LG Electronics Announces Winner Of "India Ka Celebration" Campaign

LG Electronics, one of India’s leading consumer durable brands, is thrilled to announce the lucky winner of its ongoing "India ka Celebration" campaign. Mr. Rajesh Chandran, CEO, Lubond technologies, is the lucky winner of the Grand Prize Audi Q3 Premium. Mr. Rajesh Chandran purchased a top load washing machine from Reliance Retail on 13th October 2023.

During the campaign period from September 16th to November 12th, 2023, customers had the golden opportunity to celebrate Diwali with LG and take advantage of the fantastic offers. LG is dedicated to making life more convenient, and truly unforgettable, as the company spreads happiness and enhances the festive spirit.

Commenting on the same, Mr. Mr. Hong Ju Jeon - MD LG India said, “Our 'India ka Celebration' campaign is all about spreading happiness and making the festive season and New Year truly special. LG brand philosophy is Life’s Good which represents our unwavering commitment to making people’s lives better through innovation. Through our recent brand reinvention, our endeavour is to deliver the values and philosophy of Life’s Good at every touch point across the customer experience. Heartfelt congratulations to our one lucky winner, Mr. Rajesh Chandran, and a big thank you to all the participants. This is certainly a Life’s Good moment for Mr. Rajesh and his family.”

“LG's 'India ka Celebration' campaign has truly lit up my holiday spirit! Winning the Grand Prize Audi Q3 Premium is a dream come true, and I couldn't be more grateful for this incredible surprise”, said Mr. Rajesh Chandran.

This Diwali, LG went above and beyond in spreading joy and happiness by introducing an incredible opportunity for everyday customers to win the coveted LG Dream Home Package. A total of 58 fortunate winners were declared under the daily dream home package, with each day bringing excitement as one lucky customer won an entire suite of five exceptional products. The Dream Home Package included a Side-by-Side Refrigerator, Front Load Washing Machine, Water Purifier, Microwave Oven, and an OLED TV. These products are designed to provide utmost convenience and luxury to customers, making their celebrations even more special.

This thoughtful initiative not only added a special touch to their Diwali celebrations but also garnered heartfelt appreciation from customers who were touched by LG India's generous gesture.

About LG Electronics India Pvt Ltd               

LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd. (LG Electronics), a wholly owned subsidiary of LG Electronics, South Korea was established in January 1997 in India. It is one of the most formidable brands in consumer electronics, home appliances*, HVAC, IT hardware. In India, LG Electronics has earned a premium brand positioning and is the acknowledged trendsetter for the industry. LGEIL's manufacturing unit at Greater Noida is one of the most eco-friendly units among all LG manufacturing plants in the world. The second Greenfield facility is located at Ranjangaon; Pune has the capacity to manufacture LED TVs, air conditioners, commercial air conditioning systems, washing machines, refrigerators, and monitors.

*Home Appliances include- Refrigerator; Washing Machine, AC, Water purifier, Microwave, Fan, Dishwasher & Air purifier.

Toyota Kirloskar Motor Announces The 17th Toyota Dream Car Art Contest 2024

Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) is delighted to announce the commencement of the 17th Toyota Dream Car Art Contest for the year 2024. The competition, will be open for entries from 5th to 31st January 2024, with the theme "YOUR DREAM CAR," inviting children from across the country to unleash their creativity by illustrating and making a sketch of their dream cars. The contest aims to nurture the creativity of young inventors, thinkers, and dreamers. It not only gives children the opportunity to share their ideas about the future of mobility, but also encourages them to envisage and pursue their dreams.

Open for children under the age of 15 years, the contest features three age categories: Category 1 (upto 7 years old), Category 2 (8-11 years old), and Category 3 (12-15 years old). The competition unfolds at both National and Global Levels. The "National Contest" will take place from January 2024 onwards, where nine winners (three from each category) will get an opportunity to compete at the "World Contest" and stand a chance to get an educational grant.

