Archive: November 25, 2022

HCLTech named Leader in Everest Group’s Digital Twin Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2022

 Noida, INDIA, November 25, 2022: HCLTech, a leading global technology company, has been named a Leader in the inaugural edition of Everest Group’s Digital Twin Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2022 report.  

The report recognizes HCLTech for its vision and its ability to execute and create market impact. It highlights HCLTech’s investments in innovation, focused partnership ecosystem, and global delivery footprint that enable enterprises to design, develop and deploy digital twin solutions. It also calls out clients’ appreciation for HCLTech’s strategic and technical expertise to create differentiated digital solutions that are helping them achieve business goals. 

“Engineering technologies like digital twin and thread, when integrated with operational and information technologies, can help enterprises develop market-ready products and monetize them throughout their lifecycle,” said Hari Sadarahalli, Corporate Vice President, Engineering and R&D Services, HCLTech. “This recognition validates HCLTech’s capability to digitize the industrial ecosystem through real-time data and engineering information to enhance and optimize operations while providing enterprises new opportunities in aftermarket services and the rapidly-evolving Industry 4.0 landscape.” 

The report acknowledges HCLTech’s emphasis on creating a cognitive enterprise twin enabled by a digital thread, thus creating a ”twin2twin” ecosystem as a component of its digital transformation strategy. It also recognizes HCLTech’s initiative to set up state-of-the-art labs, customer experience centers, and centers of excellence with a dedicated roadmap for integration of engineering technologies to plan, implement and orchestrate the use of operational technologies and information technologies across verticals delivering augmented efficiencies and the ability to scale. 

“The need to be digitally unified is increasingly becoming a key priority for enterprises. To this end, digital twins are aiding firms in reducing downtime, improving tracking and tracing of products, and bettering the monitoring of asset conditions by simulating multiple scenarios,” said Alisha Mittal, Vice President, of Everest Group. “HCLTech is helping enterprises dive into the benefits of Digital Twins by offering a strong set of Digital Twin capabilities with its partnership focus across established vendors and specialist players. It also executes strong domain knowledge that helps clients overcome use case-specific challenges to Digital Twin adoption.”

Mr. Sharad Puri Appointed as Senior Vice President – Sales & Distribution at the Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts

India, Mumbai, 25 November 2022: The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts recently announced the appointment of Mr. Sharad Puri as Senior Vice President – Sales & Distribution for the group.

With over 27 years of experience, Sharad is an industry veteran and an inspirational leader who has worked in highly competitive environments across multiple cities in India. He is seasoned in building strong organizational structures to increase efficiency that is critical to business. Sharad is known for his strong analytical skills and astute business acumen along with a mindset of building long-term relationships.

“We are delighted to welcome Sharad to The Leela family. His understanding of the global luxury consumer and evolving travel patterns and trends across the world will surely be an asset to The Leela as we embrace the next new phase of our growth journey. We are confident that his ability to develop and execute successful sales strategies will create value in the growth and success of our business across segments”, said Anuraag Bhatnagar, Chief Operating Officer, The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts.

Prior to joining The Leela, Sharad was Cluster General Manager with Marriott in Bengaluru. His work experience spans two major hospitality groups Marriott and Oberoi Hotels with assignments across multiple luxury hotels including The Oberoi Mumbai, The Oberoi Grand Kolkata, Trident Hyderabad, and JW Marriott Mumbai Juhu.

Sharad is an alumnus of the Institute of Hotel Management – Ahmedabad and a graduate from the OCLD Management Training Program. An avid reader, he loves traveling to nature and wildlife resorts.

International Conference of Accountants 2022 concluded

The four-day International Conference of Accountants 2022 was organized by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India at the Jio Convention Centre, Mumbai. The international conference was organized by ICAI under the aegis of IFAC and was attended by 9000 accountants across the globe.

One of the many members of the Central Council from Ghaziabad Mr. CA Anuj Goyal Ji has simply explained the nuances of various provisions. CA Debasis Mishra, President of ICAI, and Vice President CA Aniket Sunil Talati also shared their views during the event.

Eminent personalities including Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman, Textile Minister Piyush Goyal, Yog Guru Baba Ramdev, Singer Sonu Nigam, Actor Anupam Kher, Central Council Member C A G C Misra, Market Expert A. Anil Singhvi, and allied such personalities were part of the event.

