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Having said that, Infinite Solutions, spearheaded by a trio of thought leaders- Deepak Jain, Jimmy Sah and Sumit Singhvi, is our cover star this time. The company is said to be exciting, entrepreneurial, chaotic, and collaborative to create sustainable solutions to contribute towards the betterment of the environment. Going beyond the word consultant, they are going beyond the checklists and cliches to serve such solutions that address the issues related to climatic changes and are eco-friendly. And, we define it as the stimulus that propelled us to feature this organization at the forefront.
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Jimmy Sah Chief Operating Officer
The increasing rate of Global Warming and drastic changes in the environment has immensely affected mankind and the livelihood. It is the need of the hour that we come together to bring some positive changes and resolve the issue in the best possible manner. To accelerate the process of sustainable development with various solutions for environmental issues, multiple companies are putting their efforts into history. One such topnotch venture is Infinite Environmental Solutions which is scaling the success ladder at a brisk pace.
The environmental crisis of the present generation has become one of the most essential topics to be discussed and to find a solution in a given period. The use of Fossil fuels, rapid urbanization, waste generation, Deforestation, and a lot more other factors are the root cause of the drastic climate change and impeding Global Warming scenario. But as they say, ‘Where there is a will, there is a way.’ There are numerous Innovative organizations out there that are utilizing their potential and futuristic solutions to make the world a better place.
Business Connect has been a great appreciator of all the exemplary organizations out there that prioritize the sustainability of our Planet. We have a great history of featuring numerous top-notch ventures in our portfolio. And here again, we are back with another tale of excellence and dedication, Infinite Solutions. Our editorial team had an interesting and joyful session with the leadership panel of the company. We had a great discussion with Sumeet Singhvi (CEO), Jimmy Sah (COO), and Deepak Jain (CFO)-who shared numerous lesser-known facts with us that we are keen to share. We truly hope and desire that this fascinating read will add some extra value to the lives of our readers and will encourage them to break the barriers.
Giving a detailed introduction of the company, the CEO asserts, “Infinite Solutions is an international ‘Environment & Sustainability Consulting Company’, with Head Office in Indore, India and projects spread across 16 countries”. With our in-depth experience, we are supporting organizations by imparting tailor-made solutions to achieve Climate Change and Sustainability objectives. We just don’t advise but help in ‘Accelerating sustainable growth. Our core competencies cover products and services related to Carbon Emissions management, Water Management, Green energy, Carbon Neutrality, Green Investments, and Carbon Project Development. We also provide trading services covering all Green attributes globally.
Jimmy further adds, “We head forward with a vision to help our commercial, industrial, public, and private sector clients to become carbon neutral by devising a long term road map to neutrality. Our mission is to keep ‘Climate Change and Sustainability’ in our heart and its execution in head by providing tailor-made, practical, and straight advice to our clients. Moreover, we are up right in our advisory and believe in delivering sustainable growth to our clients. Over time we have realized that by maintaining environmentally sustainable practices leads to a culture of trust, safety, well-being and innovation in organizations.”
• Sumeet Singhvi (Chief Executive Officer)
He is a Mechanical Engineer with post-graduation in Finance from ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad. He is also a Certified Expert in Climate & Renewable Energy Finance from the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. An expert in renewable energy finance, his work has included modeling cash flows to identify more cost-effective policies for financing renewable energy projects in India. Previously, he has been associated with DE Shaw India as part of the Financial Research team providing brief overviews and in-depth analyses of a company’s businesses, operational & organizational structure, management potential, and competitor analysis.
• Jimmy Sah (Chief Operating Officer)
A Master’s in Environmental Studies from TERI University, he has also qualified as a Master Trainer – CSR by IICA (Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs). He is an approved Verifier under Airport Carbon Accreditation. He has been awarded as
“Most Influential Sustainability Leaders of India” by the ‘World Federation of Sustainability & CSR’ at the “India Sustainability Leadership Summit & Awards 2019”.
He has been associated with the Carbon and Sustainability domain since 2007 covering GHG projects under Renewable Energy, energy efficiency, waste management, chemical industries, and the thermal power sector. Apart from GHG, he has been associated with ISO 14064 Carbon Foot-printing projects, WCD assessment, and Sustainability reporting as per GRI guidelines. Over time he has been actively involved in projects covering CDM/VCS/GCC/Gold Standard projects across India, South East Asia, Africa, and Gulf countries.
Previously he has been associated with SGS and TUV Nord, which are renowned DOEs (Certification Bodies).
• Deepak Jain (Chief Financial Officer)
He is a CFA from the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts (ICFAI), India with a post-graduation in MBA Finance. He has worked extensively on investment appraisal of renewable energy projects, including wind, solar, hydro, biomass, etc. Previously he was involved in securities trading and research as an expert in the application of Technical Analysis tools and techniques. Book published: “Mastering Technical Analysis” focusing on tools and techniques for efficient market trading as part of the curriculum at Swastika Institute of Capital Markets.
Mission Zero – Plan
• Sustainability Strategy
• Carbon Neutrality
• Net Zero Pathway
• Zero Liquid Discharge
• Zero Waste To Landfill
• Carbon Offsetting Project Development
Mission Zero – Measure
• Science-Based Targets
• Sustainability Reporting
• Carbon Foot Printing (Company, Event, Product)
• Water Foot Printing
• Energy Foot Printing
• Airport Carbon Accreditation
Mission Zero – Transform
• Energy Management (Energy Audit)
• Carbon Neutrality
• Carbon Trading
• Nature-Based Solutions (NBS)
• Carbon Offsetting
• Carbon Project Development
• Carbon In-setting Projects
• Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
• 1st Company from India to join the Carbon Neutral Now Initiative by UNFCCC.
• Projects spread across 16 countries; India, Kuwait, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Singapore, Egypt, Thailand, Philippines, Bhutan, Bangladesh, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Zambia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, and Laos
• Awarded as “Green Future Leadership Award” 2019 in Madhya Pradesh by the World Federation of CSR Professionals.
• The trading network is spread across 5 continents &30 different countries.
• Traded more than a 35million+ carbon credits so far to 90+ buyers
• Executed more than200 projects within 7 years. Currently working on another 300+ projects and 200+ ongoing including Carbon (GCC, CDM, GS, VCS, UCR), I-REC, Carbon Footprint, Water Footprint, Product Carbon Footprint, Sustainability Reporting, Non-financial Reporting (Advisory / Assurance), Energy Audits, Accreditations, and many more.
The builder of the clothing empire and the ingenious billionaire, Renzo Rosso was born on 15th September 1955 to a northern Italian farmer. Rosso is famous for his proactive advertising, savvy retail insight, and smart business sense in developing one of the most fantastic denim and retail brands of all time –“Diesel”.
Renzo Rosso’s net worth stands at $3.5 billion, making him the 19th richest man in Italy. Interestingly, Rosso in 2012 for the first time got featured in the Forbes billionaires list.
It was in the 1970s when he made his first pair of jeans, and they had a leg opening of 42 centimetres, and his buddies liked the jeans so much that they began requesting them.
In 1975, Rosso dropped out of the University of Venice to work at a small garment factory as a production manager. His mentor, Adriano Goldschmied, encouraged him to remain in the business, and together they established a new venture, thereby creating Diesel. The brand name Diesel was selected because ‘diesel’ was deemed the ‘alternative fuel’.
By 1985, his business associate, denim legend Adriano Goldschmied, had been bought out by Rosso. Here, Rosso introduced the concept of high-quality luxury-premium denim that looked faded and worn, which achieved massive success in the ‘80s and 90s, with complete ownership of the market. Also, Diesel famously ran one of the first gaythemed commercials in 1995.
Rosso took a step back in 2002 to manage a new investment firm, the OTB Group,
putting together all the labels he created with those he purchased. It included French fashion brand Maison Margiela in 2002, the Italian brand Marni in 2012, and Viktor & Rolf in 2008, all of them were headquartered in Amsterdam. In Breganze, Italy, in the countryside north of Venice, Rosso established a glittering new Recently,headquarters.Dieselhas
managed to win back some of the cultural cachets it enjoyed in the past. It appointed its first creative director in 2013, Nicola Formichetti, who acquired a reputation as a stylist for pop star Lady Gaga.
Rosso maintains a house in the village of Bassano del Grappa in northern Italy, a 30-minute drive from Venice. It is home to 50,000 people, where Rosso has provided with free Wi-Fi in the area named after the business he founded.
Rizzoli published the book by Renzo Rosso in 2011, which outlines his theory, it is entitled “Be Stupid: For Successful Living”.
An avid art collector, Rosso collects and displays paintings of famous Italian artists. Apart from work, Rosso loves snowboarding, skiing, wake-boarding, and cycling.
Rosso even enjoys soccer and owns Bassano Virtus 55 S.T., his home team. When he took it over in 1996, Rosso added his birth year, ‘55, to the end of the name of the club. Rosso also operates a winery called Diesel Farm, which sources grapes from a tract of land he acquired in 1994. It produces wines such as “Rosso di Rosso.” that is a play on his family name. Rosso considers it a boutique dealer and only sells the wine to selected restaurants around the world.
In 2012, the iconic Bridge Rialto, one of the four bridges over the Grand Canal of Venice, was promised to be repaired for 5.5 million Euro by Rosso. He has also funded restoration efforts to preserve the heritage of the mediaeval-era town.
Rosso is now operating an OTB charity fund, known as the OTB Foundation. It spent EUR 12 million to ‘combat socioeconomic injustice and of less-favoured areas and persons worldwide.’ About 90% of the foundation’s activities concentrate on Sub-Saharan Africa, with the remaining 10% focusing on Italy.
While the reigns of the organisation he founded have since been relinquished, the 65-year-old still serves as president of his holding company, OTB (which stands for Only The Brave, a corporate motto). It does not seem like he will slow down in the immediate future.
