Paper By Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences And University of Kentucky Explores New Options For Diagnosing Lung Cancer

 

* The Study Was Published In The Molecular Cancer Journal

* It was published and corresponded by Dr. Mahadev Rao Professor from Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences and his team

Dr. Mahadev Rao, Professor and Head of Department of Pharmacy Practice at Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), and his team, in collaboration with a team from University of Kentucky (UK) Markey Cancer Center, have published an invited review article titled, "Integration of liquid biopsy and pharmacogenomics for precision therapy of EGFR mutant and resistant lung cancers" in the Molecular Cancer Journal. The paper explores new options of diagnosing lung cancer.

Currently tumour biopsies are the most commonly used diagnostic tool for lung cancer. However, this paper talks about the enormous potential of liquid biopsies obtained from a blood sample to replace tumor biopsies that require patients to undergo a surgical procedure.

Along with Dr Mahadev Rao, the paper was jointly published with a team from University of Kentucky (UK) Markey Cancer Center, headed by Jill Kolesar, Pharm.D., Director of the Precision Medicine Center, co-chair of the Molecular Tumor Board for the UK Markey Cancer Center and a Professor in the UK College of Pharmacy and Dr. Vivek Rangnekar, Markey Cancer Center at UK associate director and Global Cancer Consortium founding chair. The paper included multidisciplinary team of oncologists, researchers, clinical pharmacists and basic scientists from MAHE. The study was also facilitated by the Global Cancer Consortium, which was formed in 2020. The consortium aims to promote partnerships in global cancer research, education, and outreach activities.

Speaking about this collaborative study facilitated by the Global Cancer Consortium Lt. Gen. (Dr.) M. D. Venkatesh, Vice-Chancellor of MAHE said "The Global Cancer Consortium has initiated collaborative transnational cutting edge research for developing next-generation scientists and promoting cancer health care and has produced several high-quality joint research publications. We are overjoyed by Dr. Rao and his team’s contribution to cancer research and wish them the best for their future endeavours”

Dr. Mahadev Rao, Professor and Head of Department of Pharmacy Practice at Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, MAHE and founding faculty of Global Cancer Consortium said “Liquid biopsies obtained from a blood test provides added advantages such as detection of genes responsible for cancer predisposition and drug metabolism, minimally invasive, reduced procedural complications, allows dynamic monitoring lung cancer treatment resistance and efficacy. Integrating liquid biopsy into cancer care and research provides enhanced personalized cancer care by selecting the right drug in precise doses, identifying the population-level genomic landscape, developing new drug molecules, and reducing the cost burden for cancer patients”

ALTEN Expands Its Operations To Accelerate Growth In Indian Market

* ALTEN group is a world leader in Engineering & IT services and expanding its India operations with yet another new office in Bengaluru

ALTEN Group with the presence in 30 countries has 42000 employees globally. ALTEN India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ALTEN group, is expanding its operations in India by creating more than 3,000 jobs. India being the growth engine, we are having a roadmap to triple in next 2.5 years from 6250 to 15000 employees including all the subsidiaries. The inauguration of additional facility in Bangalore is one more milestone towards achieving our growth objectives. We are committed to add more facilities in India to support the growth. 

With this huge investment in resources, ALTEN India is expected to significantly contribute to the group’s overall growth ambition. This is a harbinger of hope in the post-pandemic world to strengthen economy by creating more job opportunities to the talent in India. 

Gerald Attia, Deputy CEO and Co-founder of ALTEN Group said “this new facility will harness our innovation in the area of Aero, embedded, Digital and IT solution to support our customers.  We see a lot of talent availability in India and continue to invest further in India and develop technologies to support our growth globally. This will provide opportunities to young Indians to grow and add value to our global business significantly”.  

Pascal Amore, Executive Vice President of ALTEN Group and Head of APAC, reinforced that the “ALTEN Group is bullish on India, as the country has a talent pool which is very diverse in nature and this will help the group prepare ourselves for new technological areas. It is conducive to invest in India as it is a win-win situation for both employer & employees.”

Uttamkumar Sankpal, CEO of ALTEN India adds that “We are overwhelmed to inaugurate yet another facility in Bangalore.  This facility is one more step forward to support our road map of adding 3000 innovators this year to strengthen ALTEN’s growth in India. We are growing at stupendous phase; we have grown 70% in 2021 the year of pandemic. We believe our growth will continue to achieve our goal of reaching 15000 innovators by 2024 and become the most preferred employer in India. This will revive the economy and jobs creation post pandemic.” 