Ghaziabad Branch CICASA Chairman CA. Abhay Kansal said that the conference was attended by chartered accounts of various countries. CA Karan Garg, CA Vibhor Jindal, CA Manish Agarwal, CA Naman Gupta, and many others from Ghaziabad attended the event.

IRC 2022 organized by Indian Rubber institute was held on 24th November 2022 at Hotel Sheraton Grande, Bengaluru.

Bangalore, November 25, 2022: Mr. Ashwin D Gowda, IRS, currently working as Managing Director, Karnataka Skill Development Corporation, Govt of Karnataka, inaugurated the event. Mr. Gowda in his inaugural speech stressed the importance of adapting Sustainable methodology in all our spheres of operation and offered all the support on behalf of the Karnataka Govt.

The Guests of Honour were Dr.Raghupati Singhania, Chairman & Managing Director of JK Tyre & Industries Ltd, and Dr. D. Sawar Dhanania Chairman, of the Rubber Board of India. Dr.Ashutosh Sharma Former Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India, President, Indian National Science Academy.

Other dignitaries who joined the Conference were Dr. James Eddy, Chairman of ACS Rubber Division, Dr.Mathew Thornton, Secretary-General -of the International Rubber Conference Organisation, Dr.R Mukhopadhyay Chairman, IRI, Mr. V K Misra, Vice Chairman of IRI, Mr. PK Mohamed, Chief Convenor and past chairman of IRI, Mr. KJ Janakar- Conference Convenor and Mr. Mehul Patel– Director ACS.

Mr. VK Misra welcomed the dignitaries to the dais and all delegates present in the conference and explained the importance of such a conference in India when India is growing at the fastest rate to make 5 trillion economies by 2027. He also emphasized on the theme, particularly Sustainability and mobility, Such a conference becomes even more critical where technology required to continuously enhance this field is shared and discussed and thus meeting the desired objective.

Mr. PK Mohamed Chief convenor gave a complete account of the conference and exposition. Before the conference, the committee organized 3 workshops which were attended by 170 people. Workshops were organized on Mixing Technology, Speciality rubber, and Advanced Tyre and Vehicle Technology.

A total of 120 papers were presented in the Conference, which included 51 % participation from abroad. It is worthwhile to note that there are technical presentations from 20 countries other than India. There were 111 booths specially dedicated for Rubber Industry. With the support of the academic institutions and the IRCO governing council, IRI has organized three innovative programs to encourage the students and create interest in them in rubber science and technology. The program were named Inspire, Explore, and Implement. The program, Inspire, is meant to encourage school students, and create interest in the field of rubber technology. Forty school students are invited to the conference venue on the third day of the conference to show them exposition and interact with senior members of the Indian rubber institute. The program, explore is meant for college students who are studying rubber technology courses in India. Forty of them are provided with all facilities to attend the conference and exposition and interact with all eminent personalities in the field of rubber research, manufacturing, and technology. This program may be useful for them to identify the areas of research that they can peruse during the further course of study. . The third program named, Implement is meant for student who is undergoing studies in advanced courses and doing research. They are provided with facilities to present their work through oral and poster presentations. A panel of four experts will judge the student papers and IRCO will facilitate student awards.

Dr.R Mukhopadhyay, Chairman of IRI and President of IRMRA, highlighted the importance of skilled manpower, especially in the rubber sector to make India as a hub of Rubber product manufacturing capability and export to the world. In this direction, IRI Is working to establish the first unique Centre Of Excellence for rubber and allied Industry at JSS STU Campus Mysuru, Karnataka and it will the modal centre of technology development for MSME Rubber sector including the organized sector.

Dr. Raghupati Singhania Chairman and Special guest of Honour was very appreciative of the efforts put in by Scientists and Technologists in the field of the rubber industry to have brought the technology level to the current highly competitive situation and also requested to continue this quest. He was very elaborate regarding the India Industry and the capability of the industry to compete world over with the products manufactured in India, He also explained the growth of radicalization of the CV industry in India and the continued efforts required in this field to stay globally competitive. He also touched upon their challenges in the Global arena and thus even further need for strengthen R&D efforts for science and technology of the globally competitive products manufactured in India thus moving towards ATMA Nirbhar Bharat.

