MulticoreWare Joins Forces with Uhnder to Help Accelerate Automotive Radar Development for Use in Autonomy and Mobility

MulticoreWare Inc. revealed today that it has a broad collaboration with Uhnder to help drive both software and hardware development of Uhnder’s radar technology. This collaboration entails MulticoreWare operating offshore development centers (ODC) for Uhnder and working with Uhnder and its customers on radar related development and support.

Uhnder is developing the first digital automotive Radar-on-Chip (RoC). The Uhnder RoC operates at 76-81 GHz and uses Digital Code Modulation (DCM) that offers 4D High Contrast Resolution (HCR), which delivers range and accuracy not possible with other solutions currently on the market.

MulticoreWare offers development, porting and optimization of computation intensive algorithms running on Multicore CPUs (Central Processing Unit), DSPs (Digital Signal Processing) and GPUs (Graphical Processing Unit). The Uhnder ODC at MulticoreWare continues to hire dedicated engineers for Uhnder to perform chip development, DSP software development, algorithm development and testing associated with the Uhnder Radar-on-Chip.

“Because of MulticoreWare’s flexibility and agility, plus their ability to quickly scale, we’re able to work with them on high-value projects that span the gamut from chip to hardware to software to testing.” said Manju Hegde, CEO and Cofounder of Uhnder,

MulticoreWare’s complementary ecosystem supports Uhnder’s activities across the board. In addition to the ODC operations, MulticoreWare has collaborated in several key product development efforts. MulticoreWare has a proven track record in object detection and tracking using radar data through traditional imaging algorithms and neural network based algorithms.

“Our team in India has delivered world class software solutions for video compression and Image processing use cases. As we scale, our current team, as well as new additions will have the opportunity to work on exciting frameworks for Sensor data processing frameworks and deep learning” said AGK Karunakaran, CEO and Cofounder of MulticoreWare, Inc.

Benjamin May, MulticoreWare’s Business Unit Head for Autonomous Vehicle and Automotive (AVA) said, “We are excited to support Uhnder and continue to augment their very talented engineering team long term as we scale together and bring on new customers”

Airtel Payments Bank Launches ‘Bharosa Savings Account’

Airtel Payments Bank announced the launch of its latest innovation - the Bharosa Savings Account, which has been designed to serve the unique needs of underbanked and unbanked customers and contribute to the government’s vision of financial inclusion.

Besides offering convenient banking services, Bharosa Savings Account offers free Personal Accident Insurance cover worth Rupees Five Lakhs on maintaining abalance of just Rs 500 along with one debit transaction per month. Customers will be also eligible for cashback - if they decide to receive government subsidies in their Bharosa Account or if they make cash deposits in it.

Bharosa has been designed on the basis of extensive market research. Through this innovative account construct, Airtel Payments Bank aims to create formal banking behaviours of usage and transactions through a bank account, all accessed through a point more close to the underserved.

Mr. Anubrata Biswas, MD & CEO, Airtel Payments Bank, said, “We are delighted to launch Bharosa Savings Account—a truly innovative, differentiated and relevant offering designed to address the needs of the financially underserved. This product stands apart in the Indian banking sector in being user-need focused, developed after months of extensive research, and designed to introduce millions of consumers to formal banking. It is an important addition to our existing bouquet of easy, accessible and convenient banking solutions that are aimed at serving Government of India’s vision of financial inclusion.”

The benefits of this product will be further amplified through a structured roadway for phased introduction of other features linked to formal banking. To begin with, this product is available at over a quarter million banking points. Bharosa Savings Account customers can also withdraw cash, check their balance or access a mini statement of their account at over 6,50,000 AePS enabled outlets across India.

Airtel Payments Bank was the first payments bank to launch operations in India. It offers convenient digital banking services to customers through a network of 500,000 neighbourhood banking points spread across the 29 states of India. 

