MAHINDRA CARGO ELECTRIC THREE WHEELER - ZOR GRAND LAUNCHED IN BENGALURU.

Mahindra Electric Mobility Limited (MEML),part of the 20 Bn USD Mahindra  Group launched its all new Cargo Electric Three wheeler- Zor Grand. The technologically advanced Zor Grand comes with NEMO connected Vehicle Platform for fleet management & better operational efficiency,as well as an all digital instrument cluster that shows State of charge (SoC),range,Speedometer ,battery health indicator and the tell-tale lights.The vehicle comes with 5 years/1,50,000 kilometre battery warranty.

Ms.Suman Mishra,CEO,Mahindra Electric Mobility Ltd., "The last mile delivery and logistics segment has seen a need for premium & high quality electric vehicles to enable reliable and cost effective cargo transportation.It offers a power packed performance & enables us & our stakeholders to meet their sustainability goals".

The highlights of the vehicle are : 

1.Best-in-industry performance : 50Nm Torque- excellent pick up & acceleration. Clutch-free,gearless,noiseless,vibration free drive & fatigue free experience.

2.Saving upto Rs.6,00,000 in ownership costs in 5 years compared with diesel & upto Rs.3.00 lacs compared with CNG Cargo 3 wheeler.

 

3. Advanced Li-Ion Battery.

4.Better productivity: carry more,earn more.3 side opening cargo tray -easy loading & unloading.

5.Robust quality : Strong metal Body,weather proof design with cabin doors.

6.Mahindra Reliability. More than 800 touch points better after sales service pan India.

7. vehicle warranty of 3 years/80,000 kilometres gives  peace of mind.

CII INDIA INNOVATION SUMMIT 2022 - CII INNOVERGE 2022 - ENGINEERING IMAGINATION KARNATAKA.

 India Innovation Summit,flagship national event of CII is in Bangalore since 2005.The summit provides an ideal platform for the Indian  industry to study & understand various flavors of innovation across all verticals of the industry & drive the essential role of innovation in success of the business for the nation in the digital era. It is also a platform to engage & drive the innovation led growth strategies from India for global markets.

The Three day summit will begin in Bengaluru from 25th August,2022 To 27th August,2022,

ANDHRA PRADESH TOURISM-PACKAGE TOUR TO GANDIKOTA ( 1 NIGHT & 2 DAYS) FROM BENGALURU.

 Andhra Pradesh Tourism launched a Package tour to the Gandikota  Fort which is 77 kms from Kadappa  & 280 kms from Bengaluru.Gandikota is known as Grand Canyon of India.

Package; Bangalore to Gandikota (1 Night & 2 days) Tour which included Breakfast,Lunch & Dinner.Travel by Volvo Multi Axle. Accommodation expenses to be borne by the tourist. The cost is Rs.2452/- for Adult & Rs.2034 for the child. The Tour will be operate on weekends starting from this week. For More information contact A.P. Tourism website.

SOCIAL BEAT DIGITAL LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 2022.

Social Beat, India's fastest growing digital marketing company organised the 8th edition of the Digital Leadership Summit 2022 in Bengaluru  recently.The theme was " Growth through Innovation". The day long summit saw deliberations by subject experts on how digital marketing enables growth in  both  traditional as well as new age companies. Some key topics discussed during the summit included driving profitable growth with Google and Meta building from India to the world,bridging the gap between sales & Marketing,using analytics  to drive marketing decisions driving D2C growth,channel mix optimization and the growth story of one of India's largest trucking platforms.

Raghunandan G,Founder,Zolve said," the role of marketing is very important for a business to grow as according to him marketing plays a bigger role than any other operation in the Company as there is no brand loyalty for consumers these days.He cited the example of Web Taxi Services & Food delivery platforms,where the customers will go to the app that gives best deal at that time.Mr.Raghunandan said that the companies need to adapt to changes quickly.as you can't capitalize on a single innovation for long.According to him,how a company leverages the market when their innovation is in demand makes or breaks the brand.

Ruchi Kohli,Head Partner Management,Meta,mentioned about how brands can drive profitable growth with Meta.Anand Iyer,Manager,Google Customer Solutions spoke on driving profitability and scale with Google. Other speakers at the summit included Sanjay Kumar Jariwal,CMO,Prestige Group,Manish Singh,Chief Product Officer Blackbuck,Abhijeet Patil,VP,Sales & Marketing,Upgrad campus & Rahul Dutta,GM,Growth Wingreens .

