Students of Presidency University Bangalore School of Engineering Present Innovative Projects Using Drone Technology

In a 2-day ‘Innovative Project’ EXPO that concluded today, students of Presidency University Bangalore School of Engineering presented over 500 innovative projects across various disciplines, the most significant ones using drone technology for defense applications, Intelligent Transport systems and smart city projects. 

A total of 2800 students in groups of 6 each participated to present these 500 projects on latest technology solutions relevant to the society like health care, automation, agriculture, safety technologies and many more. 

The Chancellor of Presidency University, Dr. Nissar Ahmed presided over the 2 -day Expo and congratulated all the students.

“The ‘Innovative Projects’ concept of our university provides an excellent opportunity for fresh undergraduate students to build their innovative ideas using Arduino and Raspberry-pi. Innovative projects are also an excellent platform for the students to interact with students from other departments to enhance their research abilities and encourage interdisciplinary projects,” explains Dr. D. Subhakar, Vice Chancellor, Presidency University.

This concept allowed the students of various branches like Computer science, Electronics & Communication, Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics, Civil and Petroleum to make their own choice of group members and a faculty mentor. Utilizing intensive laboratory facilities, curriculum training and materials, students successfully completed their respective project work. This Strategical plan ensures that the students gain the ability to solve real time technology relevant problems and hence make each student industry ready.

“It was interesting to see enthusiastic students work on such relevant projects which are the need of the hour to solve societal issues,” said Dr U Chandrasekhar, Program Director at Wipro 3D who was the Chief Guest on the occasion.

“It is a unique opportunity provided by our university and we are the first to issue Embedded boards to each project team with huge investment in setting up the multiple Innovation Lab units. This will assist students to come up with their own new project ideas and build them using Embedded boards which will increase the knowledge base of future engineers so they interact with industry-standard technology before they graduate,” adds Dr Divya Rani, Innovation Project Coordinator at Presidency University.

A few noteworthy projects by the students were:

* Drone technology for military applications 

* Intelligent Transport systems 

* Women and children safety devices 

* Smart Irrigation systems 

* Smart city projects like automatic car parking systems, health care, surveillance, road safety etc.

The first three Prizes were given to the students for the projects titled  

Automated Hydroponics System

Solar Based Mobile charger using coin Insertion

 Live in an Automated House

Overall, this initiation of Presidency university has played a vital role in nurturing the students to find solutions to many societal and industry relevant issues.

Technology Advancements Reducing Insulin Dependence Among People With Diabetes, Say Experts

Diabetes is a common chronic condition that requires regular monitoring. Absence of monitoring could lead to delay in treatment and diabetes-related complications. Today, there are new therapies and revolutionary wearable technologies that continuously monitor one’s glucose levels in real time. According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) helps people beyond intensive insulin users. This translates to a broader use of the technology to benefit those living with diabetes, no matter where they are in the spectrum of care. The ADA further states that people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes must aim for a Time in Range (TIR) of at least 70% of readings.

Controlling blood glucose levels effectively with tech advancements

With tech advancements today, there are effective monitoring solutions that are proven to reduce HBA1C levels. According to a 2019 study undertaken by American Diabetes Association (ADA), for adults with type 2 diabetes on intensive insulin, HbA1c dropped from 8.9% to 8% with at least three months of using a continuous glucose monitoring system, in this case FreeStyle Libre1.

Prof. Dr. Debmalya Sanyal, Professor, Dept. of Endocrinology, KPC Medical College, Kolkata, said, “Research indicates that continuous glucose monitoring has helped people with Type 2 diabetes either on long-acting insulin therapy or non-insulin OAD therapy, significantly reducing their HbA1c levels. CGM when added to insulin therapy treatment regimens helps in getting detailed information about glucose level fluctuations and enables titration of insulin dose easily. With the use of the CGM device, patients on polypills who had poor glucose control reported a significant reduction in acute diabetes events or complications that can arise from diabetes. This resulted in reducing all-cause hospitalizations in these patients.”

