Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, MAHE And CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow As A Private-Public Partnership For Research Work On AMR

Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, and CSIR( Council of Scientific & Industrial Research) -CDRI (Central Drug Research Institute), Lucknow as a private-public partnership signed a Memorandum of Understanding for collaborative research work on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), to co-develop molecular characterization, point-of-care diagnostics for the multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) pathogens research areas.

On this prestigious occasion, a team from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, led by Dr. Vandana KE, Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, and Dr. Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay, Associate Dean and Professor of Microbiology represented the CSIR-CDRI Lucknow. The program was led for a week on a concluding day, Dr. N. Kalaiselvi, Director General, CSIR and Secretary DSIR, Govt. of India made her gracious presence as the chief guest.

Dr. N Kalaiselvi, Director General, CSIR and Secretary DSIR, Govt. of India addressed the scientists and researchers, said," The nation has many expectations from CSIR Labs and from these collaborations, so we have to put our maximum efforts to make the country proud of us with our contributions to the nation. This partnership between two reputed institutions that have made their mark on AMR research is expected to bring forth unique opportunities and outcomes while finding the solutions to the burning problems related to antimicrobial resistance.”

In the upcoming day Dr Radha Rangarajan, Director CSIR-CDRI, will be leading the team from CSIR-CDRI and mentioned the immense importance of this partnership for AMR research.

Lt. Gen. (Dr.) M. D. Venkatesh, VC of Manipal Academy of Higher Education(MAHE), mentioned, “this is a landmark research partnership at the national level in antimicrobial resistance between CSIR-CDRI and MAHE, which is an Institution of Eminence. Department of Microbiology has already been recognized as the Centre of Eminence in antimicrobial research. The department contributed immensely as a partner in national antimicrobial resistance and stewardship programs. This new partnership is expected to bring forth unique opportunities and outcomes while finding the solutions to the burning problems related to antimicrobial resistance”.

YES Ban Issues Its First Electronic Bank Guarantee (e-BG) In Partnership With National E-Governance Services Limited (NeSL)

YES BANK today, announced the issuance of its first Electronic Bank Guarantee (e-BG), in partnership with National E-Governance Services Limited (NeSL). The API integration with the Digital Document Execution (DDE) platform of NeSL has enabled complete digitization of the existing paper-based process for issuance and maintenance of Bank Guarantee (BG).

This digitized process, which includes digital stamping and signing, significantly reduces the issuance turnaround time (TAT) of Bank Guarantee (BG). The NeSL portal will manage the entire lifecycle of the BG including issuance, amendment, invocation and cancellation. This promises to be one of the most significant customer centric digitization initiatives in the trade finance discipline, enabling stakeholders to access the documents from this secure repository.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Ajay Rajan, Country Head – Digital and Transaction Banking Group, YES BANK said, “Given our market leadership in the digital payments space, we, at YES BANK aim to be the leaders in the trade finance digitization domain as well. The integration with NeSL is in line with our strong track record of collaborating with public digital utilities like Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC), Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), Account Aggregator (AA), and Government e-Marketplaces (GEM), to accelerate digitization and enabling ease of doing business for our Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) and corporate customers. The Bank has embarked on this transformational journey to comprehensively digitize the entire BG management process and deliver a superior customer experience, while reducing costs and facilitating secure transactions.”

Mr. Debajyoti Ray Chaudhuri, MD & CEO, NeSL, said, “In today’s era of instant messaging, there is no reason why a beneficiary of a BG should wait for the BG instrument to be delivered through a courier service or hand delivery, followed by a tedious process of verifying the authenticity of the same.  An e-BG issued through NeSL’s e-BG platform, becomes instantly available and the beneficiary can access it on completion of a simple and one-time registration process.  NeSL’s e-BG platform is available 24/7 and I congratulate YES BANK on issuing its first e-BG on the platform. As the movement gathers momentum, it will do wonders to reducing business cycles and facilitate ease of doing business in the country.”

About YES BANK

YES BANK is a full service commercial bank providing a complete range of products, services and technology driven digital offerings, catering to retail, MSME as well as corporate clients. YES BANK operates its investment banking, merchant banking and brokerage businesses through YES SECURITIES, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank. Headquartered in Mumbai, it has a pan-India presence including an IBU at GIFT City, and a Representative Office in Abu Dhabi.