Mr. Anubrata Biswas, MD & CEO, Airtel Payments Bank, said, “We are delighted to launch Bharosa Savings Account—a truly innovative, differentiated and relevant offering designed to address the needs of the financially underserved. This product stands apart in the Indian banking sector in being user-need focused, developed after months of extensive research, and designed to introduce millions of consumers to formal banking. It is an important addition to our existing bouquet of easy, accessible and convenient banking solutions that are aimed at serving Government of India’s vision of financial inclusion.”

The benefits of this product will be further amplified through a structured roadway for phased introduction of other features linked to formal banking. To begin with, this product is available at over a quarter million banking points. Bharosa Savings Account customers can also withdraw cash, check their balance or access a mini statement of their account at over 6,50,000 AePS enabled outlets across India.

Airtel Payments Bank was the first payments bank to launch operations in India. It offers convenient digital banking services to customers through a network of 500,000 neighbourhood banking points spread across the 29 states of India. 

Best Career Options for Tech-Driven Individuals

India is a fast-emerging behemoth in the international scenario. The rapidly digitizing nation is home to more than 1.36 billion people, or about one-fifth of the global population. Out of this, 27% of people fall within the age bracket of 0-14 years and 10-24 years each according to a recent UN report. Simply put, more than half of the country’s population is aged less than 25.

This young, rich, and dynamic human capital has become a boon in disguise for the country. At present, the entire global market is experiencing a paradigm change with the ever-increasing influx of digital technologies. This development has opened new avenues for India’s tech-driven individuals. They can carve a remarkable career for themselves both nationally and internationally, addressing the widening skill gap in various fields.

So, here are some of the best career options where the skill gap is massive and so is the scope of growth:

Cybersecurity: Simulated training through Cyber Range

Cybersecurity is currently one of the most promising careers with international exposure. The industry is facing an acute shortage of skilled professionals. According to a recent research by ESG and ISSA, around three-fourth of the global organizations are impacted by the cybersecurity skills shortage. This presents a brilliant prospect to tech-driven professionals in India to seize the opportunity. However, the field itself is quite dynamic and continues to become more so with the rise of embryonic technologies in the global IT infrastructure. This is where simulated training approaches like Cyber Range, such as the tech solution provided by Cyberbit, are bringing about a sizeable difference.

It is enabling the industry go beyond ‘Baptism by Fire’ approach and ensure that the in-house SOC of an organization is well-prepared for all impending threats. Similarly, the solution is being deployed to educational institutions, thereby preparing the upcoming industry professionals with up-to-date first-hand knowledge and training.

Data Analytics: The Growing Power of Data-led Approach

As they say, data has now become the new oil. To bring things into perspective, the generated data will reach 44 zettabytes and by 2025, we will be generating 463 exabytes in a day – which is equivalent to 212 DVDs in a day. This exponential growth of data is enabling organizations to make informed decisions and bring greater efficiency to across-the-board processes. The Big Data industry itself is expected to become worth $40.6 billion by 2023, growing more than four-fold from its market size of $8.5 billion in 2017. The swiftly evolving market has a lot of opportunities for Indian tech-driven individuals. So, data analytics is a field that one must look forward to.

However, it is not easy to organize this exponentially increasing data and understand its relevance. Some unconventional approaches, such as ‘’Qlik Academic Program,’’ are bringing about positive changes. The free-to-use online program aligns well with the concepts of data mining, database management, and programming on an academic level. Qlik also offers product-agnostic Data Literacy and Data Analytics Certifications. Same goes for online platforms such as SkillUp Online and its certified courses on data science. They are helping India’s youth and professionals to be job-ready, equipped with essential skills in advanced analytics and data literacy.

Education: Shaping the beautiful minds of India

India’s human capital cannot be optimally tapped without bringing about positive changes in the field of education. According to a UNESCO UIS report, 69 million teachers will be required only for achieving universal primary and secondary education by 2030. Out of this, 3 million recruitments will have to be done in India. A similar demand will be experienced in the higher education. Thankfully, we have the opportunity to train our own young minds – as well as that of other countries – for the futuristic world that we’re about to step in. However, a strong interdisciplinary academic foundation needs to be laid in order to do so. This is where certain tech-driven approaches, such as ONVU Learning, are adding value to overall ecosystem.

