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Construction Material Marketplace Brick2wall Raises Rs 1.3 Crore in Angel Round

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Delhi-based Brick2wall Technologies, which owns and operates Brick2wall.com, an online marketplace for sourcing construction materials as well as construction related services, has raised $200,000 in an angel round from multiple investors. These funds will be deployed for technology upgradation, increasing customer reach, and developing new business lines in Delhi NCR.

Brick2wall, incorporated in July 2016 by brothers Nishant Garg and Shashank Garg, claims to be India’s largest marketplace that provides “live prices” of over 40,000 SKUs ranging from core building materials (cement, steel, bricks) to finishing items (electrical, wall finish, sanitary), which it fulfills through its over 500 vendors in Delhi-NCR.

The investors who participated in the round include Sundeep Sahni, Founder of Lazada; Mayank Mittal, VP at Germany-based bank, Simon Hill, Founder of Wazoku, and a few other HNIs. “Brick2wall is disrupting an industry with massive opportunity for impact and creating value. Seasoned team background, sound growth trajectory, repeat purchase and promising unit economics, presented a sustainable business model,” says Mayank Mittal, about his decision to back them.

Since their official launch last year, they claim to have served more than a thousand customers and have been growing in double digits month on month. Brick2wall, which also offers customers the option to hire contractors, lists 5,000 such contractors on the platform.

The company also claims to have a zero percent return rate and a 100 percent returning customer base. “A lot of customers coming to our platform, apart from buying building materials, also look for a construction partner. It’s more of a value add,” Nishant adds.

In addition to setting high standards to the construction material purchase process, Brick2Wall intends to assist their customers in their purchase process by providing buying guides and material calculators for ascertaining the quality and quantity of the products required. Brick2wall will also be launching a mobile app soon to take on a $70-billion market opportunity in India.

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BSNL HAS STARTED OFFERING CORPORATE EMAIL SERVICE TO ITS CUSTOMER’S FOR Re . 1 per Day

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State-run telecom firm BSNL on Thursday started corporate e-mail service for Re. 1 per day in partnership with Jaipur-based firm Data Infosys.

The payment will have to be made once in a year. The effective price of the service starts for Re. 1 per day with 1GB storage. For usage beyond 10GB, customers can buy extra 5GB storage for an annual payment of Rs.500,” Data Infosys CEO Ajay Data said.

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) in a statement said that it has started offering its customers “e-mail services to ensure privacy and security of their data”.

All enterprise e-mail accounts will come with security tools and dual authentication that will make them hacker-free e-mail accounts, the statement said. The state-run firm highlighted “Privacy” as key to its e-mail service.

BSNL Director for Enterprise Business NK Mehta said. “Our e-mail offering is much secured and e-mails are not scanned like other e-mail hosting players. E-mail solution does not allow anyone including e-mail administrator to monitor/ look into any e-mail account. Entire e-mail solution is hosted in BSNL Network, giving lawful rights and access speed at its best,”

One can easily have Access on cellphones as the e-mail service will also have mobile app.

 

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Google is Reported to buy HTC’s Smartphone Business

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Google is reportedly planning to “either become a strategic partner, or outright buy the entire smartphone unit”, Phonearena.com reported, citing Commercial Times.

Google is reportedly considering acquiring the struggling Taiwanese smartphone maker imagesHTC’s phone business, media reported. According to a report in the Chinese publication Commercial Times, Google is considering two options to seal the deal with HTC, a company that is reportedly building Google’s Pixel 2 line of smartphones.

HTC, now in bad financial health, was once very popular in the US but has not done well for quite some time even after launching flagship devices. 

However, HTC’s virtual reality business (HTC Vive) would not be part of the deal. The news led to HTC posting its lowest revenue in over a decade on Thursday.

If the deal materializes, it would be second such acquisition after Google’s $12.5 billion buyout of Motorola in 2012. The search giant later sold it off to Lenovo for $2.91 billion in 2014.