Dr. Unnikrishnan AG, Endocrinologist and CEO, Chellaram Hospital Diabetes Care and Multispeciality, Pune said, “Patients with diabetes who are on insulin therapy or on certain oral anti-diabetes medications are at risk of very low as well as very high blood glucose levels. Since high blood glucose levels do not usually produce any symptoms, but continuous damage to the body, monitoring remains a critical component of diabetes management.”

Seamlessly moving towards diabetes management

Lifestyle factors such as diet, exercise patterns, sleep and most importantly medicines affect blood sugar levels. For people with diabetes, treatment usually starts with a single tablet. Over the years, in the pursuit of perfect HbA1c levels, the number of Oral Anti Diabetic medications (OADs) may increase.

For certain patients, the transition from OADs to insulin injections is necessary due to increased glucose levels despite medicines. While patients may be apprehensive about insulin and may wish to delay initiation as much as possible, insulin therapy regimens are added to keep blood glucose levels under control, especially after meals. Additionally, despite the polypill therapy, which is a fixed-dose combination of medications, at times patients are unable to meet their objective, i.e., optimal glucose co-ordination.

Role of Time in Range (TIR) to manage blood glucose levels

TIR plays an important role in the control of diabetes, optimization of OADs in patients on polypill and is an important tool for hospitalized surgical and non-surgical patients. Additionally, it accurately maps the extent of glycemic control and can direct treatment interventions in real-time, which is beneficial for those with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes along with pregnant women, young adults, paediatric patients and older people with comorbidities. It is recommended that one must aim for roughly 17 out of 24 hours each day to be in range. In simple terms, more the TIR, better is the glucose control in diabetes.

Increase in self-awareness levels amongst people with diabetes

Technology and breakthrough innovations like CGM devices are making people’s lives simpler and helping them live better. They allow users to share glucose data automatically with their doctor in real time which helps both patients and doctors to make increasingly informed decisions. These modern prick-less, hassle-free devices could be game-changing for people beyond intensive insulin users, translating to broader use of the technology to benefit all those living with diabetes.

Should you have any further questions or queries, please do consult your doctor.

Neeyamo’s Sachin Kawalkar Awarded CISO of the Year 2022 Award in CIO Conclave By UBS Forums

* Sachin Kawalkar, CSO - Global Head of Information Security and Quality at Neeyamo, wins the much sought after “CISO of the Year 2022 Award.”

Neeyamo is delighted to announce that Sachin Kawalkar, Chief Information Security Officer – Global Head of Information Security and Quality, Neeyamo, was presented with the CISO of the year 2022 award at the third edition of CIO Conclave & Awards 2022 at Taj Lands End, Mumbai. The event was held on June 3, 2022.

The CIO Conclave & Awards are designed to showcase the work done by CIOs and IT professionals who aid in business or process transformation by leveraging technology innovatively. Some of the key themes of this year’s edition included data governance, protection, and privacy, implementation of technology change management, the importance of leveraging digital transformation, the changing face of the modern CIO, and more.

Upon receiving this prestigious honour, Sachin Kawalkar thanked UBS Forums for recognizing his work and said, “I believe that Neeyamo’s technical advancements in the payroll space led to this award. Developing high-performing security and resilience, coupled with cyber innovation and governance, have helped Neeyamo’s continued advancements in information security, threat detection and prevention, cybersecurity tools, and technology. Digital transformation is no longer an add-on, but a necessity, and winning an award in the security category is a testament to how we value data security as an organization. I would continue to strive to raise the bar and do my best in the space.” 

About Neeyamo

Neeyamo is a leading technology-enabled global payroll and EOR solutions provider for multinational and micro-multinational corporations worldwide. With an extensive team of professionals serving clients across 190+ countries, Neeyamo leverages its unique service-based model and functionality-rich, next-generation HR & payroll product portfolio to help organizations enable agile and scalable business. To know more, visit www.neeyamo.com.

