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Godrej Enterprises Group leads the way to a more responsible and sustainable future with Conscious Collective 2024

India, October 2024: Godrej Design Lab, part of the Godrej Enterprises Group, is back with the second edition of Conscious Collective, to be hosted from 13th to 15th December 2024, in Mumbai. Conscious Collective 2024 will gather thought leaders, innovators, and change-makers for a weekend filled with thought-provoking conversations, interactive workshops, immersive experiences, inspiring book reading sessions, retail and a reflective film screening segment, aimed at addressing some of the world’s most pressing social and environmental challenges.

This year’s theme, “Bridging Horizons for a Sustainable Future,” emphasizes the importance of fostering connections across diverse communities, disciplines, and perspectives. Godrej Design Lab, in collaboration with the Council on Energy, Environment, and Water (CEEW), has undertaken a study on the critical role of sustainability in the built environment and the impact of urban surroundings on our everyday experiences in cities. The various segments of the platform will reflect this study, encouraging guests to rethink their lifestyle choices, particularly in relation to urban living. Conscious Collective will host over 20 unique installations curated by architects, designers and students from the creative field.

Conscious Collective 2024 will feature prominent thought leaders from around the globe, including Kai-Uwe Bergmann, Sanjay Puri, Veerendra Wakhaloo, Chithra Viswanath, Ayaz Basrai, and many others, who will share their expertise and inspiring innovative design approaches to real-world issues. Media veterans, Pramiti Madhavji and Sonia Bajaj have curated the conversation segment at Conscious Collective. To register for the showcase and conversations, visit consciouscollective.in

Committed to build a collective force towards a greener and more inclusive future, Conscious Collective has partnered with various other like-minded organizations like Raw Collaborative, India Climate Collaborative, India Climate Collective, Charles Correa Foundation among others to curate this experience. The platform has also collaborated with renowned creative minds and environment experts to curate the workshop and book reading segments. Tickets to workshops will be available on Insider.

The inaugural edition of Conscious Collective attracted close to 4000 visitors and featured several installations, interactive workshops, and collaborations with leading brands. With Conscious Collective 2024, Godrej Enterprises Group looks forward to pushing the boundaries of innovation that will shape a future where progress leaves a lasting and positive impact on people and the planet.

AVEVA unveils its connected roadmap for the future of industrial intelligence at AVEVA World Paris

India, October 16, 2024 – AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, driving digital transformation and sustainability, is enabling new levels of innovation through the continued evolution of CONNECT, and three major product developments that drive the next step in digital transformation for its customers and partners.

At this year’s AVEVA World 2024 in Paris, AVEVA is showcasing its solutions and vision for how AI and digitally connected communities can accelerate efficiency, agility and sustainability by building connected information ecosystems. With more than 3,500 industry executives and experts in attendance, guests are being given the opportunity to see AVEVA’s latest innovations, attend keynote sessions with Michelin and Databricks, and explore an immersive expo.

During the event, Chief Product Officer, Rob McGreevy will share how AVEVA is continuing to deliver new software innovation, strengthened integration within its existing product suite, and further expand the CONNECT platform in support of its extensive partner ecosystem. Noteworthy announcements include the Industrial AI Assistant, AVEVA Unified Engineering, AVEVA Operations Control, and AVEVA PI Data Infrastructure which extend customers’ existing investments and enables a broad range of new use cases such as data sharing, digital twin visualization and AI and Analytics. This provides new levels of engineering efficiency, operational performance, and improved decision making.

For AVEVA Unified Engineering, the new enhancements will bring together global, multi-discipline, multi-organisation teams and allow them to work from the same up-to-date project data in a common environment. Whether working in 1D, 2D or 3D, AVEVA Unified Engineering takes teams from working in siloed applications with document-based workflows to an agile, intelligent, collaborative digital environment. It further helps businesses to deliver optimized plant designs by enabling collaborative, transparent data-centric decision-making processes, ultimately enabling companies to deliver projects on-time and on-budget.

“At AVEVA, we are constantly improving and streamlining our products to ensure the best results for our customers. AVEVA Unified Engineering brings together multidisciplinary design tools in a single, quick-to-deploy platform. Teams can now move from sequential workflows to real-time collaboration and community data sharing via CONNECT, reducing discrepancies and accelerating innovation,” comments Rob McGreevy, chief product officer, AVEVA.