AaKASH BYJU'S LAUNCHES " EDUCATION ' FOR ALL TOWARDS INCLUSIVITY & EMPOWERMENT OF THE GIRL CHILD.

 To celebrate the Government of India's ' Azaadika Amrit Mahotsava' initiative,Aakash BYJU's,is organising a major drive towards inclusivity & empowerment of girl students in the arena of private coaching for higher education through 'Education for all',a nationwide project to offer free NEET and JEE coaching & scholarships to nearly 2000 class VII-XII students from under privileged families, especially  girls.

The lauch took place today Pan India simultaneously at 45 locations with the main event taking place at the JW Marriott Hotel,Aerocity in Delhi which was attended by Mr.J.C.Chaudhry,Chairman, Mr.Abhishek Maheshwari,CEO,Aakash BYJU's along with other Company Officials. As per the project,all identified students will appear for Aakash BYJU's  National Talent Hunt exam-2022 (Anthe 2022)  scheduled to be held between November, 5-13,across the country both in Online & Offline mode. Anthe is a One hour exam & the Online will be held between 10.00 AM -07.00PM,while the Offline exam will be conducted on November 6 & 13,2022 at all 285+ centres of Aakash BYJU's across the country.

Commenting on " Education for All" initiative,Mr.Aakash Chaudhry,Managing Director,Aakash BYJU's said," There are millions of students who cannot afford private coaching that can hugely further their chances of cracking the entrance exams.Through "Education for All' we are doing our bit to lift the scope and expand the opportunities for coaching for professional courses to under privileged families,especially girls".

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS -INDIA - ANNUAL REAL ESTATE CONVENTION IN BENGALURU.

National Association of Realtors-India (NAR-India),the extended arm of NAR-USA,will hold the 14th Annual Convention of Realtors,Two day event on 6th & 7th August, at the iconic Bangalore Palace.This two day event will attract 2000 stakeholders from the real estate sector to discuss the current situation & the future of the Indian Real Estate Sector .This event will bring together participants from the Government, regulatory bodies & the leaders from the real estate sector.

The event will be inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Karnataka,Shri.Basavaraj Bommai. The participants will be viz: Mr.Samir Arora,President NAR-India &CREA(I),Mr.Ravi Varma,Vice Chairman-NAR India,Mr.Sumanth Reddy,Immediate Past President NAR India Mr.Tarun Bhatia,President Elect,NAR IndiaMr.Shiva Kumar,Convention Chairman, Mr.Pradeep Joe,Convention  Co Chairman Mr. Santosh Avalakki & NAR Global Ambassador- Mr.Pradeep B Shukla.

The theme of this year's Convention is "Yes Realtor" to highlight "Respect for the profession" & ' "Respect for the professional".The event is hosted by CREA (I),the Confederation of Real Estate Associates (India) based in Bengaluru.The knowledge partners are IIM-Bangalore & CREDAI-Bengaluru are the official support partners for the event.

The Chairman of the Convention . Mr.Pradeep Joe, said," The real estate sector's contribution to the country's GDP is about 12% & one of the highest employers in the country& hence the real estate sector deserves the Industry status."

Further, the convention will focus on repositioning of the realtors in the eyes of the general public.The convention will set the tone for requesting for One single Licence for realtors Pan India.

PRIVATISATION OF PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS - NOT A GOOD MOVE.

 State Bank of India  (SBI) Chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara  has rightly said that performance is NOT based on who owns it. He said it in response to a paper  by Columbia University Professor Arvind Panagariya & Poonam Gupta of NCAER. They had recently suggested privatisation of all Public sector Banks except SBI.

14  Banks were nationalised in July,1969 & other  6 Banks were nationalised in 1980. It was the need of the hour then  as the banks  were only concentrating  in Big cities & large chunk of our country remained unbanked.Then the government &  RBI came out with a policy that if a bank wants to  open a branch in Metropolitan area,they have to open atleast Two branches in Rural areas which were unbanked. This move by the government enabled banks to finance agriculture & allied activities which was a big relief to people in rural areas. The banks then financed for agriculture,its related activities  thus relieving the poor farmers from the clutches of money lenders. No Private sector banks were ready to move & Operate in  the rural areas then. Now, we are in 2022 after half a century of bank nationalisation in 1969,the network of branches in rural/semi urban areas of the country are fully covered  mostly by SBI & Nationalised banks .