NSDL’s Market Ka “Eklavya - Express Program” Reaches Over 4,000 Students Across 75+ Cities Covering All States of India

* 90% students plan to open Demat account after attending the program 

* 48% of participants were girls 

* Screening of NSDL film ‘Market Ka Eklavya – Express’ @ Iconic Week Celebrations organized by DEA and SEBI 

National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL), successfully conducted series of educative programs titled ‘Market Ka Eklavya – Express’ specially crafted for students.  The programs conducted in 8 languages were attended by more than 4,000 students across 75+cities covering all Indian States under ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’.  

An audio-visual film on NSDL’s initiative on Market Ka Eklavya-Express was screened at ‘India’s Economic Journey @75’, a program by DEA and SEBI held on June 8, 2022 at New Delhi.       Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, the Hon’ble Union Minister of Finance, who presided over the meet lauded the initiative and underscored the importance of scaling up such efforts.   

Out of 130 Crore people in India, about 7% only invest in securities market. India has one of the youngest populations globally with an average age of 29 years.  As this vast resource of young citizens enters the workforce, it could create demographic dividend. ‘Market ka Eklavya’ is a program presently targeted towards the college students and aims at empowering them with financial knowledge. This is the right time to prepare them for future and train them to be prudent investor. 

Ms. Anukrati Sharma, College Coordinator of University of Kota which participated in the program said “I am enriched with the basics of investment which I was unaware of. ‘Market Ka Eklavya – Express’ was an informative program and was highly beneficial for my students. It is a good initiative and we must encourage this kind of initiative for the students.  

Smt. Padmaja Chunduru, MD & CEO, NSDL said about the programs “There has been an overwhelming response from the colleges and students. The fast-track version of the course ‘Market Ka Eklavya – Express’ has reached over 4000 students from different places, including many Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities across India. Happy to share that amongst these students, about 48% were girls. We are seeing a small but powerful impact it has made on the students. As many as 90% respondents are positively inclined to embark upon journey of wealth creation by opening a demat account in near future. We would continue to reach out to the youth through our tie-up with colleges for our 5 hours online program ‘Market Ka Eklavya’. 

About NSDL:  

NSDL (www.nsdl.co.in) is India’s first and one of the leading Central Securities Depositories in the world. It has played a key role in transforming the Indian securities market by facilitating holding and transfer of securities in dematerialised form. The market share of NSDL in value of demat assets is more than 89%. NSDL demat accounts are located in more than 99% of pin codes in the country and 167 countries across the globe, reflecting the wide reach of NSDL. 

Ozonetel Communications Appoints Keshav Goel As New Chief Financial Officer

* Goel joins Ozonetel from Wipro

Ozonetel, India’s leading provider of full-stack call center solutions, has announced the appointment of Keshav Goel as its Chief Financial Officer. Goel comes with over two decades of leadership experience across various finance verticals and will lead the corporate finance function at Ozonetel. In addition, Goel will take ownership of financial planning and analysis, treasury and commercial functions at Ozonetel.

Goel joins Ozonetel from Wipro where he has spent over 16 years. During his stint at Wipro, he contributed in areas of business planning, M&A activities, investment and borrowings, forex risk management, cost optimization, international business operations, setting up internal control architecture and business process transformation. Goel has also worked with HealthPlan Services as Head of Finance for over 3 years.

Commenting on this appointment, CSN Murthy, Founder & CEO of Ozonetel said “I’m delighted to welcome Keshav Goel to Ozonetel’s leadership team. Ozonetel is on an aggressive growth path.  The company recently raised Series A funding from Stakeboat Capital and aims to reach $100 million ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue) in the next four years. We plan to increase our employee strength by 100% this year and roping in leaders like Keshav at this crucial juncture will ensure our scaling up phase is smooth”.

Commenting on his appointment, Keshav Goel said “I am excited to join Ozonetel at this particular point in its growth journey. The company has unique AI-based omnichannel capabilities to transform call centres across the world. As the company expands its operations in the US, South East Asia, Middle East markets and India, I look forward to putting in place industry-leading financial practices and compliance processes. Financial management, reporting and strategic planning will be the key focus areas for me at Ozonetel”.

