Year: 2018

Former Executive Vice President and National Creative Head – Radio Mirchi, Riya Mukherjee has opted to raise funds through crowdfunding for financing her short film The Disguise – her debut venture in filmmaking.   Riya Mukherjee, a well-known music and radio consultant, founder of Riya Mukherjee Word Pictures, and the former National Creative Head of Radio Mirchi, has stepped into the world of filmmaking with her first short film -The Disguise, an issue-based film on growing cultural intolerance issue across the globe. To finance her maiden venture, Riya has collaborated with Crowdera, the…

Logitech has initiated the drive of radial empowerment by providing 100 schools in Uttar Pradesh, Devanagiri enabled Hindi keyboards. Committed to bridge the digital divide in the country, Logitech through its Digi@भारत initiative, aims to help students cross linguistic barriers in the use and adoption of digital technologies.   Sumanta Datta, Managing Director, India and SWA, Logitech Asia Pacific said, “At Logitech we firmly believe that use and adoption of technology should be democratised and language should not be a knowledge barrier. Today, we are extremely proud and humbled to have…

Kerala has been experiencing its worst downpour in over a century and the devastation that has followed has seen the loss of many lives, unprecedented damage to the state’s infrastructure and immense disruption to normal lives of citizens.   Vodafone India cares for people and believes that every life saved, every distress call connected makes an invaluable difference.   The company has mobilized its vast network of employees, customers, partners, vendors and supporters for relief work, channelizing its resources and efforts to the best of its ability, to provide help…

United States Soybean Export Council (USSEC) in collaboration with the Association of Food Scientists and Technologists of India (AFSTI) has organised a one day event “Skill Enhancement and Entrepreneurship Development in Soy Food Processing” in New Delhi involving various stakeholders from the industry, government, academia, agriculture and food policy experts. Eminent speakers from the US department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), Soy Processors Association of India, Progressive Soybean Entrepreneurs Association, Indian Institute of packaging, Food Industry Capacity & Skill Initiative (FICSI), Ernst & Young,…

Swaraj Division, a part of the US 20.7 billion Mahindra Group has launched its new ‘Mera Swaraj App’ to enhance its already strong connection with its customers, the farmers. This new tech driven initiative adds a new dimension to the company’s Customer Relationship Management (CRM) capabilities and is part of the company’s customer centricity initiatives.   With this mobile application, Swaraj Tractors will significantly enhance its services to the customers, allowing them to receive services such as Door Step Service, Stand By Tractors and Fixed Day Fixed Location Service Events.…

Banco Agrario, a prominent state-run bank focused on rural and agricultural sector, Telefonica Colombia and Comviva have come together for a mobile wallet pilot project in Colombia. The project will focus on leveraging the ubiquity of mobile phones in Colombia to extend digital financial services to agricultural producers and the rural population.   In the pilot phase, customers will be able to open a mobile account, deposit money into account, withdraw cash from the account, transfer money to other users, pay utility bills and recharge their prepaid mobile connection, among…