New Land Rover Defender Set To Launch In Indian Market On Oct 15

* New Land Rover Defender will be launched in India on 15th October, 2020

* The launch of the New Defender will mark a significant milestone in Land Rover’s journey in India

* An immersive and highly engaging digital launch event has been planned to mark the arrival of the New Land Rover Defender in India

Jaguar Land Rover India today announced that the iconic New Land Rover Defender will be launched in India on 15th October, 2020 at 7:30 pm, via a one-of-its-kind digital launch event, which will be open to members of the media, Land Rover customers and fans and enthusiasts of the brand.

Rohit Suri, President & Managing Director, Jaguar Land Rover India Ltd (JLRIL), said: “It will be a proud moment for Land Rover to bring the iconic New Defender for the first time in India since we entered the country in 2009. It will also be a significant milestone for the overall auto industry in India to witness the launch of a vehicle which enjoys legendary cult status across the globe. In line with its status, an immersive and highly engaging digital launch event has been planned to mark its arrival in India”

Bookings for the New Defender are open. More information can be found online on www.landrover.in

Customers can book their vehicles by visiting the online booking platform at www.findmeasuv.in for Land Rover.

Land Rover Product Portfolio in India

The Land Rover range in India includes the Range Rover Evoque (starting at ₹ 58.67 Lakh),  Discovery Sport (starting at ₹ 59.91 Lakh), the Range Rover Velar (priced at ₹ 73.30 Lakh), Discovery (starting at ₹ 75.59 Lakh), Range Rover Sport (starting at ₹ 88.24 Lakh) and Range Rover (starting at ₹ 196.82 Lakh). All prices mentioned are ex-showroom prices in India.

Jaguar Land Rover Retailer Network in India

Jaguar Land Rover vehicles are available in India in 24 cities, through 27 authorized outlets in Ahmedabad, Aurangabad, Bengaluru (2), Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi (2), Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata, Kochi, Karnal, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Mangalore, Mumbai (2), Noida, Pune, Raipur, Surat and Vijayawada.

Fintech Start-up GimBooks Introduces Indian Regional Languages on Its Accounting & Bookkeeping Platform

* With the integration of multiple local languages the platform, GimBooks aims to serve a wider and more diverse audience base

* Gimbooks’ mobile-first SaaS solution is empowering SME business owners across India to manage their accounts and inventory digitally

Raipur, Chattisgarh-based fintech start-up GimBooks has announced the addition of  9 regional languages on its Cloud-based ‘Made-in-India’ business management and accounting platform for small business owners and entrepreneurs. The newly incorporated languages on GimBooks’ mobile app and website (desktop version) are: Tamil, Telegu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Odiya and Punjabi. Previously, GimBooks’ mobile-first, easy-to-use solution was available only in English and Hindi languages.

With the introduction of the latest feature, GimBooks’ users will now be able to view its ‘Easy Invoice Manager’ Android app and integrated website (www.gimbooks.com) in the default language of their choice, as per the ‘primary language’ option selected in their devices. The end-to-end vernacularization/localization within the platform will help the start-up to customize customer experiences and scale up vis-à-vis brand diversification.

This move by GimBooks comes at a time when regional language-based content consumption is exploding amongst Internet and smartphone users in India. In the recent past, many entertainment platforms, apps. etc. in our country had grown exponentially after launching in multiple vernacular languages. Taking a note of these aspects and also given the fact that the adoption of Hindi or English is still quite low in South Indian states and some other belts of the country, GimBooks’ team eventually figured out that they were losing out on a considerably large opportunity to add more customers, as their app did not support regional languages in the past. To overcome this issue and bridge the gap, GimBooks decided to come up with this new feature of deploying multiple regional languages on its platform.

Speaking about the newly-added functionality, Mr. Yash Raj Agrawal, Founder & CEO, GimBooks says, “By introducing 100 per cent localization on our platform through the integration of a number of regional languages, we at GimBooks want to capitalize on the wider market opportunity of Bharat, and enable our users to be able to see and read each and every word in their preferred local language. This new upgrade can be said to be entirely hassle-free and customer-convenience-oriented, as the user can seamlessly switch his/her language settings anytime. We are hopeful that by viewing content in their respective local languages, our customers will build a better rapport with the app and our company. On the other hand, we at GimBooks will have the chance to cater to newer demographics and audience base, thereby gaining competitive advantage in the market, and expecting to see increased customer adaptation rates.”

