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SAVING WATER, SAVING LIVES
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Saving Water, Saving Lives

Jul 2, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry, #PHD Rural Development Foundation

Rotary International and PHD Rural Development Foundation (PHDRDF) have had a long standing partnership towards water conservation in the dry lands of India.

In association with Rotary Club of Delhi South Central eight water harvesting structures have been established in Alwar and Sikar at Rajasthan, one of the water harvesting structure has been sponsored by Mr Sanjay Aggarwal, President, PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry. The structures have been inaugurated on the 24th and 29th day of June 2021. The inauguration has been done in presence of Mr Sanjay Aggarwal, President, PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry; Mr Saurabh Sanyal, Secretary General, PHDCCI; Mr Sandeep Aggarwal , Mentor- Telecom Committee, PHDCCI; team of Rotarians including Mr Dharmesh Mehta, President of Rotary Club of Delhi South Central; Mr Arun Kataruka Secretary; Mr Dinesh Jain, Mr Mukesh Agarwal; Dr Kadambari, CEO, PHDRDF, Mr Brajmohan, PHDRDF and others. Shri Suresh Modi, MLA, Neem Ka Thana was also present for the inauguration ceremony held at Sikar, Rajasthan. At the ceremony, Mr Sanjay Aggarwal, President, PHDCCI highlighted the need of water conservation in the dry belt of Rajasthan and motivated the villagers to maintain the check dam in future. Villagers showed their gratitude to the team for the noble cause.

PHDRDF has been relentlessly working towards implementation of establishing water harvesting structures (WHS) in various parts of the country and has also promoted plantation along with the construction of WHS leading to an increase in ground water levels and the vegetative cover around the structures. It has so far constructed over 260+ structures which has more than 500 lac+ Cu Mts water harvesting potential.

India largely being an agricultural country, the construction of check dam helps in improvising the agricultural methods and in the production of vegetation. Mr Sanjay Bhatia, Chairman, PHDRDF has always emphasized the need and importance of water harvesting structures, that has other socio-economic and environmental benefits like increase in ground water level, source of income for women, improved and easy access to water, increase in farm income etc.

Watershed development is a mandate of Government of Rajasthan, which promotes organizations to take up watershed development activities in most drought prone areas. The state of Rajasthan which is mostly characterized by semi-arid climate, extreme paucity of water, Rajasthan faces sever ecological crises, with receding vegetative cover and reducing agriculture production. PHDRDF has so far worked in six districts of Rajasthan (Alwar, Sikar, Dausa, Baran, Udaipur and Banswara) and helped improve the lives of people there. With the check dam built in these districts, it not only improves the agricultural practice but also enhances the scope of farming. More scope for employment and high outcome for production of vegetation are just an added deal that comes with it.

In addition to these activities the foundation has also worked towards empowering women in Rajasthan through SHGs and educating farmers to improve farm production. Through these projects all the activities will be replicated into one geographical area for providing maximum long term ecological and livelihood benefits to the beneficiaries.

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I&B Ministry’s New policy: Vaccine for Outdoor Media

Mar 11, 2021 by Neel Achary 0 Comments #Chairman, #Media & Entertainment Committee, #Mukesh Gupta, #PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry

New Delhi: Bureau of Outreach Communication (the erstwhile DAVP) has announced a long awaited new Policy for rate approval of Outdoor and Personal Media  Govt. Campaigns.

“Categorization of Outdoor (Out of Home – OOH) Media has been earmarked in new policy, which will provide opportunity to new and innovative media for the Govt. Campaigns.”

“This initiative has come as a real vaccine for the outdoor media sector which witnessed one of the worst periods during 2020 because of Corona”, said Mukesh Gupta, Chairman, Media & Entertainment Committee, PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

“We have observed that the Central Government’s spending on OOH is very low in comparison to State Governments. It Seems that the Government believe in Social media only, whereas you can’t ignore the impact of OOH. No doubt, Social media is effective but it reaches to very few people, whereas OOH reaches to every nook and corner of the country in a very effective manner. Lacs of people, whose Rozi Roti depend on this industry, are attached with this media.” added Gupta. 

In a letter to Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Information and Broadcasting by PHD Chamber requested him to increase Government spending on OOH media. It will boost the image of the Government as well as provide employment opportunities to people.

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On Women’s Day, PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry organizes Self-Defence training

Mar 9, 2021 by Neel Achary 0 Comments #Chairman, #Mr. Sanjay Bhatia, #PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry, #PHD Rural Development Foundation, #PHDRDF

The eighth day of March is a day of globally celebrating the social, cultural, economic and political achievements of women. The day also marks as the call to action for accelerating gender equality. In today’s world, women needs to be financially independent and feel safe and secured to step out confidently. It is significant to imbibe the essence of independence and security amongst the adolescent girls from the very beginning to be able to break the chain of patriarchy.

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, PHD Rural Development Foundation, the social arm of PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry has organized self-defence training for more than 70 adolescent girls and women from low-income and minority dominating area in rural pockets of Sohna and Siddhrawali, Pataudi in Haryana. The basic training on self-defence methods were provided by certified Krav Maga trainer, Ms Prabhsharan Kaur in the presence of team from PHDRDF.

