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Technology

Puravankara accelerates its Digital Transformation journey with IBM and SAP

Oct 9, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #Ashish Puravankara, #Country Managing Partner – IBM Services, #India & South Asia, #Kamal Singhani, #Managing Director, #Puravankara Limited, #SAP Indian Subcontinent, #Subramanian Ananthapadmanabhan, #Vice President – Mid-Market

India, Bangalore: IBM announced that Puravankara Limited is collaborating with IBM Global Business Services (GBS) to fuel tech-led innovations in its operations by adopting RISE with SAP. Through this association, Puravankara will reinvent its processes for superior business outcomes. IBM will integrate the SAP Cloud environment with Puravankara’s cloud environment to harness the unmatched power of cloud and ensure seamless enterprise functions.

As a future-forward industry leader, Puravankara aims to employ an intelligent suite of solutions for operational agility and enhanced business efficiency while driving unprecedented growth. The company aspires to assess real-time fluctuations in the market and receive immediate and actionable insights across its project development through robust digitisation.

To help achieve these layered objectives, Puravankara partnered with IBM to deploy RISE with SAP, an integrated cloud ERP solution revolutionising their business transformation. IBM will also deploy Ariba Sourcing, a strategic sourcing solution by SAP, to automate and streamline critical tasks in sourcing indirect and direct materials. The IBM ASCEND methodology, the framework used to deliver transitioning projects for SAP S/4HANA, has been used to bring in more efficient delivery execution, higher quality, and lower implementation risks. Puravankara would redefine the core objective of its digital strategy and streamline existing processes to elevate customer experiences.

Ashish Puravankara, Managing Director, Puravankara Limited, said, “As a resilient business entity, Puravankara has always pioneered tectonic changes in the real estate industry. Over the last year, as operational challenges took a new form, our primary focus was to build an enterprise that leads the future of work and advances customer success. By collaborating with IBM to deploy SAP, we will modernise our business capabilities and solve on-ground bottlenecks with ease while setting precedence in this highly competitive industry.”

Kamal Singhani, Country Managing Partner – IBM Services, India/South Asia, said, “By leveraging our deep consulting expertise and access to technological innovations, Puravankara will be able to fast-track their digital transformation journey, create intelligent workflows to drive the efficiency and agility needed in their dynamic industry landscape.”

Subramanian Ananthapadmanabhan, Vice President – Mid-Market, SAP Indian Subcontinent, said, “With our RISE with the SAP solution, we accelerate our customers’ transition to the cloud and enable them to become future-ready organisations. By adopting RISE with SAP, Puravankara has taken another step towards serving its customers better with digital tools and technologies. SAP along with IBM is empowering Puravankara to lead the charter in the real estate segment by creating unique landmarks and community living of the highest standards for its customers.”

IBM will bring its assets, tools, and methodology, including best practices and processes from the real estate and infrastructure industry. This will enable Puravankara to have best-in-class processes configured in the SAP system and ascend its digital transformation value chain.

Education, News

Government of Ireland announces Scholarships worth €1,500,000for Indian students

Feb 26, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #Director of Education in Ireland, #India & South Asia, #Mr. Barry O’Driscoll, #Mr. Giles O’Neill, #Regional Manager

India: Ireland has become and remains one of the top English speaking destinations for international students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Thus, to encourage students and provide them assistance,the Government of Irelandhas announced scholarships worth €1,500,000.

Mr. Giles O’Neill, Director of Education in Ireland while announcing the scholarships mentions, “There are various choices with regards to scholarships. Firstly, the Higher Education Institutes of Ireland themselves are offering merit based scholarships. Besides, Education in Ireland, as a national brand, will be giving scholarships to 10 Indian students on the day of the showcase. Each of the scholarships given is worth €3,000 for fee reduction.”

Education in Ireland, the national brand under the authority of the Minister for Education and Skills that is responsible for the promotion of Irish Higher Education Institutions overseas, to further promote Ireland as an educational destination has announced an additional scholarship worth €30,000for Indian students who will be attending the Virtual Showcase.

Further highlighting the scholarships provided by Education in Ireland, Mr. O’Neill says, ”Under the initiative of ‘Government of Ireland International Education Scholarships 2021’, 60 scholarships will be provided for one year’s education at Bachelor, Masters of PhD levels to qualified candidates. This is available to all international students and further details can be clarified on the Virtual Showcase day on Saturday, 27th February.”

The Education in Ireland Virtual Showcase is an event specifically for students in South Asia and includes 20 of Ireland’s top higher education institutions that are offering globally recognized UG and PG programmes in Business, Science, Engineering, and Humanities as Officials from the Irish Visa Office in New Delhi will also speak and participate at the event.

Mr. Barry O’Driscoll, Regional Manager, India & South Asia for Education in Ireland said, “We are glad to announce the second Virtual Showcase of Education in Ireland. These courses prove to be an ideal stage to offer students continuous real-time meetings, live Q&A sessions, audio and video chats with the faculty and experts of the institutionsin additionassists the students to boost commitment in a more viable way. To offer extra benefit to participants, this virtual showcase will have experts who can offer direction with respect to various parts of an institution application.”

Recently, some 3,000 Indian students travelled to Ireland to undertake their students, many of whom are keen to explore the subsequent career opportunities that Ireland offers. Talking about the showcase,Mr. O’Driscoll added, “Ireland has a long history of welcoming international students and in recent years has become one of the top destinations for India students at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Ireland’s careful and cautious approach to COVID-19 demonstrated how Irish institutions have prioritized the physical and mental health of students, while ensuring the highest standards of education.”

Participating Institutions
Institute of Technology Carlow Trinity College Dublin
Athlone Institute of Technology Dundalk Institute of Technology
Griffith College University College Cork
Technological University Dublin Waterford Institute of Technology
National University of Ireland, Galway Letterkenny Institute of Technology
Dublin Business School University of Limerick
Mary Immaculate College Limerick Institute of Technology
Dublin City University Maynooth University
University College Dublin Munster Technological University
National College of Ireland  Education in Ireland

Participants at the upcoming event can also attend detailed seminars and info sessions on studying in Ireland, talk with college representatives and agents, get advice from official Irish government representatives, learn about scholarships, have the visa process explained, and pose inquiries. It’s the perfect opportunity for Indian students to speak directly with admissions and academic staff from Ireland’s top institutions. Students can engage in a chat room format or through video calls.

Participation in the Education in Ireland Virtual Showcase is free and students can register their interest here: https://india.educationinireland.live/