Highlighting the achievements and the future way forward for GimBooks, Mr. Agarwal adds, “We have hit the milestone of 1 Million downloads of our mobile app, and are on the verge of crossing a paid customer base of ten thousand. GimBooks was also recently announced the proud winner of the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Innovation App Challenge launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Apart from our consistent focus on personalization and customization, we are soon planning to launch other useful, value-add features like cataloguing and invoice-based financing on our platform. We will also roll out neo-banking activities in the near future which will enable our users to send and accept payments from the app itself. In the long run, GimBooks wants to become the most preferred, one-stop business management solution for Indian traders, retailers, Kirana shop owners and millions of other small and micro-level businesses across the country.”

GimBooks, launched originally is an invoice-maker app in October 2017, modified over the years into a full-fledged book-keeping and accounting platform dedicated to SME entrepreneurs, that allows the users to digitally create GST-compliant invoices, waybills, purchase orders, challans, and further helps them to manage inventory and expenses, keep track of various business documents such as sales and purchase reports, notify payment reminders to customers, and so on. One major USP of GimBooks is that it offers domain-specific, ‘Do-It-Yourself’ bookkeeping solution, wherein invoices and other documents can be customized according to the specific industry where the user belongs to. The start-up runs on a freemium subscription model; it has a current active User base of 1.5 lakhs and growing at a rate of 15-20% MOM.

Esperer Onco Nutrition (EON) Announces No More Malnutrition, a Socially Responsible Mission

 

The occurrence of malnutrition in cancer patients varies from 30% to 80%. Malnutrition and Cachexia -associated weight loss in cancer patients is understood to be initiated by the grouping of inflammation, under nutrition and cancer-brought catabolism. Mission No More Malnutrition is a noble mission to combat and arrest the crucial issue of malnutrition plaguing the cancer care process in India. EON is a bioresearch organization in Mumbai making significant contributions in the nutritional therapy space for cancer patients since 2018. 

Esperer Nutrition undertakes intensive well-rounded cancer research and believes that the disease itself is somatic but the suffering and often death resulting from it is due to psychological reasons more than from the biological disease. Esperer Nutrition intends to re-inculcate faith in life and hope for life in patients. It is a mission that was envisioned when Esperer Nutrition identified the Indian market flooded with international nutritional formulas that weren’t best suited for Indian cancer patients; they were inaccessible and very expensive.  In its journey to discover its mission as cancer research organization, Esperer recognized this‘A3 Hurdle’ of accessibility, affordability and acceptability which is arising with an increasing number of international formulas in the Indian market. 

EON aims to address the problem of malnutrition by cracking the aforementioned dilemmas of accessibility, affordability and acceptability with a passion driven project. To accomplish this goal; narrowing the focus and getting more specific Esperer Nutrition is building an Indian gut specific nutritional product to combat Malnutrition. Esperer Nutrition deems it necessary for targeted nutrition to hold hands with nutritional therapy. 

Keeping ‘A3 Hurdle’ in mind Esperer Nutrition now has a mission, Mission No More Malnutrition. . No more Malnutrition is a moral initiative taken up by Esperer Nutrition to reach out a lending hand to financially challenged patients and help them by co-paying for Esperer’s research based condition specific nutrition products and supplements. This would cut the cord of the vicious circle of Malnutrition and help patients recover without bearing the financial brunt. The co-payment program undertaken by Esperer Nutrition would envisage Esperer Nutrition paying for the majority amount with a minimal contribution from the patient. In cases calling in for complete financial assistance Esperer will bear the complete cost to deliver the best and desired nutrition to the patient. Esperer’s Co-Pay program can be accessed from their website by a simple form or can also be availed by calling in the customer care services with the entire start-to-end budget decision process not taking more than 48 hours with the help of an expert committee set up for the cause by Esperer Nutrition. 

With NM, EON aims to make targeted nutrition easy to access and afford by the patient through as many convenient channels as possible. This mission will also ensure that the patient grasps beneficial and obtainable nutrition to deal with Malnutrition. Importantly, EON wants the patient to enjoy the product and in effect increase the resulting compliance and reduce patients succumbing to death due to malnutrition.