About Ozonetel:

Headquartered in the US, and with a R&D center in Hyderabad, Ozonetel has several industry firsts to its credit in the area of Cloud Communication and AI. Ozonetel is a leading CCaaS (Contact/Call Centre as a Service) player today, creating and deploying omnichannel cloud call center and customer engagement solutions globally. The company has over 2,500 enterprise clients across US, India, and UAE, and its platform supports over 100,000 live agents and has handled over 3 billion calls. For more information, please visit: www.ozonetel.com

Signify Illuminates The 4th Edition of Khelo India Youth Games, Panchkula

·     434 Philips LED luminaires light up 5 key stadiums in the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex, Panchkula, a key venue for the ongoing games

·     Optimizes athlete, spectator and viewer experience

Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, has illuminated the fourth edition of the Khelo India Youth Games 2022 by equipping the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex, Panchkula with its Philips LED sports lighting solutions. The new lighting will help the athletes to better engage in their sports and improve their performance, in addition to enhancing the viewing experience of spectators. The new high-quality, and energy-efficient sports lighting will also help the venue to optimize operational efficiencies and maintenance.

Signify has installed 434 Philips LED luminaires in the sports complex, illuminating the indoor badminton, volleyball, and basketball halls and the outdoor hockey and athletics stadiums. The company has customized the lighting system in each venue to suit the unique requirements of each sport.

Commenting on the project, Sumit Joshi, CEO & Managing Director, Signify South Asia said, “We are proud to be a part of this prestigious project to illuminate the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Panchkula, a key venue for the ongoing 4th Edition of the Khelo India Youth Games, the biggest nationwide grassroots level sports competition in India. We have leveraged our long-standing expertise in sports lighting to create an unparalleled sporting experience for both the players and viewers”.

With more than 80 years of experience and recognition as the world leader in sports lighting, Signify has successfully applied its high-quality professional lighting solutions to major stadiums around the world and in India, including the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Panchkula's Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex is one of the most prestigious stadiums in Haryana which provides arenas for multiple disciplines of sports. The sports complex would be hosting the maximum number of sports disciplines* in the ongoing edition of the youth games.

*Source - https://www.mykhel.com/more-sports/khelo-india-youth-games-2022-schedule-venue-date-games-list-tv-channel-live-streaming-info-191273.html?story=4

About Signify

Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) is the world leader in lighting for professionals and consumers and lighting for the Internet of Things. Our Philips products, Interact connected lighting systems and data-enabled services, deliver business value and transform life in homes, buildings and public spaces. With 2021 sales of EUR 6.9 billion, we have approximately 37,000 employees and are present in over 70 countries. We unlock the extraordinary potential of light for brighter lives and a better world. We achieved carbon neutrality in 2020, have been in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index since our IPO for five consecutive years and were named Industry Leader in 2017, 2018 and 2019. News from Signify is located at the Newsroom, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram. Information for investors can be found on the Investor Relations page.

30 Districts Awarded For Exemplary Planning In Skill Development At The 2nd Edition of DSDP Awards

* 467 districts participated in District Skill Development Planning (DSDP) Awards

* Rajkot, Cachar and Satara ranked top three districts, respectively

The 2nd edition of ‘Awards for Excellence in District Skill Development Planning’ (DSDP) were organised today with great fervour and fanfare at Dr. Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi where top 30 districts were awarded for their innovative best practices in skill development in the region. Rajkot in Gujarat, Cachar in Assam and Satara in Maharashtra respectively were ranked top three among all participating districts.

District Collectors, District Magistrates and other representatives from across 30 States attended the award ceremony and shared their ideas & experiences and presented the skill development work done at the grassroot level in their districts. Thirty districts were selected, and awards were given under the following three categories:

Category I: 8 Awards for Excellence in District Skill Development Planning

Category II: 13 Certificate for Excellence in District Skill Development Planning

Category III: 9 Letter of Appreciation for District Skill Development Planning

Later in an interactive session, the officials met the Hon’ble Minister of Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, and Hon’ble Minister of State (MoS) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and Electronics and IT Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar and shared best practices and work done in their region.

