Classic Legends Announces BSVI Jawa models Prices to Increase from Rs 5000 to Rs 9928

Classic Legends Pvt. Ltd. announced their BSVI models in India for Jawa and Forty Two. As announced earlier, the Jawa Perak is already BSVI compliant.

Being a BSVI ready engine when it was launched in November 2018, the transition to BSVI compliance was a natural step forward for Jawa. The 293cc, liquid cooled, single cylinder, DOHC engine now features India’s first cross port technology on a motorcycle. This has helped the motorcycles to retain their characteristic twin exhaust identity and meet emission standards while retaining similar power and torque numbers.

Making the announcement, Ashish Singh Joshi, CEO, Classic Legends stated, “Riding responsibly is one of the core ethos of our brand as well as our Kommuniti and the Jawa and Forty Two were ready to take on the stricter BSVI emission norms right from the time they were conceived. This is the key reason why both these motorcycles have kept their character and riding pleasure intact even after receiving the updates to make them more environment friendly.”

Classic Legends has increased the price of the Jawa range by Rs. 5000 to Rs. 9928 across its Jawa and forty two models. The price increase is on account of the rapid increase in cost of precious metals that are used in the catalytic converter and the rationalising of prices across colour variants.

Changing Dynamics of the Jobs Market: Newer Profiles that Appeal to the Gen-Z Professional

The advent of AI and allied technologies has transformed the nature of jobs. While low-value job roles such as data entry clerks, accounting, bookkeeping, and payroll clerks, administrative and executive secretaries, assembly and factory workers, etc. are becoming increasingly redundant, several new specialized job roles are emerging in the wake of the Industrial Revolution 4.0.

According to a report by Gartner,  AI-led automation, to eliminate 1.8 million such job roles the world over by 2020. The same report also projected a rise of 2.3 million exciting, high-value job opportunities. This accounts for a net gain of 500,000 jobs across traditional as well as emerging industries including IT, education and training, e-commerce, retail, BFSI, etc.

“It would be an understatement to say that the AI-led technological revolution has transformed the jobs-landscape. Besides obsolete job roles being displaced by specialized ones, we are also witnessing something interesting taking place within this space,” said Zairus Master, CEO, Shine.com. “It is the rise of innovative job requirements and profiles in sync with the highly-evolved sensibilities of the new generation. With GenZ professionals increasingly entering the workforce, the year 2020 marks the beginning of the decade of exciting job roles, quirky designations, and differentiated work cultures.”

Emerging job profiles and roles

The top five careers in today’s technologically-advancing industrial landscape include artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, big data analytics, digital marketing, and DevOps. However, new age professionals are disrupting emerging job roles with new-age terms that are in line with their mindset.

Here are some of the quirky designations that are emerging in 2020:

·         Chief Growth Officer (Chief Marketing Officer)

·         Content Cruncher (Experts with advanced writing and communication skills)

·         Chief of Customer Success (Chief Operating Officer)

·         Customer Delight Officer (Head of customer relationship management)

·         Community Mobilizer

·         Creator of Opportunities (Business Development Specialists)

“The emergence of such new-age job roles are also changing the dynamics of modern-day offices. It is leading a shift in the work environment by encouraging and enforcing differentiated work cultures that are aligned with the highly-creative and evolved social, cultural, ethical, and professional sensibilities of the ultra-modern individuals. The new breed of people is not only keener when it comes to learning new skills but is also more likely to cope with the rapidly-transforming ecosystem with greater ease and passion,” he added.

Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films Premiers Devi: Story of 9 Fierce Women

Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films today premiered their most anticipated short film of the year – ‘Devi’. The movie which has intrigued the audiences because of its impactful storyline & star-cast, outlines the story of 9 oppressed women navigating through an unusual sisterhood thrust upon them by circumstance. The 11 minute movie stars multiple acting powerhouses such as Kajol, Shruti Haasan, Neha Dhupia, Neena Kulkarni, Mukta Barve, Sandhya Mhatre, Rama Joshi, Shivani Raghuvanshi and Yashaswini Dayama in prominent roles. Produced by Electric Apples Entertainment led by Niranjan Iyengar and Ryan Stephen the movie is written & directed by Priyanka Banerjee.

