Trend Micro Bids Farewell to its Global CTO Raimund Genes

It is with great sadness that Trend Micro and its 5,500 employees around the globe have learned about the death of Raimund Genes, chief technology officer for Trend Micro. Genes, aged 54, died unexpectedly of a heart attack on Friday, March 24, at his family home in Germany.

“It is with a heavy heart that I have to inform you about the incalculable loss of our dear friend and colleague Raimund Genes,” said Eva Chen, chief executive officer for Trend Micro in a note to all employees. “We are shocked and heartbroken. Raimund was an exceptional human being and a great leader. He was a confidant and friend and our heart goes out to his family.”

Raimund Genes was an integral part of Trend Micro during the last 21 years, building up the Trend Micro organization in Germany and Europe and serving as chief technology officer and an important public voice for the company. 

“Trend Micro and the entire security industry have lost an exceptional visionary and a wonderful human being. Raimund’s talent, knowledge, passion and great sense of humor will be truly missed,” said Jenny and Steve Chang, co-founders of Trend Micro. “Raimund was well known in the industry for his security knowledge, and he enjoyed using vibrant examples to educate audiences about the need for cybersecurity. As an integral part of our executive team, we highly appreciated his ambition to constantly challenge himself and the organization. His drive for continuous improvement and his remarkable talent sparked the passion of security of others. He was a great mentor to so many Trend Micro employees.”

Raimund Genes gained a wealth of security expertise and experience over the course of his 30-year career. Originally a distributor for Trend Micro with his own business, he founded Trend Micro Deutschland GmbH, Trend Micro’s subsidiary in Germany in 1996. During his time at Trend Micro, Raimund held numerous senior management positions, including managing director for Trend Micro Germany, head of sales marketing and sales Europe, president of European operations and most recently global chief technology officer. Most importantly, Raimund was a loving husband and father of two sons and great friend. Trend Micro and all of its employees share with Raimund’s family and friends the immense sadness of his death.

XIME Hosts Two-Day International B-Schools’ Meet in Campus

Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship holds the International B-Schools’ meet with a theme “Management Education: Coping with the emerging trends in the globalized world” which commenced on Tuesday. The two day event ending on March 29, 2017 is being  held at the XIME Campus in Electronic City Phase 2, Bengaluru.

The conference was chaired by Prof. J. Philip, the Founder and President of XIME. Prof. Philip who is a former Director of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bengaluru is considered a doyen of Indian management education and under his stewardship XIME has gone from strength to strength and has been consistently ranked among the best B-Schools of India with the latest Business India Survey putting it at the 25th rank from among over 3500 management institutions in India.

“Globalization has been a dominant theme and framework for action for the business world during the last two decades and more. Management education for its part has been making constant adjustments to the exigencies of globalization, whether it is multinational management, business strategy, marketing, international finance or supply chain management,” said Professor Philip.

In the backdrop of various concurrent situations around the world, the organizers chose a theme in which they can hold discussions on how management education can cope with various emerging trends in the era of globalization.

“There have recently been countervailing forces against globalization, as illustrated by BREXIT, the rise of illiberal populism in parts of the world and policy trends associated with the new USA administration,” said Professor Philip.

“While such restrictive trends may periodically appear and disappear, technological developments and the compulsions of inter dependence of nations would continue to shrink the world and make it imperative for businesses to operate on a global canvas. B-Schools too will have to follow suit, and design strategies to sustain their globalized operations and exposure, keeping in view the contextual condition,” he said. 

A galaxy of illustrious international and Indian academicians along with distinguished industry captains deliberated on the conference theme with separate sessions devoted to the sub themes such as- ‘perils and pleasures of globalized education: stakeholders’ perspectives’,  by Dr John Delaney,dean of Kogod School of Business, American University stressed on the U.S. disruption and how it can affect International business school, he says the impediment  will shift oportunities from the west . Universities outside the west  must collaborate to preserve information essential to recognise we are equal in pursuit of higher education. He also highlighted on pollution as a global enemy . The  US policy encourages coal as fuel, this will discourage other countries to  reduce pollution. Besides,he also said business is an applied field ,the business school outside the west must lead development and enroll more students from U.S. and Uk .networks and partnerships for globalized education’, funding support for global exposure: requirements and availability’.

Other significant and brainstorming sub sessions were ‘globalized education: the role and impact on transnational corporations’, ‘multi-country Programmes: feasibility and impact’, ‘technology enabled pedagogies in management education’ and ‘globalizing management education: An agenda for action’.