Avishek Singh | Business Connect
Penalties, fines, and legal actions cause significant financial loss and damage a company’s reputation. Compliance with all legal and statutory requirements can not only assist your company build goodwill but also be regarded as a strength of the organization. This ultimately assists your company in luring top employees and enhancing the brand’s reputation. Many now view compliance as an investment rather than a cost.
Businesses frequently lack knowledge of the potential risks they may be exposed to. Depending on the sort of business and the industry or sector it operates in, these risks may be connected to a variety of different things. Hiring compliance consulting services in this situation enables you to carry out a thorough risk analysis for your company.
Corpseed has established itself as a leader in compliance management with a vision to reduce the burden of compliance and to provide businesses with a Technology Integrated compliance strategy. Mr. Vipan Thakur and Mr. Vinay Thakur launched the company’s foundation in 2017, and since then, it has established a competitive position in the Indian market.
Financial Advisory, Legal Compliances, Pollution Advisory, and Product Regulatory Compliance are the company’s main
Corpseedservices.
uses a solution-based approach to provide guidance and advisory around the Indian Regulatory Compliance under a single roof. This is what provides value to the clientele. As a result, it’s one of the most sought after one-stop solutions for all legal needs necessary to operate or launch a business in India. L&T, MMTC, TVS, HP Corporation, Delhi Airport Authority, Capgemini, BP Corporation, CUBE Highways, FABER, BBQ, Radio Design India Pvt Ltd, NTPC, Dent Care are a few of Corpseeds more notable clients.
Their solutions include any waste recycling or dismantling plants setup, heavy machines manufacturing plant setup, oil & gas extraction setup, food manufacturing & food processing units setup, construction permissions, electrical & electronic products manufacturing setup, pharmaceutical product manufacturing setup, solar panels/ semiconductors/ chemicals/ metals/ rubber/ automobiles/ plastic/ batteries & wood product manufacturing plant setups, leather & leather products manufacturing setup, textile & textile products
VIPAN SINGH Director &
manufacturing setup, paper & paper products manufacturing setup and mining industry permissions. The team of BCM interacted with the founder and director of Corpseed. Mr. Vipan Thakur. We were curious to know how Corpseed started. The founder shared that while he was working on his first venture, named Precult, which is an online marketplace for all medical devices and equipment, he was struck with an idea to enter the advisory business. He further adds that the idea of compliance has always bothered him and he feels it bothers many other entrepreneurs as no one wants to lose out their hard earned money for missing out some compulsory compliance norms. He therefore always felt that he should solve this for himself and others like him and this lead to the formation of Corpseed
“ The compliance has troubled me since the beginning of my entrepreneurial career in 2015, as it does for many other Indian business owners. Therefore, we developed the concept of “Corpseed” in order to simplify compliance and encourage ease of doing business.”
Digital compliance is the way of the future, but it comes with serious security, privacy, ownership, and integrity risks. The best compliance solution providers like Corpseed, gives you the chance to lower these risks, boost output, and enhance the organization’s overall effectiveness. On that note we inquired the founder how AI is transforming compliance management for Corpseed. The founder explains that due to its excellent capabilities for handling enormous jobs at incredibly quick rates, they increasingly use AI in compliance and governance. He quotes
“ We are developing an artificial intelligence-based compliance model. This will help enterprises to comprehend and calculate the essential compliance that are required, plan their business compliance operations, and easily manage all of them under one dashboard. We are currently developing a beta version of the CRM (Compliance and Risk Management) models that we created internally, making daily improvements based on feedback from our clients. Our long term
future plan is to integrate AI based technology with a compliance and risk management system to make it easier for an entity to keep a compliance check in a much more accurate manner.”
In under five years, the Corpseed went from having just three workers working in a co-working space in Delhi to having 150+ employees working in a cutting-edge 10,000 square foot office in Noida. And not to forget that, out of these five years, about two and half years were covid struck where the world was almost stagnated.
Therefore we posed a question to the founder on what was that secret recipe that led to such an enormous success. Mr. Vipan credits this success to the founding members who brought wisdom and experience with them. He explains,
“Our founding members have backgrounds in operations, technology, human resources, and business growth. As all four departments serve as an organization’s heart, brain, lungs, and spine, this assisted the company in laying a solid foundation. We established our processes and applied other tactics in accordance with MNCs standards because our founding members were former employees of well-known multi-nationals. This aided the business in luring top talent from the market. Also impressive are the company’s employment, development, and retention methods. These all played a part in helping us assemble a capable and productive staff.”
A qualified compliance consultant makes sure your company is compliant with all applicable laws and regulations. They can support your company at every stage of the process because they have the inside knowledge and regulatory expertise. Hiring a seasoned compliance consultant firm may provide you with an impartial viewpoint on how to cope with various compliance rules, enabling your company to easily spot any violations of the law that might otherwise go unnoticed. The sought after team like Corpseed can help you with advisory and the compliance procedure. After all, keeping compliance is the cornerstone to operating a successful business.
The most famous but disputed diamond in the world, Kohinoor, is about to change hands. The diamond is currently set in the Imperial State Crown, which was made in 1937 for King George VI’s coronation and later given to Elizabeth II. The diamond will, however, be worn by the Queen’s daughter-in-law and Prince Charles III’s wife, Camilla Parker Bowles, during the coronation of the new King. As the wife of King Charles III, Camilla has been crowned Queen Consort of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth nations. At King Charles’ coronation, the Crown of Queen Elizabeth, which currently wears the Kohinoor, will be placed on Camilla’s head. The crown, also known as the Queen Mother’s Crown, was made in 1937 for Queen Elizabeth, the wife of King George VI, and she continued to wear it after her daughter Elizabeth II became the monarch. The Kohinoor diamond, which is the most well-known of the 2,800 diamonds on the Crown, is set in platinum. Currently, the British Royal Crown Jewels are all on display in the Jewel House at the Tower of London, includ ing the Queen Mother’s Crown. The crown jewels are actually owned by the British monarchy and never pass into private hands. As a result, even though Camilla will wear it during the coronation, it remains a public heirloom.
The Koh-i-Noor diamond is one of the biggest and most wellknown cut diamonds in the world. Most likely, it was dis covered in southern India between 1100 and 1300. The name “Mountain of Light” refers to the stone’s incredible size, which was originally 186 carats in weight (today 105.6). India’s recently created Telangana state’s Golconda region is well known for its diamond mines. They have created some of the world’s finest jewels. Golconda, also known as Golla konda (“shepherd’s hill”), was the centre of mediaeval Gol conda in Southern India. The location is 11 kilometres west of Hyderabad. The most well-known gems, including the “Hope Diamond,” “Idol’s Eye,” and most famous “Koh-iNoor,” have come from this region of India, which has abun dant gold and diamond deposits.
The Kohinoor was created in Golconda, India. In particu lar, the Rayalaseema diamond mine denotes the “Land of Stones,” and it was found during coal mining in the Kol lur mine during the Kakatiya era. At that time, it started changing hands between governing dynasties. The stone first appears in written history when it belonged to Babur (1483-1530), the Mughal Empire’s first emperor and a direct ancestor of Genghis Khan (1162/67-1227), the Mongol em peror. The diamond was probably acquired as a war spoil, a fate it would experience several more times over the course of its long history and association with rulers. It is mentioned in the Mughal emperor’s memoirs, which he wrote in 1526. The stone, according to Babur, is “worth half of the daily ex pense of the entire world.”
When the Persian king Nader Shah (1698-1747) attacked and captured Delhi in 1739, he took possession of the dia mond, despite the Mughal emperor’s attempts to conceal it in his turban. When Nader Shah first saw the stone, he called it a Koh-i-Noor, or “mountain of light,” and the name has stuck with it ever since. But its original name was “Samantik Mani,” which means “Prince and Leader of All Diamonds. When Nader Shah died in 1747, his chief general, Ahmad Shah (1722-1772), claimed the precious stone and established the Durrani Dynasty of rulers in Afghanistan. The Durani
eventually lost power, and Shah Shujah of the dynasty (l. 1785-1842) was forced to flee to India in 1813, when he gave the diamond as a gift to Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the ruler of Punjab Maharajah(1780-1839).Duleep
Singh (1838-1893) inherited it when he was only five years old, but he was to be the last ruler of the Punjab and Sikh Empire as the British Empire extended its tentacles into northern India. At the time, it was prized as a symbol of an Empire’s might. According to a popular prov erb, “He who has this diamond will own the world, but will also know all its misfortunes; only God, or a woman, can wear it with impunity.”
During the Second Anglo-Sikh War in 1849 AD, Raja Ran jit Singh’s son Duleep Singh was forced to surrender the Sikh empire by the British army. Following that, the British Government in Lahore transferred ownership of the famous Kohinoor diamond to the British East India Company’s trea sury. It is said that Duleep Singh, who was 11 at the time, “surrendered” the Kohinoor diamond along with the Sikh kingdom to the British. The Kohinoor and Duleep Singh were given to Dr. John Login as guardians after the Sikh dominion was turned over to the British East India Company.
Duleep Singh was convinced to accept Christ by Dr. Log in. Although Peter Bance contends that the truth was very different from what people believed, Singh is frequently re ferred to as the “King Who Gave Away Kohinoor.”
The diamond was taken from the Sikh Empire’s treasury when Duleep Singh was 11 years old by Lord Dalhousie, the Governor General of India. In 1854, Duleep Singh met Queen Victoria and requested to see the diamond. The diamond was brought from the British treasury on the Queen’s instruc tions, Lady Login argued, so seeing it would not harm him. Bance narrated how Duleep took the diamond and carried it to the window. He raised his hand and muttered, “to Hum ble Majesty Kohinoor diamond,” as the diamond glistened in the sunlight, and this started the donation bid.
