ACT Fibernet Join Hands with Karnataka State Reserve Police (KSRP) to Provide Mobile Toilet Units for its Battalion

ACT Fibernet (Atria Convergence Technologies Ltd.) India’s largest fiber-focused wired broadband ISP (Internet Service Provider), has teamed up with the Karnataka State Reserve Police (KSRP) to provide mobile toilets for the KSRP battalion.

Taking a step towards the KSRP’s Swachh Bharat Mission and as part of its CSR program, the initiative will enable police personnel to maintain their personal hygiene while on duty.  Additionally, the mobile toilets can be towed by the KSRP vehicles and used even in remote places where there are no toilet facilities.

Commenting on this, Sunil Yajaman, Vice President, ACT Fibernet said, “Our partnership with the Karnataka State Reserve Police (KSRP) has given us any opportunity to give back to the service members who have sacrificed so much to keep us and our city safe. Being able to express our gratitude in this small way means a lot to us. We hope to continue our collaboration with the Karnataka police towards building a safe, clean and green society.”

Commenting on this, Bhaskar Rao, IPS, Addl. DGP KSRP said, "Karnataka Police is extremely grateful to ACT Fibernet for this gesture under their CSR project. Usually the KSRP Batallion while on duty find it very difficult to answer the call of nature and get criticized if the right thing is not done. This contribution from ACT Fibernet comes as a huge relief to them and is certainly very helpful to our force. I thank ACT Fibernet for this and for all that they do under CSR for Karnataka Police."

Bengaluru Hosts Roadshow for 9th Edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2019

With the 9th edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2019 fast approaching, Gujarat Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama led the official roadshow for the Global Summit in Bengaluru at The Sheraton.

Addressing a hall filled with IT and service sectors leaders and industrialists of the city, Chudasama laid out the theme and focus for the 9th edition of the biennial summit. He spoke in detail about the investment potential in Gujarat and gave a glimpse of the government policies designed for different sectors that have furthered growth and investment in the state of Gujarat.

Inviting participation at the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Summit, Chudasama said, “We expect more than 35,000 participants at the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Summit, including not just business leaders and investors, but also a large number of traders, exporters and importers. Vibrant Gujarat 2019 is proposed to have a much sharper focus on networking and B2B interactions; and hence events such as Buyer-Seller Meet and Conclave of Global Chambers of Commerce would be of immense relevance to serve this purpose. I am sure that you will be able to identify and tap business opportunities arising out of Gujarat, not just in conventional manufacturing, but also in sectors such as financial services, aerospace, defence, electronics, logistics, retail, tourism; and even media and entertainment”

Chudasama also spoke about mega projects such as the Special Investment Regions at Dholera and Mandal-Becharaji; GIFT City; Saykha Industrial Estate within PCPIR; Coastal Economic Zone in Kachchh; and India’s first 1 GW offshore wind energy park, the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor and Ahmedabad-Mumbai Bullet Train.

Along with industrial growth, he emphasized the government’s focus on providing good healthcare and education for the citizens of Gujarat through the implementation of the Aayushman Bharat program. In terms of education and skill development, he said, “The Government is laying a strong emphasis on collaborating with global organizations and corporations, to establish skill development infrastructure and programs. Such skill development would be aimed at making Gujarat’s workforce more deployable and skilled, in the face of the upcoming Fourth Industrial Revolution.”

Gujarat has set an example for rest of the states of the nation as to how investment opportunities could be explored and employment can be generated by laying proactive policies for investment.  Chudasama also spoke of the fact that while Vibrant Gujarat may have started out as a summit to attract investments to the State of Gujarat; today it caters to the global audience. Vibrant Gujarat is opportunity for other states also to interact with the global business community, which will eventually benefit their state.

Elaborating further on the investment potential of Gujarat, Commissioner of Health Jayanti Ravi, IAS, said, “Gujarat is one of India’s most industrialized and urbanized economies, and is among the leading Indian States on several economic and social indicators such as GDP growth rate, industrial output, per-capita income and so on. Gujarat’s economic development is built on the strong foundations of a strategic location, robust physical and social infrastructure, proactive governance, and Ease of Doing Business. Hence, the State has traditionally been an ideal choice for investment, for both domestic as well as multinational businesses. In addition to actual investments in business ventures, the State also offers a strategic trade and exports gateway to the global commerce community.”

During the event, Government of Gujarat signed an MOU with Texport Industries Pvt. Ltd. for their investment intension of setting up Garment Manufacturing unit under the Gujarat Garment and Apparel Policy 2017. The proposed garment manufacturing unit will be established at Miyawadi (Bardoli) near Surat and will generate employment of 2000 which consist mostly of women.

The Education Minister also held one to one meetings with CEOs and MDs of key industries in the region and apprised them about investor friendly policies of the State Government and invited them to participate in the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit.

The roadshow in Bengaluru closely follows the recently concluded Vibrant Gujarat Curtain Raiser held in New Delhi, Mumbai and Pune.