Shri Dharmendra Pradhan asked the District Collectors, District Magistrates and other officials to carry out demand-mapping of the skilled workforce and drive awareness about skill development initiatives at the local level. He said that skilling is a lifelong process and the DCs should further the entire continuum of skill development and work towards strengthening the skill development ecosystem through innovative planning at the district level.

In light of recent disruptions brought by technology, districts were advised to adopt a bottom-up approach towards skill development, from both the Ministers.

Guided by the Prime Minister’s vision of macro-planning for micro-implementation, DSDP Awards act as a guide for DSCs in integrating district plans with state- and national-level skill development planning.

Congratulating all participants, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, said all planning for skill development should have a link to the local economy, and that the way to an Aatmanirbhar Bharat is through the building of Atmanirbhar districts. Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State (MoS) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and Electronics and IT, said the awards were reflective of the Centre’s intention to build an ancillary skill ecosystem where multi-skilling opportunities gave rise to ‘village engineers’ and increased livelihood chances. The science and method behind skill planning should aim to catalyse the local economy by creating multiple avenues of skilling and multiple job roles, he said.

Shri Ved Mani Tiwari, Chief Operating Officer and Officiating Chief Executive Officer, National Skill Development Corporation, also presented the Skill India Digital Roadmap highlighting future skills and opportunities for local administrations to focus their attention on to boost local economy.

Lauding the work done by the districts, Shri Rajesh Aggarwal, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, said, “Riding on its unique demographic dividend, India is on the path to fulfil Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi's vision of becoming the Skill Capital of the World. Many countries with ageing populations are banking on India for skilled workers, and global companies are keen on starting businesses in India. There is an urgent need to skill, reskill and upskill the country's youth and districts can play a pivotal role in fulfilling this mission. I encourage all district magistrates to keep an eye on the global scenario and align their skill development programmes accordingly.

In order to build a high value addition economy, districts should ensure that trained youngsters also get hands-on experience in the process. I congratulate all winners of DSDP Awards and laud their excellent effort in creating functional and innovative plans. I am certain with optimal utilization of district-level resources and institutions, we will swiftly more towards fulfilling the vision of creating a Skill India," he added.

Among winning districts, the Rajkot DSC has implemented several projects to augment skill development in the district. With a strong focus on skilling Persons with Disability (PwD), the district has supported people with learning disabilities and dyslexia.

Short shelf life and high transportation cost were posing a supply chain challenge to pineapple farmers of Assam’s Cachar district, forcing them to dispose of large quantities of the fruit and sell them at sub-par market prices. By setting up a processing unit for manufacturing pineapple products locally, the Cachar DSC came up with a quick solution to address the problem. This gave farmers the flex and the bargaining capacity to sell pineapples at a handsome profit once more.

At Satara in Maharashtra, the DSC implemented various programmes to strengthen skilling, and training a workforce for disaster management. The district has also owned the responsibility of empowering women affected during COVID with skill training.

DSDP Awards were instituted under the Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP) Scheme by MSDE in June 2018 to promote decentralised planning, acknowledge and reward the extraordinary and innovative work done by districts in the field of skill development. The first DSDP Awards were held in 2018-19, with 228 districts from 19 states participating in the initiative. Districts with plans of fostering innovation and enabling local livelihoods with skill development initiatives were shortlisted for the awards.

MSDE envisages these awards will encourage all District Skill Committees (DSCs) and will promote better understanding around DSDP by using capabilities for implementing targeted projects at the district level. The project aims to maximise the impact of SANKALP’s primary initiative, which is to strengthen institutional mechanisms for skill development at the state and district levels. IIT Delhi and IIT Kharagpur were chosen as evaluation partners to assess the award entries.

About SANKALP

Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion ("SANKALP") is a programme under Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship with loan assistance from the World Bank. It aims to improve short-term skill training qualitatively and quantitatively through strengthening institutions, bringing in better market connectivity and inclusion of marginalised sections of the society. Know more about SANKALP at www.sankalp.msde.gov.in