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Tata Motors Bags Order Of 1,300 Commercial Vehicles From VRL Logistics Limited

Tata Motors, India’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer, bags an order of 1300 commercial vehicles from VRL Logistics Limited, a leader in surface logistics in India, to expand VRL Logistics’ commercial vehicle fleet portfolio in the country. The order comprises of vehicles from Tata Motors’ Medium & Heavy Commercial Vehicle and Intermediate & Light Commercial Vehicle range, suited for logistics operations of the company, across India. The vehicles were selected basis the superior drivability, high fuel efficiency and low total cost of ownership, which will enable VRL Logistics ltd. to increase its fleet efficiency.

Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Rajesh Kaul, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Commercial Vehicle Business Unit, Tata Motors, said, “We are delighted to secure the prestigious order of 1300 vehicles from VRL Logistics ltd. I’m confident that our vehicles will bring great value to their operations. We, at Tata Motors, endeavour to engineer our vehicles to offer the lowest total cost of ownership and our widest service network will ensure best-in-the-industry service support in all corners of the country. We look forward to a fruitful partnership with VRL Logistics ltd. and will offer the best support for their seamless operations.”

Tata Motors commercial vehicles are designed and engineered on the ‘Power of 6’ philosophy, which delivers best-in-class driveability, total cost of operations, comfort and convenience, and connectivity. The range comes with the standard fitment of Fleet Edge – Tata Motors’ next-gen digital solution for optimal fleet management, to further increase the uptime and reduce the total cost of ownership. Tata Motors also offers its flagship initiative, Sampoorna Seva, a bouquet of service offerings including Repair Time Assurance, Breakdown Assistance, Insurance and Accidental Repair Time, Extended Warranty, and other add-on services for vehicle maintenance and upkeep.

About Tata Motors

Part of the USD 109 billion Tata group, Tata Motors Limited (NYSE: TTM; BSE: 500570 and 570001; NSE: TATAMOTORS and TATAMTRDVR), a USD 34 billion organization, is a leading global automobile manufacturer of cars, utility vehicles, pick-ups, trucks and buses, offering extensive range of integrated, smart and e-mobility solutions. With ‘Connecting Aspirations’ at the core of its brand promise, Tata Motors is India’s market leader in commercial vehicles and amongst the top three in the passenger vehicles market.

Tata Motors strives to bring new products that fire the imagination of GenNext customers, fueled by state of the art design and R&D centers located in India, UK, US, Italy and South Korea. With a focus on engineering and tech enabled automotive solutions catering to the future of mobility, 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. The company is pioneering India's Electric Vehicle (EV) transition and driving the shift towards sustainable mobility solutions by preparing a tailor-made product strategy, leveraging the synergy between the Group companies and playing an active role liasoning with the Government in developing the policy framework

With operations in India, the UK, South Korea, Thailand, South Africa, and Indonesia, supported by a strong global network of 103 subsidiaries, 9 associate companies, 4 joint ventures and 2 joint operations as on March 31, 2021, Tata Motors’ commercial and passenger vehicles are marketed in countries, spread across Africa, Middle East, South & South East Asia, Australia, South America, Russia and other CIS countries.

Atlassian Launches New Products And Updates Across Its Portfolio At Flagship Team 22 Event

* New features designed to help customers navigate the future of modern teamwork 

Atlassian Corporation Plc (NASDAQ:TEAM), a leading provider of team collaboration and productivity software and the maker of Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket, today unveils new products, Atlas andCompass, and two new capabilities from the Atlassian Platform, Atlassian Data Lake and Atlassian Analytics, at its premier customer and partner event – Team 22.  

Recognizing the changing nature of how we work, Atlassian released these new products and features to help align autonomous teams and the tools they choose to use to power businesses' digital transformation efforts.  

Introducing Atlas and Compass 

Atlas is a teamwork directory that pairs engaging 280-character project updates with a smart team directory to show you: what’s being worked on and why, who’s doing it, and how it’s all going. Atlas helps teams to track and communicate the progress of their work across the enterprise and understand how it all connects, regardless of what tool they use to get their work done. 

Compass is a developer portal that helps teams tame the software sprawl every dev team experiences as they incorporate more tools, services, and open-source libraries into their tech stacks. With Compass, developers can get a real-time view of changes made to their software architecture, its impact, and the current health of components all in one place, without having to sacrifice the tools they want to use. Compass comes from Point A, an Atlassian program to create new products in collaboration with customers. 

Investing in the Atlassian platform 

To bring teams together, Atlassian is investing in the Atlassian Platform, a common technology foundation across its apps that connects teams - while allowing them to work with the tools of their choice. The company announces two new capabilities from the Atlassian Platform that help everyone in the organization from leaders to end users get flexible access to all their data with the Atlassian Data Lake and Atlassian Analytics. 

