Press release from Business Wire India
Source: IndiaMART
Monday, November 30, 2009 01:00 PM IST (07:30 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Banking & financial services, Business services, Information technology; Technology
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Lessons from Recession will Help SMEs' Future Roadmap
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Monday, November 30, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- -- Learning lessons from recession important for future upswing
-- SMEs should graduate from growth by default to growth by design
-- SME Credit rating can act as bridge between SMEs and lending institutions
The issue of raising a robust tech-aligned SME in India came in for intensive discussion at the "Envisioning the Wired SME" conference, organized by The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and IndiaMART.com, at the Sheraton, Saket, in New Delhi on Saturday.
Discussing the issue of propelling the growth of SMEs in a focused session, Mr. Rakesh Rewari, Deputy Managing Director, SIDBI, who also chaired the session, noted, "Despite the recession, the Indian SME has been able to produce winners in the midst of a global slowdown, because they largely do not have any capital expenditure or big buck spends." Exhorting SMEs to learn from their showing in the past two years and prepare for the post-recession upswing, Rewari said, "Product diversification and tapping the overseas market will always allow an SME to sustain its value and grow faster." Panelists for the session included Praful Jain, Head, Enterprise Practice, Markets, KPMG, R. Ganesh, Deputy General Manager, ICICI Bank and Parag Patki, CEO, SME Rating Agency of India.
Addressing the importance of growth, at a time many SMEs have managed to make a standing for themselves in the market, Praful Jain, Head, Enterprise Practice, Markets, KPMG, emphasized on the criticality of courage and conviction and a dire need to innovate, which would go a long way in overcoming resource crunch, something that plagues almost every SME. "With a problem-solving approach, if SMEs can use their existing resources judiciously, there is a conscious effort required to convert growth by default into growth by design. That will become a pillar for its growth."
Addressing the need gap of SMEs' needing small funding, R. Ganesh, Deputy General Manager of ICICI Bank, underlined the bank's commitment to SMEs, which gets addressed by a separate dedicated SME unit, which addresses the needs of SMEs, which are not big enough to attract the attention of venture capital funds or angel investors. Asking SMEs to become more transparent and accountable for better credit support, Ganesh said, "There are limitations. Banks are extremely conscious about an SME's transaction history, and that is where most SMEs cannot sail through."
Parag Palki, CEO, SME Rating Agency of India, outlined the gradually increasing significance of a credit rating regime, which helps SMEs liaise with banks and funding agencies, by proving their credentials. "The mission is to act as a bridge between SMEs and lending institutions. A good rating will automatically aid and support an SME's growth story."
About IndiaMART.com
IndiaMART.com is India's largest online B2B marketplace connecting global buyers with suppliers through business directories, online product catalogs, buy-sell offers, industry specific marketplaces, printed media and trade shows participation.
Founded in 1996, the company has a presence in over 100 cities pan-India. With approximately 1000 employees, IndiaMART.com offers an extensive range of value-added products and services to over 500,000 members and over 5 million global buyers across industries and verticals.
IndiaMART.com has won numerous awards over the years including Red Herring 100 Asia & Emerging India and the company has been widely covered by media such as CNBC, BBC, BusinessMoney, CNN, Businessworld, Economic Times, Financial Express, etc. Its existing investors include Intel Capital and Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd (Times Group), India's largest print media group.
For more information, please visit: www.indiamart.com/press-section/
CONTACT DETAILS
Arun Tyagi, IndiaMART.com, + 91 (120) 3911000/ + 91 9711003832, pr@indiamart.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BANKING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, TECHNOLOGY
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Monday, November 30, 2009
BWI: Cambridge Technology Enterprises Ltd to Acquire smartShift GmbH
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Cambridge Technology Enterprises Ltd
Monday, November 30, 2009 11:11 AM IST (05:41 AM GMT)
Editors: Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Financial Analyst, Information technology; Technology
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Cambridge Technology Enterprises Ltd to Acquire smartShift GmbH
Acquisition to Add Patented IP to Automate Cloud Migration
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India and Mannheim, Germany, Monday, November 30, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Cambridge Technology Enterprises (CTE) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire smartShift GmbH (smartShift), a global leader in tools-based modernization services for complex IT systems. The acquisition is subject to the approval of shareholders of the company and necessary regulatory clearance. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2010.
Founded in 2002 with its headquarters in Mannheim, Germany, smartShift is the global leader in tools-based modernization services for complex IT systems. smartShift's proprietary and patented technologies automate the migration of applications such as SAP, Oracle, legacy, etc.. The automation enables smartShift to complete projects faster, with higher quality and at substantially lower cost than competing solutions.
This acquisition uniquely positions CTE to take advantage of the fast growing cloud services market, which according to IDC is expected to reach $44.2 billion worldwide by 2013. With this acquisition, CTE is entering into EU market with a development center in Germany and a number of marquee European reference accounts.
CTE is expanding smartShift's IP to automate the process of cloud-enabling applications. "With the smartShift acquisition, we are expanding our capabilities to help our clients accelerate their migration to the cloud." said, Bhaskar Panigrahi, CEO of CTE. "We will also leverage our remote management service capabilities to manage applications in the cloud thus providing an end- to- end solution to our clients."
"smartShift has been focused on automating complex migration problems." said Stefan Hetges, CEO of smartShift. "We are excited about joining forces with CTE and applying our deep expertise to migration of applications to the cloud."
About smartShift
smartShift is the leading provider of solutions for tool-based modernization of complex IT systems. Using smartTools, smartShift's migration platform, and proprietary methodology, smartShift automates the migration process for a broad array of technology stacks including SAP, Oracle and legacy applications. smartShift customers are major global organizations such as Deutsche Bank, Bertelsmann, Kimberly-Clark, Mercedes-Benz, CommerzBank and Northrop Grumman. smartShift's software and services are distributed through its direct sales force as well as major global IT service providers. For more information, please visit www.smartShift-group.com
About Cambridge Technology Enterprises
CTE is a global business and technology services company. Recognized as a thought leader and innovator of enterprise modernization services, CTE solutions improve business performance and provide clients with a compelling competitive advantage. CTE services include IT Modernization, Application and Infrastructure Managed Services and Business Process Outsourcing. CTE customers are major global commercial and government organizations such as Vodafone, AIG, Pfizer, State Bank of India and US government agencies. CTE leverages world-class talent, proven tools and methodologies and global development centers to provide highly innovative and competitive solutions. For more information, please visit www.ctepl.com
CONTACT DETAILS
K N Saritha, Manager - Corporate Communication, Cambridge Technology Enterprises Ltd, +91 (040) 4023 4400 / +91 800 800 4041, ksaritha@ctepl.com
KEYWORDS
MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, Financial Analyst, IT, TECHNOLOGY, CTE.BO, CTE.NS
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Source: Cambridge Technology Enterprises Ltd
Monday, November 30, 2009 11:11 AM IST (05:41 AM GMT)
Editors: Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Financial Analyst, Information technology; Technology
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Cambridge Technology Enterprises Ltd to Acquire smartShift GmbH
Acquisition to Add Patented IP to Automate Cloud Migration
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India and Mannheim, Germany, Monday, November 30, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Cambridge Technology Enterprises (CTE) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire smartShift GmbH (smartShift), a global leader in tools-based modernization services for complex IT systems. The acquisition is subject to the approval of shareholders of the company and necessary regulatory clearance. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2010.
Founded in 2002 with its headquarters in Mannheim, Germany, smartShift is the global leader in tools-based modernization services for complex IT systems. smartShift's proprietary and patented technologies automate the migration of applications such as SAP, Oracle, legacy, etc.. The automation enables smartShift to complete projects faster, with higher quality and at substantially lower cost than competing solutions.
This acquisition uniquely positions CTE to take advantage of the fast growing cloud services market, which according to IDC is expected to reach $44.2 billion worldwide by 2013. With this acquisition, CTE is entering into EU market with a development center in Germany and a number of marquee European reference accounts.
CTE is expanding smartShift's IP to automate the process of cloud-enabling applications. "With the smartShift acquisition, we are expanding our capabilities to help our clients accelerate their migration to the cloud." said, Bhaskar Panigrahi, CEO of CTE. "We will also leverage our remote management service capabilities to manage applications in the cloud thus providing an end- to- end solution to our clients."
"smartShift has been focused on automating complex migration problems." said Stefan Hetges, CEO of smartShift. "We are excited about joining forces with CTE and applying our deep expertise to migration of applications to the cloud."
About smartShift
smartShift is the leading provider of solutions for tool-based modernization of complex IT systems. Using smartTools, smartShift's migration platform, and proprietary methodology, smartShift automates the migration process for a broad array of technology stacks including SAP, Oracle and legacy applications. smartShift customers are major global organizations such as Deutsche Bank, Bertelsmann, Kimberly-Clark, Mercedes-Benz, CommerzBank and Northrop Grumman. smartShift's software and services are distributed through its direct sales force as well as major global IT service providers. For more information, please visit www.smartShift-group.com
About Cambridge Technology Enterprises
CTE is a global business and technology services company. Recognized as a thought leader and innovator of enterprise modernization services, CTE solutions improve business performance and provide clients with a compelling competitive advantage. CTE services include IT Modernization, Application and Infrastructure Managed Services and Business Process Outsourcing. CTE customers are major global commercial and government organizations such as Vodafone, AIG, Pfizer, State Bank of India and US government agencies. CTE leverages world-class talent, proven tools and methodologies and global development centers to provide highly innovative and competitive solutions. For more information, please visit www.ctepl.com
CONTACT DETAILS
K N Saritha, Manager - Corporate Communication, Cambridge Technology Enterprises Ltd, +91 (040) 4023 4400 / +91 800 800 4041, ksaritha@ctepl.com
KEYWORDS
MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, Financial Analyst, IT, TECHNOLOGY, CTE.BO, CTE.NS
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BWI: Software Testing Leadership Awards Announced
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: QAI
Monday, November 30, 2009 11:27 AM IST (05:57 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology, Media & entertainment; Technology
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Software Testing Leadership Awards Announced
CSS Wins Top Honors, With Aricent And Mindtree The First And Second Runners up Respectively
Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Monday, November 30, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- QAI (www.qaiglobal.com), the world's leading consulting and workforce development firm addressing Operational Excellence, announced the much awaited Software Testing Leadership Awards on 19th November at the 9th Annual International Software Testing Conference 2009. Ramakrishnan Sitaraman, Bharathy Ramalingam and Srinivasan N. from CSS emerged as the winners. Their paper was about "Cloud Testing Go-Cloud based performance testing". Ajay Garg and Himanshu Pandey from Aricent were chosen as the first runner-up for the award for their paper on "Increasing Test Effectiveness Using 4P Approach and Statistical Models". The second runner-up spot was awarded to Muralidhar Yalla and Ramnath Shanbag from Mindtree for their paper on "Building an Automation Framework around Open Source Technologies." The awards were given away at a glittering ceremony at the Le Meridian, Bangalore on the Awards Night at STC 2009 on 19th November 2009.
For the awards, a record breaking number of 418 author intent forms which was the all-time highest received for any conference conducted in the past 10 years in India, were received. After the initial technical screening by the internal panel at QAI and Edista Testing, a total of 180 papers were finalized for regional rounds in 6 cities - Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, and New Delhi. The regional rounds were regionally organized and hosted by Deloitte Consulting in Mumbai; Cap Gemini in Pune; Maveric Systems in Chennai, McAfee in Bangalore, DE Shaw in Hyderabad, and CSC in New Delhi. The jury panel consisted of 24 eminent leaders from DE Shaw, Microsoft, Medha Solutions, Maveric, Cognizant, HP, McAfee, Infosys, IBM, HCL, Keane, ITC Infotech, NXP, Deloitte, Patni, Nomura Securities, Cap Gemini, Amdocs, and Barclays, Headstrong, QA Infotech, CSC, and Sopros, headed by the Chief of Jury Ms. Ranjana Narawane of Accenture.
The papers were evaluated on concept(30%), content(30%), presentation(20%); and value contribution (20%), for a total score of 100 points. Based on the scores in the regional rounds, a total of 36 papers were selected from a shortlist of 180 in the regional rounds for presentation at the conference. Out of these, CSS, Aricent and Mindtree were awarded at the Awards Night as the winners.
QAI's Testing Leadership awards recognize leadership & contribution in the field of software testing. It provides impetus & encourages contribution to the testing processes, skills & principles that make testing an imperative part of the software development life cycle. It also encourages breakthrough achievements & innovative approaches in the testing process that aim to make successful products & services in the IT Industry. The Award announcements were also the highlight of the 9th Software Testing Conference (STC 2009). The two day conference concluded on Friday.
Ramakrishnan Sitaraman from CSS, on winning the award commented, "White cloud computing rationalizes hardware logistics through on - demand access; CSS JLTT optimizes the costs associated with tools and people skills."Cloud Test Go" as a performance engineering services innovatively brings these two elements for the best return - on - investment & user experiences. CSS is honored & delighted to receive this coveted QAI's Testing Leadership Award 2009, for the 'Best of the Best' paper titled "Cloud Test Go - Cloud based Performance Testing' ; submitted for the 9th Annual Software Testing Conference."
Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Pradeep C, CEO, Edista Testing Institute (ETI) said "Software testing is booming at almost three times the growth rate of software development. It is an industry with immense potential. All the participants tonight are leaders in one way or the other. They are the reasons behind this amazing growth of the testing industry. The growing success of the STC is a testimony to the fact that the industry is maturing with new entrants coming and new leaders emerging. I congratulate all those who have made this industry such a promising one."
For over 16 years, QAI has brought together international representatives and recognized thought-leaders to share information, learn new software quality processes, and discuss software practices through a number of prestigious events like Asia SEPG Conference and Project Management Leadership.
About QAI:
QAI is a leading global consulting and workforce development organization addressing 'Operational Excellence' in IT, BPO and Knowledge intensive service organizations.
QAI Global Services, the consulting division of QAI, addresses the space of Operational Excellence which includes the areas of Process Management, Quality Management, Innovation Management, Project Management, IT Service Management and others.
QAI Global Institute, the Competency Development division of QAI, focuses on creating international Education and Training products and services to address the Competence Development, Assessments and Certifications to cater to the large pool of manpower requiring skills for increased employability.
QAI is currently servicing over 200 clients in 30 countries and our regional bases are located in US, India, UK, China, Singapore, Malaysia and Canada.
QAI clients include IBM, Accenture, Wipro, Prudential, Genpact, American Express, Sony, TataMotors and 200 others across 30 countries.
CONTACT DETAILS
Pooja Bhalla, QAI, +91 9811155798, pooja.bhalla@qaiglobal.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY
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Source: QAI
Monday, November 30, 2009 11:27 AM IST (05:57 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology, Media & entertainment; Technology
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Software Testing Leadership Awards Announced
CSS Wins Top Honors, With Aricent And Mindtree The First And Second Runners up Respectively
Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Monday, November 30, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- QAI (www.qaiglobal.com), the world's leading consulting and workforce development firm addressing Operational Excellence, announced the much awaited Software Testing Leadership Awards on 19th November at the 9th Annual International Software Testing Conference 2009. Ramakrishnan Sitaraman, Bharathy Ramalingam and Srinivasan N. from CSS emerged as the winners. Their paper was about "Cloud Testing Go-Cloud based performance testing". Ajay Garg and Himanshu Pandey from Aricent were chosen as the first runner-up for the award for their paper on "Increasing Test Effectiveness Using 4P Approach and Statistical Models". The second runner-up spot was awarded to Muralidhar Yalla and Ramnath Shanbag from Mindtree for their paper on "Building an Automation Framework around Open Source Technologies." The awards were given away at a glittering ceremony at the Le Meridian, Bangalore on the Awards Night at STC 2009 on 19th November 2009.
For the awards, a record breaking number of 418 author intent forms which was the all-time highest received for any conference conducted in the past 10 years in India, were received. After the initial technical screening by the internal panel at QAI and Edista Testing, a total of 180 papers were finalized for regional rounds in 6 cities - Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, and New Delhi. The regional rounds were regionally organized and hosted by Deloitte Consulting in Mumbai; Cap Gemini in Pune; Maveric Systems in Chennai, McAfee in Bangalore, DE Shaw in Hyderabad, and CSC in New Delhi. The jury panel consisted of 24 eminent leaders from DE Shaw, Microsoft, Medha Solutions, Maveric, Cognizant, HP, McAfee, Infosys, IBM, HCL, Keane, ITC Infotech, NXP, Deloitte, Patni, Nomura Securities, Cap Gemini, Amdocs, and Barclays, Headstrong, QA Infotech, CSC, and Sopros, headed by the Chief of Jury Ms. Ranjana Narawane of Accenture.
The papers were evaluated on concept(30%), content(30%), presentation(20%); and value contribution (20%), for a total score of 100 points. Based on the scores in the regional rounds, a total of 36 papers were selected from a shortlist of 180 in the regional rounds for presentation at the conference. Out of these, CSS, Aricent and Mindtree were awarded at the Awards Night as the winners.
QAI's Testing Leadership awards recognize leadership & contribution in the field of software testing. It provides impetus & encourages contribution to the testing processes, skills & principles that make testing an imperative part of the software development life cycle. It also encourages breakthrough achievements & innovative approaches in the testing process that aim to make successful products & services in the IT Industry. The Award announcements were also the highlight of the 9th Software Testing Conference (STC 2009). The two day conference concluded on Friday.
Ramakrishnan Sitaraman from CSS, on winning the award commented, "White cloud computing rationalizes hardware logistics through on - demand access; CSS JLTT optimizes the costs associated with tools and people skills."Cloud Test Go" as a performance engineering services innovatively brings these two elements for the best return - on - investment & user experiences. CSS is honored & delighted to receive this coveted QAI's Testing Leadership Award 2009, for the 'Best of the Best' paper titled "Cloud Test Go - Cloud based Performance Testing' ; submitted for the 9th Annual Software Testing Conference."
Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Pradeep C, CEO, Edista Testing Institute (ETI) said "Software testing is booming at almost three times the growth rate of software development. It is an industry with immense potential. All the participants tonight are leaders in one way or the other. They are the reasons behind this amazing growth of the testing industry. The growing success of the STC is a testimony to the fact that the industry is maturing with new entrants coming and new leaders emerging. I congratulate all those who have made this industry such a promising one."
For over 16 years, QAI has brought together international representatives and recognized thought-leaders to share information, learn new software quality processes, and discuss software practices through a number of prestigious events like Asia SEPG Conference and Project Management Leadership.
About QAI:
QAI is a leading global consulting and workforce development organization addressing 'Operational Excellence' in IT, BPO and Knowledge intensive service organizations.
QAI Global Services, the consulting division of QAI, addresses the space of Operational Excellence which includes the areas of Process Management, Quality Management, Innovation Management, Project Management, IT Service Management and others.
QAI Global Institute, the Competency Development division of QAI, focuses on creating international Education and Training products and services to address the Competence Development, Assessments and Certifications to cater to the large pool of manpower requiring skills for increased employability.
QAI is currently servicing over 200 clients in 30 countries and our regional bases are located in US, India, UK, China, Singapore, Malaysia and Canada.
QAI clients include IBM, Accenture, Wipro, Prudential, Genpact, American Express, Sony, TataMotors and 200 others across 30 countries.
CONTACT DETAILS
Pooja Bhalla, QAI, +91 9811155798, pooja.bhalla@qaiglobal.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY
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BWI: People Living with HIV/AIDS do not Get Life Saving TB Treatment on Time
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: action - Advocacy to Control TB Internationally
Monday, November 30, 2009 11:16 AM IST (05:46 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, People, Social issues; Business: Healthcare, biotechnology & pharmaceutical; Healthcare
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People Living with HIV/AIDS do not Get Life Saving TB Treatment on Time
Delay in getting TB Diagnosis and Treatment Puts Lives at Risk, even as World AIDS Day 2009 marks year of Universal Access and Treatment
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Monday, November 30, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- A multi-centre study conducted by INP+ with support from ACTION (Advocacy to Control TB Internationally) Project shows significant delays in both detecting and treating TB, especially in People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in India. Nearly half of the 2.4 million people living with HIV/AIDS in India contract TB, making it the leading cause of death, yet less than 5 percent are automatically tested for TB.
Coming to the end of phase one, of a multi center operational study in Manipur, on barriers to accessing and adhering to TB treatments, especially with a focus on people living with HIV AIDS, the study highlights both patient end and provider end causes for delays in getting appropriate TB diagnosis and treatment initiated. Lack of awareness and knowledge about TB ranks high among the patient end causes for delay in seeking appropriate TB diagnosis and treatment services. Distance to the nearest TB service delivery point is a key barrier from the provider end, with average travel times exceeding 90 minutes for over half of the population surveyed. Nearly a third of the survey population also reported paying for their medications, indicating an incomplete reach and awareness of the free national TB control program (RNTCP).
"People living with HIV/AIDS are among the most vulnerable to getting TB infections. Any delay in this vulnerable population getting life saving TB treatments is also indicative of broad systemic issues of accessibility that need to be addressed quickly", said Dr. Venkatesan Chakrapani, MD, the lead researcher on this study from INP+. "The delay in getting appropriate diagnosis for HIV co-infected individuals also reflects on the failure to get newer diagnostic tests on to the market and in our healthcare delivery points", he added. The currently used standard microscopy based sputum tests fail to detect TB in samples from people living with HIV and having infectious TB, leading to false negative tests and delays in getting a correct diagnosis.
"There needs to be a further deepening of the service delivery to avoid long travel times for sick people", said Dr. Bobby John from Global Health Advocates, one of the advisors on this study. "Distance, and poor understanding cause people to drop out of their medications more often than not", he added. 10 percent of the survey participants reported stopping their treatments for a week or more. Incomplete treatment adherence raises the risk of multi drug resistant TB for the individual and in the community.
Supporting the study findings, and echoing the urgency to see greater coordination between HIV services delivered through the national AIDS control program, Vivek Dharmaraj from the Advocacy to Control TB Internationally (ACTION) Project in India said: "People living with HIV should get TB diagnosis and treatment services from one window. It is no point putting people on life saving anti retroviral treatments for HIV, to see them die of TB." India's national AIDS control program has put nearly 250,000 on anti retroviral treatment, of the estimated 2.4 million people living with HIV.
ABOUT INP+ and ACTION
INP + is an ISO 9001:2000 certified CBO - a national network for people living with HIV/AIDS. INP+ is a social movement by and for People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) in enforcing the recognition for Human Rights of PLHIV in India. INP+ has waged a long and intensive struggle against fear, ignorance, prejudice and despair born out of the epidemic and stood to represent courage, insight, acceptance and hope to hundreds and thousands of People Living with HIV/AIDS.
The Advocacy to Control Tuberculosis Internationally (ACTION) project is an international partnership of advocates working to mobilize resources to treat and prevent the spread of tuberculosis (TB), a global disease that kills one person every 20 seconds. ACTION's underlying premise is that more rapid progress can be made against the global TB epidemic by building increased support for resources for effective TB control among key policymakers and other opinion leaders in both high TB burden countries (HBCs) and donor countries.
CONTACT DETAILS
Paarul R. Chand, Electronic Media Coordinator, Bright Lite Communications, +91 9811426392, brightlite.communications@gmail.com
Sonal Kellogg, Print Media Coordinator, Bright Lite Communications, +91 9810911818, brightlite.communications@gmail.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, PEOPLE, SOCIAL, HEALTHCARE, HEALTHCARE
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Source: action - Advocacy to Control TB Internationally
Monday, November 30, 2009 11:16 AM IST (05:46 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, People, Social issues; Business: Healthcare, biotechnology & pharmaceutical; Healthcare
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People Living with HIV/AIDS do not Get Life Saving TB Treatment on Time
Delay in getting TB Diagnosis and Treatment Puts Lives at Risk, even as World AIDS Day 2009 marks year of Universal Access and Treatment
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Monday, November 30, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- A multi-centre study conducted by INP+ with support from ACTION (Advocacy to Control TB Internationally) Project shows significant delays in both detecting and treating TB, especially in People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in India. Nearly half of the 2.4 million people living with HIV/AIDS in India contract TB, making it the leading cause of death, yet less than 5 percent are automatically tested for TB.
Coming to the end of phase one, of a multi center operational study in Manipur, on barriers to accessing and adhering to TB treatments, especially with a focus on people living with HIV AIDS, the study highlights both patient end and provider end causes for delays in getting appropriate TB diagnosis and treatment initiated. Lack of awareness and knowledge about TB ranks high among the patient end causes for delay in seeking appropriate TB diagnosis and treatment services. Distance to the nearest TB service delivery point is a key barrier from the provider end, with average travel times exceeding 90 minutes for over half of the population surveyed. Nearly a third of the survey population also reported paying for their medications, indicating an incomplete reach and awareness of the free national TB control program (RNTCP).
"People living with HIV/AIDS are among the most vulnerable to getting TB infections. Any delay in this vulnerable population getting life saving TB treatments is also indicative of broad systemic issues of accessibility that need to be addressed quickly", said Dr. Venkatesan Chakrapani, MD, the lead researcher on this study from INP+. "The delay in getting appropriate diagnosis for HIV co-infected individuals also reflects on the failure to get newer diagnostic tests on to the market and in our healthcare delivery points", he added. The currently used standard microscopy based sputum tests fail to detect TB in samples from people living with HIV and having infectious TB, leading to false negative tests and delays in getting a correct diagnosis.
"There needs to be a further deepening of the service delivery to avoid long travel times for sick people", said Dr. Bobby John from Global Health Advocates, one of the advisors on this study. "Distance, and poor understanding cause people to drop out of their medications more often than not", he added. 10 percent of the survey participants reported stopping their treatments for a week or more. Incomplete treatment adherence raises the risk of multi drug resistant TB for the individual and in the community.
Supporting the study findings, and echoing the urgency to see greater coordination between HIV services delivered through the national AIDS control program, Vivek Dharmaraj from the Advocacy to Control TB Internationally (ACTION) Project in India said: "People living with HIV should get TB diagnosis and treatment services from one window. It is no point putting people on life saving anti retroviral treatments for HIV, to see them die of TB." India's national AIDS control program has put nearly 250,000 on anti retroviral treatment, of the estimated 2.4 million people living with HIV.
ABOUT INP+ and ACTION
INP + is an ISO 9001:2000 certified CBO - a national network for people living with HIV/AIDS. INP+ is a social movement by and for People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) in enforcing the recognition for Human Rights of PLHIV in India. INP+ has waged a long and intensive struggle against fear, ignorance, prejudice and despair born out of the epidemic and stood to represent courage, insight, acceptance and hope to hundreds and thousands of People Living with HIV/AIDS.
The Advocacy to Control Tuberculosis Internationally (ACTION) project is an international partnership of advocates working to mobilize resources to treat and prevent the spread of tuberculosis (TB), a global disease that kills one person every 20 seconds. ACTION's underlying premise is that more rapid progress can be made against the global TB epidemic by building increased support for resources for effective TB control among key policymakers and other opinion leaders in both high TB burden countries (HBCs) and donor countries.
CONTACT DETAILS
Paarul R. Chand, Electronic Media Coordinator, Bright Lite Communications, +91 9811426392, brightlite.communications@gmail.com
Sonal Kellogg, Print Media Coordinator, Bright Lite Communications, +91 9810911818, brightlite.communications@gmail.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, PEOPLE, SOCIAL, HEALTHCARE, HEALTHCARE
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BWI: Crowcon Launches Gas-Tec Hydrocarbon Gas Detector for Leak Survey and Localisation
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Crowcon
Monday, November 30, 2009 10:00 AM IST (04:30 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Energy companies; Technology
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Crowcon Launches Gas-Tec Hydrocarbon Gas Detector for Leak Survey and Localisation
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Monday, November 30, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Crowcon's new Gas-Tec portable hydrocarbon gas detector is designed for rapid leak survey and localisation in applications such as gas distribution networks and landfill sites. Using Crowcon's tried and tested flame ionisation chamber, the Gas-Tec also features next generation technology such as GPS, data and event logging. The new device allows survey teams to track progress and quickly pinpoint and record areas of significant interest.
Photo 1: http://www.halmapr.com/crowcon/gas-tec_gas.jpg (854 KB)
(Photo caption 1: Crowcon's Gas-Tec portable hydrocarbon gas detector showing a gas distribution system in the background)
Photo 2: http://www.halmapr.com/crowcon/gas-tec_landfill.jpg (847 KB)
(Photo caption 2: Crowcon's Gas-Tec portable hydrocarbon gas detector showing a landfill site in the background)
Increasingly, gas distribution and infrastructure companies are focussing on reducing the number and volume of leaks along their pipelines. Leaks have cost, environmental and safety implications, so pinpointing and repairing them quickly is essential. Methane emitted from landfill sites also poses a severe explosion risk - it is generated during the working life of a landfill site and for as long as 40 years after a site has been covered over, so constant monitoring is essential.
Storing survey reports and service and calibration records are now a more frequent requirement, influenced by health and safety regulations. Also, with many operating companies being forced to reduce personnel, there is an increased demand for products that require minimal training and set-up times to use.
Crowcon developed the Gas-Tec specifically to address these issues, including features to help companies minimise leaks quickly and efficiently, with minimal manpower. GPS position logging, for example, enhances record keeping by assigning latitude, longitude and distance above sea level to data readings. Users can also view their current location, offering the precise location to back-up crews for immediate leak management. Another useful feature is data and event logging, allowing users to download full survey information for survey traceability using 'drag and drop' via a USB interface.
Weighing just 2.4kg (without the gas bottle), the Gas-Tec is worn across the body and is ergonomically designed to sit comfortably whilst in use. Simple and intuitive to operate, its liquid crystal display and soft keys offer full sequence instructions, in-operation options, service and calibration set-up and alerts. Menu prompts guide users through start-up and shut-down procedures, reducing training requirements. The device can also be customised, with users able to set preferences for features such as preferred units, display settings, date format and language.
Enhanced electronic controls increase battery and cylinder life, while pressure and flow transducers manage hydrogen and sample flow rates. A service and calibration timer also reminds operators when maintenance is required, ensuring the unit is always operable and in optimum working condition. The Gas-Tec also includes an optional 'service lock' facility, ensuring it cannot be used in the field whilst out of calibration.
Based around Crowcon's original tried and tested Gas-Tec 'engine' detection method, this next generation model is already proven, fit for purpose and suited to the rigours of everyday use. With a response time of less than two seconds, the Gas-Tec is calibrated to methane, with conversion factors for other common hydrocarbons available. It has a detection range of 0 - 10,000 ppm and is accurate to within +/-10%. Battery life is over 22 hours, allowing continual use for a full shift. Battery recharge time is only 2 ½ hours.
Supplied in a wheeled ABS impact resistant case with a fitted foam insert, it is ingress protected to IP54 and can be used outdoors in all weather conditions. Accessories include a trigger survey kit and an in-vehicle survey tool allowing detection at speeds of up to 30km/hour. Probe assemblies are also available for all types of applications, including borehole, straight probe, cup attachment and detection trolley. Other useful accessories are available, such as vehicle chargers, earphones, spare hydrogen cylinders and a hydrogen filling panel.
About Crowcon
Crowcon, a subsidiary of Halma p.l.c., is a world leader in portable and fixed gas detection instruments. Formed in 1970, the company is based in Oxfordshire in the UK and has branch offices in the Netherlands, the USA, Singapore and China. It specialises in developing, manufacturing and marketing innovative, reliable and cost-effective flammable and toxic gas detection equipment and has constantly led the field with products designed for safety and environmental monitoring.
Crowcon's products are sold throughout the world, serving oil, gas and petrochemical companies, public utilities, clean water and sewage treatment companies, fire brigades, construction companies and other organisations where accidental leakage of gas or vapour can become a toxic or explosive danger. The company is represented in India by Detection Instruments Pvt. Ltd. in Mumbai (www.detection-india.com).
About Halma
Halma is an international market leader in safety, health and sensor technology. It is a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange and has over 4000 employees in over 40 subsidiaries worldwide with a total turnover of over US$742m (2009). Halma's subsidiaries make products that protect lives and improve the quality of life for people through innovation in market leading products which make its customers safer, more competitive and more profitable. These subsidiaries are assisting India's economy in areas such as energy, manufacturing, healthcare, water and waste treatment, construction and transport.
For further news about Halma in India and to subscribe to the Halma India RSS News Feed please visit our blog at: http://halmapr.com/news/india/.
Crowcon head office contact details:
Crowcon Detection Instruments Ltd
2 Blacklands Way, Abingdon Business Park
Abingdon OX14 1DY
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 557700, Fax: +44 (0) 1235 557718
E-mail: sales@crowcon.com
Website: www.crowcon.com
CONTACT DETAILS
Kishore Degwekar, Managing Director, Detection Instruments Pvt. Ltd., +91 (022) 2761 7663 / 64 / 65 / 66, general@detection-india.com / sales@detection-india.com
Damian Corbet, Halma PR Services, +44 (0)20 8511 1821, dcorbet@halmapr.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY
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Source: Crowcon
Monday, November 30, 2009 10:00 AM IST (04:30 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Energy companies; Technology
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Crowcon Launches Gas-Tec Hydrocarbon Gas Detector for Leak Survey and Localisation
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Monday, November 30, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Crowcon's new Gas-Tec portable hydrocarbon gas detector is designed for rapid leak survey and localisation in applications such as gas distribution networks and landfill sites. Using Crowcon's tried and tested flame ionisation chamber, the Gas-Tec also features next generation technology such as GPS, data and event logging. The new device allows survey teams to track progress and quickly pinpoint and record areas of significant interest.
Photo 1: http://www.halmapr.com/crowcon/gas-tec_gas.jpg (854 KB)
(Photo caption 1: Crowcon's Gas-Tec portable hydrocarbon gas detector showing a gas distribution system in the background)
Photo 2: http://www.halmapr.com/crowcon/gas-tec_landfill.jpg (847 KB)
(Photo caption 2: Crowcon's Gas-Tec portable hydrocarbon gas detector showing a landfill site in the background)
Increasingly, gas distribution and infrastructure companies are focussing on reducing the number and volume of leaks along their pipelines. Leaks have cost, environmental and safety implications, so pinpointing and repairing them quickly is essential. Methane emitted from landfill sites also poses a severe explosion risk - it is generated during the working life of a landfill site and for as long as 40 years after a site has been covered over, so constant monitoring is essential.
Storing survey reports and service and calibration records are now a more frequent requirement, influenced by health and safety regulations. Also, with many operating companies being forced to reduce personnel, there is an increased demand for products that require minimal training and set-up times to use.
Crowcon developed the Gas-Tec specifically to address these issues, including features to help companies minimise leaks quickly and efficiently, with minimal manpower. GPS position logging, for example, enhances record keeping by assigning latitude, longitude and distance above sea level to data readings. Users can also view their current location, offering the precise location to back-up crews for immediate leak management. Another useful feature is data and event logging, allowing users to download full survey information for survey traceability using 'drag and drop' via a USB interface.
Weighing just 2.4kg (without the gas bottle), the Gas-Tec is worn across the body and is ergonomically designed to sit comfortably whilst in use. Simple and intuitive to operate, its liquid crystal display and soft keys offer full sequence instructions, in-operation options, service and calibration set-up and alerts. Menu prompts guide users through start-up and shut-down procedures, reducing training requirements. The device can also be customised, with users able to set preferences for features such as preferred units, display settings, date format and language.
Enhanced electronic controls increase battery and cylinder life, while pressure and flow transducers manage hydrogen and sample flow rates. A service and calibration timer also reminds operators when maintenance is required, ensuring the unit is always operable and in optimum working condition. The Gas-Tec also includes an optional 'service lock' facility, ensuring it cannot be used in the field whilst out of calibration.