Privatisation is not a panacea for all the ills in the banking sector. Even some private banks have failed right from the days of Palai Central Bank which was 17th largest scheduled Bank in 1960.What Nationalised banks require is Management by  Professionals,Non Interference by Government .The government can reduce their stake in Nationalised banks to 51 % or even less to 35% to 40% by offering for sale to the Indian Public. & the Board should have more successful bankers as Directors.

SPARSH HOSPITAL UNVEILS THE " FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE". INTRODUCES MAKO ROBOTIC-ARM ASSISTED SURGERY FOR JOINT REPLACEMENT.

SPARSH Group of Hospitals unveiled a series of initiatives as a part of its technology adoption & digital transformation journey. SPARSH has introduced FIVE Key Healthcare Technologies that Comprises the following:

    * A Robotic Arm used for joint replacement surgeries that enables surgeons to deliver

       more predictable surgical outcomes with increased accuracy.

   * 3D Printing Technology: The future of high accuracy Surgery.

   * O-arm & Stealthstation S8: A high precision surgical imaging & navigation system 

      for brain  surgeries.

  *  Kinevo 900-3D Microscope: The Kinevo 900 is a robotic visualisation system that 

     offers an Unique micro inspection tool and Surgeon controlled robotics.

  * Sparsh Patient portal app: An integrated patient app to store all patient information,reports 

     & Test results.Patients can also schedule virtual doctor consultations through a 

    wallet  available within the app.

Commenting on the new initiatives,Dr.Sharan Shivaraj Patil,Chairman SPARSH Hospital 

said,"  At SPARSH,we have been early adopters of cutting edge technology that can offer precision,faster recovery &better experience for our patients. Only with technology, healthcare canbecome affordable."

Dr.C.N.Ashwath Narayan, Minister for Higher Education,IT & BT,Govt.of Karnataka,

said,"As the IT Capital of the country,Bengaluru has been a leader in introducing & implementing technology driven solutions that have transformed people's lives.I would 

like to congratulate Dr.Sharan & his team for implementing these solutions.We need  more initiatives like this that can help Bengaluru become a sought after destination for advanced medical procedures".

Dr.A.V.Guruva Reddy,M.D.& Chief Surgeon,Sunshine Hospitals,Hyderabad was also present on the Occasion.

FANZART -LUXURY FAN BRAND LAUNCHES INDIA'S LARGEST FAN DISPLAY SHOWROOM IN BENGALURU -UNVEILS 6 NEW FAN MODELS.

Fanzart, a pioneer in luxury designer fans has opened its 104th showroom in Sadashiv Nagar in Bengaluru. Fanzart started its operation  in 2012 & has completed 10 years of its operation.The new showroom will be the flagship, Company owned  showroom with largest display of luxury designer

Fans in the country.

Speaking at the launch,Mr.Anil Lala, Managing Director,Fanzart said,"  we are happy to have a widespread  display of the most outstanding quality of luxury fans under one roof.We have a great team who work hard towards bringing innovation & defining  state-of-the-art technology in designer fans".

The Company unveiled 6 New Fan Models Viz: HALO,ORBIT,JAZZ,MAPLE,SUNSET,CHERRY PLUM & CHERRY NIGHT.

Halo,the Orbit & the Jazz are powered by power saving BLDC Motors,and offer Fanzart's Summer-winter feature.It allows the fan to rotate anti clockwise for cool breeze & Clockwise for cozy warm air effect with remote control.

BIGHAAT LAUNCHES AN APP IN KANNADA FOR THE BENEFIT OF FARMERS IN KARNATAKA.

BigHaat ,India's largest Digital Agri Platform providing end-to-end farming solutions  
launched a mobile solution in kannada to empower the farming community in Karnataka.The app was launched by Mr.Shivayogi C Kalasad,IAS,Secretary,Agriculture  Dept.Govt.Of Karnataka  in the presence of Mr.Sateesh Nukula,CEO & Co Founder, BigHaat.This app will enable farmers to interact in their native language & have access to knowledge & solutions,in a simplified manner,for their farming needs.