The Indian government has demanded the Koh-i-Noor be brought back to its country-of-origin many times. The stone became a representation of the nation’s independence from British rule, which was attained in the same year as the first such request, in 1947.
In 1976, a new participant entered the discussion when Pa kistan’s then-prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto demanded that the stone be given back to his nation. The gemstone is also claimed by Iran and Afghanistan. By no means have the demands for the Koh-i-return Noor’s to the continent subsid ed; in fact, in 2015, a group of Indian investors even started a legal procedure to get the diamond back. However, the Brit ish royal family has yet to part with this most renowned and sought-after of diamonds.
In 2010, 30-year-old Vinod Roshan D’souza wrote to the queen of the UK after writing to Barak Obama and UN. He got the following response- “The diamond could not be re turned because it was given to the Queen as part of the Treaty of Lahore in 1849 and is currently set in Queen Elizabeth’s crown”, the ministerial support team informed.
An outstanding player in the limelight for distinguished Consultation & training, One Team Solutions EdTech Private Limited is a renowned IT Training Company founded in 2018. Over the years, the firm has established its strong position among training institutions and assists businesses in enhancing employee capacities to accomplish their strategic goals. They are pioneers in designing the most delicate blend of the industry’s best pre- and post-program initiatives to augment retention and application of learning.
One Team Solutions’ rich portfolio accommodates an exclusive suite of Hands-on Job Oriented IT Training Programs for Job Seekers looking for an IT Job. The company’s comprehensive customised training solutions offer a 4-5 Month Program in Various Technologies like Full Stack Python-Django, MEAN Stack, Software Testing, Digital Marketing Etc. One Team Solutions provides training in both online and offline modes.
Headquartered in Kerala, One Team Solutions has secured a sizable space across India. The company could place around 250+ Freshers in reputed IT Companies during the Covid Period. Since its inception, the training institution has created an excellent impact and hit an 85% hike in our Annual Turnover in FY 2021-2022.
Arjun Venugopal, a true leader with more than thirteen years of professional experience, is the CEO and Co-Founder of One Team Solutions. He had previously worked for Extramarks Education India Pvt Ltd as the Head of Sales for the South Kerala and Bangalore Region. An enthusiastic young businessperson with significant skill in designing, carrying out and delivering IT training programmes for college students and working adults.
Dileep M. B., the Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of One Team Solutions, are in charge of the organisation’s overall management and daily leadership. He has ten years of expertise in the IT hiring industry. Prior to joining One Team, he held the positions of System Engineer at IBM Ireland, Trainee Manager at Momentous Organization in Bangalore, HR Manager at Cochin Foundation, and Manager of Recruitment for various organisations in Kerala. He holds an electrical and electronics engineering degree from MG University in Kerala and a master’s degree in human resource management from Dublin Business School in Ireland, which is connected with Liverpool John Moores University in London.
The Beginning and Journey So Far Post Formal College Education in 2009; both Arjun and Dileep worked in different companies. Education and Upskilling was the domain they have been into for the past 14 years.
In 2018, they took the foundation of One Team Solutions with the objective to build a Bridge between IT Companies and Job Seekers. With their expertise and excellence, the visionaries could help 800+ Job Seekers to reach an IT Company through the Bridge they built! They started from an 850 Square Feet Office with two part-time employees, and today they have 22 full-time employees and 5000+ square feet of office space spread over two major cities in Kerala. The Pandemic was the only significant obstacle they had to overcome during their previous four-year journey. They struggled throughout the first Covid wave, which ended up being beneficial for the squad after the lockdown. The Pandemic Assisted in the R&D of their Online Training Model. They saw a staggering 85% growth in turnover as a result in the fiscal year 2021–2022
ARJUN VENUGOPAL Chief Executive Officer Puja Bhardwaj | Business Connect
The Indian startup ecosystem has now grown older and more stable. In the ensuing Ages, the Indian Start-Up Ecosystem will advance; thanks to the Evolution that took place in the recent 8 years. In the previous 4-5 years, there has been a highly aggressive pace of growth in the EdTech sector. In the past four to five years, all verticals—whether they were K–12, competitive exam prep, or upskilling the Indian EdTech domain—have experienced astounding development.
“Yes - For Sure! We believe a Strong R&D Team can create a much bigger impact on your business. It is also equally important to have a great Data Analysis mid-set. Every significant decision should be based on the data that has been analysed because doing so will allow the business to grow exponentially.”, mentioned Arjun Venugopal while discussing the importance of R&D.
One Team Solutions primarily uses digital marketing to reach job seekers between the ages of 21 and 28. To promote its brand, the company uses a variety of Social Media Adv Campaigns and collaborates with numerous Social Media Influencers. The business also has an equal investment in Google and YouTube Ads.
Effective leadership is all about aligning your team with the vision you pursue and making sure it is timely. Making every team member share her sense of ownership is another important goal.
One Team Solutions has a welcoming and adaptable workplace culture. While they have hard deadlines and goals to accomplish, they also ensure that each person meets their deadline without being under too much pressure. They debate every minor setback with the same fervour. They celebrate every little success.
With a strong emphasis on technology, One Team Solutions is developing its e-learning portal so that students may learn about technology in their own regional language. When it comes to enlarging the geographical limits, there is a prominent Expansion Calendar. By 2022, they will open their Next Branch (Calicut) in Kerala. Additionally, the team is seeking to open its first branches outside of Kerala in Chennai and Bangalore by the end of 2023. It will undoubtedly have its first international branch by 2023 as well.
Getting started is significantly more straightforward than sustaining success as an entrepreneur. Conduct in-depth market research and continue to monitor the market even after releasing your product. Moreover, “Do only what you know”!
DILEEP M B Chief Operating Officer
Kirti Anand | Business Connect
The brainchild of Co-Founders Prateek Kr Bhowmick and Rahul Jain, ReviewAdda was established in 2015 as a “Digital Platform for College Admission” company, with an aim to create a network of aspirants and alumni to help make the drawn-out admission processes easier on the candidates. Having worked together for the last seven years, the founders have successfully placed more than 36,000+ admissions in premium & under-rated Indians colleges and universities. The company has, at this point, 3,200+ Partner Micro-Coaching Institutes/ Tutors that work with them as guides and influencers from Tier-2, Tier-3 and small towns in India.
Formerly one of the founding team members of Vriti, India’s pioneering edtech startup backed by Intel Capital & Jafco Asia, Prateek has had a foot in the business since its early days. It was there that he met Rahul Jain, an entrepreneur with a business background but a core belief in technology. Together the two of them have a combined experience in tech, funding & operation in the Ed-tech Sector. They embarked on the entrepreneurial journey together with ReviewAdda, after continuous discussions and a well-researched idea. They have made ReviewAdda what it is today, working with a team of dedicated core-founding members, the two have had a close relationship through the years, challenging each other and respecting each other’s decisions, always prioritizing what’s best for the company.
At the time of inception of ReviewAdda back in 2015, the two founders did not even have proof-of-concept and platform. It was just on the pen-paper based idea stage with strong data points & analytics, and there was a lack of investors willing to take a risk with young first time entrepreneurs They were then referred to connect with Ultra Media (India’s Largest Film Distribution House), who met with them in Mumbai. It only took one meeting for them to believe in their vision and value, and they ended up investing an amount of INR 1 Crore as Seed-Funding. That happened to be the first breakthrough moment in the entrepreneurial journey. Ultra Media played a very important role in giving a direction for their growth–not only in numbers but in profitability, too. A beginning like this helped them sail through the unprecedented and uncertain times of the pandemic as well.
Of the company, they feel the proudest of their fundamentals and core focus. Despite being advised by many to make a shift towards international admissions, they refused to stray from the path they had chosen. Believing it to be a commodified and competitive market that does not match with their interests, they have left it to the many great advisory firms in the study abroad segment.
India has huge scope in the Domestic Admissions market, about 8 million students take admissions in 1,000+ universities and 40,000+ colleges every year. ReviewAdda is focused on domestic admissions, and is yet to capture even 1% of the market. Prateek and Rahul are personally focused on the ultra-premium admission market in the higher education sector. The last minute seats in the premium and underrated colleges & universities are often missed by the students due to a lack of advice and counseling.
The education admission sector overall is changing quite dramatically. In universities or colleges within the family-owned universities, educationists were first generation entrepreneurs with prior experience in other sectors. These days, the next generations of their families are adopting technology, processes, and great minds and people. For example, there is now a trend of using SaaS-based CRM/IVR, converting from a hierarchy-based, people-oriented approach to a process-oriented approach. This has led to an influx of great professors and teams from IVYLeague Colleges, IIMs, IITs and DU, which is extremely opportune.
Prateek says, “I fundamentally believe in hard work with smart work, perseverance, resilient, positive & spiritual energy and the last luck factor.” With wellplanned ground research strategy and execution as his forte, he has invested himself entirely in this enterprise. Apart from ReviewAdda, he invests his time in early-stage startups, and if opportunities occur, loves doing some small investments in those startups. His theory for investment and mentorship in startups is to learn fast from the mistakes. He deeply believes in the phrase: “Right Idea in the Right
Of his influences and motivations in the journey, he says: “Self-confidence, market research with on-ground data and positive vibes helped me a lot to tackle the rollercoaster entrepreneurial journey. The entrepreneurial journey is not a straight line. My wife is a motivational leader for me. She has played a great role in my success. I really like Sachin Bansal of Flipkart, started with a simple idea and exited with a large-scale startup. He has been a great example of a middle-class family guy with great execution and self-motivation.”
The Co-Founders have always shared examples of fundamental core values in every fortnight meeting with the team members. Whether it’s universities, colleges, students or parents, they are never to pitch any false commitments and misinformation. They believe their business runs on references, and core values are more important when you don’t want to spend extravagantly on marketing. “The only core fundamentals are the marketing funnel for your organization,” states Prateek.
