Hon’ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra inaugurates Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University

 

 

~India’s first University to integrate Peace with Technology for Holistic Education~

 

Pune, 12th August 2017: Hon’ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shri. Devendra Fadnavis today inaugurated the Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University (WPU) in Pune, India’s first University to integrate Peace with Technology for Holistic Education. MIT Group, a self-financed institution in the city’s Kothrud area has been awarded the University status by the Maharashtra government.
The MIT Group has a rich legacy of four decades of pioneering academic excellence with a strong global alumni base across sectors. The launch of the MIT-WPU sees the onset of a new paradigm in the education sector, as students embark on a journey that does not merely give them a professional degree, but aims to transform their lives and reorient them.
MIT-WPU University is focused on being the change that is needed in the world today by sensitizing and understanding the human dimensions of conflict, and developing a toolbox of transferable skills such as negotiation, peace building, technology and management. These skills will enable graduates from various diverse programs to succeed in peace building.

 

On the prestigious occasion, Maharashtra Chief Minister Shri. Devendra Fadnavis said, “MIT-WPU is the World’s first Peace University. While growing in leaps and bounds in the field of education across the country, the MIT Group has left a strong positive impact not just on students but also on a society as a whole. I am of the strong belief that with the establishment of this University, the education sector will witness a sea-change. I am sure the University will inculcate top qualities and skill sets among the youth while embedding right values and ethos.”
Commenting on the inauguration, UNESCO Chair-holder Prof. Dr. Vishwanath D. Karad – Founder President, MIT World Peace University, said, “It was my dream that India should have a university where peace and spirituality would form an integral part of the curriculum, such as MIT-WPU. At MIT-WPU, the mission is to provide holistic education to create complete, well rounded leaders of tomorrow who, besides excelling in their professional spheres would also be ambassadors of global peace.”
Mr. Rahul V Karad, Executive president of Dr Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University said, “MIT-WPU University is India’s first university in the field of Holistic Education and is an aspirational university for students searching for a world class education. The University is set to create a benchmark by associating with World’s known Scientists, Nobel Laureates, Researchers, Scholars, Academicians, Philosophers, Technocrats and Successful Entrepreneurs.
Also present at the event were Dr. Michael Nobel, Founder of Nobel Sustainability Trust,; H.H. Dada J.P. Vaswanji, Spiritual Guru, Sadhu Vaswani Mission, who was felicitated for “99 years of Selfless Contribution to Humanity” and Padma Vibhushan Shri Raghunath Mashelkar, former DG of CSIR.. Reputed guests from the fields of Science, Technology, Music, Spirituality, and Education also graced this ceremony.

The conferring of university status on MIT is in a sense a testimony to its unique culture of value based education and the impact it has had on successive batches of students. The University offers various prominent courses including Global Degree Programs in the fields of Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech), Economics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master’s Program in Government (MPG).

 

About MIT World Peace University:

 

MIT World Peace University (MIT-WPU), being the Flagship University of MIT Group of
Institutions, boasts of its legacy of four decades of providing the young minds not just the
necessary means and knowledge to excel in their professional lives, but also teaching the
values that are vital to mould them as complete human beings. Over 1,00,000 proud
Alumni, doing extraordinary assignments around India and the globe, are testimony to
our commitment and high standard of teachings. By way of MIT-WPU, we have taken
another big leap, exactly like 35 years ago, when Prof. Dr. Vishwanath D. Karad had
established Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT) as one of the first private
engineering colleges in Maharashtra.

 

Under the leadership of Shri. Rahul Vishwanath Karad as the Executive President, MIT-
WPU has set ‘Technology, Research, Social Innovation and Partnerships’ as its core
approach. With the synergy of academia with technology, technology with research,
research with industry, industry with economy, economy with social innovation and
social innovation with peace, we are committed to making MIT-WPU a world class space
of intellectual excellence, where reason and rationality reign, humanism rules, and
learning becomes a great adventure.

 

 

 

 

‘डब्बा गुल्ल’ व ‘स्वाभिमान’ चित्रपटांचा मुहूर्त संपन्न

सध्या मराठी चित्रपटांमध्ये वैविध्यपूर्ण विषय हाताळले जातायेत. काही चित्रपट सामाजिक परिस्थितीवर विनोदी पद्धतीने प्रहार करतात तर काही गंभीर भाष्य करत डोळ्यात झणझणीत अंजन घालतात. चांगल्या मराठी चित्रपटांच्या निर्मितीसाठी अलीकडच्या काळात अनेक निर्मिती संस्था पुढाकार घेत आहेत. अप्सरा मिडिया एंटरटेन्मेंट नेटवर्क ही चित्रनिर्मिती संस्था ‘डब्बा गुल्ल’ व ‘स्वाभिमान’ या दोन मराठी चित्रपटांची निर्मिती करीत असून या चित्रपटांचा मुहूर्त ज्येष्ठ अभिनेते रमेश देव यांच्या हस्ते नुकताच करण्यात आला. या दोन्ही चित्रपटांतून सामाजिक सद्यस्थितीवरप्रकाशझोत टाकण्यात येणार आहे. या चित्रपटांचे दिग्दर्शन रोहित आर्या करणार आहेत.

याप्रसंगी बोलताना अभिनेते रमेश देव म्हणाले की, ‘रोहित’ जे काम करतो ते चांगलंच असतं त्यामुळे त्याला माझा नेहमीच पाठिंबा असतो. या दोन्ही चित्रपटांमधून चांगले व आजचे विषय प्रामाणिकपणे मांडण्याचा प्रयत्न त्यांनी केला असून त्याच्या या प्रयत्नाला माझ्या मन:पूर्वक शुभेच्छा आहेत’. या शुभेच्छांचा स्वीकार करीत, ‘देवांचा’ पाठिंबा माझ्यासोबत असेल तर हे चित्रपट नक्कीच यश संपादन करतील असा विश्वास दिग्दर्शक रोहित आर्या यांनी व्यक्त केला. अभिनेते विजय कदम यांनी ही याप्रसंगी उपस्थित रहात या चित्रपटांना शुभेच्छा दिल्या.

स्वच्छता अभियानाअंतर्गत आज विविध कंपन्या ठिकठिकाणी स्वच्छतागृहांची उभारणी करीत असल्या तरी त्यातही अनागोंदी आहे. या उभारणीत अनेकांचे हितसंबंध गुंतल्याने होणारे गोंधळ व सामान्यांचीहोणारी पंचाईत यावर ‘डब्बा गुल्ल’ हा सिनेमा विनोदीपद्धतीने भाष्य करतो. तर ‘स्वाभिमान’ चित्रपटाच्या कथेतून सिद्धांत वतत्वांची लढाई दाखवण्यात येणार आहे. कुटुंब व समाज यातील नातेसंबंधावर चित्रपटाचे कथानक आधारलेले आहे.

 

मनोरंजनासोबत परिवर्तनाचा प्रामाणिक प्रयत्न करणाऱ्या या दोन्ही चित्रपटांचे चित्रीकरण ऑक्टोबरपासून सुरु होणार आहे. या चित्रपटात अनेक दिग्गज कलाकारांसोबत नवोदित चेहऱ्यांना ही संधी देण्यात येणार आहे. नव्या उदयोन्मुख चेहऱ्यांसाठी अप्सरा मिडिया संपूर्ण महाराष्ट्र दौरा करणार आहे. समाजातील वास्तवदर्शी घटनांचे चित्र मांडणाऱ्या या चित्रपटाची कथा–पटकथा-संवाद रोहित आर्या यांचे आहेत. प्रशांत हेडाऊ व अखिल माथूर यांनी लिहिलेली गीते प्रशांत हेडाऊ, साई–पियुष संगीतबद्ध करतील. चित्रपटाचे संकलन सचिन कौशिक करणार आहेत.