The Google Pixel and Pixel XL devices were also manufactured by HTC. Both Google and HTC have declined to comment on the report.

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TRAI’s net neutrality views to be released by October; OTT consultation soon

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Telecom controller TRAI will turn out with its perspectives on internet fairness by October-end and furthermore begin counsel on “remaining” issues around finished the-top (OTT) applications soon,its chairman R S Sharma has said. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has already concluded open house discussions around the controversial issue of net neutrality and is in the process of drafting the recommendations.

The TRAI chief further said the regulator is preparing a consultation paper on “residual issues” with regard to OTT players like WhatsApp, Skype, Hike, among others. “On OTT, we had floated a consultation paper in early 2015. Much water has flown since then and many of the issues have been taken care of, by our efforts around differential pricing, net neutrality etc… For the residual issues of OTT, we will float a consultation paper soon,” he said.

Sharma told PTI in an interview that the regulator will frame its views on net neutrality “by October-end”. Net neutrality calls for access to internet content without any discrimination in data speed and cost, and telecom operators and internet firms have been at loggerheads over various aspects of the contentious issue.

It had also sought stakeholders’ views on whether the growth of OTT impacted the traditional revenue stream of telecom operators, and if increase in data revenues of service providers was sufficient to neutralise that impact.
Sharma said that over the last two years, the telecom sector had undergone a “lot of significant changes”, and data had assumed centerstage. “A lot of regulations have also come in between… the world has gone from voice to data. So now we will cull out the residual issues which are still relevant from that (earlier) paper and take it forward… We will take up issues like regulatory imbalance,” he added.
The new OTT paper is under preparation and will be out “hopefully” in October, he added but did not comment on the specifics. An official familiar with the development said that the “residual issues” could deal with larger question around level-playing field between OTT offerings (like voice and messaging) and the services offered by licensed telecom service providers.
It may also look at issues around security practices such as data records and logs that need to be put in place for OTT players, the official added.
The term OTT refers to applications and services which are accessible over the internet and ride on operator networks offering internet access services, that is, social networks, search engines, video aggregation sites. Skype, Viber, WhatsApp, Instagram and Hike are some examples of OTT services.

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‘Making your children money wise’

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It’s always great to see young kids embrace teenage, but with teenage comes great challenges.

Teenage brings about a transition where kids are encouraged to move away from a carefree existence to a partially responsible one. This is also a great time to inculcate better values and habits in your children.

With the advent of social media and better standard of living, teenagers want to have it all.

There is a remarkable increase in their needs, from wanting to buy fancy gadgets to shopping online and eating out with friends. This is the era, when they have a constant list of ‘things to do and things to buy’ at any given point in time.  Sometimes it gets really hard to make them realize the value of money and what it takes to earn it.

We, as parents, can always say, ‘NO’ when our kids ask us to buy something that is either out of budget or isn’t needed right away. But, is that the best solution?

Here are some tried and tested ways through which you can encourage your kid to become more money smart:

  1. Help them segregate WANT VS NEED

Kids are impulsive. The moment you give them some pocket money to roll out with, they will spend it on some games or food right away. They do not have a tendency to think before spending. So, it is always a good habit of letting them know that money spent is money gone forever. It isn’t going to come back. Once they have an understanding of their money being limited, they will eventually spend it on necessity over desire. Also, reminding them that what they want isn’t always what they need will enable them to make better decisions.

  1. Make Them Earn It

While you give them pocket money without any conditions on most of the days, once in a while get them in the habit of earning an extra buck with their efforts.

As a parent, you can always ask your child to do some chores and earn some money as reward. This makes them understand the relationship between hard work and money. Once they realize that the money they get is hard earned, they will eventually save it for something that they need rather than spending it sloppily.

  1. Inculcate a habit to save

What piggy bank, saving jars teach them at young age is that savings is good. It buys you your favorite candy every week. Likewise, as kids grow old, their needs and dreams grow too. It is not the candy anymore but a trip to their favorite destination. Bigger dreams will obviously cost a lot more than a candy. Help them understand how bigger purchases require either require more time or more savings (earnings). Have good money conversations with them and involve them in small financial decisions. This will enable them grow into smarter adults who can manage their wealth much better.