The story of Devi narrates the tale of nine oppressed women, from different strata of the society, living in a small room, held together by similar fates and stories. A doorbell brings the news of yet another new entrant about to overcrowd their sanctuary. The 9 women in the room debate about their stories of tragedy & pain and why they deserve to stay in the room over the stranger. 

Commenting on the film, Writer & Director Priyanka Banerjee said, “There are many issues women are facing in India such as honor killing, female feticide, rape, molestation etc. Devi, an 11 minute short film brings women from different walks of life affected by these issues and puts them in a circumstance where they and we, have no choice but to engage with their tragedy and pain. I am grateful that I got a chance to work with this stellar star cast who delivers the agony of their character with such finesse & perfection on the screen. I would like to thank Niranjan, Stephen & Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short films for believing in me and allowing me to showcase Devi at a platform that aims to drive change in the society.”

Niranjan Iyengar commented, “Devi is an important film for Electric Apples. It was Ryan’s idea to cast this ensemble and we were really glad that all the actors saw what we did in the film. It wouldn’t have been possible to make this film without the support of Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films and all the Devis associated with it! We are grateful to every single technician who has worked on Devi to make it as powerful as it is!”

Ryan Stephen added, “When Priyanka Banerjee first sent Devi to me, I read it and immediately called Niranjan, and told him we MUST make this film, and we should cast our friends Kajol, Shruti, Neena Kulkarni, Neha Dhupia and Mukta Barve. Devi is a poignant and important narrative that had to be shared with the world. And that could only be achieved with the voices of these strong women. As much as Electric Apples Entertainment's agenda is to give a platform to newcomers, be it actors or technicians, the truth is Devi would not have garnered this kind of attention had we cast newcomers. We are happy to showcase our movie on Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short films platform which in very short span of time has become synonyms to powerful short films.”

The trailer of the movie which was released on 24th February 2020 on Youtube channel of Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short films and has garnered 1Million views in just two days.

Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films is one of the most influential and celebrated platforms for short films in India. Since its inception the platform has released some of the most prodigious and award winning short films with some of the renowned artists and directors from the industry which truly reflects originality, imagination and perfection. With a slew of powerful films, Large Short Films is the perfect stage that provides a canvas to directors and actors to tell a compelling stories within 15-20 minutes. Through its original, creative and entertaining content, the property has successfully built a loyal community of enthusiasts.

Ranjit Tinaikar Joins as the New CEO of Ness Digital Engineering

Ness Digital Engineering, a global provider of digital transformation solutions, has announced that Ranjit Tinaikar has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective immediately.

Mr. Tinaikar has over 20 years of experience in the technology services sector with a track record of driving growth in the global businesses that he has managed. Most recently, he served as President of Fitch Solutions, a data and analytical services business, where he repositioned the business for growth through strategic investments and acquisitions in differentiated analytical offerings. Prior to Fitch, Mr. Tinaikar was Managing Director of Advisory & Investment Management, a data analytics business unit of Thomson Reuters, where he led the successful revenue turnaround of a business serving major financial services firms globally. Mr. Tinaikar was also a partner at McKinsey, where he was one of the earliest leaders in forming their Digital practice. At McKinsey, he founded the Lean Software Development and IT Strategy practices.

Mr. Tinaikar brings a unique perspective having worked on the demand side with CTOs, as well as the supply side with service providers. He has partnered with CTOs across industries to help them leverage data and technology to transform and drive better business outcomes. He has led industry shaping initiatives in technology services with Nasscom and helped create breakthrough innovations in technology-enabled public healthcare. Mr. Tinaikar started his career in technology as a faculty member in Information Systems at Carnegie Mellon University and also worked at the Software Engineering Institute.