For more information, please visit the Bank's website at http://www.yesbank.in/

Magicbricks Launches “#OurCityOurHome Campaign”, Celebrating Realty Hotspots And Assist Customers Find Their Dream Homes

* Unveils Video trilogy celebrating Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru as real estate growth engines 

* Unique campaign which leverages multimedia platforms to deliver bespoke messages across 8 cities  

Magicbricks, India's leading property portal, has launched a multi-city, omnichannel marketing campaign #OurCityOurHome to celebrate the growth engines for real estate in India and reiterate its commitment to partnering home seekers to find their dream homes in these cities. 

The campaign’s cornerstone is a trilogy of long-format videos that tug at the heart, offering home seekers a view into the evolution of each city and showcasing a melange of cultural nuances, heritage, hotbeds of growth, culinary delights, and contemporary lifestyle of Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru as real estate growth engines. The campaign is timely, with residential demand growing throughout the country. According to Magicbricks Research, in 2022, 80% of potential home buyers searched for apartments, up from 67% in 2021, and Bengaluru was the most searched city in India for purchasing properties. 

Click on the image/ Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoUFn1547aw 

Click on the image/ Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAJ0YrOPPB4 

Elaborating on the campaign, Mr. Devarshy R. Ganguly, Head of Marketing, Magicbricks shared, "For more than 15 years, we at Magicbricks have been serving customers throughout the country in their quest for a home. As the cities have evolved, so have we, and have grown and gained deep insights into the evolving needs of our customers. Consequently, we are ideally placed to partner with home seekers in making this important decision. This campaign is a reflection of our deep understanding of these cities and how we are best placed to serve as the gateway for customers to find their dream homes.” 

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A unique element of the campaign is the massive outdoor strategy with bespoke communication for each city. The messaging is tailored to popular neighborhoods, city landmarks, and crafted with local language nuances, featuring more than 40 unique creatives across 355 sites in eight cities (Noida, Gurugram, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, 

Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Chennai). 

To further amplify reach and engagement, Magicbricks has collaborated with over 200 content creators and micro influencers across these cities. The campaign is also active across 10+ digital platforms and high affinity TV channels to reach out to core audiences.  

India’s AI Art Festival For Climate Change: Tezos India Collaborates With Future Fantastic Festival

Get ready to witness a one-of-a-kind experience at the Future Fantastic Festival as Tezos India collaborates with the festival to showcase its exclusive NFT gallery, exploring the intersection of technology and sustainability. The festival will run from Friday, 24th March, to Sunday, 26th March, at the Bangalore International Centre (BIC). 

The Future Fantastic Festival aims to foster a dialogue among experts, artists, technologists, and audiences on the most pressing issues of climate change. The immersive, AI-enabled installations and performances will allow visitors to imagine a climate-friendly future or experience the effects of inactivity in the present.

Tezos India is proud to collaborate with the Future Fantastic Festival, showcasing the importance of using sustainable technologies in the creation and dissemination of art. Through this collaboration, visitors will get to experience the full potential of NFTs beyond just their digital format on smartphones, and connect them to the real world space. The aim of the gallery is to provide a platform for artists to showcase their artwork in a real-world setting and explore the theme of Climate Change. This presents an excellent opportunity for artists to showcase how they are interpreting the theme in their artwork. Through the NFT gallery, Tezos India hopes to highlight the importance of using sustainable technologies in the creation, curation and dissemination of art, and inspire a dialogue on the most pressing issues of climate change.

As part of the collaboration, Tezos India Arts & Culture will conduct a special two-session workshop on Sunday, 26th March, at the BIC. The workshop is tailored for artists and art enthusiasts who want to learn about the various Web-3.0 platforms on Tezos, including new AI-driven generative art platforms. The sessions will include a live minting of works onto the blockchain and allow participating artists to collect multiple pieces. 

"Through this collaboration, Tezos India aims to highlight the importance of using sustainable technologies in the creation, curation and dissemination of art. We believe that by taking small steps towards sustainability, we can create a sustainable future for art and the planet," said Varun Desai, Head of Tezos India Art & Culture.