  1. Teach them budgeting

Teenage wants are, almost, always impulsive.  The moment you give them some pocket money for the entire week, they end up spending it the same day on a party with friends or watching movies. Once the money is spent, they would definitely come asking for more. It is better to hold the money supply and helping them understand the value of budgeting.  Teaching them to budget their expenses is the basic money skill everyone needs to master.

You can make them take charge and take small money decisions to get a reality check. For e.g., you can take them grocery shopping and make them decide how they would buy the listed items within the fixed budget. It is always great to let your kids make mistakes when they are young and when the money at stake is less. Failure, no matter how big or small, is the best teacher.

  1. Use smart money management apps

Talking about GEN-Z, we are in a digital age where kids as young as 2 years’ old know how to use a smartphone. They are seldom seen off their phones and parents can make a good use of it.

There are some relevant apps which can help your child manage pocket money better. Slonkit is one such solution where there is a pre-paid VISA card integrated with a mobile app. There is a different version of app for the parent and the child. Parents can load money and track expenses while their kids shop, eat and have fun without risking overspending or worrying about spending on bad influSlonkitence.

While the generations are moving from Gen X to Millennials to Gen Z, one of the things which is constant is the ‘parent-child bond’. With changing times and so much exposure at a young age, it is becoming more important than ever to inculcate the right values and money management in your children. It is very crucial to induce smart money management at an early age so that reality doesn’t hit them later. With some conscious efforts and meaningful conversations, Parents can definitely hope for a more responsible and happier adulthood for their children.

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Clover Infotech implements Oracle ERP Cloud to enhance financial data analysis and decision-making

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Clover Infotech, one of India’s leading IT services providers has implemented Oracle ERP Cloud for Financials, Project Contracts Billing and Project Financials. The implementation was done by Clover Infotech’s team in just three months. Oracle ERP Cloud was able to address many business challenges, including those associated with the changing laws on taxation in India, the advent of GST (Goods and Services Tax) and its impact on multiple end customers.

The Oracle ERP Cloud implementation enabled Clover Infotech to support localized tax rules, capture revenue and expenses at a granular level, and significantly reduce data processing time. As a result, Clover Infotech’s senior management and decision makers can get a holistic and customized view of business data for better analysis, decision-making, and reporting.

Congratulating the team, Javed Tapia, MD, Clover Infotech, said, “This was a very important project. We have seen a significant reduction in the time taken to get accurate data. With Oracle ERP Cloud, our management team has a better  representation of the overall business and this has helped us become more agile in our decision making. It has also improved efficiency in our business operations.”

Sathya Prasad Rai, Vice President, SaaS Sales, Oracle India, said, “The business environment today is hyper-competitive and driven by agile organizations born in the cloud. They are driven to digitalize older processes and disrupt the conventional. We have had a long standing association with Clover Infotech and are excited that they have successfully implemented Oracle ERP Cloud to transform their financial business processes and technology requirements.”

Clover Infotech is one of the preferred partners for GST-compliant Oracle ERP Cloud implementations in India.

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Quantela Announces Revolutionising Digital Technology Solutions for Smart Cities

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Quantela, a US and Hyderabad based company, announced its new age Artificial intelligence based smart cities automation & Intelligence platform – Atlantis, that leverages breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, machine learning and analytics to maximize better urban infrastructure utilization, increase efficiency, effectiveness, increase revenue & reduce the operating costs. Thereby making our cities liveable and happy cities.

