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Monday, June 1, 2009
BWI: Ex-IITians Offer help to Young Aspirants through Askiitians.com
Source: Askiitians.com
Monday, June 01, 2009 04:10 PM IST (10:40 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Education & training, Information technology; Technology
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Ex-IITians Offer help to Young Aspirants through Askiitians.com
Online Students Storm through IIT JEE 2009 with Confidence
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Monday, June 01, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Askiitians.com is the first company in India to offer online coaching for IIT JEE and AIEEE. Moreover, it is perhaps the only tutorial or coaching provider that can claim that all its tutors are IITians. More than 20 tutors are associated with the company at the moment with a vision of providing affordable help and study support to more and more IIT JEE aspirants all over India. Their efforts bore fruit when 284 online students who had subscribed to IIT JEE preparation services at Askiitians.com made it through IIT JEE 2009.
For the first time in the history of IIT JEE, online students have managed to crack the examinations. The phenomenal success of these students owes itself to the ingenious way in which these IITians have put net and latest technologies to use to reach the students in remotest locations of the country and provide them with able guidance. In its very first year, 1480 IIT JEE aspirants sought the help of test preparation services at Askiitians.com. The rigorous training and first hand experience of tutors at IITs help the online tutors at the website to point out exactly what they should aim for while taking IIT JEE and AIEEE examinations.
Despite the sorry figure of 4% students who finally made it to IITs this year, nearly 20% students who joined online coaching classes at Askiitians.com made it through the examinations. Many more students benefited from the free tests, discussion forums, practice questions and study material available on the website. The flexible schedules and personalized one-on-one study sessions makes online IIT JEE coaching unique and more effective than regular coaching classes. Online tutors at Askiitians are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and offer help to students in real-time using instant messaging, voice chat and interactive whiteboards.
Askiitians offers the best online IIT JEE and AIEEE coaching available at present. The company makes sure that all its tutors have more than 2000 hours of online teaching experience and that they are always updated on latest trends in IIT JEE exam preparation techniques and strategies. The IITians who have joined hands with Askiitians.com believe that the best education system is the one that can adapt itself to the student's understanding of the subject, learning pace and learning style. Their online sessions are made interesting by including real-life case studies and practical problems that makes understanding of a concept easier and fun.
The 284 Askiitians students who made it through IIT JEE 2009 bear testimony to the fact that online study support system has emerged stronger and much more efficient at the hands of some of the best minds of India. The best part of test preparation services online is that each student gets full attention of the teacher as they interact with each other. This enables the teacher to access strengths and weaknesses of a student and make valuable suggestions that can help them to score more while taking the actual test. Live academic advisors on the website can help you find the most suitable program for you based on your convenience, budget and preferences. They can help you decide whether you should go for Remote Instructional Programs, video tutorials, one-on-one online tutoring sessions or one-time assistance.
Askiitians.com was started by Aditya Singhal and Nishant Sinha who are themselves ex IITians they say, "Our strength lies in our research and dedication to our cause. We envision equal opportunity to all students to get an affordable coaching solution to make it to their dream institutions and IITians with us are doing every bit on their part to make it come true. The success of our students signal hope for all the students who cannot go to Delhi or Kota to join a coaching class. We are the first ones in India to offer online IIT JEE coaching solutions and success rate of our students prove that online education is as effective as classroom coaching in the hands of qualified and knowledgeable tutors.
CONTACT DETAILS
Sachin Tyagi, Trans Web Educational Services Pvt Ltd, +91 (11) 26850751, sachin.tyagi@transtutors.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, EDUCATION, IT, TECHNOLOGY
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BWI: HaloSource Opens New India Facility to Support its International Drinking Water Business
Source: Business Wire
Monday, June 01, 2009 03:30 PM IST (10:00 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Water; Technology; Healthcare
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(BW)(WA-HALOSOURCE)HaloSource Opens New India Facility to Support its International Drinking Water Business
Seattle, United States, Monday, June 01, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) --
HaloSource, the clean water and antimicrobial solutions company, has opened a new office and manufacturing facilities in Bangalore, India, to continue the commercialization and development of its HaloPure drinking water purification business. HaloSource's India unit, HaloSource Technologies Private Limited, is headed by its Chief Executive for India, Manoj Das, who has been with the company since early 2007.
