Archive: October 12, 2022

Causis Mobility expands its penetration in India

Hyderabad, 11th October 2022: Causes E-Mobility, a net zero emission mass transit company and a part of the CAUSIS Group Ltd, London has strengthened its base further in India and bagged yet another mandate from KDMC one of the prominent Municipal Corporation localities in Maharashtra

EuraBus, a berlin-based e-bus, a product of Causis E- Mobility will be seen plying on the Kalyan- Dombivli municipal regions and nearby regions. CAUSIS E-Mobility has received a Letter of Award for procurement and maintaining per km basis, 107 fully built 9 Mtr, midi, pure electric AC/Non-Ac buses with drivers and allied electrical and civil infrastructure on a Wet Lease Model Basis for the period of twelve years.

EuraBus, a 9-meter bus offered to KDMC has the lowest life cycle costs compared to the others. Its lightweight modular European design concept combined with low maintenance and serving costs with high range and long battery life gives a unique advantage to the ecosystem. The powerful battery eliminates the need for a complex charging infrastructure. Operators thus benefit from favorable electricity tariffs during night-time charging.

Mr. Ravi Kumar Panga, CEO, Causis E-Mobility said, “We are extremely delighted to announce that we have bagged the mandate to supply 107 of our e-buses to KDMT. Our buses will be seen plying on the roads of the Kalyan – Dombivli municipal regions and nearby routes. We are happy to partner with KDMT in its efforts to provide mass transport sustainable e-mobility solutions. With the prices of fuel touching the limits of the sky and the ill effects the environment is facing, we are extremely happy that our buses will contribute highly in controlling hazardous emissions and contribute create a net zero emission environment through our environment-friendly electric bus, which also gives the travelers a comfortable and premium travel experience”.

Dr. Dipak D. Sawant, General Manager (Transport), KDMT said, “We are extremely glad and are looking forward to this partnership with Causis E-Mobility. This partnership is in favor of the masses and the environment as this is an economical alternative to the passengers and net zero emission through electric buses will help contribute highly towards the environment. We are delighted that we are the first ones to partner with Causis E-Mobility and see the Eurabus buses ply on Kalyan-Dombivli routes. We are sure this is going to contribute to the ecosystem for the best and towards an environment-friendly future”.

Vitra’s Latest Addition to Their Global Flagship Showrooms – Vitra Bathrooms Mumbai!

After the grand opening of VitrA London and Dubai flagship showrooms, VitrA Bathrooms has strengthened its retail presence in the Indian market with the opening of its showroom in Mumbai. Eczacıbaşı Building Products CEO Mr. Ozgen Ozkan and Customer Experience Director Mr. Mert Karasu graced the opening with their presence.

The 5500 sq. ft. space is far more than just a bathroom experience center, located in the heart of the western suburb. It is a creative hub and an ideas space for architects, designers and thinkers, with dedicated areas for product specifications and events. VitrA Bathrooms Mumbai Showroom has features adapted to the new challenges of its clientele; a rendezvous of design inspiration, specification support and exhibition space all in one. The showroom features designer bathroom collections including award-winning collaborations with world-renowned designers such as Ross Lovegrove, Terri Pecora, Claudio Bellini and Arik Levy.

Speaking at the launch of the showroom, Mr. Ozgen Ozkan, Eczacıbaşı Building Products CEO said, “In the last year after opening VitrA London and Dubai flagship showrooms, we are now opening our flagship showroom in Mumbai. My heartfelt gratitude goes out to all our India team members, who worked hard during the pandemic to create this showroom, and congratulations to our distributors and channel partners who helped us make it possible.”

VitrA Bathrooms Mumbai showroom has a dedicated specification space with displays showcasing a wide range; from staple bathroom products, working displays of faucets, bathroom furniture, shower systems, basins, toilets and shower toilets. With a strong understanding of aesthetics and functionality, they provide the most beautiful and diverse bathroom interior design services, whether it is a traditional, theme-based, or modern bathroom interior that suits today’s discerning lifestyle.