In today’s world, where urbanisation is an indication of modernisation, the sign of growth and economic progress; it is also perceived as a great threat to towns and cities. Urban services such as infrastructure, public transport, traffic management, sewage facilities, etc are compromised to the highest level, thus posing a serious challenge to the larger public. While urbanisation and smart cities are part of the inevitable future of mankind, it is important to adapt and deploy intelligent connected solutions to mitigate the growing challenges and for the betterment of the society. Atlantis focuses on these pressing and increasing needs and help the cities improve the lives of the citizens. Atlantis AI platform automates & optimize urban operations with deep learning algorithms using real time, historic and social data, thereby improving citizen’s happiness. Atlantis AI platform automates & optimize urban operations with deep learning algorithms using real time, historic and social data, thereby improving citizen’s happiness.

Atlantis had been an unstoppable process of effortless and endless reinvention, that aimed at solving the problems of urbanization and help cities in maximizing the economy, society, environment and welfare of citizens.

Quantela is a dominant and leading product and solution provider for Cities across the globe including many smart cities and community implementation in India.

Sridhar Gadhi, Founder & CEO, Quantela Inc. said, “With our digital technology solutions, we would like to revolutionise the way cities are operated and managed. Cities will become more resilient to adapt to rapid urbanization and the challenges posed and citizens will lead a better quality of life by experiencing the power of real time connected urban infrastructure.”

“We have partnered with various global smart and Governments to deploy our Smart City Solutions. Our self-trained machine learning models augment city’s efforts to become sustainable and resilient,” he further added.

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India’s Coding Community Waits with Bated Breath as Code Gladiators 2018 Heads for Final Rounds

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The next few days will be extremely critical for over 10,000 coders and the entire tech community as TechGig Code Gladiators 2018 enters its final round. These 10,000 coders have been shortlisted from a whopping 2,28,864 code entries at the Code Gladiators 2018 edition. All these techies – semi-finalists as well as other participants – are eagerly waiting for the nail-biting final rounds in June as the title win brings along glory, fame, recognition and of course a huge prize money!

Notably, TechGig Code Gladiators 2017 won Guinness Book of World Records for maximum participation in a programming competition by leaving behind even China’s Baidu. That sentiment of breaking a world record, meeting top-notch techies from different companies and meeting prospective employers directly is nothing short of an enigma!

The 2018 edition has seen participation numbers swell multi-fold and that too with introduction of new themes. This year, the contest had new themes like Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to let coders experiment with their work, and as expected these themes had blockbuster participation.

The selected participants from the submission rounds will be ranked on various parameters and shortlisted after mega 20-hour hackathon challenge on June 7 & 8. The glitzy mega finale will take place on June 9 at Reliance Corporate Park, Navi Mumbai where India’s new coding champions will be crowned.

The stupendous 2,28,864 code submissions at TechGig Code Gladiators 2018 shows the competitive zeal and hidden talent of Indian techies. Ever since its first edition in 2014, the number of coders (freshers and working professionals) participating in the event has seen an exponential rise of over six times!

“Code Gladiators is not just an event but a beacon of coding excellence in the Indian IT community. In the last four years, Code Gladiators has seen a phenomenal growth in registrations and this mega participation has encouraged us to introduce emerging technologies and showcase Indian talent to the global tech community. We are confident that TechGig Code Gladiators 2018 will be more exciting than its previous editions,” said Ramathreya Krishnamurthy, Business Head, TimesJobs and TechGig.

Highlights of Code Gladiators 2018 include dedicated tracks for advanced technologies such as Amazon AlexaArtificial Intelligence (AI), Big DataBlockchainCloud ComputingE-CommerceInternet of Things (IoT)Machine Learning, and Mobility & Location Services. These saw a phenomenal rise in participant levels indicating a growing interest in the country for these emerging technologies.

Prizes worth ₹ 75 lakh await winners at the Code Gladiators 2018. These include ₹ 2.5 lakh for the winner, ₹ 2 lakh for the first runners-up and ₹ 1.5 lakh for the second runners-up. The winner of Code Diva, award for the best women coder, will receive Rs 50,000. Besides these, there are prizes such as Fastest Finger First, Daily Leaderboard Topper, and Language Winner.

