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26-year old IIT Guwahati student launches India’s first ever ‘privacy-first’ email provider startup ‘LETTER’

Nov 26, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #IIT Guwahati, #LETTER, #privacy-first, #Sunit Nandi

An IIT Guwahati student today announced the launch of an email provider startup called – ‘Letter’.

Letter is a powerful email hosting provider packed with an array of advanced features, an intuitive user interface, impressive performance and global standard security which boasts on sharing strongest data privacy and encrypted storage for emails

Email communication in today’s world is often treated like an afterthought even though online businesses have to depend on it the most. Major email providers not only mine user data but also use this data to display ads or sell to third parties. Some email providers do not allow you to import or export your email data, and some even lock you to their own apps. On the other hand, privacy-oriented email providers do not implement industry-standard email access protocols and also do not implement search functionality.

“I have often suffered due to the lack of business email solutions that properly implements the basics such as email deliverability, contact sync, calendars, search, etc. and also respects user privacy and right to their data,” shares Sunit Nandi, founder of startup Letter.

Devising a solution to these issues, Nandi self-hosted his own work emails for several years before finally launching Letter. “I was so frustrated with the state of email hosting that I self-hosted my own work emails for several years, and spent countless days improving the security & optimizing email deliverability. Finally, the product was completely finished and I decided to launch Letter,” explains an excited Nandi who is also a serial entrepreneur and started when he was 18years.

Currently pursuing his PhD from IIT Guwahati Nandi wants to offer ‘Letter’ as a Made-In-India well thought product offering business uncompromised data privacy.

Letter has created a strong market presence by offering highly affordable solutions with yearly plans starting for as low as INR1320. This gets better when it comes with 4GB storage, Bitwarden password manager and up to 4 custom/own domain mailboxes. Other plans have an offering of up to 50GB storage which too is on a private cloud that doubles up to intense privacy and data security. Check out more details at www.letter.is.

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Berger Paints Joins hands with IIT Guwahati to fight the Covid-19 Pandemic

Oct 16, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #berger paints, #IIT Guwahati, #Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, #Mr. Abhijit Roy, #Multi-Surface Protector

As the nation prepares to return to normalcy, India’s leading paints company Berger Paints today announced the launch of BreatheEasy Safe 24, Multi-Surface Protector, which protects surfaces from germs, bacteria and Covid like viruses for 24 hours. It’s an alcohol-free, environment-friendly product designed on the Nano Silver Technology.

As the Covid Pandemic hit the country, the Government wanted the research institutes and corporates to bring our innovative solutions to help fight the coronavirus pandemic. India has over the course of the past few months led the way in innovating products and BreatheEasy Safe 24 is a revolutionary step in the same journey.

Elated on the occasion of the launch, Mr. Abhijit Roy, MD & CEO Berger Paints explained – “Berger Paints has always been a front runner in innovating customer-centric products. Safe 24 is another testament to our core philosophy of innovation. With economic activities gradually picking up, there was an evolving demand for a product that can protect for a longer duration.

It was a pleasure to bring the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati’s ( IIT-G) technology to the Indian consumer as it catered to a big need gap. We are sure that Safe 24 will be of great assistance to the people and Government in these trying times.”

The project was developed by a group of scientists at IIT Guwahati which was led by Prof. Biman B. Mandal. Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Mandal added “Safe 24 is different from normal alcohol-based sanitizer as it stays active for an extended period of hours on the application surface.

It forms a protective nano-silver coating which fights off bacteria and virus for a longer duration as validated by standard protocols. IIT Guwahati has been instrumental in designing several projects in helping society and the nation fight Covid. We feel that this product would make our everyday lives safer in these trying time and beyond.”

Berger Paints, during the pandemic, has launched several hygiene products to suit the need of an Indian customer. Safe 24 is another such product which solves the conundrum of extended protection from bacteria and virus. As more and more people are stepping out of their homes, personal hygiene becomes pivotal in arresting the spread of coronavirus until a vaccine is found.