Ziox Mobiles announces ‘Sushant Singh Rajput’ as its Brand Ambassador along with Rs. 300cr investment for FY17 -18

·         Launches its newest Mobile phone ‘Ziox Duopix’

·         Forays into LED TV and Consumer Durables Segment

·         Plans to open 2 new manufacturing units and R&D facilities with investment of Rs. 200cr.

·         Plans a 360-degree marketing campaign with a budget of Rs. 100 Cr.

​Mumbai, 9^th August, 2017:​ 

In the light of its vigorous expansion, Ziox Mobiles under the aegis of Sun Air voice Pvt Ltd, one of the fastest growing Mobile handsets brand, ropes in the very versatile, Sushant Singh Rajput, as its Brand endorser who truly lives up to the brand name. 

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While Ziox mobiles is a preferred brand across the country through its outstanding innovation and quality, the other has won the hearts of a million Indians as he slips into any role with nonchalance. Both the brand and its ambassador ride on the precepts of resilience, hard work and steady growth. A rare blend of energy, perseverance, and popularity coupled with his ability to connect to people, Sushant Singh Rajput is a fine addition to the Ziox Mobiles family. This association will further boost the legacy of Ziox Mobiles as the actor resonates to the brand promise: Quality that Speaks.

Answering strong demand and an overwhelming response from the Indian market, Ziox Mobiles also chalked out a detailed expansion plan and the roadmap for FY 2017-2018.The Brand aims to establish a stronger foothold in the Indian Market, with the total investment of over Rs. 200crore which shall span for a year, the Brand announced its plan to set up 2 new manufacturing units (in Sikkim and Noida) and R&D facilities apart from the existing New Delhi unit, with a holding capacity of around 1 Million units per Month. With the induction of Sushant Singh Rajput as its brand endorser along with the total investment of Rs. 100 Cr. this FY 2017-2018, Ziox aims to achieve an estimated revenue of Rs. 1,000 Cr and a sale of 10 million product units.

Commenting on this association and a promising future, Mr. Deepak Kabu, CEO Ziox Mobiles said “The future looks bright, Ziox Mobiles has a range of phones in the pipeline with exciting new launches. We are enthralled to present Sushant Singh Rajput as the new face of Ziox Mobiles. With Sushant Singh Rajput on board, it will help augment sales and further its reach in the market. The partnership with him is timed with Ziox Mobiles’ next phase of expansion on a pan-India level”

Mr. Kabu further adds, “Sushant embodies talent, youthfulness and style. More importantly, he blends well with the core values of hard work, reliability, and is the epitome of our brand philosophy. Today our target audience is the young, driven, forward-moving generation, who have ever changing needs. Sushant understands the pulse of this audience well and has a great rapport with them. That is why, with immense preparation, he goes on to entertain his fans with one performance after another just as Ziox Mobiles constantly strives to understand the changing needs of its customers.”

Speaking on the association, Sushant Singh Rajput said, “I have always known Ziox Mobiles to be an inspirational brand in terms of their persuasion to becomes India’s biggest mobile brand. I am happy to be associated with a brand which is very young, and has a journey that is very similar to mine. I love how this brand designs its products to suit every need of its customers and are constantly innovating themselves as I see myself doing that while working on a role. I look forward to being part of the Ziox Mobiles family and to contribute to its fascinating growth journey in India.”

The ever-evolving brand has slated a major strategic transformation that entails the signing of a new brand endorser, an aggressive expansion and launches of it new products.

The Brand at the event also announced the launch of its newest smartphone Series ‘Duopix”, Phone Series with Dual Cameras. Designed to fulfil the brand promise of providing users with superior camera performance and quality, ‘Duopix’ comes equipped with wide angle Dual front camera (8.0MP + 2.0) front +8.0MP Rear. The latest Dual 4G model runs on Android 7.0, with 5inch HD IPS Display along with 2GB RAM + 16GB ROM all packed in 2500mAh battery. Some of the key features includes strong battery life & also the fast charging capability. The budget friendly Smartphone comes equipped with various other features like 21 language support with multilingual phonebook, MP3 player, FM Radio, Bluetooth connectivity to help you stay connected. The phone will be available across all retail stores in few week’s time.

Along with the smartphones, the brand also announces its foray into LED TVS and Consumer Durables category.

WABAG announce Q1 FY 18 Results Consolidated Revenue up by 15% Consolidated EBITDA & PAT up by 52% and 61% respectively

 

 

Mumbai, Aug16, 2017: VA TECH WABAG LIMITED, a leading Indian Multinational Company in the water sector announced today its financial results for the quarter ended 30^th June, 2017.

 

Highlights:

• Consolidated Revenue up by 15% to Rs. 669 crore
• Consolidated EBITDA up by 52% to Rs 42 crore
• Consolidated PAT up by 61% to 8.4 crore
• Order intake of more than Rs. 700 crore
• Order Book of over Rs. 8,250 crore including Framework contracts of about

Rs. 860 crore.

Commenting on the results, Mr. Rajiv Mittal, Managing Director, VA TECH WABAG LIMITED said, “I am very happy to have kick started the year with a good repeat order from Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB). The executions on all projects are happening at a good pace and we look forward to another good year in terms of overall growth.”

 

The major order won recently is a INR 386 Crore Design, Build and Operate order from the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) for a 150 MLD Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) at K&C Valley in Bengaluru. WABAG will design and build this plant to meet the recent stringent guidelines of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) policy mechanism.  The plant will be designed based on Activated Sludge Process with Biological Nutrient Removal System and Power Generation.  Post construction of the STP, WABAG will also operate and maintain the plant for a period of 10 years.  This plant will help to protect and improve upon the natural environmental resources in the vicinity of Bellandur Lake in Bengaluru.

 

About WABAG: Around the world, the WABAG name stands for innovative and successful solutions in the water engineering sector. As an internationally respected expert group, we act as a systems specialist and full service provider with a focus on the planning, installation and operation of drinking and wastewater plants for local government and industry in the growth markets of Asia, North Africa, Middle East, the Central and Eastern Europe states. The WABAG Group represents a leading multinational player with a workforce of over 1,600 and has companies and offices in more than 20 countries. It disposes over unique technological know-how, based on innovative, patented technologies and long-term experience. Since 1995, WABAG has completed over 900 water and wastewater plants worldwide. Through the conservation and ecological use of the world’s most valuable resource, WABAG has made a sustained contribution to an improvement in the quality of life of well over a hundred million people. WABAG is thus one of the world’s leading partners for investments in a future that is worth living.

Microsoft announces the Coco Framework for blockchain networks to improve performance, confidentiality, and governance of enterprises

Blockchain technology is generating significant interest across a wide range of industries in India. As the field of applications for Blockchain grows, Microsoft is continuously working with customers, partners and the blockchain community to continue advancing blockchain’s enterprise readiness. Keeping in line with this, Microsoft announced its new Coco Framework, a first-of-its-kind innovation that aims to advance enterprise adoption of blockchain. Blockchain is a transformational technology with the ability to significantly reduce the friction of doing business. Coco is the foundation of blockchain for the enterprise. It addresses key elements that businesses are demanding.

 

Current blockchain protocol technology requires complicated development techniques to meet the operational and security needs of enterprises. The Coco Framework reduces this complexity and when integrated with popular blockchain protocols like Ethereum or Corda, Coco addresses and improves on critical needs for commercial blockchain applications including high transaction speed (faster by roughly 100 times), distributed governance (network constitution that allows members to vote) and confidentiality (without compromising performance). Coco by design is open and compatible with any ledger protocol and can operate in the cloud and on premises. Initial ledger integration partners include R3, Intel and JP Morgan Chase, which have agreed to integrate their proprietary blockchain ledger platforms with the Coco Framework.