The 16th edition of the Toyota Dream Car Art Contest garnered an overwhelming response, with entries from across the nation. Notably, Ms. Sruthi Manojna, a young artist and National Contest Winner from Andhra Pradesh, India, achieved the prestigious Best Finalist award at the World Contest.  Sruthi was rewarded with a cash price in recognition of her exceptional achievement in the age category of 12-15 years.

Since its inception in 2004, the Toyota Dream Car Art Contest has become a global phenomenon, about 780,000 artworks from 90 countries and regions in total submitted to the 16th edition. This overwhelming response is a testament to Toyota's commitment to providing a boundless space for children to dream freely. The contest fosters an environment where the boundaries of imagination are pushed, and innovative ideas are celebrated without constraint.

Toyota Kirloskar Motor is thrilled to extend a warm invitation to all young artists across India to participate wholeheartedly in the 17th Toyota Dream Car Art Contest. Details about the contest, including rules, submission guidelines, and the history of the event, can be found on www.toyotabharat.com/dream-car-contest.

About the Global Toyota Dream Car Art Contest

The Toyota Dream Car Art Contest is open worldwide for children upto 15 years of age. The contest, first conducted in 2004, gives children throughout the world an opportunity to develop an interest in cars, helps them feel the joy and importance of having a dream. National contests are held around the world, with the winning artworks submitted to be judged in Japan during the World Contest.

IndiaSkills Competition Registration Date Extended Till January 15

The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), under the aegis of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), is organizing the IndiaSkills 2023-24— a pan-India competition anticipating participation from lakhs of aspirants. This prestigious event seeks to celebrate a myriad of skills, empowering individuals to envision a future filled with opportunities.

Looking at the overwhelming response and the growing interest from participants across the States/UTs has led to the extension in the registration deadline for the competition until 15th January 2024.

Aligned with the vision of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi of making India the third-largest economy in the world, the competition offers a distinctive opportunity to ‘Amrit Peedhi’, with employability and domain skills in traditional/new job roles to showcase their skills on a global scale. The competition stands as a vibrant celebration of skills and craftsmanship, a robust platform that bridge the skill gap and help youth to attain world-class standards of competence, excellence, and productivity.

The extended timeline will accommodate the growing interest from the candidates and will ensure that all the potential participants have sufficient time to complete their registrations and be a part of this prestigious event.

Registration for this grand event has commenced on the Skill India Digital website, inviting aspirants from across the nation to showcase their talents and skills. The competition unfurls through a set of stages at the District, State, Zonal, and National levels- with the ultimate reward being the chance to represent India in the WorldSkills Competition at Lyon, France, in 2024.

Ved Mani Tiwari, CEO, NSDC and MD, NSDC International, emphasized on the role of IndiaSkills in advancing the careers of emerging professionals. He highlighted the competition's significance in offering participants the opportunity to display their skills with perfection.

There are over 60 categories within the competition including Construction and Building Technology, Automotive Technology, Fashion designing, Hair Dressing, Baking, Industry 4.0, Cyber Security and much more. This inclusivity not only widens the scope for individual excellence but also encourages collaboration among various sectors.

IndiaSkills is a platform that celebrate the diverse skills that make our nation truly unique and offers a stage to our skill champions. The competition will be a facilitator of ‘Kushal Bharat Viksit Bharat’ that seamlessly integrates vocational education with hands-on training and chart youth journey towards self-empowerment, discovery and thriving careers.

WorldSkills is the largest skill competition in the world, held once every two years, conducted by WorldSkills International, which has 86 member countries. 

Honda Presents World Premiere Of The “Honda 0 Series” Represented By Two New Global EV Concept Models At CES 2024

– Adopting new “H mark” design exclusively for the next-generation EVs – 

Honda today unveiled the “Honda 0 Series,” a new EV series Honda will launch globally starting in 2026, with the world premiere of two concept models, namely Saloon and Space-Hub, at the CES 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Honda also presented the world premiere of the new H mark to be used exclusively for the next-generation EV models of Honda. 

