13, Jun 2023
Hearmo Introduces the Ultimate Connected Experience with Three Premium Smartwatches: HearFit RS, HearFit VS, and HearFit REX, Featuring Bluetooth Calling

New Delhi, June 13, 2023: Hearmo, a smart wearable and hearable lifestyle brand, has debuted in the market with the launch of three premium lifestyle smartwatches – the HearFit RS, the HearFit VS, and the HearFit REX. Designed to cater to fitness enthusiasts and fashion-conscious consumers, these smartwatches are equipped with advanced features that include Bluetooth calling, 100+ sports and fitness tracking modes, an HD display, and a sturdy metallic build. These smartwatches will be available across online and offline channels, with prices starting at an attractive launch offer of just INR 1,699/-. With the launch of these three flagship smartwatches, Hearmo aims to bring high-quality and innovative features to the Indian smartwatch market at an accessible price.
“We are excited to make our debut with our premium lifestyle smartwatches. At Hearmo, our vision is to provide high-quality advanced products at affordable prices, bringing happiness to our customers through a premium user experience. With the launch of HearFit RS, HearFit VS, and HearFit REX, we bring our brand’s ethos to life, embodying superior technology, stylish design, and innovative features. Our goal is to make premium wearable devices accessible to all, enhancing their lifestyle with joy and convenience. We embark on this journey with excitement, empowering individuals to embrace an active and connected lifestyle.” – said Mr. Mahendra D Jangir, Founder & CEO, Hearmo.
Specifications and Features:
The HearFit RS seamlessly blends style and technology. Designed with precision, it boasts a 2.0″ (UHD) Full View Display, offering a frameless design and wider visual angles for an immersive experience. The display is further enhanced with Corning Gorilla glass for added durability and protection. The HearFit RS supports AI, games, NFC, and various other features, enhancing your smartwatch experience. It is built with an IP68 waterproof and dustproof rating, as well as atmospheric pressure monitoring. The HearFit RS truly stands out with its remarkable resolution of 420X485 and 320PPI, delivering vibrant visuals. Its brightness of 700 Nits offers excellent visibility in any lighting condition.
Additionally, the HearFit RS goes beyond the ordinary with its wireless charging capability, freeing users from the hassle of cables and ensuring a seamless experience. Users can answer calls on the go with the integrated Bluetooth calling feature, enabling them to pick up calls directly on the speaker while running or driving and stay connected without any distractions.
The HearFit VS combines superior design and craftsmanship in a lightweight and ultra-thin build, providing ultimate comfort for everyday wear. Its 1.9″ bezel-less display offers a stunning visual experience, with vibrant and sharp visuals delivered through a resolution of Narrow Bezel 240X285 and 201 PPI. With features like 100+ sports modes, a battery-saving mode, and multiple standby watch faces, the HearFit VS caters to individual styles and preferences. The smartwatch also includes heart rate, blood pressure, and sleep monitoring features, along with support for the FitCloudPro app. Its brightness of 600 Nits ensures excellent visibility in all lighting conditions.
The HearFit REX stands out with its sleek and stylish design, offering a crystal-clear 1.9″ narrow display with a vibrant and immersive resolution of 240×280. Designed to impress, this smartwatch goes beyond a timepiece, providing advanced features such as heart rate monitoring and sleep tracking to help users stay in tune with their health and wellness. With an IP67 waterproof rating and a robust zinc alloy body, the HearFit REX ensures durability and protection in various environments. It is available in sophisticated colors such as Premium Black, Army Green, Cool Gray, or Rich Gold, allowing users to match their style effortlessly.
Price and Availability
The Hearmo HearFit RS smartwatch, priced at INR 8,999/-, is now available on Amazon and in offline channels at an exclusive launch offer price of INR 2,599/-. This stylish timepiece comes in a sleek GunMetal color option and also includes an additional strap for added versatility.
The Hearmo HearFit VS smartwatch, priced at INR 6,999/-, boasts a lightweight and ultra-thin design that caters to everyday use. It is currently being offered at a special launch price of INR 2,399/- on Amazon and in offline channels. Additionally, it comes with an extra strap for added convenience.