Dr.D. Sawar Dhanania Chairman, of the Rubber Board of India, was very explicit in terms of the demand and growth of natural rubber in India and therefore the efforts required to nurture the development in this field. He expressed and suggested joint efforts required in this field. He was very happy to participate in this International Conference and expressed his appreciation for the topics being covered.

Dr. Ashuthosh Sharma, who is the founder of the National Science and Technology policy for the next 5 years in his keynote address, explained the importance of innovation and invention in the Indian context and stressed the need for creating Indigenous knowledge, people development, infrastructure development to make india self-sufficient in a different industry. He also stressed that scientists and engineers continually work towards development of eco-friendly material for circular economy, sustainability, and the necessity of collaborative research.

Mr. James Eddy, chairman of ACS, expressed his satisfaction of working with Indian Rubber Institute for the last several years and is looking forward to more cooperation with IRI to make use of their knowledge bank, training program, conferences, and publications.

Dr.Matthew Thornton Secretary-General of -the International Rubber Conference Organisation – explained about IRCO Organization and also awarded IRCO Medals for the outstanding contribution in Rubber Science and Technology to Dr.R. Mukhopadhyay Chairman of IRI and Mr. P K Mohammed(Chief Convenor and Past chairman of IRI)

Mr. KJ Janakar(Conference Convenor)  made the vote of thanks to all the dignitaries who attended the function.

Sony Semiconductor Israel Redefines IoT Connectivity Platform with New Ultra Low Power 5G LPWA ALT1350 Chipset

New innovative chip offers multiple ultra-low power connectivity options and low-power processing on the edge for the rapidly expanding IoT market. “This is the game changer we’ve been waiting for,” says Nohik Semel, CEO at Sony Semiconductor Israel

Sony Semiconductor Israel (Sony), a leading provider of cellular IoT chipsets, announced the launch of the ALT1350 for the global market. The ALT1350 is the world’s first cellular LTE-M/NB-IoT solution to enable additional LPWA communication protocols, as well as satellite connectivity (NTN), in a single chipset, opening the door to further innovation in the connected world.

The ALT1350 by Sony is the most advanced cellular IoT solution on the market, with an architecture that resolves IoT service providers’ power consumption concerns. Its optimized standby mode (eDRX) reduces power consumption by 80% when compared to the current generation and by 85% when using it to send short messages. Overall improvements in the system’s power consumption will enable 4 times longer battery life for a typical device, enabling additional functionalities and use cases with smaller batteries.

The ALT1350’s sub-GHz and 2.4GHz integrated transceiver enables hybrid connectivity for smart meters, smart cities, trackers, and other devices. This enhances coverage, reduces costs, and further decreases power consumption utilizing IEEE 802.15.4-based protocols, such as Wi-Sun, U-Bus Air, and wM-Bus, in additional point-to-point and mesh technologies.

ALT1350 incorporates a sensor hub to collect data from the sensors while maintaining ultra-low power consumption. It also provides cellular & Wi-Fi-based positioning and is tightly integrated to provide power-optimized concurrent LTE and GNSS to accommodate various tracking applications, which can be demanding, with a single chip.

“The market demand for this multiprotocol, ultra-low power IoT chipset is intensifying, and Sony’s ALT1350 chipset meets that demand,” said Nohik Semel, CEO at Sony Semiconductor Israel. “This is the game changer we’ve been waiting for, which will enable IoT deployments, utilizing universal connectivity on edge processing and multiple location technologies”

The chipset is designed to support the wide-ranging market needs of utilities, vehicles, tracking devices, smart cities, connected health, and other verticals. Device manufacturers across all verticals will take advantage of its low power consumption, long-lasting battery life, mature Release 15 LTE-M/NB-IoT software stack, and future compatibility with 3GPP release 17 All these guarantee longevity and ensure the ALT1350 will operate with 5G networks. It contains an additional LPWA radio transceiver with targeting operation in <1GHz and 2.4 ISM bands for universal connectivity options.

The chipset provides advanced on-the-edge low-power processing capabilities, ranging from data collection, low-power AI/ML processing of the data, and MCU to enable IoT applications on the chip. Currently, the device is sampling to lead customers and will become commercially available during 2023. The ALT1350 also includes a secure element for application usage and integrated SIM (iSIM), designed for PP-0117 to meet GSMA requirements.