Based around Crowcon's original tried and tested Gas-Tec 'engine' detection method, this next generation model is already proven, fit for purpose and suited to the rigours of everyday use. With a response time of less than two seconds, the Gas-Tec is calibrated to methane, with conversion factors for other common hydrocarbons available. It has a detection range of 0 - 10,000 ppm and is accurate to within +/-10%. Battery life is over 22 hours, allowing continual use for a full shift. Battery recharge time is only 2 ½ hours.
Supplied in a wheeled ABS impact resistant case with a fitted foam insert, it is ingress protected to IP54 and can be used outdoors in all weather conditions. Accessories include a trigger survey kit and an in-vehicle survey tool allowing detection at speeds of up to 30km/hour. Probe assemblies are also available for all types of applications, including borehole, straight probe, cup attachment and detection trolley. Other useful accessories are available, such as vehicle chargers, earphones, spare hydrogen cylinders and a hydrogen filling panel.
About Crowcon
Crowcon, a subsidiary of Halma p.l.c., is a world leader in portable and fixed gas detection instruments. Formed in 1970, the company is based in Oxfordshire in the UK and has branch offices in the Netherlands, the USA, Singapore and China. It specialises in developing, manufacturing and marketing innovative, reliable and cost-effective flammable and toxic gas detection equipment and has constantly led the field with products designed for safety and environmental monitoring.
Crowcon's products are sold throughout the world, serving oil, gas and petrochemical companies, public utilities, clean water and sewage treatment companies, fire brigades, construction companies and other organisations where accidental leakage of gas or vapour can become a toxic or explosive danger. The company is represented in India by Detection Instruments Pvt. Ltd. in Mumbai (www.detection-india.com).
About Halma
Halma is an international market leader in safety, health and sensor technology. It is a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange and has over 4000 employees in over 40 subsidiaries worldwide with a total turnover of over US$742m (2009). Halma's subsidiaries make products that protect lives and improve the quality of life for people through innovation in market leading products which make its customers safer, more competitive and more profitable. These subsidiaries are assisting India's economy in areas such as energy, manufacturing, healthcare, water and waste treatment, construction and transport.
For further news about Halma in India and to subscribe to the Halma India RSS News Feed please visit our blog at: http://halmapr.com/news/india/.
Crowcon head office contact details:
Crowcon Detection Instruments Ltd
2 Blacklands Way, Abingdon Business Park
Abingdon OX14 1DY
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 557700, Fax: +44 (0) 1235 557718
E-mail: sales@crowcon.com
Website: www.crowcon.com
CONTACT DETAILS
Kishore Degwekar, Managing Director, Detection Instruments Pvt. Ltd., +91 (022) 2761 7663 / 64 / 65 / 66, general@detection-india.com / sales@detection-india.com
Damian Corbet, Halma PR Services, +44 (0)20 8511 1821, dcorbet@halmapr.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY
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Sunday, November 29, 2009
BWI: CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) Felicitates the Stalwarts of International Cricket
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Ceat Ltd
Sunday, November 29, 2009 09:20 PM IST (03:50 PM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Entertainment, People, Sports; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Automotives, Business services, Heavy industries, Sports; Automotive
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CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) Felicitates the Stalwarts of International Cricket
E Prasanna Conferred with CEAT International Lifetime Achievement Award
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Sunday, November 29, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- -- CEAT International Team of the Year award - Australia
-- CEAT International Cricketer of the Year - Gautam Gambhir (India)
-- CEAT International Test Batsman of the year - Gautam Gambhir (India)
-- CEAT International ODI Batsman of the Year - Virender Sehwag (India)
-- CEAT International Test Bowler of the year - Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
-- CEAT International ODI Bowler of the year - Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka)
-- CEAT International Spirit of Cricket Award - Thilan Samaraweera (Sri Lanka)
-- CEAT International 300 Wickets Felicitation Award - Harbhajan Singh (India)
Tyre major CEAT Limited celebrated the success and glory of International cricket with 'CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) International awards 2009' at a glittering ceremony here today. The awards honored the best of the International cricketers based on their performances as rated by the CEAT Cricket ratings (CCR) for the year 2008 - 2009.
CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) is the first cricket rating to officially recognize and reward cricketers for their performances in the international cricket arena. This year CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) awards touched a new high with awards in 9 different categories.
Mr. Harsh Goenka, Chairman, RPG Group said, 'The CCR International Award function is a reiteration of the close association CEAT has with cricket and our endeavor to recognize the individual brilliances on the international cricket scene." He added "In India, where cricket is not just a sport, CCR awards plays a pivotal role in paying tribute to not just the cricketing brilliance but also the millions of cricketing fans as well".
Australia, India and Sri Lanka dazzled at the event by sweeping away all the CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) awards between them. The awards honor the best of the International cricketers based on their performances in international cricketing both test and ODI as rated by the CEAT Cricket ratings (CCR) for the year 2008 - 2009.
While Australia won the award of CEAT International Cricket Team - cash prize of Rs 10 Lakh. India's Gautam Gambhir was the winner of the CEAT International Cricketer and CEAT International Test Batsman awards. India's Virendra Sehwag was the CEAT International ODI Batsman of the Year. Australia's and Sri Lanka's Ajantha Mendis - was conferred with the CEAT International Test Bowler and CEAT International ODI Bowler of the year award respectively.
This year CEAT Introduced the CEAT International Spirit of Cricket Award to celebrate the sportsman spirit shown by the cricketers. The CEAT International Spirit of Cricket Award was conferred on Sri Lanka's Thilan Samaraweera, India's Harbhajan Singh was given a special award the CEAT International 300 Wickets Felicitation Award.
It was also a day to honour the stalwarts of the yesteryears who have carved a name for themselves as legends of Cricket. Cricketing legend E. Prasanna was awarded the 'CCR International Lifetime Achievement Award' The Lifetime Achievement award recipients have been selected on the basis of the Retro-CEAT cricket ratings, and have taken into consideration the performances of the cricketers since 1947. Mr Prasanna received a cash prize of Rs 5 Lakh from CEAT
CEAT has CCR Rating and Awards for both for domestic and international cricketers. CEAT Cricket Ratings has been a pioneer in identifying and honoring the potential cricketing talent of the country. CEAT has also initiated the Under-19 and T-20 cricketing awards taking another step to emphasize its commitment to cricket.
Speaking on the occasion cricket legend Mr.Sunil Gavaskar said, "CEAT International Cricket Rating Awards is one of the most important events on Cricketing calendar as it recognizes the achievements of the players from grassroots to the international arena". He also added, "CEAT Cricket Rating is a unique rating in that recognized and rewarded Indian and International cricketers for their outstanding performances at the end of the year. CEAT Cricket Rating thrives to focus on identifying the right talent..The ratings are pretty much accurate as you can see some of the modern greats like Brian Lara, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ricky Ponting etc winning the CEAT International Cricketer of the Year in the past."
ABOUT CEAT
CEAT Limited, the flagship company of RPG Enterprises, with an annual turnover of Rs. 2,600 crore, was established in 1958. Today, CEAT is one of India's leading tyre manufacturers and has a strong presence in both domestic & international markets. The company manufactures over 10 million tyres every year and enjoys a major market share in the light truck & truck tyre market. CEAT tyres, tubes and flaps are renowned for their superior quality and durability. CEAT offers the widest range of tyres to all user segments and manufacture world-class radials for all Indian vehicles including: Heavy-duty Trucks and Buses, Light Commercial Vehicles, Earthmovers, Forklifts, Tractors, Trailers, Cars, Motorcycles and Scooters, Auto-rickshaws.
CEAT has three manufacturing plants - Mumbai (Bhandup), Nasik & Sri Lanka. The company currently exports tyres to nearly 110 countries across USA, Europe, Africa & other parts of Asia. CEAT has a robust network consisting of over 3,500 dealers, 33 regional offices and more that 100 C & F agents. CEAT also has a branded franchisee network 'CEAT Shoppe'. These Shoppes are retail tyre outlets, providing comprehensive expertise in tyres and tyre services -- all under one roof. The company has a dedicated Customer Service department, comprising Customer Service Managers in all the four divisional offices, assisted by 50 Service Engineers. The board of the company is headed by Mr. R P Goenka, Chairman Emeritus and Mr. Harsh Goenka, Chairman, RPG Enterprises. Mr. Paras K Chowdhary is the Managing Director of CEAT Ltd and Mr. Arnab Banerjee heads the Sales & Marketing division.
About CEAT CRICKET RATING (CCR)
The CEAT Cricket Rating was the first rating system in international cricket to recognize and reward outstanding performers in cricket on an annual basis. Conceived in 1995 by CEAT, the CEAT CRICKET RATINGS attempted to answer every cricket-lover's persistent and perennial query - "Who is the best of the best?"
The CEAT Cricket Rating stands out by virtue of its simplicity. It comprises an objective points system that awards points to cricketers for their batting, bowling and fielding performances. There is a separate CEAT Team Rating (initiated in 1996-97) that assigns points to teams on the basis of their performances in Tests and one-day internationals.
The CEAT Cricket Year commences on 1st May and ends on 30th April of the following calendar year. The cricketer and team that accumulate the highest number of points in their respective categories at the end of this twelve-month period are declared the CEAT Cricket Rating International Cricketer and Team of the Year respectively.
The past winners of the CEAT Cricket Rating have been:
CEAT Cricket Rating Grid
The adjudicators: The CEAT CRICKET RATINGS are overseen by cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar, who is the adjudicator for the ratings.
For picture(s)/data to illustrate this release click below:
http://www.BusinessWireIndia.com/attachments/Ceat Cricket Rating_Grid.doc
Ceat Cricket Rating_Grid.doc
CONTACT DETAILS
Kavita K Bhaskaran, Sampark Public Relations, +9199873 55009, kavita.bhaskaran@sampark.com
Archana Pradhan, Sampark Public Relations, +9198203 30505, archana.pradhan@sampark.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, ENTERTAINMENT, PEOPLE, SPORTS, MARKETING, AUTOMOTIVE, BUSINESS SERVICES, HEAVY INDUSTRIES, AUTOMOTIVE, CEAT.NS, 500878.BO
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Source: Ceat Ltd
Sunday, November 29, 2009 09:20 PM IST (03:50 PM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Entertainment, People, Sports; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Automotives, Business services, Heavy industries, Sports; Automotive
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CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) Felicitates the Stalwarts of International Cricket
E Prasanna Conferred with CEAT International Lifetime Achievement Award
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Sunday, November 29, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- -- CEAT International Team of the Year award - Australia
-- CEAT International Cricketer of the Year - Gautam Gambhir (India)
-- CEAT International Test Batsman of the year - Gautam Gambhir (India)
-- CEAT International ODI Batsman of the Year - Virender Sehwag (India)
-- CEAT International Test Bowler of the year - Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
-- CEAT International ODI Bowler of the year - Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka)
-- CEAT International Spirit of Cricket Award - Thilan Samaraweera (Sri Lanka)
-- CEAT International 300 Wickets Felicitation Award - Harbhajan Singh (India)
Tyre major CEAT Limited celebrated the success and glory of International cricket with 'CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) International awards 2009' at a glittering ceremony here today. The awards honored the best of the International cricketers based on their performances as rated by the CEAT Cricket ratings (CCR) for the year 2008 - 2009.
CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) is the first cricket rating to officially recognize and reward cricketers for their performances in the international cricket arena. This year CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) awards touched a new high with awards in 9 different categories.
Mr. Harsh Goenka, Chairman, RPG Group said, 'The CCR International Award function is a reiteration of the close association CEAT has with cricket and our endeavor to recognize the individual brilliances on the international cricket scene." He added "In India, where cricket is not just a sport, CCR awards plays a pivotal role in paying tribute to not just the cricketing brilliance but also the millions of cricketing fans as well".
Australia, India and Sri Lanka dazzled at the event by sweeping away all the CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) awards between them. The awards honor the best of the International cricketers based on their performances in international cricketing both test and ODI as rated by the CEAT Cricket ratings (CCR) for the year 2008 - 2009.
While Australia won the award of CEAT International Cricket Team - cash prize of Rs 10 Lakh. India's Gautam Gambhir was the winner of the CEAT International Cricketer and CEAT International Test Batsman awards. India's Virendra Sehwag was the CEAT International ODI Batsman of the Year. Australia's
This year CEAT Introduced the CEAT International Spirit of Cricket Award to celebrate the sportsman spirit shown by the cricketers. The CEAT International Spirit of Cricket Award was conferred on Sri Lanka's Thilan Samaraweera, India's Harbhajan Singh was given a special award the CEAT International 300 Wickets Felicitation Award.
It was also a day to honour the stalwarts of the yesteryears who have carved a name for themselves as legends of Cricket. Cricketing legend E. Prasanna was awarded the 'CCR International Lifetime Achievement Award' The Lifetime Achievement award recipients have been selected on the basis of the Retro-CEAT cricket ratings, and have taken into consideration the performances of the cricketers since 1947. Mr Prasanna received a cash prize of Rs 5 Lakh from CEAT
CEAT has CCR Rating and Awards for both for domestic and international cricketers. CEAT Cricket Ratings has been a pioneer in identifying and honoring the potential cricketing talent of the country. CEAT has also initiated the Under-19 and T-20 cricketing awards taking another step to emphasize its commitment to cricket.
Speaking on the occasion cricket legend Mr.Sunil Gavaskar said, "CEAT International Cricket Rating Awards is one of the most important events on Cricketing calendar as it recognizes the achievements of the players from grassroots to the international arena". He also added, "CEAT Cricket Rating is a unique rating in that recognized and rewarded Indian and International cricketers for their outstanding performances at the end of the year. CEAT Cricket Rating thrives to focus on identifying the right talent..The ratings are pretty much accurate as you can see some of the modern greats like Brian Lara, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ricky Ponting etc winning the CEAT International Cricketer of the Year in the past."
ABOUT CEAT
CEAT Limited, the flagship company of RPG Enterprises, with an annual turnover of Rs. 2,600 crore, was established in 1958. Today, CEAT is one of India's leading tyre manufacturers and has a strong presence in both domestic & international markets. The company manufactures over 10 million tyres every year and enjoys a major market share in the light truck & truck tyre market. CEAT tyres, tubes and flaps are renowned for their superior quality and durability. CEAT offers the widest range of tyres to all user segments and manufacture world-class radials for all Indian vehicles including: Heavy-duty Trucks and Buses, Light Commercial Vehicles, Earthmovers, Forklifts, Tractors, Trailers, Cars, Motorcycles and Scooters, Auto-rickshaws.
CEAT has three manufacturing plants - Mumbai (Bhandup), Nasik & Sri Lanka. The company currently exports tyres to nearly 110 countries across USA, Europe, Africa & other parts of Asia. CEAT has a robust network consisting of over 3,500 dealers, 33 regional offices and more that 100 C & F agents. CEAT also has a branded franchisee network 'CEAT Shoppe'. These Shoppes are retail tyre outlets, providing comprehensive expertise in tyres and tyre services -- all under one roof. The company has a dedicated Customer Service department, comprising Customer Service Managers in all the four divisional offices, assisted by 50 Service Engineers. The board of the company is headed by Mr. R P Goenka, Chairman Emeritus and Mr. Harsh Goenka, Chairman, RPG Enterprises. Mr. Paras K Chowdhary is the Managing Director of CEAT Ltd and Mr. Arnab Banerjee heads the Sales & Marketing division.
About CEAT CRICKET RATING (CCR)
The CEAT Cricket Rating was the first rating system in international cricket to recognize and reward outstanding performers in cricket on an annual basis. Conceived in 1995 by CEAT, the CEAT CRICKET RATINGS attempted to answer every cricket-lover's persistent and perennial query - "Who is the best of the best?"
The CEAT Cricket Rating stands out by virtue of its simplicity. It comprises an objective points system that awards points to cricketers for their batting, bowling and fielding performances. There is a separate CEAT Team Rating (initiated in 1996-97) that assigns points to teams on the basis of their performances in Tests and one-day internationals.
The CEAT Cricket Year commences on 1st May and ends on 30th April of the following calendar year. The cricketer and team that accumulate the highest number of points in their respective categories at the end of this twelve-month period are declared the CEAT Cricket Rating International Cricketer and Team of the Year respectively.
The past winners of the CEAT Cricket Rating have been:
CEAT Cricket Rating Grid
The adjudicators: The CEAT CRICKET RATINGS are overseen by cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar, who is the adjudicator for the ratings.
For picture(s)/data to illustrate this release click below:
http://www.BusinessWireIndia.com/attachments/Ceat Cricket Rating_Grid.doc
Ceat Cricket Rating_Grid.doc
CONTACT DETAILS
Kavita K Bhaskaran, Sampark Public Relations, +9199873 55009, kavita.bhaskaran@sampark.com
Archana Pradhan, Sampark Public Relations, +9198203 30505, archana.pradhan@sampark.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, ENTERTAINMENT, PEOPLE, SPORTS, MARKETING, AUTOMOTIVE, BUSINESS SERVICES, HEAVY INDUSTRIES, AUTOMOTIVE, CEAT.NS, 500878.BO
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BWI: CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) Felicitates the Stalwarts of International Cricket
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Ceat Ltd
Sunday, November 29, 2009 09:20 PM IST (03:50 PM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Entertainment, People, Sports; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Automotives, Business services, Heavy industries, Sports; Automotive
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CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) Felicitates the Stalwarts of International Cricket
E Prasanna Conferred with CEAT International Lifetime Achievement Award
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Sunday, November 29, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- -- CEAT International Team of the Year award - Australia
-- CEAT International Cricketer of the Year - Gautam Gambhir (India)
-- CEAT International Test Batsman of the year - Gautam Gambhir (India)
-- CEAT International ODI Batsman of the Year - Virender Sehwag (India)
-- CEAT International Test Bowler of the year - Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
-- CEAT International ODI Bowler of the year - Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka)
-- CEAT International Spirit of Cricket Award - Thilan Samaraweera (Sri Lanka)
-- CEAT International 300 Wickets Felicitation Award - Harbhajan Singh (India)
Tyre major CEAT Limited celebrated the success and glory of International cricket with 'CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) International awards 2009' at a glittering ceremony here today. The awards honored the best of the International cricketers based on their performances as rated by the CEAT Cricket ratings (CCR) for the year 2008 - 2009.
CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) is the first cricket rating to officially recognize and reward cricketers for their performances in the international cricket arena. This year CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) awards touched a new high with awards in 9 different categories.
Mr. Harsh Goenka, Chairman, RPG Group said, 'The CCR International Award function is a reiteration of the close association CEAT has with cricket and our endeavor to recognize the individual brilliances on the international cricket scene." He added "In India, where cricket is not just a sport, CCR awards plays a pivotal role in paying tribute to not just the cricketing brilliance but also the millions of cricketing fans as well".
Australia, India and Sri Lanka dazzled at the event by sweeping away all the CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) awards between them. The awards honor the best of the International cricketers based on their performances in international cricketing both test and ODI as rated by the CEAT Cricket ratings (CCR) for the year 2008 - 2009.
While Australia won the award of CEAT International Cricket Team - cash prize of Rs 10 Lakh. India's Gautam Gambhir was the winner of the CEAT International Cricketer and CEAT International Test Batsman awards. India's Virendra Sehwag was the CEAT International ODI Batsman of the Year. Australia's and Sri Lanka's Ajantha Mendis - was conferred with the CEAT International Test Bowler and CEAT International ODI Bowler of the year award respectively.
This year CEAT Introduced the CEAT International Spirit of Cricket Award to celebrate the sportsman spirit shown by the cricketers. The CEAT International Spirit of Cricket Award was conferred on Sri Lanka's Thilan Samaraweera, India's Harbhajan Singh was given a special award the CEAT International 300 Wickets Felicitation Award.
It was also a day to honour the stalwarts of the yesteryears who have carved a name for themselves as legends of Cricket. Cricketing legend E. Prasanna was awarded the 'CCR International Lifetime Achievement Award' The Lifetime Achievement award recipients have been selected on the basis of the Retro-CEAT cricket ratings, and have taken into consideration the performances of the cricketers since 1947. Mr Prasanna received a cash prize of Rs 5 Lakh from CEAT
CEAT has CCR Rating and Awards for both for domestic and international cricketers. CEAT Cricket Ratings has been a pioneer in identifying and honoring the potential cricketing talent of the country. CEAT has also initiated the Under-19 and T-20 cricketing awards taking another step to emphasize its commitment to cricket.
Speaking on the occasion cricket legend Mr.Sunil Gavaskar said, "CEAT International Cricket Rating Awards is one of the most important events on Cricketing calendar as it recognizes the achievements of the players from grassroots to the international arena". He also added, "CEAT Cricket Rating is a unique rating in that recognized and rewarded Indian and International cricketers for their outstanding performances at the end of the year. CEAT Cricket Rating thrives to focus on identifying the right talent..The ratings are pretty much accurate as you can see some of the modern greats like Brian Lara, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ricky Ponting etc winning the CEAT International Cricketer of the Year in the past."
ABOUT CEAT
CEAT Limited, the flagship company of RPG Enterprises, with an annual turnover of Rs. 2,600 crore, was established in 1958. Today, CEAT is one of India's leading tyre manufacturers and has a strong presence in both domestic & international markets. The company manufactures over 10 million tyres every year and enjoys a major market share in the light truck & truck tyre market. CEAT tyres, tubes and flaps are renowned for their superior quality and durability. CEAT offers the widest range of tyres to all user segments and manufacture world-class radials for all Indian vehicles including: Heavy-duty Trucks and Buses, Light Commercial Vehicles, Earthmovers, Forklifts, Tractors, Trailers, Cars, Motorcycles and Scooters, Auto-rickshaws.
CEAT has three manufacturing plants - Mumbai (Bhandup), Nasik & Sri Lanka. The company currently exports tyres to nearly 110 countries across USA, Europe, Africa & other parts of Asia. CEAT has a robust network consisting of over 3,500 dealers, 33 regional offices and more that 100 C & F agents. CEAT also has a branded franchisee network 'CEAT Shoppe'. These Shoppes are retail tyre outlets, providing comprehensive expertise in tyres and tyre services -- all under one roof. The company has a dedicated Customer Service department, comprising Customer Service Managers in all the four divisional offices, assisted by 50 Service Engineers. The board of the company is headed by Mr. R P Goenka, Chairman Emeritus and Mr. Harsh Goenka, Chairman, RPG Enterprises. Mr. Paras K Chowdhary is the Managing Director of CEAT Ltd and Mr. Arnab Banerjee heads the Sales & Marketing division.
About CEAT CRICKET RATING (CCR)
The CEAT Cricket Rating was the first rating system in international cricket to recognize and reward outstanding performers in cricket on an annual basis. Conceived in 1995 by CEAT, the CEAT CRICKET RATINGS attempted to answer every cricket-lover's persistent and perennial query - "Who is the best of the best?"
The CEAT Cricket Rating stands out by virtue of its simplicity. It comprises an objective points system that awards points to cricketers for their batting, bowling and fielding performances. There is a separate CEAT Team Rating (initiated in 1996-97) that assigns points to teams on the basis of their performances in Tests and one-day internationals.
The CEAT Cricket Year commences on 1st May and ends on 30th April of the following calendar year. The cricketer and team that accumulate the highest number of points in their respective categories at the end of this twelve-month period are declared the CEAT Cricket Rating International Cricketer and Team of the Year respectively.
The past winners of the CEAT Cricket Rating have been:
CEAT Cricket Rating Grid
The adjudicators: The CEAT CRICKET RATINGS are overseen by cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar, who is the adjudicator for the ratings.
For picture(s)/data to illustrate this release click below:
http://www.BusinessWireIndia.com/attachments/Ceat Cricket Rating_Grid.doc
Ceat Cricket Rating_Grid.doc
CONTACT DETAILS
Kavita K Bhaskaran, Sampark Public Relations, +9199873 55009, kavita.bhaskaran@sampark.com
Archana Pradhan, Sampark Public Relations, +9198203 30505, archana.pradhan@sampark.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, ENTERTAINMENT, PEOPLE, SPORTS, MARKETING, AUTOMOTIVE, BUSINESS SERVICES, HEAVY INDUSTRIES, AUTOMOTIVE, CEAT.NS, 500878.BO
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Source: Ceat Ltd
Sunday, November 29, 2009 09:20 PM IST (03:50 PM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Entertainment, People, Sports; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Automotives, Business services, Heavy industries, Sports; Automotive
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CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) Felicitates the Stalwarts of International Cricket
E Prasanna Conferred with CEAT International Lifetime Achievement Award
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Sunday, November 29, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- -- CEAT International Team of the Year award - Australia
-- CEAT International Cricketer of the Year - Gautam Gambhir (India)
-- CEAT International Test Batsman of the year - Gautam Gambhir (India)
-- CEAT International ODI Batsman of the Year - Virender Sehwag (India)
-- CEAT International Test Bowler of the year - Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
-- CEAT International ODI Bowler of the year - Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka)
-- CEAT International Spirit of Cricket Award - Thilan Samaraweera (Sri Lanka)
-- CEAT International 300 Wickets Felicitation Award - Harbhajan Singh (India)
Tyre major CEAT Limited celebrated the success and glory of International cricket with 'CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) International awards 2009' at a glittering ceremony here today. The awards honored the best of the International cricketers based on their performances as rated by the CEAT Cricket ratings (CCR) for the year 2008 - 2009.
CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) is the first cricket rating to officially recognize and reward cricketers for their performances in the international cricket arena. This year CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) awards touched a new high with awards in 9 different categories.
Mr. Harsh Goenka, Chairman, RPG Group said, 'The CCR International Award function is a reiteration of the close association CEAT has with cricket and our endeavor to recognize the individual brilliances on the international cricket scene." He added "In India, where cricket is not just a sport, CCR awards plays a pivotal role in paying tribute to not just the cricketing brilliance but also the millions of cricketing fans as well".
Australia, India and Sri Lanka dazzled at the event by sweeping away all the CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) awards between them. The awards honor the best of the International cricketers based on their performances in international cricketing both test and ODI as rated by the CEAT Cricket ratings (CCR) for the year 2008 - 2009.
While Australia won the award of CEAT International Cricket Team - cash prize of Rs 10 Lakh. India's Gautam Gambhir was the winner of the CEAT International Cricketer and CEAT International Test Batsman awards. India's Virendra Sehwag was the CEAT International ODI Batsman of the Year. Australia's
This year CEAT Introduced the CEAT International Spirit of Cricket Award to celebrate the sportsman spirit shown by the cricketers. The CEAT International Spirit of Cricket Award was conferred on Sri Lanka's Thilan Samaraweera, India's Harbhajan Singh was given a special award the CEAT International 300 Wickets Felicitation Award.
It was also a day to honour the stalwarts of the yesteryears who have carved a name for themselves as legends of Cricket. Cricketing legend E. Prasanna was awarded the 'CCR International Lifetime Achievement Award' The Lifetime Achievement award recipients have been selected on the basis of the Retro-CEAT cricket ratings, and have taken into consideration the performances of the cricketers since 1947. Mr Prasanna received a cash prize of Rs 5 Lakh from CEAT
CEAT has CCR Rating and Awards for both for domestic and international cricketers. CEAT Cricket Ratings has been a pioneer in identifying and honoring the potential cricketing talent of the country. CEAT has also initiated the Under-19 and T-20 cricketing awards taking another step to emphasize its commitment to cricket.
Speaking on the occasion cricket legend Mr.Sunil Gavaskar said, "CEAT International Cricket Rating Awards is one of the most important events on Cricketing calendar as it recognizes the achievements of the players from grassroots to the international arena". He also added, "CEAT Cricket Rating is a unique rating in that recognized and rewarded Indian and International cricketers for their outstanding performances at the end of the year. CEAT Cricket Rating thrives to focus on identifying the right talent..The ratings are pretty much accurate as you can see some of the modern greats like Brian Lara, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ricky Ponting etc winning the CEAT International Cricketer of the Year in the past."
ABOUT CEAT
CEAT Limited, the flagship company of RPG Enterprises, with an annual turnover of Rs. 2,600 crore, was established in 1958. Today, CEAT is one of India's leading tyre manufacturers and has a strong presence in both domestic & international markets. The company manufactures over 10 million tyres every year and enjoys a major market share in the light truck & truck tyre market. CEAT tyres, tubes and flaps are renowned for their superior quality and durability. CEAT offers the widest range of tyres to all user segments and manufacture world-class radials for all Indian vehicles including: Heavy-duty Trucks and Buses, Light Commercial Vehicles, Earthmovers, Forklifts, Tractors, Trailers, Cars, Motorcycles and Scooters, Auto-rickshaws.
CEAT has three manufacturing plants - Mumbai (Bhandup), Nasik & Sri Lanka. The company currently exports tyres to nearly 110 countries across USA, Europe, Africa & other parts of Asia. CEAT has a robust network consisting of over 3,500 dealers, 33 regional offices and more that 100 C & F agents. CEAT also has a branded franchisee network 'CEAT Shoppe'. These Shoppes are retail tyre outlets, providing comprehensive expertise in tyres and tyre services -- all under one roof. The company has a dedicated Customer Service department, comprising Customer Service Managers in all the four divisional offices, assisted by 50 Service Engineers. The board of the company is headed by Mr. R P Goenka, Chairman Emeritus and Mr. Harsh Goenka, Chairman, RPG Enterprises. Mr. Paras K Chowdhary is the Managing Director of CEAT Ltd and Mr. Arnab Banerjee heads the Sales & Marketing division.
About CEAT CRICKET RATING (CCR)
The CEAT Cricket Rating was the first rating system in international cricket to recognize and reward outstanding performers in cricket on an annual basis. Conceived in 1995 by CEAT, the CEAT CRICKET RATINGS attempted to answer every cricket-lover's persistent and perennial query - "Who is the best of the best?"
The CEAT Cricket Rating stands out by virtue of its simplicity. It comprises an objective points system that awards points to cricketers for their batting, bowling and fielding performances. There is a separate CEAT Team Rating (initiated in 1996-97) that assigns points to teams on the basis of their performances in Tests and one-day internationals.
The CEAT Cricket Year commences on 1st May and ends on 30th April of the following calendar year. The cricketer and team that accumulate the highest number of points in their respective categories at the end of this twelve-month period are declared the CEAT Cricket Rating International Cricketer and Team of the Year respectively.
The past winners of the CEAT Cricket Rating have been:
CEAT Cricket Rating Grid
The adjudicators: The CEAT CRICKET RATINGS are overseen by cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar, who is the adjudicator for the ratings.
For picture(s)/data to illustrate this release click below:
http://www.BusinessWireIndia.com/attachments/Ceat Cricket Rating_Grid.doc
Ceat Cricket Rating_Grid.doc
CONTACT DETAILS
Kavita K Bhaskaran, Sampark Public Relations, +9199873 55009, kavita.bhaskaran@sampark.com
Archana Pradhan, Sampark Public Relations, +9198203 30505, archana.pradhan@sampark.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, ENTERTAINMENT, PEOPLE, SPORTS, MARKETING, AUTOMOTIVE, BUSINESS SERVICES, HEAVY INDUSTRIES, AUTOMOTIVE, CEAT.NS, 500878.BO
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Saturday, November 28, 2009
BWI: Industry Stalwarts Underline Critical need to Wire up SMEs
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: IndiaMART
Saturday, November 28, 2009 05:07 PM IST (11:37 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Banking & financial services, Business services, Information technology, Retailers; Technology
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Industry Stalwarts Underline Critical need to Wire up SMEs
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Saturday, November 28, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) --
-- Wiring up an SME is not a choice, but only way forward
-- A strong SME media is required to grow the domestic industry
-- SMEs need pay-per-use models to embrace technology faster
The Indian SME can only grow if he gets wired. And that is possible if his dependency on people is removed, according to Bharat Goenka, Chairman and Managing Director of Tally Solutions. Goenka was among a list of eminent speakers at "Envisioning the Wired SME" conference, organized by The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and IndiaMART.com, at the Sheraton, Saket, in New Delhi on Saturday.
Speaking to the packed audience, Goenka, who was speaking about his recipe for SMEs to grow the domestic business, stressed on the need to grow, for which everyone needs time. And that's where technology and online connectivity comes in handy. Reiterating that getting wired should be treated as the means, and not as the end for any SME, Goenka exhorted Indian SMEs to reduce unorganized processes and reduce errors.
The conference, a first of its kind that brought together thought leaders from the banking, technology, marketing, trade organizations, successful SMEs, credit rating agencies and government bodies, was hugely attended. The first session, which was titled, "Growing the Domestic Industry", was chaired by Mr. Pradeep Gupta, President TiE Delhi and Chairman and Managing Director of Cybermedia Group and also included Mr. Anil Bhardwaj, Secretary General, Federation of Small and Medium Enterprises (FISME), Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency and Mr. Dinesh Agarwal, Founder and CEO, IndiaMART.com.
Attributing the slow growth in the SME sector to a sequential gap, Mr. Dinesh Agarwal, Founder and CEO of IndiaMART.com said, "The decline and gradual extinction of printed yellow pages has really affected an SME's route to garner more business. Online yellow pages have not been able to take up their print predecessor's space. That's because SMEs were not even fundamentally wired - with a phone, a PC, an internet connection and some basic software." Asking the government and industry to make it simpler for SMEs to get help, Agarwal said, "It is too little help and too difficult to get it. Let the government be realistic about the amount of market development assistance it offers to an ecosystem of more than 5 million SMEs. And to match that, the IT industry should find a way to make a bundled offer of a PC, an internet connection and the basic software available to SMEs for as little as Rs 500 per month. That can help bring the growth of the SME sector to inflection point much faster."
Speaking as an observer of SMEs for the past 30 years, Mr. Anil Bhardwaj, Secretary General, Federation of Small and Medium Enterprises (FISME) said, "ICT is not a choice but the only way to progress and build better businesses. Whether SMEs are wired or not, is not the question or the choice. 24x7x365 connectivity is the only way out. Success at an amazing speed can be achieved once technology-driven processes can turn information into a commodity and dismantles barriers. With most SMEs in the manufacturing sector, ICT infrastructure is the need. "
The one-day event featured six sessions on diverse topics of relevance to SMEs - ranging from technology, marketing and scaling up.
The event was attended by an enthusiastic audience comprising bankers, representatives from industry associations, government bodies, CEOs of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), senior representatives from software giants, entrepreneurship development institutes and rating agencies.
The inaugural session was chaired by Mr. Pradeep Gupta, President of TiE and CMD of CyberMedia Group, who threw light upon the problems faced by the sector in understanding technology and adopting it in their work processes. He also emphasized the role of social networking and connectivity in growing businesses.
About IndiaMART.com
IndiaMART.com is India's largest online B2B marketplace connecting global buyers with suppliers through business directories, online product catalogs, buy-sell offers, industry specific marketplaces, printed media and trade shows participation.
Founded in 1996, the company has a presence in over 100 cities pan-India. With approximately 1000 employees, IndiaMART.com offers an extensive range of value-added products and services to over 500,000 members and over 5 million global buyers across industries and verticals.
IndiaMART.com has won numerous awards over the years including Red Herring 100 Asia & Emerging India and the company has been widely covered by media such as CNBC, BBC, BusinessMoney, CNN, Businessworld, Economic Times, Financial Express, etc. Its existing investors include Intel Capital and Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd (Times Group), India's largest print media group.
