Year: 2017

It has been raining awards for Ambuja. At the recent CII-ITC Sustainability Award 2017 event held in New Delhi, a whopping six awards and accolades were conferred upon the cement giant.   ‘Outstanding Accomplishment for Corporate Excellence’ award for demonstrating outstanding policy, practice and results by successfully incorporating sustainability in the core was bagged by Ambuja – one of few companies to get nominated for this award and the only one to have received it for the 8th time in a row.   Ambuja Cement’s three plants – Maratha Cement Works (Maharashtra),…

Ola has recently announced the launch of a comprehensive in-trip insurance program, customized for its driver partners across India. To make for a locally relevant and more robust insurance program, Ola has designed it with feedback and recommendations from driver partners themselves, and has added a variety of features to truly build a first-of-its-kind risk cover. Ola has partnered with Bajaj Allianz to launch this innovative program designed to benefit both, driver partners and their families.   “Chalo Befikar” insurance will be provided to all active driver partners on the Ola platform offering a cover of up…

On the occasion of National Energy Conservation Day, the Infosys Bangalore Development Center (DC) has recently organized a “Teach Your Kid to Conserve” initiative with an aim to engage employees to help their kids appreciate the importance of energy and its conservation.   This year, National Energy Conservation Day is being observed across the country on December 14 to raise awareness around global warming, and importance of energy conservation. The day also promotes and encourages citizens to make conscious effort towards saving and conserving energy in day-to-day life.   The Infosys Bangalore DC…

With governments initiative like Digital India, Startup India and Skill India and the focus of AICTE on Providing Skill based outcomes and trying to improve quality of education, this is an interesting development which has powerful use of tech that allow Millions of Youth in India to be publicly profiled, searchable & contactable for their skills. It provides a platform to the students across the nation even from remote towns to showcase themselves.    All India Council of Technical Education, under which more than 10,300 technical institutions & about 80…

Shri Subhash Chandra had recently launched the Subhash Chandra Foundation to commemorate 90 years of Essel Group and had pledged Rs.5,000 crore of his family wealth towards philanthropic initiatives of the Foundation.  The Subhash Chandra Foundation has also announced the launch of its first-of-its kind initiative – the “Esselerator” program to identify and mentor entrepreneurs. The program has been launched in association with the Essel Group, one of India’s largest diversified business conglomerates, and will be powered by TiE Mumbai, a nonprofit global community.   The program has been launched to identify and mentor entrepreneurs across…

MAIT has recently organized “National Conference on Government Procurement in Information Age” in New Delhi. The conference highlighted the importance of IT procurement practices, Model RFPs 2.0, e-Marketplace for government and semi-government organizations.   The sessions addressed the needs of Public Sector Heads, Government Relation Heads and CFOs of companies working in Government IT business. It provided participants an opportunity to be on the same platform as key Government decision-makers in procurement practices in the country.   The event was inaugurated by Shri Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Secretary, MeitY. Ms Neeta Verma,…

Ola has today announced the appointment of Viraj Chouhan as its Chief Communications Officer (CCO). Viraj, a corporate communications veteran, brings over 20 years of experience across global brands like MTS, Coca-Cola, and Bharti Airtel. He was most recently Executive Director of Corporate Communications at MTS India.     As Chief Communications Officer, Viraj would be reporting to Co-Founder & CEO Bhavish Aggarwal. Viraj will be based in Gurgaon, shuttling between the Millennium City and Bangalore. Anand Subramanian, who was leading the Communications mandate thus far, will be moving into a new role…

Staying true to its corporate philosophy of ‘Kyosei’ – living and working together for the common good, Canon India curates a month long Children’s Day celebration this year. Harnessing its compassion for children, with a firm focus on both its CSR initiatives viz. ‘Adopt a Village’ and ‘Support a Life’, Canon means to bring in a positive change in the life of these children and have a sustained and profound impact on their development.   With a number of considerate activities accomplished as a part of Children’s Day celebrations, the…

Esri India has announced GeoInnovation – A Challenge for Startupreneurs, in partnership with the Department of Science and Technology (DST). GeoInnovation challenge is an exciting program for entrepreneurs who are building GIS technology-enabled start-ups. The aim of the challenge is to provide the start-ups with a platform to showcase their GIS-based business ideas and build a strong network with industry experts, investors and peer group.   This is industry’s first-of-its-kind Public-Private Partnership (PPP) initiative in India with an objective to support start-ups building new businesses based on GIS technology.  The platform has been…