“Cancer care as a disease management program should keep widening its horizons from as many sighted and available areas as possible due to its large-scale effects on the patient more psychologically than somatically. We at EON grab every opportunity we can to make this deadly disease more manageable for our patients. NM is one such mission for us where we aim to save 30% of patients who could be possibly saved with efficient delivery of targeted nutrition by assisting them in bearing the financial burden”, says, Raktim Chattopadhyay, Founder & CEO at Esperer Onco Nutrition (EON). 

About EON

Esperer Nutrition strives to champion the role of nutritional therapies that have proven clinical & health economic value, & improve the quality of people’s lives. EON is destined to understand, treat & help prevent a range of medical conditions by leveraging nutrition and life sciences.  

Company  aims to address specific health conditions with special emphasis on Onco Nutrition &  intend to provide a 360 degree solution to global cancer portfolio right from Preventive Oncology to Cancer Disease Management using Nutraceutical as complementary therapy to stage & region specific cancer patients. 

EON aspire to become global pioneer considering Drug-Nutrient Interaction as major factor in chronic  disease management. 

upGrad Appoints Saranjit Sangar as the New CEO - UK, Europe, and Middle East

 

upGrad, India’s largest online higher education company, in a move to strengthen its penetration into the international markets, announced the appointment of Saranjit Sangar as the CEO - UK, Europe, and Middle East.

Saranjit is an experienced leader with a diverse international career across e-commerce (Amazon, UK), last-mile logistics (Amazon, UK, and Honestbee, Singapore), cloud kitchens (Grab, Singapore) & FMCG (Godrej, India). She has a successful track record of building and scaling businesses, growing teams, and creating value for customers and partners for over a decade. In her last role as Director - Grab Ventures and New Businesses at Grab, South East Asia’s first decacorn leader in ride-hailing, on-demand deliveries, and payments, she has been instrumental in building Grab’s cloud kitchens in Thailand, Singapore from the ground up while defining the country targets, building the organisation structure & owning the entire P&L.

On welcoming the new leader at the helm of its UK, Europe, and Middle East business, Ronnie Screwvala, Co-Founder & Chairman, upGrad, said, “upGrad's international expansion is a multi-pronged strategy. While last year we saw good traction for our existing programs from the large 40 million South Asian diaspora, we are now focused on leveraging our global tech platform, our strong wireframe model of deep learning, high-touch counselling in the digital world to replicate our success in these very large and interesting markets. Our goal was always to be a strong international edtech company and this is one step closer to achieving it. I welcome Saranjit whose passion for tech and building a consumer business resonates with upGrad’s vision of impacting a billion working professionals with LifeLongLearning.”

On her new role, Saranjit Sangar said, “In my personal experience, I have immensely valued and benefited from my education, guidance from my mentors, and their advice on continuous learning and self-improvement. But I also understand that these invaluable resources are not widely accessible to everyone. I want to help create a level playing field for the aspiring youth and professionals by democratizing education and making these resources available, to help them make the right choices through their careers. At upGrad, we will now be providing internationally, a) relevant programs to prepare them for the future of the workforce b) immersive learning experience with real-life work simulations c) mentors and counselors who are industry experts d) career services - matching the skills-sets of our students, and helping them achieve meaningful outcomes. And I am thrilled to be embarking on this mission with upGrad.”

Saranjit joins her new role from 1st October 2020 and will be based out of London UK.

“In line with our growth agenda to establish upGrad as the global leader in the Lifelong Learning space, we're setting up our subsidiaries in the international markets. We will soon announce the appointment of our CEO - APAC," concluded Ronnie Screwvala.

About upGrad

upGrad is India’s largest online higher education company, which has impacted almost 9 lakh individuals globally. upGrad has ranked No.1 in the #LinkedInTopStartups India 2020 list. This is the third time in a row that upGrad has been featured in the #LinkedInTopStartup list.

The Best Time to Join Vi is Now in the Indian Market!

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* Takes customer centricity several notches higher with the launch of GIGAnet

In a demonstrative indication of its commitment to customers, Vi has embarked on a unique customer engagement drive. With the objective of gaining definite feedback from customers on their new network – GIGAnet, Viis encouraging customers to reach out with their feedback through the Vi App. There are exciting and assured delights in the form of great benefits being offered for every feedback received.

