Author: Business Wire India

Hyderabad, India Swapna Barman is the recipient of the Rs.1.5 Lakh Annual Sports Scholarship from Great Sports Infra (GSI), South Asia’s leading provider of turnkey solutions for sports infrastructure. This scholarship was instituted to support highly talented and promising sports persons. GSI provided this scholarship as part of GoSports Foundation’s Athlete Mentorship Programme under Rahul Dravid, which identifies and mentors athletes with high potential. Pursuing a sport other than cricket in India requires a lot of adjustments. Hailing from a small village in West Bengal, Swapna Barman, an 18-year-old heptathlete, has taken adjustments to an entirely new level. Swapna, child of…

[gt_alert id=”gt-alert-802″ title=”” dismissable=”0″ type=”info” title_color=”” content_color=”#000000″ content_background=”” border_size=”” border_style=”none” border_color=”” border_radius=”” css=””]Campaign core messages around, freedom, love and surrogacy reflects bold but the relevant spirit of IICE Vodka and its brand ambassador Kalki, and aims to change rhetoric in its segment. [/gt_alert] New Delhi, Delhi, India In continuation to the brand reinvention of its IICE VODKA series, Jagatjit Industries Limited, one of India’s largest Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) company, has announced the launch of three video commercials with Kalki Koechlin, its brand ambassador. The videos address strong issues around freedom of speech, thought, privacy, prohibited love and surrogacy…

New Delhi, Delhi, India In a grand function held at Goa under the aegis of National Quality Awards last weekend, India’s first Miss Universe Sushmita Sen felicitated Dr. Jawahar Surisetti for his project “My Beti, My Life” at Cidade de Goa for extraordinary service to women and girl empowerment. Dr. Jawahar Surisetti is a well-known educationist and psychologist in India, who has been awarded by the U.S. State and the Indian Government many times earlier for his projects of social education for the disadvantaged children of the interiors of India. He runs Corporate Social Responsibility projects of Tata Steel, JK…

[gt_alert id=”gt-alert-292″ title=”” dismissable=”0″ type=”info” title_color=”” content_color=”#000000″ content_background=”” border_size=”” border_style=”none” border_color=”” border_radius=”” css=””]With thought-provoking stories, the social initiative is inspiring people across the nation not to slip off their morals and etiquettes. [/gt_alert] Delhi NCR, India A leading name in the Indian tiles sector, Somany Ceramics has captured millions of hearts by creating path-breaking trends in home interiors. Backed by the same innovative thinking and can-do spirit, the brand has now become the face of a campaign designed to change the social scenario in this country. Inspired by Somany Slip Shield, which is India’s First Anti-Skid Tiles, the brand has…

New Delhi, Delhi, India [gt_alert id=”gt-alert-308″ title=”” dismissable=”0″ type=”info” title_color=”” content_color=”” content_background=”” border_size=”” border_style=”none” border_color=”” border_radius=”” css=””] 16th Happy Move – Global Youth Volunteers Camp to support the initiative. HMIL associates with the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) for the awareness drive. [/gt_alert] Hyundai Motor India Ltd. the country’s second largest car manufacturer and the largest passenger car exporter today launched global CSR campaign- Happy Move in India. Hyundai Motor India in association with Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will spread awareness on the Indian heritage monuments. Hyundai Motor Group’s CSR is centred on 4 main pillars -“Safe Move, Happy…

Citizens Feel Rollout Successful, But More Car Sales Will Offset Pollution Dip New Delhi, Delhi, India [gt_alert id=”gt-alert-983″ title=”” dismissable=”0″ type=”info” title_color=”” content_color=”#000000″ content_background=”” border_size=”” border_style=”none” border_color=”” border_radius=”” css=””] 58 % citizens say odd-even rule has been implemented effectively. – Only 31% originally thought it could be implemented effectively in late December. People are using taxi/public transportation services or if available, their second car. – Car pooling and use of bikes is limited. 87% believe auto/taxis services overcharged them during the period. 42% plan to buy another car if odd-even rule were to be regularized. – 15% already have both…

[gt_alert id=”gt-alert-767″ title=”” dismissable=”0″ type=”info” title_color=”” content_color=”#000000″ content_background=”” border_size=”” border_style=”none” border_color=”” border_radius=”” css=””]Professionals from around the world will meet to deliberate on new-found media and communication challenges and opportunities. [/gt_alert] Mysuru, Karnataka, India The 11th Global Communication Association (GCA) International Conference (http://gcaconference.com), with the theme Ombudsman: Media and social responsibility, is being organized on the 28th and 29th of January, 2016 in Mysuru, India. The University of Mysore (UoM), which is marking its Centennial (http://centenary.uni-mysore.ac.in) will be the academic partner hosting this conference, which is being organized by Global Communication Association. The conference will be one of the highlights of…

[gt_alert id=”gt-alert-219″ title=”” dismissable=”0″ type=”info” title_color=”” content_color=”” content_background=”” border_size=”” border_style=”none” border_color=”” border_radius=”” css=””] Citizens expect mission to move beyond digital and enable grass root entrepreneurship. Corruption, Inefficiencies  are top barriers to entrepreneurship and must be addressed. Enabling ecosystems needed in cities to drive and enable starting up easily. [/gt_alert] New Delhi, Delhi , India LocalCircles (www.localcircles.com), India’s leading citizen engagement platform today announced the results of its survey and discussion on Start-Ups and Entrepreneurship. With over 14,000 citizens responding to each question and over 35,000 unique citizens participating in the polls and discussions, it provides insights into current challenges as…

[gt_alert id=”gt-alert-860″ title=”” dismissable=”0″ type=”info” title_color=”” content_color=”” content_background=”” border_size=”” border_style=”none” border_color=”” border_radius=”” css=””]First-of-its-kind residential lease model in India offers zero down and fixed electricity rates lower than DISCOM [/gt_alert] Hyderabad , India SolarTown Energy Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (SolarTown), a pioneer in India’s solar industry specializing in the sale, lease and installation of solar rooftop systems for residential, commercial and industrial customers, is pleased to announce the installation of a solar rooftop system on a 2,400 square foot multi-level residential property located in Filmnagar, Hyderabad that is estimated to save the homeowner about Rs.4 lakhs over the 20 year lease period.…

Gurgaon, Haryana , India SolarHippo, India’s leading marketplace for Solar and Clean Energy products has today announced the addition of a new category- Air Purifiers. The marketplace offers a wide range of affordable air purifiers starting from Rs. 4,500/- that ensures clean, germ-free and unpolluted environment. With the increasing pollution levels especially in the urban areas, there is greater need to purify air for the health and well-being especially of kids, old persons and people affected with respiratory disorders. The contemporary air purifiers are equipped with latest technology like HEPA (High Efficiency Particulate Air) and advanced purification system to keep…