Using its lesson observation and teacher reflection, the AI-driven surveillance solutions provider extends unique learning and teaching aids for a classroom, enabling educators to drive an all-round academic progression of their each and every student. The approach builds on 360o lesson recording which non-intrusively provides in-depth insights to an educator vis-à-vis their individual training methodology, classroom practice, and behaviours. With AI technology, it further paves the way for superior self-directed professional development of a teacher, which is otherwise not possible.

Marketing: Setting the Narratives Right

As the all-new digital market starts to shape up, there is a growing requirement of marketing professionals all across the globe. If you believe that you have the right marketing skills in you, now is the time for you to enter the field. Marketing itself is a broad field that has all-embracing dimensions that range from SEO and Social Media Marketing to Public Relations and Corporate Communication alongside others. There are several certified courses on every subset of marketing available online.

However, the sheer nature of the field also needs the convergence of all communications to collectively drive positive results. This is where solutions like LogMeIn, which creates meaningful interactions and drives better outcomes for both customers and businesses, are proving to be a game changer. Also, interaction and collaboration is a crucial element of marketing. So, the unified communication solutions provider, which envisions driving avant-garde technologies towards people with its simplistic solutions, enables marketers operating on multiple levels to join their forces with quick, easy, and data-driven communications. By doing so, they also drive superior personalization for their customers.

Today, India is at a crucial juncture. It must pre-emptively take calibrated measures to seize the global opportunity that currently prevails. This can only be done with the group effort of the government bodies, private organizations, and the people (including both current working professionals and the upcoming ones), thereby skyrocketing India in the ripe global digital market.

Zendesk to Further Expand its Singapore Product and Engg Teams

Zendesk, Inc., a San Francisco-headquartered customer experience and engagement software company, has solidified its position as one of Asia Pacific’s (APAC) fastest-growing technology companies with the expansion of its Singapore office. Today, the company announced that in partnership with the Economic Development Board (EDB) it will invest in and develop local talent that will see its product development and engineering team double over the next three years.

Zendesk established its footprint in Singapore by acquiring Zopim Technologies in April 2014 to expand the company’s chat capabilities. Since then, its business in the region has grown rapidly, with over 30 percent year-on-year growth. APAC now contributes more than 10 percent of the company’s global revenue, and the expanded regional hub is a key factor in Zendesk reaching its goal of being a billion dollar company by 2020.

Currently, the Singapore product and engineering teams lead the end-to-end development responsibilities for Zendesk Chat. The team is also a key component to the company’s successful globally distributed development model, working closely with Zendesk’s product and engineering teams in San Francisco and Dublin, as well as supporting teams in Copenhagen, Melbourne and Montpellier.

The partnership with EDB will help expand the team’s scope into new initiatives, including some of the company’s recent announcements, such as the launch of its open and flexible CRM platform Zendesk Sunshine; the acquisition of Smooch; and WhatsApp for Zendesk, a new WhatsApp Business API connector. It also firmly positions Zendesk’s Singapore office to play a larger role in driving global innovation that will further impact the company’s growth momentum.

Some of the roles Zendesk will be looking to hire as part of the partnership with EDB include software engineers, product managers, devops engineers, security engineers, user experience researchers, and program managers, supporting the nation’s commitment to bridging the tech talent gap.

Kiren Kumar, Chief Digital Industry Officer, Digital Industry Singapore, said, “Zendesk has become a strong partner to Singapore, having set up a world-class product development and engineering team here. This investment reflects Zendesk’s continued and long term commitment to Singapore, in growing a strong pool of digital and tech talent and providing exciting job opportunities for Singaporeans. This expansion is also timely given the explosive growth and strong market potential of the Asian and Southeast Asian markets.”