 

Coco provides foundational capabilities that open up more complex, real world blockchain scenarios across industries – like financial services, healthcare and retail – further proving blockchain’s potential to digitally transform business. Microsoft will launch the framework on GitHub in 2018 as an open source project.

 

Blockchain in India is ready to be taken to the next level. Recently, Microsoft was selected as the exclusive cloud partner by BankChain, a platform for banks in India (comprising State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, DCB Bank, Kotak Bank, Bank of Baroda, Deutsche Bank, and others) to explore, build, and implement blockchain solutions using Microsoft Azure Blockchain.

 

For more information, you can view the Microsoft Press Release. You can also read more and view a demo about the workings of the Coco Framework in an Azure Blog as well as a new Whitepaper from Microsoft on GitHub. Let me know if you have any questions.

नयनरम्य लोकेशन्सवर चित्रीत ‘काय झालं कळंना…’

 

काही गाणी गीत-संगीतामुळे लोकप्रिय होतात, तर काही त्यातील कलाकारांच्या लोकप्रियतेमुळे…. तर काही कोरिओग्राफीमुळे…पण काही गाणी मात्र सादरीकरण आणि नयनरम्य लोकेशन्समुळेही रसिकांच्या मनाचा ठाव घेण्यात यशस्वी होतात. सुरेख सादरीकरण आणि नेत्रसुखद लोकेशन्स यांचा अचूक मिलाफ असलेलं ‘काय झालं कळंना’ या चित्रपटातील ‘काय झालं कळंना…’ हे नवं कोरं गाणं लवकरच रसिकांच्या भेटीला येणार आहे. श्री धनलक्ष्मी प्रोडक्शन प्रा. लि. प्रस्तुत व पंकज गुप्ता यांची निर्मिती असलेल्या ‘काय झालं कळंना’ या चित्रपटात एक प्रेमकथा पहायला मिळणार आहे.

प्रेमकथेला सुमधूर गीत-संगीताची जोड दिल्यास ती रसिकांच्या मनावर अधिराज्य गाजवण्यात यशस्वी होते. ‘काय झालं कळंना’ या चित्रपटातील प्रेमकथेलाही दिग्दर्शिका सुचिता शब्बीर यांनी कर्णमधुर गीतांची किनार जोडली असून  कोरिओग्राफर सुजीत कुमार यांच बहारदार नृत्यदिग्दर्शन याकरिता लाभलं आहे. ‘काय झालं कळंना…’ हे गाणं त्यांनी महाराष्ट्रातील विविध नयनरम्य लोकेशन्सवर चित्रीत केलं आहे. यात खंडाळा, लोणावळा,ताम्हिणी, मुळशी, पुणे, खेडशिवापूर, सातारा, वाई, कराड, कोल्हापूर, जोतिबा, वसई तसंच मुंबईमधील वेगवेगळ्या लोकेशन्सचा समावेश आहे. माधुरी आशीरघडे यांनी लिहिलेल्या गीताला संगीतकार पंकज पडघन यांनी स्वरसाज चढवला आहे. ‘काय झालं कळंना…’ हे आपलं फेव्हरेट साँग असून, मराठी चित्रपटसृष्टीत हिट ठरेल असं पंकज मानतात. ‘दुनियादारी’या चित्रपटातील ‘टिक टिक वाजते डोक्यात…’ या गाण्यानंतर ‘काय झालं कळंना…’ हे गाणंही रसिकांच्या पसंतीस उतरेल आणि ‘काय झालं कळंना’च्या आमच्या टिमला मोठं यश मिळेल अशी आशा पंकज यांनी व्यक्त केली आहे. 

रोहित राऊत आणि सायली पंकज यांनी हे रोमँटिक द्वंद्वगीत गायलं आहे. कोरिओग्राफर सुजीत यांनी या गाण्याची कोरिओग्राफी केली असून,सुरेश देशमाने यांनी छायांकन केलं आहे. अरुण नलावडे, संजय खापरे,वंदना वाकनीस, गिरीजा प्रभू, कल्पना जगताप, स्वप्नील काळे, श्रद्धा सुर्वे,हेमाली कारेकर या कलाकारांनी या चित्रपटात भूमिका साकारल्या आहेत.‘काय झालं कळंना’ची कथा सुचिता शब्बीर यांची असून, पटकथा किरण कुलकर्णी व पल्लवी करकेरा यांची आहे. राहुल मोरे यांनी या चित्रपटाचं संवाद लेखन केलं आहे. शब्बीर पुनावाला चित्रपटाचे कार्यकारी निर्माते आहेत.

Nivaan Sen Wins Hearts As Judge At A College Event !

It was a memorable moment for the students of Malad Kandivli Education Society’s Nagindas Khandwala College of Commerce, Arts and Management Studies and Shantaben Nagindas Khandwala College of Science for the College ‘s Intra College Cultural Festival called AAGMAN 2017. They had invited the versatile and talented Bollywood and TV star Nivaan Sen who was invited as Judge for AAGMAN 2017.

Nivaan judged the participants of the celebrated Fashion Show and he admired the professionalism, poise and elegance of the fashion show contestants.

Nivaan Sen even served as an inspiration for the participants as well as audience.

He even motivated everyone with his galvanizing presence on stage as well as when he was judging the Fashion Show at this event.

The Principal Dr.Mrs.Ancy Hose even appreciated Nivaan Sen’s

vibrant and memorable presence.

Nivaan Sen Gave Up His Passion For Sports for Acting!

The renowned model turned actor, Nivaan Sen is popularly known for his performances in TV serials. He has been appreciated for his performances in ‘Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara’ and ‘Do Hanson Ka Jodaa’. Apart from acting, Nivaan is also a sports lover which very few of us know. Yup, Nivaan’s love for sports was evident from his childhood days where he liked to play Boxing in his school days. However, due to his mother’s unfortunate death in his childhood he got detached from the things which he loved and boxing was one of them … As he grew he later started having interest in Football where he used to play football in professional clubs in Uttar Pradesh. Eventually Nivaan developed interest in athletics as he felt lack of scope in football … He used to initially run for 100 m and 200 m sprint . Well, also interestingly Nivaan has also been sports champion at District level and State level too…

Simultaneously, as Nivaan was into acting and theatre his focus moved to his acting profession leaving behind sports . Although he was passionate for sports he couldn’t focus more due to his acting career at a later stage … But still his passion is as fresh for sports as it used to be and presently he is still active in cross fit , weight training and running activities ..

   This chocolate boy Nivaan Sen is also inspired by many sports champions. Nivaan admires footballers like Cristiano Ronaldo & Lionel Messi. Talking about Boxing he admires former boxing champion Mike Tyson. Also in his school days he was inspired by athletic champions like Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis. Amongst recent sportsmen, Nivaan is a die hard fan of sprinter Usain Bolt .

Not only this but on the acting front also Nivaan is fond of working in sports related projects. Recently , he has completed shooting for a sports based film titled ‘ Saat Kadam’  wherein he plays  the role of a footballer . The film will be tentatively released this year. Nivaan had also worked in Sony TV’s daily soap Aathvaan Vachan’s sports track. Besides these, Nivaan is also aspiring to do sports related films in future. He is also keen to host sports based shows and projects if he gets a chance to.  Thus Nivaan is a true sports lover who had developed his passion for sports in childhood. Let’s hope to see him  in sports projects soon …

Nivaan was seen recently at an event for the Youth as the Judge for AAGMAN 2017, a Intra College Cultural Event.

Financial Results for the Quarter ended June 30, 2017 Union Bank of India.

The Board of Directors of Union Bank of India today approved the accounts of the

Bank for the Quarter ended June 30, 2017.

