conclave for compliance on ‘Demystifying Labour Codes’, at Gurugram to enlighten the corporates on the applicability, adoption and implications of the new Labour Codes. The one-day conclave with the industry experts and profound panel speakers across the country, had four sessions, discussing on the New Industrial Relation code, Labour Code on Social Security, Code on Occupational Safety, Health & Welfare and the New Wage Regime.

In the first session on the New Wage Regime, Mr Alok Bhasin, Labour & Employment Laws Expert, spoke about the employees’ salary restructuring as per the new code, mapping of employee policies with the requirements of the code on wages and the financial impacts due to the changes in the wage definition. The second session on Code on Occupational Safety, Health & Welfare discussed the responsibilities of an employer under the code. Mr Anil Kaushik, Corporate Advisor – Labour Laws, Contract Labour & Statutory Compliances, spoke about the prescribed standards on occupational safety & health for factories, mines, buildings, construction sites & other establishments, their applicability, financial implications & significance.

Mr.K Varadan, Chief Consultation Officer- Aparajitha Corporate Services Pvt Ltd, discussed the labour code on social security where he spoke about the laws and registration process and the mandatory compliances under the code. He also discussed on the changing scenarios in the business world due to the code. The final session by Mr Kaushal MM, Senior Lawyer – Civil & Labour Laws, discussed the New Industrial Relation code. Mr Kaushal spoke about protecting the rights of the workers to make unions, how to reduce the conflict between employers, and workers and an overview of the regulations for the settlement of industrial disputes.

“Aparajitha is known to conduct knowledge-sharing events & webinars. With Aparajitha’s 10th Conclave on ‘Demystifying Labour Codes’, we have tried to shed light on participatory approaches for the businesses to prep for Labour Reforms. We are glad that the conclave has involved and enlightened the corporate and business heads with whatever they have to be informed and updated about the labour codes” commented Mr K Varadan, Chief Consultation Officer- Aparajitha Corporate Services Pvt Ltd, during the conclave. 

Around 200 people including various company secretaries, legal counsels, lawyers, auditors, C-suite officers, CXOs, decision-makers, and heads of various HR, financial and compliance procurements attended the conclave, listening to the experts and involving in the discussions. The country’s largest compliance conclave happened at Crowne Plaza, Gurugram on August 26th 2022 from 10 AM to 5 PM.

Kirloskar Oil Engines(Kolhapur) wins Golden Peacock Award for Energy Efficiency2022

Pune (S.N): Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited (KOEL)-Kolhapurhas won the prestigious Golden Peacock Award for Energy Efficiency for the fourth year.

Hon’ble Justice MN Venkatachaliah, National Chairman – Institute of Directors, Former Chief Justice of India, Former Chairman – National Human Rights Commission of India, Former Chairman – National Commission of Constitution of India Reforms; and Dr. N Kalaiselvi, Director General – Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Secretary – Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt of India; presented the award to Santosh Parab, AGM-Utilities, RE and Environment; Chandrahas Ranade, Plant Head; and Nitin Kulkarni, Manager-Utilities, KOEL- Kagal Plant; on August 25 in Bengaluru in the presence of the business and industry leaders.

Gauri Kirloskar, Managing Director, Kirloskar Oil Engines, said: “As an industry leader in the power generation space, we understand the importance of energy efficiency in all areas of our operations, from manufacturing to developing sustainable energy solutions, offering products to our customers that adhere to the strictest of emissions standards, and in being accountable for our actions. We are committed to our sustainability and energy efficiency roadmap. We will continue to invest significantly in our R&D to develop cleaner and more sustainable products using various energy sources, at a cost and quality acceptable to the customer while constantly making our facilities more energy efficient.”

Kirloskar Oil Engines’ Kagal plant is a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant, that is CII Greenco Platinum certified, with sustainable and energy-efficient practices built in across the value chain. 58% of the water needs of the plant are self-generated, and the initiatives around water conservation and reuse have helped in improving the water table in the nearby community as well. The plant is equipped with a 7.7 MW solar plant in-house, the electricity requirements for the street lights and canteen inside the plant are generated by a biogas fuelled generator along with an illustrative heating system and the plant also has a plastic fuel plant that converts plastic to fuel with 70% yield. All of these initiatives have resulted in a certified carbon neutral plant and 64% of the energy needs are met from renewable sources.