For more information, please visit: www.indiamart.com/press-section/
CONTACT DETAILS
Arun Tyagi- Marketing and PR, IndiaMART, +919711003832, + 91 (120) 3911000, pr@indiamart.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BANKING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, RETAIL, TECHNOLOGY
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Source: IndiaMART
Saturday, November 28, 2009 05:07 PM IST (11:37 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Banking & financial services, Business services, Information technology, Retailers; Technology
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Industry Stalwarts Underline Critical need to Wire up SMEs
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Saturday, November 28, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) --
-- Wiring up an SME is not a choice, but only way forward
-- A strong SME media is required to grow the domestic industry
-- SMEs need pay-per-use models to embrace technology faster
The Indian SME can only grow if he gets wired. And that is possible if his dependency on people is removed, according to Bharat Goenka, Chairman and Managing Director of Tally Solutions. Goenka was among a list of eminent speakers at "Envisioning the Wired SME" conference, organized by The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and IndiaMART.com, at the Sheraton, Saket, in New Delhi on Saturday.
Speaking to the packed audience, Goenka, who was speaking about his recipe for SMEs to grow the domestic business, stressed on the need to grow, for which everyone needs time. And that's where technology and online connectivity comes in handy. Reiterating that getting wired should be treated as the means, and not as the end for any SME, Goenka exhorted Indian SMEs to reduce unorganized processes and reduce errors.
The conference, a first of its kind that brought together thought leaders from the banking, technology, marketing, trade organizations, successful SMEs, credit rating agencies and government bodies, was hugely attended. The first session, which was titled, "Growing the Domestic Industry", was chaired by Mr. Pradeep Gupta, President TiE Delhi and Chairman and Managing Director of Cybermedia Group and also included Mr. Anil Bhardwaj, Secretary General, Federation of Small and Medium Enterprises (FISME), Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency and Mr. Dinesh Agarwal, Founder and CEO, IndiaMART.com.
Attributing the slow growth in the SME sector to a sequential gap, Mr. Dinesh Agarwal, Founder and CEO of IndiaMART.com said, "The decline and gradual extinction of printed yellow pages has really affected an SME's route to garner more business. Online yellow pages have not been able to take up their print predecessor's space. That's because SMEs were not even fundamentally wired - with a phone, a PC, an internet connection and some basic software." Asking the government and industry to make it simpler for SMEs to get help, Agarwal said, "It is too little help and too difficult to get it. Let the government be realistic about the amount of market development assistance it offers to an ecosystem of more than 5 million SMEs. And to match that, the IT industry should find a way to make a bundled offer of a PC, an internet connection and the basic software available to SMEs for as little as Rs 500 per month. That can help bring the growth of the SME sector to inflection point much faster."
Speaking as an observer of SMEs for the past 30 years, Mr. Anil Bhardwaj, Secretary General, Federation of Small and Medium Enterprises (FISME) said, "ICT is not a choice but the only way to progress and build better businesses. Whether SMEs are wired or not, is not the question or the choice. 24x7x365 connectivity is the only way out. Success at an amazing speed can be achieved once technology-driven processes can turn information into a commodity and dismantles barriers. With most SMEs in the manufacturing sector, ICT infrastructure is the need. "
The one-day event featured six sessions on diverse topics of relevance to SMEs - ranging from technology, marketing and scaling up.
The event was attended by an enthusiastic audience comprising bankers, representatives from industry associations, government bodies, CEOs of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), senior representatives from software giants, entrepreneurship development institutes and rating agencies.
The inaugural session was chaired by Mr. Pradeep Gupta, President of TiE and CMD of CyberMedia Group, who threw light upon the problems faced by the sector in understanding technology and adopting it in their work processes. He also emphasized the role of social networking and connectivity in growing businesses.
About IndiaMART.com
IndiaMART.com is India's largest online B2B marketplace connecting global buyers with suppliers through business directories, online product catalogs, buy-sell offers, industry specific marketplaces, printed media and trade shows participation.
Founded in 1996, the company has a presence in over 100 cities pan-India. With approximately 1000 employees, IndiaMART.com offers an extensive range of value-added products and services to over 500,000 members and over 5 million global buyers across industries and verticals.
IndiaMART.com has won numerous awards over the years including Red Herring 100 Asia & Emerging India and the company has been widely covered by media such as CNBC, BBC, BusinessMoney, CNN, Businessworld, Economic Times, Financial Express, etc. Its existing investors include Intel Capital and Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd (Times Group), India's largest print media group.
For more information, please visit: www.indiamart.com/press-section/
CONTACT DETAILS
Arun Tyagi- Marketing and PR, IndiaMART, +919711003832, + 91 (120) 3911000, pr@indiamart.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BANKING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, RETAIL, TECHNOLOGY
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Friday, November 27, 2009
BWI: Dairies in Saurashtra and Kutch Region March Ahead, Procuring One Million Litres of Milk Per Day
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Amul
Friday, November 27, 2009 01:30 PM IST (08:00 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Food & drink; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Commodities & materials, Retailers
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Dairies in Saurashtra and Kutch Region March Ahead, Procuring One Million Litres of Milk Per Day
Anand, Gujarat, India, Friday, November 27, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- The Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (Amul), the apex body of 13 Milk Unions of Gujarat having a membership of around 2.8 million farmer members have reached another milestone in the history of dairy industry of our country by creating over 1600 Village Dairy Cooperatives in Saurashtra and Kutch regions within a short span of two years. These dairy cooperatives are now collecting an unprecedented quantity of over one million litres of milk everyday. As a result of this initiative of GCMMF, milk producers in Saurshtra and Kutch particularly in these 1600 villages now receive milk prices in the range of Rs. 310 per kg fat to as high as Rs. 360 per kg fat. These remunerative prices are the highest they ever received in the past and are equal to other developed milksheds of Gujarat.
New District Unions have come up in Rajkot, Surendranagar, Bhavnagar, Amreli, and Junagadh. Recently, the milk producers of Kutch have started their own milk union to overcome the economic exploitation by the private companies and milk procurement agents in the semi-arid region and largest district of Gujarat. Daily milk procurement of the new unions at Surendragar and Rajkot is approximately 3,25,000 litres each. Bhavnagar union receives 1,35,000 litres per day. Unions at Amreli and Junagdh receive around 55,000 litres each on a daily basis. Even Kutch Union that started only three weeks ago on Dev Diwali has crossed 12,000 litres and hopes to collect 1,00,000 litres per day very soon.
All along an impression was given that Saurashtra and Kutch regions lack in dairy development. But Govt. of Gujarat registered District Coop Unions in Junagadh, Bhavnagar, Kutch, Amreli, etc only recently. With this, the farmers of Saurashtra region have proved they too are fully competent to run their cooperatives and collect a million litres of milk every day.
With the heritage of Gir cows and Jafrabadi and Banni buffalos, it is possible that in the very near future milk collection will surpass 30 lakh litres from Kutch and Saurashtra District Cooperatives organised on the world renowned Amul pattern.
CONTACT DETAILS
R. S Sodhi, Chief General Manager, G.C.M.M.F. Ltd, +91 (2692) 221211/ +91 9824011058, sodhi@amul.coop
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, FOOD, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, COMMODITIES, RETAIL
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Source: Amul
Friday, November 27, 2009 01:30 PM IST (08:00 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Food & drink; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Commodities & materials, Retailers
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Dairies in Saurashtra and Kutch Region March Ahead, Procuring One Million Litres of Milk Per Day
Anand, Gujarat, India, Friday, November 27, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- The Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (Amul), the apex body of 13 Milk Unions of Gujarat having a membership of around 2.8 million farmer members have reached another milestone in the history of dairy industry of our country by creating over 1600 Village Dairy Cooperatives in Saurashtra and Kutch regions within a short span of two years. These dairy cooperatives are now collecting an unprecedented quantity of over one million litres of milk everyday. As a result of this initiative of GCMMF, milk producers in Saurshtra and Kutch particularly in these 1600 villages now receive milk prices in the range of Rs. 310 per kg fat to as high as Rs. 360 per kg fat. These remunerative prices are the highest they ever received in the past and are equal to other developed milksheds of Gujarat.
New District Unions have come up in Rajkot, Surendranagar, Bhavnagar, Amreli, and Junagadh. Recently, the milk producers of Kutch have started their own milk union to overcome the economic exploitation by the private companies and milk procurement agents in the semi-arid region and largest district of Gujarat. Daily milk procurement of the new unions at Surendragar and Rajkot is approximately 3,25,000 litres each. Bhavnagar union receives 1,35,000 litres per day. Unions at Amreli and Junagdh receive around 55,000 litres each on a daily basis. Even Kutch Union that started only three weeks ago on Dev Diwali has crossed 12,000 litres and hopes to collect 1,00,000 litres per day very soon.
All along an impression was given that Saurashtra and Kutch regions lack in dairy development. But Govt. of Gujarat registered District Coop Unions in Junagadh, Bhavnagar, Kutch, Amreli, etc only recently. With this, the farmers of Saurashtra region have proved they too are fully competent to run their cooperatives and collect a million litres of milk every day.
With the heritage of Gir cows and Jafrabadi and Banni buffalos, it is possible that in the very near future milk collection will surpass 30 lakh litres from Kutch and Saurashtra District Cooperatives organised on the world renowned Amul pattern.
CONTACT DETAILS
R. S Sodhi, Chief General Manager, G.C.M.M.F. Ltd, +91 (2692) 221211/ +91 9824011058, sodhi@amul.coop
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, FOOD, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, COMMODITIES, RETAIL
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BWI: TERI and IGNOU to Organize the Third International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL)
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Friday, November 27, 2009 12:15 PM IST (06:45 AM GMT)
Editors: General: People; Business: Business services, Education & training, Energy companies, Information technology, Media & entertainment; Technology
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TERI and IGNOU to Organize the Third International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL)
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Friday, November 27, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Digital Libraries are increasingly playing a vital role in business, research and education and facilitating 'anytime, anywhere access' to knowledge resources. They are emerging as a crucial component of global information infrastructure and resources that bring the physical library and information resources to users in digital form.
TERI in partnership with IGNOU is organizing the Third International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL) from 23 to 26 February 2010, the theme of which is "Shaping the Information Paradigm". Apart from theme related special sessions and tutorials there will be a special focus on web-based methodologies in teaching and learning, multimedia content, Digital Libraries (DL) standards, Knowledge Management, Copyright and Digital Rights Management (DRM) etc.
The conference will be inaugurated by Hon'ble HRD Minister Shri Kapil Sibal at India Habitat Center, New Delhi. The Embassies of Austria and the Netherlands and renowned organizations such as Goethe Institute, Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Indian National Science Academy (INSA), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), are lending support to the conference which would see around 46 luminaries from the field of digital library sciences participating to share their views on the conference theme related issues.
For more details please visit www.teriin.org/events/icdl.
CONTACT DETAILS
Mr Debal Chandra Kar, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), dckar@teri.res.in
Rajiv Chhibber, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), +91 9810426698, rajivc@teri.res.in
Tushita Mukherjee, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), +91 9871204990, tushitam@teri.res.in
KEYWORDS
PEOPLE, BUSINESS SERVICES, EDUCATION, ENERGY, IT, MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY
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Source: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Friday, November 27, 2009 12:15 PM IST (06:45 AM GMT)
Editors: General: People; Business: Business services, Education & training, Energy companies, Information technology, Media & entertainment; Technology
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TERI and IGNOU to Organize the Third International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL)
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Friday, November 27, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Digital Libraries are increasingly playing a vital role in business, research and education and facilitating 'anytime, anywhere access' to knowledge resources. They are emerging as a crucial component of global information infrastructure and resources that bring the physical library and information resources to users in digital form.
TERI in partnership with IGNOU is organizing the Third International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL) from 23 to 26 February 2010, the theme of which is "Shaping the Information Paradigm". Apart from theme related special sessions and tutorials there will be a special focus on web-based methodologies in teaching and learning, multimedia content, Digital Libraries (DL) standards, Knowledge Management, Copyright and Digital Rights Management (DRM) etc.
The conference will be inaugurated by Hon'ble HRD Minister Shri Kapil Sibal at India Habitat Center, New Delhi. The Embassies of Austria and the Netherlands and renowned organizations such as Goethe Institute, Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Indian National Science Academy (INSA), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), are lending support to the conference which would see around 46 luminaries from the field of digital library sciences participating to share their views on the conference theme related issues.
For more details please visit www.teriin.org/events/icdl.
CONTACT DETAILS
Mr Debal Chandra Kar, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), dckar@teri.res.in
Rajiv Chhibber, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), +91 9810426698, rajivc@teri.res.in
Tushita Mukherjee, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), +91 9871204990, tushitam@teri.res.in
KEYWORDS
PEOPLE, BUSINESS SERVICES, EDUCATION, ENERGY, IT, MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY
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Thursday, November 26, 2009
BWI: ‘Jai Mumbai 2009 ‘- 1st Annual Social Commitment Conclave pays tribute to 26/11 Martyrs
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Wockhardt Foundation
Thursday, November 26, 2009 06:41 PM IST (01:11 PM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, People, Politics, Social issues; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Defence & security
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'Jai Mumbai 2009 '- 1st Annual Social Commitment Conclave pays tribute to 26/11 Martyrs
A Wockhardt Foundation Initiative
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Thursday, November 26, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Wockhardt Foundation in association with Rotary Club of Mumbai Bay View organised the 1st Annual Social Commitment Conclave 'Jai Mumbai 2009, an event to pay tribute to the martyrs of 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks.
Present at the occasion to express solidarity against terrorism and pay tribute to the martyrs were Dr. Shubha Raul, Mayor of Mumbai, Dr. (Mrs) Indu Shahani, Hon'ble Sheriff of Mumbai, Shri Julio F Ribeiro, Former Commissioner of Mumbai, Shri Sanjay Nirupam, Hon'ble Member of Parliament, North Mumbai, Mr. N.P.S. Aulakhe, Director General, National Security Guard (NSG), Mr. Ness Wadia, Jt. MD, Wadia Group and Mr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala, CEO, Wockhardt Foundation among others.
Dr.(Mrs.) Shubha Umesh Raul , Hon'ble Mayor Of Mumbai in her address to the conclave condemned terrorism. Mr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala, CEO, Wockhardt Foundation paid homage to the martyrs present at the event and gave away mementos to the family of the police and security officials who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty during the attacks .
The event witnessed people from all the walks of life - politicians, bureaucrats, businessmen, artists, social activists and common people come together to condemn terrorism and discuss the role of citizens in bringing peace and harmony in the society, and managing threats of terrorism.
Other eminent figures who were part of this memorable event were Mr. Paul Folmsbee, Consulate General, US Consulate, Dr. P. Sekhar, CMD, Micro Technologies (India) Ltd., Mr. Suhel Seth, Managing Partner, Counselage India and Founder of Equus, Major General (Retd.) A K Gupta, SM, VSM, Mr. Javed Jafferi, Actor, Mr. Jackie Shroff, Actor and Ms. Anita Shantaram, President, Rotary Club Mumbai Bay View.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala, Wockhardt Foundation, said," Jai Mumbai is a small Tribute to the Martyrs who laid down their life against terrorism. Our heartfelt condolences to the families of all the brave officers and soldiers who lost their life fighting in a tragic and rather mournful incident this same day a year ago. The sacrifices of the 14 policemen from the Mumbai Police and 3 from the NSG will always be remembered for a long-long time to come."
He further added "The stories of our courageous officers of NSG, Home Guard, Police, and various other leaders across all spectrum of society should be told and re-told to our children in order to inculcate national pride and patriotic fervour among our youth. Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live. Today let us take an oath to help fight terrorism and work for the peace and prosperity of the nation."
The key agenda of the conclave "Is Mumbai Safe?" was debated in a panel discussion. Key figures who formed the panel were Mr. Suhel Seth, Managing Partner, Counselage India & Founder of Equus, Mr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala, CEO, Wockhardt Foundation, Shri Sanjay Nirupam, Hon'ble Member of Parliament, North Mumbai, Mr. Ness Wadia, Jt. MD, Wadia Group, Mr. Angelo Rajesh, CMD, St. Angelo's, Mr. Minhaz Merchant, Chairman and MD, Business Barons., Javed Jafferi, Actor, Ms. Nafisa Khorakiwala, Chairperson, Wockhardt Foundation and Mr. Vijay Jalan.
About Wockhardt Foundation
Wockhardt Foundation is a Mumbai based secular trust engaged in serving the society by working towards upliftment and empowerment through its various programs. The Foundation has about 1400 Warriors (Volunteers) who work towards creating a better life today and tomorrow for the socially and economically underprivileged section of the society. The Foundation has eminent personalities as Board of Advisors with vast experience and commitment. Wockhardt Foundation is governed by a simple principle "Service to man is Service to God". For Further information log onto www.wockhardtfoundation.org
Philosophies
-- Service to man is service to God
-- We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give
-- A candle loses nothing when it is used to light another candle
-- Where every smile counts
-- Wish for others what you wish for yourself
-- The poor don't need pity they need help
-- Mankind is one family dependent on God, and the most beloved to God is the one most beneficial to it
-- Poverty somewhere is a threat to prosperity elsewhere
-- When you help others, you help yourself the most, because God grants you peace and happiness
-- A life of giving is the only life worth living
-- What you give in charities, comes back to you multiplied many times over
Wockhardt Foundation Initiatives
-- Right to vision
-- Little Hearts
-- De-Worm India
-- HIV-AIDS, (WHARF)
-- Free Consultation
-- Smile Please
-- Mobile Health Reach
-- Khel-Khel Main
-- Voice
-- Moral Appreciation
To view the photographs, please click on the links given below:
Ms. Anita Shantaram, President, Rotary Club Mumbai Bay View, Shri N P S Aulakh, Director General, National Security Guard (NSG), Dr. Shubha Raul, Mayor of Mumbai,Ms. Nafisa Khorakiwala, Chairperson, Wockhardt Foundation,Dr. (Mrs) Indu Shahani, Hon'ble Sheriff of Mumbai and Mr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala, CEO, Wockhardt Foundation.
from left Mr. Jackie Shroff, Actor,Shri Julio F Ribeiro, Former Commissioner of Mumbai, Shri N P S Aulakh, Director General, National Security Guard (NSG),Ms. Anita Shantaram, President, Rotary Club Mumbai Bay View, Ms. Nafisa Khorakiwala, Chairperson, Wockhardt Foundation, Dr. (Mrs) Indu Shahani, Hon'ble Sheriff of Mumbai, Shri Sanjay Nirupam, Hon'ble Member of Parliament, North Mumbai and Mr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala, CEO, Wockhardt Foundation.
from left Mr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala, CEO, Wockhardt Foundation, Mr. Vijay Jalan, Mr. Minhaz Merchant, Chairman and MD, Business Barons, Shri Sanjay Nirupam, Hon'ble Member of Parliament, North Mumbai, Mr. Suhel Seth, Managing Partner, Counselage India & Founder of Equus, Mr. Ness Wadia, Jt. MD, Wadia Group, Ms. Nafisa Khorakiwala, Chairperson, Wockhardt Foundation, Mr. Javed Jafferi, Actor and Mr. Angelo Rajesh, CMD, St. Angelo's
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from left Ms. Anita Shantaram, President, Rotary Club Mumbai Bay View, Shri N P S Aulakh, Director General, National Security Guard (NSG), Dr. Shubha Raul, Mayor of Mumbai,Ms. Nafisa Khorakiwala, Chairperson, Wockhardt Foundation,Dr. (Mrs) Indu Shahani, Hon'ble Sheriff of Mumbai and Mr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala, CEO, Wockhardt Foundation.