“Don’t start a startup because it’s a trend, start a core business with clarity and profitability, or find the mental peace with your regular job and alternative investments returns, and don’t chase a stressful entrepreneur journey without backup.”
Education has been hampered severely over the last few years during pandemic and in today’s era parenting for children upto 8 years also becomes very tough and adrift without the right preschool partner. Above all Children are evolving faster than we can imagine. Children are consuming knowledge from every aspect of their life. Bad or Good, you can’t stop the flow of information in their lives. Their brain is a clean slate, and they’re hungry to scribble over it, which can impact their upcoming life significantly. There are no filters to the information freely available, and every detail adds to their being human.
That’s why Holistic Education and approach can only redirect the child’s energy in the right direction.,” said Dharmesh Kapasi - President of Shanti Juniors (The preschool division of Shanti Educational Initiatives Limited- SEIL). SEIL is a listed company, and Shanti Juniors has been successfully operating in 74 cities of India with 350+ Preschools since 2010. It has won more than 19 awards in various segments of early childhood education. So, let’s know further from him about Shanti Juniors’ education approach and the business opportunities across India.
CONSIDERING THE DEPTH OF YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THE PRESCHOOL INDUSTRY TILL NOW, WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR JOURNEY. WHAT WERE YOUR KEY LEARNINGS, CHALLENGES, AND MAJOR LESSONS? We started with 6 preschools in 2010 from Ahmedabad and dramatically expanded our chain in Pune, Bangalore, Patna, Jaipur, Chennai and other parts of Gujarat. Now, we’ve 350+ preschools across India. First of all, we’re not dealing with any commodity and service and we’re nurturing children and that’s why we’ve to be extra cautious and sensitive while nourishing this generation Alpha. I am thankful to my academic team and our franchise partners, who have been working closely on curriculum innovation, teachers’ training and implementation. As said, the evolution of children is way ahead and faster. To
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cope with them and utilise their energy for fruitful, positive and productive learning, We’ve invested millions on curriculum development and conceptual learning. We keep upgrading our Teaching and toys, student kits and other material so that a child is gripped well and their Inquisitiveness is satisfied. So adaptability and sustainability have been my key learnings for this segment.
SHANTI JUNIORS HAS BEEN EXPANDING QUITE RAPIDLY. WE ARE INTERESTED IN KNOWING MORE ABOUT YOUR EXPANSION STRATEGY. AND WHAT ARE THE KEY FACTORS THAT THE SHANTI JUNIORS HAS BEEN THE MOST SUSTAINABLE PRESCHOOL BRAND.
Shanti Juniors has always focused on the holistic development of children through our unique teaching methodology called - The I-Cube Learning ladder, where the children’s Inquisitiveness is led to Interaction and later turns into Innovation. Our Preschool’s environment, Setup, Student Kit, Montessori toys and curriculum encourages child for self-exploration. Recently, we have added KIDDOWITTY kit with STEAM based approach to enhance the skill of a child blending Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math into a DIY format. We’re franchisecentric brand and to provide the best education to our children, the sustainability of our preschool partners becomes the highest paramount for us. We’ve simplified the preschool business; we’ve set up the process and SOPs. Elephants don’t bite. Mosquitoes do. That’s what major preschool franchisors miss out on in their SOPs- The details (Small is big). Shanti Juniors has
been through many ups and downs, including the pandemicinduced challenges, which we have overcome strongly because we’re a process-driven organisation. Our support ecosystem comprises dedicated teams managing different roles like academics, marketing, admission support, and logistics, who comes together to handhold a franchise partner to empower them
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formed various clubs based on their admissions numbers and offer varying privileges. These franchise partners who are now members of 100 clubs, 200 clubs, and 300 clubs were housewives, employees in some organisations, professionals from different backgrounds, and had no idea about operating a preschool earlier.
Children have missed out a lot during last couple of years. We’re talking about their core foundation and children were never prepared for this situation. Their lives had become monotonous and they were restricted to squares - Mobiles, TVs, Gadgets, their rooms. Everything was squared and limited. They’ve missed out on the feeling of experiential learning. You can’t feel the sand, smell of flowers, share with your friends and other 1000s of such gestures and things. To make thing worse, the unrestricted access to electronic devices exposed them to unproductive activities and addictive Apps. Thankfully, we already had Juniors App Learn, where were able to divert the energy and attention of our children with our gamified curriculum which enhances the skills of recognition, sorting, identification and revision. It also encourages a child with appreciations, scoring points and applause & cheer on their achievement and it comes with the daily screen-time limit lock.
Parents have understood the importance of Early Child Care & Education (ECCE) and they strongly prefer a branded preschool chain over the local preschools. As parents understand the importance of structured and scientific approach toward Early Child Care and Education. That’s why it’s the right time to start your own Shanti Juniors Preschool.
Thank you, Mr. Dharmesh, It was insightful and interesting and We saw Shanti Juniors’ Instagram page, its filled with cute toddlers all over. We wish you and your team all the best for the coming years and keep contributing to this beautiful journey of childhood celebration.
The technical dominance and digital influence, an amalgamation of both, have pioneered the market with impeccable technical solutions and expertise. For revamping the graph of companies’ success, they have rendered a behemoth contribution. Cumint Pvt. Ltd., with the use of the best technology, delivers software and website services, that escalate the performance of your company to the threshold.
Bharat Khanna states,
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I never feel anything is impossible or not meant for me. Now what makes me keep going once I start on any endeavor, is my unique trait No one is my competitor except myself. I have seen many times that a lot of people do start on a big plan but once they see others getting ahead they get demoralized and slow down because of the sting of ‘COMPARING.’ I am the one who doesn’t fall prey to this infection of ‘COMPARING.’
When I am in the mode of striving and progressing I remind myself and I just set the intention of competing with myself. So, now I have a unique challenge of doing better than what I have already achieved, which makes me different from others who just work hard only to get ahead of others and defeat others once done the race ends and so does the journey of progress setting the complacency in.
Mr. Bharat Khanna Managing Director Sugandh Bahl | Business ConnectBharat Khanna of 27 years is the Managing Director of Cumint Pvt. Ltd. Under his aegis and with the aid of proficient employees and their technical expertise, the company caters to the emerging requirements of the clientele, related to web design and other related services. They provide the best service in the best possible way, moreover with a rational price. They facilitate their clients with services like WEB DESIGN SERVICES, WEB DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, E-COMMERCE SERVICES, E-LEARNING SERVICES, DIGITAL MARKETING SERVICES, MOBILE DEVELOPMENT, and WEB SOLUTIONS.
The entrepreneur has quite a positive approach regarding the competition. He does not feel the need to compare his worth with others because it diminishes the spark and uniqueness one inherits.
To create an unbreakable faith, the Company needs to nurture positive relationships with their clients. Transparency is another highly appreciable parameter for fostering the unshakeable trust and belief.
The entrepreneur“Accordingsays,to me if you have open and honest relationships, it will always develop unbreakable faith among the two. I believe that the more upfront and transparent you are with your clients, the more likely they are to return. I most definitely value my clients and am sure to nurture those relationships as much as possible.”
Without roadblocks, there is no chance of getting any success. We need to face them to enjoy the fruits of success.
The Managing Director says, “Struggle is a part and parcel of every success story. Now, before anyone concludes anything, it’s important to understand that success is not a destination but a journey.”
The journey of success was like a roller-coaster. Bharat has a well- established family business that is functional in the chemical industry. He also served there for around six months, but he couldn’t find the zeal to do better in the chemicalcentric business as his key interest was to offer IT solutions. Then, hailing from Amritsar, he convinced his family to let him commence his dream business venture in Delhi. Accepting the seed capital of 20000/- from his grandfather, Bharat relocated to New Delhi and incorporated CUMINT. Since then, there is no turning back for him.
CUMINT was formed by 3 friends in a room in Delhi in the year 2016. As things were not going according to their ways, they faced a lot of hurdles during the initial phase. In those difficult times, Bharat’s friends decided to pursue other business pursuits as they couldn’t find this area quite beneficial. Then, Bharat had to make a decision of his lifetime and the result was the success of Cumint.
He says, “I have faith in whatever I am doing at present and whatever I will pursue in future as well. We are growing in leaps and bounds exponentially. Now, we have reached such a stage where we are all set to forge ahead with our new work station and around 50 employees”
motivates me to do work with the same zeal just like the initial days of our business venture. Acknowledging the fact that our hard work and perseverance will help us to achieve greater professional success, is what keeps us get going till date. I feel that aligning the company’s vision and values with my own is a primary way to achieve the targeted goals.”
The positive environment encourages greater productivity and escalates the success graph.
In light of today’s economic landscape, it’s more important than ever for companies to have happy and productive employees. When employees are loyal and engaged in the company, profits are higher. Conversely, when people feel unmotivated or undervalued, the company suffers.
Additionally, studies show that engaged employees perform better, and are more supportive of changes and willing to make them happen. Well, he provides salary timely with increment, understands their situations, and encourages a lot of activities. Sometimes, they arrange matches among the companies and other refreshing activities.
The distance between your dream and reality is called action. We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions and we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s a part of success.
~Bharat Khanna
Bharat “Successcontinues,iswhat
foods are our heart’s desire. But that desire is being ignored by us in this hectic life. This is the reason why heart disease account for nearly one-third of all death worldwide. Welcome to BCM, a place where you can find important pieces of information about Business and lifestyle. Diet plays a major role in heart health and can impact your risk of heart disease. In fact, certain heart-healthy foods can improve blood pressure, triglyceride (a type of fat), cholesterol levels and inflammation, all of which can lead to heart disease. According to American Heart Association, we should include fruit & vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy products, fish and Nuts in our daily diets. It does sound like any other diet. Well, here we are going to be more specific for heart-healthy foods. We will be talking about 10 incredibly heart-heathy foods that maximize your heart health.