For individuals in search of an affordable yet high-quality option, the HearFit REX smartwatch emerges as the ideal choice. Priced at a mere INR 4499/-, this remarkable timepiece is currently available at a limited launch offer price of INR 1699/-. It comes in four captivating color variations, including Black, Army Green, Cool Gray, and Rich Gold. The HearFit REX smartwatch can now be conveniently purchased through the Offline channel.
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- By Neel Achary
13, Jun 2023
Experience the Captivating Design of VitrA Outline Washbasins
Bathrooms have evolved in recent years from a place of extreme necessity to an aesthetic part of the home. An increasing number of consumers are interested in installing washbasins in a variety of styles and colours for a modern look. If you are looking for elegant and trendy washbasins, the VitrA Outline series is the way to go.

VitrA Outline washbasins completely transform the appearance of your washbasins while offering elegant practicality. This new series is distinguished by its distinctive designs which gives your bathrooms a new look. The series of ongoing trends showcase a modern and contemporary aesthetic, making it suited for all preferences and creating magnificent bathroom designs.
Washbasins in the new Outline series are available in a variety of shapes including Tv, oval, square, and pebble, and are available in white, matt white, matt taupe, matt clay beige, matt moss green, matt stone grey, matt terra rosa and matt black. This series caters to people who want to make their bathrooms a remarkable fashion statement for everyone to admire. Hence, the distinctive design and the durable material make the washbasin look more aesthetic and give a modern touch to your bathroom.
The VitrA Outline series caters to the evolving demands of modern homeowners who seek both functionality and aesthetics in their bathrooms. By offering a captivating selection of washbasins in various styles and colours, VitrA Outline allows individuals to create a truly remarkable and on-trend bathroom space. Elevate your bathroom’s design with the elegant and trendy washbasins from the VitrA Outline series, harnessing the incredible possibilities of exceptional design.
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13, Jun 2023
Tevva develops a four times more efficient regen braking system with ZF

London, 13 June 2023: British electric vehicle manufacturer Tevva has successfully completed development of the regenerative braking system on its 7.5t battery-electric truck. Part of this involved working with global Tier 1 supplier ZF to integrate its Electronic Brake System (EBS) for use in zero-emission Tevva electric trucks.
ZF’s Commercial Vehicle Solutions (CVS) is the world’s largest supplier to the commercial vehicle industry offering solutions for vehicle motion control, integrated safety, automated driving, and electric mobility. ZF worked with Tevva to adapt its EBS for deployment in the Tevva 7.5t battery electric vehicle – which uses a blend of regenerative and compressed air brakes to add an extra layer of safety and responsiveness for drivers.
Tevva’s engineers successfully met a range of stringent testing criteria for the company’s truck to receive ZF’s approval, working on fine-tuning the electric truck’s vehicle control unit (VCU) and enhance compatibility with the EBS. The result is a system that recuperates up to four times* more energy than a conventional compressed air brake system, optimising the range of the Tevva truck. Testing of the adapted system, which took place at the ZF test track in Jeversen, Germany, involved a variety of conditions, gradients and surface types.
Technological advancements allow a modern EBS system to control the blending of friction braking with the e-motor, reducing brake wear and tear. The system transfers the driver’s deceleration request electronically to all braking system components to shorten response time, balance brake forces and provide ease of braking and efficient brake management.
ZF’s Heiko Eggers, Head of Commercial Vehicle EMEA Application Engineering for Braking and ADAS, said: “Our broad product portfolio, including ZF’s standardised Electronic Braking System, enables faster time-to-market for new, innovative market players such as Tevva. Their commitment and agile engineering expertise allowed us to meet our stringent safety requirements and complete our project. We look forward to seeing the first Tevva trucks on the road.”
Tevva’s Uzair Jilani, Lead Engineer, Drive and Brake Systems, said: “We have worked hard to secure a ringing endorsement from arguably one of the world’s most significant Tier 1 suppliers. Working with ZF is a crucial step in the momentum we are building as a truck manufacturer. The system has been adapted for use with our regen system; when the brake pedal is pushed, most of the ‘braking’ is handled by regen, meaning that the drive system slows the vehicle down.
“The conventional braking system is still needed to bring the truck to a complete stop, but this double layer of safety is an excellent aid to more efficient driving. It also means that the hardware undergoes less strain to extend the braking system’s life in the long run.”
