Author: Business Wire India

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India CME (CM Envirosystems) is set to launch customer “Experience Centres (EC)” in the major manufacturing & R&D hubs of India.  The first such Centre will be set-up in Chennai, the “Detroit of India” by the mid-March, 2016. Each “Experience Centre” will display state – of – the – art “Simulation Technologies” of “Environmental Test Chambers” which are commonly used in the product development stage to conduct reliability testing and failure rate analysis. Dwelling more on the new initiative, Mr. Praveen Crasta, the head of global business development, added, “Our customers are from diverse industries such as Automotive,…

New Delhi, Delhi, India While applauding the Union Budget 2016-17 budget announcements, President, PHD Chamber, Dr. Mahesh Gupta said that Budget has touched the ground and its focus on rural India would go a long way to generate demand in the economy and give a push to overall growth and development of the country. We are happy that our suggestion to increase deduction on exemption for Income Tax on interest paid on Home Loans has been partly accepted as there is an additional exemption of Rs. 50,000 for housing loans up to Rs. 35 lakh, provided cost of house is…

[gt_alert id=”gt-alert-804″ title=”” dismissable=”0″ type=”info” title_color=”” content_color=”” content_background=”” border_size=”” border_style=”none” border_color=”” border_radius=”” css=””]Quote attributed to Mr. Kapil Wadhawan, CMD, DHFL. [/gt_alert] Mumbai, Maharashtra, India This year’s union budget has been encouraging for the housing finance sector and the overall economy. The proposal to introduce 100% deduction to undertakings for construction of affordable housing will help us in realizing honorable PM’s “Housing for all by 2022” scheme. The proposal to introduce guidelines for renegotiation of PPP contracts and reform dispute redressal mechanism will encourage private participation in the development of affordable housing projects and road infrastructure. Decision to exempt REITS from…

Gurgaon, Haryana, India SABIC, one of the world’s largest diversified chemical companies, reached a milestone of touching the lives of over 15,000 government school children in Gurgaon through its “They See, They Learn” eye care initiative and targets to reach 20,000 children by April 2016. As part of SABIC’s ongoing corporate social responsibility commitment, the eye care initiative focuses on education by vision screening of govt. school children in class 6 to 12 across over 20 schools in Gurgaon, India and providing spectacles free to children found with correctible vision. Among the 15,000 school children screened, 14-15 percent required spectacles…

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India The citizens of Bengaluru came together to support Oxfam India’s work on inequality and helped raise INR 3.3 crores by participating in their global flagship fundraising event, Oxfam Trailwalker. This is the 5th edition of Oxfam India’s Trailwalker in Bengaluru. Teams of 4 participated to walk a 100 km trail in 48 hours. This year’s event, held from January 22 to 24, 2016, saw 192 teams participate, ranging from individuals teaming up, to corporates like Goldman Sachs, Accenture, Thomson Reuters, Technicolour, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and State Street, coming out in support. A 50 km trail was also…

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Bangalore, Karnataka, India Sangeeta Kulkarni, CEO and Co-founder of Brickwork India has been honoured with the “Women Leadership Achievement Award” at the 3rd World Women Leadership Congress & Awards (WWLCA) – 2016 event held on 17th-18th Feb at Taj Lands’ End, Mumbai, India. WWLCA (http://www.worldwomenleadershipcongress.org/) identifies and celebrates outstanding leadership and achievements showcased by women leaders who are identified by their distinct innovations and initiatives in private, public and philanthropic sectors. This award is a recognition for her outstanding vision, flair, acumen, professionalism and for demonstrating exceptional leadership and management skills as a CEO and her contributions to the business…

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New Delhi, Delhi, India and Goodwood, United Kingdom The Naked Heart Foundation held its annual Fabulous Fund Fair on 20th February at Old Billingsgate Market, London. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars supported the charity by creating a super-luxury photo booth for the event, allowing guests to have their photo taken in the brand new Rolls-Royce Dawn by world-renowned fashion photographer Ellen Von Unwerth. Supermodels Natalia Vodianova, the charity’s founder, and Karlie Kloss hosted the second running of the successful star-studded event, which takes place during London Fashion Week. The event sees the great and the good of the fashion world team up…

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Close on the heels of the LEED Gold Certification being awarded to the K Raheja Corp-owned Marriot Whitefield Bengaluru, India’s leading destination developer, with business diversified from real estate to retail, to hospitality to retail development, bags yet another award for its stunning, JW Marriott Mumbai Sahar. As front-runners in the hospitality industry, and in continuing to be committed to the green cause, it was only logical to extend to customers the environmentally sustainable benefits of a green hotel. The project has achieved a rating of 66 points in the Final Certification review of the Indian Green…