The opening ceremonies featured senior HaloSource staff from its US and India operations, as well as suppliers, customers and officials from the Karnataka State government. The ceremony included an introductory speech and ribbon cutting by HaloSource President and CEO, John Kaestle and was followed by a traditional Indian reception including a dance performance by a local troop.
The newly constructed, 14,000 square foot facility employs 16 people and will be supported by its US head office. This facility closely follows the opening of HaloSource's Shanghai, China facility which opened its doors last September.
John Kaestle, President and Chief Executive Officer of the parent company HaloSource Inc, said, "We are thrilled to open this new production facility and office. Our growth in India has outstripped the capacity of our initial location. We built this new facility to accommodate both our existing business and to further support our growing Indian and international customer base."
HaloSource's unique contact biocide technology (HaloPure BR) is US EPA registered and meets the World Health Organizations guidelines for safety and disinfection. "This technology has the capacity to impact human health and bring purified drinking water to millions of people," said Kaestle. "This new office and facility will help us do that."
About HaloSource:
HaloSource® is a leading, clean water and antimicrobial technology company headquartered in the US with operations in India and China. The company provides proprietary solutions to clean and purify water, killing bacteria and viruses that may cause disease. Revenues are derived from HaloPure, which provides safer drinking water; HaloShield which forms the active ingredient that imparts antimicrobial properties to household cleaning products such as dishcloths; and SeaKlear and StormKlear products which provide water clarification and antimicrobial applications for treating recreational and industrial waste water. HaloSource® is founded on a strong and rapidly expanding IP portfolio around two core technologies:
- N-halamine technology, which harnesses the power of chlorine and bromine, for its drinking water and anti-microbial businesses
- Chitosan chemistry, which causes particles in water to bind together so that they can be filtered off, for its swimming pools and industrial waste water businesses
Based in the Seattle, Washington area, HaloSource is a worldwide employer and operates manufacturing plants and offices in Raymond, Washington, Shanghai, China and Bangalore, India.
For more information please visit the website at www.halosource.com.
CONTACT DETAILS
CONTACTS :
HaloSource
US CONTACT
Andrew Clews
VP, Marketing & Business Development
Phone: 425-974-1991
Email: aclews@halosource.com
or
INDIA CONTACT
Manoj Kumar Das
Director & Chief Executive (India)
Phone: +91 80 28472573
Email: manoj@halosource.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, WATER, TECHNOLOGY, HEALTHCARE
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BWI: Max New York Life Insurance Launches Healthy Family Floater Plan
Source: Max New York Life Insurance
Monday, June 01, 2009 02:15 PM IST (08:45 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Banking & financial services, Business services; Healthcare
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Max New York Life Insurance Launches 'Healthy Family' Floater Plan
A First of its Kind Health Insurance Plan for the Entire Family Including the Ones Expected
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Monday, June 01, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Max New York Life Insurance, one of India's leading life insurance companies, today introduced 'LIFELINE Healthy Family' a health insurance plan, the most comprehensive long term insurance coverage for hospitalization, surgeries and critical illness for the entire family under one single policy.
With the launch of 'Health Family' Max New York Life also became the first and the only company to offer benefits for congenital disorder. It also introduces some other significant firsts and bests to the industry.:
- Highest number of Hospitalisation Days and Daily Cash limits
- Highest number of critical illness covered
- Health insurance coverage for the longest duration - 10 years
- No upper limit on the family size
- Yearly increases on surgical benefits, even after claims
- Guaranteed renewability till the age of 75 years
- Relevant and segmented benefit for parents
"We are excited to offer this comprehensive health insurance solution for the entire family that responds realistically to their needs which are far from being met. With the growing incidence of diseases due to lifestyle changes, health insurance is recognized as one of the primary protection needs for all the members of the family," said Max New York Life Insurance Senior Vice President & Head - Health & Retirement - Sumit Rai. Announcing the launch of 'Healthy Family', Sumit Rai added: "With a complete and comprehensive portfolio of Health Insurance solutions backed by best in class services we have emerged as a leader in setting quality benchmarks. Max New York Life works on the principle of trust and imparts the same values to its Agent advisors. We work closely with our customers and the process of aiming to provide relevant solutions for their needs begins with understanding them better and recognising their needs."