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Dell Technologies Accelerates Partner Business Growth with Broader Offerings and Increased Incentives

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Launched at its Global Partner Summit 2018, Dell Technologies is investing in new programs, incentives and solutions designed to fast track its channel partners’ delivery of digital, IT, security and workforce transformations for their customers. The event, co-located alongside Dell Technologies World 2018 in Las Vegas, welcomed more than 5,000 partners.

The new Dell Technologies Advantage framework for partners will make it easier for channel partners to work across the Dell Technologies family of businesses with engagement, tools and incentives. While each business will continue to have its own independent program, the new framework’s value-added capabilities and certifications enhance the ability to more easily and efficiently deliver positive business outcomes from across the Dell Technologies portfolio.

The new framework also will complement the core Dell EMC Partner Program, which includes new capabilities, offerings and incentives for partners. These added capabilities validate the program’s continued commitment to deliver on Dell EMC’s promise to be Simple, Predictable and Profitable. The new additions build on the Dell EMC Channel’s year-over-year double-digit revenue growth, while offering new opportunities to Dell EMC partners worldwide.

In addition, partners who have achieved Titanium Black status in the Dell EMC Partner Program will see their status recognized across the family of businesses. Titanium Black partners represent the uppermost echelon of companies working closely with Dell Technologies. This year, Swisscom and Itochu have achieved Titanium Black status, joining Atea, Bechtle, CDW, Computacenter, FusionStorm, Insight, SHI and WWT.

“Partners sit at the forefront of helping customers embrace Digital Transformation. At its core, the Dell Technologies business addresses this need and uniquely enables partners with the products, services, financing and programs to make them successful,” said Joyce Mullen, president, Global Channel, OEM & IoT Solutions, Dell EMC. “We’ve seen tremendous growth and momentum over the past year. Our partners continue to grow their businesses; however, we know there is still massive opportunity in front of us. The products and programs announced at Dell Technologies World 2018 will enable our partners to broaden their capabilities and to grow even faster. Our top priority is helping partners solve their customers’ complex digital challenges.”

Talking about the significance of the Partner Program to Dell EMC India, Anil Sethi, Vice President, ChannelsDell EMC India said “Channel partners, system integrators and distributors have played a critical role in empowering Dell EMC’s customers on their path towards Digital Transformation. The Dell EMC Partner Program has been instrumental in ensuring profitability and scale for all our partners in India and across the globe. We believe that the partner program will further catalyse our go-to-market strategy and growth of the business. We are committed to become the industry’s most trusted advisor to our customers.”

Dell EMC understands the opportunities for partners around services and emerging technologies, including the Internet of Things (IoT). To that end, the company will begin introducing new Solutions Competency offerings in 2018. Building on the initial competencies introduced last year, Dell EMC channel partners now will have access to four new Solutions Competencies in the second half of the year.

Available now is the new Internet of Things (IoT) Solution Competency. Others to be added throughout the year will include:

  • High Performance Computing
  • Data Analytics
  • Business Applications
  • Security

In addition to the new Solutions Competencies, Dell EMC will also expand services deployment competencies, which enable partners to grow faster and increase revenue. In the last year, Dell EMC partners who have leveraged these deployment competencies have seen a 2x increase in their average deal size.

Dell Financial Services’ Flexible Consumption Models offer significant economic benefits and incremental margin. Specifically, this can include a reduced entry point for the Flex on Demand solution across the Dell EMC storage portfolio, enabling partners to help their midrange customers run consumption-based, all-flash storage without needing custom configuration. This speeds storage deployments and broadens the midrange customer opportunity for flexible consumption solutions.

Additionally, Dell EMC is enhancing the company’s lucrative incentive program to help fuel new business specifically for channel partners. These enhancements will introduce new ways for partners to streamline processes and increase both revenue and time-to-value from sales of Dell EMC solutions.

The Dell EMC MyRewards Program, an opt-in, points-based reward program for Dell EMC Solution Provider sales representatives and system engineers, will replace the existing Partner Advantage and Sell & Earn programs. This new program will offer bigger and better promotions with up to 3x bonus payout and simplified, express claiming globally. The Dell EMC Partner Program also is delivering enhanced rebates focused on driving new business, storage refresh and attaching Pro-Support Plus to storage.

