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Swaranjali To Host ‘Shraddhanjali’ 2024: An Evening of Classical Vocal and Instrumental Music in Bhubaneshwar

May 9, 2024 by Sujata Muguda 0 Comments #AIR Cuttack, #Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, #Gharanas, #North Indian classical music, #Odisha sitar maestro, #Pragnya Mishra, #Rosy Dutta, #Saundrya Ranjan Roy & Jiban Prakash Das, #Shraddhanjali" 2024, #Soumi Majumdar, #Subhasis Bose, #Subrata De, #Suramani Bauri Bandhu Sethi, #Susamoy Mishra | Amit Chatterjee | Sayan Chatterjee | Amitava Sen, #Swaranjali Delhi, #Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya department

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9th May 2024: Shri Subrata De, the founder of “Swaranjali” Delhi, an organization recognized by the Delhi government, has been putting on festivals annually, since 2000, to promote and preserve our rich cultural legacy and the various Gharanas and the artists that represent them.

Swaranjali will be hosting “Shraddhanjali” 2024, an evening of classical vocal and instrumental music program to celebrate the ongoing “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.” The event is tentatively scheduled for July 8 and 9, 2024, at Rama Devi Women’s University in Temple City, Bhubaneswar, at 5 PM on both days.

This concert will be devoted to Guru, the late Suramani Bauri Bandhu Sethi, an accomplished Odisha sitar maestro. He was also a scholar, a graded artist at AIR Cuttack, the head of the Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya department, and a guru. Since 1972, he has had multiple students in India as a blind artist.

North Indian classical music will be played during the two days of the aforementioned planned musical evening festival. The festival’s highlights will include the students of Suramani Bauri Bandhu Sethi and distinguished North Indian classical artists from Odisha, Delhi, Kolkata, and Mumbai. Swaranjali’s mission is to uplift and enrich Indian classical music, its upcoming musicians, and Odisha’s art enthusiasts.

Prof. Aparajita Chowdhury, Smt. Shyamali Mohapatra, Manoranjan Nayak, and Dr. K C Jena have graciously accepted the invitation to be honorary guests for this two-day event. The festival is being supported by SSEPD, the Odisha government, and Rama Devi Women’s University

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Program-

 On 8th July 2024 – Day1:- 

“Beenkar” Instrumental Group headed by Saundrya Ranjan Roy & Jiban Prakash Das 

Rosy Dutta – Vocal 

Subhasis Bose – Hansaveena 

 On 9th July 2024 – Day2:- 

Pragnya Mishra – Vocal 

Soumi Majumdar – Vocal 

Subrata De – Sitar

 Co – Artists – 

Susamoy Mishra | Amit Chatterjee | Sayan Chatterjee | Amitava Sen 

 It’s a Entry Free program for all

Business

Large Industries celebrates Energy Conservation Week across India under “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav”

Dec 21, 2021 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, #BEE, #Director General, #Energy Conservation Week, #Large Industries, #National Energy Conservation Week: 8th–14th December 2021, #The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE)

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) organised a webinar for Designated Consumers under the PAT scheme during the ongoing “National Energy Conservation Week: 8th–14th December 2021”, under “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav”. The Designated Consumers belonged to energy-intensive sectors such as Cement, Iron & Steel, Textile, Pulp & Paper, Refinery, fertilizers, Chlor-Alkali, Thermal Power Plants, and Aluminium.

On this occasion, while delivering the keynote, the Director-General, BEE congratulated the Designated Consumers for celebrating the spirit of Azadi and Amrit Utsav by organizing various activities involving awareness, outreach and commitments towards inculcating values of energy conservation and engaging in energy efficiency activities.

The webinar was conducted to interact with DCs so as to share experiences of the celebration of the week and highlight their broad course of an action plan to contribute to the recent announcements by the Hon’ble Prime Minister at COP 26, Glasgow, UK.

During the webinar, the DCs under the leadership of the Plant Head/Energy Managers highlighted the activities performed during National Energy Conservation Week. The celebration of National Energy Conservation Week included the following main activates: Painting Competition/Essay Writing, Quiz/Competition/Debates, Vriksha Ropan (Tree Plantations), Road Shows on energy conservation in the nearby areas. The DCs of all 9 sectors conducted many activities for the employees and other staff to empower them, such as energy walks, online training, tree plantations, and many more where they used social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, as well as internal communications. All the Designated Consumers took part in mass awareness campaigns and on this journey. The webinar aimed to promote awareness amongst its personnel and the civil society around them. Over 40 DCs belonging to said sectors shared their experiences and list of activities, and it was informed that through their activities more than 1.5 Lakh individuals including employees, their families, school children, and civil society surrounding such DCs.

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BEE organizes virtual workshop under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav

Dec 11, 2021 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, #BEE, #Technology Transfer for decarbonization of Industry, #virtual workshop

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) organized a virtual workshop on Technology Transfer for decarbonization of Industry on December 9, 2021, during “National Energy Conservation Week: 8th–14th December 2021”, marked as Iconic Week under “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav”. The opening remarks were given by theDirector General of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), followed by the commencement of the workshop in various stages.