Tevva’s 7.5t battery-electric vehicle (BEV) has this year begun mass production at the company’s London facility. This will be followed by a 7.5t hydrogen-electric truck, which benefits from a hydrogen range-extender that enhances vehicle range to 354 miles (570 km). The Tevva BEV offers up to 140 miles (227 kilometres) from its 105-kWh battery on a single charge and is ideal for last-mile and urban delivery fleets.
13, Jun 2023
Recruiting the best talent can be tricky; here’s how to improve your hiring process
In this ever-evolving business landscape, hiring the right, skilled, and talented workforce plays a vital role in scaling a business and taking the company to the next level. Strategic hiring is crucial to accomplishing the growth of any business. Thus, companies must improve their acquisition process with technology, better human resources management, and accurate job descriptions.
Hiring new employees is an inevitable part of a business, and it is more than just reviewing resumes and conducting interviews. Each time a company hires new talent, it makes a long-term investment in the candidate. In this case, recruiting mistakes like poorly crafted job descriptions or lack of communication can deter a qualified candidate from gaining employment or lead to hiring the wrong candidate.
However, with the right hiring process, organisations can recruit the right people for better productivity and lower attrition rates.
This article delves deeper into some tips to improve the hiring process and onboard the right candidates.
1. Write an accurate job description
A job description is a job applicant’s first interaction with an organisation. Employers must ensure that they write accurate and good job descriptions that reflect the organisation’s vision and the role that they are hiring for. A well-written job description will help sieve candidates who aren’t the right fit so that the hiring manager can focus on the best resumes to evaluate. To avoid confusion, the job description must include responsibilities, qualifications, salary expectations, and perks.
2. Identify the right skills for preferred positions
Before hiring a candidate, it is mandatory for the hiring manager to identify the specific needs of a preferred role and try to find someone who can fulfil those requirements. By recognising the exact skill sets required for a job, companies can hire the best talent who is specifically aligned with the company’s business goals and is a culture fit. Hiring managers must create a list of hiring objectives and seek inputs from team members to find a suitable candidate.
3. Build a talent database
Recruiters can create a database of talented candidates who can fill future vacancies. By creating a pool of candidates before a position opens, the hiring manager has ample time to engage with prospective candidates and stay in touch until there is an opening. This will reduce the time to hire when a suitable position opens up.
4. Leverage technology
With advancements in technology, hiring managers now use tools to eliminate bias and improve efficiency when recruiting candidates. With the use of artificial intelligence (AI), the entire selection process can be automated. Chatbots can improve engagement with potential candidates by spending additional time or resources. By adopting recruiting software, the tedious hiring tasks handled manually can be automated. The hiring software tracks every step of the candidate, which helps select the best candidate and streamline the hiring process. For instance, using ChatGPt can automate several HR tasks, ranging from recruitment to employee engagement and development. The software also provides analytics that gives a hiring manager insight into how their hiring process is performing and the scope of improvement.
5. Social media is a blessing
Hiring managers can use social media to find the right candidates and make connections with them in advance. Social platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and others offer recruiters an insight into the candidate’s overall personality and how well they will fit into the company culture. The main factor of recruiting on social media is to cut through the noise and find the right talent. Social media is the best way to find and connect with passive candidates. For instance, LinkedIn is a directory of professionals organised by industry, company, job title and other categories.
To summarise
To address the cutthroat competition in the job market and hire the best talent, hiring managers must adopt an efficient recruitment process to attract and retain the most skilled candidates. Hiring the best candidates can be a daunting task, but the tips discussed in this article can be quite insightful for a hiring manager. Besides the aforementioned tips, hiring managers must emphasise hiring candidates who are an excellent fit for the company culture and share a similar vision for the business.
Attributed to – Mr. Sarvesh Agrawal is the Founder and CEO of Internshala, the career- tech platform
13, Jun 2023
The Age of the Autonomous Enterprise is Coming, Says Research
India, June 13, 2023 – The majority of global decision makers say they plan to fully embrace the autonomous enterprise within the next 10 years, according to new research from Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA), the low-code platform provider empowering the world’s leading enterprises to Build for Change®. The study, conducted by research firm Savanta and unveiled at PegaWorld iNspire, the company’s annual conference in Las Vegas, surveyed 600 business decision-makers worldwide on their understanding of the autonomous enterprise, their plans for implementation, and some of its drivers.