Speaking at the launch, Mr.Shivayogi C Kalasad, said," With BigHaat's app in Kannada,farmers can have access to a life changing platform.This app will ensure technology is at the finger tips of farmers enabling them to make informed decisions on cultivation".

The app in Kannada was developed to empower the farmers in the state with enriched data thus fulfilling their pre harvest to post harvest needs. It is our endeavour to provide a wholesome digital eco system for farmers by personalizing accessible solutions",said Mr.Sateesh Nukala of BigHaat.

The app also offers end-to-end crop advisory in Kannada and an AI -based real time solution with a high impact on risk mitigation. Further,the app also gives product recommendations based on transactional & behavioural data.

APOLLO CANCER CENTRES CELEBRATE LIFE AFTER CANCER WITH PEAK-TO-PEAK INITIATIVE.

 Apollo Cancer Centres celebrate  ' Life After Cancer' with its recent initiative 'Peak To Peak- winning over cancer'- a 5 day trek with cancer survivors & care givers.The initiative,which was flagged off from Dehradun in June 2022.

Eight cancer survivors from different parts of the country embarked on a memorable journey from Dehradun to Dayara Bugyal in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand,traversing along the luscious green meadows & rich landscape to scale the height of 11,830 feet.

Dr.Rani Akhil Bhat, Lead Surgeon Consultant - Gynec Oncology,Apollo Cancer Centres and Archana Hosangadi (50 years old),one of the cancer survivors from Bengaluru who scaled a height of 11,830 feet,in Uttarakhand,were a part of the initiative." The event was a symbol of celebration for those who have survived,an Inspiration for those recently diagnosed, a gathering of support for families,and an Outreach to the community" said, Dr.Bhat.

Dr.Jayanti Thumsi, Lead Surgeon,Breast Oncology,Apollo Cancer Centres,who treated Archana pointed out that there has been an immense advancement in the treatment of Breast cancer.

Both the doctors has suggested the  for early diagnosis & Treatment as the Cancer is treatable.They suggested that women should take just 10 minutes atleast at frequent intervals to self examination  of their breasts. They should also get 'Breast Screening' & mammogram done on regular basis with change of Lifestyle.

Dr.Manish Mattoo,CEO,Karnataka Region said," In this age of technical advancement,cancer can be treated with the right knowledge of experts & if it is diagnosed  at the right time".

Archana Hosangadi, a banker by profession said,' I was diagnosed with TNBC,2nd stage in May,2019.Thereafter,I went through surgery,very intense chemotherapy of eight cycles & 25 radiations,which although helped me to heal from illness,left me weak & drained all my confidence.I did get back to the Gym shortly after my treatment but always felt the confidence lacking". According to her,it was fulfilling to see & experience that all the survivors could make it to the top. In line with the Motto"Winning over cancer"  Apollo Cancer Centres aims to bust the myth around cancer & spread positivity by sharing the story of cancer survivors.The core thought is in the belief of winning -not only conquering Cancer physically but also mentally.

K2V2 TECHNOLOGIES LAUNCHES" BEYONDWALLS" AN INTEGRATED PropTech ECOSYSTEM FOR REAL ESTATE IN INDIA.

BeyondWalls,a tech driven platform that aims to be India's one-stop trusted & transparent PropTech ecosystem has been launched . BeyondWalls enables collaboration between Developers & Channel Partners with a view to provide a seamless end-to-end offering for Home buyers. BeyondWalls is geared to become India's answer to create an evolved & elevated experience for the entire Real Estate Value chain. 

                                Vikram Kotnis,Executive Chairman & M.D. BeyondWalls.

BeyondWalls helps developers gains sales velocity during project launches by outsourcing or augmenting their sales team & targeting the right set of Home Buyers. The firm has been in operation in Pune for the past 6 months.During this period,they have successfully sold over 1500 units of inventory across 20 Projects & 2 Townships in Pune  & Onboarded 3000+ channel partners.Post its success in Pune, BeyondWalls has ambitious plans to expand to major markets like Mumbai & Bengaluru & sell over 5000 units of inventory in FY 2022-23.

                                                        Ketan Sabnis,CEO,BeyondWalls.