AVEVA Operations Control is a complete operations offer with zero tag, IO, and server limitations; providing complete architectural flexibility from process to plant to enterprise. It offers unlimited access to HMI/SCADA visualization, historian, reporting and team collaboration capabilities. Data management capabilities will enable a new ecosystem and use cases including AI-powered analytics for quality and production optimization. As part of its update, AVEVA is including key CONNECT capabilities with every AVEVA Operations Control subscription. The combination benefits users with new insights from the industrial AI assistant that queries both process and MES data. Customers can take advantage of pre-defined and self-service editable dashboards and animations, to holistically visualize complex interactions. The combination of AI and visualization allows customers to investigate issues, solve problems, and gain actionable insights for optimizing production and the business.

McGreevy adds, “By pairing AVEVA Operations Control with the CONNECT platform, users have access to purpose-built AI capabilities for optimizing production throughput, quality and sustainability metrics.”

AVEVA also announced the continued evolution of AVEVA PI System portfolio with new and expanded capabilities for its AVEVA PI Data Infrastructure offering. New write-back capabilities from CONNECT to AVEVA PI Server enable real-time collaboration between operations experts and other stakeholders such as analysts and data scientists, allowing operators to incorporate advanced analytics within trusted tools and existing workflows. In addition, new performance enhancements will increase users’ ability to move, manage, and manipulate data to meet business demands. Customers are already achieving breakthrough results in productivity, quality, uptime and cost savings when they integrate their industrial data from the edge, the plant and the cloud using CONNECT.

“The latest AVEVA PI Data Infrastructure enhancements let customers leverage real-time operations data in a wider array of use cases and support data users in more functions, both inside and outside the enterprise. Our hybrid solution also enables industrial companies to see new levels of agility, scale and return from their expanded data infrastructure. We’re delighted to see the additional benefits our customers will achieve in the year ahead” states Rob McGreevy.

Beyond these flagship releases, a host of other capabilities enabled through CONNECT and our partner ecosystem will also be featured – including generative engineering design, enhanced planning, improved production operations (MES), performance, and simulation and optimization.

STEMROBO aims to train 20,000+ educators nationwide with Its Educator Training Program

Noida, 16 October, 24 – STEMROBO Technologies, a leading Edtech company in India, providing end-to-end solutions for K-12 schools education, has set a goal to train more 20,000 educators across India in the next three years through its Educator Training Program. Having already trained more than 30,000 educators worldwide through various training programs, this program is now focused on equipping teachers, career changers, and career enhancers with essential technology skills to better prepare students for the future.

The Educator Training Program offers accessible, online training across in-demand subjects such as coding, robotics, IoT, 3D design, Python programming, and AI/ML. Divided into three progressive levels, the program begins with foundational topics like game and app development, then moves to more advanced subjects, including IoT, robotics, and AI. By following the National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF) and earning endorsements from the Electronics Sector Skills Council of India (ESSCI) and Skill India, the program provides industry-recognized certifications that help educators stay relevant in today’s evolving job market.

According to Anurag Gupta, Co-founder of STEMROBO Technologies, “Our Educator Training Program is a major step toward transforming education. With the aim to train 50,000+ educators nationwide over the next three years, we believe that empowering teachers with the right skills and tools is the key to shaping the future of learning. By training teachers with cutting-edge knowledge and certification, we are not only enhancing the quality of education but also creating new job opportunities. We are excited to be at the forefront of this transformation in the edtech industry, contributing to a more technologically advanced and prepared society”

The program offers several key features, including global access to Tinker & Innovation Labs for hands-on experience, lifetime access to a Learning Management System (LMS) for continuous learning, and placement assistance for educators, particularly those entering or transitioning into teaching roles. These elements ensure that participants not only gain new skills but also have the resources to apply them effectively in their careers.

STEMROBO’s mission to integrate advanced technology into K-12 education aligns with the goals of NEP 2020 (National Education Policy). By bridging the gap between traditional teaching methods and modern technologies, the program aims to empower educators with the skills to teach cutting-edge subjects like robotics, AI, and IoT, fostering critical thinking and problem-solving abilities in students. Through its commitment to developing tech-savvy educators, STEMROBO is shaping the future of education in India and preparing the next generation for a technology-driven world.

