IPL: VIACOM18 INVESTS IN DIGITAL PLATFORMS OF THE FUTURE

 

THREE BIG WINS FOR VIACOM18: 

--TRIUMPHS WITH DIGITAL STREAMING RIGHTS FOR INDIAN SUBCONTINENT

--ACQUIRES INDIA STREAMING RIGHTS FOR SPECIAL PACKAGE OF MATCHES

--BAGS GLOBAL TV AND DIGITAL RIGHTS FOR MAJOR CRICKETING NATIONS

 

15 June 2022, Hyderabad , India: Viacom18 has acquired the rights to digitally stream Indian Premier League matches in the Indian sub-continent for the seasons from 2023 to 2027. It has also won the India digital rights for a special package of 18 games in every season. Globally, Viacom18 has won television as well as digital rights in three out of five international territories, including major cricketing nations.

Viacom18 outbid reputed broadcasters and digital companies to establish itself as a leading digital media, entertainment and sports destination. With its wide reach, strategic tie-ups and increasingly popular content bouquet, the digital platforms of Viacom18 are gearing up for leadership in India as well as with the Indian diaspora globally. With these IPL rights, Viacom18 will be able to take India’s biggest sporting event to every nook and corner of the country. It will make IPL available to every Indian in every part of India, including the 60 million FreeDish homes which today are not able to access this popular content.

Viacom18 has demonstrated that it is building the digital platforms of the future while continuing to strengthen traditional television broadcasting. It has state-of-the-art digital expertise to provide the best possible user experience to hundreds of millions of Indian and global consumers. The digital platforms utilise a combination of top-class content as well as digital prowess through big data analytics and predictive algorithms to offer contextualised and relevant content to each consumer.

After bagging a slew of sporting rights in soccer (FIFA World Cup, La Liga, Serie A and Ligue1), badminton, tennis and basketball (NBA), this is the first major foray of Viacom18 into cricket. The IPL rights make Viacom18 and its platforms one of the largest sporting destinations in the country.

This will be an exceptional opportunity for advertisers to reach a larger, younger, more relevant and highly-engaged audience. The targeting opportunities because of Viacom18’s strategic partnership with Jio will be unparalleled.

“Sports entertain us, inspire us and bring us together. Cricket and IPL personify the best of sport and the best of India, which is why we are proud to be deepening our association with this great game and this wonderful league. Just like with everything we do, our mission is to take the joyful experience of IPL to cricket fans wherever they are - in every part of our country and around the world” said Nita Ambani, Director,  Reliance Industries Ltd.

Hyderabad based company Quality Thought (QT) has announced 100+ Tech Training programs

 Hyderabad June 2022 : Today Hyderabad based company Quality Thought (QT) has announced 100+ Tech Training programs which helps students transform from Non-IT Sector to IT Sector and Upskilling for IT professionals. Founded in 2010, QT is a globally facing Tech School ranked top 3 in India in “Tech Edtech Space”. Its mission is to help people transform their careers and join a community of Tech professionals. QT is offering a daily 12 hrs Intensive program till every student gets a job with 3 months, 6months, 9 months, 1year Internship and Intensive programs. QT is the first Edtech to launch 100+ programs in India, which clearly focus on “Non-IT to IT Transformation”. 

QT’s is to create an outcome focused education model that was inclusive of as many people as possible, particularly in the underserved market. QT believes in E3 Educate >> Empower >> Employment 

QT founder Ramana Bhupathi strongly believes the “I&I” Intensive and Internship model can help millions of students and families in India to enter MNC”S across the globe. 

We are happy to appoint Mr Sathyaraj as QT brand Ambassador to take edtech company to next level. 

About the Brand Ambassador: 

Subbanyan Sathyaraj (born 3 October 1954), professionally known as Sathyaraj, is an Indian actor, producer, director and a media personality who has predominantly appeared in Tamil cinema. His 230 films also include works in Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi. He started his career in antagonistic roles and later played lead roles. And a big fan of Nallaperumal gar muni sekhar and yambaku sai Kumar. He met with success through lead performances in Vedham Pudhithu (1987), Nadigan (1990), Amaidhi Padai (1994), Periyar (2007) and Onbadhu Roobai Nottu (2007). He also received acclaim for supporting roles in Nanban (2012), Raja Rani (2013), Baahubali (2015), Baahubali 2 (2017) and Kanaa (2018). He was also the director of the film Villadhi Villain (1995), starring himself in three different roles. 