Key Highlights

CASA 25.1 per cent YoY

Non Interest Income ` ` 1414 crore

(up 36 per cent YoY)

Savings Deposit 27.6 per cent YoY

 

Operating Profit ` ` 2057 crore

 

(up 26.5 per cent YoY)

CASA Share 35.5 per cent

Profit ` 117 crore

(up 7.3 per cent QoQ)

RAM* Sector 14.8 per cent YoY

CRAR 12.01 per cent

RAM* Share 55.4 per cent

 

Tier I 9.24 per cent

. The growth in Deposits was driven by Savings Deposits, which grew by 27.6 per cent

on YoY basis.

. Cost to income ratio improved to 43.79 per cent against 48.28 per cent on YoY basis.

. Capital Adequacy Ratio (Basel III) improved to 12.01 per cent compared to 10.75 per

cent a year ago.

* (Retail, Agriculture & MSME share in domestic advances)

Business

Global Business grew by 10.5 per cent to `670971 crore as on June 30, 2017 from

`607280 crore as on June 30, 2016. Domestic business grew by 10.0 per cent to `635233

crore as on June 30, 2017 from `577473 crore as on June 30, 2016.

Total deposit of the bank grew from `338727 crore as on June 30, 2016 to `375796 crore

as on June 30, 2017 showing growth of 10.9 per cent.

CASA deposits grew by 25.1 per cent to `133412 crore as on June 30, 2017 from `106604

crore as on June 30, 2016.

*

CASA share in total deposits improved to 35.5 per cent as on June 30, 2017 compared to

31.5 per cent as on June 30, 2016. Average CASA ratio also increased by 430 basis points

(bps) to 33.5 per cent on YoY basis.

Savings Deposit registered YoY growth of 27.6 per cent.

A total of 8.70 lakh CASA accounts were opened during April-June 2017, out of which

8.38 lakh were Savings Bank Accounts (excl. BSBDA/BSBDS accounts).

The Bank’s Global Advances grew by 9.9 per cent (YoY) to `295175 crore as on June 30,

2017 from `268553 crore as on June 30, 2016.

Due to encouraging growth of 14.8 per cent in RAM (Retail, Agriculture & MSME) sector,

Domestic Advances increased by 9.4 per cent from `242935 crore as on June 30, 2016 to

`265683 crore as on June 30, 20

Financial Performance for the quarter ended June 2017

Domestic Net Interest Margin (NIM) stood at 2.20 per cent for April -June 2017 as against

2.36 per cent for April -June 2016. Global NIM for April -June 2017 stood at 2.06 per

cent as against 2.27 per cent for January-March 2017 quarter. It was 2.28 per cent a

year ago.

*

Yield on funds stood at 6.94 per cent for April -June 2017 as against 7.94 per cent for

April-June 2016 and 7.35 per cent for January-March 2017

Cost of funds stood at 5.03 per cent for April -June 2017 as against 5.82 per cent for

April-June 2016 and 5.24 per cent for January-March 2017.

Net Interest Income for April-June 2017 increased by 6.7 per cent to `2243 crore from

`2103 crore for April-June 2016. It was `2387 crore during January-March 2017.

Non Interest Income for April-June 2017 stood at `1414 crore, showing increase of 36.0

per cent over April-June 2016.

Operating profit increased by 26.5 per cent to `2057 crore during April-June 2017 over

`1626 crore during April-June 2016 and was `2134 crore during January-March 2017.

Net Profit for April-June 2017 sequentially increased to `117 crore from `109 crore in

January-March 2017.

Cost to income ratio improved to 43.79 per cent for April -June 2017 from 48.28 per

cent for April-June 2016 and it was 44.32 per cent for January-March 2017.

Return on average assets (annualised) stood at 0.10 per cent for April-June 2017 as

against 0.17 per cent for April-June 2016 and 0.10 per cent for January-March 2017.

Return on equity (annualised) stood at 2.46 per cent in April -June 2017 as against 3.36

per cent for April -June 2016 and 2.27 per cent for January-March 2017.

Earnings per share (annualised) stood at `6.78 in April -June 2017 as against `9.69 for

April -June 2016 and `6.33 for January-March 2017.

Asset Quality

Gross NPA stood at 12.63 per cent as on June 30, 2017 as against 11.17 per cent as on

March 31, 2017 and 10.16 per cent as on June 30, 2016.

Net NPA ratio stood at 7.47 per cent as on June 30, 2017 as against 6.57 per cent as on

March 31, 2017 and 6.16 per cent as on June 30, 2016.

Provision Coverage Ratio stood at 51.13 per cent as on June 30, 2017 as against 51.41

per cent as on March 31, 2017. It was 49.99 per cent as on June 30, 2016.

Capital Adequacy

Capital Adequacy ratio of the Bank under Basel III improved to 12.01 per cent as on June

30, 2017 as against 11.79 per cent as on March 31, 2017 and 10.75 per cent as on June

 

The Tier I ratio as of June 30, 2017 is 9.24 per cent, within which Common Equity Tier 1

ratio is 7.73 per cent compared to regulatory minimum of 6.75 per cent.

Digital Initiatives

The Bank has been pioneer in taking various digital initiatives and continuously launched

various digital products for enhancing the customer services. Following are some of the key

achievements during the quarter:

66 per cent growth in mobile banking users on YoY basis.

U-Mobile transaction volume doubled from June 2016.

90 per cent growth in number of PoS terminals on YoY basis.

7th largest presence in banking industry and 3rd largest presence amongst all PSU banks

within short span of time in Social media.

Trendsetter on Social media channels by taking various initiatives like Live streaming,

Digital Education Series – #KyaAapJanteHai etc.

67 per cent share of “transactions through digital channels” in “overall transactions”.

Financial Inclusion:

Under the Pradhan Manrti Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), the the Bank has more than 69

lakh accounts having a balance of `1270 crore.

48.91 lakh Rupay Card issued under PMJDY as on June 30, 2017.

Total enrollment under Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), Pradhan Mantri

Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Atal Pension Yojana (APJ) increased to 30.1

lakh, 12.8 lakh and 2.21 lakh respectively.

*

The Bank financed `696 crore in 33433 accounts under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana,

including an amount of `211 crore to 7964 beneficiaries through a specific scheme for

financing of light commercial vehicle during April–June 2017.

 

सागरीका घाटगेचा मराठमोळा डाव

 

‘चक दे इंडिया’ या गाजलेल्या चित्रपटाद्वारे रुपेरी पडद्यावर आगमन करीत पदार्पणातच लक्ष वेधून घेण्यात यशस्वी झालेली मराठमोळी अभिनेत्री सागरीका घाटगे पुन्हा एका मराठी चित्रपटामुळे लाइमलाईटमध्ये आली आहे. हिंदीसोबतच मराठीतही अभिनय करणारी सागरीका डाव या आगामी चित्रपटाद्वारे मराठी चित्रपटसृष्टीत पुनरागमन करीत आहे. ‘प्रेमाची गोष्ट’या चित्रपटानंतर डाव हा सागरीकाचा दुसरा मराठी चित्रपट आहे.

 

नितीन उपाध्याय यांनी ऑडबॉल मोशन पिक्चर्सच्या बॅनरखाली डावची निर्मिती केली असून, कनिष्क वर्मा यांनी या चित्रपटाचं दिग्दर्शन केलं आहे. या सस्पेंस-थ्रीलरपटाची कथा-पटकथा कनिष्क वर्मा यांनीच लिहिली आहे. संवाद योगेश मार्कंडे यांनी लिहिले आहेत तर मंगेश धाकडे यांचे पार्श्वसंगीत या चित्रपटाला लाभले आहे. मराठी चित्रपट रसिकांना सायको किलिंगचा अनुभव देणाऱ्या डावमध्ये सागरीकाने मुख्य भूमिका साकारली असून, आजवर साकारलेल्या व्यक्तिरेखांपेक्षा या चित्रपटातील भूमिका खूपच वेगळी आहे. इतर जॉनरच्या चित्रपटांच्या तुलनेत मराठीमध्ये थ्रीलरपटांची संख्या फार कमी असून, डाव हा चित्रपट त्यांची उणीव नक्की भरून काढणारा असेल असे सागरिका मानते.