About Healthy Family
The need of the hour is for a health insurance plan that not only takes care of ones health insurance, but also takes care of his family. Taking care of this need Max New York Life introduced LifeLine Healthy Family - the Most Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan.
Key Benefits:
Comprehensive health cover - Covers hospital cash, surgery and critical illness for the whole family under one plan.
Coverage of Congenital disorder - Max New York Life is the only life insurer to offer this benefit. This benefit covers medically listed necessary surgical procedures required to correct congenital defects in a child born to a mother who is continuously covered for a period of 12 month under the policy. The benefit is part of the Surgical Sum Assured and will form a part of the Primary floater. Repeat surgeries would be allowed subject to the sum assured limits applicable.
Highest number of Hospitalisation Days and Daily Cash limits - Through Healthy Family, the family insured is entitled to 100 days of coverage in the policy year and 500 days during the policy term. Also the family is entitled to fixed daily cash benefits in case of hospitalization of Rs. 1000/- per unit and Rs. 2000/- per unit in case of ICU requirements.
Coverage for 10 years - To close the existing gap of long-term health insurance for the entire family, Healthy Family provides health insurance cover for a period of 10 years with an option to renew premiums in a block of 5 years.
No upper limit on the family size - The policy also offers no limitations on the number of children that can be covered under one policy whether biological or adopted.
Highest number of surgeries covered and Yearly increases on surgical benefits, even after claims - Healthy Family entitles coverage in more that 430 surgeries and an increase of 5% (simple interest) on the surgical cash benefit each year.
Highest number of critical illness cover in the industry - Healthy Family covers 38 critical illnesses, which is the highest in the industry.
Guaranteed Renewability till the age of 75 years - Healthy Family guarantees renewabality of the policy till the age of 75 years even if a member of the family has faced major or critical illness.
Relevant and segmented benefit for parents - Since older members of the family are more susceptible to falling ill, to ensure that the family does not suffer from inadequate cover in case the benefits have been availed, parents in the family have been provided with segmented benefits which will ensure separate payout in case of hospital, surgical and critical illness payouts.
Premium calculation for each life to arrive at the final premium for the entire family - Each individual of the family is assessed individually to arrive at a cumulative premium. Through this offering the company has have also tried to address the existing concern of defined premiums irrespective of family health conditions. This means two different families with the same number of members and age may have different premium amounts based on individual health conditions.
About Max New York Life
Max New York Life Insurance Company Ltd. is a joint venture between Max India Ltd., one of India's leading multi-business corporations and New York Life International, the international arm of New York Life, a Fortune 100 company. Max New York Life Insurance, incorporated in 2000, is one of India's leading private life insurance companies. The company offers both individual and group life insurance solutions. It has established a wide distribution network across India. Through its wide network of highly competent life insurance agent advisors and flexible product solutions, Max New York life Insurance is creating a partnership for life with its customers in India to facilitate them to achieve more.
CONTACT DETAILS
Arpan Basu, Max New York Life Insurance Company Ltd, +91 9818083556, arpan.basu@maxnewyorklife.com
Priya Badshah, Max New York Life Insurance Company Ltd, +91 9820248172 , priya.badshah@maxnewyorklife.com
Aparna Sankaran, IPAN, +91 9899957559, aparna.sankaran@ipan.com
Garima Arora, IPAN, +91 9891221255, garima.arora@ipan.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BANKING, BUSINESS SERVICES, HEALTHCARE
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BWI: CEAT Receives Readers Digest Trusted Brand Awards09
Source: Ceat Ltd
Monday, June 01, 2009 01:19 PM IST (07:49 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Automotives, Business services, Media & entertainment; Automotive
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CEAT Receives Reader's Digest Trusted Brand Awards'09
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Monday, June 01, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Indian tyre major, CEAT is the winner of the Reader's Digest Trusted Brands Gold AwardT 2009 for Tyres category in India. The Reader's Digest Trusted Brand Survey was launched in 1999 and has been carried out annually for the past ten years.