While Dr. R. Natarajan, the former chairman of The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) (AICTE) was the Guest of Honour at the conference, the Keynote addresses were delivered by Dr. John T. Delaney, Dean – Kogod School of Business, American University and Mr. Rajiv C. Lochan, MD & CEO of The Hindu Group. The group of international speakers were the Directors/Deans of leading Business Schools from the USA, China, Russia, UK, Ireland, Malaysia, Thailand, Brazil and Australia and the team of Indian academia was led by the Directors of IIM Bangalore (Dr. G. Raghuram), IIM Raipur (Dr. B.S. Sahay), IIM Trichy (Dr. Praful Agnihotri), MDI Gurgaon (Dr.C.P. Shrimali) and the former Director of IIM Kolkatta (Dr. Shekhar Choudhari).

As any deliberation on Management Education is considered incomplete without the industry’s perspective, leading lights like B. Muthuraman (Former MD, Tata Steel), Ganesh Natarajan (Former Chairman, NASSCOM and Chairman 5F World), Sandip Sen (Global CEO, Aegis Ltd), Milind Chalisgaonkar (Founder Mphasis Ltd and Advisor AXA), Amitabh Satyam (Former Managing Partner SAP and Global Consulting Leader – Telecom, IBM) and Suprio Guha Thakurtha (Chief Strategy Officer, The Economist, London) spoke at the event representing the industry.

ROHM Semiconductor and Renesas Partners for GR Peach Design Contest

ROHM Semiconductors India was a proud partner of the annual GR Peach Design Contest organized by Renesas. The contest which commenced in July last year, concluded successfully with the Grand Finale organized on March 2^, 2017, at The Leela Palace, Bangalore. ROHM Semiconductor has always encouraged young aspiring engineers by supporting such events. This contest invites students, hobbyists and buddying engineers to design and build innovative embedded systems, which attracted participation of more than 100 teams.

25 best projects from the top 50 were awarded by ROHM with their Sensor Shield Evaluation Kit which the young engineers can utilize in their various projects, including IoT solutions.

ROHM Sensor kit is an efficient way to quickly evaluate and test sensor products which is compatible with the Arduino Uno platform, and the kit contains the base board, with 6 Sensor Breakout Boards (Analog and Digital Ambient Light Sensors, Accelerometer + Magnetometer Combo Sensor, along with Hall, Tempr and UV Sensors). For more details on the Sensor EVK.

The Grand Finale witnessed 20 teams contesting against each other for top prize. Hyderabad-based NEO Innovations won the First Prize for their ‘Mini Gateway for Automation and Security’ Project. The Second Prize was bagged by the team from MBCET, Trichy for their Project PEACHSAT and the 3^rd prize was awarded to the team from Sri Eshwar College of Engineering, Coimbatore for their project- ‘IoT Based Vehicle Parameters and Security System’.

Britto Edwards Victor, Head, India Design Centre, ROHM Semiconductor India was on the jury of this contest. Daisuke Nakamura, Managing Director, ROHM Semiconductor India also presented prizes to the winners. 

Bharti of Maharaja Surajmal Institute is TechGig’s Geek Goddess 2017

The recently concluded TechGig Geek Goddess event proved without a doubt that given the opportunity, top coders can appear from any background and are not are not exclusive to the top 10 institutes in India.

Ms. Bharti from Maharaja Surajmal Institute, not only topped the Geek Goddess leader board beating hundreds of IIT and NIT graduates, but did it in style by completing all her coding challenges with 2 hours to spare!

"This is first time I’ve come first somewhere. At Maharaja Surajmal Institute, I always placed third. I wish I could have called my Dad on stage now that I have come first. Since I was born, I have faced a lot of discrimination being a woman, I never stepped out of my house unchaperoned, even for a day. But when I shared my desire to move to Hyderabad to join Verizon, my dad supported me whole-heartedly, even against the wishes of other family members. He was the one who encouraged me for my education and supported my growth," said a very emotional Bharti.

Accepting the TechGig Geek Goddess 2017 title Bharti added, "Everyone says behind every successful man there is a woman, behind me it’s my dad. I dedicate my success and this award to him."

Bharti is a B. Tech from Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology (MSIT), with proficiency in Java and knowledge of Network and Data Security. Verizon was quick to recognize Bharti’s innate talent and employed her straight out of campus as a software developer at their Hyderabad facilities.