 

आशयघन कथानक, अर्थपूर्ण संवादलेखन, सहजसुंदर अभिनय, प्रसंगानुरूप पार्श्वसंगीत आणि त्याला साजेसं सादरीकरण या सर्वांचा मिलाफ घडवणाराडाव लवकरच प्रेक्षकांच्या भेटीला येणार आहे.

Walkathon to create awareness on Organ Donation

 

Mumbai, August 07, 2017: To spread the message and create awareness on the importance of organ donation, Mumbai Kidney Foundation in association with Septalyst Lifesciences Pvt Ltd is organising a walkathon on Wednesday, August 9, 2017 as part of Organ Donation Week. Around 500 students will participate in this unique initiative along with some kidney patients. The 2 km walkathon will start from Nagindas Khandwala College in Malad and ends at the College.

The dignitaries to be present at the event will include Dr. Umesh Khanna – Chairman of Mumbai Kidney Foundation, Shyam Sunder Singh – MD & CEO of Septalyst Lifesciences Pvt. Ltd. and famous bollywood celebrity, comedian Johny Lever.

Every year 500,000 people die because of non-availability of organs, 200,000 people die due to liver disease, and 50,000 people die because of heart disease. Around 10 lakh Indians are suffering from corneal blindness and are awaiting corneal transplantation.

As regards kidneys, about 1,50,000 people are diagnosed with kidney failure in India every year, for whom the only way out is an organ transplant, but only 5,000 of these people are able to get kidneys for transplantation. “It is paradoxical that a country like ours with a billion plus population is having shortage of organs for transplantation”, said Dr Umesh Khanna.

“This Walkathon is a small initiative planned on the occasion of Organ Donation Week for creating awareness about organ donation & to motivate people to pledge for organ donation in order to help those in need of organs for transplantation”, said Shyam Sunder Singh.

Mumbai Kidney Foundation is an initiative endeavouring to brighten the lives of chronic kidney disease patients. While, Septalyst Lifesciences Pvt. Ltd. is a Mumbai based super-speciality pharmaceutical company focusing on Nephro, Neuro & Critical care products & therapy. Both MKF & Septalyst, very strongly support the organ donation campaign.

Costa Cruises – to begin shorter, 3-4 night sailings in Indian waters

• 4 nights Mumbai – Kochi to start from November 2017
• 3 nights Kochi – Maldives to start from November 2017

 

August 1, 2017, Mumbai: Europe’s number 1 cruising company, Costa Cruises announced its shorter, 3 & 4 nights sailings in Indian waters from November 2017 onwards.

Last year, Costa Cruises was the first ever cruise liner to offer cruises directly from Mumbai to Maldives.

This year, Costa Cruises is introducing shorter 3 & 4 nights sailing options specifically for the Indian market. Indians can now choose to cruise on a 4 nights itinerary from Mumbai to Cochin (via Mangalore) or a 3 nights itinerary from Cochin to Maldives. This is in addition to the 7 nights Mumbai to Maldives & 7 nights Maldives to Mumbai options available.

The Italian cruise liner will be homeporting in Mumbai a month earlier than last year and will perform a series of weekly sailings from November 2017 to March 2018.

Speaking about the launch, Mr. Buhdy Bok, President of Carnival Asia said, “We are delighted to increase our capacity in this region, by offering 3 & 4 nights short cruises dedicated to the Indian market. Guests based in India can now embark or disembark right at their door-step for short cruises, giving our guests a rich and immersive experience in Italian culture – from hospitality, to cuisine, and art, a distinct experience for a new way of travel.

” Mr. Sanjay Bhatia, Chairman of Mumbai Port Trust said, “The timing is right for cruise liners to come to India as the Government is taking proactive steps for utilising our vast coastline. I would like to thank the cruise companies that have taken the initiative to start sailings from Mumbai and have shown their confidence in the Indian Government and India market. We are looking forward to many more ships coming to India and Mumbai port, going forwards. They can count on Mumbai Port’s efficient managerial, organizational and planning support and assistance at all times. Our objective is to exceed the expectations of the cruise liners and the cruisers, both domestic and International. Come, cruise from Mumbai and feel India!”

Ms. Nalini Gupta, Managing Director, Lotus Destinations (Representative of Costa Cruises in India) said, “Costa Cruises expanding its sailing offerings to include shorter sailings of 3 & 4 nights from Mumbai and Cochin specifically for the Indian market confirms its strong interest in India. The cruising market in India has come a long way from only a select group cruising in far-away locations to today a much wider audience holidaying on ships cruising directly from India”.

“I sincerely thank Mr. Gadkari & Mr. Bhatia for all their efforts in making this happen”, she added.

 

Since Costa announced the launch of cruising from Mumbai last year, they have seen interest and bookings from a wide variety of travel groups, which includes families, senior citizens, honeymooners and experiential holiday agencies. There has also been a lot of interest from corporates, who are looking set to book the first few sailings out of Mumbai. The built-in infrastructure on the ship makes it particularly easy for corporates to hold large events in one location.

Theme-based bookings seem to be a trend, with groups who are keen to experience a special kind of holiday. For example, there is a cycle-themed sailing that is currently being promoted on this route.

Costa Cruises has deployed its ship, Costa neoClassica that is part of the neo collection on the India itinerary. This classic cruise ship has a total of 654 cabins, including sea view cabins and suites with private balconies. Fully-equipped with a Casino, Theatre, Disco, Ballroom, Grand Bar, it aims to provide plenty in entertainment. The wellness centre is spread across 1,300 sq. m with a gym, treatment rooms, sauna and steam room. It also has an outdoor jogging track, 4 Jacuzzis and 2 swimming pools. For those who would like to go shopping, the cruise ship has a huge duty free shopping centre, and also offers a wide selection of books in the library for those who love to unwind with a book. Enhancing the cruising experience further is the gastronomy: the food & wine on offer is based on Italian regional menus with a choice of dishes representing different regions of Italy and proudly reflecting the country’s rich and unrivaled culinary heritage. In addition to this vast range, guests can also take advantage of tasty vegetarian and vegan dishes.

On board Costa neoClassica, guests will also have the chance to taste the real original Neapolitan pizza at Pizzeria “Pummid’oro”: thanks to an agreement with the Università delle Scienze Gastronomiche di Pollenzo, Costa Cruises offers pizza prepared using only sourdough and selected ingredients such as San Marzano DOP tomato.

In addition, cruisers will be able to enjoy a variety of Indian cuisine and the restaurants onboard are fully equipped to cater to special diet requirements of Indian, travellers, which includes Jain food.

About Costa Cruises:

Costa Cruises is the Italian Cruising Company part of the Carnival Corporation & plc, the largest cruise company in the world. For 68 years, the ships of Costa fleet have plied the seas of the world being the ambassador of the pleasant mood of Italian hospitality and the true Italian holiday, with delicious food, selected wines, unique shopping experience, completed by a vast selection of Italian famous brands. Currently the Costa fleet, the largest in Europe, has a total of 15 ships in service, all flying the Italian flag. Moreover two next-generation cruise ships will be delivered in 2019 and 2021: they will feature a revolutionary “green design” and will be powered by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), the world’s cleanest burning fossil fuel, representing a major environmental breakthrough. Other 2 new ships will be delivered in 2019 and 2020 to be deployed in Asia. Costa embodies the Italian excellence surprising its Guests everyday with unique holidays experiences and unforgettable memories thanks to 19,000 Costa’s associates worldwide who are passionately working everyday to offer “Italy’s finest” cruise vacations through 137 different itineraries, 261 destinations and 60 embarkation ports.