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from left Ms. Anita Shantaram, President, Rotary Club Mumbai Bay View, Shri N P S Aulakh, Director General, National Security Guard (NSG), Dr. Shubha Raul, Mayor of Mumbai,Ms. Nafisa Khorakiwala, Chairperson, Wockhardt Foundation,Dr. (Mrs) Indu Shahani, Hon'ble Sheriff of Mumbai and Mr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala, CEO, Wockhardt Foundation.
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from left Ms. Anita Shantaram, President, Rotary Club Mumbai Bay View, Shri N P S Aulakh, Director General, National Security Guard (NSG), Dr. Shubha Raul, Mayor of Mumbai,Ms. Nafisa Khorakiwala, Chairperson, Wockhardt Foundation,Dr. (Mrs) Indu Shahani, Hon'ble Sheriff of Mumbai and Mr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala, CEO, Wockhardt Foundation.
CONTACT DETAILS
Kavita Bhaskaran, Sampark Public Relations, +919987355009, Kavita.bhaskaran@sampark.com
Abhishek Subhedar, Sampark Public Relations, +919323373592, Abhishek.subhedar@sampark.com
Sweta Goyal, Sampark Public Relations, +919324903253, sweta.goyal@sampark.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, PEOPLE, POLITICS, SOCIAL, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, DEFENCE
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Source: Wockhardt Foundation
Thursday, November 26, 2009 06:41 PM IST (01:11 PM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, People, Politics, Social issues; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Defence & security
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'Jai Mumbai 2009 '- 1st Annual Social Commitment Conclave pays tribute to 26/11 Martyrs
A Wockhardt Foundation Initiative
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Thursday, November 26, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Wockhardt Foundation in association with Rotary Club of Mumbai Bay View organised the 1st Annual Social Commitment Conclave 'Jai Mumbai 2009, an event to pay tribute to the martyrs of 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks.
Present at the occasion to express solidarity against terrorism and pay tribute to the martyrs were Dr. Shubha Raul, Mayor of Mumbai, Dr. (Mrs) Indu Shahani, Hon'ble Sheriff of Mumbai, Shri Julio F Ribeiro, Former Commissioner of Mumbai, Shri Sanjay Nirupam, Hon'ble Member of Parliament, North Mumbai, Mr. N.P.S. Aulakhe, Director General, National Security Guard (NSG), Mr. Ness Wadia, Jt. MD, Wadia Group and Mr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala, CEO, Wockhardt Foundation among others.
Dr.(Mrs.) Shubha Umesh Raul , Hon'ble Mayor Of Mumbai in her address to the conclave condemned terrorism. Mr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala, CEO, Wockhardt Foundation paid homage to the martyrs present at the event and gave away mementos to the family of the police and security officials who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty during the attacks .
The event witnessed people from all the walks of life - politicians, bureaucrats, businessmen, artists, social activists and common people come together to condemn terrorism and discuss the role of citizens in bringing peace and harmony in the society, and managing threats of terrorism.
Other eminent figures who were part of this memorable event were Mr. Paul Folmsbee, Consulate General, US Consulate, Dr. P. Sekhar, CMD, Micro Technologies (India) Ltd., Mr. Suhel Seth, Managing Partner, Counselage India and Founder of Equus, Major General (Retd.) A K Gupta, SM, VSM, Mr. Javed Jafferi, Actor, Mr. Jackie Shroff, Actor and Ms. Anita Shantaram, President, Rotary Club Mumbai Bay View.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala, Wockhardt Foundation, said," Jai Mumbai is a small Tribute to the Martyrs who laid down their life against terrorism. Our heartfelt condolences to the families of all the brave officers and soldiers who lost their life fighting in a tragic and rather mournful incident this same day a year ago. The sacrifices of the 14 policemen from the Mumbai Police and 3 from the NSG will always be remembered for a long-long time to come."
He further added "The stories of our courageous officers of NSG, Home Guard, Police, and various other leaders across all spectrum of society should be told and re-told to our children in order to inculcate national pride and patriotic fervour among our youth. Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live. Today let us take an oath to help fight terrorism and work for the peace and prosperity of the nation."
The key agenda of the conclave "Is Mumbai Safe?" was debated in a panel discussion. Key figures who formed the panel were Mr. Suhel Seth, Managing Partner, Counselage India & Founder of Equus, Mr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala, CEO, Wockhardt Foundation, Shri Sanjay Nirupam, Hon'ble Member of Parliament, North Mumbai, Mr. Ness Wadia, Jt. MD, Wadia Group, Mr. Angelo Rajesh, CMD, St. Angelo's, Mr. Minhaz Merchant, Chairman and MD, Business Barons., Javed Jafferi, Actor, Ms. Nafisa Khorakiwala, Chairperson, Wockhardt Foundation and Mr. Vijay Jalan.
About Wockhardt Foundation
Wockhardt Foundation is a Mumbai based secular trust engaged in serving the society by working towards upliftment and empowerment through its various programs. The Foundation has about 1400 Warriors (Volunteers) who work towards creating a better life today and tomorrow for the socially and economically underprivileged section of the society. The Foundation has eminent personalities as Board of Advisors with vast experience and commitment. Wockhardt Foundation is governed by a simple principle "Service to man is Service to God". For Further information log onto www.wockhardtfoundation.org
Philosophies
-- Service to man is service to God
-- We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give
-- A candle loses nothing when it is used to light another candle
-- Where every smile counts
-- Wish for others what you wish for yourself
-- The poor don't need pity they need help
-- Mankind is one family dependent on God, and the most beloved to God is the one most beneficial to it
-- Poverty somewhere is a threat to prosperity elsewhere
-- When you help others, you help yourself the most, because God grants you peace and happiness
-- A life of giving is the only life worth living
-- What you give in charities, comes back to you multiplied many times over
Wockhardt Foundation Initiatives
-- Right to vision
-- Little Hearts
-- De-Worm India
-- HIV-AIDS, (WHARF)
-- Free Consultation
-- Smile Please
-- Mobile Health Reach
-- Khel-Khel Main
-- Voice
-- Moral Appreciation
To view the photographs, please click on the links given below:
Ms. Anita Shantaram, President, Rotary Club Mumbai Bay View, Shri N P S Aulakh, Director General, National Security Guard (NSG), Dr. Shubha Raul, Mayor of Mumbai,Ms. Nafisa Khorakiwala, Chairperson, Wockhardt Foundation,Dr. (Mrs) Indu Shahani, Hon'ble Sheriff of Mumbai and Mr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala, CEO, Wockhardt Foundation.
from left Mr. Jackie Shroff, Actor,Shri Julio F Ribeiro, Former Commissioner of Mumbai, Shri N P S Aulakh, Director General, National Security Guard (NSG),Ms. Anita Shantaram, President, Rotary Club Mumbai Bay View, Ms. Nafisa Khorakiwala, Chairperson, Wockhardt Foundation, Dr. (Mrs) Indu Shahani, Hon'ble Sheriff of Mumbai, Shri Sanjay Nirupam, Hon'ble Member of Parliament, North Mumbai and Mr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala, CEO, Wockhardt Foundation.
from left Mr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala, CEO, Wockhardt Foundation, Mr. Vijay Jalan, Mr. Minhaz Merchant, Chairman and MD, Business Barons, Shri Sanjay Nirupam, Hon'ble Member of Parliament, North Mumbai, Mr. Suhel Seth, Managing Partner, Counselage India & Founder of Equus, Mr. Ness Wadia, Jt. MD, Wadia Group, Ms. Nafisa Khorakiwala, Chairperson, Wockhardt Foundation, Mr. Javed Jafferi, Actor and Mr. Angelo Rajesh, CMD, St. Angelo's
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from left Ms. Anita Shantaram, President, Rotary Club Mumbai Bay View, Shri N P S Aulakh, Director General, National Security Guard (NSG), Dr. Shubha Raul, Mayor of Mumbai,Ms. Nafisa Khorakiwala, Chairperson, Wockhardt Foundation,Dr. (Mrs) Indu Shahani, Hon'ble Sheriff of Mumbai and Mr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala, CEO, Wockhardt Foundation.
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from left Ms. Anita Shantaram, President, Rotary Club Mumbai Bay View, Shri N P S Aulakh, Director General, National Security Guard (NSG), Dr. Shubha Raul, Mayor of Mumbai,Ms. Nafisa Khorakiwala, Chairperson, Wockhardt Foundation,Dr. (Mrs) Indu Shahani, Hon'ble Sheriff of Mumbai and Mr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala, CEO, Wockhardt Foundation.
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from left Ms. Anita Shantaram, President, Rotary Club Mumbai Bay View, Shri N P S Aulakh, Director General, National Security Guard (NSG), Dr. Shubha Raul, Mayor of Mumbai,Ms. Nafisa Khorakiwala, Chairperson, Wockhardt Foundation,Dr. (Mrs) Indu Shahani, Hon'ble Sheriff of Mumbai and Mr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala, CEO, Wockhardt Foundation.
CONTACT DETAILS
Kavita Bhaskaran, Sampark Public Relations, +919987355009, Kavita.bhaskaran@sampark.com
Abhishek Subhedar, Sampark Public Relations, +919323373592, Abhishek.subhedar@sampark.com
Sweta Goyal, Sampark Public Relations, +919324903253, sweta.goyal@sampark.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, PEOPLE, POLITICS, SOCIAL, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, DEFENCE
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BWI: Spirax Marshall Receives the CII Innovative Energy Saving Product Award
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Forbes Marshall
Thursday, November 26, 2009 06:43 PM IST (01:13 PM GMT)
Editors: General: Environment, People; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Energy companies, Heavy industries, Information technology, Media & entertainment; Technology
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Spirax Marshall Receives the CII Innovative Energy Saving Product Award
Pune, Maharashtra, India, Thursday, November 26, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- The Wireless Trap Monitoring System, from Spirax Marshall - a Forbes Marshall group company, has been recognized as "Innovative Energy Saving Product", at the CII 10th National Award for Excellence in Energy Management 2009. The event was organized by CII - Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre on the 19th and 20th of November 2009, at Chennai.
This innovative product has been developed for the first time in India and is a network for monitoring the health of steam traps at dispersed locations in a plant. This product has application in all process industries such as Refineries, Pharma, Paper, Rubber, Textile, etc., where steam is used for heating. In an installed base of more than a million process steam traps, leaking traps result in a loss of thousands of tonnes of steam annually, which if saved is equivalent to meeting the needs of 500 process plants for free.
This adhoc self adjusting wireless network of traps avoids cabling to remote trap locations. It's centralized web-based Graphical interface reduces operator intervention and makes data available on the internet at any time. It helps monitor and report the overall health of traps in a plant. It broadcasts an alarm when there is a steam leak in a trap or when the trap is water logging and not ejecting condensate. It's handheld communicator helps to configure, download and troubleshoot the network and application data. Above all, it has a short payback period and does not need any expensive software licenses to operate.
It does online data analysis and intelligently generates reports on steam loss, monetary loss, deviation from benchmarks, etc. This enables the user to take immediate action and decisions on the existing plant condition. Unlike its wired counterpart in the market, it eliminates the need to physically go up to each trap and check the condition.
With the rising energy costs and the problem of global climate change, the efficient use of energy is imperative. The wireless trap monitor can produce steam loss calculations, measure energy savings, the direct monetary benefits and help a plant achieve its energy efficiency goals.
To view the photograph, please click on the link given below:
The Forbes Marshall Team Receiving the Award
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CONTACT DETAILS
Belinda Gaikwad, Forbes Marshall, +91 9923422384, bgaikwad@forbesmarshall.com
KEYWORDS
ENVIRONMENT, PEOPLE, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, ENERGY, HEAVY INDUSTRIES, IT, MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY
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Source: Forbes Marshall
Thursday, November 26, 2009 06:43 PM IST (01:13 PM GMT)
Editors: General: Environment, People; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Energy companies, Heavy industries, Information technology, Media & entertainment; Technology
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Spirax Marshall Receives the CII Innovative Energy Saving Product Award
Pune, Maharashtra, India, Thursday, November 26, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- The Wireless Trap Monitoring System, from Spirax Marshall - a Forbes Marshall group company, has been recognized as "Innovative Energy Saving Product", at the CII 10th National Award for Excellence in Energy Management 2009. The event was organized by CII - Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre on the 19th and 20th of November 2009, at Chennai.
This innovative product has been developed for the first time in India and is a network for monitoring the health of steam traps at dispersed locations in a plant. This product has application in all process industries such as Refineries, Pharma, Paper, Rubber, Textile, etc., where steam is used for heating. In an installed base of more than a million process steam traps, leaking traps result in a loss of thousands of tonnes of steam annually, which if saved is equivalent to meeting the needs of 500 process plants for free.
This adhoc self adjusting wireless network of traps avoids cabling to remote trap locations. It's centralized web-based Graphical interface reduces operator intervention and makes data available on the internet at any time. It helps monitor and report the overall health of traps in a plant. It broadcasts an alarm when there is a steam leak in a trap or when the trap is water logging and not ejecting condensate. It's handheld communicator helps to configure, download and troubleshoot the network and application data. Above all, it has a short payback period and does not need any expensive software licenses to operate.
It does online data analysis and intelligently generates reports on steam loss, monetary loss, deviation from benchmarks, etc. This enables the user to take immediate action and decisions on the existing plant condition. Unlike its wired counterpart in the market, it eliminates the need to physically go up to each trap and check the condition.
With the rising energy costs and the problem of global climate change, the efficient use of energy is imperative. The wireless trap monitor can produce steam loss calculations, measure energy savings, the direct monetary benefits and help a plant achieve its energy efficiency goals.
To view the photograph, please click on the link given below:
The Forbes Marshall Team Receiving the Award
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http://www.BusinessWireIndia.com/attachments/Pic 5.jpg
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CONTACT DETAILS
Belinda Gaikwad, Forbes Marshall, +91 9923422384, bgaikwad@forbesmarshall.com
KEYWORDS
ENVIRONMENT, PEOPLE, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, ENERGY, HEAVY INDUSTRIES, IT, MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY
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BWI: Goenka Diamond Launches New GWILD Collection
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Goenka Diamond and Jewels Limited
Thursday, November 26, 2009 05:30 PM IST (12:00 PM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Fashion, Lifestyle; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Household & personal care products & services
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Goenka Diamond Launches New GWILD Collection
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Thursday, November 26, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Goenka Diamonds and Jewels Private Limited launches a new range of jewellery collections under the brand GWILD, for the contemporary young and stylish mass. The GWILD collection is a perfect fusion of classic jewellery with innovative design based on international standards.
The GWILD range has timeless pieces of elegant diamond pendants, necklaces, bracelets, earrings and rings. Mr. Nitin Goenka, Managing Director, Goenka Diamond and Jewels Limited, elaborated on the collection, "G WILD has been specially designed keeping in mind today's woman. The designs are subtly blended with contemporary and timeless class with the best quality diamonds. This collection is perfect for all occasions whether it is a formal business meeting or cocktail party."
THE G WILD COLLECTION
Diamonds in Motion: The range flaunts an array of style and class with innovative and contemporary styling of pendants and earrings. Finely crafted diamonds pendants in shape of amulets, lucky charms and symbols, along with an exclusive range of stunning diamond patterns earrings defines the generation next fashion. The entire range is framed to suite any occasion dawning a grace and elegance.
Colours of Life: The collection 'Colours of Life' incorporated in the 'Rings', personifies positivism in life. For a new beginning of a colourful life, the collection dawns a range of colours, sharing the moods and emotions from the book of life.
Chandelier Collection: The chandelier collection defines the style of modern woman to team up with an exclusive event and dazzle in the crowd. The chandelier collection presents an array of earning and pendants, which attracts many eye balls in an exclusive event.
Price and Availability:
Priced from Rs. 10, 000 upto Rs. 5 lakhs, G WILD has its own exclusive stores across in India. Two stores are in Mumbai and one in Ludhiana. It also has two franchisee stores in Gurgaon and Chandigarh. To add another feather to its cap, the company is also in the process of inaugurating another of its store at UB City, in Bangalore by the end of this financial year.
Certificate of Authenticity:
The G WILD collection comes with an assurance of quality par excellence and a Certificate of Authenticity is given on the purchase of any jewellery. The store also provides with 100% Buy Back and 100% Exchange policies.
About Goenka Diamond and Jewels Limited:
Goenka Diamond & Jewels Ltd is in the business of Diamond and Diamond Studded Jewellery manufacturing & marketing globally that includes import-export, diamond cutting, polishing, jewellery design, manufacturing and retail sale in India and overseas. The Company was founded by Mr. Nand Lal Goenka in 1990. Having won numerous prestigious awards, it is, today one of the most reputed brands in India. The company has won the trust of connoisseurs with its creative designs and uncompromising quality. Goenka Diamond and Jewels is an ISO: 9001:2000 certified company. Its state-of-art factories are committed to Total Quality Management, producing quality jewellery. The company acquired a status of Star Trading House. The company's team of talented designers creates timeless creations, which are exclusive and truly masterpieces!