Sandie Overtveld, Vice President APAC, Zendesk, said, “A growth in digitally-savvy customers has changed APAC’s consumer landscape, and companies in Singapore have recognised the need to better meet customer expectations with more seamless and personalised experiences. Expanding our capabilities in the region allows us to leverage both local and regional talent, as well as deepen our relationships with regional customers - such as Grab, Circles.Life, NTUC FairPrice, and StashAway - to continue developing solutions that are closely aligned to their needs."

Abhishek Deshmukh, Managing Director of Singapore and Vice President of Engineering, Zendesk, said, “The products and solutions we develop in Singapore are used by brands in more than 160 markets, in 60 different languages, and by more than 1 million customer support agents everyday. The partnership with EDB builds on the commitment we made two years ago, and will further enable us to tap into and invest in Singapore’s world-class engineering talent, and explore opportunities to partner with education and research institutions across the region to complement our focus on global product innovation.”

Zendesk’s newly-expanded Singapore office, located in Marina One and spread across 50,000 square feet, will be the company’s first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified office, as well as one of the first companies to be WELL certified in Southeast Asia.

The partnership with EDB also supports Zendesk’s commitment to creating great places to work, providing talent with a world-class environment and resources to develop and expand employees’ knowledge and technical capabilities. 

Shine.com Adds IT Service Firm Fujitsu Consulting India to its Portfolio

Shine.com, India’s 2nd largest job search portal has been making significant waves in the country’s recruitment space. Adding another feather to its cap, the fastest-growing job portal has brought onboard the world’s 7th largest IT services company, Fujitsu Consulting India, to its client base. With this, Fujitsu will leverage Shine.com’s active candidate database of over 80 lakh job seekers, approximately 30% of which are unique to the cutting-edge job search platform.

Since Fujitsu was formed in 1935, it has been working with people and organizations around the world to shape the future of society. People join Fujitsu because they share Fujitsu’s passion about Human Centric Innovation and Digital Co-creation. Fujitsu aims to harness the talent of all our current and prospective employees to be able to make a difference and create an exciting future for all.

While Fujitsu has already been working to strengthen its workforce, the company is now looking to move beyond –portal model to cast a wider net and hire from a more diverse candidate pool. Commenting on the development, Zairus Master, CEO, Shine.com, said, “Post augmenting our tech stack to deliver better hiring outcomes for organizations, we have been eyeing robust expansion in our client base. This is why we are thrilled to bring on board an industry-leading organization such as Fujitsu Consulting India. Together with Fujitsu’s highly qualified HR team, we will scope out the most suitable talent to accelerate the company’s progression on its growth trajectory.”

Sumit Sabharwal, Director HR – Fujitsu Consulting India, added, “At Fujitsu, we have been looking to recruit from a wider candidate pool to create a truly diverse team with multifaceted skillsets. To that end, we are aiming to attract and hire more individuals with 3-5 years of experience. Shine.com makes the right fit for Fujitsu Consulting India. The social media voice of the platform is more in sync with today’s need, which will definitely help us gain access to this fresh and driven group of individuals.”

Shine.com leverages technology to deliver seamless hiring experiences for recruiters and candidates. As the second-largest job search platform in the country, Shine.com possesses a unique, granular understanding of niche jobs in every industry. With enhanced job-candidate matching capabilities, it allows candidates to match with the most relevant recruiters and vice versa.

Mindtree Launches Blockchain-Powered Merchant On-Boarding Solution for Banks

Mindtree, a global technology services and digital transformation company, has announced the release of its Merchant On-Boarding solution for acquirer banks and payment service providers. It uses Hyperledger fabric Blockchain technology to enable these financial institutions that facilitate credit card or debit payments to more quickly, seamlessly and securely onboard merchants as customers. Mindtree will debut its Merchant On-Boarding solution at PayThink 2019 on September 18-21, 2019 in Los Angeles, CA.

Acquirer banks and payment service providers need to quickly onboard new merchants as customers so that they can increase the volume of transactions they process and grow their business. However, on-boarding questionable merchants that authorize fraudulent transactions results in charges and losses that impact the bottom line. These institutions urgently need technologies that can mitigate risk and help them comply with regulations such as anti-money laundering, Know Your Customer and Know Your Customer’s Customer.