Commenting on the launch of the new showroom, Mr. Serhan Ateş Yağız, Country Manager, VitrA Bathrooms India said, “We aim at bringing our internationally acclaimed and innovative bathroom culture to Mumbai. The showroom will not only be a retail space, but also a dedicated hub for our customers to connect with the brand and develop a stronger relationship. VitrA has been investing in India to build its office and dealer network. We are confident that this new showroom will add unprecedented value in establishing the company strongly in India.” With the new showroom, VitrA aims to increase brand interaction with top architects and professionals who influence and make the final decision.

VitrA’s main focus will be in investing and expanding the retail channel, giving VitrA’s channel partners greater profitability. Focus on customer delight will increase with world-class display spaces in India. The brand will also continue to use its robust distribution model to empower distributors of key markets. In addition, VitrA will identify and focus on key cities with brand awareness to reach out to its discerning and elite population.

VitrA Bathrooms Mumbai showroom is a delight to visit and customers can opt for a guided tour during the week between Mondays to Saturdays from 11 am to 7 pm.

VitrA Showroom website: https://www.vitra-india.com/explore/mumbai-showroom/

VitrA Bathrooms Mumbai Showroom – Vikas Center, F-001, F-002, F-003, 1st Floor 106, SV Rd, Santacruz West, Mumbai-400054

Baking Bad, a Pizza Lover’s Paradise

Baking Bad, a pizza lover’s paradise, is a local homegrown brand that debuted in 2015 to fill a void in the pizza market. With only Western fast-food pizza chains back then, the goal of the brand was to transform pizzas into gourmet handcrafted products with carefully selected ingredients and raw material. It’s one of the city’s first cloud kitchen deliveries, as well as Delhi NCR’s first gourmet pizza business, with a kitchen working from 12 noon to 4 am!

Saniya Puniani, a PR, marketing, and sales professional, is the brain behind Baking Bad. Her exceptional palate and amazing sense of flavor make her, together with Arjun Jaiswal, an ex-aviator turned entrepreneur, the backbone of this company. He puts all of his international travel experience to bear on the meal and is also the official photographer for the meals!

The “craft your own” pizza section is a key part of the meticulously curated menu, where you get to choose everything from the dough to the sauce, toppings, cheese, and flavor enhancers like house-made chile oil, pesto, chimichurri, and more. Baking bad brings forth an array of ranges-including vegan and gluten-free pizzas that cater perfectly to the varied lifestyle choices the brands customers may follow. The Heisenberg and the Hot-Spot Pizza are two must-try items on the menu. In the mood for dessert? Your sweet cravings will be satisfied by the baked New York cheesecake and Tiramisu!

After businesses like Dominos, Baking Bad has been the most popular pizza brand on Zomato in Delhi NCR for the past 7 years. Being a homegrown brand, the love shown by the customers has been overwhelming and motivating to do more! Baking Bad has further diversified into the restaurant space with COMO Pizzeria, which launched in 2019 and is currently recognized for serving the greatest Napoletana pizza in the city with its upcoming debut in Vagator, Goa in the month of October. With its recent launch in Bengaluru, Baking Bad now has ambitions to operate in Chandigarh and Mumbai in the next six months as they pave their way to be present in 4 cities!

With over 15,000 orders per month, the brand is the proud pioneer of pizza delivery in the Delhi NCR. It hopes to expand across India in the next 2-3 years, and in the next 5 years, Baking Bad aims to thrive on both delivery and QSR platforms.

With their tremendous enthusiasm, the like-minded people that lead Baking Bad spell the formula for success!

Chiratae Ventures is privileged to have Mr Uday Kotak, Mr Prem Watsa and Ms Falguni Nayar receive the prestigious Chiratae Patrick J. McGovern Awards 2022

Bengaluru | October 12, 2022: Chiratae Ventures, India’s leading early-stage technology-focused venture capital fund, with $1Bn under management and 125+ investee companies across SaaS, Consumer Media & Tech, Healthtech, and Fintech concluded its Annual General Meeting today. The evening that brought together the ecosystem witnessed the Chiratae Ventures Patrick J. McGovern Awards being received by business leaders and entrepreneurs for their outstanding achievements.