Senior officers from Government of Gujarat including, Dr. Jayanti Ravi, Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of Gujarat, Mamta Verma IAS, Industries Commissioner, Dr. Dhananjay Dwivedi IAS, Secretary Department of Science and Technology, and RK Beniwal, IAS Managing Director, Industrial Extension Bureau, Government of Gujarat were in attendance.

SpaceX Puts India's First Private Startup Satellite in Polar Orbit

California-based SpaceX has announced the successful launch of India’s first homegrown satellite built by a Mumbai-based private startup, which is part of the 70-odd satellites from 16 countries, that were launched in a sun-synchronous polar orbit.

The ExseedSat-1, built with the contributions of several ham operators and with the help of small Indian firms, is expected to play a major role during natural disasters as it facilitates effective two-way communication through a simple hand-held walkie-talkie with a beam antenna.

Euphoria gripped India's southern city of Hyderabad on Tuesday after SpaceX announced that all 64 satellites on board the Falcon-9 rocket had been successfully placed on orbit.

The mission, launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, included a one kilogram CubeSat named ExseedSat1 which was fully conceived, designed and made by Indian start-up Exseed Space without taking any help from the state-owned space agency ISRO.

The startup was founded by Ashhar Farhan and Kris Nair. The startup claims that it is also part of the private consortium who won the historic AIT bid last year to build large satellites for the Indian government.

"ExseedSat-1 carried an amateur radio payload. Licensed radio amateurs around the world will be able to access, receive and talk through it using a simple hand-held walkie-talkie with beam antenna", Kris Nair, one of the founders said.

Exseed Space is working towards setting up India's first contract satellite manufacturing facility. Once operational, the facility will cater to the growing global demands of manufacturing CubeSats, NanoSats, and MicroSats (1U/2U/3U/6U). Platforms the start-up builds are based on units of 10cm by 10cm by 10cm CubeSats.

The power output is selectable between 1 watt and 0.5 watts. The purpose of the mission is to interest student outreach. Depending on the life of the battery, the satellite may provide service for two years and then the satellite would de-orbit naturally.

The SpaceX mission have launched 70 spacecraft from 50 different organisations, including 15 microsats and 56 cubesats, that will rank it as the single largest ride-share mission from a US-based launch vehicle, the report added.

It includes payloads from 18 countries: India, United States, Australia, Italy, Netherlands, Finland, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, UK, Germany, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Poland, Canada, South Africa, and Brazil.

IIA Held International Mr & Miss World Grand Finale in Bangalore

The fourth edition of International Iconic Federation (IIF), Bangalore have successfully hosted and organised, Mr & Miss World Grand Finale for the first time at the Royal Orchid Resort, Yelahanka in Bangalore on a grand note.

Nearly forty foreign participants both men and women represented their countries mainly from Indonesia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Iran, Middle East and African countries at the glamorous event. India’s Miss Sangitha was crowned as a Second Runner Up. In men section, Indonesia and Iran sealed their First Runners Up position.

Bollywood celebrity Sara Khan judged the show along with CEO Nasagman IIF. CEO, who assured to make India a desired destination for fashion lovers in times to come and has also promised to deliver international experience to the participants and assured that Bangalore would be the most ideal location to celebrate the events.

Global Remote Connectivity Leader TeamViewer Enters India, Eyes Faster Growth

TeamViewer, a global leader in secure remote connectivity solutions, has announced the opening of its first India office in Mumbai as key driver for its long-term growth initiative in the South Asia region. TeamViewer’s India office will act as a sales, marketing, and support centre to provide best-in-class remote connectivity solutions for a dynamically growing local user base on the subcontinent with more than 100m installations to date.

“Opening an office in India is integral part of our APAC growth ambitions with a strong focus on going multi-local to be closer to our existing customers and even better understand the market, client, and partner needs,” said Oliver Steil, CEO of TeamViewer, speaking to the media in Mumbai. “With our strong commitment to India we aim to address the substantial opportunities of work-style reform and the strong demand from businesses of all sizes for secure remote connectivity solutions at scale. We are very excited to further strengthen our footprint in one of the fastest growing economies in the world that is at the forefront of digital transformation.”

“We aim to support India’s agile SMB, large enterprises and government space through secure and reliable remote access, remote support, and collaboration in one integrated solution,” said Konstantin Ebert, Vice President Sales EMEA, APAC, and Global Channels at TeamViewer. “Our cutting-edge yet easy-to-deploy solutions address the use-cases of modern organizations looking for the ability to connect anything, anywhere, anytime. TeamViewer’s solutions could also help the Indian government with its Digital India and Smart Cities programs as their essence is transparency and interconnectedness between government and citizens.”