The autonomous enterprise is an organization that comprehensively applies AI and automation to engagement, servicing, and operations across the organization to operationalize agility and create a business that can become self-optimizing. The study found that 58% of respondents expect to define themselves as an autonomous enterprise within the next 10 years. With just 15% saying they feel they are already at this stage today, and 36% projecting they will reach this point five years from now, the upward curve of autonomous enterprise adoption is clear. Tellingly, three quarters (73%) of respondents said they already have some sort of plan to start becoming an autonomous enterprise. When asked what they expected their position to be 10 years from now, an overwhelming 96% said the same.
One of the leading drivers of this new age of self-optimizing technology is a growing understanding of issues caused by old, inefficient ways of using technology to solve one-off problems. These include:
No such thing as a ‘quick fix’: When asked what their primary technology investment strategy was, almost half (46%) of respondents pointed to either ‘quick fix’ technology solutions to resolve specific issues, or off-the-shelf software solutions that provide pre-packaged capabilities for specific applications. Forty percent admitted that such ‘quick fixes’ had resulted in operational inefficiencies within their organization, with more than one-third (35%) saying it has increased risk. Forty percent also cited their belief that such ‘band-aid’ solutions were quicker to implement as their rationale for using them, with 31% saying their options were limited because they must stick to an approved list of vendors. Only 4% of respondents said they do not invest in one-off, disconnected ‘band-aid’ technology solutions at all.
Increased costs: One-quarter of all respondents say they spend between 51 and 100% of their annual IT spend on maintaining solutions that are no longer fit for purpose. Forty-one percent say that investments in disconnected legacy systems have resulted in increased costs.
Where are our customers going?: More than one in three (36%) respondents say they are kept awake at night worrying that customers aren’t getting a good enough experience and that they risk losing them to a competitor. One quarter of respondents also pointed to concerns that siloed legacy technology, systems, and channels had already led to disjointed customer experiences (30%), poor customer service (26%), or loss of customers and revenue (26%).
Eighty-four percent of respondents agreed that unified platforms that connect systems and channels to automate, self-optimize, and align workflows and decisions to business strategy will be either ‘extremely’ or ‘very’ important to improve their operational efficiencies. With the vast majority (75%) also agreeing that AI will have a role to play in their business over the next five years – 40% say it will be ‘pivotal’ – the rise of the autonomous enterprise looks set to gather pace in the years ahead.
Quotes & Commentary:
“This study tells us unequivocally that the age of autonomous is not only coming – in many respects, it’s already here,” said Don Schuerman, chief technology officer, Pega. “Applying AI and automation to decisioning, operations, and servicing across the organization will create a major change in the mindset of how organizations operate and drive the rise of the autonomous enterprise in the coming years.
“In a new world that moves at the speed of AI, manual work, static decisioning, and band-aid solutions are holding back the legacy enterprises of today. The successful organizations of tomorrow will be autonomous enterprises that operationalize agility and focus, bringing people together to deliver hyper-personalized engagement, hyper-efficient operations, and seamless customer experiences. This requires a change in technology but also a change in mindset. As the speed of change increases, a self-optimizing autonomous business will be able to deliver the best-in-class experiences customers and employees demand and deserve.”
Notes
Pega surveyed 600 business decision makers worldwide on their views, understanding and plans for the autonomous enterprise. The results included responses from the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Australia, the Netherlands and Germany.
Resources
Read more about the Autonomous Enterprise here: https://www.pega.com/technology/autonomous-enterprise
13, Jun 2023
AVEVA Further Strengthens Executive Leadership Team with Four New Senior Roles
Mumbai, India, June 13, 2023– AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, has further strengthened its leadership team announcing four new senior executive roles as the company drives forward its new business model.
The news follows the announcement in March of the company’s new Chief Executive Officer Caspar Herzberg, who took over the top job at AVEVA from Peter Herweck, now its chairperson. Herweck officially started as CEO of parent company Schneider Electric on May 4.
Sue Quense, currently AVEVA’s Senior Vice President of Americas, takes on the newly created role of Chief Commercial Officer. Quense, based in Philadelphia, USA, has spent more than three decades in software sales leadership roles. She was a driving force at OSIsoft, which merged with AVEVA in 2021 to meet the expanding industrial intelligence of global enterprises and accelerate the evolution of the connected industrial economy.