Mr Prem Watsa, Chairman & CEO, Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, received the Chiratae Ventures Patrick J. McGovern Global Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 for contributing to India’s tech entrepreneurial ecosystem. Mr Uday Kotak, MD & CEO, Kotak Mahindra Bank received the Chiratae Ventures Patrick J. McGovern Lifetime Achievement Award – India 2022 for the substantial impact he has made on the Indian banking industry. While Ms Falguni Nayar, Founder & CEO at Nykaa, received the  Chiratae Patrick J. McGovern Exceptional Entrepreneurial Achievement 2022 award for her outstanding achievements, growth and contribution towards the Indian entrepreneurial ecosystem.

The Chiratae Ventures Patrick J. McGovern Awards were instituted in 2016 to honour the legacy of Mr Patrick J. McGovern, the legendary Co-Founder and Chairman of International Data Group (IDG), the leading global tech-media company with over 200 magazines and 460 websites. Pat as he is fondly known, set up IDG Technology Ventures and anchored funds in multiple countries, including India, China, the USA, Vietnam and Korea. He was one of the earliest venture capitalists to believe in emerging markets, and his support led to the formation of Chiratae Ventures (then IDG Ventures) in 2006. Chiratae Ventures instituted and named Chiratae Ventures Patrick J. McGovern Awards in memory of their first investor, who passed away in 2016. The Awards celebrate individuals with exceptional contributions to business, entrepreneurship and economic impact.

Celebrating the recipients at the event, Sudhir Sethi, Founder & Chairman of Chiratae Ventures, said, “We have been celebrating exceptional leaders and entrepreneurs for the impact they have generated with the prestigious Chiratae Ventures Patrick J. McGovern awards every year. This year, we felt the need to go above and beyond our Indian business leaders and introduce a new category of ‘Global Lifetime Achievement Award’, thus recognising contributions by global leaders. We are honoured to have Mr Prem Watsa, Mr Uday Kotak and Ms Falguni Nayar accept the awards for 2022.” 

Commenting on the winners, Patrick J. McGovern Jr, Trustee at the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation said, “My father believed in investing in new opportunities and markets in India. He was the anchor investor for the first three funds at Chiratae Ventures. I am delighted to present the recipients, and I wholeheartedly thank them for their contributions to the industry and the ecosystem.”

In his acceptance speech, Mr Uday Kotak, MD & CEO, Kotak Mahindra Bank said, “I am honoured by the quality and the jury who have decided to give me this prestigious award. We all come from being a startup once upon a time. We started small, and then we had the opportunity to grow and build a firm. The journey of an entrepreneur is one of the fascinating journeys, and Chiratae is focused on venture capital and early-stage support to entrepreneurs who have dreams is quite creditable. What is even more interesting is to see many of these companies flourish and become more sustainable companies over time.”  

Mr Prem Watsa, Chairman & CEO, Fairfax Financials in his acceptance speech, mentioned, “It is a great honour to receive the Patrik J. McGovern Global Lifetime Achievement award from Chiratae Ventures. I was very excited to learn about the work that Chiratae Ventures has done in the field of Startups in India. It is indeed very heartening to learn that Indian startups make USD25 BN in revenue and that this will ramp up to USD 150Bn in the next five years. This is fantastic and wonderful for these companies and for India as a country. India is the best company to invest in right now, with the right policies and leadership, it is truly India’s time.”

Chiratae Ventures has been celebrating individuals with exceptional contributions to their respective domains through the Chiratae Ventures Patrick J. McGovern Awards. Some of the previous winners include :

•  Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus, Tata Sons
•  Kris Gopalkrishnan, Founder and Former Executive Vice Chairman, Infosys
•  Nandan Nilekani, Founder and Non-Executive Chairman, Infosys
•  Bruno Rashcle, Non-Executive Vice Chairman, Schroder Adveq
•  John T. Chambers, Former Executive Chairman and CEO, CISCO Systems
•  Saurabh Srivastava, Entrepreneur, Policymaker and Former Chairman, NASSCOM
•  Ashok Soota, Co-Founder, Mindtree and Happiest Minds Technologies.
•  Desh Deshpande, Venture Capitalist and Entrepreneur
•  Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Founder and Executive Vice Chairman of Infoedge and Co-founder Ashoka University

All the previous recipients become part of the jury that selects the following year’s recipients. This jury is chaired by Patrick McGovern (Jr.), Trustee of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation. The criteria for selection include an exceptional contribution to the Indian entrepreneurial and business ecosystem, Indian policymaking and driving risk capital investments to India.