UiPath Joins Forces with SAP on an Integrated Offering to Accelerate Enterprise Automation for SAP Customers

Mumbai, India – October 16, 2024– UiPath, a leading enterprise automation and AI software company, announced the UiPath Platform will be integrated with the SAP Build Process Automation solution and sold as one of the SAP Solution Extensions. The offering is integrated with SAP Build Process Automation and will help to enable true enterprise-wide transformation by allowing customers to embrace a holistic view of automation across heterogeneous environments that span both SAP and non-SAP systems.

The UiPath addition to SAP Solution Extensions can help customers easily automate business processes and operate at enterprise scale. The integrated offering can unlock the full potential of enterprise automation for customers looking to save costs and quickly deploy enterprise-wide automations. With the solution extension, SAP customers can accelerate business transformation, migrate critical business systems to the cloud, and streamline business processes that traverse enterprise systems and applications.

Customers can also experience significant benefits from a comprehensive approach to automating end-to-end processes through:

• SAP’s portfolio of enterprise automation solutions: with iPaaS, process mining and RPA, to continually optimize the business processes to outperform with agility and transparency in real time.
• Simplifying and accelerating the migration to SAP S/4HANA Cloud: customers can expedite their journey to SAP S/4HANA Cloud by leveraging automation and proven migration content to prepare, clean, and synchronize the data between source and target systems, speed up the migration process, reduce the potential risks for go-live, and leverage automation as a key pillar in a clean core strategy.
• Enhancing rapid, sustained innovation: customers can unlock the full promise of enterprise automation by building industry-compliant best practices and end-to-end processes (such as Lead to Cash, Source to Pay, Recruit to Retire, Design to Operate) across SAP and other applications. This helps to create the digital thread that connects all enterprise applications, productivity tools, and legacy systems.

 “Customers are keen on a holistic approach to automating end-to-end processes that accelerates their business. We’re excited to welcome the market-leading capabilities of UiPath into the SAP Build Process Automation solution. As an SAP solution extension, we can provide customers with the critical ability to scale and deploy enterprise automation across their entire organization,” said Michael Ameling, Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer, SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP SE.

“Our combined offering is unique in the market. UiPath Platform within the SAP Build Process Automation solution delivers a seamless experience for SAP users to create, execute, and monitor automations from a single platform. This allows them to achieve transformative business outcomes, accelerate their automation journey, and gain added trust and compliance within their automation programs,” said Graham Sheldon, Chief Product Officer at UiPath.

The integrated solution will be available in October 2024 and aims to provide:

• True end-to-end automation across diverse IT landscapes
• Improved efficiency and productivity across SAP and non-SAP workloads
• Reduced long-term total cost of ownership within a supportable, governable approach that moves custom code to the ‘automation layer’
• Faster implementations by leveraging prebuilt solution accelerators

House Of Makeup, a premium beauty brand, launches 3 nude shades in their DAWN TO DAWN super-stay liquid lipstick collection

India, 2024:

House Of Makeup, a premium beauty brand known for its clean formulations, launches three new nude shades in its DAWN TO DAWN Super-Stay Liquid Lipstick collection. The new shades—Candy Frost, Glazed Nut, and Honey Coral are designed to complement all Indian skin tones and are perfect for the festive and wedding season.

These lightweight lipsticks are comfortable, hydrating and provide long-lasting wear without peeling or cracking. They settle into a matte finish and are made with 100% clean ingredients as directed by the EU Cosmetic Directive, including hyaluronic acid, a blend of five nourishing oils, and vitamin E. The collection features 13 full-size shades and 6 mini options to suit a wide range of skin tones

House Of Makeup’s DAWN TO DAWN collection has quickly gained popularity with the shades Ginger Snap—a lovely brown nude lipstick—and Cinnamon Blush—a reddish-brown shade, selling out in three days after being featured by celebrity beauty influencers. These new shades have been carefully formulated to complement Indian skin tones while adding a soft, versatile touch of color. Whether it’s for weddings, special events, or everyday wear, these shades offer variation and style.

Adani Foundation at ACC Tikaria benefits 100 rural dairy farmers by quadrupling milk collection

Uttar Pradesh, 16 October 2024: ACC, the cement and building material company of the diversified Adani Portfolio, is committed to facilitating sustainable livelihoods for rural dairy farmers. Along with the Adani Foundation, the Company has established the Annapurna Milk Collection Centre in Annibaijal village, near ACC Tikaria, in collaboration with Mother Dairy. This project supports over 100 dairy farmers across 10 villages, and has quadrupled their milk collection.