DG, BEE said that on the occasion of National Energy Conservation Week, today’s dedication towards the decarbonization of industry is very important. There are definitely a lot of challenges, but the efforts put into this and the transformation will not go unnoticed.

The speaker for the outcome of the first consultation meeting on “Green Public Procurement (GPP) for the Decarbonisation of Industry” was the Manager of Partnerships, Clean Energy Ministerial. It was also acknowledged that cement manufacturers should adopt “cleaner, more efficient, greener technologies for cement production.” Participants also identified a few voluntary actions on GPP at the state (sub-national level) and large-scale private sector level.

Head of the Secretariat Leadership Group for Industry Transitions, Stockholm Environment Institute spoke about the best available technology options for decarbonization of the steel and cement sectors. Member from Climate and Energy Fund, Austria, deliberated on the Net Zero Industry Mission of Mission Innovation and its implications for the industry. Sr. Director, TERI highlighted the best available technology options for decarbonization of the steel and cement sectors.

The breakout groups on Steel and Cement discussed the main barriers to the application of the best available technologies within India; main opportunities for applying the best available technologies within India; the role of Green Hydrogen in the decarbonization of cement and steel industry; the role of material circularity in energy efficiency in Steel and Cement sectors; incentivizing the private sector to invest in technology innovation that would support the decarbonizing of steel and cement industries; and the main gaps constraining investments in new technologies.

The workshop zoomed into specific technology transfer options for the decarbonization of the steel and cement sectors in India. The workshop also facilitated discussions on the state-of-the-art technologies and know-how, as well as opportunities for deployment within India.

News

Launch of ‘Certification Course on Home Energy Audit’ Initiative by BEE, under the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav

Dec 9, 2021 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, #BEE, #Certification Course on Home Energy Audit, #Dr. R. Harikumar, #Shri Abhay Bakre, #Shri Abhishek Sharma, #Shri R. K. Rai

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) organized a virtual meeting to launch “Certification Course on Home Energy Audit (HEA)” on December 8, 2021, during “National Energy Conservation Week: 8th–14th December 2021”, marked as Iconic Week under “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav”. The welcome address and program brief were presented by Shri R. K. Rai, Secretary, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, and Shri Abhishek Sharma, Joint Director, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, followed by an inaugural address by ShriAbhayBakre, Director General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency.

Dr. R. Harikumar, Director, Energy Management Centre, Kerala, gave a presentation on “Overview & Way Forward for Certification Course on Home Energy Audit”. The launch event was also attended by Vice-Chancellors, Chairpersons, Managing Directors, faculties, and students from various Engineering / Diploma colleges and officials of all State Designated Agencies (SDAs) across the country. More than 300 students from 50 colleges/institutes across the country participated in the webinar.

A Home Energy Audit (HEA) enables appropriate accounting, quantification, verification, monitoring, and analysis of energy use of various energy-consuming equipment and appliances in a house and the submission of a technical report with feasible solutions and recommendations for improving energy efficiency, with a cost-benefit analysis and action plan to reduce energy consumption. This would ultimately lead to a reduction in energy bills and the carbon footprint of the consumer.

ShriAbhayBakre during his address emphasized, “The certification program will create awareness on importance and benefits of energy audit and energy efficiency and conservation among students from engineering/diploma colleges. This will certainly increase the employability of youth in the domain of energy efficiency, climate change mitigation, and sustainability.”

The Certification Course would enable:

● Creation of a pool of professionals to perform home energy audits based on the needs of the consumer (s);

● Domestic consumers to get Home Energy Audit carried out through respective SDA Certified Home Energy Auditor(s);

● Dissemination of information and raising awareness among engineering/diploma/ITI students, energy professionals, and industry partners about the importance and benefits of energy auditing, energy efficiency, and conservation.

Energy Management Centre, Kerala has been identified as Mentor SDA for the initiative. Other 11 SDAs namely Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Daman & Diu, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Sikkim, and Telangana have expressed their willingness to run the Certification Course on HEA for respective stakeholders in their states. On successful completion of the certification course, SDA will offer the certificate to qualifying students/personnel.

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SIDBI participates in flagging-off event of National MSME Expedition Team at Lucknow

Dec 8, 2021 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, #National MSME Expedition Team, #Shri V. Satya Venkata Rao, #SIDBI, #V. Satya Venkata Rao

Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), the principal financial institution engaged in the promotion, financing and development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) has participated in the flagging-off event of the National Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise (MSME) Expedition Team at its head office situated at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on its journey across 5 states (Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh & Bihar) for about 3500 Kms to make people aware about various Government Schemes devised for MSMEs. This campaign has started as part of the “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav” (AKAM) campaign of the Department of Financial Services (DFS) which is organizing 50 MSME meetings in rural areas and 25 such meetings in rural areas encouraging thousands of people towards perusing self-employment.