Mosaics Fine Art Festival Presents Best of Show Award to Missouri Resident

Artist Terri Myer awarded first place at 27th annual St. Charles, Mo. fair

(St. Charles, Mo., Oct. 12, 2022) Missouri resident Terri Myer was recently awarded “Best of Show” at Mosaics Fine Art Festival’s 27th annual event. She was among 80 juried artists from more than 15 states.

Myer received $1,000 as the first-place prize for her oil paintings. Eight artists received an “Award of Recognition” prize along with $500 each. They are Christopher Lynch, mixed media, from St. Louis, Mo.; Jeanie Papadopoulos, metal, from Ocala, Fla.; Caitlin Penny, printmaking, from Lenexa, Kan.; Matthew Piper, photography, from St. Charles, Mo.; Will Richards, clay, from Underwood, Wis.; Dana Rohde, art to wear, from New Albany, Ind.; Buddy Shaw, wood, from New Bloomfield, Mo.; and Rosemary Werkmeister, jewelry, from St. Louis, Mo.

“Terri’s artwork truly stood out based upon her intricate designs and colorful images,” said Mosaics Fine Art Festival president Denise Wulff. “Her work – along with artists from throughout the nation – made our 27th annual fair a don’t-miss event, and we are extremely proud of the huge crowd turnout we had this year.”

Pictured from left to right are Mosaics Fine Art Festival vice president Melinda Nolan, artist Terri Myer, and Mosaics’ president Denise Wulff.

The Mosaics Fine Art Festival is a nonprofit organization that showcases local and regional artists while educating the community’s children and adults in how art can enhance their lives. The festival features a wide array of artwork produced by a mix of emerging, mid-career and established artists in all media. For more information, call (314) 406-2067 or visit Mosaics Fine Art Festival.

The Ultimate Gifting Guide for Karwachauth by Archies

One of the well-known Hindu celebrations, Karwa Chauth, is observed annually by married women in hopes of extending their husbands’ lives and maintaining their health. The celebration, sometimes referred to as Karak Chaturthi, takes place on Krishna Paksha Chaturthi in the Kartik month. Hindu married ladies observe the Karwa Chauth fast from sunrise to moonrise during the festival and give special prayers to Goddess Parvati.

You can show your wife how much you appreciate everything she does for you at the auspicious festival of Karwa Chauth by surprising her with one of these wonderful presents. Shop at Archiesonline.com

1. Heart Shaped Arrangement of 50 Red Roses – 1 Kg Heart Shape Black Forest Cake

Your loved one will be amazed by the 50 red roses exclusively arranged in the shape of a heart. This fragrant bouquet will undoubtedly let your loved one know how you truly feel. To make your loved one feel extra special, we’ve combined this heart-shaped hamper with a heart-shaped black forest cake.

2. 12 colorful carnations in white paper packing – 1 kg Haldiram rasgulla

This basket, packed with love and happiness, is sure to please your dear ones. This magnificent gift, which includes a 1 kg Rasulla tin and a variety of red, yellow, purple, and pink carnations, is sure to enhance the memory of their special day. This vibrant arrangement of carnations and the tin of Roshogolla make a wonderful hamper that epitomizes exclusivity and will live long in the memories of your loved ones.

3. God Bless Our Love and Togetherness Karwa Chauth Card

Give this magnificent Karwa Chauth card to your partner and make them smile and happy. This card has a net decoration between the front and inside. It makes a design of a moon in it and looks fantastic. Give this to your partner and make them feel special.

Renowned Chef Steven Lee opens his new Indo-Chinese restaurant ‘Hakka Garden’ in London

London, 12 October 2022: Born and raised in the lanes of Tangra, Kolkata chef Steven Lee grew up with an inheritance of the Hakka Indo-Chinese cuisine that he further modified over the years. Keeping the multi-cultural diversity of the UK in mind, Lee has introduced Indo-Chinese dishes like Hakka Chicken, Crispy Okra Pepper Salt, Tai Pai Paneer, Soya Chilli Fish and a lot more at his new venture in London – ‘Hakka Garden’. The newly launched venue will satiate the taste buds of its guests by adding Chinese cooking techniques to Indian flavours and tastes to draw on the vibrant culinary culture of India and China. Also, he promises the classic Chinese wok to produce fantastic dishes that would leave one craving for more.