Leafy greens like Kale, parsley, broccoli, and spinach are well researched heart-healthy foods that contains Vitamins, minerals and antioxidant. In particular, they are rich source of Vitamin K, which may help to protect your arteries and promote proper blood clotting. Many research shows link between increasing your intake of leafy green vegetables and a lower the risk of heart disease. One study from NCBI, A good amount of leafy green intake was associated with up to a 16% lower incidence of heart disease. And another study in 29,689 women showed that increasing leafy green vegetable consumption was linked to a significantly lower risk of coronary heart disease. It shows that we must add this incredible heart healthy food.
Many studies have happened around this heart-healthy foods. It shows that eating who grain is linked with lower cholesterol and systolic blood pressure, as well as reduces the risk of heart problems. So, what should we eat in whole grain.
All three nutrient-rich part of the grain include:
• Germ
• Endosperm
• Bran
Most common type of whole grain include:
• Whole wheat
• Brown rice
• Oats
• Rye
• Barley
• Buckwheat
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can lead to risk of coronary heart disease. Conversely, whole grains are protective. An extra 1 or 2 serving daily of these foods increase or decrease risk by around % to 20%.
Note: - when you are buying whole grain, read the ingre dients on packet carefully. Phrase like “whole grain” or “whole wheat” describe whole grain. Definitely, this is one of the incredible heart-healthy food.
A small handful of walnuts a day can be beneficial for your lowering cholesterol. It may also protect against inflammation in your heart’s arteries. Walnuts contains omega3s, a healthy fat called monounsaturated fats, plant sterol, and fiber. Studies for cardiovascular diseases prevention is solid for some verities of tree nuts, especially walnuts. In 2009 study in around 360 candidates showed that including walnuts on diet led to greater decrease in LDL and total cholesterol.
Berries like strawberry, blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries are packed with powerful nutri ents that play an important role in heart health. Berries are well known for rich antioxidant source like anthocyanins, which help to re duce the oxidative stress and inflammation that contributes to the development of heart disease. An analysis of 22 studies showed that adding berries in diet was associated with reduction in LDL (bad choles terol), systolic blood pressure, body mass index, and certain
inflammation. Its common question occur that which berries should we eat more. We suggest you to eat blueberries, because a study found that blueberries con sumption on daily basis improved the function of cells that line the blood vessels. Berries can be a satisfying snack or delicious low calories des sert; we recommend you to include this incredible heart-health food in different types of diet.
Another incredibly heart-healthy food is Avocados, this fruit is an excellent source of heart-healthy monounsaturat ed fats, which is associated with lower the cholesterol level and heart-disease. One study looked at the effects of three choles terol-lowering diet in 45 people with over weight and obesity, with one of the test groups consuming one avocado daily. An avocado intake on daily basis experienced reduction in LDL, includ ing lower the level, and impactful of LDL, which is lead to significantly raise the risk of heart disease. So, if you want to have healthy-heart, then add Avocados in your daily diet to make a heart healthy diet plan. Do you know? Avocados are more popular among the women, because study shows that 12 weeks was linked with a redistribution of belly fat for women, not because Kim Kardashians use it.
Almonds are incredibly heart-healthy foods, contains a long list of Vitamins and minerals that are crucial to heart health. They are also considered to be a good source of heart-healthy monosaturated fat and fiber, more that helps your heart to function properly. Many research shows that almonds intake is linked with higher level of HDL (Good level cholesterol), which can lower plaque buildups and keep your arteries clear.
Dark chocolate is excellent source of antioxidants like flavonoids, adding in your daily diet can be heart-healthy diet. Interestingly, many research have associated consum ing chocolate with a lower risk of heart disease. Keep in mind that these research shows association but necessarily account for other factors that may be involved. Addition ally, chocolate contains big amount of sugar and calories, which can negate many of its health-promoting properties. Make sure it has 60% to 70% coca and moderate your intake to make the most of it heart-healthy benefit.
Beans is also incredibly heart healthy food contains resistant starch, which resist digestion and is fermented by the beneficial bacteria in your gut. Resistant starch has a healthy effect on the gut and certain members of its resident’s microbiota. Many research has also shown that eating beans can lower the risk factor of heart problem. One study from NCBI of 16 people, eating pinto beans re duced levels of blood triglycerides and LDL. What’s more, eating beans has been associated with lower blood pressure and inflammation, both of which are not good for a healthyheart.
Fatty fish and fish include: salmon, mackerel, sardines, and tuna are packed with omega-3 fatty acids, which may have
protective role in the risk of developing heart diseases and slightly reduce the risk of CVD event and arrhythmias. A study shows that including fatty fish over long term was linked to lower levels of total cholesterol, blood tri glycerides, fasting blood sugar, and more. If you don’t eat much seafood, Olive oil or fish oil can an alternative food for your healthy heart.
As far as nutrients go, yogurt have a lot to offer. It is packed with Protein, Calcium, and probiotic. Those nutrients are good for heat-to-toe health. But there’s also many studies suggest that Yogurt is specifically good for heart health. Yogurt has been linked to healthy blood pressure and cho lesterol levels. There are some research shows that eating yogurt as part of healthy heart diet, which can help to stop long term weight gain. Keep in mind that not all yogurt is a healthy choice. A research show that Greek Yogurt has been linked to lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels, which can prevent the risk of developing heart disease.
. Other food for healthy heart.
• Red wine
• Green Tea
• Garlic
• Tomatoes
• Pectin
• Pomegranate.
Note: - Healthy eating habits and avoiding certain foods are necessary to keep our important organ-heart healthy. In your daily life, Do not forget for exercise and medication, it keep your health issues away from your body.
Sandhya Agrawal |
The most widespread envi ronmental issue is plastic pollution as it affects ocean health, food quality & safe ty, human health, coastal tourism, and contributes to climate change. Evirocor has been a leading force in the fight against plastic waste, innovating sustainable food pack aging since 2014. The company specializes in the development of a unique packaging material used to produce its product brand - “Oko”. All their production facilities and equipment had been designed inhouse with patents worldwide. Be sides, their sustainable packaging is truly nature-friendly as it replaces single-use plastics. Their products are lightweight, durable, and pleas ing to the eyes. The containers are distinguished through biodegrad ability, home compostability, recy clability, quality and price. These aspects fulfil the customers’ expec tations with distinctive attributes like energy saving, durability, mi crowaving, moisture-resistance, freezing and much more! Further, with its unique look and branded sleeves, Oko is a powerful market ing tool.
With several innovative and terrestrial Oko food packaging items, Evirocor’s mission is to protect the world from the adverse effects of plastic pollution. The Organisation is highly devoted and steadfast in reducing plastic pollution and at the same time relieving the strain on mother nature. The crafted prod ucts are designed in such a way to enable easy recycling and composting. The primary target of the Company is to ensure that green packaging is a way of life by eliminating the use of plastics and mitigating hazardous chemicals and materials disposal.
With a longstanding vision, Evirocor’s goal is to change the rigid mindset from “take-make-waste” to a circular perspective that is “multi-life-cycle”. The same is being done to augment the use in unrecovered waste streams for assets such as materials, energy, products and lifecycle.
The Founder and CEO of Evirocor Richard Gardiner, a design engineer, has developed machines mainly for the packaging & printing industries operating in more than 60 countries with over 30 years of experience and has registered in excess of 40 patents under his name. Moreover, to produce environmentally friendly, innovative items of the highest quality with an appealing finish, Richard has brought together an energetic team of experts with a thorough understanding and extensive experience in food packaging. The CEO has designed a detailed and straightforward “road-map” for sustainable food packaging solutions with intent and attention that allows personal space for team members to innovate and develop something extraordinary.
Richard has leveraged his intuitive understanding to develop a revolution in industrial technologies and is well known for his strategic management mindset. Product Innovation Award-London Excel 2019 for biodegradable, plasticfree Oko food packaging is a witness to the efforts of Evirocor. In addition to this, the Organization has taken part in numerous exhibitions to highlight its sustainable technologies.packaging
The corporate philosophy differentiates them from others because Evirocor solves challenges for con sumers while partnering with them to re-consider market solutions and build new, sustainable strate gies leading to higher value upshots.
The business model of Evirocor is as unique as its products, and its rivals strive to match their quality standards. Oko products are manufactured on the Cortec-Revolution systems, which are fully patented, automatic, integrated, and built-into 40-foot shipping
for the ease of placement for the prod uct manufacture and distribution of Oko products. The process operates at room temperature, with no additional heat, therefore substantially reducing the emissions of CO2 up to 97% of alternative materials.
Uniquely, Oko products material is built with a struc ture that includes Evirocor’s patented V-Strong Flute. It is an eco-friendly paper-based material that has patents around the globe. It comes coated in a plantbased, food-friendly, and watertight barrier that al lows the use of containers for wet and dry food items. Oko packaging solutions strengthen Evirocor’s inno vative lead over its peers and ensure food quality, safety, and make transportation and logistics much more effective.
The Company positions sustainability at the core of its goods and services through a robust business model, and it provides packaging technologies and recycling services that satisfy the changing needs of supply chains and consumers.
Evirocor is a pathfinder with a unique and innovative business model, driving change in the packaging in dustry. As the demand for e-commerce is rising, and cloud kitchens become more purposeful, Evirocor is fulfilling the needs of businesses with its eco-friendly Oko packaging. Moreover, the environmental impact of Oko and the know-how of recycling the boxes are now more critical for consumers.