Honda 0 Series Special Website: https://0.honda/en/ 

Honda has been conducting business based on its Global Brand Slogan: The Power of Dreams – How we move you. This slogan conveys the message that Honda will create mobility products and services which enable people to “transcend various constraints such as time and place,” and to “augment their abilities and possibilities.” With such mobility products and services, Honda will support the realization of dreams of more people and become the driving force that moves society forward. 

Moreover, Honda is aiming to realize carbon neutrality for all products and corporate activities Honda is involved in by 2050. To this end, the company is pursuing electrification to achieve its automobile electrification target of “increasing the ratio of EV and FCEV sales to 100% globally by 2040.” 

The Honda 0 Series is a new EV series that symbolizes how Honda is undergoing a major transformation in line with its Global Brand Slogan and electrification policy. The series name represents Honda’s determination in taking on this challenge of developing new EV series by going back to the starting point of Honda as an automaker and creating completely new EVs from “zero.” With this new EV series, Honda will strive to further advance its “M/M concept*1” and the “joy of driving,” which Honda values in its car making, and take the “joy and freedom of mobility” to even greater heights. 

In 2026, Honda will begin introducing the first model of the Honda 0 Series globally, starting from North America, then to Japan, Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East and South America. 

*1 The “man maximum, machine minimum” concept is a basic approach to Honda car design, an approach to increase the efficiency of the vehicle interior by maximizing space for people and minimizing the space required for mechanical components. 

About Honda 0 Series

Thoughts behind the “0” (zero) 

1.  History of Honda: The origin and staring (“zero”) point of Honda 

Honda will create a new point of origin for the next-generation of Honda by going back to the starting point of Honda, including the pursuit of the M/M concept, the joy of driving and the joy of the freedom of mobility, which Honda has always valued and will continue to pursue. 

2.  Implementation of the Global Brand Slogan: Moving peoples’ hearts with the value created from “zero” 

Under its global brand slogan “The Power of Dreams – How we move you,” Honda will always be driven by “dreams,” and by creating new value through creative thinking from zero, Honda will provide experiences that will become a new starting point for our customers. This is how Honda will move people and their hearts. 

3.  Initiatives to contribute to society: Determination to achieve “zero” 

Honda is determined to achieve “zero environmental impact” throughout the vehicle’s life cycle, including corporate activities, and “zero traffic collision fatalities” involving Honda motorcycles and automobiles. 

“Thin, Light, and Wise” – New approach to EV development and the five core values Honda EVs will offer 

In developing the Honda 0 Series, the development team went back to the starting point of Honda and reconsidered what kind of EVs Honda wants to create in the coming era. Honda will strive to create new value for EVs by transcending the constraints of being a “thick and heavy” vehicle due to an increase in battery capacity the vehicle has to carry to secure enough range, as well as a large body and platform necessary to accommodate such battery capacity. Honda describes this new approach to EV development as “Thin, Light, and Wise.” 

Thin: 

Augmenting design potential, including styling with a low vehicle height, and realizing excellent aerodynamic performance by utilizing a “thin” dedicated EV platform to create a low floor height. 

Light: 

Realizing sporty driving and electricity efficiency performance that defy the established beliefs people have about EVs through Honda original technologies created by going back to the starting point of Honda as an automaker. 

Wise: 

Realizing Honda original software-defined mobility products by leveraging the knowledge Honda has amassed to date and by making cars wiser through the advancement of intelligent technologies. 

Honda EVs, which will be built based on this development approach and feature a dedicated EV architecture, will offer the following five core values: 

1)  Artistic design that evokes resonance 

2)  AD/ADAS that ensures safety and peace of mind 

3)  A “space” for people made possible by the internet of things and connected technologies 

4)  The joy of driving with the feeling of oneness with the vehicle 

5)  Outstanding electricity efficiency performance 

Five core values 

1)  Artistic design that evokes resonance: 

The design concept is “The Art of Resonance.” Under the theme of a “resonance with the environment, society and users,” Honda will offer sustainable mobility products that evoke resonance in people who see them and expand the possibilities of people’s daily life. 