The initiative, launched in May 2023, has significantly increased daily milk collection from 100 to 400 litres, benefiting the dairy farming community. It also ensures fair practices, timely payments, and quality-based pricing for milk. The Annapurna Milk Collection Center, managed by the Annapurna Mahila Samiti, ensures transparency in the milk collection process, leveraging modern tools like milk analysers for quality control. Farmers are now paid between Rs. 55-70 per litre based on the fat and solids-not-fat (SNF) content, encouraging high-quality milk production and fair returns.

With 16 Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in the village, the initiative, supported by local, Ms. Santosh Singh, empowers women at various levels of the dairy value chain. The Mother Dairy chilling plant at Gauriganj block further strengthens this supply chain, ensuring that milk is efficiently collected and transported.

ACC and the Adani Foundation’s dedication to fostering rural development is highlighted through this initiative, enhancing agricultural productivity, and empowering women in the dairy sector.

The Super Stylish TECNO POP 9 5G back on Sale with Festive Offers at just INR 2,833 EMI Per Month

New Delhi, October 16th, 2024: Following a successful launch, the TECNO POP 9 5G returns with an exciting festive offer, just in time for the celebrations! Making 5G technology more accessible, the POP 9 5G also features a 48MP Sony AI camera and segment-first innovations like 5G with NFC. This stylish and vibrant smartphone is now available at an EMI of just INR 2,833 per month for three months through the No-Cost EMI plan available with multiple banking partners on Amazon.

Designed for Gen Alpha, college students, and trendsetters, this bold and vibrant smartphone is available in striking shades like Midnight Shadow and Aurora Cloud. The POP 9 5G also comes with two exclusive, peppy and colorful mobile skins included in the box, allowing users to personalize their smartphone to match their style.

Here’s why the TECNO POP 9 5G stands out from the crowd:

Revolutionary 48MP Sony AI Camera

Capture every detail with stunning clarity using the POP 9 5G’s 48MP Sony AI camera. Whether capturing favorite moments or capturing creative selfies, this camera brings every shot to life with vibrant detail and smart AI enhancements.

5G & NFC Technology for Effortless Connectivity

Stay ahead of the curve with the POP 9’s segment-first 5G with NFC. Enjoy lightning-fast connections, easy mobile payments, and quick data sharing, perfect for young, tech-savvy users.

Power-packed Performance for Long-term Use

Powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 6300 chipset, the POP 9 5G ensures smooth performance and a lag-free experience for over 4+ years. Whether gaming, multitasking, or browsing, this phone ensures long-lasting reliability.

ICCPL Founder Dushyant Sinha Named Marketing & Communication Professional of the Year at ET Business Leaders 2024

New Delhi, October 2024– Dushyant Sinha, Founder of Integrated Centre for Consultancy Pvt. Ltd. (ICCPL), has been awarded the title of Marketing & Communication Professional of the Year at the ET Business Leaders 2024 event. This recognition reflects Sinha’s influence in shaping the PR and communications landscape in India and underscores ICCPL’s leadership within the sector.

The award ceremony featured prominent dignitaries, including Smt. Anupriya Patel, Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers & Health and Family Welfare, and Shri Rajendra Agrawal, former Member of Parliament and senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Kunal Kapoor, Bollywood actor, attended as the Guest of Honour, bringing additional prominence to the event.

Dushyant Sinha commented on the occasion, stating, “Receiving this award is both humbling and an affirmation of ICCPL’s commitment to delivering strategic and innovative communication solutions for our clients. This recognition motivates us to continue setting higher standards within the industry.”

UST restores Hyderabad’s Bongulakunta Lake in association with Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation

Hyderabad, India, 16th October 2024: UST, a leading digital transformation solutions company, has partnered with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation to restore Bongulakunta Lake in Nizampet, Hyderabad, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program.

This restoration initiative aims to benefit approximately 250 families in the surrounding area, providing over 1,000 residents with a reliable water supply through their bore wells. In addition to restoring the lake, UST’s Hyderabad CSR team has also developed a walkway around the pond, creating a community space that features a children’s park and seating areas for recreation and community engagement.