Atlassian Data Lake contains cross-product and cross-instance data for easy analysis with pre-modeled and enriched fields to speed up insight generation. It is built on the enterprise-grade trusted Atlassian platform to ensure privacy and security. 

Using technology from Chartio, a cloud-based visualization and analytics solution that the company acquired last year, the team built Atlassian Analytics, a simple, flexible hub that seamlessly connects to the Atlassian Data Lake and allows users to access data in a variety of ways. 

Dinesh Ajmera, Site Lead and Head of Engineering, India, Atlassian said, “Every team has its own unique ways of working, and Atlassian products provide tons of flexibility to foster that uniqueness. Imagine a future where every team gets tailored recommendations on how to improve velocity, and every leader gets insights into how to improve overall team health. So work gets done smarter and teams unleash their full potential. That is the future we envision and will use Atlassian Data Lake and Atlassian Analytics as building blocks to achieve this.” 

“Organizations and teams have had to move from in-office to remote to hybrid work fluidly, all while producing the right outcomes for their customers, employees and investors. With the launch of Compass, we continue to enable digital transformation and ease the toll placed on software development teams. I am equally excited about the future of Atlas and the impact this will have not only on our customers but our own teams as it connects the dots across teams, their tools, and their work – wherever it happens,” he further added. 

About Atlassian Team'22 

Team ‘22 is the ultimate teamwork experience and Atlassian’s flagship conference. Connect with leaders, innovators, and thinkers in ITSM, DevOps & Agile, Work Management and more from around the world. Discover the solutions, skills, and ideas to transform how teams collaborate, power digital transformation, and drive cultural change. 

This year, we’re bringing innovative digital and in-person experiences for you to connect with attendees and Atlassian customers from across the globe. Hear about our exciting product roadmap, level up your technical skills, and discover new ideas for better ways of working. 

About Atlassian 

Atlassian unleashes the potential of every team. Our team collaboration and productivity software helps teams organize, discuss, and complete shared work. Teams at more than 225,000 customers, across large and small organizations - including Bank of America, Redfin, NASA, Verizon, and Dropbox - use Atlassian’s project tracking, content creation and sharing, and service management products to work better together and deliver quality results on time. Learn more about our products, including Jira Software, Confluence, Jira Service Management, Trello, Bitbucket, and Jira Align at https://atlassian.com/. 

Indian Online Consumers More Protective About Personal Data: Survey

* India D2C Summit deliberates USD 100 billion opportunity with new-age stakeholders

Indian consumers are more protective of their personal data and are better evolved than their global counterparts in terms of awareness while shopping online, as per a survey.

“75% of Indian consumers (Global 59%) are evolved and are more aware and protective of their personal data,” said Somick Goswami, Partner, PwC on Day 2 of the India D2C (Direct to Consumer) Summit here today.

The survey data was part of the evolving consumer behaviour and trends, some excerpts of which were shared at the summit attended by the new age companies of India, Asia’s third largest economy.

The summit was held on the backdrop of the post pandemic era in India, which has increasingly seen a rise in digital consumption across segments including grocery, fashion, health & beauty, consumer electronics travel, sports & fitness, crafts and creative and alcoholic beverages.

With relaxation in post-pandemic restrictions, Indian consumers are likely to take a cross-channel view with intertwining between offline and digital transactions with 73% likely to visit shopping malls, Goswami said, attributing to the findings of the survey.

The rise in D2C in India has been facilitated by payment gateways with experts at the summit attributing 99% success ratio being key to selecting the payment gateway and managing the transaction expense ratio.

Earlier, on the Day 1 of the summit on Wednesday, it was deliberated as to how India’s conventional consumer goods companies were increasingly exploring direct-to-consumer (D2C) approach as it is seen as a 100 billion U.S. dollar opportunity.

Tata Consumer’s Nutrikorner, ITC’s Store.in and Hindustan Unilever’s The U Shop are some of the few amongst 600 Indian companies that have forayed into D2C after success of Nykaa on the bourses.

Experts opined that the new age companies are now attracting higher valuation compared to conventional FMCG companies with a 10 percent revenue shift seen towards D2C by 2025.

So far only 5 percent of the 600 companies in the D2C segment have achieved the Rs. 100 crore revenue milestone while 20 percent and 75 percent have revenue between 20-90 crore and below Rs. 20 crore, respectively, which may see consolidation going forward.