About the Founder: Ramana Bhupathi started his career in the Information technology industry over a decadeand-half ago. In his career journey he worked at Satyam Computer and Accenture Consulting, on various projects of scale using cutting edge technologies and development methodologies. He also carries rich experience of executing projects on Microsoft Technologies. In his career journey he has witnessed the great changes that happened in software development methodologies, tools and development culture. He believes that changes in the IT world are going to be even more rapid in the forthcoming decade compared to previous decades and the IT workforce need to continuously upskill and re-skill themselves to grow in their careers. Over the years his focus has been to set up enterprises with focus on emerging technologies and build platforms for the upcoming generations that can create a positive impact on the society. All startups have been very close to his heart where the team's focus is to build scalable solutions using Artificial Intelligence and Data Science. 

He has great passion to mold future Tech talent and has offered career guidance to more than 10000+ students and working professionals. Realizing this calling he quit his highly paid position and now spends majority of his time training and mentoring young minds on various new age technologies and conducting corporate training programs.

Kinaxis and Blume Global to Empower Better Responses to Supply Chain Transportation Disruptions

 

Partnership enables the agility needed to better orchestrate unified supply chain planning and transportation execution

 

Hyderabad, June 13th, 2022 – Kinaxis® Inc. (TSX:KXS), the authority in driving agility for fast, confident decision-making in an unpredictable world, and Blume Global, the only multimodal supply chain orchestration platform uniting end-to-end visibility, supplier management and logistics execution, today announced a partnership that will connect Blume Global’s logistics visibility and transportation management system (TMS) with the Kinaxis RapidResponse® concurrent planning platform. The result will be better alignment between supply chain planning and execution, enabling companies to quickly remedy, or even avoid, freight transportation disruptions.

 

Freight transportation disruptions are now one of the most common, and most costly, forms of supply chain interruption. Organizations need new levels of supply chain agility across planning and execution to understand the business-wide impact of a shipment delay and be able to act in time to mitigate the risks to cost and customer service. By combining Kinaxis’ unique concurrent planning technique with Blume Global’s TMS shipment data, companies will be able to dynamically generate new plans to quickly get shipments back on track and ultimately have improved supply chain resiliency.

 

“For nearly three years, the supply chain industry has been defined by uncertainty. That is likely to continue. While major disruptions used to occur every few years, we are now facing significant events annually – or even more frequently,” according to Pervinder Johar, CEO of Blume Global. “Our partnership with Kinaxis will give customers around the world access to robust, innovative logistics planning and execution solutions so they can create agile processes that adapt quickly to even the most challenging circumstances.”

 

As part of the new combined offering, Blume Global will synchronize core TMS shipment data to RapidResponse, providing real-time exception-based alerts that ensure customers focus on business-critical shipments and updated ETAs for shipments that exceed defined tolerance levels. From there, customers will be able to generate and execute alternate shipment plans with a full understanding of how the alternate plan will impact key performance measures.

 

“The intersection point between supply chain planning and execution has never been more critical. When a disruption happens, it’s not enough just to be able to create a new plan quickly. Companies must be able to execute quickly as well,” said John Sicard, CEO of Kinaxis. “Our new offering with Blume Global helps companies do just that by delivering concurrent planning and execution, providing a new level of supply chain agility.”