Women leaders from across the IT space graced the event and interacted with the contestants, including such stalwarts as,

·  Vasuta Agarwal, VP & GM, India at InMobi

·  Kalyani Sekar, Managing Director, Verizon Data Services India

·  Vidhya Krishnaswamy, Director, Sapient Razorfish

·  Deepika Goel, Vice President- Research and Analytics, Genpact

·  Anahita Varma, Managing Director - Financial Services, Technology, Accenture

·  Daisy Chittilapilly, Managing Director, Partner Organization, Cisco India and SAARC

·  Annie Mathew Director-Audience Marketing, Microsoft India

·  Bidisha Nagaraj, Chief Marketing Officer, Schneider Electric

·  Dipti Tandon, Head of Product and Technology, TechGig

Annie Mathew Director-Audience Marketing, Microsoft India, commented, “The passion and energy of the women coders at the finale was palpable. It was especially sweet to hear the stories of the women who won and others who came across and discussed the issues on top of their minds. It’s so important to have such events for women to bring out role models. So, thanks to TechGig for the Geek Goddess contests.”

Dipti Tandon, Head of Product and Technology, TechGig, thanked everyone for the resounding success of event by saying, “Each finalist at TechGig Geek Goddess is a winner, as we had 30,000 women register for the event, and only the top 100 made it to the final. This event not only revealed the top women coders from across India, but also gave an opportunity for them to interact and network with exemplary women leaders who were present at the grand finale.”

“The astonishing victory of MSIT graduate Bharti, at TechGig Geek Goddess substantiates our purpose of democratizing talent. We organize such events to promote true merit and reveal the best coding talent in the country by bringing coders from start-ups and established giants under one roof to compete and unleash their true potential, irrespective of their background. We wish Bharti tremendous success as a role model and inspiration to other women coders,” said Nilanjan Roy, Head of Strategy, Times Business Solutions.

Other winners at TechGig Geek Goddess 2017 were, RTMNU graduate Charmy Vora (Rank 2), Sneha Mujumdar from Pune University (Rank 3), Anusha Yakkala from IIT Kgp (Rank 4), and Sonal Bhargava from DAVIET (Rank 5).

Upcoming national level competitions and the complete list of winners and finalists are available on the TechGig website.

Mahindra First-Ever 'Mojo Exclusive' Showroom Now Opened in Bengaluru

Mahindra opens Exclusive MOJO dealership in Bengaluru Mahindra Mojo exclusive dealership was launched today in Bengaluru. This exclusive Mahindra Mojo dealership is located in Banaswadi of Bengaluru.

NAFS Motors, the exclusive Mahindra Mojo dealership is located at 100 feet Road, Doddabanaswadi, Bengaluru. This is a first of its kind two-wheeler brand specific dealership in the country.

The exclusive Mojo dealership, NAFS Motors comes with a workshop that has been designed to promote one-stop destination for all the biking needs of a biker. The MOJO showroom also sells accessories and merchandise of Mahindra Mojo motorcycles. Apart from accessories, the dealership will also provide customisation and servicing attributes. The exclusive Mahindra Mojo dealership is driven by young and vibrant team who are passionate about biking.

The “MOJO TRIBE” – community of owners of Mojo motorcycles translates the brand ethos into brick and mortar, having meticulously planned sections showcasing the essentials of riding and the adventure of ‘Trails of Mojo Tribe‘.

Naveen Malhotra,  senior General Manager – Sales, Marketing and Product Planning, Mahindra Two Wheelers said, “We have always believed in biking being a lifestyle and attitude than just a product and hence we look the unconventiopnal route right from the launch of the “MOJO Tribe” for MOJO owners to the “Trails of MOJO Tribe” which took the owners to experience the bike in diverse terrains.”

The company had also announced that they are working on an adventure, street and cruiser models based on the Mojo platform. With 4 new models confirmed to join the Mojo family; prime contenders being production versions of the Scrambler and Adventure version displayed at the 2016 Auto Expo. A low-cost version with standard telescopic forks and a single sided exhaust too is on the cards!

Launched in 2015, the Mojo currently retails at Rs. 1.70 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). The move to separate the Mahindra Mojo from the rest of the line-up, which includes products like the Centuro and Gusto, is to add value for buyers paying this premium price by offering more exclusive experience and premium treatment. 

IIT Stuart B School Launches Online MBA Program in India

Highly motivated working professionals in India will soon be able to earn a Global MBA from a US university, without quitting their jobs. Illinois Institute of Technology’s Stuart School of Business in Chicago, Illinois, USA is launching a Global MBA program in ‘Business Innovation’ for working professionals. Keeping in mind the convenience of Indian students, this program will be a 2-year, part-time course delivered online using interactive technology that provides a rigorous high-quality learning experience. The course aims to prepare working professionals globally for the next phase in business innovation in the age of Big Data and technological transformation.