“With the growth of India’s digital footprint, more and more industries in the country are developing and implementing IoT, AR, and AI innovation. TeamViewer offers best-in-class connectivity enabling our customers to securely tap into these megatrends,” said Krunal Patel, TeamViewer Head of Sales India and South Asia. “Our channel partner fraternity will play a pivotal role in driving this growth with sector specific solutions. We already have Ingram micro signed up as our first distributor in India and are quickly expanding our existing reseller network.”

Unity to Launch Unite India’s Second Edition in Association with Government of Telangana

Unity Technologies (https://unity3d.com/), creator of the world’s most popular end-to-end development engine that reaches nearly 3 billion devices worldwide is back with its second edition of Unite in association with Government of Telangana’s ‘India Joy’. India Joy largest Expo to celebrate gaming and Digital media & Entertainment content from 1st to 6th December 2018 in Hyderabad. With an effort to promote Indian talent via international relations and provide growth and leadership for Digital media and Entertainment industry in the country, Government of Telangana in Association with Telangana VFX Animation & Gaming Association (TVAGA) is conducting India Joy.

This year’s Unite will majorly focus on sessions around Industry 4.0 and highlight the key trends of automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies. Key sessions like heralding the era of Machine Teaching using Unity, future of industrial workforce using Microsoft HoloLens, evolving adoption of XR Technology in industries, Unity3D for Human- Machine interface with drones, simulating, Nuclear Reactor Scenarios in CAVE environment, Smart Farming, a Step towards the transformation and many more. The sessions will also touch upon the animation fraternity with sessions like the making of the Oscar-nominated movie ‘Sonder’, and will also unveil details around ‘Cricket VR Worlds’, the first near-live cricket solution.

‘’Unite India, with the support of the government-owned flagship event, aims to bring significant value to Digital Media and Entertainment Community,” said Hubert Larenaudie President, Asia Pacific Unity Technologies. “Looking at the evolving talent in the digital content ranging from Animation, Gaming, VFX, AR, and VR, we believe that India has a huge potential in Industry 4.0. Through this event, we look forward to unlocking the full creative potential of Unity Developers .”

Unite India 2018 is going to bring an opportunity to learn, network and participate in exciting activities, including advanced hands-on demo workshops, technical sessions–customized for different levels from beginner to intermediate and advanced, previews of upcoming Unity tech, opportunities to get tips from Unity experts, Auto and Industrial mini-summit, Animation and VFX mini-summit and Networking.

Unite is Unity’s global developer conference hosted in eight countries and is the most important gathering of Unity developers, artists, publishers, educators, and enthusiasts. The conference is going to witness experts and prominent spokespeople from various industries ranging from gaming, animation, VFX, AR/VR and automotive under one roof, to give deep insight into the world of evolving technologies. 

Pet Fed Culminates its Debut Bengaluru Edition, 2018

Pet Fed, India’s largest Pet festival, presented by Just Dogs concluded its first ever edition in Bengaluru, as on 2nd Dec 2018. The little furry friends cherished the two days dedicated to them as Pet Fed, kicked off its first edition in Bangalore with all the fervour and passion on 1st & 2nd Dec respectively at Manpho Grounds (Manyata Tech Park).

The first cutest festival of 2018 hit Bengaluru that witnessed 2300+ pets across 50+ breeds (dog, cat, hamsters and guinea pigs included). The 2-day fiesta was swanked of plentiful activities like Security Dog Show, Temptation Alley and hosted competitions for pets with cool talents who enthusiastically pitched for Foodie Singh Award, Naam Toh Suna Hi Hoga Award and Glamorous Dog award amongst others. The activity ring also had engaging activities lined up like Pets Got Talent, Discover Dog Zone, Fashion Show and a separate cat show for all the cat lovers.

Pet Fed 2018 is presented by Just Dogs- India's biggest chain of retail outlets for pet products in India with 30 outlets pan India. It is a one stop shop for all pet requirements from grooming and training as well as shopping.

Speaking on the occasion, Akshay Gupta, Founder, Pet Fed, said ‘’We are overwhelmed and amazed at the same time as we continue to absorb the love and response we have got from the lovely people of Bengaluru. We are exhilarated to have received so much enthusiasm and support in our first edition in this city. While we are sure to gear up for its second edition next year, at the moment we look forward to entertaining our adorable fur balls in Delhi & Mumbai on 15-16 Dec & 19-20 Jan respectively.”

“We have concluded this two day long pet fiesta on an ecstatic note and now we are moving towards Delhi and Mumbai for yet another set of activities that will have you rushing to book the tickets.”, he added.

Pet Parents gear up to get your pooch try exciting and fun activities at the forthcoming editions in Delhi and Mumbai. Experience yet another cutest weekend of the year with 3000+ pets. Get your pets to try some cool tricks. There is something for everyone at the festival. So don’t miss out on it.

With the cute pups wagging their tales, Pet Fed is the place for your yearly dose of Puppy Therapy! Get set to witness Pet Fed in association with Jerhigh, India’s biggest pet festival, in Delhi on 15th December and 16th December ’18 at the NSIC Okhla Grounds, New Delhi.