 Entrepreneurship Summit (MES) Concluded With Alumni Panel Discussion And Innovation Mela

* The two-week event had a footfall of 2000

* Never give up: Advice by MAHE alumni entrepreneurs

Manipal Academy of Higher Education recently concluded the Manipal Entrepreneurship Summit 2022 with a panel discussion on the topic ‘Essentials of Entrepreneurship”. The finale held on 1-2 April 2022 also featured narration of stories by entrepreneurs, pitch by students & startups and “Innovation Mela”. More than 60 innovators/startups participated in the “Innovation Mela”

MES is an annual flagship event of MAHE jointly organized by MIT, Entrepreneurship Cell (E-Cell) of MIT, Manipal Incubators, Alumni Relations, Innovation Center and Corporate Relations of MAHE.

Before the finale the summit featured online programs like webinar on Metaverse, case study analysis of startups/companies, debate on various topics related to economics, interactive sessions with entrepreneurs and workshop on entrepreneurs, between 17th to 30th March, 2022.

Seven alumni entrepreneurs from various institutes of MAHE participated in the finale panel discussion and deliberated on Govt support to startups & incubators, importance of innovation & entrepreneurship in Higher Education Institutions and the need to jump into entrepreneurial journey in view of matured Indian ecosystem. The entrepreneurs were from pharmaceutical, hospitality, agritech industries, consulting & investment firms and social enterprise. They participated as resource persons in the 2-day finale of MES.

The panel included Mr. Pramod Dsouza- Co-founder of Eagle10 Ventures, Mr. Abhay Nandan- a Jagriti Yatra organizer who runs a school in underdeveloped parts of Bihar. Ms. Garima Vishal -founder of the Dejawoo School of Innovation, Mr. Utkarsh Sinha- Director of Engineering and Management at Bucolic Kailash Agritech and FMCG Pvt Ltd, Mr. Rohit Hangal-Co-founder 'Sphere Travelmedia & Exhibitions', Dr. Vidya Priya Rao-the Founder of Innovatus Marketers Touchpoint and Mr. Ashok Chandak- Promoter and Chairman – M/s. Chandak Laboratories (P) Ltd.

Dr. Narasimha Bhat, CEO & Founder, Manipal Dot Net, Manipal delivered the key-note address. He stressed on the importance of belief in oneself and always working with good intent for achieving success. He encouraged the students to unleash innate talent and enjoy entrepreneurial journey through relishing, rejoicing and regaining.

In his inaugural address MAHE’s Vice Chancellor Lt. Gen. (Dr.) M D Venkatesh said “Entrepreneurship has always been encouraged at MAHE. Our students can see the example of our very own founder T. M. A Pai to understand the power of entrepreneurial capability. Human development around our campuses at Manipal, Sikkim and Jaipur shows the Manipal model of entrepreneurship. I urge our alumni and future entrepreneurs to come forward and make the best use of MAHE ecosystem towards their entrepreneurial journey”

Cdr. (Dr) Anil Rana, Director, Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), Manipal said “We are extremely glad that MES 2022 received such enthusiastic participation from entrepreneurs and startups alike. We hope to continue building the spirit of entrepreneurship amongst our students and faculty with future editions of the summit”

In his closing remarks, Dr M. Vijaya Kini, Convener MES 2022 mentioned that the highlight of this two-week event was footfall of almost 2000 and active participation by the E-Cell of MIT and that going forward, this summit will be creating greater societal impact.

o9 Solutions Tripled Its Annual Recurring Revenue In Q1, 2022

o9 Solutions, a leading enterprise AI software platform provider for transforming planning and decision-making, today reported that its annual recurring revenue (ARR) in Q1’22 more than tripled compared to the same period a year ago. The first quarter’s growth was driven by new global customers in various industries including food and beverage, medical equipment, apparel, and telecom. This underscores the broad applicability of o9’s AI-powered planning and decision-making platform.

"Our performance this quarter shows the growing need for more intelligent and resilient supply chains that can withstand an increasingly complex and dynamic business landscape," said Chakri Gottemukkala, Co-founder and CEO, o9 Solutions. "The rapid adoption of o9's AI-enabled, cloud-native platform speaks to its ability to help the world's largest organizations not only navigate volatile conditions, but also unlock significant business value through superior visibility, predictive and prescriptive insights, and cross-functional collaboration.”

In Q1’22, o9 also announced its flagship annual digital transformation event, aim10x global 2022, held virtually on April 5-7. The event is the company’s largest conference to date— with more than 9,000 registrants—and featured a lineup of 70-plus thought leaders in the supply chain space, keynotes by C-suite executives, and interactive panel discussions between highly influential digital transformation leaders and innovators from all industries.

During the first quarter, o9 expanded into new geographies including Australia and Brazil to support continued its rapid client growth globally. o9 also continues to increase its global talent pool, which now includes more than 1,700 employees worldwide. 