The Illinois Tech program is designed with a focus on business innovation to prepare experienced, mid-career professionals for leadership and management positions in India and abroad. The program will enable international students to take classes online in a live, interactive session once a week, using Blackboard Collaborate technology.

The technology will also facilitate student-to-student interaction; projects in global, virtual teams; the flexibility to appear for exams from anywhere. The program also offers an opportunity for students to participate in a short international immersion experience in Chicago.

Dr. M. Krishna Erramilli, program director, associate dean & professor of marketing, said, “India is a growing global hub in the business of technology and Big Data. Through this course, we aim to enhance the skills of working professionals, providing a global perspective, broadening their thinking, giving them experience with strategic innovation methods, and empowering them to recognize and seize new opportunities. The program also comes as an advantage to every Indian student who cannot afford education in an international university as we are offering this course at an affordable cost. Also, online format of the course will further reduce the cost of travel and accommodation, benefiting the student at large.”

Commenting on the launch, Dr. Alan W Cramb, president, Illinois Institute of Technology said, “Our University pioneered asynchronous delivery of advanced courses in computer science and engineering to working professionals in India’s “Silicon Valley” 20 years ago. We have seen how students and their employers have benefited. We are delighted to be able to extend these benefits to in–career professionals, who wish to pursue an MBA, and their employers. “

The mission of Stuart Business School is to provide courses designed to enhance real world and socially responsible perspectives. The Illinois Tech Online MBA for Global Professionals in Business Innovation has a unique focus on management challenges in technology-intensive organizations, financial modeling, Big Data analytics, design thinking, innovation, and sustainability. These topics are incorporated through the multi-disciplinary components of strategically competitive leadership to globally diverse in-career students.

Bangaloreans Witnessed Mercedes-Benz’s Unique Customer Engagement Initiative

India’s largest luxury car manufacturer, Mercedes-Benz organized its unique customer engagement initiative, Luxe Drive, in the ‘City of Gardens – Bangalore’ over the weekend. The patrons who were present got a comprehensive brand experience, based on the three pillars of Adrenaline, Gourmet and Lifestyle during these two days of the event. The event became a runaway success and patrons enjoyed the luxurious brand experience that blends the thrill of driving with lifestyle combined with gourmet. The event was held at Nice Ring Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka.

The patrons enjoyed the best of luxury and brand experience made available by Mercedes-Benz India. Renowned Chef Ranveer Brar ensured the guests enjoyed delectable platter prepared by him. The fashion workshop conducted by Genesis Luxury created buzz among patrons as they showcased globally renowned lifestyle brands at the event. Patrons also received an opportunity to drive the fascinating range of Mercedes-Benz vehicles on the specially designed tracks. This drive showcased the technological prowess and luxury quotient of the cars.

Speaking on the occasion,  Roland Folger, Managing Director and CEO, Mercedes-Benz India said, “The garden and IT city of Bangalore is a gateway of Southern prosperity and it is a quintessential market for us at Mercedes-Benz. Customer engagement programmes like Luxe Drive are essential to engage with our potential customer base and we do this by providing them an indulgent brand experience synonymous with the Three Pointed Star. Such customer oriented activities help us in creating and strengthening our brand’s resonance with our patrons and prospective customers. At Luxe Drive, we inform, engage and intrigue our audience by providing the best experience of gourmet, adrenaline and lifestyle. We are confident of bringing more such customized engagement programs in the future, and continue to fascinate our valuable patrons with memorable experiences.”

Mercedes-Benz introduced many interesting activities this year like the Blind Fold Photography Workshop and Live Musical Performances to enthrall the patrons. The blind fold photography workshop celebrates the diversity of human conditions; a visually

Luxe Drive had in store something for everyone, right from the tiny toddlers who can enjoy themselves in the fun-filled zone specially created for them, to the ardent brand enthusiasts who could pick some exclusive and trendy Mercedes-Benz merchandise. This time AMG Lifestyle Collection was also on display in addition to the regular merchandise, adding even more excitement. The Mercedes Trophy zone had exclusive Mercedes Trophy goodies on display that kept the participants and families engaged throughout. The Mercedes-Benz pre-owned car sales team also organized a free car evaluation where in a special trade-in opportunity was provided along with personalized finance options.