Tezos is an energy-efficient and self-upgradable Proof of Stake blockchain with an average energy footprint of 17 global citizens. With this collaboration, Tezos India seeks to address key barriers facing blockchain adoption in India through developer adoption, education and training, and ecosystem development.

About Tezos India

Tezos India is a private limited organisation supporting the Tezos ecosystem in the Indian sub-continent. As innovation in the blockchain space advances in India, Tezos India constantly strives to address key barriers facing blockchain adoption to date in India, through developer adoption, education and training, and ecosystem development. 

Learn more about Tezos India at https://tezosindia.org.in

About Tezos

Tezos is a self-upgradable blockchain that enables forkless upgrades with its on-chain governance system, improving accessibility and longevity for solutions built and utilised by the Tezos community. An energy-efficient Proof of Stake blockchain with a proven track record, Tezos seamlessly adopts tomorrow's innovations without network disruptions today. 

For more information, visit https://tezos.com/

About Future Fantastic Festival

FutureFantastic is a first-of-its-kind AI and new media arts festival in India, conceptualised by BeFantastic in partnership with FutureEverything (UK). The festival has been made possible by the generous contribution of its primary supporters, The British Council’s India/ UK Together Season of Culture and Rohini & Nandan Nilekani Philanthropies. FutureFantastic showcases a heady mix of AI-enabled artworks and performances that highlight the ground-breaking collaboration and creative production that amplify a global response to our shared climate emergency. We invite you to participate in panels and workshops led by experts in tech, art, and sustainability to bring to the table a multidimensional perspective to the conversation. All this with the belief that we are capable of manifesting a radical, open, and optimistic future as activated global citizens. Together.

For more information, visit https://futurefantastic.in/#

Manipal Institute of Communication Is Back With Its Flagship Media Event, Article-1

One of India’s first and largest media and communication festivals, ‘Article-19’ is back this year and will be held at Manipal Institute of Communication on the 24th and 25th of March, 2023. This two-day event has time and again served as a platform for promoting the very principle behind the said article of the Indian Constitution – Freedom of Speech. Inspiring and invoking the spirit of expression while intermingling ideas, interests, and passion, the fest is an embodiment of what media and communication stand for.

The panel includes Mr. Rohit Gandhi, the Editor-in-chief of Democracy News Live, Founder and former Editor-in-Chief of World is One News (WION); Mr. Viswanath Venkatraman, an alumnus of MIC’s first graduating batch in 1997 and the co-creator of some of the most iconic events for leading Indian & International brands and special feature shows in media groups like Network18; Mr. Shiv Aroor, journalist, author, editor, and anchor at India Today and a renowned defense correspondent who has done conflict reporting from defense zones such as Kashmir, Sri Lanka, and Libya.

“We at MIC started Article-19 with a coherent goal, to harness the power of ethical media, the power of students, and the power of freedom of speech and expression. After hosting more than 20 successful festivals, we strive to ensure that the same spark is alive and we hope to make a bigger and better impact with each passing year” says Dr. Padmarani, Director at Manipal Institute of Communication.

Article – 19 is a platform created by the students for the students. This year’s organizing committee is guided by the faculty coordinator, Ms. Shruthi V Shetty. One can witness a melange of creative media-based events, games, and learning experiences spread across fields like journalism, advertising, film making etc. This includes an extremely insightful workshop called, “Pitch Perfect” by Ms. Ann Kurian, Founder & Creative Director of Talking Tree Media, Bengaluru. The chosen theme for this year is, ‘MIC through Metaverse.’ The Metaverse is anticipated to be the next great revolution in the field of media and internet technology. Thus this year’s Article-19 is very intrinsically woven around it.