“Such a strong start to 2022 underscores o9's unmatched ability to help companies turn traditionally siloed and slow planning processes into a smart, integrated digital operating model,” said Igor Rikalo, President and Chief Operating Officer, o9 Solutions. “The need for digital transformation has never been more crucial, which is evident in the incredible turnout at our aim10x global 2022 event. We look forward to building on this momentum in Q2'22 and beyond.”

Other notable highlights during Q1’22 include:

o9 received $295 million in funding at $2.7bn valuation from General Atlantic, its BeyondNetZero climate investing venture, Generation Investment Management and KKR

o9 Solutions’ Co-Founder and CEO Chakri Gottemukkala Named Enterprise Innovator of The Year 2022 by D CEO and Dallas Innovates

o9’s Anusha Sharma Named a 2022 Pros to Know Winner by Supply & Demand Chain Executive

o9 Solutions Ranks No. 67 on Inc. Magazine’s List of Southwest Region’s Fastest Growing Companies

o9 Solutions and AWS Collaborate to Help Businesses Accelerate the Digital Transformation of Their Supply Chain Planning and Execution Processes

o9 Solutions Helps Marelli Digitall Transform Its Business

o9 Solutions Drives Digital Supply Chain Transformation at Berger Paints 

V-Trans (India) Ltd Honoured With Prestigious Award “Best Integrated Logistics Service Provider” By India Cargo Awards

* Prestigious supply chain award to recognize those behind the success of the logistics and cargo industry and make them feel like achievers.  

V-Trans (India) Ltd, a preferred single window logistics solution provider won the “Best Integrated Logistics Service Provider” award by India Cargo Awards, India’s topmost Supply chain awards, which helps to create a platform to recognize those behind the success of the cargo and logistics industry on 30th March 2022. Mr. Aditya Shah, Executive Director, V-Trans (India) Ltd received the award from Mr. Amrit Lal Meena, IAS, Special Secretary (Logistics) – Dept. of Commerce, Gov. of India at Crowne Plaza, New Delhi.  

V-Trans (India) is a champion of Surface Transport Pan India & in SAARC, V-Xpress is the expert in Door to Door, multimodal express cargo movement and V-Logis provides comprehensive warehousing and end to end integrated logistics. As a combined entity, the group provides all logistics-related services under one umbrella. V-Trans is enabled with best-in-the-business infrastructure and has a presence across the nation having more than 850 branches. It has the complete automated infrastructure and provides the virtual mapping of a warehouse in WMS enabling optimum space utilization and inventory control. With a perfectly crafted Hub & spoke model, it handles a massive volume of over 22 LAKH tons every year from diverse industries and across geographies. 

V-Trans market leadership is further updated and validated by numerous awards and recognitions from customers. The company has won copious awards including ‘Best Integrated Logistics Service Provider 2022’ by India Cargo Awards, Most trusted brand 2020 by Team Marksman & CNBC, Iconic Brand of India 2020 by Economic Times, overall Supply chain excellence by CII – Scale Awards for 3 consecutive years, ‘Best Road Transport Company in India’ for a couple of times, at ICC - Supply Chain Logistics Summit & Excellence Award; and the prestigious CFBP Jamanalal Bajaj Uchit Vyavhar Puraskar (V-Trans is an exceptional 2 times winner) amongst others. 

Commenting on the recognition, Mr. Mahendra Shah, Group Managing Director of V-Trans (India) Ltd said “We are delighted to be awarded the prestigious ‘Best Integrated Logistics Service Provider’ by India Cargo Awards. As a part of our company culture, we at V-Trans reaffirm our commitment to delivering trusted Integrated Logistics solutions. This award symbolizes our values of safety, integrity, teamwork, excellence, and inclusion. We aim to resolve the business problems of our clients    and intend to become their logistics edge.” 

About V-Trans (India) Ltd: 

V Trans India Ltd is a preferred single window logistics solution provider. A 6-decade old company that has evolved from a traditional transport player to a national logistics solution provider company. 

V Trans group with its 3 business verticals, V Trans, V Xpress, and V Logis, provides all solutions of surface transport, multimodal express cargo movement, and warehousing & 3PL. Reach across the nation, the experience of diverse industry needs, and the solid ethical foundation provides V Trans group an unmatchable positioning. From small loads to ODC consignments, from single shipment to the requirement of full project handling or the complex 3 PL solution, our group has it all.  

Our intentions are to solve the business problems of our clients and to become their logistics edge. We consider our role more than a logistics service provider, and we act as a business partner to our clients.