 

Blume Global joins the growing Kinaxis ecosystem of Solution Extension partners. These partners increase the value customers gain from RapidResponse by delivering digital inputs and developing domain-specific applications that leverage the power of concurrent planning and extend the capabilities of the widely-trusted planning platform.

adidas reiterates its commitment to end plastic waste with Run For the Oceans 2022

Hyderabad, June 6, 2022- adidas India united runners from all over Mumbai as over 1500 enthusiasts participated in the 5th edition of the brand’s sustainability campaign "Run For The Oceans" in Mumbai.  adidas India team was joined by renowned public figures and media personalities, including Anusha Dandekar, Saiyami Kher, Karanveer Bohra, Teejay Sidhu, Aditya Seal, Akash Gaurav and Angad Bedi among others for the run. The run involved a three-kilometre lap around Versova Beach, Mumbai. Post the run, the runners participated in a beach cleanup drive on Versova Beach. For every 10 minutes of running, recorded by participants via the adidas Runtastic app, Parley vowed to clean up the equivalent weight of one plastic bottle from beaches, remote islands, and coastlines before it reaches the ocean (with this year’s target to collect a maximum of 250,000kg).

 

While RFTO is a global movement, in India, adidas has given momentum to the movement by associating with Adv. Afroz Shah, the UN Champion of Earth 2016. adidas India has been supporting Shah in his endeavor to remove plastic from beaches and oceans since 2018. His purposeful initiatives have generated huge awareness and a positive impact among locals with the vision to make oceans plastic-free in India and globally. The most successful initiatives include conserving the mangroves, running ground action workshops to prevent litter and promoting the segregation of plastic waste. Above all, his efforts encouraged adopting and acting on the ideology of a circular economy.

 

This year’s RFTO 2022 had several engaging features like an innovative interactive education zone explaining why there is an urgent need to save marine life from plastic pollution. The event concluded with all runners being bestowed with special RFTO medals, having an ounce of clean sand from Versova beach.

 

Sharing his thoughts on this mission Sunil Gupta, Senior Director, adidas India said, "At adidas, our commitment to sustainability is holistic and deeply embedded into how we do business. Run for the Oceans is at the forefront of this commitment to help “End Plastic Waste”. Since the beginning of this initiative, adidas has made more than 50 million pairs of shoes with Parley Ocean Plastic and close to 18 million pairs in 2021 alone. Currently running in its fifth year, this campaign shows the brand's commitment to bringing communities together to create a more sustainable world, because sustainability is a team sport.”

 

adidas has been collaborating with the environmental organization, Parley for the Oceans since 2015, to focus on waste prevention: plastic waste from beaches, coastal regions and in the oceans. The sporting goods manufacturer has been using the collected plastic through a technically advanced recycling process to produce yarn for shoe uppers and apparel. Over the years, the brand’s product range has gradually expanded, from shoes and football jerseys to swimwear, other sports apparel and more. In addition, the brand is also focusing on increasing the proportion of recycled materials in the entire product range with every passing year. Its goal is to use only recycled polyester from 2024 onwards.

Savart Investment Advisory and Technology Company announces its new global headquarters in Hyderabad

Hyderabad  June 2022: The metropolis of Hyderabad will soon become a hub for the international market, said Vinod Kumar, vice-president of the Telangana State Planning Commission. Currently, Hyderabad is an ideal city for investment around the world. He said many companies were coming forward to invest here due to better infrastructure, stronger security and government incentives. He was the chief guest at the Swart headquarters of the Investment Advisory and Technology Company in Madhapur. He said the government, which had introduced policies like TS iPass after the formation of the separate state, was providing much needed assistance for setting up industries. Internationally renowned multinational companies are interested in opening their offices in Hyderabad. He said that 24 hours quality power supply contributes a lot to the development of agriculture as well as industry. 

Sankarsh chandra, the founder of Swart Company, said that he started a small company and today has become a leading company in the country. He announced plans for global expansion with Hyderabad as the headquarters. He said they would soon be setting up their companies in countries like Canada and Germany as well.

IIM Ahmedabad launches India’s first ever Agri Land Price Index in collaboration with SFarmsIndia

 

IIM Ahmedabad launches India’s first ever Agri Land Price Index in collaboration with SFarmsIndia

~ Agri Land Price Index will be hosted by the Misra Centre for Financial Markets and Economy at IIMA ~

June 02, 2022: The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), a premier global management institute, in collaboration with India’s first agri-land marketplace SFarmsIndia has announced the launch of IIMA-SFarmsIndia Agri Land Price Index (ISALPI), a first-of-its-kind land price index that will record and present ‘quality controlled’ data of prices of agricultural land across the country. This index is particularly important in terms of benchmarking land prices in rural and semi-urban areas. In such a case, the index will serve as a reliable source that will signal potential conversion of agricultural land into real estate.