On the six parameters viz. Quality, Trustworthiness, Credible Image, Value, Innovative & Understanding Consumers, CEAT has been rated as the Most Trusted Brand by the upper class, well-educated readers of Digest.
CEAT has been the success story, which consumers have recognized & expressed their Trust on the Brand, by rewarding it as the Gold Winner of the Reader's Digest Trusted Brand.
Speaking on the occasion Mr. Vinod Kumar, Head-Marketing, CEAT Ltd said: "We are pleased to receive the Reader's Digest Trusted Brands Gold AwardT 2009 for Tyres category in India. This award marks CEAT's continuous endeavor to be the preferred tyre maker.
Brands that have a strong relationship of trust with consumers need to strengthen and reinforce it more than ever. The survey identifies which brands appeal most to Indian consumers. Achieving Trusted Brand status is a genuine recognition of consumers' approval. The survey reflects consumers' choice of their most trusted and favorite brands among the thousands available in the market.
About CEAT Tyres:
CEAT Tyres, the flagship company of RPG Enterprises, with an annual turnover of Rs. 2,758 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.
About the Awards
Reader's Digest 'Trusted Brands' has a well-established reputation as the premier consumer-based, international measure of brand preference. Now in its ninth year in Asia, Reader's Digest consumer poll is carried out by the independent research house, Nielsen Media Research; results are based solely on consumer votes gathered across the region, ensuring the results are unmatched for accuracy and integrity.
CONTACT DETAILS
Kavita Bhaskaran, Sampark Public Relations, +91 9987355009, kavita.bhaskaran@sampark.com
Abhishek Subhedar, Sampark Public Relations, +91 9323373592, subhedarabhishek@gmail.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, AUTOMOTIVE, BUSINESS SERVICES, MEDIA, AUTOMOTIVE
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BWI: meracareerguide.com: One Stop Destination for Education and Career Related Information
Source: meracareerguide.com
Monday, June 01, 2009 10:00 AM IST (04:30 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Education & training, Information technology; Technology
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meracareerguide.com: One Stop Destination for Education and Career Related Information
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, Monday, June 01, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Noida based startup today introduces a unique educational information portal, 'meracareerguide.com" that promises to help students to take informed career decision.
meracareerguide.com, a one stop destination for Education & Career related information, aims to address problems of students who are confused and have numerous questions about their particular field of interests - I want to be an IAS officer, how should I go about it? I want to be a lawyer where do I start? Most of the students are fixed with basic questions of what to choose? Whom to ask? What is right career choice for me? What will be the future of my career choice?
Keeping this in mind, Mera Career Guide has come out with a career focused website. The website is specialized in these following areas -
- Courses information to be taken after +2.
- Career Tests - scientifically designed assessments.
- Expert chat for career counseling.
- Get your queries answered by community.
- Interview queries.
- Resume preparation tips.
- Course planner that gives information about various course of colleges across India.
It has a team of experts from diverse fields and has in depth understanding of the industry. The expert panel has enviable academic credentials with many from Institutes like BITS-Pilani, IITs, IIMs & DCE.
Love Chopra, the founder of meracareerguide.com states, "the website is designed to provide a platform to students from 15-24 age group, at the same time it will enable educational institutes to reach out to their target students. It has extensive content published in a way that can be easily comprehended by students and is not overwhelming."
About meracareerguide.com:
meracareerguide.com is a career-focused strategy which answers to the most critical question of the time 'How to bridge gap between learning and doing?' The portal is for students to investigate wide range of options and course choices, educators can use it to gauge how well they are meeting the academic and career needs of students and parents to know what academic courses their children need for college.
CONTACT DETAILS
Surabhi Dewra, meracareerguide.com, +91 9312732329, surabhi@meracareerguide.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, EDUCATION, IT, TECHNOLOGY
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