The new demo program provides tiered partners with the ability to use earned MDF to purchase any storage, converged infrastructure, hyper-converged infrastructure and data protection solutions at a discount.

The Proof of Concept (POC) program removes complexity around partner-led POCs, streamlining the approval process and enabling Titanium partners to independently lead POCs at end-user locations with no-cost hardware, software, pro-support and shipping.

The new IT Transformation campaign helps tell the connected story, positions business outcomes and drives consultative selling, all positioning the value of the Dell Technologies portfolio. Through this initiative, Dell EMC will deliver marketing content organized across the buyer’s journey and giving partners access to industry analyst research to build their business case based on customer outcomes and business benefits.

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EarlySalary Acquires CashCare

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EarlySalary, India’s largest tech enabled digital lender & FinTech start-up announced its acquisition of CashCare, India’s first ever lending platform for online purchases. With this acquisition, EarlySalary has introduced a new feature of ‘Checkout Finance’ with the intent of allowing its users to shop now and pay later.
 
As part of the acquisition, Vikas Sekhri, the CEO of CashCare will be the Head of Strategy at EarlySalary, and Suraj Mundada, the CTO of CashCare will be the Chief Architect.

Elaborating on the announcement Akshay Mehrotra, Co-Founder & CEO at EarlySalary commented, “We are happy to have CashCare join our EarlySalary team and welcome them onboard. We see synergies being driven by technology, addressing the financial needs of the millennial audience, and our products complementing each other. With the launch of this new feature ‘Checkout Finance’, we are aiming to offer our customers the convenience to shop now and pay later. This acquisition marks a great opportunity for us to further our commitment to financially support our customers by deploying our combined offerings for the best possible customer advantage.”
 
Vikas Sekhri, Founder, CashCare Technology commented, “We are delighted to join EarlySalary, whose aim is to disrupt the credit market by minimizing human involvement, which perfectly fits in with our mission. With this synergy, we will be able to further develop our services for the young, working population in our country. Together, we can build a wide-ranging credit solution for online platforms, while making the consumer’s experience as easy as swiping a card.”

Speaking on this occasion, Ashish Goyal, Co-Founder and CFO said, “Together, EarlySalary and CashCare will deliver a robust set of collaboration capabilities across the credit lending space. We believe that our combined efforts will give customers more choice and flexibility. Together, we will inspire our teams to collaborate and work towards achieving success like never imagined before.”
 
EarlySalary also launched their ‘Digital School Fee’ feature recently, in partnership with Avanse Financial Services. EarlySalary aspires to join the unicorn club this year, following a Rs100 crore funding round in January 2018 from Eight Roads Ventures & existing investors IDG Ventures India & DHFL. Currently, EarlySalary has a presence in 15 cities in India and is disbursing 30,000 loans per month.

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MobiKwik Launches UPI on Its Platform: Offers Its Own VPA Handle ‘@Ikwik’

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MobiKwik, one of India’s leading digital financial services platform, today announced the launch of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) on its platform via its own VPA (Virtual payment address) handle @ikwik. MobiKwik is the first in the industry to offer UPI access to a huge base of 3 million merchants on its app. It is also amongst the first few in the industry to offer Bharat QR, UPI QR and intent functionality for merchant payments. Additionally, all the MobiKwik users will be able to do P2P bank transfers using UPI. MobiKwik’s UPI app is 100% in compliance with the NPCI guidelines. MobiKwik is the most secured UPI app till date, as per NPCI.

MobiKwik’s users can, by default, use their mobile number as their own VPA which will be ‘<Mobile no>@ikwik’. They will also be able to link multiple bank accounts with just one VPA and users can change primary account as per their requirements. Users can simply scan and generate UPI QR functionality to send and receive money using VPA and phone number from the contact list. If the receiver is also registered in Mobikwik UPI ecosystem, sender can send money by selecting his contact from phone book without remembering VPA domain. It will also be possible for the users to request money using UPI on the MobiKwik app.