Collection now available at GDJL stores in Mumbai : Atria Mall, Worli and Lokhandwala, Andheri West.
To view the photographs, please click on the links given below:
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CONTACT DETAILS
Ms Naireen Ahmed, Goenka Diamond and Jewels Limited, +91 9004084769/ +91 9869777769, naireenpr@gmail.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, FASHION, LIFESTYLE, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, HOUSEHOLD
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Source: Goenka Diamond and Jewels Limited
Thursday, November 26, 2009 05:30 PM IST (12:00 PM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Fashion, Lifestyle; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Household & personal care products & services
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Goenka Diamond Launches New GWILD Collection
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Thursday, November 26, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Goenka Diamonds and Jewels Private Limited launches a new range of jewellery collections under the brand GWILD, for the contemporary young and stylish mass. The GWILD collection is a perfect fusion of classic jewellery with innovative design based on international standards.
The GWILD range has timeless pieces of elegant diamond pendants, necklaces, bracelets, earrings and rings. Mr. Nitin Goenka, Managing Director, Goenka Diamond and Jewels Limited, elaborated on the collection, "G WILD has been specially designed keeping in mind today's woman. The designs are subtly blended with contemporary and timeless class with the best quality diamonds. This collection is perfect for all occasions whether it is a formal business meeting or cocktail party."
THE G WILD COLLECTION
Diamonds in Motion: The range flaunts an array of style and class with innovative and contemporary styling of pendants and earrings. Finely crafted diamonds pendants in shape of amulets, lucky charms and symbols, along with an exclusive range of stunning diamond patterns earrings defines the generation next fashion. The entire range is framed to suite any occasion dawning a grace and elegance.
Colours of Life: The collection 'Colours of Life' incorporated in the 'Rings', personifies positivism in life. For a new beginning of a colourful life, the collection dawns a range of colours, sharing the moods and emotions from the book of life.
Chandelier Collection: The chandelier collection defines the style of modern woman to team up with an exclusive event and dazzle in the crowd. The chandelier collection presents an array of earning and pendants, which attracts many eye balls in an exclusive event.
Price and Availability:
Priced from Rs. 10, 000 upto Rs. 5 lakhs, G WILD has its own exclusive stores across in India. Two stores are in Mumbai and one in Ludhiana. It also has two franchisee stores in Gurgaon and Chandigarh. To add another feather to its cap, the company is also in the process of inaugurating another of its store at UB City, in Bangalore by the end of this financial year.
Certificate of Authenticity:
The G WILD collection comes with an assurance of quality par excellence and a Certificate of Authenticity is given on the purchase of any jewellery. The store also provides with 100% Buy Back and 100% Exchange policies.
About Goenka Diamond and Jewels Limited:
Goenka Diamond & Jewels Ltd is in the business of Diamond and Diamond Studded Jewellery manufacturing & marketing globally that includes import-export, diamond cutting, polishing, jewellery design, manufacturing and retail sale in India and overseas. The Company was founded by Mr. Nand Lal Goenka in 1990. Having won numerous prestigious awards, it is, today one of the most reputed brands in India. The company has won the trust of connoisseurs with its creative designs and uncompromising quality. Goenka Diamond and Jewels is an ISO: 9001:2000 certified company. Its state-of-art factories are committed to Total Quality Management, producing quality jewellery. The company acquired a status of Star Trading House. The company's team of talented designers creates timeless creations, which are exclusive and truly masterpieces!
Collection now available at GDJL stores in Mumbai : Atria Mall, Worli and Lokhandwala, Andheri West.
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CONTACT DETAILS
Ms Naireen Ahmed, Goenka Diamond and Jewels Limited, +91 9004084769/ +91 9869777769, naireenpr@gmail.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, FASHION, LIFESTYLE, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, HOUSEHOLD
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BWI: Sun Pharma Announces USFDA Tentative Approval for Generic Strattera® Capsules
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd
Thursday, November 26, 2009 05:00 PM IST (11:30 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Healthcare, biotechnology & pharmaceutical; Healthcare
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Sun Pharma Announces USFDA Tentative Approval for Generic Strattera® Capsules
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Thursday, November 26, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Sun Pharma announced that the USFDA has granted a tentative approval for an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for generic Strattera®, atomoxetine hydrochloride capsules.
These atomoxetine hydrochloride capsules, therapeutically equivalent to Strattera® capsules from Eli Lilly, are available in seven strengths viz. 10 mg, 18 mg, 25 mg, 40 mg, 60 mg, 80 mg and 100 mg. Atomoxetine hydrochloride capsules have annual sales of approximately USD 500 million in the US.
Strattera® capsules are indicated for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Strattera® is a registered trademark of Eli Lilly and Company.
About Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Established in 1983, listed since 1994 and headquartered in India, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Reuters: SUN.BO, Bloomberg: SUNP IN, NSE: SUNPHARMA, BSE: 524715) is an international, integrated, speciality pharmaceutical company. It manufactures and markets a large basket of pharmaceutical formulations as branded generics as well as generics in India, US and several other markets across the world. In India, the company is a leader in niche therapy areas of psychiatry, neurology, cardiology, diabetology, gastroenterology, and orthopedics. The company has strong skills in product development, process chemistry, and manufacturing of complex API, as well as dosage forms. More information about the company can be found at www.sunpharma.com.
CONTACT DETAILS
Uday Baldota, Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd, +91 22 66455645, Xtn 605/ +91 9867010529, uday.baldota@sunpharma.com
Mira Desai, Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd, +91 22 66455645, Xtn 606/ +91 9821923797, mira.desai@sunpharma.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, HEALTHCARE, HEALTHCARE, SUNPHARMA.BO, SUNPHARMA .NS
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Source: Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd
Thursday, November 26, 2009 05:00 PM IST (11:30 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Healthcare, biotechnology & pharmaceutical; Healthcare
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Sun Pharma Announces USFDA Tentative Approval for Generic Strattera® Capsules
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Thursday, November 26, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Sun Pharma announced that the USFDA has granted a tentative approval for an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for generic Strattera®, atomoxetine hydrochloride capsules.
These atomoxetine hydrochloride capsules, therapeutically equivalent to Strattera® capsules from Eli Lilly, are available in seven strengths viz. 10 mg, 18 mg, 25 mg, 40 mg, 60 mg, 80 mg and 100 mg. Atomoxetine hydrochloride capsules have annual sales of approximately USD 500 million in the US.
Strattera® capsules are indicated for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Strattera® is a registered trademark of Eli Lilly and Company.
About Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Established in 1983, listed since 1994 and headquartered in India, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Reuters: SUN.BO, Bloomberg: SUNP IN, NSE: SUNPHARMA, BSE: 524715) is an international, integrated, speciality pharmaceutical company. It manufactures and markets a large basket of pharmaceutical formulations as branded generics as well as generics in India, US and several other markets across the world. In India, the company is a leader in niche therapy areas of psychiatry, neurology, cardiology, diabetology, gastroenterology, and orthopedics. The company has strong skills in product development, process chemistry, and manufacturing of complex API, as well as dosage forms. More information about the company can be found at www.sunpharma.com.
CONTACT DETAILS
Uday Baldota, Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd, +91 22 66455645, Xtn 605/ +91 9867010529, uday.baldota@sunpharma.com
Mira Desai, Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd, +91 22 66455645, Xtn 606/ +91 9821923797, mira.desai@sunpharma.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, HEALTHCARE, HEALTHCARE, SUNPHARMA.BO, SUNPHARMA .NS
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BWI: CORRECTING and REPLACING Symantec Study Emphasizes Need for Indian SMBs to Build Disaster Recovery Strategies
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Symantec
Thursday, November 26, 2009 02:39 PM IST (09:09 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology; Technology
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CORRECTING and REPLACING Symantec Study Emphasizes Need for Indian SMBs to Build Disaster Recovery Strategies
In Spite of Awareness 91 Percent SMBs do not have a Formal Disaster Preparedness Plan in Place
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Thursday, November 26, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced the India findings of its annual 2009 Global SMB Disaster Preparedness Survey. The report reflects the attitudes and practices of small- and mid-sized businesses (SMB) and their customers toward technology disaster preparedness. It also throws light on a large discrepancy between how SMBs perceive their disaster readiness and their actual level of preparedness. The report indicates that natural disasters, virus attacks, malicious employee behavior, and changes in IT infrastructure are key drivers for Disaster Recovery adoption in India.
It has been observed that in around 42 percent SMBs the onus of data protection and recovery lies with IT departments. The growing awareness, need, and importance of disaster planning have led to owners and senior executives (39 percent) actively participate in its management and execution.
"A startling fact is that though SMBs are well aware about outages and their impact, however, it hasn't materialized into their preparedness," said Ajay Verma, Director, Channels and Alliances, Symantec India. "While no one wants a disaster to occur, the reality is that they happen and rather than continuing to be unprepared, companies need to take simple proactive steps to protect their information. As companies communicate their preparedness plans to their customers, they strengthen those relationships and become more trusted partners."
Confidence High Regarding Preparedness
The findings show that SMBs are confident in their disaster preparedness plans. 73 percent of respondents say they are somewhat/very satisfied with their disaster plans, and a 34 percent say they feel somewhat/very protected in case a disaster strikes.
Reality Shows Confidence Unwarranted
However, the practices of SMBs reveal that this confidence is unwarranted. The average SMB has experienced three outages within the past 12 months, with the leading causes being virus or hacker attacks, power outages or natural disasters. This is alarming as almost half report they do not yet have a plan to deal with such disruptions. This SMB downtime costs their customers tens of thousands of rupees each year due to which the SMBs can -- and often do -- lose business as a direct result of being unprepared for disasters.
The survey found that only 18 percent SMBs back up daily and an average SMB backs up only 50 percent of their company and customer data on a daily basis.
Customers Significantly Impacted By Downtime
These outages were impactful as well, with 50 percent lasting four hours or more. One in two customers (59 percent) reported losing a lot of important data. Simultaneously each SMB also refer to material, presentations, whitepapers etc to prepare a recovery plan.
Recommendations
Although 91 percent of SMBs at present do not have formal disaster preparedness plan, of those without plans, nearly 76 percent say they will create one within the next six months.
-- Determine your needs: SMBs should take time to decide what critical information should be secured and protected. Customer, financial and business information, trade secrets and critical documents should be prioritized. SMBs should monitor industry reports to identify and prevent threats that SMBs face.
-- Engage trusted advisors: With limited time, budget and employees, SMBs can look to a solution provider to help create plans, implement automated protection solutions and monitor for trends and threats that SMBs should protect against. They can also educate employees on retrieving information from backups when needed and suggest offsite storage facilities to protect critical data.
-- Automate where you can: Automating the backup process ensures that it is not overlooked. SMBs can reduce the costs of downtime by implementing automated tools that minimize human involvement and address other weaknesses in disaster recovery plans.
-- Test annually: Recovering data is the worst time to learn that critical files were not backed up as planned. Disaster recovery testing is invaluable and SMBs should seek to improve the success of testing by evaluating and implementing testing methods which are non-disruptive.
About Symantec
Symantec is a global leader in providing security; storage and systems management solutions to help consumers and organizations secure and manage their information-driven world. Our software and services protect against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently, enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored. More information is available at www.symantec.com.
NOTE TO EDITORS: If you would like additional information on Symantec Corporation and its products, please visit the Symantec News Room at http://www.symantec.com/news. All prices noted are in U.S. dollars and are valid only in the United States.
CONTACT DETAILS
Mira Davda, Symantec Corp., +91 9850780888, mira_davda@symantec.com
Ankita Upadhyay, 20:20 MEDIA, +91 9711101860, ankita@2020india.com
Rinu Jha, 20:20 MEDIA, +91 9999687155, rinu@2020india.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, TECHNOLOGY
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Source: Symantec
Thursday, November 26, 2009 02:39 PM IST (09:09 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology; Technology
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CORRECTING and REPLACING Symantec Study Emphasizes Need for Indian SMBs to Build Disaster Recovery Strategies
In Spite of Awareness 91 Percent SMBs do not have a Formal Disaster Preparedness Plan in Place
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Thursday, November 26, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced the India findings of its annual 2009 Global SMB Disaster Preparedness Survey. The report reflects the attitudes and practices of small- and mid-sized businesses (SMB) and their customers toward technology disaster preparedness. It also throws light on a large discrepancy between how SMBs perceive their disaster readiness and their actual level of preparedness. The report indicates that natural disasters, virus attacks, malicious employee behavior, and changes in IT infrastructure are key drivers for Disaster Recovery adoption in India.
It has been observed that in around 42 percent SMBs the onus of data protection and recovery lies with IT departments. The growing awareness, need, and importance of disaster planning have led to owners and senior executives (39 percent) actively participate in its management and execution.
"A startling fact is that though SMBs are well aware about outages and their impact, however, it hasn't materialized into their preparedness," said Ajay Verma, Director, Channels and Alliances, Symantec India. "While no one wants a disaster to occur, the reality is that they happen and rather than continuing to be unprepared, companies need to take simple proactive steps to protect their information. As companies communicate their preparedness plans to their customers, they strengthen those relationships and become more trusted partners."
Confidence High Regarding Preparedness
The findings show that SMBs are confident in their disaster preparedness plans. 73 percent of respondents say they are somewhat/very satisfied with their disaster plans, and a 34 percent say they feel somewhat/very protected in case a disaster strikes.
Reality Shows Confidence Unwarranted
However, the practices of SMBs reveal that this confidence is unwarranted. The average SMB has experienced three outages within the past 12 months, with the leading causes being virus or hacker attacks, power outages or natural disasters. This is alarming as almost half report they do not yet have a plan to deal with such disruptions. This SMB downtime costs their customers tens of thousands of rupees each year due to which the SMBs can -- and often do -- lose business as a direct result of being unprepared for disasters.
The survey found that only 18 percent SMBs back up daily and an average SMB backs up only 50 percent of their company and customer data on a daily basis.
Customers Significantly Impacted By Downtime
These outages were impactful as well, with 50 percent lasting four hours or more. One in two customers (59 percent) reported losing a lot of important data. Simultaneously each SMB also refer to material, presentations, whitepapers etc to prepare a recovery plan.
Recommendations
Although 91 percent of SMBs at present do not have formal disaster preparedness plan, of those without plans, nearly 76 percent say they will create one within the next six months.
-- Determine your needs: SMBs should take time to decide what critical information should be secured and protected. Customer, financial and business information, trade secrets and critical documents should be prioritized. SMBs should monitor industry reports to identify and prevent threats that SMBs face.
-- Engage trusted advisors: With limited time, budget and employees, SMBs can look to a solution provider to help create plans, implement automated protection solutions and monitor for trends and threats that SMBs should protect against. They can also educate employees on retrieving information from backups when needed and suggest offsite storage facilities to protect critical data.
-- Automate where you can: Automating the backup process ensures that it is not overlooked. SMBs can reduce the costs of downtime by implementing automated tools that minimize human involvement and address other weaknesses in disaster recovery plans.
-- Test annually: Recovering data is the worst time to learn that critical files were not backed up as planned. Disaster recovery testing is invaluable and SMBs should seek to improve the success of testing by evaluating and implementing testing methods which are non-disruptive.
About Symantec
Symantec is a global leader in providing security; storage and systems management solutions to help consumers and organizations secure and manage their information-driven world. Our software and services protect against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently, enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored. More information is available at www.symantec.com.
NOTE TO EDITORS: If you would like additional information on Symantec Corporation and its products, please visit the Symantec News Room at http://www.symantec.com/news. All prices noted are in U.S. dollars and are valid only in the United States.
CONTACT DETAILS
Mira Davda, Symantec Corp., +91 9850780888, mira_davda@symantec.com
Ankita Upadhyay, 20:20 MEDIA, +91 9711101860, ankita@2020india.com
Rinu Jha, 20:20 MEDIA, +91 9999687155, rinu@2020india.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, TECHNOLOGY
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BWI: Symantec Study Emphasizes Need for Indian SMBs to Build Disaster Recovery Strategies
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Symantec
Thursday, November 26, 2009 02:39 PM IST (09:09 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology; Technology
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Symantec Study Emphasizes Need for Indian SMBs to Build Disaster Recovery Strategies
In Spite of Awareness 91 Percent SMBs do not have a Formal Disaster Preparedness Plan in Place
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Thursday, November 26, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced the India findings of its annual 2009 Global SMB Disaster Preparedness Survey. The report reflects the attitudes and practices of small- and mid-sized businesses (SMB) and their customers toward technology disaster preparedness. It also throws light on a large discrepancy between how SMBs perceive their disaster readiness and their actual level of preparedness. The report indicates that natural disasters, virus attacks, malicious employee behavior, and changes in IT infrastructure are key drivers for Disaster Recovery adoption in India.
It has been observed that in around 42 percent SMBs the onus of data protection and recovery lies with IT departments. The growing awareness, need, and importance of disaster planning have led to owners and senior executives (39 percent) actively participate in its management and execution.
"A startling fact is that though SMB are well aware about outages and their impact. However it hasn't materialized into their preparedness. While no one wants a disaster to occur, the reality is that they happen and rather than continuing to be unprepared, companies need to take simple proactive steps to protect their information,," said Ajay Verma, Director, Channels and Alliances, Symantec India. "As companies communicate their plans to their customers, they strengthen those relationships and become more of a trusted partner."
Confidence High Regarding Preparedness
The findings show that SMBs are confident in their disaster preparedness plans. 73 percent of respondents say they are somewhat/very satisfied with their disaster plans, and a 34 percent say they feel somewhat/very protected in case a disaster strikes.