Under the new customer engagement drive, new and existing Viusers stand to get huge delights by simply sharing their feedback on their network experience.

Inviting all mobile phone users and aspirants to join Vi, Avneesh Khosla- Marketing Director, Vodafone Idea Limited, said “We understand the importance of a strong and seamless network in today’s context where consumers are spending a lot more time on the Internet than ever before. We launched Viwith the promise of helping customers move ahead in life, for a better today and a brighter tomorrow. Taking another step in that direction, we have announced GIGAnet, the stronger and most modern 4G network in the country that enables a seamless, 24x7 high speed 4G connectivity to our customers and helps them thrive. Today, with the launch of this program, we want to invite one and all to come and experience our network and give us their valuable feedback and also get rewarded with great delights in the process. We encourage all our consumers to take part in this program.”

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Vi is committed to help every Indian move ahead in life, for a better today and a brighter tomorrow. It is for the new age and for the connected ecosystem. Vi is future ready and is committed to dynamically serve and enable a digital society to progress in life. In the months to come Vi will continuously unpack exciting possibilities for its customers.

About Vodafone Idea Limited

Vodafone Idea Limited is an Aditya Birla Group and Vodafone Group partnership. It is India’s leading telecom service provider. The Company provides pan India Voice and Data services across 2G, 3G and 4G platform. With the large spectrum portfolio to support the growing demand for data and voice, the company is committed to deliver delightful customer experiences and contribute towards creating a truly ‘Digital India’ by enabling millions of citizens to connect and build a better tomorrow. The Company is developing infrastructure to introduce newer and smarter technologies, making both retail and enterprise customers future ready with innovative offerings, conveniently accessible through an ecosystem of digital channels as well as extensive on-ground presence. The Company is listed on National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in India.

Tata Motors Delivers 51 Winger Ambulances to Zilla Parishad of Pune

 

* Ambulances to be used for transport of Covid positive patients

* Ceremonial handover to the Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Mr. Ajit Pawar

* Tata Winger BS6 ambulances are designed for patient transport, as per AIS 125 Part 1

Tata Motors, India’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer, today delivered 51 Tata Winger Ambulances to the Zilla Parishad of Pune. The handover ceremony was graced by the Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Mr. Ajit Pawar, at Pune. The 51 Tata Winger Ambulances are a part of the larger order placed by the Zilla Parishad and will be deputed to the Gram Panchayats of Pune district to provide aid to COVID-19 patients. Tata Motors won the bid for the order under the Government e-Marketplace, and the vehicles are designed for patient transport as per AIS 125 Part 1. Dignitaries from Zilla Parishad of Pune and Tata Motors were present at the venue during the handover ceremony.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Vinay Pathak, Vice President, Product Line, SCV, Tata Motors, said, “The Tata Winger platform is a versatile one and is perfectly suited for several applications. It is one of the most successful ambulance platform in the country and has helped save thousands of lifes till date. In the BS6 form, it has enhanced value-adds that make it the ideal vehicle for patient transportation. Tata Motors stands together with the country in its endeavor to fight COVID-19 and we are determined to support the government in providing better and quicker healthcare to all.”

The Tata Winger BS6 Ambulances delivered to the Zilla Parishad of Pune are specially adapted to keep the driver safe, with the addition of driver partition. The Tata Winger, with its flat torque curve that enable fewer gear shifts, gear shift indicator and ECO switch helps in achieving the highest fuel efficiency, and its monocoque chassis aids in smoother patient transportation and makes it easily maneuverable through the narrow streets.

About Tata Motors

Tata Motors Limited (NYSE: TTM; BSE: 500570 and 570001; NSE: TATAMOTORS and TATAMTRDVR), a USD 44 billion organization, is a leading global automobile manufacturer of cars, utility vehicles, pick-ups, trucks and buses. Part of the USD 110 billion Tata group, Tata Motors is India’s largest and the only OEM offering extensive range of integrated, smart and e-mobility solutions. It has operations in India, the UK, South Korea, Thailand, South Africa, and Indonesia through a strong global network of 134 subsidiaries, associate companies and joint ventures, including Jaguar Land Rover in the UK and Tata Daewoo in South Korea.