For further information you can contact Lotus Destinations (Representative of Costa Cruises in India) office at +91-22-61792300 or mail info@costacruiseindia.com

 

 

​ Nikal Pado Toh Mumkin Hai … says the newly launched TATA Mumbai Marathon

Procam International, pioneers of the distance running movement in India, today announced that the iconic Mumbai Marathon will now be the TATA Mumbai Marathon. Tata Group, with over 100 independent operating companies, will be the title sponsor of Asia’smost prestigious and one of the world’s top 10 marathons. The launch event saw several celebrities in attendance, some who have been supporting the marathon for years. The face of the event since inception, John Abraham, who has always talked about treating fitness as a religion. The dimpled-beauty Gul Panag was at her charming best as she anchored the evening with grace and elegance, talking from her personal experiences about running too. Other Bollywood runners included Rahul Bose and Tara Sharma. Of course, there was Prasoon Joshi who has penned the lyrics of the new event anthem which was launched yesterday, with music none other than by the talented Salim-Sulaiman, who enthralled the audiences with a power-packed live performance.

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CREDAI–MCHI, the “Ultimate Voice” of Real Estate Industry announced ‘Change of Guard’

~Mayur Shah, President at CREDAI-MCHI takes the reins forward with CSR initiative ‘Clean Mumbai, Green Mumbai and Skilled Mumbai’~

 

Mumbai, 21^st July 2017: Apex real estate industry body of Maharashtra announced ‘Change of Guard’ as Mr. Dharmesh Jain (also the chief of Nirmal Lifestyle) handed over to the newly elected President, Mr. Mayur Shah (also the chief of Marathon Realty) amidst presence of luminaries from across Banking & Finance, Legal and Government – Mr. Gautam Chatterjee, Chairman, MaharRERA, Mr. U.P.S. Madan, Metropolitan Commissioner of MMRDA, Mr. Ajoy Mehta, Municipal Commissioner of MCGM, Dr. Sanjay Mukherjee, Additional Municipal Commissioner (projects) of MCGM and Shri Ramesh Pawar, DMC TO MC OF MCGM amongst others. The ceremony unveiled the flag of CREDAIMCHI alongside its “Vision Manifesto” outlining the key objective for the need for ‘Ease of Doing Business”. The focus of the new President Shri Mayur Shah, CREDAI-MCHI would include rationalising processes by ensuring better timelines to get approvals on projects, improve business viability given the high land costs, build capabilities for delivery of projects in parallel to CLEAN, GREEN and SKILLED Mumbai.

 

As a part of the major goal for Vision 2022, the Managing Committee members: Shri Nayan Shah, IPP Dharmesh Jain, President, Elect, Vice Presidents Shri Deepak Goradia, Shri Boman Irani, Shri Harish Patel, Shri Nainesh Shah, Secretary Shri Domnic Romell, Treasurer Shri Sukhraj Nahar and many others inclusive of other present member developers were seen taking oath towards Vision 2022 creating CLEAN MUMBAI by aiming 10 lakh Kgs of garbage management at buildings society level , GREEN MUMBAI by planting 1 lac trees across 1000 upcoming projectsand attain SKILLED MUMBAI by training 1 lac labourers at construction sites across Mumbai MMR.

 

The key highlight of the ceremony was also the felicitation of real heroes of Mumbai who have contributed towards the betterment of the city – Shri Shubhajit Mukherjee of LETS GREEN FOUNDATION, Shri Afroz Shah for taking on VERSOVA BEACH CLEAN UP and Shri Percy Chowdhry from RAGC for contribution towards skill development. As an industry body CREDAI-MCHI in the next two years will work towards fulfilling the housing needs & infrastructure development of Mumbai & MMR. The vision will be to facilitate and connect over 1800 developers across MMR for overall growth and development.

 

Shri Ajoy Mehta, IAS, MCGM Commissioner, said “In 2015, when the new government had come into action, Mr. Dharmesh Jain took charge and ensured the beginning of EASE OF DOING BUSINESS however now in 2017, with RERA coming in as a challenge and an opportunity, we are looking forward to Mr. Mayur Shah’s tenure with huge expectations and we will ensure full support from our Government.”

 

Speaking at the event, Shri Mayur Shah, President of CREDAI-MCHI said, “We are hopeful to convert challenges into opportunities that are impacting the real-estate industry. The main focus during my tenure would be to improve business viability in MMR by rationalisation of taxes, premiums, achieve further ease of doing business aiming towards online approvals, building capabilities for quicker delivery of projects by members through continuous learnings about the best practices and prepare members for future changes like RERA, GST and DCR rules.”

 

Initiatives for the year 1.       1.CLEAN Mumbai: Efficient waste management system aiming zero garbage to dustbins 2.       2.GREEN Mumbai: Ensure usage of Solar & Wind energy, with rain harvesting & recycling 3.       3.SKILLED Mumbai: Raise the employability quotient of workers in partnership with NSDC

 

Shri Dharmesh Jain, Immediate Past President, CREDAI-MCHI said, “CREDAI-MCHI has emerged as a formidable body of developers with more than 1800 members, responsible for 80% of the organized development in Mumbai & MMR. Over the past two years, our engagement with the Government of Maharashtra has grown substantially and we have been a part of many important decisions taken in favour of real-estate industry. During the implementation of RERA, we extended our full support to the Government, which is aimed at bringing positive results for the real estate sector.”

 

 

ELEMIS – BRITISH LUXURY SKINCARE BRAND PRESENTS ITS NEW ‘LIFE ELIXIRS’ COLLECTION

 

ELEMIS has long been a world 

favorite​,​

 owing to its velvety light texture, delicate fragrance, and extraordinary clinically proven results!

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For over 25 years, ELEMIS has put its heart and soul to prepare ground-breaking

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formulations that genuinely transform your skin. 

 

Staying true to its ideology ELEMIS, the luxury skincare brand has introduced five aromatic blends for body,mind and soul. The new Life Elixirs Collection allows you to restore harmony, settle the mind, quiet the body and whilst harness your inner dynamism.

Our ELEMIS therapists found it necessary to find a ideal aromatic blend for every soul which they have curated a variety of Life Elixirs to choose from. The five aromatic blends are – CALM, SLEEP, FORTITUDE, EMBRACE AND CLARITY. Every blend includes of three products that is a Bath & Shower Elixir, a Perfume Oil and a Scented Candle. 

 

It is a collection that will you feeling exhilarated and stimulated. 

A New Era of Ferrari Four-Seater History Arrives in India

  The new GTC4Lusso makes its regional debut

at Navnit Motors, Mumbai

Mumbai, India, 2 August 2017–Ferrari proudly made new strides in its illustrious history today, with the debut of the GTC4Lusso, the latest in the Grand Tourer category.

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This luxurious, four-seater, four-wheel-drive product was presented to a selection of VIP clients and media for the very first time in India, at a glittering reception held in the presence of Mr Aurelian Sauvard, Marketing Manager, Ferrari Middle East & India, and Mr Sharad Kachalia of Navnit Motors, at the Navnit Motors Ferrari Showroom in Mumbai.

 

The GTC4Lusso categoryrefers to ‘four’, both with its four-seater configuration and the integration of rear-wheel steering with four-wheel drive for the first time, hailing another major advance for the versatile sporty Grand Tourer concept.  It is the latest in the Ferrari lineage of four+four models and showcases the very special place this configuration holds in Maranello tradition, with an illustrious pedigree that can be traced from the 500 Superfast (1964), the 330 GTC (1996), the 365 GTC4 (1971) and the 456M GT (1998), to the most recent Ferrari FF. The stable includes the V12 GTC4Lusso option, or the GTC4Lusso T with an award-winning V8 turbo.