Marco Mueller, a long-time technology industry leader, joins AVEVA as Chief Marketing Officer and will be based in London, UK. He was formerly Senior Vice President Global Demand Marketing at ServiceNow, a leading cloud computing platform company headquartered in California’s Silicon Valley, for two and half years. Before that, Marco spent more than a decade in marketing executive roles with SAP, a market leader in enterprise application software where he led marketing teams across the globe. He began his career as a management consultant at Accenture in the high-tech and consumer products industries.

With AVEVA’s goal to support end-to-end product innovation, the research &development(R&D) function and project delivery services will come together with the Business Units and Portfolio Management teams under the leadership of Rob McGreevy, Chief Product Officer.

Iju Raj, who has spent the last five years heading up AVEVA’s cloud platform, takes on the role of Executive Vice President for R&D and will report to McGreevy. Based in India, Raj will be responsible for the day-to-day leadership and operations of R&D, driving efficient development processes, programs, and software innovation.
Caspar Herzberg, CEO of AVEVA, said: “This is a pivotal moment in AVEVA’s 55-year heritage as a leading innovator of software and industrial sustainability. We are undergoing a portfolio-wide transition to a subscription-based business model, and I’m delighted to be adding such expertise and experience to the top table to further strengthen our growth plans.
“To accelerate access to modern solutions and meet dynamic business needs, customers can trade in their existing perpetual licenses for subscriptions spanning any mix of cloud, hybrid, and on-premises solutions across the design-operate-optimize industrial lifecycle. Sue, Marco, Rob, and Iju will be instrumental in further enhancing our leadership team and driving growth.”
Sue Quense, newly appointed Chief Commercial Officer at AVEVA, said: “This is an exciting time to be joining the executive leadership team, as we have ambitious plans. The AVEVA Flex subscription program revolutionizes the way our customers purchase and consume industrial software, enabling agility and access to our full portfolio as they navigate a rapidly changing business environment.”
Marco Mueller, Chief Marketing Officer at AVEVA, said: “Marketing is at the center of successful companies, particularly in our sphere, and a strategic partner to the business. The key story is that we help industrial teams to unify and visualize their data into a digital backbone so that they can understand how to boost efficiency, drive sustainability, and optimize supply chains by sharing information with partners, customers and suppliers, regulators. We call this industrial intelligence-as-a-service.”
Rob McGreevy, Chief Product Officer at AVEVA, said:“Bringing the corporate strategy, business, portfolio, delivery, and R&D together into one cohesive team makes a lot of sense as we evolve our business and drive towards an integrated portfolio and connected customer experience, enabled by our platform. We have an extraordinarily strong bench of research, development, portfolio, and domain experts – and I’m confident that the new structure will accelerate our ongoing transformation, both commercially and technically, to address our customers’ and partners’ shifting requirements.”
Iju Raj, Executive Vice President of R&D at AVEVA, said: “I’m honored to have the opportunity to lead R&D at a company with an exceptional history of innovation. It’s at the heart of what we do. We’re helping industries engineer smarter, operate better, and improve efficiency. Around the world and across the entire industrial lifecycle, we’re collaborating with business leaders to drive sustainable innovation. My key focus will be on delivering faster customer value and accelerating their cloud transformation.”
13, Jun 2023
Mayank Uniyal Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing at Novotel Hyderabad Airport
India, June 2023: Novotel Hyderabad Airport welcomes Mayank Uniyal as the Director of Sales and Marketing. Mayank brings in extensive experience of 20 years in the industry and will take on the responsibility of leading the sales and marketing strategy of the hotel.
He began his professional career with Quality Inn Residency Hotel in 2001 and since then, he has worked with reputable brands, to name a few such as Radisson, InterContinental Hotels Group, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, and many more.
Mr. Uniyal is a highly motivated and outcome-oriented professional, recognized for his talent in developing, directing, and implementing corporate objectives. He proactively identifies and resolves problems, reversing negative sales trends, controlling costs, and maximizing profits.