Speaking on the announcement, Mr. Bipin Preet Singh, Founder and CEO, MobiKwik, said, “Our strength lies in user experience, the wide network of merchants and the numerous daily life use-cases we power. We intend to provide all payments options, including wallets, virtual cards and UPI, to ensure convenience across our user base. Mobikwik will be first player of scale to include all interoperable features in its UPI launch app. We believe that with UPI on our platform, we will be able to empower our users with the power of transferring between bank accounts in an extremely safe and simple manner. With the roll out of UPI, we expect a reduction in the usage of debit cards and internet banking on the MobiKwik app, as UPI will offer a better user experience. Keeping in mind our reach on the merchant side, we hope to substantially increase momentum of merchant transactions on UPI. We will be adding more payment options for the benefit of our users in the times to come.”

MobiKwik has its own customized VPA handle “@ikwik” for making payments unlike existing UPI based services offered by non-banking entities. Safety has been given utmost priority in MobiKwik UPI app and users can be rest assured about their data security, even in case of loss of SIM or device.

Promoted by the Government of India, UPI powers multiple bank accounts into a single mobile application of any participating bank, merging several banking features, aimed at offering seamless routing of fund and merchant payments from this single platform

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Filtrec Bharat Accelerates Business Growth With Infor

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Infor, a leading provider of industry-specific cloud applications, today announced that Filtrec Bharat, a specialist in manufacturing filter elements for industrial and process filters, has selected Infor solutions to deliver greater visibility, productivity and competency for business growth. The implementation is expected to go live in Aug 2018 and will be deployed by Godrej Infotech.

With business operations spread across India & Italy, Filtrec Bharat faced complex challenges of any discrete manufacturer. Among the key considerations were seamless production planning for product customization, shorter product lifecycles and effective traceability for transparent integration across multiple systems. Filtrec Bharat’s existing legacy infrastructure was unable to meet the agility required by a modern discrete manufacturer. With Infor LN, Filtrec Bharat will benefit by streamlining operations and drive collaboration across business functions for informed decisions. As part of their business transformation roadmap, Filtrec Bharat aims for scalability with migration to the cloud in the future.

Upon a comprehensive evaluation, Infor was selected for its specialized expertise in discrete manufacturing module, especially for manufacturing planning and supply chain.

“With ambitious growth plans on the anvil, our business required a robust solution addressing the complexities of modern discrete manufacturing comprising product prototyping, production planning and supply chain management. We chose Infor for their expertise in meeting our unique business requirements and compressive solution capabilities that are built for the future. We are confident of Infor’s ability in driving seamless technology implications to accelerate our business growth,” said Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Executive Director-Commercial, Filtrec Bharat Manufacturing.

Ashish Dass, Vice President and Managing Director, South Asian Subcontinent, Infor said, “Discrete manufacturing demands efficient cost management through improved automation, yet maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction to compete in an evolving global market. Infor understands the unique requirements of Filtrec Bharat and the discrete manufacturing industry. With our ability to deliver finely-tuned industry-specific capabilities in the cloud, we are committed to equip Filtec Bharat to seamlessly embrace business transformation and attain market leadership position.”

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JobBuzz Workplace2025 Conclave Brings Together India’s Top Business Leaders to Envision Tech Disruptions at Work Spheres

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Technology is the beacon of fourth industrial revolution. Everything that is fast paced and tech-led will be the future in its respective domain. Accordingly, workplaces are expected to change. The nature of jobs, the scope of work, present job profiles, the mode of work and work culture – everything is bound to change.

To raise an industry dialogue on these disruptions, JobBuzz – an employer rating and review website from TimesJobs – recently organised one-day long HR conclave titled ‘JobBuzz Workplace2025: Technology, Talent and Transformation Conclave 2018’ powered by Times Internet Limited. The recently concluded event at New Delhi’s Taj Palace hotel, witnessed the confluence of India’s top CEOs, CTOs, CHROs and business leaders.