 

The GTC4Lusso is aimed at a new ‘Ferrarista’; one that appreciates all the luxury passion, performance and power of the Maranello stable, but merged with a versatility and sense of adventure.  Central to the appeal to a new, younger generation of Ferrari enthusiasts is the innovative refinement of the sporting break coupe design, introduced in 2011. Penned by Ferrari Design, the GTC4Lusso reinterprets the concept with an extremely streamlined, tapered shape that underscores its perfect balance of elegance and sportiness whilst still incorporating large comfortable rear seats and a roomy boot behind them. At the front, the new Dual Cockpit architecture enhances the shared driving experience for both driver and passenger. In fact, four plush wraparound seats and the cabin’s meticulously crafted quality materials create the same ambience as a luxurious living space for all occupants.

 

With world-class design matched with blistering Ferrari performance, the GTC4Lusso family is designed to be enjoyed every-day in varied terrains for supreme versatility, delivered with all the sporty luxury details that make owning a Ferrari such an emotional experience.

 

The GTC4Lusso is a powerful combination of luxury style and performance. It offers an evolution of the V12 naturally-aspirated engine, with increased acceleration, high engine speeds and improved efficiency for CO2 and fuel consumption reduction. This offers the driver optimum pleasure, enhanced with a powerful and harmonious sound.

 

Seamless integration of its complex vehicle dynamics control systems means the powerful GTC4Lusso performs brilliantly in all driving situations, but really comes into its own on challenging low-grip surfaces, such as wet terrain, delivering a consistent sense of stability and comfort.  Importantly, these factors combine the ensure the GTC4Lusso offers best in class performance in terms of acceleration, power output and luxury sporting design.

 

The GTC4Lusso T has been created with a younger audience in mind, aged between 30-45 years. This model is the first four-seater to be powered by a V8 turbo engine, ushering in a new era of the Grand Tourer marque. The car is aimed at drivers seeking a car that is sporty and versatile, as well as perfect for daily driving.

 

The new GTC4Lusso T is equipped with an evolution of the 3.9-litre V8 turbo which was awarded the 2016 International Engine of the Year. Offering a sharp, dynamic response, the engine punches out a maximum of 610 cv at 7,500 rpm, guaranteeing powerful acceleration with maximum torque of 760 Nm available between 3,000 and 5,250 rpm. Despite such impressive performance, the GTC4Lusso T’s fuel consumption figures guarantee extended range, ideal for town driving or long trips.

 

The exhilarating driving experience is matched with a unique, typical Ferrari soundtrack. With the valve closed, the moderated sound is ideal for city environments. When open, the result is a distinctive but moderate sound ideal for longer trips, and a fully engaging sound experience from low to high revs.

 

Combining this powertrain with rear-wheel drive has resulted in significant weight-saving. Adding four-wheel steering to the mix gives the car additional agility and quicker responses. The rear-wheel steering system is integrated with the latest evolution of the electronic controls of the SCM-E suspension, ESP 9.0 and third generation Side Slip Control (SSC3).

 

One of the selection criteria for the materials adoptedfor the GTC4Lusso Twas weight reduction to heighten the sense of sporty luxury typical of a thoroughbred Ferrari.  The navigation and infotainment platform, featuring a 10.25” HD screen with capacitive touch technology, is new, too. All cars feature the new 8.8” touchscreen passenger display as well as Apple CarPlay and an upgraded audio system.

Brew a heartwarming symbol of camaraderie this Friendship Day with Café Coffee Day

Enjoy the delicious ‘Friendship Frappe’ & exclusive latte art on your coffee this special day at the cafe

 

Mumbai, July 31, 2017: ‘The only way to have a friend is to be one’, said Ralph Waldo Emerson. No other brand understands this better than India’s largest youth rendezvous point, Café Coffee Day. For over two decades, Café Coffee Day has been the hangout of the nation’s youth; the place for hugs, high fives, laughter, tears and the rollercoaster of life shared with friends. Café Coffee Day in a way represents friendship. So on the special occasion of Friendship Day, Café Coffee Day brings to the youth ‘Friendship Frappe’ – a delicious and exceptional beverage to make Friendship Day celebrations with your buddies at the café even more special.

 

The Friendship Frappe consists of a delightful mixture of crunchy oreos dunked in a rich creamy chocolaty meltdown. It is then topped with whipped cream, three oreo biscuits and a cherry. This delicious Friendship Day treat will be available at Café Coffee Day outlets throughout Friendship Day weekend, 5th & 6th August, 2017. Enjoy the comfort of sipping on a tall glass of creamy, crunchy Friendship Frappe while you celebrate the joy of a long standing friendship.

 

And that’s not all! Café Coffee Day has more planned for Friendship Day. Every table ordering a Cappuccino or a Latte will be treated to an added touch of special friendship latte art on their foamy cups of coffee. The latte art is a specially created emoji of two smiley faces capturing the joy and bond of friendship. Guaranteed to bring a smile while enjoying coffee with your favourite friends at your favourite café.

 

So, go ahead and enjoy the experience of a rich chocolaty meltdown of the Friendship Frappe loaded with crunchy oreos at Café Coffee Day. Starting at Rs. 199/-, Friendship Frappe will be available at select Café Coffee Day outlets in the city over Friendship Day weekend.

 

 

 

 

Maxivision felicitates Captain of Indian Women’s National Cricket Team, Mithali Raj, with life time validity free eye ailments treatment card

 

 Mumbai, Aug 2, 2017: Hyderabad-based MaxiVision Super Specialty Eye Hospitals,today, felicitated Mithali Raj, Captain of Indian Women’s National Cricket Team with life time validity free eye ailments treatment card for her scintillating performance in the recently held Women’s World Cup. Dr. GSK Velu, Founder & Chairman, MaxiVision super specialty eye hospitals, along with Dr. Kasu Prasad Reddy, Founder & Mentor, MaxiVision super specialty eye hospitals handed over the life time validity free eye ailments treatment card as a mark of recognition to her great performance in the women’s world cup.

The felicitation ceremony was held in Gopichand Badminton Academy.Speaking on this occasion, Dr. GSK Velu, Founder & Chairman, Maxivision Super Specialty Eye Hospitals,said, “India is proud to have women cricketers like Mithali raj who not only led the team to finals in the women’s world cup but also set a world record by crossing 6000 plus runs in women’s cricket. She has become the youth icon and pride of Hyderabad with her stunning performance.”

Dr.Kasu Prasad Reddy, Founder & Mentor, Maxivision Super Specialty Eye Hospitals, further added, “Mithali Raj and her team performance in the women’s world cup emphasized the need for the government to take up steps to encourage women’s cricket in a big way.They will do wonders if the right coaching and support is given to them.”

Good eye sight is very important in all sports. With impaired vision, or vision with external aids, practically deters the performance of sports persons. In my practice, i see many youngsters, who are crippled with Myopic vision defect, and have to wear glasses, but ambitious for sports like swimming, tennis, cricket etc. I have treated many of them with refractive surgeries, and lasers like permanent implantable collamer contact lenses, Lasik lasers, and SMILE. In todays world of sports, vision is very important to play to perfection and win.

 

The idea of giving life time eye care card to Gopichand Academy is to remove the barricade of vision disorder for all young sports persons, so that they bring more and more laurels to the country.