In his new position, his primary objective will be to enhance the hotel’s sales, marketing, and revenue performance. He will be establishing corporate goals, short-term and long-term budgets, and developing business plans for the achievement of these goals. He will be managing customer operations & ensuring customer satisfaction by achieving delivery as well as service quality norms.
“We are excited to onboard Mr. Mayank Uniyal to the Novotel family.” said Sukhbir Singh, General Manager of Novotel Hyderabad Airport. “Uniyal’s experience in sales and marketing, coupled with his strong leadership skills and outcome-oriented mindset, make him an invaluable asset to our team. His presence will contribute significantly to the continuous enhancement of our renowned hospitality and further strengthen the exceptional service we are known for.”
Prior to joining Novotel Hyderabad Airport, Mr. Uniyal was Director of Sales and Marketing at Radisson Blu Plaza Hyderabad Banjara Hills, where he uplifted the GDS business mix from 3% to 4.5% through sign-up of right RFP accounts and investment in GDS marketing. He even successfully spearheaded cross selling brand program in the West cluster with top performance in the region.
Born and raised in Hyderabad, Mayank completed his schooling from Sri Aurobindo International High School, did his intermediate from Ideal Junior College and obtained his degree in Hotel Management from Anwar-ul-loom College of Hotel Management.
13, Jun 2023
Hansgrohe Group introduces a new era of luxury with AXOR Starck Nature Shower
Ever dreamt of an outdoor shower surrounded by nature? Turning this dream into reality, AXOR introduces one of its kind ‘AXOR Starck Nature Shower’ range. Celebrating the luxury of open-air showering, the unique model developed in collaboration with Philippe Starck is a beautiful amalgamation of smart technology and design, as it can be placed indoors as well as outdoors.

Available in a variety of weather-resistant finishes such as Matt Black, Brushed Bronze or other AXOR FinishPlus finishes, the range not only makes a great product for its durability, but also impresses with its colour brilliance. The timeless, iconic design built in with an extremely slim shower bar blends elegantly into a variety of settings such as the home garden, the urban terrace or even the private yacht. Furthermore, the showerhead can be mounted on individually selected materials for the back wall, from glass to stone and metal to wood. An icon in new living space, the simplicity of the design language is underlined by the consistent use of basic shapes; the cylindrical handles can be used to set the temperature, as well as set water volume and shower head selection. Built in with PowderRain technology, the shower reflects the beauty and stratification of nature.
The showerhead comes with an effective drainage system, thereby, allowing the product components to withstand the elements. Thanks to the ease of assembly and disassembly, the shower column can easily be stored indoors at temperatures below freezing. The water jet is reminiscent of a soft summer rain, whisper quiet and light as a feather. The AXOR Starck Nature Shower collection consists of a total of three design variants: Two for outdoor use, of which one comes with a hand-held shower, and one product for indoor use. The indoor and outdoor variants with hand-held shower adapt even better to individual wellness needs.
For a holistic bathroom design, AXOR Uno, AXOR One and AXOR Starck faucet collections match the minimalist design of the AXOR Starck shower columns for indoor and outdoor use.
13, Jun 2023
Association of Women in the Metal Industries Hosts Lunch & Learn
Entrepreneur and certified life coach Tracee Lynn to speak at St. Louis nonprofit’s event.
(St. Louis, Mo., June 13, 2023) – Association of Women in the Metal Industries (AWMI) will hold a Lunch & Learn on Thurs., June 22 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Conflux Co-Learning’s headquarters located at 8221 Minnesota Ave. Entrepreneur and certified life coach Tracee Lynn will discuss how to overpower obstacles through persistence and resilience while writing your own success story.

Tracee Lynn will highlight how to effectively deal with setbacks, as well as find the fastest solutions to personal challenges. She will examine how to believe in yourself and your dreams even during tough times plus how to use your own failures to your advantage.
Tracee Lynn is a licensed Zumba instructor and owner of MLCA Lux Aura, a luxury collection that focuses on the personal affirmational journey. She launched Aligned Faith Coaching with her husband in 2022.
The Association of Women in the Metal Industries (AWMI) is a nonprofit business league with four cornerstones that include network, grow, educate, and mentor. For more information, visit www.awmi.org.