In the increasingly unpredictable economic climate, Evirocor plans to address uncertainty by maximizing the efficiency of their operations. The current COVID crisis has created a challenging environment for businesses to operate. In this realm, Evirocor is positively foreseeing the impact of COVID-19 on the food packaging industry. The Company expects a meaningful change leading to the rapid growth in the market for ready-to-eat meals and packaging combined with hygiene and food safety concerns. Similarly, the Organisation is planning for other market developments and evolving customers sentiments which could bring in cost pressures across the whole packaging industry. Evirocor is working closely with its customers to succeed in these difficult times.
To guarantee competitiveness, Evirocor’s goal in all areas of business and human resources is to “take the lead in sustainability”. The Organisation encourages its workforce to contribute ideas and proposals. Its working environment has an excellent culture of self- expression and confidence development amongst its employees.
The focus of this one-of-a-kind business venture is empowering and motivating the workforce. They have initiated a unique programme to acknowledge and honour individuals and teams who go extra miles and succeed at what they do, also referred to as “Hidden Gems of Evirocor.” A wide range of metrics, including job ability, health and safety ratings, proactive internal KPI, and decreased absenteeism, are carried out to measure employees’ contributions. The Organization regularly evaluates and improves the resources for personal and or ganizational development of the workforce.
In recruiting the talents, the Organisation takes a decisive approach. With the motive to build a diverse workplace and a hub of potential leaders, Evirocor looks for trustworthy individuals, reliable team play ers, multitaskers, who are keen to grasp new challenges and opportu nities. Apart from this, employees behavioural qualities, experiences, innovative capabilities, and embarkment upon new endeavours are the traits which stand crucial for Evirocor.
Oko is designed to give back to our Planet; therefore, choose and use the best material for your food packaging. Support us to fight against plastic pollution!
RichardFounderGardiner&CEO Packaging India
Google Founders’ Net Worth:
Google’s founders are paid $1 per hour. They are, however, among the world’s wealthiest people. Larry Page is the eighth-richest person in the world, according to Bloomberg, with a net worth of $53.5 billion Sergey Brin is ranked ninth, with a reported net worth of $52.1 billion.
Google Products & Services: Google offers a wide range of services and products in addition to Google Search, many of which command significant market share. These products address several different use cases, such as
• email (Gmail),
• navigation (Maps),
• cloud computing (Cloud),
• web browsing (Chrome),
• video sharing (YouTube),
• productivity (Workspace),
• operating systems (Android),
• cloud storage (Drive),
Google (Alphabet Inc), an American multinational tech company, falls among the Big Five American information tech nology companies-Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft. It specialises in various field such as search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and consum er electronics. Because of its market dominance, data collection, and tech nological advantages in the field of artificial intelligence, it has been con sidered as the most influential com pany and one of the world’s most valuable brands around the globe. The giant company with a current staff of 1, 56,500 appointed Sundar Pichai its CEO on October 24, 2015 who succeeded Larry Page. Pichai was also appointed CEO of Alphabet on December 3, 2019.
Larry Page and Sergey Brin laid the foundation for Google in 1998. In 1995, the two met at Stanford and teamed up on a search engine called Backrub. Google is an abbreviation for “googol,” which is a one followed by 100 zeros. The name was a perfect representation of Page and Brin’s mission: “to organise the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.”
• language translation (Translate),
• photo storage (Photo),
• video calling (Meet),
• smart homes (Nest),
• smartphones (Pixel),
• wearable technology (Fitbit),
• gaming (Stadia),
• music streaming (YouTube Music), Google has stopped producing several products, including Google+, Reader, Hangouts, Play Music, Glass, Nexus, and Inbox by Gmail.
Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in January 1996 as a research project while enrolled as PhD candidates at Stanford University in California Before Google was formally founded as a company, Scott Hassan, the original lead program mer who wrote a large portion of the code for the original Google Search engine, was involved in the project. After leaving, Hassan founded the robotics company Willow Garage in 2006. Because the new search engine’s algorithm evaluated backlinks to determine a site’s importance, Page and Brin originally gave it the name “BackRub.” Page and Brin mentioned Hassan and Alan Steremberg as being crucial to the growth of Google. In a later paper about the project, Page and Brin were also co-authors with Rajeev Motwani and Terry Winograd. Larry Page’s PageRank patent included a cita tion to Robin Li’s 1996 invention, RankDex, which used a similar page-ranking and site-scoring algorithm to PageRank. Li later went on to develop Baidu, the Chinese search engine. A few weeks before Google was officially incorporated on September 7, 1998, it was funded by a $100,000 investment from Andy Bechtolsheim, co-founder of Sun Microsystems in August 1998,.
Beginning in early 2020, Alphabet joined Apple and Microsoft as the third American technology company to reach a $1 trillion valuation; Tesla and Amazon have since joined the group. Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has a market capitalization of $1.7742 trillion as of February 11 due to the price of GOOG, or Class C shares, which is $2,682.60. Alphabet also has shares of GOOGL, its Class A common stock, in ad dition to its Class C shares. At the moment, the prices of both varieties of shares are trading close together. As per Forbes the company has had a revenue of $257.5 billion in 2022 so far with an asset of $359.3 billion and profit of $76 billion.
FFSL along with the Govt. of India (GOI) proudly con fers their joy, on achieving the 8 Blue Flag Certification, in a single attempt. Eight beaches were selected for this acknowledgement, namely Shivrajpur (Gujarat), Ghoghla (Diu), Kasarkod (Karnataka), Kappad (Kerala), Padubidri (Karnataka), Rushikonda (Andhra Pradesh), Golden (Odisha) and Radhanagar (Andaman & Nico bar Islands). FFSL stands proud of managing three of these internationally acclaimed beaches - Shivrajpur (Gujarat), Ghoghla (Diu) and Kasarkod (Karnataka). FFSL was working with the Ministry of Environment (GOI) on this project for the last four years.
Managing a beach isn’t a cakewalk, as it requires a result-oriented framework and skilled people, which unfortunately wasn’t available. Hence, FFSL had to start from scratch, working on building an adroit team, convincing the locals about the need and efficiency of beach cleaning. Another thing they did was, acknowledging every cleaner as an ambassador of the Blue Flag Project, which deliberately charged them up. FFSL fostered all kinds of maintenance and associated supports to every crewmate, who put their hard work and sweat into the fruition of this project.
The coveted blue flag recognition is the world’s foremost certification that covers Beaches, Marinas, and Sustainable Boating Tourism Operators. The accreditation includes stringent quality parametersenvironmental, educational, safety, and accessibility, that has to be followed without any exception. The international jury of this certification included eminent members from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The certification is conveyed conferred, by the Denmark-based non-profit Foundation for Environmental Education.
From Mechanized Housekeeping, Operation and Maintenance, Food Service, Offshore Service Management, Guesthouse Management, Horticulture, to Façade Cleaning and Pest Control, all are governed by FFSL. Incepted in 2005, FFSL is an inclusive part of the famous Eureka Forbes Group and carries the corporate lineage of Shapoorji Pallonji Group. With a demonstrated history of spectacular solutions, FFSL has allied with all industrial verticals ranging from the manufacturing sector to hospitals, hotels, schools and many more. Its quality and commitment to solutions are fortified with certifications, namely ISO:9001, 18001, 14001 and 22000. Now, with the 8 Blue Flag recognition, it’s aiming to become more polished. FFSL carries the same vision as its parent body, “A Happy, Healthy and Safe Pollution-Free Environment based on Trust and Lasting Relationships with Customers”.
When the project was still on paper, FFSL had projected a significant infrastructure development required for its fruition. This made them bring Eureka Forbes on board not only for being its parent body but for being the foremost provider of infrastructure. Syncing with the parent body gave FFSL a major upper hand with respect to technical support.
“It was a great opportunity where the parent company and the sister concern had jointly taken up a project and successfully completed it. So, that gives us a great sense of achievement or synergy within the group”, acknowledges Rajiv Julka, one of the leading executives in this project.
Convincing locals about the project and marshalling a team of like-minded people, were the two significant challenges, for FFSL. Since this was a pilot project, only four beaches were initially selected that too under strict criteria. The focus was to revamp these beaches to an international level. The locals around the beaches had a stringent ambiguity regarding this project; as such, convincing them that this is something worth doing and has a definite significance on the environment was a daunting task. However, FFSL’s core motivation drove their energy; first, they did in-depth research on what they are trying to achieve. Then, they forayed to make the locals understand the project and build a team of people, having the will and passion towards it. Around 400-500 arduous people were selected (98% local), and FFSL put a considerable effort into training them. Govt. bodies like the BMC and the Collector also took a great interest in the project, which helped them addressing
this project has upscaled FFSL’s already attained position - a notch higher. The Company proudly stands as the cloud borders of its segment and has a history of building the business of many renowned companies. Originating from the industrial pioneer - Eureka Forbes, the Company already has a revered presence for its mechanised cleaning and other housekeeping solutions in diverse industries. Now with recognition on cleaning and maintaining beaches with industrial-grade equipment, FFSL has built strong roots in a much-untapped avenue.
The manufacturing space was widely affected, by the pandemic. Whether its economy, employment or movement of materials, everything faced an unprecedented halt. On top of that, the physical movement was strictly restricted, further increasing the problem by a level. However, FFSL carried a boiling desire to see the successful completion of this project. As such, with an iron will the entire team worked meticulously towards their individual roles and responsibilities. People working at the sites were safeguarded with all preventive measures and Govt. guidelines. Being a significant part of the Country’s economy, some of their services were permitted, with special guidelines off course. FFSL leveraged on digital communication to monitor the daily progress of work and further to stay unified.
The safety measures were also rigorously implanted in their offices. Only 15% to 30% of the employees were allowed at the office. Daily sanitization of premises
was done to ensure everyone’s safety. The Company also formed a special team, who conducted sanitization programs in other companies. A scalable number of their people across branches did get affected. However, FFSL ensured all the medical facilities and support needed to cure the affected.