“Ranjit brings a proven track record of successful executive leadership and driving growth within the technology services sector. His recent experience in data analytics and Big Data will be additive to Ness’ Connected approach across software engineering, data and experience design. He is an accomplished operational executive with the strategic vision, client focus and execution leadership to lead Ness through its next phase of growth” said Tom Kucera, Managing Director at TRG and Ness board member. “The Ness Board of Directors is excited to have Ranjit as CEO and looks forward to working with him and the management team.”

“Ness’ exceptional heritage of experience-led product engineering combined with its breadth of cloud services, AI and data analytics capabilities positions us very well in the fast-growing digital services market. Clients are looking for firms like Ness, who are innovative in designing technology solutions to deliver positive business outcomes. They need a trusted partner on their digital transformation journey and I am excited to be joining the team.” said Mr. Tinaikar.

Tinaikar replaces Paul Lombardo at the Company. “The Board very much appreciates Paul’s contributions to Ness and his role in helping to build the Company into one of the leading digital-solutions providers”, said Mr. Kucera.

Mr. Tinaikar will be based at the Ness Headquarters in Teaneck, New Jersey.

About Ness Digital Engineering

Ness Digital Engineering designs, builds, and integrates digital platforms and enterprise software that help organizations engage customers, differentiate their brands, and drive profitable growth. Our customer experience designers, software engineers, data experts, and business consultants partner with clients to develop roadmaps that identify ongoing opportunities to increase the value of their digital solutions and enterprise systems. Through agile development of minimum viable products (MVPs), our clients can test new ideas in the market and continually adapt to changing business conditions—giving our clients the leverage to lead market disruption in their industries and compete more effectively to grow their business. 

Simplilearn Wins 10th Aegis Graham Bell Award for Innovation in Edtech

Simplilearn has won the 10th annual Aegis Graham Bell Award in the category Innovation in Edtech. Simplilearn earned the award for its innovative Technology-driven Blended Learning solution.  Simplilearn shares the award with Odo Technologies, a provider of smart classroom solutions.

Aegis School of Business, Data Science, Cyber Security, and Telecommunication established the Aegis Graham Bell Awards (AGBA) as a tribute to the father of telephony, Alexander Graham Bell. The AGBA promotes innovations in the IT, Telecom, and SMAC (Social, Mobile, Analytics, and Cloud) domains and in Exponential Technologies. The award recognizes outstanding contributions by the honorees. The AGBAJury members are a blend of industry veterans, academicians and investors who evaluate the nominations on the criteria of Innovativeness, Market Potential/Impact, Social Impact, Sustainability, and Interoperability.

Our signature innovation in blended learning offers a combination of self-paced and instructor-led online components which allows learners to access the entire program from anywhere. Today Simplilearn has helped more than one million professionals and 1,000 companies across 150 countries to upskill, get trained, and prepare for the digital future, along with the support of our dedicated support team who address learner queries round the clock.

“This Aegis Graham Bell Award for Innovation in Edtech is recognition of Simplilearn’s leadership and innovation in the edtech field,” said Mr. Anand Narayanan, Chief Product Officer of Simplilearn. “The AGBA is a tribute to the outstanding work of our architects, developers, product managers, teaching assistants and instructors, and especially to their dedication in helping our learners achieve their dreams”

"Simplilearn's Edtech innovation is a true 360-degree learning approach much needed in this era where only the classroom or online learning isn't enough. I congratulate the team of Simplilearn for their efforts which gives a holistic approach to the field of Edtech" said Mr. Bhupesh Daheria, CEO of Aegis School of Data Science, Cyber Security and Telecom and Founder, Aegis Graham Bell Awards.