UST’s CSR team in Hyderabad played a key role in revitalizing the lake, which had suffered significant water loss due to drought and neglect. The project includes constructing a restoration bund and developing a water storage facility to aid in the lake’s recovery.

The inauguration was officiated by Smt. Vijayalakshmi Subba Rao, Corporator of Nizampet Division – 1 and Mr Venkata Peram, UST Center Head- Hyderabad. UST’s CSR Team members Tirumala Vijaykumar P, Bikshapathi Endla, Surya Seshagiri Rao Khandavilli, Narendra Kanakala, Shahul Syed were also present at the event.

Speaking about the initiative, Venkata Peram, UST Center Head- Hyderabad said, “UST is always guided by a dedication to making a positive impact that creates lasting benefits for the society. This lake restoration activity not only aims to address water conservation but also improves community well-being and environmental sustainability. UST remains committed to a collective future built on sustainability and will continue to address the evolving needs of our businesses and communities.”

UST was previously recognized for its CSR excellence in Hyderabad and received the Hyderabad Software Enterprises Association Award (2023) for its outstanding social contributions in the tech hub of Hyderabad.

Alchemyst AI raises Dollar300K in Pre-Seed Round led by Inflection Point Ventures, along with 100Unicorns & Early Seed Ventures

Bengaluru, 16th October 2024: Gen-AI SaaS start-up Alchemyst AI has raised $300K in a pre-seed round led by Inflection Point Ventures, along with 100Unicorns & Early Seed Ventures.

Alchemyst AI will use the funds to enhance GPU (graphics processing unit) and technology infrastructure, support team development, scale operations, and drive growth.

Founded in 2023 by Uttaran Nayak and Anuran Roy, Alchemyst AI is disrupting AI automation & enterprise productivity developing digital employees that work together to create intelligent functional components for mid-sized to large enterprises.

Uttaran Nayak, Co-Founder & CEO, Alchemyst AI, said, “At Alchemyst AI, we are pioneering the development of fully autonomous gen-AI digital employees which can interact with each other & perform highly intelligent functional components across enterprise teams. We are crafting the future of workforce and spearheading the next industrial revolution. These gen-AI digital employees democratize the entire workforce without human intervention at any stage. Over the past 12 months, we have had a unique vantage point as we have watched the bot/agent/AI digital employee landscape evolve and transform. We also observed that most of the application layer companies are dependent on generic foundational models to carry out automation in the workforce. These dependencies often slow down a company’s scalability and make it defenseless and vulnerable. Alchemyst AI was born to solve these challenges, with a strong technological understanding & non-dependency on any generic LLM models.”

Alchemyst AI features adaptive and continual learning, enabling its digital employees, or “Alchemysts,” to autonomously gather context based on the data provided by users, who control this input to influence performance.

Vikram Ramasubramaniam, Partner, Inflection Point Ventures said, “In this rapidly moving world, businesses face significant challenges in managing team productivity and delivering exceptional customer experiences, with traditional methods work produced may be inefficient, leading to missed opportunities and stagnant growth. Alchemyst AI addresses these pressing issues by harnessing the power of generative AI to develop digital employees that automate routine tasks, allowing teams to focus on high-value activities. Furthermore, it understands that for its solutions to be scalable and effective, it needs robust security. By prioritizing these aspects, Alchemyst AI has positioned itself to revolutionize the way businesses operate, by supporting the future of work.”

To this Dr. Apoorva Ranjan Sharma, Cofounder, 100Unicorns added, At 100unicorn, we strongly believe in the impact of Generative AI in transforming everyday lives. We have further strengthened our investment strategy in this space with Alchemyst AI. The startup has created virtual employees with human-like capabilities that can seamlessly integrate into business workflows, creating a smarter, more intelligent, and more efficient workforce in the future. We are thrilled to support a startup that is genuinely reshaping automation with Generative AI and solving the problem of a dearth of tech talent for mid to large-size businesses.”

Alchemyst AI is about to expand across major global markets, including India, the USA, MENA (Middle East), and South East Asia even as the global market for Generative AI is expected to grow substantially to $330 billion by 2030.

The current market size is estimated at $3 billion in India and $37 billion globally. This upward trajectory underscores the immense potential and demand for innovative solutions within the Generative AI industry, positioning startups like Alchemyst AI for substantial opportunities in the coming years.