Ministry of Communication and IT, Government of India has declared Lovely Professional University as the Best ICT Enabled University of the Year at the 7th e-INDIA awards, at Gandhi Nagar Gujarat. Talking to Media, the Chancellor of the University, Mr Ashok Mittal informed: “It is a matter of great pride for all of us that [...]
Veet, the world leader in hair depilatories from the portfolio of Reckitt Benckiser in partnership with The Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi University conducted a unique Veet-FMS Case Study Competition titled “Veet: From Sticking to Knitting to Knitting to Stick *”. (visit www.rb.com/in ). Team Daemons (Rohit Arora and Anupama Sridhar) from Narsee Monjee [...]
Dr. Batra’s Positive Health Awards 2011, an initiative to recognize and award the heroism of those that have displayed outstanding courage in the fight against disease and disability, were held at the NCPA today. Bollywood icon, Abhay Deol presented the awards to this year’s winners at a glittering ceremony that had over 1,000 people in [...]
Mehul Choksi, Chairman and Managing Director was a winner of the Outstanding Entrepreneurship Award at the prestigious Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards that took place at a glittering function held at Hotel Taj, New Delhi. He received the award from Justice Markandey Katju, Chairman – Press Council of India & William NG, President – Enterprise Asia. [...]
Her three-year long association with the Indian film industry as a costume designer never led her to face the camera, but Kirti Malhotra couldn’t say no when she was handpicked by Kiran Rao to play an important role in her directorial debut “Dhobi Ghat”. “I never thought of acting. When the question came whether I [...]
Mr. Ajay Sambrani has been appointed as the new Country Head, India at Sandvik Asia, the Indian subsidiary of the US$13billion Sandvik Group. Ajay will assume office in his new role from October 1, 2011. He was earlier appointed as President, Sandvik Materials Technology at Sandvik Asia in January this year. Ajay will also be [...]
When Pune based businesswoman and Bharat Natyam dancer Meghana Sabade along with internationally renowned Bharat Natyam dancer and guru Swati Daithankar decided to combine their passion of dance with business and that too in tourism , they came up with the idea of launching country’s first ever dancing tours! Speaking to reporters the director of [...]
New Delhi, India – May 24, 2011: Healthpoint Services Global, Inc., a social enterprise supported by Ashoka Innovators for the Public, has won the prestigious Sankalp Award for Innovative Social Enterprises- Emerging Ventures in the Health/Water/Sanitation sector for 2011. This awardacknowledges HealthPoint as the most innovative and promising health-oriented social enterprise in India this year. [...]
Kantar Health, a leading healthcare-focused global consultancy and marketing insights company, has named Simon Li as General Manager, China. Based in Shanghai, Mr. Li will direct Kantar Health’s growth strategy in the Chinese market, partnering with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to optimize their performance in this critical high-growth region. “Simon is one of the most [...]
Prominent Indian designer Shaahid Amir will present his ‘Terra Mater’ – (Mother Earth) collection at the Cannes Fashion Nites, during the Cannes Film Festival. The fashion show at the prestigious event will be held at Villa Oxygene, the official Cannes Fashion Nites venue. Recently he was conferred with the Newsmakers Achievers Award for his contribution [...]