On-boarding merchants is a complex and risk-prone process, involving significant due diligence checks and third party verification to ensure merchants aren’t involved in fraud. Mindtree’s solution is architected to simplify and streamline this process using Blockchain technology. The automated process also helps reduce operational costs and improves quality control using standardized global best practices.

Mindtree’s Merchant On-boarding solution is developed on a Hyperledger fabric channel – which is a private distributed ledger framework for communication between members for all merchants that ensures secure and private sharing of document approval and information between all dependent stakeholders. Blockchain offers capabilities to enable transactions to be authenticated and authorized, securely and transparently. This ensures that data is transmitted within a secure network and accelerates information sharing across all parties, ensuring data is protected.

“Financial institutions that process merchant transactions need to strike a balance between growing their customer base and preventing fraudulent transactions,” said Manas Chakraborty, global head of Banking, Financial Services and Insurance for Mindtree. “Both acquirer banks and merchants are frustrated with the on-boarding process and want more transparency, more speed, and less time and effort. Blockchain offers an exciting opportunity to eliminate complexity. Mindtree’s Merchant On-Boarding solution eliminates the need for third-party verification each time a merchant is onboarded and provides merchants with more insight into the process than ever before.”

Pune’s First ‘Mind Mastery For Traders’ Workshop Receives Encouraging Response

Mind Mastery for Traders workshop organized by Aarya Consulting has received a tremendous response from a packed audience of stock traders across the Pune City.

The potential audience gathered to hear from a prominent stock trader and founder of Aarya Consulting, Mr Shailesh Mamidwar, followed by a guest speaker – Mr. Anand Kulkarni, Psychologist and Corporate trainer, about the importance of positive thinking and a disciplined trading mindset at The E Square Hotel at University Road.

What is the optimal trading mindset? How do traders train the mind to reach a zen-like state when committing to trading in a volatile market – and inadvertently walk away with returns that forward their goals? These are just some of the questions that were covered at the one-day Mind Mastery For Traders workshop organized by Aarya Consulting as a part of the A Trader Within program, covering the psychological aspects of stock trading.

Not every stock trader is able to reach their full inner potential when trading. The A Trader Within workshop covered extensively, the decision making, the psychology of trading and adapting mindsets to the market so that financial goals can be identified, targeted and achieved.

“I got a lot of insights on trading and the mindset related to it, which are not provided by any other trading institutes that I have come across so far.” Says Amol Fadtare, an active stock trader from Pune.

Lack of discipline, impatience, controlling fear on entry, greed and knowing when to stop losses were just a few of the topics that the program’s eminent and proven traders spoke extensively about. Mr. Shailesh also shared one simple trading strategy - Torbit, which works very well if a trader has patience and discipline. The goal of the program was to expand the knowledge of the traders who profited through simple mind exercises, analytics, control techniques, and introspective thinking that helps uncover the secrets that the world’s most experienced stock traders have closely guarded. If you feel you’ve missed out on this grand opportunity you can still catch a glimpse of the workshop on Aarya Consulting’s official Facebook handle.

The program received extensive media coverage from national publishers for its holistic approach and was enthusiastically attended by a select crowd of progressive stock traders from Pune.

Vineet, A professiobal NSE Stock trader says, the workshop not only talks about how you can have effective trading skills but it also talks about your mindset

Mind Mastery For Traders is an extensive program by Aarya Consulting’s founder and mainstay, Mr. Shailesh Mamidwar and Mr. Anand Kulkarni – who are a proponent of deciphering and propagating the skills and mindset necessary for massive trading success.