Chef Steven Lee’s father had migrated to India in the 1940s from the Guangdong province of China. Lee was born in Kolkata and grew up in Tangra, the Chinatown of East Kolkata that once housed tanneries and has now been converted to restaurants. Lee had introduced this ‘Tangra’ type Indo-Chinese cuisine at a Wimbledon-based restaurant named ‘Dalchini’ around 21 years back. Lee’s newly launched ‘Hakka Garden’ promises to deliver authentic Indian interpretation of Chinese food from the kitchen of renowned International Indo Chinese Chefs. the menu has expansive veg and non-veg cuisines like Tom Yum Thong, Crispy Okra Pepper Salt, Mogo (Cassava), Tai Pai Paneer, Hakka Aubergine, Okra and Potato with Dry Red Chilli, Tofu Black Bean Sauce, Bombay Chilli Paneer, Tofu Salt ‘N’ Pepper, Chicken Szechuan Wonton, Hakka Chicken, Kolkata Chilli Chicken, Pepper Garlic Prawn, Burnt Ginger Fish, Santung Prawn, Sapo Chicken, Calamari to name a few.

On the occasion, Chef Steven Lee said, “My latest business venture ‘Hakka Garden’ in Harrow promises to serve Indo-Chinese cuisine in a not-so-common recipe. Indo-Chinese cuisine is essentially an Indian interpretation of Chinese food, which combines the deep-fried, spicy flavours Indians love with a Chinese twist, through ingredients like soy sauce and vinegar. Indian Chinese food has its own distinct flavours like Schezwan sauce, which uses dry red chillies as a substitute for Sichuan peppercorns. We are all set to usher Indo-Chinese lovers with all our calibre.”

SBI surpasses Rs. 6 Trillion AUM in Residential Home Loans, announces a Festive Bonanza for Home Loan buyers

New Delhi, October 12th, 2022: India’s largest home loan provider, the State Bank of India continues to lead the Home Loan segment and has surpassed Rs. 6 Trillion in Assets Under Management.To celebrate this milestone and welcome the festivities, SBI has launched the Festive Bonanza for its home loan buyers. SBI crossed Rs. 5 Trillion mark in January 2021.

SBI aims to make home loans affordable for all prospective buyers amidst the ongoing festive season. As a part of the Festive Bonanza, SBI will offer a concession of up to 0.25% on Home Loans, 0.15% on Top Up Loans, and 0.30% on Loan Against Property. Bank has further sweetened the deal, by waiving off the processing fees on home loans upto 31st Jan 2023. The offers are specially curated keeping in mind the diverse needs of buyers across segments. SBI is consistently striving to make affordable housing conveniently accessible to customers who dream of owning a home.

Commenting on the milestone of Rs. 6 Trillion AUM, Shri Dinesh Khara, Chairman, said, “SBI being the leader in home finance, takes ownership to enable the housing dream of every Indian. We are extremely grateful to our customers comprising more than 28+ lakh families, who have trusted us and chosen us, to be their partner in the home-ownership journey. A series of process and digital initiatives undertaken over the past few years played a crucial role in our journey to the Rs. 6 Trillion mark. We are committed to being partners in Nation Building and are striving to realize the dream of our Hon’ble Prime Minister towards – Housing for All.”

Commenting on the Festive Bonanza, Shri Alok Kumar Choudhary, Managing Director, Retail Banking & Operations, said, “SBI has always been at the forefront in boosting consumer sentiments by launching various offers consistently. As we enter the festive season after a long period of muted celebrations due to COVID restrictions, our offers this festive season are aimed to provide much-needed support for prospective home buyers as they embark on their journey for home ownership. Looking at strong interest for home loans across the country, we are happy to announce a concessional rate of interest and waiver in processing fees for a limited period.”

SBI, for the first time, has launched a series of unique offerings across the home loan segment. The interest rate for buyers of New Home Loans as well as Takeovers starts at 8.40% and Top-up loans for furnishings/renovation/home makeovers start at 8.80%.