Along with the prized milestones that include PAN India presence across 100+ cities, a client base 260 + at 400+ sites, 95% client retention rate, 6000+ dedicated people, ability to serve 65000+ meals/day, managing over 72 million sq ft. of structures, 100% compliance norms and an eminent overseas presence, FFSL has been bestowed with many revered accolades. The Company is the first to win the prestigious IMC Ramkrishna Bajaj National Quality Award. Also, for their astounding efforts in the outbreak, FFSL was given the Safety Award, by Bharat Oman Refineries Ltd., Warriors of COVID-19 by Mankind Pharma and COVID-19 Braveheart by Mondelez.
With a corporate lineage of 150 years, and exceptional maintenance of three ‘Blue Flag’ beaches Shivrajpur (Gujarat), Ghoghla (Diu) and Kasarkod (Karnataka), FFSL sets eye on GOI’s intent to develop - 100 more beaches. The effective transformation of these three beaches has made the locals aware, and they’re approaching the GOI To keep working on this activity. This growing demand is building a propelling pipeline for FFSL. Working in synergy with Environment Ministry and GOI, FFSL envisions to revamp the face of - 40 more beaches, in the coming years.
During the ‘Far Out’ event on Wednesday (September 7), Apple finally announced the latest iPhone 14 series. As expected, the line up includes the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max. These come as a successor to last year’s iPhone 13 model. However, the biggest change this year is Apple replacing the mini iPhone with the bigger iPhone 14 Plus.
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• CEO: Tim Cook (24 Aug 2011)
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• Headquarters: Cupertino, California, United States
• Founders: Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Ronald Wayne
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The iPhone 14 Plus and the standard iPhone 14 get minor upgrades over last year’s series. These modifications have been made only to the battery and some camera features. Apple also kept the A15 Bionic chipset that powered the iPhone 13 series.
The 128GB variant of the iPhone 14 costs INR 79,900 in India. The 256GB and 512GB versions are priced at INR 89,900 and INR 1,09,900, respectively. The 128GB version of the iPhone 14 Plus costs INR 89,990, while the 256GB and 512GB variants are priced at INR 99,900 and INR 1,19,900, respectively. Pre-orders for the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus will start on September 9.
iPhone 14
• Brand - Apple
• Model - iPhone 14
• Price in India - 1 79,900
• Release date - 7th September 2022
• Launched in India - Yes
• Form factor - Touchscreen
• Dimensions (mm) - 146.70 x 71.50 x 7.80
• Weight (g) - 172.00
• IP rating - IP68
• Removable battery - No
• Fast charging - Proprietary
• Wireless charging - Yes
• Colors - Midnight, Purple, Starlight, (PRODUCT) RED, Blue
• Refresh Rate - 120 Hz
• Screen size (inches) - 6.06
• Touchscreen - Yes
• Resolution - 1170x2532 pixels
• Pixels per inch (PPI) - 460
• Processor – Hexa-core
• Processor make - Apple A15 Bionic
• Internal storage - 128GB, 256GB, 512GB
• Expandable storage - No
• Rear camera - 12-megapixel (f/1.5) + 12-megapixel (f/2.4)
• Rear flash - LED
• Front camera - 12-megapixel (f/1.9)
• No. of Front Cameras - 1
• Operating system - iOS 16
• Wi-Fi - Yes
• Wi-Fi standards supported - 802.11 ax
• GPS - Yes
• Bluetooth - Yes, v 5.30
• Lightning - Yes
• 3D face recognition - Yes
• Proximity sensor - Yes
• Accelerometer - Yes
• Ambient light sensor - Yes
• Gyroscope - Yes
• Barometer – Yes
• iPhone 14 Plus
• Brand - Apple
• Model - iPhone 14 Plus
• Price in India - INR 89,900
• Release date - 7th September 2022
• Launched in India - Yes
• Form factor - Touchscreen
• Dimensions (mm) - 160.80 x 78.10 x 7.80
• Weight (g) - 203.00
• IP rating - IP68
• Removable battery - No
• Fast charging - Proprietary
• Wireless charging - Yes
• Colors- Midnight, Purple, Starlight, (PRODUCT)RED, Blue
• Screen size (inches) - 6.68
• Touchscreen - Yes
• Resolution - 1284x2778 pixels
• Pixels per inch (PPI) - 458
• Processor - Hexa-core
• Processor make - Apple A15 Bionic
• Internal storage - 128GB, 256GB, 512GB
• Expandable storage - No
• Rear camera - 12-megapixel (f/1.5) + 12-megapixel (f/2.4)
• Rear flash - LED
• Front camera - 12-megapixel (f/1.9)
• No. of Front Cameras - 1
• Operating system - iOS 16
• Wi-Fi - Yes
• Wi-Fi standards supported - 802.11 ax
• GPS - Yes
• Bluetooth - Yes, v 5.30
• Lightning - Yes
• 3D face recognition - Yes
• Proximity sensor - Yes
• Accelerometer - Yes
• Ambient light sensor - Yes
• Gyroscope - Yes
• Barometer - Yes
In developing countries, such as India, the logistics sector is in a booming phase and prospects to expand endlessly. With a prominent contribution of 14 % to GDP, the logistics sphere plays a significant role in the economy. Boom in the e-commerce industry and initiatives such as MAKE in India brings significant growth to Logistics Service Providers (LSPs). The growing customer demands have made the logistics sector highly competitive, making it difficult for customers to find the right vendor. But, with a commitment to real-time, safe and cost-effective transportation of goods, Vayudoot Road Carriers Pvt. Ltd. is pioneering the Indian logistics sphere since - 3 Vayudootdecades.isahighly
popular logistics brand known for FMCG Goods transport, cold chain transport and warehouse management. The company maintains a PAN-India presence, with 28 branches throughout the country and 400 closed body chassis attached containers. Its enormous fleet of 900+ trucks includes 32FT Single axle, 32 Ft multi-axle, 20 Ft & 24 Ft containerized trucks and 32 Ft refrigerated containers.
Vayudoot was formed in 1986, by Mr Jaibhagwan Singhal Chairman, MD and Mr Arun Singhal, Director, with a motivation to provide value-added solutions and build a robust clientele. Mr Abhay Agarwal, Joined the company in around 1995, who has set benchmark in Fleet and Driver Management in India, adding a fortune to the Company’s growth. The Company got privatized, in 2000 and the following year saw the arrival of Mr Ashwani Singhal, Director, Sales and Operations.
Since then, Vayudoot enjoyed a remarkable journey with pioneering Road transportation services for the FMCG market. The Company has surmounted several challenges and uncertainties, that built its expertise and compatibility to constant developments. Innovation is the turnkey of their expertise and empowers their ability to maintain a nation-wide business.
The directorial Trio - Mr Ashwani, Mr. Arun and Mr Abhay has navigated Vayudoot on a very
Kajal Dobhal | Business Connectdifferentiating path, so as to stay clear of the head-to-head completion and uniform growth. They forayed for distinct expertise to attain a competitive advantage in the volatile market. As such, they Worked with a ‘bottom-up’ approach, focusing on more than just profit. They broke-free from the ‘market-hire’ strategy and started buying vehicles, creating their own fleet.
Following this strategy since 2001, they created a Multimodal Containerized Transportation network, which attracted popular FMCG brands like Pepsico India, ITC and Electronics appliances brands LG, Samsung, Godrej, etc. Developing an in-house Transport Management Software and investing in efficient people further empowers their forte.
Technological advancements built on R&D, data analytics and data science, brings an increased efficiency in their business. With years of experience, Vayudoot has created niche expertise and redefined transportation ensuring adept quality, with strict adherence to transit in time. Every vehicle is equipped, with a GPS tracking system and clients are given an app for MIS and real-time tracking of consignments and estimated time of delivery (ETD) of goods; This eventually, addresses to OTIF placements as well. Deep investment in R&D also keeps them robust, to unprecedented challenges.
During the COVID pandemic, Vayudoot created an in-house E-LR app to address the restrictions on physical movement. The app can generate lorry receipt and send to clients in PDF format; thus saving time and risk of infection in the pandemic.
The analytic approach also plays an integral role in selfoptimization. Despite having such a humongous fleet, the Company ensures every vehicle, is well maintained in terms of hygiene and cleanliness. Timely preventive maintenance like painting, denting, etc. are carried out to ensure the longevity of vehicles. Timely preventive measures, like painting, denting, etc., are undertaken to ensure the longevity of vehicles. They have a state-of-the-art central maintenance hub at Pune, that addresses all the maintenance needs. Also, each vehicle emits the lowest levels of greenhouse gas and noise, ensuring an eye towards environmental care.
“At Vayudoot, Our team is our Family”, declares Mr Ashwani. Over the years, the Company has grown its business with transparency and integrity, and the same qualities have kept its employees inclined to the Company’s goals and vision, with a horizon to focus on growth and efficiency. The Company maintains the best industry-standard ambience, keeping employees well defined in their roles. Further training and counselling - are given to ensure professionalism and performance.
Whether it is staff or driver, Vayudoot maintains an equilibrium between all. Drivers are treated, with the utmost respect and the Company has a ‘no abuse policy’, for everyone. Also, timely clearance of dues, handsome remuneration, with PF & ESI, etc. keeps everyone engaged.
From business to individual, Covid-19 has been a terrifying challenge for everyone, especially during the lockdown. The country was submerged in desolation, production units were closed and vehicular movement halted, unexpectedly.
However, diligence and sheer-will assured an unwavering business for Vayudoot. First, they ensured vehicles were properly sanitized, which were carrying goods. Clients had full privileges of real-time monitoring and MIS, motivating trust towards the Company. Since Vayudoot built its strength on FMCG and food items, they were able to sustain volumes despite the pandemic. Now that the lockdown is lifted, Vayudoot is witnessing a steady volume and progress.