Realities Show Confidence Unwarranted
However, the practices of SMBs reveal that this confidence is unwarranted. The average SMB has experienced three outages within the past 12 months, with the leading causes being virus or hacker attacks, power outages or natural disasters. This is alarming as almost half report they do not yet have a plan to deal with such disruptions. This SMB downtime costs their customers tens of thousands of rupees each year due to which the SMBs can -- and often do -- lose business as a direct result of being unprepared for disasters.
The survey found that only 18 percent SMBs back up daily and an average SMB backs up only 50 percent of their company and customer data on a daily basis.
Customers Significantly Impacted By Downtime
These outages were impactful as well, with 50 percent lasting four hours or more. One in two customers (59 percent) reported losing a lot of important data. Simultaneously each SMB also refer to material, presentations, whitepapers etc to prepare a recovery plan.
Recommendations
Although 91 percent of SMBs at present do not have formal disaster preparedness plan, of those without plans, nearly 76 percent say they will create one within the next six months.
-- Determine your needs: SMBs should take time to decide what critical information should be secured and protected. Customer, financial and business information, trade secrets and critical documents should be prioritized. SMBs should monitor industry reports to identify and prevent threats that SMBs face.
-- Engage trusted advisors: With limited time, budget and employees, SMBs can look to a solution provider to help create plans, implement automated protection solutions and monitor for trends and threats that SMBs should protect against. They can also educate employees on retrieving information from backups when needed and suggest offsite storage facilities to protect critical data.
-- Automate where you can: Automating the backup process ensures that it is not overlooked. SMBs can reduce the costs of downtime by implementing automated tools that minimize human involvement and address other weaknesses in disaster recovery plans.
-- Test annually: Recovering data is the worst time to learn that critical files were not backed up as planned. Disaster recovery testing is invaluable and SMBs should seek to improve the success of testing by evaluating and implementing testing methods which are non-disruptive.
About Symantec
Symantec is a global leader in providing security; storage and systems management solutions to help consumers and organizations secure and manage their information-driven world. Our software and services protect against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently, enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored. More information is available at www.symantec.com.
NOTE TO EDITORS: If you would like additional information on Symantec Corporation and its products, please visit the Symantec News Room at http://www.symantec.com/news. All prices noted are in U.S. dollars and are valid only in the United States.
CONTACT DETAILS
Mira Davda, Symantec Corp., +91 9250780888, mira_davda@symantec.com
Ankita Upadhyay, 20:20 MEDIA, +91 9711101860, ankita@2020india.com
Rinu Jha, 20:20 MEDIA, +91 9999687155, rinu@2020india.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, TECHNOLOGY
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Source: Symantec
Thursday, November 26, 2009 02:39 PM IST (09:09 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology; Technology
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Symantec Study Emphasizes Need for Indian SMBs to Build Disaster Recovery Strategies
In Spite of Awareness 91 Percent SMBs do not have a Formal Disaster Preparedness Plan in Place
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Thursday, November 26, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced the India findings of its annual 2009 Global SMB Disaster Preparedness Survey. The report reflects the attitudes and practices of small- and mid-sized businesses (SMB) and their customers toward technology disaster preparedness. It also throws light on a large discrepancy between how SMBs perceive their disaster readiness and their actual level of preparedness. The report indicates that natural disasters, virus attacks, malicious employee behavior, and changes in IT infrastructure are key drivers for Disaster Recovery adoption in India.
It has been observed that in around 42 percent SMBs the onus of data protection and recovery lies with IT departments. The growing awareness, need, and importance of disaster planning have led to owners and senior executives (39 percent) actively participate in its management and execution.
"A startling fact is that though SMB are well aware about outages and their impact. However it hasn't materialized into their preparedness. While no one wants a disaster to occur, the reality is that they happen and rather than continuing to be unprepared, companies need to take simple proactive steps to protect their information,," said Ajay Verma, Director, Channels and Alliances, Symantec India. "As companies communicate their plans to their customers, they strengthen those relationships and become more of a trusted partner."
Confidence High Regarding Preparedness
The findings show that SMBs are confident in their disaster preparedness plans. 73 percent of respondents say they are somewhat/very satisfied with their disaster plans, and a 34 percent say they feel somewhat/very protected in case a disaster strikes.
Realities Show Confidence Unwarranted
However, the practices of SMBs reveal that this confidence is unwarranted. The average SMB has experienced three outages within the past 12 months, with the leading causes being virus or hacker attacks, power outages or natural disasters. This is alarming as almost half report they do not yet have a plan to deal with such disruptions. This SMB downtime costs their customers tens of thousands of rupees each year due to which the SMBs can -- and often do -- lose business as a direct result of being unprepared for disasters.
The survey found that only 18 percent SMBs back up daily and an average SMB backs up only 50 percent of their company and customer data on a daily basis.
Customers Significantly Impacted By Downtime
These outages were impactful as well, with 50 percent lasting four hours or more. One in two customers (59 percent) reported losing a lot of important data. Simultaneously each SMB also refer to material, presentations, whitepapers etc to prepare a recovery plan.
Recommendations
Although 91 percent of SMBs at present do not have formal disaster preparedness plan, of those without plans, nearly 76 percent say they will create one within the next six months.
-- Determine your needs: SMBs should take time to decide what critical information should be secured and protected. Customer, financial and business information, trade secrets and critical documents should be prioritized. SMBs should monitor industry reports to identify and prevent threats that SMBs face.
-- Engage trusted advisors: With limited time, budget and employees, SMBs can look to a solution provider to help create plans, implement automated protection solutions and monitor for trends and threats that SMBs should protect against. They can also educate employees on retrieving information from backups when needed and suggest offsite storage facilities to protect critical data.
-- Automate where you can: Automating the backup process ensures that it is not overlooked. SMBs can reduce the costs of downtime by implementing automated tools that minimize human involvement and address other weaknesses in disaster recovery plans.
-- Test annually: Recovering data is the worst time to learn that critical files were not backed up as planned. Disaster recovery testing is invaluable and SMBs should seek to improve the success of testing by evaluating and implementing testing methods which are non-disruptive.
About Symantec
Symantec is a global leader in providing security; storage and systems management solutions to help consumers and organizations secure and manage their information-driven world. Our software and services protect against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently, enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored. More information is available at www.symantec.com.
NOTE TO EDITORS: If you would like additional information on Symantec Corporation and its products, please visit the Symantec News Room at http://www.symantec.com/news. All prices noted are in U.S. dollars and are valid only in the United States.
CONTACT DETAILS
Mira Davda, Symantec Corp., +91 9250780888, mira_davda@symantec.com
Ankita Upadhyay, 20:20 MEDIA, +91 9711101860, ankita@2020india.com
Rinu Jha, 20:20 MEDIA, +91 9999687155, rinu@2020india.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, TECHNOLOGY
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BWI: Gujarat Dairies Urge for Immediate Government Action in Fodder Crisis
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Amul
Thursday, November 26, 2009 12:16 PM IST (06:46 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Food & drink; Business: Banking & financial services, Business services, Commodities & materials, Retailers
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Gujarat Dairies Urge for Immediate Government Action in Fodder Crisis
Anand, Gujarat, India, Thursday, November 26, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- In a meeting convened last week in Delhi by Secretary (Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Fisheries), all state milk federation has urged government to take urgent action to overcome cattle feed and fodder crisis. It was discussed that government had failed to take any appropriate action to prevent export of de-oiled cakes. No steps have been taken so far to reduce the cost of input material for cattle feed. This has resulted into extreme surge in input cost for farmers.
It is pertinent to note that dairies of Gujarat had submitted a detailed memorandum to Honorable Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in September 09 with suggestions to take following actions:
-- Restore custom duty on Milk Powder to 15 % on 10,000 MT TRQ and to 40% on butteroil
-- Impose export duty on export of Oilmeals, de-oiled cake, cattlefeed etc which helps in price reduction of cattlefeed within the country and removal of VAT & Excise duty on use of Molasses in cattle feed leading to reduction in domestic cattle feed prices
-- VAT on all value-added Dairy products to be fixed to 4%.
Prices of cattle-feed ingredients normally fall from the time the kharif crop is sown in July to its harvesting in November. Last year, prices of major feed raw materials fell between 8.5 % for rapeseed extractions to 29 % in the case of rice polish during the July-November period. But this year - mainly due to drought - the anticipated trend in decline of prices of raw material did not take place. As a result, average prices of de-oiled rice bran this month are 24 % higher compared with November 2008, with the corresponding year-on-year increase being 23 % for rapeseed extractions, 32 % for rice polish, 18 % for jowar and 43 % for molasses. As a result the price of cattlefeed being sold by co-operative dairies to their members in Gujarat has gone up to Rs 9500 per MT from Rs 7800 per MT last year - a burden of 20% on the production, while the dairies are still making loss on cattlefeed.
To compensate farmers for their higher milk production costs, dairies have had to raise procurement prices. GCMMF unions are currently paying farmers an average price of Rs 318 for every kg of fat, which is 16 per cent more than last year's Rs 275 at this point of time.
It is unfortunate that milk producers have to bear the brunt of inflation in food prices which is barely getting compensated for higher cattle feed prices.
GCMMF has once again requested central as well as state government to look into the matter urgently and take necessary actions like abolition of excise duty & VAT on molasses for use in cattlefeed, imposing duty on export of de-oiled cake. GCMMF had also suggested to reduce VAT to 4% on all value added dairy products.
It may be noted that during 2008-09, the GCMMF unions recorded an average milk procurement of 87.19 lakh kg per day (LKPD), a 15 % jump over the previous year's 75.90 LKPD. However, this year, the growth has slowed down to 6-7 % mainly because of higher fodder and feed costs, which has offset higher milk procurement prices. This could eventually impact milk supplies and prices further.
CONTACT DETAILS
R. S Sodhi, Chief General Manager, G.C.M.M.F. Ltd., +91 (2692) 221211/ +91 9824011058, sodhi@amul.coop
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, FOOD, BANKING, BUSINESS SERVICES, COMMODITIES, RETAIL
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Source: Amul
Thursday, November 26, 2009 12:16 PM IST (06:46 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Food & drink; Business: Banking & financial services, Business services, Commodities & materials, Retailers
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Gujarat Dairies Urge for Immediate Government Action in Fodder Crisis
Anand, Gujarat, India, Thursday, November 26, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- In a meeting convened last week in Delhi by Secretary (Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Fisheries), all state milk federation has urged government to take urgent action to overcome cattle feed and fodder crisis. It was discussed that government had failed to take any appropriate action to prevent export of de-oiled cakes. No steps have been taken so far to reduce the cost of input material for cattle feed. This has resulted into extreme surge in input cost for farmers.
It is pertinent to note that dairies of Gujarat had submitted a detailed memorandum to Honorable Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in September 09 with suggestions to take following actions:
-- Restore custom duty on Milk Powder to 15 % on 10,000 MT TRQ and to 40% on butteroil
-- Impose export duty on export of Oilmeals, de-oiled cake, cattlefeed etc which helps in price reduction of cattlefeed within the country and removal of VAT & Excise duty on use of Molasses in cattle feed leading to reduction in domestic cattle feed prices
-- VAT on all value-added Dairy products to be fixed to 4%.
Prices of cattle-feed ingredients normally fall from the time the kharif crop is sown in July to its harvesting in November. Last year, prices of major feed raw materials fell between 8.5 % for rapeseed extractions to 29 % in the case of rice polish during the July-November period. But this year - mainly due to drought - the anticipated trend in decline of prices of raw material did not take place. As a result, average prices of de-oiled rice bran this month are 24 % higher compared with November 2008, with the corresponding year-on-year increase being 23 % for rapeseed extractions, 32 % for rice polish, 18 % for jowar and 43 % for molasses. As a result the price of cattlefeed being sold by co-operative dairies to their members in Gujarat has gone up to Rs 9500 per MT from Rs 7800 per MT last year - a burden of 20% on the production, while the dairies are still making loss on cattlefeed.
To compensate farmers for their higher milk production costs, dairies have had to raise procurement prices. GCMMF unions are currently paying farmers an average price of Rs 318 for every kg of fat, which is 16 per cent more than last year's Rs 275 at this point of time.
It is unfortunate that milk producers have to bear the brunt of inflation in food prices which is barely getting compensated for higher cattle feed prices.
GCMMF has once again requested central as well as state government to look into the matter urgently and take necessary actions like abolition of excise duty & VAT on molasses for use in cattlefeed, imposing duty on export of de-oiled cake. GCMMF had also suggested to reduce VAT to 4% on all value added dairy products.
It may be noted that during 2008-09, the GCMMF unions recorded an average milk procurement of 87.19 lakh kg per day (LKPD), a 15 % jump over the previous year's 75.90 LKPD. However, this year, the growth has slowed down to 6-7 % mainly because of higher fodder and feed costs, which has offset higher milk procurement prices. This could eventually impact milk supplies and prices further.
CONTACT DETAILS
R. S Sodhi, Chief General Manager, G.C.M.M.F. Ltd., +91 (2692) 221211/ +91 9824011058, sodhi@amul.coop
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, FOOD, BANKING, BUSINESS SERVICES, COMMODITIES, RETAIL
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BWI: Theorem Expands Indian Operations
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Theorem Inc.
Thursday, November 26, 2009 10:23 AM IST (04:53 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology, Media & entertainment; Technology
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Theorem Expands Indian Operations
Bangalore Combines Forces and Phase II Begins on Mysore Campus
Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Thursday, November 26, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Creatives, online media operations and data services company Theorem Inc. (www.TheoremInc.net) has expanded its Indian operations, which consists of offices in Bangalore and a campus in Mysore. The two offices in Bangalore, currently hosting 120 employees, are being combined into one larger space in order to meet further growth demands. Construction has also begun on Phase II of the Mysore campus, which currently has 400 employees.
The Bangalore office has relocated to 23/4, D.Rajagopala Road, Sanjaynagar, Bangalore, to accommodate the impending expansion. The new hires, whose responsibilities include high-end project management for online marketing campaigns, have been brought on to service Theorem's increasing client base in the United States and Europe.
In addition, Theorem's five acre campus in Mysore has experienced an influx of employees, who are providing clients with ad, search and email operations services, as well as data reporting and analysis services. To handle its projected growth over the next few years, Theorem is beginning its second phase construction on the Mysore campus. Once completed in October 2010, the campus will be able to hold 1,000 employees. The new facility will have a dedicated building for a cafeteria and recreation. "Go Green" is the theme for the campus and once completed, will hold environmental-friendly practices like rainwater harvesting and solar lighting. Theorem is continuing to hire throughout the construction period.
"We are excited about this expansion and ability to bring on much more talent" said B. N. Chandrakanth, co-founder and president, Global Services, Theorem. "The core of our business operations is driven by our employees in India. Our growth this year, in a time of economic recession, is a testament to their skills."
About Theorem Inc.
As the global leader in online media operations and reporting with offices on four continents and over 500 technology and service professionals, Theorem has the expertise and experience to maximize the power of our clients' campaigns. From creative design, to optimized ad placement, and exacting and innovative data analysis, Theorem can help you measure and achieve your marketing goals. Using a combination of scale, expertise and operational maturity we deliver creative services, media operations and reporting to some of the most sophisticated digital marketers in the world. Since 2002, leading publishers, brands, ad network and digital agencies have leveraged Theorem's expertise and experience to scale and supplement their digital media operations in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East. For more information, visit www.TheoremInc.net.
CONTACT DETAILS
Gina Preoteasa, Trylon SMR, (212) 725-2295, gina@trylonsmr.com
Matthew Caldecutt, Trylon SMR, (212) 725-2295, matthew@trylonsmr.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY
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Source: Theorem Inc.
Thursday, November 26, 2009 10:23 AM IST (04:53 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology, Media & entertainment; Technology
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Theorem Expands Indian Operations
Bangalore Combines Forces and Phase II Begins on Mysore Campus
Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Thursday, November 26, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Creatives, online media operations and data services company Theorem Inc. (www.TheoremInc.net) has expanded its Indian operations, which consists of offices in Bangalore and a campus in Mysore. The two offices in Bangalore, currently hosting 120 employees, are being combined into one larger space in order to meet further growth demands. Construction has also begun on Phase II of the Mysore campus, which currently has 400 employees.
The Bangalore office has relocated to 23/4, D.Rajagopala Road, Sanjaynagar, Bangalore, to accommodate the impending expansion. The new hires, whose responsibilities include high-end project management for online marketing campaigns, have been brought on to service Theorem's increasing client base in the United States and Europe.
In addition, Theorem's five acre campus in Mysore has experienced an influx of employees, who are providing clients with ad, search and email operations services, as well as data reporting and analysis services. To handle its projected growth over the next few years, Theorem is beginning its second phase construction on the Mysore campus. Once completed in October 2010, the campus will be able to hold 1,000 employees. The new facility will have a dedicated building for a cafeteria and recreation. "Go Green" is the theme for the campus and once completed, will hold environmental-friendly practices like rainwater harvesting and solar lighting. Theorem is continuing to hire throughout the construction period.
"We are excited about this expansion and ability to bring on much more talent" said B. N. Chandrakanth, co-founder and president, Global Services, Theorem. "The core of our business operations is driven by our employees in India. Our growth this year, in a time of economic recession, is a testament to their skills."
About Theorem Inc.
As the global leader in online media operations and reporting with offices on four continents and over 500 technology and service professionals, Theorem has the expertise and experience to maximize the power of our clients' campaigns. From creative design, to optimized ad placement, and exacting and innovative data analysis, Theorem can help you measure and achieve your marketing goals. Using a combination of scale, expertise and operational maturity we deliver creative services, media operations and reporting to some of the most sophisticated digital marketers in the world. Since 2002, leading publishers, brands, ad network and digital agencies have leveraged Theorem's expertise and experience to scale and supplement their digital media operations in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East. For more information, visit www.TheoremInc.net.
CONTACT DETAILS
Gina Preoteasa, Trylon SMR, (212) 725-2295, gina@trylonsmr.com
Matthew Caldecutt, Trylon SMR, (212) 725-2295, matthew@trylonsmr.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY
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