Some of Simplilearn’s other significant achievements driven by this innovative learning solution:

·         Achieved a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 82 across all customer touchpoints, including the end of consumption of our long delivery cycle.
·         Achieved a course completion rate of 77%, versus the elearning industry average which stands at 10%.
·         Won the 2019 Stevie® Award for Customer Service Success
·         Won the esteemed “EC-Council ATC Circle of Excellence Award” for two consecutive years
·         Named “2018 Top 20 Online Learning Library Companies” by Training Industry Magazine.
·         Won the “Paul Writer's Bangalore's Hot 50 - Innovative Use of Technology” award in 2018.

About Simplilearn
Simplilearn enables professionals and enterprises to succeed in the fast-changing digital economy. The company provides outcome-based online training across digital technologies and applications such as Big Data, Machine Learning, AI, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Digital Marketing, and other emerging technologies. Based in San Francisco, CA, Raleigh, NC, and Bangalore, India, Simplilearn has helped more than one million professionals and 1,000 companies across 150 countries get trained, acquire certifications, and reach their business and career goals. The company's high-engagement curriculum blends self-paced online learning, instructor-led live virtual classrooms, hands-on projects, student collaboration, and 24/7 global teaching assistance. Simplilearn is a GSA IT-70 contract holder and was recognized by Training Industry as a Top 20 Online Learning Library Company of 2018.

Peeking Beyond the Boundaries on Life and Beyond for Indian Woman

When women come together to discuss, exchange notes, contemplate on life and beyond, the outcome is unlikely to be mundane, run of the mill. And if these women also happen to be the movers and shakers, each having left their indelible mark in the fields they have forayed, the ensuing take away of such an interaction is bound to be monumental.

This is precisely what transpired during the recent three day International Women’s Conference hosted by the Art of Living, which brought together women leaders, scientists, artists, social workers, writers from across the world. The discussions amongst the women panellists hailing from diverse fields proved to be not only informative and engaging, but opened up vistas hitherto never visited or contemplated.

The theme opted for the conference was incidentally Circle of Life, taking the multiple discussions through various segments of life and lifestyle that are sparsely explored, deliberated, with some of the deliberations moving thence to the finer lines that are much more meaningful and fill with wonder, yet are scarcely pondered over or even paid heed.

It is all vibrations

An interesting statement emerged from celebrity chef Lauren Von Der Pool who championed the cause of vegan diet, with a best-selling book on the same, “Not many are aware of sound acting as a therapy, the vibrations of words having both negative and positive effects. This is especially clearly perceived in water, in the manner in which the water molecules transform to the vibrations of negative and positive words. Our body is made up primarily of water and the food and liquids we consume has water. Keeping the vibrations positive while preparing food is hence vital as it directly impacts the body.”

The state of mental health has become a serious issue world over, with cases of depression climbing steadily year after year. “Over 450 million across the world are suffering from some form of mental health issue and the cost of treating them is US $ 16 trillion. Unfortunately the pharmaceutical industry is looking at this as a business opportunity. The way to circumvent this serious situation is to work on individual peace as that is the beginning of individual mental health and in turn world peace”, contended Sumathi Jayaraman, Director, Strategy and Innovation, UNDP.

Nicolas Hulot, French journalist and environmentalist, expressed similar sentiments. “Cultural and economic factors destroy nature even when man is aware of the destruction. This is chiefly due to the lack of short term grinding where one experiences serious malfunctions that prompt action. The long term always appears far away, lulling people into a false sense of security, removing the urgency to act or even be aware to take the initiative. We need to alter this mind set and view ourselves as one world family and initiate change.”

Stating that nature has a mind and intelligence of its own just as even a single cell amoeba has the intelligence to forage food, Nicolas added, “yoga makes people connect with nature better as it settles the mind and calms the senses.” Resonating similar view was Luke Coutinho, Holistic Lifestyle Coach, who pointed that the internal environment of each individual impacts their external environment. “We feel refreshed when being amidst nature as it alters the energy levels and the manner in which the hormones connect. Our mind can heal when positive and this applies to food we eat too where it breaks down faster when consumed with happiness and positivity.”