Students across Manipal will be testing their bounds of creativity and communication through various competitions like student TEDx Talks and Mad Ads. The 2-day conglomerate will be closing with an award ceremony and a fun fair making it a perfect blend of education and entertainment. Manipal Institute of Communication was established in 1997 by MAHE as a benchmark of holistic education in the burgeoning media industry. Since its inception, MIC has conducted Article-19 for over 20 years making it one of India’s first-ever media festivals.  It stands for people’s right to Freedom of Speech and Expression and demonstrates it in an innovative and educative manner each passing year.

dnata And American Airlines Expand Partnership To Support Carrier’s Growth In Indian Market

Dubai-based dnata, a leading global air and travel services provider, has expanded its long-standing partnership with American Airlines to support the carrier’s growing business in India. The Texas-based airline currently operates daily flights between New York and Delhi, as well as offering domestic services through its partnership with IndiGo, with plans for further expansion. 

dnata Representation Services will provide a comprehensive range of sales and marketing services to American Airlines as its General Sales Agent (GSA) in India. It will act as the essential link between the carrier and local trade, supporting its commercial operations in the market. dnata’s vast network, extensive experience in airline representation and broad marketing, sales and operational expertise will help American Airlines enhance its market presence to meet rapidly increasing demand across the country.  

dnata Representation Services, part of the dnata Travel Group, has served as GSA for American Airlines in Dubai and the Northern Emirates for more than 45 years. 

Simon Woodford, Vice President of Global Air Services at dnata Travel Group, commented: “The expansion of our partnership with American Airlines into India is a testament to our excellent cooperation, spanning almost five decades. We will continue to work hard to ensure American Airlines achieves its business objectives and delivers on its growth plans across the country, in a highly competitive business environment.”

“Outstanding customer service and consistency around the globe are very important to us,” said Tom Lattig, American Airlines Managing Director of Sales for EMEA. “dnata knows our business model well, and we are pleased to expand our partnership with them in India.”

The air division of dnata Representation Services serves as the GSA of choice for 24 major airlines, with networks across the world. The unit is an integral part of dnata’s overall business strategy in India, where the company also offers a range of travel services from its offices in Delhi, Mumbai, and Bangalore. 

To find out more about dnata Representation Services, access www.dnata.com/travel. For more information on the American Airlines Group visit: news.aa.com or connect on Twitter @AmericanAir or Facebook.com/AmericanAirlines.  

3i Infotech Wins Prestigious Multi-Vendor Services Contract For INR 7.49 Cr From ASPIRe, AS-CFMS

* AS-CFMS is the Assam Society for Comprehensive Financial Management System and ASPIRe is its World Bank-funded project.

3i Infotech Limited (BSE: 532628, NSE: 3IINFOLTD), a global Information Technology company, committed to accelerating business transformation, has won a bid for the provision of annual maintenance contract to various government offices. The bid is for the National Competitive Bidding for the provision of AMC for servers, storage, network devices, computers, printers, UPS etc. at Kar Bhawan Data Center, Disaster Recovery site at NIC Hyderabad and Remote Offices of the Commissionerate of Taxes, Directorate of Accounts Treasuries and Directorate of Pension.

These were commissioned by the Commissioner and Secretary Finance Department & Project Director, ASPIRe, Assam Society for Comprehensive Financial Management System (AS-CFMS).

The accepted contract value is INR. 7,48,55,282.40 (Rupees seven crore forty-eight lakh fifty-five thousand two hundred eighty-two and forty paisa only) (inclusive of all taxes). This is a 3-year contract.

Thompson P Gnanam, Managing Director and Global Chief Executive Officer said, “This contract validates our focus and strength in working with governmental bodies in India. Our Multi-Vendor Services contract for 3 years will further establish 3i infotech as a reliable partner in the nation’s digital transformation journey at various stages of its maturity and requirements. The company looks forward to delivering to and exceeding the expectations of the AS-CFMS, the Assam Society for Comprehensive Financial Management System and ASPIRe, its World Bank-funded project.”

About 3i Infotech 

Headquartered in Mumbai, India, since its inception in 1993, 3i Infotech has been committed to driving business value across multiple industry verticals. 3i Infotech has emerged as a leading name in propelling the current wave of digital transformation initiatives, with deep domain expertise across BFSI, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Education, Telecom, Media & Entertainment, Retail and Government sectors. The company has over 5600 employees in 30 offices, 15 countries, and 4 continents. With a digital and cloud-first approach, and a range of IT services and solutions encompassing 5G in Edge Computing, Cognitive AI/ML, Data Science and Analytics and Blockchain, 3i Infotech have successfully transformed business operations of 1,200+ customers across 50 countries. The company has a very strong foothold and client base in geographies like North America, India, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Website: https://www.3i-infotech.com/