Mr Sanjay Bhatia, Chairman, PHDRDF on occasion of International Women’s Day stated that, “young boys and girls are the change makers and it is important to prepare them for tomorrow’s world and provide them with both physical and mental training.” The focus has to be on conditioning the youth overall. Among many other initiatives, PHDRDF has also been working in the skill development area through its initiative ‘PHDRDF Saksham’ and has been empowering women and youth through different skill development programs like electrician course, setting up of sanitary manufacturing units, vocational courses, bee-keeping and many more. These skills will help them further with employment opportunities and give them chance to earn livelihood. PHDRDF celebrates this international women’s day with a hope of empowering more women and give them a chance to lead their life independently.

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Industry needs to have a transparency to gain the patient trust and awareness needs to be created through all channels and platforms said by Prof. Kiran Kalia, Director, NIPER, Ahmedabad

Aug 26, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #Ahmedabad, #Director, #NIPER, #patient, #PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry, #Prof. Kiran Kalia

PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry organized a Technical Session on Future of Global Clinical Trials – CRO perspective on the fourth day of the International (3D Virtual) Health & Wellness Expo & Conferences-2020.

The eminent panellists present during the session were Prof. Kiran Kalia, Director, NIPER-Ahmedabad, Dr. Vijai Kumar, President & Chief Medical Officer, Excel Life Sciences, Dr. Manish Rajak, CEO, Innvocept Global Solutions, Dr. Sornaraja Thasma, Director – Business & Quality Assurance, ProRelix Research.

While chairing the session, Prof. Kalia mentioned that the biggest challenge in conducting the trails is the time frame and the limitations. She further told that we have the third-largest share in the world and need to focus with regards to support the MSME and ask them to join the clinical trials.

Prof. Kalia also mentioned that the new technology is to be accepted by the regulatory authorities and transparency needs to be created. She further mentioned the industry and Government needs to have a transparency to gain the patient trust and awareness needs to be created through all channels and platforms. She has also mentioned having short-term training programmes to be conducted by CROs and It is the responsibility of MSME to support academia for developing human resource which are being fit to their application and we need to strengthen this link.

Dr. Vijai Kumar shared a brief presentation about the clinical Evaluation of drugs and how these help clinicians in clinical practice. Dr. Kumar also shared key Indian metrics about the percentage of global disease burden and global clinical trials in India. He also mentioned about the latest trends in drug development on Oncology- Biologicals, Regenerative and NCEs. He said only 1.4% of global clinical trials done in India in spite of 17% global population and 26% of the global disease burden. He also mentioned about the perception and challenges of the global biopharma industry. Dr. Kumar also talked about the role of digitization in Research and development and keeping the health record of the patients.

Dr. Vijay also mentioned that complete transparency and confidentiality of the patient are the main important parameters in the clinical trials. He has also said that every day has been a learning experience during the pandemic, right from making business projections and enrolling the patients in the trails.

Dr. Manish Rajak shared a presentation about the current change in the world of Clinical Trials. Dr. Rajak said the clinical trials industry continues to face various challenges like Increase in Complexity, Rising Costs and Pressing greater pricing. He also shared some critical challenges faced by the CROs in getting the sponsor companies for the trails. Dr. Rajak also mentioned about some new technologies that can change the way of clinical trials. He said organizations should come forward and explore Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and other advanced technology for creating a better impact on the trials. He said CROs will definitely become more Instrumental by collaborating and partnering with the Innovators and also by adopting new technologies to make global clinical trials more efficient and effective and to further accelerate the availability of the novel medicine to the patients. He said there’s a need for Pharmaceuticals Industry to develop a better relationship with the Health Care Industry.

Dr. Manish also mentioned that CRO is also as much responsible as the Pharmaceutical company in the drug development process.

Dr. Sornaraja Thasma thanked PHD Chamber for providing a platform to discuss on the futuristic advancements in clinical trials and clinical research through the digital 3D platform.

Dr. Thasma mentioned that the Pharma and Bio-Tech companies are consistently evolving and new clinical studies, technologies and advancements in care and treatments have augmented the efficiency and at the same time, the complexity of clinical trials has increased, with tests being carried out in a highly structured and closely coordinated manner. It is high time that we look into innovative strategies, new technologies, effective and quality collaborations to address these issues, which can cater to the needs of the patient and the industry.

Dr. Thasma said this session purely focusses on the global health and clinical trials around the world. Bioethics, regulations, patient recruitment, site selection, real-world data, data integration & strategy, outsourcing, vendor management, quality in Trial Conduct, risk-based monitoring, clinical auditing & financial planning and other significant topics that play a key role in clinical trials will be addressed along with innovative sessions on new technologies, effective and quality collaborations.

He mentioned that today’s interaction will definitely provide an opportunity to stimulate the health care scientists/professional on trial design, operations, organizing trials, research computing, regulatory aspects, report on clinical trials and gain a better knowledge of the implications of clinical trials in prevention, diagnosis, clinical trial-related ethics and disease treatments. He said the Health & Wellness Expo had provided an invaluable networking opportunity with decision-makers and focus on real case studies, insightful presentations and round tables.

The session concluded with a formal vote of thanks by Mr. Vivek Seigell, Principal Director, PHD Chamber and was moderated by Dr. Ravi Rathod, Deputy Secretary, PHD Chamber.