Conflux Co-Learning is the nation’s first co-learning space that exclusively serves manufacturers and distributors. The membership-based nonprofit organization creates content, connections, and space so manufacturing and distribution leaders can navigate and grow in a rapidly changing industry. For more information, call (314) 754-8712 or visit www.confluxcolearning.com.
General admission is $50, AWMI corporate sponsor employee admission is $45, and AWMI individual member admission is $40. Lunch will be served prior to the presentation. To register, visit
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12, Jun 2023
University of Birmingham makes key appointments in Jain Studies
12 June 2023
The University of Birmingham has made three key academic appointments in establishing its new world-leading teaching and research portfolio in Jainism.
Revealed today the academics taking up these posts will develop teaching and research in Jainism and contemporary issues.

Dr Areti Theofilopoulou has been appointed Assistant Professor in the Ethics of Non-Violence. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Interdisciplinary Research Lab for Bioethics at the Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences. Her research examines the intersection between political philosophy and applied ethics and the ethics of personal relationships, particularly on domestic violence. She will start her new position at the University of Birmingham in September.
Dr Theofilopoulou says: “I am honoured to join the Bhagavan Dharmanath Jain Studies offering at the University of Birmingham as the Assistant Professor in the Ethics of Non-Violence. Jainism’s profound teachings on ahimsa (non-violence) and its impact on personal, social and environmental well-being align perfectly with my own academic pursuits. I am excited to engage with students and scholars alike, fostering a deeper understanding of the ethics of non-violence.”
Dr Marie-Hélène Gorisse has been announced as Dharmanath Assistant Professor in Jain Studies. She previously held a position as a Research Fellow in the School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion at the University of Birmingham. Her research focuses on Jainism, on the way Jain thought developed in dialogue with other South Asian religious traditions, and on the contemporary relevance of Jainism as a contributor to the study of religion, theology and global philosophy of religion.
Dr Gorisse commented: “Jainism has a lot to contribute to discussions that are shaping the world of tomorrow, especially concerning environmental sustainability and global ethics. As the Dharmanath Assistant Professor in Jain Studies, I am excited and honoured to be instrumental in ensuring there is dialogue between academics, the Jain community in Birmingham, in the UK and globally, and our students on these topical issues.”
Jinesh Sheth will join the University of Birmingham as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Jain Studies. He is currently in the final stages of completing his PhD on ‘A Critical Study of Anekāntavāda’ at the Department of Philosophy, University of Mumbai.
Jinesh Sheth says: “I am so pleased to join the Bhagavan Dharmanath Jain Studies offering as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow. It is a great opportunity for me to further pursue my research and engage with scholars working in the fields of philosophy, theology, religion and Jain studies. I also look forward to connecting with the wider community, fostering a deeper appreciation for Jain values and their practical application in the modern world.”
The new academic team will cover a wide range of topics, including Jainism, peace and conflict resolution, environmental ethics, ecology and animal rights across theology, religion and ethics. The team will also support the recently introduced specialist Masters Pathway in the Global Philosophy of Religion and Doctoral Research in Jain Studies.
The University announced the creation of a Jain Studies offering in December 2022 – made possible through a gift of $1.5million to the University from a group of philanthropists, including Dr Jasvant Modi, representing US donors and, Nemu Chandaria OBE, from the Institute of Jainology, representing UK donors.
Dr Jasvant Modi says: “I am truly honoured and immensely proud to witness the University of Birmingham’s momentous step in establishing a team of scholars who will contribute world-leading teaching and research in Jainism. The appointment of these three esteemed researchers signifies a profound commitment to advancing the understanding and appreciation of Jain principles and philosophies. Together, we embark on a transformative journey, fostering a deeper understanding of compassion, non-violence, and harmonious coexistence to contribute to a more empathetic and sustainable world.”
Professor Charlotte Hempel, Head of the School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion at the University of Birmingham, commented: “I warmly congratulate Areti, Marie-Hélène and Jinesh on their new roles and look forward to welcoming this outstanding team of scholars and educators in Jain Studies to the University of Birmingham.
“These key appointments are an exciting step forward for the development of Jain Studies at Birmingham and mean we can now expand and develop our existing research and teaching in Jainism, which will not only benefit our students but also the academic community, as well as enhance public knowledge and understanding on the topic. I am really looking forward to seeing this investment in Jainism bear fruit in the classroom and research on the existential issues we face today.”