2)  AD/ADAS that ensures safety and peace of mind: 

In 2021, Honda put Level 3 automated driving into practical use by introducing the all-new Legend equipped with Honda SENSING Elite that includes an advanced technology qualifying for Level 3 automated driving (conditional automated driving in a limited area). In order to offer automated driving technologies Honda has amassed to more customers around the world, the Honda 0 Series will feature an ADAS (advanced driver-assistive system) that utilizes the technologies of Honda SENSING Elite. 

Moreover, in the second half of the 2020s, Honda 0 Series models will feature an AD (automated driving) system and will be offered as more affordable.

Bank of Baroda Emerges As The Fastest To issue 1,000 Electronic Bank Guarantees On The NeSL Platform

Bank of Baroda (Bank), one of India’s leading public sector banks, has emerged as the fastest in the industry to issue 1,000 Electronic Bank Guarantees (e-BGs) on the National E-Governance Services Limited (NeSL) platform. Having introduced issuance of Electronic Bank Guarantee in May 2023, the Bank achieved this milestone within 8 months of its launch. 

Electronic Bank Guarantee replaces the traditional paper-based process and results in substantial reduction in the turnaround time in issuing a BG, while at the same time bringing in enhanced security, transparency and accessibility. The e-BG process is a fully digital journey, streamlining the complete lifecycle of a BG, from issuance to amendment and closure. In an e-BG, physical stamping is replaced by e-stamping by NeSL. 

Shri Lalit Tyagi, Executive Director, Bank of Baroda said, "Crossing the 1,000 e-BG milestone is a significant accomplishment, setting a new standard in the industry. Electronic Bank Guarantees benefit all stakeholders, making the entire process more efficient and facilitating the ease of doing business. This achievement underscores our commitment to innovation, aligning with our broader goal of pioneering advancements in the banking sector." 

Mr. Debajyoti Ray Chaudhuri, MD & CEO of NeSL said, “Bank of Baroda is among the largest users of NeSL’s Digital Document Execution (DDE) platform. I appreciate the efforts put in by the Bank of Baroda Team in implementing e-BG and achieving the landmark of 1000 e-BGs in the shortest possible time. It has also implemented the latest versions of e-BG giving seamless experience to all the users. NeSL’s e-BG envisages online, real time and paperless procurement of stamp duty and thus the e-BG can be issued digitally in a couple of minutes. The beneficiary can instantly access the BG on NeSL’s e-BG platform in a secure, digital, and paperless form. I am sure that the digitization of trade finance will improve the user experience for customers of Bank of Baroda.” 

NeSL is India's first Information Utility and is registered with the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) under the aegis of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC). NeSL offers a platform for the issuance of Inland BGs through electronic mode.  

About Bank of Baroda 

Founded on 20th July, 1908 by Sir Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III, Bank of Baroda is one of the leading commercial banks in India. At 63.97% stake, it is majorly owned by the Government of India. The Bank serves its global customer base of ~165 million through over 70,000 touch points spread across 17 countries in five continents and through its various digital banking platforms, which provide all banking products and services in a seamless and hassle-free manner. The Bank’s vision matches the aspirations of its diverse clientele base and seeks to instil a sense of trust and security in all their dealings with the Bank. 

Visit us at www.bankofbaroda.in  

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bankofbaroda/ 

Twitter https://twitter.com/bankofbaroda 

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/officialbankofbaroda/ 

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdf14FHPLt7omkE9CmyrVHA  

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/bankofbaroda/ 

Cogoport And IIM Amritsar Conclude Inaugural Batch Of “Post-Graduate Certificate Program In Global Logistics And Freight Management”

~ Graduates will be integrated into various departments of Cogoport across India, Vietnam and Indonesia business ~ 

Cogoport, a leading name in the logistics and freight management industry, has announced the successful conclusion of its first batch of thePost-Graduate Certificate Program in Global Logistics and Freight Management. This achievement is a testament to Cogoport’s commitment to nurturing talent and promoting excellence in the continually evolving realm of logistics.  