Vinculum Co-founder launches Trangile, a consulting-led and domain-expertise driven tech services firm; sets up global development center in Delhi NCR

New Delhi, October 12, 2022: Piyush Madan, co-founder of Vinculum Solutions, a leading global retail SaaS player, today formally announced the inception of his next venture, Trangile – a consulting-led, domain-expertise driven services technology firm. Trangile (stands for transformation with agility) is positioned as the go-to firm for digital transformation for organizations in retail, e-commerce, logistics/ supply chain and life sciences verticals. The new firm is off to a tremendous start with close to 450+ professionals onboard, and most based at its global development center in Noida besides offices in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Hong Kong, Dubai and Singapore with an office in London on the anvil.

Trangile has a strong management team with world-leading experts – Sreenivasan Iyer, heads supply chain practice, Veeresh Singh, heads Oracle Retail practice and Pallab Mitra, Global Director of Sales. It is an alliance partner for Infor Solutions, leading implementation partner for Oracle solutions suite & strategic partner for Antworks. Trangile board members, Mr Gautam Bali, Mr Deepak Sood and Mr Kanwar Bir Singh have strong faith in Trangile. Talking of his second venture, Piyush Madan, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Trangile said,

“We found a huge gap for players with deep domain expertise who can diagnose the problem and deliver end-to-end tech solutions in multiple functional and industry verticals. More and more clients are also not fine with the traditional approach to IT services, which is more technology skill-based and delivered by outsourced development resources. We are exactly the reverse of that. At Trangile, we have strong leaders with domain expertise, heading and running business units and sales teams.”

“At Trangile, we only work in areas we have deep domain expertise in and only dedicated resources, who are custom trained in skills of relevance to that client/project and work on the client delivery. As we grow and serve more clients, we intend to develop strong automation libraries which will allow rapid development of effective, targeted solutions for clients. Which will become our biggest differentiator over traditional services delivery approach and firms doing that. We have since developed 10 automation use cases which will only increase,” he further added.

Augmont – Gold For All, all set to expand its Sell Old Gold business in Hyderabad simplifying the process of selling old gold

12th October, India: Augmont Gold For All, India’s No: 1 retail Gold Platform, trusted by millions of customers is a single-stop destination for all. The brand through its innovations has taken yet another step towards being a step closer to its consumers. Augmont Gold For All has successfully forayed into the Sell Old Gold business to enable simplifying the process and to offer its customers assistance in all things related to selling old gold. The brand has chosen the Hyderabad market as its second touch point for the Sell Old Gold process. All set to be launched on 12th October 2022, the unveiling comes close to heels after the brand’s recent successful launch of its Sell Old Gold Services in its Zaveri Bazar outlet in Mumbai.

The brand is the first corporate mover encouraging the services in a fully transparent and digital process beneficial for the customer. In India, end-users often fail to receive a transparent mechanism to sell their gold. Customers usually sell gold at the shop they procured it from. A greater challenge for customers is that they are compelled to trade their gold even to unknown shops wherein the purity of the gold isn’t usually acknowledged. This non-transparency, particularly among unorganized players, leads to a considerable decrease in the buy-back value for customers. Therefore, it is significant to endow consumers with proper data to assist them in getting the best value for their gold.

Through its Sell Old Gold services, AGFA aims to offer the best rate and transparent procedure so that customers can always trust the brand for its services. The use of digital and automated services makes this a time-saving process. The brand also endows any customer to walk in for selling gold in an emergency or to exchange cash for procuring new gold.

Under its Sell Old Gold scheme, the brand offers free testing of gold, a fully transparent gold melting process, and one of the best valuations for selling one’s used gold via a digital transaction process. The three staged purity assessment based on customer preference encompasses features like a touchstone, XRF scientific gold purity testing Machine, and advanced melting machine that can melt the gold quickly and easily. Additionally, the gold shall be valued based on its purity, weight, and current market rate.

Ketan Kothari, Director of Augmont Gold For All, says, “Through the Sell Old Gold activity, Augmont Gold For All aims to create awareness of the Augmont Gold Buying branches in target customers and want to make the existing and new customers more aware about the new product added into Augmont Product portfolio. By foraying into Sell Old Gold Business, we intend to bring easy services when there is a need for selling gold.”