Being ecologically viable

An interesting analysis on the current modes of thinking and approach was offered by Architect Trupti Doshi using the example of an elephant’s eating habits and its habitat. “There is a subtle difference between the manner in which an elephant consumes food and a human consumes food. While the quantum that an elephant consumes is humongous, its approach to finding its food is extensive, where it would never leave any patch of its habitat barren by foraging through it. But a human’s approach to living is intensive, where several swathes of forest land could be cleared to meet his consumption needs.”

Trupti further pointed that our forefathers focused on ensuring that our footprints were ecologically viable while being economically friendly and “this sustained nature and our planet. But now we focus on ensuring economic viability while being ecologically friendly and this approach has impacted nature deeply.”

Recognising the urgency of addressing the ecology of our planet and reversing the adverse effects of climate change globally, the conference launched Mission Green Earth where it was proposed to plant 10 million trees by 2025 across the globe, with each person attending the conference taking the pledge to contribute in this venture. As a run up to the conference, the students of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Vidya Mandir had planted 1,10,000 trees across the country. Art of Living, over the last four decades has planted over 81 million trees across the country and overseas. During the rainy season this year, it proposes to plant 5000 saplings.

Aakash Institute Announces 2nd Edition of NEST Scholarship Exam for Students from Class X to Class XII

Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL), the national leader in test preparatory services for aspiring doctors and IITians with more than 200 centres across the country, has announced the second edition of its annual scholarship exam, named National Eligibility and Scholarship Test (NEST) scholarship exam for students of Class X-Class XII.

Aakash NEST is for students who would be moving to Class XII from Class X; to Class XII from Class XI and Class XII appeared or passed (studying and above) and will take place on April 5, 2020, across 24 states and Union Territories in the country.

NEST offers students an opportunity to compete at a national level and win a scholarship of up to 90% of the tuition fee. Students from Class X to XII (both studying and passed) can participate in the exam. Through Aakash NEST, Aakash aims to empower and enable students to utilize AESL’s coaching without financial constraints.

DETAILS OF THE SCHOLARSHIP

* AAKASH NEST will be held on April 5, 2020, across 24 states/union territories in the country
* The exam will be for one hour and will be conducted in two shifts i.e. from 11 am to 12 pm and from 3 pm to 4 pm
* The last date for registration and receiving the duly filled-in application form is April 3, 2020. The registration fee is Rs 200
* Students will be tested on subjects viz. Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Mathematics

Mr Aakash Chaudhry, Director and CEO, Aakash Educational Services Limited, said: “In order to succeed, it is important to take a step in the direction of your goal. We are happy to introduce the second edition of Aakash NEST which will allow students to compete at a national level and provide them with an opportunity to win Scholarship up to 90%. We are confident that just like the previous year, students will apply for the prestigious talent hunt exam and take advantage of this great opportunity to achieve their career goals.”

The exam will take place across all major cities in the states of Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal. 

Aakash Institute aims to help students in their quest to achieve academic success with its standardized content and coaching methods, integrated teaching methodology, qualified faculty, comprehensive study material, diversified course offerings and delivery channels, modern infrastructure, and disciplined and focused learning environment. It has a centralized in-house process for curriculum and content development and faculty training and monitoring, led by its National Academic Team. Over the years, students from Aakash have shown proven selection track record in various Medical & Engineering entrance exams and competitive and scholarship exams such as NTSE, KVPY, and Olympiads.

About Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL)

Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL) provides comprehensive test preparatory services for students preparing for medical and engineering entrance examinations, school/board exams and competitive exams such as NTSE, KVPY, and Olympiads.  AESL believes that the “Aakash” brand is associated with quality coaching and a proven student selection track record in various medical and engineering entrance examinations.

With 32 years of operational experience in the test preparatory industry, the company has a few selections in Medical & Engineering entrance exams, a pan India network of 200+ Aakash Centres (including franchisee), and a student count of more than 225,000.