Parallelly, they prioritized on their staffs and drivers, who uphold the entire business. A virtual war room was created to track the movement of every vehicle and ensure drivers get regular food & medicines. Also, their HR policies assure drivers’ well-being and timely salaries, which kept everyone in the loop. The Company hopes to achieve good volumes by the end of October’ 20, leveraging on its workforce. They are approached, by potential clients for their credibility, and the Company is looking forward to a wider client base shortly.
In its enormous stint, Vayudoot has attained a series of plausible accolades. Some of the noteworthy acknowledgements are mentioned below:
• Best Transporter Award in 2009, 2010 and 2013, by Pepsico Holdings Pvt. Ltd.
• National Award for Operational Excellency at India Road Transportation awards 2010, by CEAT.
• Super Saviour Award in Mar 2013, by JKTyre.
• Accredited as ‘Best Performer’ at SIEL – P (C) Transporter Meet – 2015, by Samsung.
• Best Performer #2 of Q1 2016 at Samsung Transporter Meet.
• Best Performer ‘Quality Service’ at Transporter Meet Pune – 2016.
• Indian Achievers’ Award for Business Excellence, 2018, by Economic Development Forum.
• Entrepreneurial Leadership Award conferred to Ashwani Singhal at the 11th World Innovation Congress 2020, held at Taj Lands End, Mumbai.
In addition to this, Vayudoot has earned felicitation from Shri. Girish Wagh, President, C.V. Tata Motors in 2018, further strengthening their bond.
Looking towards the future, Vayudoot is aiming at diversification and augmenting itself with better infrastructure. The Company already has four major hubs in Pune, Kolkata, Bangalore and Chennai and are looking to implant more in-depth development in these branches. Vayudoot also plans for growth in normal containerised as well as temperature-controlled trucks while adding more vehicles in their fleet.
“Businesses have become very complex and demand ing in today’s scenario. Time can bring a sense of negativity; but, it’s necessary to remain focused, give your best and be true to yourself and the people you serve. It’s imperative that you take care of the people around you as they are your greatest asset”.
requested that the two countries end their hostilities and has refuted being biased in favour of one neighbour over the other. Russia is the large bear in the north at this point. Moscow, the only superpower with influence in the region, has ironically taken on the role of a peacemaker. At the UN, both Armenia and Azerbaijan have either abstained or refrained from casting a vote against Russia. Unconfirmed reports suggest that Russia would withdraw a sizable portion of its peacekeeping forces from Nagorno Karabakh to support the Ukrainian war effort stoked by the most recent fighting.
Early on Tuesday morning, a deadly clash broke out at the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, leaving an undetermined number of Azerbaijani soldiers dead. According to reports, heavy shelling continued throughout the entire night as the neighbouring nations reopened hostilities over the disputed region of Nagorno Karabakh. The two have already engaged in two wars over the area, and the ongoing conflict has resulted in widespread displacement and ethnic cleansing in addition to killings. Azerbaijan’s ethnic Armenian enclave of Nagorno Karabakh was the subject of a territorial dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan as recently as 2020. The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan has been simmering for years, but as the world’s attention was focused on Ukraine, tensions have increased.
Geography both restricts and supports the conflicts that occur around the world. Armenia and Azerbaijan are located to the south of Russia, as can be seen by looking at a map of the world. Russia and Azerbaijan have shared land borders, and the Caspian Sea is to its west. Georgia and Armenia are border neighbours to the north. Turkey is to the south of Armenia. The origins of the conflict can be found during the Soviet era, when both countries were a part of the enormous union. The “union,” as history attests, was riven with contradictions, though. To allay the resentment, Moscow consented to divide Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan into an autonomous ethnically Armenian region.
But as the Soviet Union came to an end and its members became less under Moscow’s control, full-scale conflict erupted between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Before a ceasefire in 1994 brought a respite, between 20,000 and 30,000 people were killed and hundreds of thousands were displaced. According to the Council on Foreign Relations, Armenia ultimately came to control Nagorno-Karabakh and also occupied 20% of the surrounding Azerbaijani territory. Even though the region is officially recognised as being a part
of Azerbaijan, it is still governed by political groups with ties to Armenia. The majority of the population, who are ethnic Armenians, oppose Azeri rule.
The local political scene Azerbaijan, which has a majority of Muslims, was supported in this territorial dispute by Turkey, which aspires to lead the Muslim world. It closed its land borders with Christianmajority Armenia, and relations on the diplomatic front remained shaky throughout the 1990s.
In 2016 and 2020, there were two wars fought between Armenia and Azerbaijan. At a cost of 6,500 lives on both sides during the 45-day conflict two years ago, Azerbaijan was able to reclaim many of its lost territories. At the time, Russia mediated a peace agreement between the two, but it has been, at best, tense. The cease-fire has been broken repeatedly. However, the 2020 conflict did result in some diplomatic progress between Turkey and Armenia, whose leaders decided it was time to begin communication. Iran is a neighbour as well, but due to its own calculations, it appears to be closer to Armenia. Tehran decides to work closely with Armenia because the nationalism of the Azeri Turks in Iran is considered a risk for the nation. Iran, however, has formally
According to reports, on Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron, and U.S. State Secretary Antony Blinken all spoke on the phone with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. More military assistance from Russia has been requested by Armenia. This time, Moscow’s ability to provide physical assistance on the ground will undoubtedly be constrained because its war machine even in Ukraine seems to be slowing down. According to the Kyiv government, it recently lost territories belonging to Ukraine. It would, however, prefer to avoid another border conflict as it presents a chance for influence from other forces if Moscow does not take action.
The Defence Ministry of Armenia reported that at 00:05 on Tuesday (local time), Azerbaijan began “intensive shelling” against Armenian military positions in the vicinity of the cities of Goris, Sok, and Jermuk. “Armed forces of Armenia have begun a proportionate response,” it continued.
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Défense tweeted that “Armenian armed forces units committed a large-scale provocation on the Dashkasan, Kalbajar, and Lachin directions of the AzerbaijaniArmenian state border during the night of September 12.”
WArmenia was charged with firing shots, including from trench mortars. The nation’s Defense Ministry claimed that “there are losses among [Azerbaijani] servicemen.” Afterward, it tweeted that “the information spread by the Armenian side about the alleged targeting of civilian population, facilities, and infrastructure by the Azerbaijan Army does not reflect reality.”
Nitin Gadkari, the union minister for roads and highways, said on Monday that the government is working to build solar-powered electric highways that will make it easier to charge large trucks and buses. In remarks to a gathering hosted by the IndoAmerican Chamber of Commerce (IACC), Gadkari reaffirmed the government’s intention to build an electric public transportation system in TheIndia.use
of solar and wind energybased charging systems for electric vehicles is strongly encouraged by the government. He added, “We are also developing solar-powered electric highways, which will make it possible to charge buses and heavy-duty trucks while they are in motion.”
In general, an electric highway is a road that provides power to moving vehicles, including through overhead power lines.
According to Gadkari, the government also promotes solar energy use in toll booths. The road ministry, according to the minister, has created a newer alignment and has performed route optimization exercises along important corridors.
Gadkari stated, “We are building 26 greenfield expressways,” underscoring the importance of having a well-developed infrastructure for boosting economic activity, fostering the growth of new companies, and fostering job growth.
According to him, projects will receive quicker clearance with the implementation of the PM Gati Shakti Master Plan, which will also lower logistical costs. The minister invited US private investors to invest in India’s logistics, ropeways, and cable car sectors, saying that both India and the US are natural partners.
He said that the government is implementing tree plantation practises while building and expanding highways, and that approximately 3 crore trees would be planted alongside the nation’s highways. According to him, 27,000 trees have been successfully transplanted into national highway projects to date. Gadkari claims that the government is drafting a new policy known as “Tree Bank” for tree removal and tree planting. WAccording to policy, organisations like the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) are required to keep track of the trees they plant as part of project development in a tree bank account.
According to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, the Union government is also running a trial for an automatic number plate recognition system in an effort to ease traffic at toll booths and charge drivers according to the precise distance their vehicles travel on tolled highways.
The automated number plate recognition system (cameras with automatic number plate readers) is being tested as part of a pilot project by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. This system will allow automated toll collection without requiring drivers to stop their cars. Without providing more information, he stated, “With this new technology, we want to achieve two objectives — free flow of traffic on toll booths and pay as you go.” The typical wait time for cars at toll plazas during 2018–19 was eight minutes.
The average wait time for vehicles has now decreased to 47 seconds as a result of the implementation of FASTags in 2020–2021 and 2021–2022. Even though there has been a significant reduction in the waiting time, there are still some delays at toll plazas during rush hour at some locations, particularly those close to cities and in densely populated towns.
Mr. Gadkari stated that the Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS) is being installed on all recently built national highways as well as existing 4-plus lane national highways to provide seamless and safe traffic operation.
“The Ministry aims to implement the Intelligence Traffic System (ITS) on 15,000KM of the National Highway by 2024 to strengthen road safety,” the Road Transport and Highways Minister continued. The government is currently considering two options, according to Mr. Gadkari, who stated last month that they are number plates and a satellite-based toll system where the GPS is installed in the vehicle and the toll is directly deducted from the passenger’s bank account.
“We are in the process of using satellites to introduce GPS in place of FASTag, and we want to impose a toll on that basis. Technology is also present on licence plates, and India has good technology, Gadkari said.
“We are going to choose the technology. Although we haven’t made a formal decision, in my opinion, a sophisticated computerised digital system will replace the toll plaza and there won’t be one thanks to the number plate technology. The Minister had stated that there wouldn’t be any lines and that people would feel a great deal of relief.
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