Unlike financial assets, developing an index for land parcels is a complex task because of visible price differences in different listings caused by a slew of factors including the market wide supply-demand factors. The method adopted for the preparation of ISALPI addresses these disparities and ensures accuracy. ISALPI has been put together using the regression-based hedonic pricing methods.

The Misra Centre for Financial Markets and Economy at IIMA, under which this index is being launched, will be hosting this index on its official website. The Centre is committed to creating and disseminating new knowledge and insights about various facets of the Indian financial markets and economy. This index will be hosted as a part of the Centre’s website: https://www.iima.ac.in/web/areas-and-centres/research-centres/misra-centre-for-financial-markets-and-economy/isalpi

Speaking of the relevance of the index in the current scenario, Professor Errol D’Souza, Director IIMA said: “With just over 200 million hectares, India houses just 2% of the world’s cropped land; but feeds over 15% of the world’s population. Recently, we have witnessed a surge in entrepreneurial interest in Agri land and allied professions: From agricultural engineering to precision farming, from food technology to supply chain management and green energy. We believe it is the right time to launch such an index for India. With ISALPI, we hope to build better data sources for all stakeholders to be able to take informed decisions at national as well as regional levels and support the agribusiness activities.”

Currently ISALPI is based on land listing data from six states: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh. With the arrival of more data from other states of India, the index could be more valuable in two ways. First, it will offer superior representation of the national context. Second, it will offer a more granular index at regional levels.

In addition, this index can greatly benefit stakeholders across the spectrum including policy makers, local governments, environmentalists, investors, real estate developers and financiers. For instance, the index can be used by local governments to compensate the people who lose land for highway expansion.

Further elaborating on the utility of the index, project lead and associate professor of Real Estate Finance at IIMA, Dr Prashant Das, said, “Investors could use this information to assess the historical risk and return in the past and predict these metrics for the future to decide on their investment positions. Fund managers and producers could use this information to broadly benchmark their own performance^[1]. Financiers and insurers could use this information to assess the risk in the company related to the asset class reflected in the index. Researchers could use this information to study how economic events and factors are associated with price movements in a specific asset class. Policy makers (e.g. the Central bank) may use it to modulate their policies.”

Mr. Kamesh Mupparaju, the CEO of SFarmsIndia said: “SFarmsIndia has a strong focus on data warehousing and mining aimed at bringing cutting-edge agri-realty domain specific AI capabilities to the market. The collaboration with IIMA to develop an Agri-land price index (ISALPI) is an important step in this regard.”

The Misra Centre for Financial Markets and Economy at IIMA is a Centre of Excellence, conducting research on the Financial Markets and Economy in India. This Centre is expected to provide impetus for focused research and teaching related to financial markets within the overall economic framework.

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[1] However, we recommend avoiding using this index for performance appraisal of such managers. See the FAQ section for more details.

A two-day seminar was held by MAA INSTITUTE OF SPEECH & HEARING

May 28th & 29th 2022, a two day seminar was held by MAA INSTITUTE OF SPEECH & HEARING 

HYDERABAD. On the topic “Nature Vs Nurture”: Behavioural and speech effects in developmental disorders at MISH Auditorium, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad.   Ms. Sunita Kumar, Founder MAA Research Foundation and MAA Institute of Speech & Hearing addressed the gathering.

This seminar focused on the need of life. The concept Nature Vs Nurture is based on all human being and holistic way of understanding all multi-disciplinary professionals like Genetics & Fetal medicine expert, nutritionist, metabolic specialist, speech & language pathologist, special educationalist, psycholist and ENT approach to understand, holistic human integrated rehabilitation. Lectures were given by most distinguish personalities in different fields across from India.

More than 100 professionals, parents & students all over India, participated in the seminar.