I assure my personal care and attention and the best guidance and treatment to open their doors of immense possibilities in sports

 

 

WHO WE ARE

o    State of the art specialized ophthalmic care – Diagnostics, Treatment & Surgery

o    At the forefront of vision care technology revolution

o    US-FDA, CE approved technologies

o    One-stop shop for Optical and Contact Lens

o    12 super speciality eye hospitals in 6 cities

o    More than 2.4 million patient strong

o    More than 0.3 million eye surgeries

 

WHAT WE OFFER

o    Best Surgeons: Each of the doctors at Maxivision has years of experience and is perfectly qualified to handle the most critical of the issues related to eyes

o    World Class Technology: The best, latest & world class highly sophisticated technology in eye care are available here

o    Customized Solutions: We understand your need and offer tailored eye care solutions to meet your need. We’ve till now served more than 2.4 million patient from all over the globe

Monjoy Joy Mukerji was invited for 57 th APPF Awards in Cambodia

The 57 th APPF Awards was held recently in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from 28th to 30 th July, 2017 and it has successfully concluded. The grand ceremony was a major success as delegates from over 20 countries attended this celebrated event.  Monjoy Joy Mukerji from Mumbai, India represented Bollywood and the Indian Film Industry and received warm and cordial welcome in Cambodia.The APPF awards had been instated 62 years ago and it was considered as almost at par with the Oscars . Monjoy said, “We all participating countries stand by it to strengthen and make it a success in the future.”

The Chairman is Shiyan Yang from China who is a renowned politician from  China and Suhan Pansha is the Vice President who is a senior Producer from Malaysia .

The coveted APPF Award Winners in the various categories are :

BEST FILM :

Unnamed (Bangladesh Film)

BEST ACTOR :

Reza Ragadian (Rudy Habbie Film from Indonesia)

BEST ACTRESS :

Yulia Peresild (Sevestapol Film from Russia)

BEST DIRECTOR :

(Syamsul Yusof film named Munafik from Malaysia )

Show of stunning objects celebrate UK-India Year of Culture

 

Two thousand year old Buddhist sculptures, a 72-metre Sanskrit scroll and vibrant depictions of Indian wildlife are among the attractions at an exhibition marking 70 years since Indian independence. More than 50 objects collected by Scots in India will be showcased at the University of Edinburgh’s Main Library during the Festival Fringe. The manuscripts, sculptures and paintings span two millennia of art and culture from the Indian subcontinent. The stone Buddha head and other fragments originate from the ancient kingdom of Gandhara, situated in modern northwest Pakistan. It is one of the oldest objects from the region in the University’s collection. The 200,000-verse Mahabharata – one of the two major epic poems of ancient India – is set out in a 72-metre long manuscript scroll dating from 1795 and is encased in a box with a handle to turn it. A watercolour sketch showing the annual migration of Himalayan shepherd chiefs will also feature in the exhibition. It was collected by Hugh Cleghorn from Fife, who served as an assistant surgeon in India in the 1840s. There he developed a keen interest in botany and became known as the father of scientific forestry. Further attractions include a set of copper plates from South India forming a royal charter from 447 AD, a 16^th century album of calligraphy and poetry and an Indian medal for public service. Films of traditional Indian dancing and music will also be on display. The exhibition – part of Edinburgh’s Festival Fringe – was curated by Dr Yuthika Sharma, an expert in South Asian Art at the University’s Edinburgh College of Art, in collaboration with Dr Andrew Grout, former archivist of the University Library’s Special Collections. Dr Sharma said: “I am delighted to showcase the rich splendour of Indian and South Asian art during this year’s Festival Fringe. I hope visitors will learn about the fascinating history of Scottish engagement with British and Mughal India (Hindustan) as well as enjoy the visually stunning exhibits, on this important anniversary year.”

 

Highlands to Hindustan: Indian Art in University of Edinburgh Collections runs from 28 July-4 Nov at the University of Edinburgh Main Library. Monday–Saturday 10am-5pm, and Sundays in August.

Genesis Burson-Marsteller Bags 4 Wins at SABRE South Asia 2017, including the Platinum For Best In Show Award for Medela India

Mumbai, July 27, 2017: It was an evening of wins for Genesis Burson-Marsteller, a leading public relations and public affairs consultancy that delivers integrated communications services to some of the best global and Indian companies, at the SABRE South Asia 2017 held in Mumbai last evening. The firm notched up four wins and four certificates of excellence for its campaigns. The SABRE Awards recognize campaigns that demonstrate the highest levels of strategic planning, creativity and business results.

 

Genesis Burson-Marsteller’s award-winning campaigns include:

• Platinum SABRE for Best in Show Work for Back to Work with Medela India
• Diamond SABRE for Keep India Smiling with Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd in the category for Superior Achievement In Brand-Building
• Gold SABRE for Back to Work with Medela India in the category of Healthcare
• Gold SABRE for Back to Work with Medela India in the category of Integrated Marketing

 

Genesis Burson-Marsteller received Certificates of Excellence for:

• Volume To Value with Education New Zealand in the category of Public Sector/ Government
• Back To Work with Medela India in the category of Public Education
• #MakeMusicSocial with Logitech in the category of Marketing To Consumers (New Product)
• Sennheiser Top50 in the category of Marketing To Consumers (Existing Product).

 

 

Apart from the winning entries, the consultancy was also shortlisted for its work on:

• #CrossTheLine with Star India Pvt Ltd in the category of Media, Arts & Entertainment
• From Volume To Value for Education New Zealand in the category of Superior Achievement In Research and Planning

 

Vishwanath Kannan, Marketing Manager, Medela India, said, “We are delighted to have won one of the most coveted awards in Asia. At Medela, we strongly believe in the benefits of breastfeeding and mother’s milk, both for the mother and the baby. The Back to Work campaign is at the core of our vision and mission of supporting mothers in their breastfeeding journey through our research and evidence-based products. Medela has been empowering working mothers, helping them through their double shift at work and at home. We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to the jury for recognising our efforts and initiatives in helping mothers sustain their breastfeeding decision.”

 

Issam Bachaalani, Managing Director, Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited, said, “Colgate’s goal to ‘Keep India Smiling’ through our annual Oral Health Month program, run in partnership with the Indian Dental Association, has helped promote good oral hygiene across the country and enabled 30 million free dental check-ups. We are pleased to know that the effort has won Genesis Burson-Marsteller the Sabre South Asia Award and congratulate them.”

 

Saahil Kumar, Marketing Head, Sennheiser Electronics India, said, “Sennheiser Top50 is more than just a marketing campaign for us at Sennheiser India. It is our promise to give a platform for millions of talented Indians to get inspired and realise their musical dreams. Genesis Burson-Marsteller has been an integral part of this great journey from conceptualisation to execution, which has seen us connect with artists and bands across India. The certificate is a recognition of our partnership with Genesis Burson-Marsteller, which goes beyond just an agency-client relationship for the past decade where they have been more an extension of Sennheiser India.”

 

Prema Sagar, Vice Chair, Burson-Marsteller, Asia Pacific & Principal/Founder, Genesis Burson-Marsteller said “Clients are constantly looking for breakthrough ideas and our wins reflect the dedication and efficiency of our teams. We are also happy about the fact that in the shortlist and the wins, Genesis Burson-Marsteller has had presence from across most of its public relations practices—Health & Wellness, Brands, Sports & Entertainment, and Consumer Technology. Each campaign has been very distinct and has presented a challenging opportunity to the teams to push boundaries with their creativity, passion and hard work. And the fact that we won the Platinum for Best in Show Award just fills us with pride.”

 

Genesis Burson-Marsteller also won three awards at the PR Week Asia Awards held last month in Hong Kong, which shine a spotlight on communicators and agencies and their work in Asia-Pacific.

 

About Genesis Burson-Marsteller:

Genesis Burson-Marsteller has mirrored the journey of India’s public relations and public affairs landscape. We have now embarked on our 25th year of pushing the boundaries of communications and setting benchmarks with our imagination, creativity and agility to Be More—for our clients, teams, industry and community.

We are a leading public relations and public affairs firm that delivers integrated communications services to some of the best global and Indian companies. Our focus is on creating a real measurable impact on client businesses through evidence-based, ideas-driven and result oriented campaigns. Our network across South Asia includes wholly owned offices in six of India’s key metros and a strong affiliate footprint in over 200 cities across India and neighboring countries including Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar.