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Business

MeitY Recognizes Syrma SGS Technology Limited With an Appreciation Award For Their Outstanding Contribution

Dec 4, 2021 by Agency 0 Comments #CEO, #Dr. Sreeram Srinivasan, #Syrma SGS Technology

India- Syrma SGS Technology Limited, today received recognition from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) with an appreciation award for their outstanding contributions in manufacturing IoT products in India at the “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” event. The event was hosted by MeitY and the Government of India to celebrate the achievements of Indian companies in the digital technology space.

‘Azadi Ka Digital Mahotsav’ is a joint initiative of the Government of India and MeitY to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of progressive India and lay down the roadmap for the future. The event highlights India’s journey of digital transformation and fuels the spirit of self-reliance in the field of technology and communication. The award ceremony aims to recognize India’s best achievements in the digital space including, Investments, women empowerment in electronics, startups, domestic champions- smartphones, laptops, IoT devices, and more.

Commenting on this recognition, Dr. Sreeram Srinivasan, CEO, Syrma SGS Technology, said – “We are delighted and rightfully feel honored to receive this award from our Ministry and Government in recognition of our achievements and future potential. This adds to our recent recognition in qualifying for the PLI schemes in Telecom and White Goods segment. A timely award that helps us gain momentum and contribute to the Government’s Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) roadmap and the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative.”

Business

AirAsia India introduces in-flight safety manual for visually impaired guests

Dec 3, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #AirAsia India, #Capt. Manish Uppal, #CEO, #Head of Operations, #HKIDB, #Mr. Yogesh Desai

Mumbai: Marking the ‘International Day of Persons with Disabilities’, AirAsia India today announced the introduction of a new in-flight safety manual in braille, in collaboration with the Helen Keller Institute for the Deaf and Deafblind.

The airline emphasised their endeavour to provide a comfortable travel experience to persons with disabilities and limited mobility. Wheelchair assistance can now be pre-booked online from the website airasia.co.in or the AirAsia India app while booking a flight, at the contact centre or by approaching the airline’s guest services staff at the airport. Different types of wheelchair facilities are available to pre-book for persons with disabilities to access the ramp up to the ladder point or the aircraft door as well as to reach the cabin. Wheelchairs to assist guests to be seated inside the cabin are narrower, allowing easier maneuvering in the aisle of the aircraft. These facilities are provided to guests along with convenient seats at no extra cost.

To offer dedicated and priority services to persons with disabilities, AirAsia India has also recently demarcated Special Assistance Counters with Priority Services at all 17 airports AirAsia India operates from. The Special Assistance Counters have been made distinctly visible by showcasing the International Symbol of Access also known as the (International) Wheelchair Symbol. By using the Special Assistance Counters, guests can enjoy the benefit of priority check-in, and assistance while boarding and deboarding to facilitate comfortable travel from the beginning of their journey till they reach their destination.

This launch is a step towards the airline’s venture to become more inclusive and attuned to the evolving and diverse needs of guests.

Speaking about the initiatives rolled out by the airline, Capt. Manish Uppal, Head of Operations, AirAsia India said, “As we work towards a future built on inclusion, equity and diversity, we need to be more accommodating of individual differences and preferences. It has been very fulfilling working with the Helen Keller Institute for the Deaf and Deafblind to launch our in-flight safety manual in braille. With this, we hope to extend ease of access, comfort, and safety to visually impaired guests and aid them in experiencing pleasant journeys onboard without impediments. Our core values of being ‘Guest Obsessed’ and ‘Sustainability Spirit’ guide us in enabling a more inclusive experience to pave the way for the future.”

Mr. Yogesh Desai, CEO, HKIDB, added “The institute’s focus stems from the strong belief to give every person every right that you claim for yourself” and was hopeful that other airline companies would share the same sentiment and assured full cooperation from HKIDB in this initiative”.

Health

SpiceHealth CEO Avani Singh features in the 2021 ‘Bloomberg Ones to Watch’ List of Global Icons and Innovators

Dec 3, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #Avani Singh, #Bloomberg Businessweek, #CEO, #SpiceHealth

Mumbai Bloomberg Businessweek named SpiceHealth CEO, Avani Singh to its 2021 ‘Bloomberg Ones to Watch’ annual list of up-and-comers who are poised to have a significant impact in their respective fields over the coming years. ‘Ones to Watch’ is a part of the annual Bloomberg Global 50 list which represents and celebrates the most influential thought leaders in business, finance, politics, entertainment, science and technology who changed the global business landscape over the past year.

At just 25, Avani is the pioneer of affordable Covid testing in India. She founded SpiceHealth, one of the country’s youngest and fastest growing healthcare start-ups in November 2020 at a time when Covid-19 was at an all-time high in India. Under her leadership, SpiceHealth disrupted the RT-PCR testing space by offering tests in mobile laboratories at INR 499, as opposed to the then existing rate of INR 2400 in Delhi. In another path-breaking initiative, test results were made available within six hours as compared to the existing 24-48 hour time frame.

The Company was the first to introduce the innovative concept of mobile testing laboratories that could be placed in remote areas, in containment zones, in villages where access to hospitals and medical facilities was and remains a challenge. It has conducted 5 million RT-PCR tests in the short span since its launch.

Avani has been honoured alongside comedian Elsa Majimbo, political activist India Walton, Revel co-founders Frank Reig and Paul Suhey among others.

Avani Singh, CEO, SpiceHealth said, “I am humbled and honoured to have been recognized as part of ‘Bloomberg’s Global 50 and Ones to Watch’ list alongside remarkable and passionate leaders who are changing the world. We embarked on the SpiceHealth journey with a very clear vision – to democratize affordable and quality healthcare for the masses. This recognition belongs to the unwavering spirit of team SpiceHealth, which has worked relentlessly to bring this dream to life.”

SpiceHealth is successfully operating 18 testing labs and collection centres spread across ten cities in the country. The Company operates Covid testing labs at Guwahati, Amritsar and Varanasi airports as well. SpiceHealth also operates multiple Covid vaccination centres in five States.

SpiceHealth’s first mobile RT-PCR testing facility in Delhi was inaugurated by Sh. Amit Shah, Hon’ble Union Home Minister and the then Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan. In January 2021, SpiceHealth had launched a first-of-its-kind genome sequencing laboratory at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport to help in identifying and containing the new mutant variants of Covid-19 virus unwittingly carried by passengers travelling from other countries.

SpiceHealth had set-up mobile laboratories for testing pilgrims visiting the Kumbh Mela – the largest gathering of people on this planet – in Haridwar and at various locations in Uttarakhand as part of a MoU with the State Government.

The Company recently forayed into pathology laboratory services launching its first state-of-the-art pathology lab at Sama Hospital, New Delhi.

Education, Technology

Course5 Intelligence to Collaborate for Applied AI Research with BITS Pilani and Woxsen University

Dec 2, 2021 by Agency 0 Comments #Ashwin Mittal, #CEO, #Course5 Intelligence, #Dr. Hemachandran K, #Program Chair, #Woxsen University

India: Course5 Intelligence, one of the leading pure-play data analytics and insights companies in India, has entered AI-based research partnerships with BITS Pilani, one of India’s premier universities focused on higher education and research in engineering and the sciences, and Woxsen University, one of the top private universities in India with a strong focus on research in Business Studies, Technology, Arts & Design, and Architecture & Planning. The company believes that these partnerships will foster industry-academia collaboration and nurture talent in emerging technologies through real-world research while helping Course5 Intelligence to continue to provide differentiated and market-leading solutions and products.

Course5 Intelligence offers multiple solutions in digital, customer, and marketing analytics to its clients. Understanding customer behavior and applying new sets of granular features to improve AI Models is an ongoing goal for the company. As part of the current alliance with BITS Pilani, Course5 Intelligence is sponsoring a 3-year sponsored research program for applying Cognitive Neuroscience techniques and Multimodal Deep Learning to understand consumer behavior, attention, memory, and consumer decision-making journey. The research will involve the application of concepts from Behavioral Economics (BE), Brain-Machine Interface (BMI), and Deep Learning to enhance Course5 Intelligence’s current offerings and create innovative solutions and products.

As part of the alliance with Woxsen University, Course5 Intelligence will provide faculty and students with internship projects around multiple use cases in customer and marketing analytics. Areas of research will include the use of Sentiment Analysis to identify the sentiments of existing customers and improve Net Promoter Score (NPS), Intent and Theme Identification in voice-of-customer data to identify the precise reason behind customer complaints, and Data Matching using Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Computer Vision.

Ashwin Mittal, CEO of Course5 Intelligence, commented on this venture, “Cognitive Neurosciences is the next frontier in advancing leverage of customer analytics and AI techniques for corporations. This program will drive that agenda forward for us and for the industry. Course5 Intelligence constantly endeavors to support academia and make students industry-ready. By offering complex real-world problems for joint research and development, we believe this program will cross-leverage expertise and drive synergies between academia and industry.”

Commenting on the alliance, Dr. Hemachandran K, Program Chair, MBA (Business Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning), Woxsen University said, “We aim to provide best-in-class exposure to our students through industrial research projects, enabling them to upskill themselves to be industry-ready from Day 1 of their course”. Dr. Raul V. Rodriguez, Pro-Vice-Chancellor at Woxsen University, added, “Through this partnership, Woxsen aims to bridge the gap between industry and academia through various initiatives such as student and faculty internships and projects.”

Course5 Intelligence has global clients across industries, including Technology, Media and Telecom, CPG and Retail, and Life Sciences/Pharmaceuticals.

Technology

AUS the leading end-to-end drone solution startup acquires Algopixel Technologies for an undisclosed amount

Dec 2, 2021 by Agency 0 Comments #Abhiroop Bhatnagar, #Algopixel Technologies, #AUS, #CEO, #co-Founder, #Vipul Singh

Mumbai: AUS, the leading end-to-end drone solutions startup acquired Algopixel Technologies, a Bengaluru-based software solution provider for drone operation management and cloud-based data processing for an undisclosed amount. This acquisition will accelerate AUS’s journey towards building robust and scalable end-to-end solutions for sectors like mining, infrastructure, land records, and precision farming. Algopixel was founded by Abhiroop Bhatnagar and Rishabh Gupta in the year 2015.

On the occasion Vipul Singh, Co-founder, and CEO, AUS said, “Our partnership with Algopixel is part of our playbook to boost the Human Development Index by utilizing robust and impactful end-to-end drone solutions for some very critical sectors globally. Algopixel team has the clarity and capability to help us build the future roadmap that we have planned. We are actively seeking more such partnerships with like-minded companies, investors, and people globally.”

Abhiroop Bhatnagar, Co-founder, Algopixel Technologies said, “AUS’s capability to deliver at scale and their vision about the future applications of drones aligns with our vision about how we wish to see drone technology adding value to the life of citizens globally. This acquisition will help us in propelling faster and better towards the future of the drone industry. We are excited about working side by side with the AUS team.”

AUS has recently bagged major contracts from Survey of India, Tata Steel, and a few other known enterprises. The acquisition will enable AUS to further strengthen its end-to-end solution pipeline and make it future-ready for large-scale impactful solutions for global markets.

Business

AJVA Fintech introduces an automated MSME scheme discovery platform “eMSMESaarthi”

Nov 30, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #AJVA Fintech, #CEO, #Vikesh Agrawal

Mumbai: One of India’s futuristic end-to-end solutions providers of Accounting, Compliances, Taxation, and other allied MSME services, AJVA Fintech has announced launch of MSME scheme discovery platform called “eMSMESaarthi”, a unique first of its kind automated system in India,. The platform will bring a developmental change in providing transparency to all the Micro, Small and Medium enterprises in disseminating the information about government schemes.

‘eMSMESaarthi’ is very easy to navigate and get the right solution. MSMEs need to input their business specific credentials such as MSME classification (Micro/Small/Medium), Industry type, Entity type, Business location etc. to discover the customized scheme list. After the discovery of curated scheme list, user can select the scheme they wish to avail and can generate a detailed diagnostic report from the system.

eMSMESaarthi has a very important functionality called “Regulatory Health Check”, to make MSMEs more structured and know whether they have all the licenses and registration required for their business category.

AJVA Fintech specializes in providing a one-stop solution to aid financial and other related compliance requirements for MSMEs. The company aims at facilitating every client with simplified solutions.

Speaking on the development, Vikesh Agrawal, CEO, AJVA Fintech said: “We have a diversified workforce striving continuously to fill the gaps between our customer’s problems and provide the best solution. Our dedicated team is constantly researching, demystifying the complex requirements, and enabling a deep understanding of the financial system, government schemes, and related compliances. MSME scheme discovery has always been a challenge for the end user given the complex information eco-system. The eMSMESaarthi is a new generation ecosystem that will not only guide through the MSME schemes announced by Government of India but will also give a personalized regulatory health check report and list of benefits under various corporate and allied laws. Our main aim is to make the MSMEs aware about various schemes and make them Structured by way of providing customised services in accounting, taxation and compliance domain at very affordable cost.”

AJVA has also launched ajvafin.com wherever MSMEs can avail the regulatory and taxation related compliances services at very affordable price.

Technology

Quote by Mr. Nanjunda Prasad Ramesh, CEO, Multi-Verse Technologies on Adoption of Data Protection Bill 2019

Nov 26, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #CEO, #Mr. Prasad, #Multi-Verse Technologies

“This is undoubtedly a major step forward in ensuring every Indian’s personal data is protected. It has been long overdue and brings in the much needed accountability when dealing with the data of people. While this is a good first step, we must not stop here. The law must safeguard the interests of the people against indiscriminate use of data by any enterprise, be it private or Government. The next step is to clearly limit the exemptions that are currently being provided. This ensures that we move ahead to protect the interests of citizens on priority rather than pushing the law by only focusing on the loopholes in the current draft. We need to roll this out, make corrections and keep moving. I personally believe in the right to privacy and I am glad to be a part of this movement.”- Mr. Nanjunda Prasad Ramesh, CEO, Multi-Verse Technologies

Business World

Zypp Electric supports “Shoonya” – Zero Pollution Delivery campaign, a Joint Initiative by NITI Aayog and RMI

Nov 20, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #Akash Gupta, #CEO, #Clay Stranger, #Co-Founder & CEO of Zypp Electric, #MD, #Mr. Amitabh Kant, #NITI Aayog, #RMI

Zypp Electric, India’s leading EV-based startup in last-mile delivery supports Shoonya – a Zero Pollution Delivery campaign aims at reducing pollution in India, a Joint Initiative by NITI Aayog, the public policy think-tank of the Government of India and RMI by accelerating the deployment of electric vehicles for final-mile deliveries.

Logistics is growing day by day with the increase in the demands of the goods in a short span of time. To fill this gap NITI Aayog with RMI has started a campaign called Shoonya. Shoonya aims to fully electrify last mile deliveries. The vision of the campaign is to build awareness and demand for zero pollution delivery among consumers. With Shoonya, Zypp Electric will recognize and promote industry efforts towards fleet electrification. It will set the last mile delivery sector on a pathway to 100% electrification by 2030.

Zypp Electric has organised the largest EV Flag Off ceremony in participation with Shoonya campaign today i.e. 18th November 2021 in Delhi. The Chief Guest of the event was Mr. Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog.

On the inclusion of Zypp Electric in the campaign, Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog said “Shoonya presents a unique opportunity for start-ups like Zypp Electric to set an example for the freight sector to go green. Everything which is committed to green mobility is committed to a shared and connected world. It is also committed to clean pollution in Delhi and also committed to providing better livelihood to the citizens and to the delivery people in India. And, therefore Zypp is a unique role model for others to emulate. When we started Shoonya alongwith RMI sometime back, our intention was to ensure that the last mile delivery is all done by electric vehicles, so that not only will this clean up the air, not only this will provide better connectivity, not only will this ensure a better livelihood for the gig workers of today but this will help us transition from combustion to a shared connected electric world and therefore our belief is in Niti Aayog our belief is that if we will be able to do last-mile connectivity to the electric vehicles then this movement will spread and it will serve as a huge lesson for others and then others will emulate last mile connectivity and replicate the electric vehicle. We provided a long support through the fame scheme through the fastest option of electric vehicles. I am confident that the start-up community will lead India’s EV revolution by electrifying final-mile distribution.”

Through this event, Zypp Electric showcased its mission of sustainability and greener future. In this event, Zypp Electric will flag off a large fleet of EV bikes with delivery executives as a mark of EV adoption.

Clay Stranger, MD, RMI said “The urban delivery sector has the highest potential for full-scale electrification amongst all use cases. Through the Shoonya campaign, we are engaging the entire ecosystem to increase consumer awareness for zero pollution deliveries. I congratulate Zypp for taking a lead in accelerating EV adoption.”

Zypp Electric is India’s leading EV last mile logistics company and aims to build the world’s largest EV logistics tech fleet ecosystem for a sustainable future. Zypp Electric is on a mission to reduce carbon emissions through its largest electric scooter fleet and electrify last mile logistics, this aligns perfectly with the Shoonya campaign and sees Shoonya as a great partner in this mission.

Speaking on the partnership with NITI Aayog for this unique initiative Akash Gupta, Co-Founder & CEO of Zypp Electric said “We are extremely proud to announce to support this unique initiative – Shoonya, a Zero Pollution Delivery campaign, which is launched by NITI Aayog and RMI. The main aim of this partnership is 100% electrification of the delivery of goods and services through EV that will not only help to curb air pollution but also to reduce the cost of last mile deliveries and increase driver earnings. We at Zypp Electric aim to reduce carbon emissions through its largest electric scooter fleet and by electrifying last mile logistics, this aligns perfectly with the Shoonya campaign. With Shoonya and Zypp coming in together, we are sure that we will achieve this mission together faster and save the planet.”

Technology

AVEVA and Helios IoT Systems Partner to Empower the Solar Energy Industry with Deep Insights and Advanced Analytics

Nov 11, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #APM business, #AVEVA, #CEO, #Helios, #Kim Custeau, #Nitin Tappe, #Senior Vice President

Mumbai, India– AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, driving digital transformation and sustainability, announced that it has signed a technology partnership with Helios IoT Systems, a specialized company with domain expertise in the renewables energy sector for operations and maintenance (O&M). The collaboration extends AVEVA Insight with performance calculations specific to the solar energy industry.

The combined benefits of Apollo’s rich content and AVEVA Insight’s scalable AI and analytics will empower solar energy providers with access to deeper, tailored and consolidated information so that they can optimize their operations. As a result, companies using the combined solution can expect quick detection of solar farm inefficiencies through AI and physics-based predictions, faster troubleshooting and root cause analysis, more targeted maintenance, and an overall reduction in lost power. This will be achieved through increased visibility of predictions, KPIs, metrics, and performance of their assets. Through AVEVA Connect, AVEVA’s cloud platform, customers will have access to the extensive portfolio of Cloud solutions and can easily expand to meet their evolving needs.

AVEVA Insight is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution for collecting, storing, and visualizing industrial data for faster, actionable business decisions driven by a comprehensive suite of patented self-service AI and analytics. Apollo is a unique energy solution powered by patented domain-specific digital twin technology, health models and specialized dashboards to deliver a route to optimize a solar portfolio and its assets to streamline O&M activities, benchmark asset performance, manage and improve collaboration, increase yield and improve plant performance.

“Industry specific asset content combined with actionable analytics delivers a closed loop remediation that drives efficiency and safety. With our heritage of open access to information, strong visualization and comprehensive analytics combined with the Apollo domain expertise for solar assets we can provide critical operational intelligence to deliver value. With this partnership with Apollo, solar energy customers can accelerate their digital transformation, fast-track their sustainability ambitions and derive valuable performance improvements,” said Kim Custeau, Senior Vice President, APM business, AVEVA.

Nitin Tappe, CEO, Helios
Nitin Tappe, CEO, Helios

“Our partnership with AVEVA is a major milestone in building a long-term relationship in delivering a best of class solution to the emerging market of renewable energy enterprises. Our technology partnership with AVEVA extends our reach in global markets and expedites new technology product adoption to benefit customers. Integration of our patented digital twin solution, Apollo, with AVEVA Insight will help us deliver an innovative, next generation analytics solution to empower solar companies to optimize assets, increase yield and improve plant performance.” said Nitin Tappe, CEO, Helios.

Education

Oliveboard Announces Mega Scholarship for UP PCS 2021 Aspirants

Nov 3, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #Abhishek Patil, #CEO, #co-Founder, #Oliveboard

India: Oliveboard announced a Mega Scholarship Challenge for UP PCS 2021 (MSC-2021). It is an initiative by Oliveboard to reward meritorious aspirants preparing for India’s toughest recruitment exams. Mega Scholarship Challenge UP PCS is a free test that will help aspirants to kick-start their UP PCS exam preparation and crack it better.

Abhishek Patil, CEO, Co-Founder, Oliveboard added “UP PCS brings in fierce competition among aspirants looking to make an impact on the state’s public administration. To help aspirants achieve that, we are here with All India Live Scholarship Test – ‘Mega Scholarship Challenge for UP PCS 2021’. This scholarship test will be a tool to prepare for the exam as well as win a prize pool of 30 lakhs applicable to all UP PCS Plans listed on Oliveboard.”

The Scholarship Test will be conducted on the 6th and 7th November 2021 on Oliveboard website and App. The results will be announced on 8th November 2021 and the scholarship can be availed thereafter from Oliveboard’s website/app.

About Oliveboard:
Oliveboard is a learning and assessment platform where candidates are given assistance for more than 50+ graduate level India specific exams. They have marked their presence in more than 1900 cities in India. Oliveboard has recently crossed the milestone of 6 million registered users and over the next 12 months, they will be adding another million users and anticipate crossing the 15 million user mark over the next three to four years.