The day began with an exclusive CEO roundtable where India’s top leaders discussed ‘The Evolution of Work: New Realities Facing Today’s Leaders’. This session was anchored by Gautam Sinha, CEO, Times Internet. After this session, Satyan Gajwani, Vice Chairman of Times Internet formally inaugurated the event via video message and welcomed all delegates.

This was followed by a welcome address by Gautam Sinha. In his speech Gautam Sinha hailed the use of technology and said, “New digital and communication technologies are eliminating the conventional ways of working. The transformations that surfaced in 50 years, are now merely taking five years owing to the technological advancements. It is imperative for every individual and organization to prepare for the age of compressed timelines”.

Post his speech, Gautam Sinha was joined by Mitra Robot, the humanoid bot known for performing various workplace chores, for a brief dialogue on jobs done by bots. After this, Sister Shivani from Brahma Kumaris delivered the opening address on ‘Managing Stress and Mental Wellness at Workplace: Tips for Mobile Ready World’.

Soon after, a series of panel discussions featuring CHROs of top Indian companies ensued throughout the day. Alongside, the event hosted two CTO panel discussions and a tech breakout session anchored by Jagdish Mitra, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer at Tech Mahindra. All details on panel discussions are available @ https://jobbuzz.timesjobs.com/workplace2025

Highlighting the digital transformation at workplaces, Sanjay Goyal, Vice President & Head of Product, Technology, TimesJobs, TechGig and JobBuzz said, “Workplaces are rapidly turning to technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, data science and chatbots to make their work easier. This phenomenon is only going to increase in the coming years. The only way to make the most of this technology-led future is to remain ahead of the learning and adoption curve.” He also complimented all the panelists for sharing intrinsic insights on the adoption of technology in their organisations, their challenges and frank discussions on possible solutions as well.

While explaining the Gig Economy and its boon, Ramathreya Krishnamurthi, Business Head, TimesJobs, TechGig and JobBuzz said, “Hiring a skilled freelancer from any location and making payments through secured means are some of the things that the technology has enabled us to do. With further tech-innovations and advancements, Gig Economy will surely witness a boost and that will be yet another revolution in the way people work and organisations get work done.”

The event concluded with a glitzy awards night where best new-age workplaces were felicitated based on the employee reviews posted on JobBuzz.  Different organisations were honored under 11 award categories. Find below the details:

Category Organisations
 

Best New-Age HR Practices

1st Place: Cisco Systems

 

  Runners up: Johnson & Johnson
   
 

Best New-Age Employer for Employee Engagement Practices

1st Place: Philips India
  Runners up: Microsoft India

 

   
 

Best employer for Innovative Talent Management & Succession Planning

1st Place: Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories

 

  Runners up: Ernst & Young
   
 

Best New-Age Employer for Work-Life Balance

1st Place: IBM India

 

  Runners up: CGI
   
 

Best New-Age Employer for Work Culture

1st Place: Hewlett-Packard
  Runners up: Oracle
 

Best New-Age Employer for Career Growth

1st Place: Lupin Pharmaceuticals

 

  Runners up: Hindustan Construction Company

 

   
 

Best New-Age Employer Branding Campaign

1st Place: Amazon India
  Runners up: Accenture

 

   
 

Best New-Age Employer in Conglomerates

1st Place: Tata Group
  Runners up: ITC Group

 

   
 

Best Innovation in Recruitment

1st Place: Capgemini India

 

  Runners up: Just Dial

 

   
Excellence in HR Through Technology

 

1st Place: IBM India
  Runners up: Bajaj Allianz General Insurance

 

   
 

Best New-Age Employer

 

1st Place: Tata Consultancy Services

 

  Runners up: Google India

 

 

The conclave witnessed 400+ delegates, 300+ companies, and a plenitude of industry experts, who apart from learning and exploring how technological advancements will impact workplaces in year 2025, also leveraged the event to expand their networking circle.

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