The National MSME Expedition team of the Ministry of MSME under AKAM Campaign is on a journey by road across states to make people aware of various schemes of Central and State Government for MSMEs. The team reached Lucknow after travelling from Delhi to Faridabad, Ballabhgarh, Palwal, Agra, Firozabad, Fatehpur, Kanpur, Prayagraj, Banaras in Uttar Pradesh, Rewa in Madhya Pradesh, Buxar, Arra, Patna, Chhapra, Champaran in Bihar. It also visited Gorakhpur, Sant Kabir Nagar, Sultanpur, Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh.

Shri V. Satya Venkata Rao, Deputy Managing Director, SIDBI along with other senior officials of SIDBI attended the event at Lucknow which was flagged off by Shri Siddharth Nath Singh, Minister for MSME, Uttar Pradesh.

Addressing the participants of the expedition team, Shri Siddharth Nath Singh, Minister for MSME said, “MSME has a special place among all the economic development-related departments of the government. He suggested bringing all industry-related issues under the purview of MSME.”

Shri V. Satya Venkata Rao, Deputy Managing Director, SIDBI, on this occasion told the expedition team the need to spread awareness about the various schemes of Central and State Governments for the MSMEs amongst the youth of the country through such programmes. Shri Rao also addressed the participants highlighting various initiatives taken by the Government of India (GoI) and SIDBI towards the upliftment of the MSME Sector during the Covid-19 pandemic across the globe under the Atmanirbhar Abhiyan of the GoI.

So far, this expedition team has travelled and participated in a number of meetings and has encouraged thousands of people to become entrepreneurs and in the process generate employment opportunities.

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This 75th Independence Day, Dalmia Bharat Group & Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series pay tribute to the unwavering Indian spirit with ‘Mauka Hai

Aug 14, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, #Bhushan Kumar, #Dalmia Bharat Group, #lyricist Manoj Muntashir, #Managing Director, #Mr. Puneet Dalmia, #T-Series

As India celebrates Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, Dalmia Bharat Group & Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series brings audiences a special song this 75th Independence Day. Titled ‘Mauka Hai’, the song is sung by B Praak, composed by Rochak Kohli and penned by Manoj Muntashir.

‘Mauka Hai’ is a song dedicated to the unwavering spirit of 136 crores Indians. This song celebrates the achievement of unsung heroes of today from different fields there by motivating others to aspire, perspire and achieve their dreams and build India of their dreams by 2047.

This inspiring music video also features some of the most inspiring icons from different age groups and walks of life who’ve put India on the map including Olympic weightlifting champ – ‘Mirabai Chanu’, Olympic badminton champ – ‘PV Sindhu’, ‘Hima Das’- the first-ever Gold Medalist Indian athlete, ‘Advait Kolarkar’ – the world’s youngest painter, Guinness Book of World Record Holder- ‘Tiluck Keisam’ , gymnast ‘Deepa Karmarkar’, the world’s fastest piano player – ‘Lydian Nadhaswaram’, young paleontologist – ‘Aswatha Biju’, IPS officer – ‘Chhaya Sharma’, the youngest writer – ‘Abhijeeta Gupta’, Gold Medalist and World Record holder – ‘Pooja Bishnoi’, ‘Yatharth Murthy’ who sang the national anthem of 112 countries, Indian mathematician wizard – ‘Anand Kumar’, child shooting sensation – ‘Abhinav Shaw’ and several others.

Speaking on the launch, Mr. Puneet Dalmia, Managing Director, Dalmia Bharat Group, said, “The Mauka hai music video is a testament to the youth of our country that salutes their achievements in diverse fields and seeks to inspire every Indian to rise to the occasion with unity and pride. As a ‘young’ nation, our resilience and undying fighting spirit in the face of adversity, clearly shows that we have what it takes to become a global superpower. We are delighted to associate with T-Series for this music video as a tribute to our youth’s unwavering dedication. The song also reflects the unflinching commitment and hard work of Dalmia Bharat Group over the decades towards nation-building.”

Says head honcho of T-Series, Bhushan Kumar, “Everyone will feel an immense sense of pride after watching ‘Mauka Hai’. It’s an out-and-out tribute to not only those icons that have inspired us and made us proud but to every Indian who perseveres to do better.”

Adds lyricist Manoj Muntashir, “Mauka Hai is something every Indian will relate to and be inspired by. It’s about pushing the limits and having a never-say-never attitude which defines the spirit of this country.”
Says composer Rochak Kohli, “It’s wonderful to collaborate with Bhushanji and B Praak on this track. We’ve tried to do justice to Manoj Muntashir’s hard-hitting lyrics and make ‘Mauka Hai’ an Independence Day track which is loved and remembered.”

‘Mauka Hai’ is here for all to celebrate Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav on T-Series’ YouTube channel.