With a focus on engineering and tech enabled automotive solutions catering to the future of mobility, Tata Motors is India’s market leader in commercial vehicles and amongst the top four in the passenger vehicles market. With ‘Connecting Aspirations’ at the core of its brand promise, the company’s innovation efforts are focused to develop pioneering technologies that are sustainable as well as suited to evolving aspirations of the market and the customers. Tata Motors strives to bring new products that fire the imagination of GenNext customers, fuelled by state of the art design and R&D centres located in India, UK, US, Italy and South Korea. Internationally, Tata commercial and passenger vehicles are marketed in countries, spread across Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, South East Asia, South America, Australia, CIS, and Russia.

Ather Energy unveils Series1, the collectors’ Edition of the Ather 450X

One of India’s first completely indigenous intelligent electric vehicle manufacturers, Ather Energy, today unveiled the much-awaited collector’s edition of the Ather 450X, called Series1. This limited-edition scooter is available only to those Ather Energy enthusiasts who pre-ordered the scooter before the national launch of the Ather 450X on January 28th, 2020.  Series1 has been conceptualized and designed to celebrate the amplified performance of the Ather 450X - its best-in-class power, torque, acceleration and it's light hybrid aluminum frame chassis by using premium color & finish, and a first for Indian roads, a vehicle with translucent panels.

As a design led manufacturer, building Make in India products, the truly special feature of Series1 are the translucent panels in the rear, that offer a peek inside the scooter. This will be the first for an Indian OEM to offer tinted translucent panels that allow one to see the ‘insides’ of the scooter. Ather’s distinct cast aluminum chassis is visible under the seat and the trellis frame which has been a unique aspect of the Ather scooters. The Series1 edition of the scooter celebrates the engineering, tech prowess, and the performance of the Ather 450 product line.

Starkly different from the existing range of colors (grey, white, mint green), the Series1 comes with a high-gloss metallic black body color combined with accents of red. These signature colors also feature on the 7” touchscreen dashboard of the Series1 scooters, with a special intro screen and subtle hints of red in the UI designed for the scooters.

The Series1 edition will have a 6 kW PMSM electric motor which gets its energy from a 2.9 kWh lithium-ion battery, like the standard Ather 450X. It will also have the same set of riding modes - Eco, Ride, Sport, and a high-performance 'Warp' mode. According to internal tests, the 0-40 kmph acceleration time of just 3.3 seconds, makes the Ather 450X one of the quickest electric scooters in the 125cc performance categories in India.

Deliveries of Series1 will begin by November 2020 in all 11 cities - Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi, Coimbatore, Kozhikode, Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Pune, Ahmedabad, Kozhikode, and Kolkata. Consumers who pre-ordered the Ather 450X before 28th of January 2020 are eligible to opt for Series1. The initial batches of Series1 scooters will ship out with black panels and will be upgraded to the translucent panels in May 2021.

Quote by Tarun Mehta, CEO, and Co-founder of Ather Energy

“Like all our scooters, the Series1 is built from scratch and we hope our community loves it as much as we loved building it. Building automotive grade translucent panels is tricky and I am super excited that Ather is bringing them out for the first time ever with Series1.The teams have been working on it for months and despite the lockdown have been able to produce something truly fantastic.”

About Ather Energy

Ather Energy, one of India’s first intelligent electric vehicle manufacturers was founded in 2013 by IIT Madras alumni, Tarun Mehta, and Swapnil Jain. It is backed by the founders of Flipkart -Sachin Bansal & Binny Bansal- Hero Motocorp and Tiger Global. Ather Energy launched India’s first truly intelligent, electric scooter - Ather 450 in 2018, followed by their new flagship offering Ather 450X in 2020. Ather has also installed a comprehensive public charging network, Ather Grid, designed and built in India. With 38 charging points in Bengaluru and 14 charging points in Chennai, Ather Grid is one of the largest fast-charging networks for electric vehicles in the country. The company’s product line has won 30 awards in design, automotive and technology categories. With over 60 Indian and international patent applications, 109 trademarks and 118 Indian and International design registrations to its name, Ather Energy aims to provide consumers with the best possible ownership experience. Ather Energy currently operates in Bengaluru and Chennai and in 2020 will expand to 9 more cities including Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Pune & Hyderabad.