The graduating batch has completed a comprehensive program that positions them for success in the global logistics landscape. These graduates will seamlessly integrate into various departments within Cogoport, contributing their acquired skills and knowledge to further elevate the company’s standing in the industry. 

In collaboration with the prestigious Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Amritsar, the Post-Graduate Certificate Program represents a pioneering initiative within the international logistics and global supply chain sector. Developed and executed by industry experts and renowned educators, this program provides participants with a unique blend of theoretical knowledge and practical applications, offering insights into the complexities of managing freight globally.  

Congratulating the first batch on the successful completion of the program, Hrishikesh Kulkarni, Chief Operation Officer at Cogoport stated: “We are thrilled with the successful culmination of our inaugural Post-Graduate Certificate Program. This program underscores our commitment to nurturing talent and equipping professionals with the skills needed to excel in the dynamic world of global logistics. We look forward to these skilled individuals making an impact in the industry.” 

Professor Harpreet Kaur, Associate Professor, IIM Amritsar, said: “Armed with a profound understanding of supply chain and logistics, these graduates are well-prepared to make significant contributions to the field. As they embark on their professional journeys, we wish them continued success and growth in their careers.”  

With the ongoing expansion and evolution of the logistics and freight management industry, Cogoport maintains its commitment to providing educational avenues that empower individuals to excel in this dynamic sector. Future cohorts of the Post-Graduate Certificate Program are already in development, reflecting Cogoport’s dedication to fostering the growth of a greater number of professionals in global logistics. 

About Cogoport: Cogoport is a leading company in the international supply chain space and is headquartered in Singapore and has international offices in India, Netherlands, Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia Founded by Mr. Purnendu Shekhar in 2016. We have 10 offices in India and 1000+ employees across the globe. We handle international and domestic movement of goods via air, ocean, and sea for 1000+ companies in India and 50+ ET-500 Companies. Cogoport is a Singapore based unicorn, privately owned, and backed by the world's most respected and renowned venture capitalists: Accel Partners and Tiger Global. 

Union Bank of India Conferred With Global Banking And Finance Awards In 2023

Union Bank of India has been bestowed with Global Banking and Finance Awards 2023 for Excellence in Innovation under the following categories: 

Voice Banking Implementation 2023: for Union Voice Assistant (UVA) 

WhatsApp Banking feature India 2023: for UVConn 

Virtual Banking India 2023 

The awards program reflects the innovation, achievement, strategy, progressive and inspirational changes taking place within the Global Financial Community. The awards were created to recognize companies which are prominent in particular areas of expertise and excellence within the financial world. 

Upon acknowledging this achievement, Mr. Nitesh Ranjan, Executive Director of Union Bank of India, stated, "Bank’s conversational banking initiative represents a significant stride in advancing customer service. This award symbolizes Bank's persistent commitment to utilizing technology for the purpose of improving the customer experience.” 

Mr. Anil Kuril, Chief Technology Officer of the Bank said that “UVConn and UVA represent the outcome of the Bank's ongoing endeavours to promote inclusive and user-friendly banking. This recognition affirms our commitment to reshaping the banking sector through the strategic integration of technology. The Bank remains dedicated to harnessing technology and venturing into new frontiers in banking, introducing innovative and customer-centric solutions.” 

UVConn provides a comprehensive range of banking services, including Account Services, Loan Services, Debit Card & Credit Card services, and more. These services are available in 7 different languages for the convenience of the Bank's customers. Access to UVConn services can be initiated by sending "Hi" to the Bank's WhatsApp Business Number at 9666606060. 

UVA, introduced on Amazon Alexa, utilizes Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing to provide customers with an innovative means of accessing banking services through voice commands within the comfort of their homes. Additionally, UVA serves as a platform through which the Bank communicates its latest offers and schemes. This technology is particularly advantageous for customers with disabilities or impairments who may encounter challenges while using conventional banking channels.