#AdvantageGaming – ACT Fibernet Launches New Gaming Pack Subscription for Gaming Customers

ACT Fibernet, India’s largest fiber-focused wired broadband ISP (Internet Service Provider), today announced the launch of special ‘Gaming Packs’ for customers. As part of the company’s brand philosophy “Feel the Advantage”, ACT Fibernet with the new offering aims to delight gaming enthusiasts with superior gaming experience through incredibly fast internet speed, optimized routing that delivers low pings and superior network infrastructure that reduces packet losses and jitters.

The Gaming pack is a subscription service for gamers that will be made available in two variants – A-Game Basic(monthly) and A Game Ultra (6 month variant) and is built with many first-to-India features.

Speed on Demand – Launching for the first time in India –gaming pack subscribers can improve their plan speed on demand through their “SpeedBoost” feature. This feature when activated by the customer through the ACT Application or Website, will boost his speeds to 300 Mbps in instantly that will enable downloading large gaming updates or multiplayer gaming with friends among others.

Data Boost – To ensure that gamers and streamers always have sufficient data when downloading gaming updates or live streaming, gaming pack subscribers will get additional data of 200 GB/ month on A-Game Basic pack and 1800 GB added one-time with a validity of 6 months for A-Game Ultra pack

Partner Benefits – To enable the best gaming experience for its subscribers, ACT is bringing attractive offers across gaming eco system via gaming partners - Zotac Gaming for Gaming GPUs, Western Digital for gaming Storage devices, Games the shop for discounts on FIFA 20, Marvels Avengers, Cyber Punk 2077 etc, Western Digital among others. (Details below)

In-game rewards – Another first in India, ACT Fibernet is tying up with gaming publishers to offer special in-game benefits such as faster level ups, performance boosts, access to higher skill levels, discounted purchases from publishers upon signing up via the gaming pack. (Details below)

The Gaming Pack will be available beginning 18 September 2019 across all the cities ACT Fibernet has presence in. A- Game Basic will be available to users at Rs.500 + GST and A-Game Ultra comes at price of Rs.2000+GST.

ACT Fibernet – World of Warship Partnership

In conjunction to the company’s new offering, ACT Fibernet has partnered with Wargaming, a Cyprus-based gaming powerhouse to launch the World of Warship title for the first time in India.

Wargaming has over 200 million registered users and is a pioneer in Free-To-Play industry with over 50 industry awards. Wargaming is now bringing World of Warships to India with ACT Fibernet.

ACT Fibernet has worked closely with Wargaming to bring exclusive in-game rewards, skills and level-ups, that will delight gamers as part of its World of Warships launch in India. ACT Fibernet has also worked closely with World of Warships to optimize routing to World of Warship servers to provide best gaming experience on ACT Fibernet network. Additionally, for the first time, World of Warships has designed and incorporated exclusive ACT Fibernet branded camouflages that will be available for gamers to use in their gameplay. Other gaming pack benefits within the World of Warships game includes exclusive ACT Fibernet branded containers, flags, patches and customizations, in-game credits, doubloons and other discounts.

Speaking on the partnership, Ravi Karthik, Head of Marketing, Atria Convergence Technologies Ltd said, “ACT Fibernet is known to provide the best gaming experience with high speeds, low latency and negligible packet losses. With the gaming industry in India now beginning to grow we believe our proposition of a gaming pack puts together in one place what the customer wants – speeds, data, low pings, in game benefits and offers will meet the needs of gamers and enable a delightful gaming experience”.

We are extremely excited to partner with World of Warships for their India launch. The rich multi-player experience with strategies and quasi real battles provide for great gaming experience which can be enjoyed by diverse age groups. Together we will work to build gaming in India and World of warships to a huge success” he further added.”

Commenting on the association, Victor Bardovsky, Global Publishing Director for World of Warships, Wargaming said, “We are very pleased that from now on Indian gamers will get to enjoy even better and richer World of Warships experience. As one of the leading free-to-play games, we knew the potential and challenges of the local market, therefore we recognized ACT Fibernet as a reliable partner who understands the growing needs of Indian gaming audience. By working together and sharing our experiences, we hope to spread the passion for naval history among players in India, one of the leading naval powers of the modern age.”