At the prestigious World Branding Awards, three Indian brands were named as National Tier winners; Airtel (Telecommunications – Mobile), Milton (Houseware Products), and Royal Enfield (Automotive – Motorcycles). Known for the ultimate global brand recognition accolade, the World Branding Awards is now in its 10th edition. It saw 318 brands from 41 countries named “Brand…
With an aim to identify solutions to the critical challenges of sustainable urban living, Messe Frankfurt India will host India’s first Technical Textile Hackathon on 22nd November 2019. The hackathon titled “Techtextil NEXT” will build an eco-system that supports India’s technical textile start-ups and enables them to develop products and prototypes with Technical Textiles, driving…
The Indian Institute of Skills (IIS) was conceptualized by The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship to address the above mentioned issues and to develop state of the art skill institutions. The vision behind setting up IIS is to build world-class skill training centres by learning and imbibing best practices from internationally renowned existing skill…
BlaizeTM, new-generation computing unleashing the potential of AI to enable leaps in the value technology delivers to improve the way we all work and live, has emerged from stealth unveiling a ground-breaking next-generation computing architecture that precisely meets the demands and complexity of new computational workloads found in artificial intelligence (AI) applications. In cadence with…
Markus Duesmann will succeed Bram Schot as CEO of Audi. His appointment will be effective from April 1, 2020. The incumbent CEO, Bram Schot, has been in this role since June 2018. Duesmann has been active in the automotive industry for almost three decades, most recently as Board of Management Member for Purchasing at BMW.…
World’s leading investment firm, Blackstone and India’s largest integrated fashion company, Future Lifestyle Fashions Limited (FLFL) have announced that funds managed by Blackstone have invested ₹1,750cr in Ryka Commercial Ventures Pvt Ltd, the holding company of FLFL, and FLFL. With this transaction, Blackstone will be the only financial partner in Ryka. As a part of…
Times Professional Learning, an education initiative by The Times of India Group and the Broad College of Business, Michigan State University (MSU), has announced an agreement for the delivery of MSU online executive education programs for businesses and professionals in India. Starting December 2019, Times Professional Learning, under its vertical The Second Wind (TSW), will…
Teleperformance in India has announced that it has been recognised as an Aon Best Employer, which is now known as Kincentric Best Employer, for the sixth consecutive year as part of the Best Employers global certification. With almost 20 years of experience in Best Employer research across the world, backed by more than 50 years…
eBikeGo, an electric two-wheeler rental startup has raised $300,000 round led by Startup Buddy. The round also saw participation from other investors like Singer Sukhbir Singh, Rajesh Sawhney (Co-Founder of Innerchef), Rohit Chanana (Founder, Sarcha Advisory), Siddartha Ahluwalia (Founder of 100x Entrepreneur), Boudhik Ventures, Milind Garud, Arun Gholap, Shantanu Vinekar and other senior corporate executives.…
FSS, a Payments and Fintech leader, has announced that they won the prestigious 2019 Frost & Sullivan, India Best Practices Award for Leadership in Payments. FSS has been conferred the 2019 India Payments Technology — Transaction Processing Services and Product Line — Strategy Leadership Award for a proven track record for technology services and commercial…
Namrata Ashok Chotrani, former Director of Fairwinds Private Equity, has been appointed as CEO of Khadim India Ltd. Khadim’s was established in December 3, 1981 as S.N. Footwear Industries Private Limited. Ms. Namrata Ashok Chotrani holds a bachelor’s degree in Commerce from the H. R. College of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai University, and a master’s…
Teradata, the cloud-based data analytics company delivering Pervasive Data Intelligence, announced that Victor Lund, the Executive Chairman of the Teradata Board of Directors, has been appointed Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Upon mutual agreement between the Teradata board and Oliver Ratzesberger, as of November 5, 2019, Mr. Ratzesberger is no longer serving…
The third edition of Women Scientists’ and Entrepreneurs’ Conclave of the India International Science Festival (IISF) is being organized on November 7-8, 2019 at Biswa Bangla Convention Center. The conclave being organised by Ministry of Science and Technology, is an effort to inspire young women to take up careers in Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship and…
Directorate General of Training (DGT), under the aegis of Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE), has launched SkillsBuild platform in collaboration with IBM. The platform has been deployed with the support of leading NGOs like Unnati and Edunet Foundation. As a part of the initiative IBM Volunteers along with the NGO’s will offer students…
Shyam Lal Gupta has been appointed on the Board of IRCON as Director (Projects) by replacing Deepak Sabhlok. Shyam Lal Gupta was deputed in IRCON by Indian Railways Service of Engineers as a General Manager in November, 2006 and thereafter was permanently absorbed in IRCON since 2011. He was Executive Director (General) in IRCON before…