SAGAR SCHOOL CELEBRATES 18TH FOUNDER'S DAY
Sagar School celebrated its 18th Founder's Day with the fervour they always do. Prasad Chandran, ex-CMD of BASF India Limited presided over the celebrations. The programme was a mix of gaiety and profound bliss. The Sagar School's Chairperson Rosemary Sagar briefly recounted Dr Sagar's life and incredible journey to success, narrating how her father had a growth mind set, exhorted the same ‘I can' attitude become part of the education at school. The School's Director, Sharmistha Julka conveyed in her crisp message that the School's team of educators and staff are its biggest asset and applauded their commitment and contribution towards the upward progression in student performance. Principal, Deepak Bisht delivered the Annual Report highlighting the various accomplishments. The speeches by the dignitaries were followed by prize distribution and felicitation of achievers.
DR NOWHERA LAUNCHES MAHILA EMPOWERMENT PARTY
Leading business tycoon, Human rights activist, philanthropist and Islamic Scholar and Founder and CEO Heera Group Dr Nowhera Shaik has launched All India Mahila Empowerment Party (MEP), a national political party which aims at empowering Indian women irrespective of caste, creed, religious tag and domicile region. The main agenda of AIMEP is to see India as a developed economy where the common man/woman/citizen is able to benefit by the taxes they pay to the Governments and we will strive and ensure that the common man is benefited by the schemes and programs implemented by the Government. AIMEP is going to contest in the forthcoming assembly elections in Karnataka where the party has a strong base and is confident of winning seats and playing a decisive role in the formation of next Government. Speaking about the party's entry in Karnataka, Dr Nowehra said, “Karnataka has equal gender ratio but all the major positions are held by the men here, it has never seen a women Chief Minister in their constitutional history. Women always play a major role in the socio-economic development in Karnataka either business, home, services or sports. They have an important role in each and every aspects of life so why not in the politics?
VOLTAS UNVEILS ITS NEW BRAND STORE AT NOIDA
Voltas Limited, India's No 1 air conditioning brand, has launched its new brand store - Ace Technomark in Noida's premier shopping mail, The Great India Place. The brand store features a well-designed and visually appealing display of wide range of Voltas' products, comprising All Star Inverter AC's, All Weather AC's, Air Coolers, Commercial Refrigerators, Water Dispensers & Water Coolers. Conveniently located in heart of Noida, the new brand store would enhance Voltas' brand experience and visibility. The Brand Store is being launched to meet the growing expectations of consumers in National Capital Region by offering them technologically advanced All Star Inverter Air Conditioners. The Voltas Brand Store - Ace Technomark is being inaugurated on last Monday by Pradeep Bakshi, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer (Designate), Voltas Limited in the presence of Sanjay Jaitly & Rahul Mehra, Ace Technomark. Present at the launch event, Pradeep Bakshi, said, "Voltas has the highest brand equity in cooling appliances, and leads the market in ACs. Consumers have developed a preference for energy efficient ACs (like Inverter ACs) which are now the fastest growing category in the AC industry. Voltas has launched the All Star Inverter ACs to leverage this opportunity. Our new range of Inverter ACs are future-ready, keeping in mind the new ISEER table for 2018.”
NWR, EESL INK MOU TO SAVE Rs 3.43 CR VIA ENERGY EFFICIENCY
In line with the Budget speech of the Minister of Railways, North Western Railways (NWR) has signed MoU with Energy Efficiency Services Ltd, a PSU under Ministry of Power, for implementation of energy efficiency measures on ESCO (Energy Services Company) Model. According to Tarun Jain, Chief Public Relations Officer of NWR, in this Model capital cost will be borne by EESL and resultant saving from the project will be used to repay for EESL investment. In these measures, existing luminaries will be replaced by high efficiency LED type keeping level of illumination same. The project cost is about Rs 6.71 cr and annual savings will be about Rs 3.43 cr. NWR have entered into agreement with EESL on the last Monday in the presence of TP Singh, GM of NWR to implement these energy efficiency measures for 309 stations and 595 service buildings over all the divisions of the zone. In continuation to this, an exhibition on energy conversation has been inaugurated by TP Singh on Tuesday to spread awareness for railway employees about energy conservation.
BHEL COMMISSIONS COAL-FIRED POWER PROJ IN INDONESIA
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has achieved yet another milestone in the South East Asian region with the successful commissioning of a 54 MW coal-fired captive power project in Indonesia. The 3x18 MW power project located at Sangatta, East Kalimantan, Indonesia has been set up by BHEL for PT Citra Kusuma Perdana (PT CKP) for their coal-mining operations. For the project, BHEL has designed, engineered, manufactured and supplied the Boiler, Turbine & Generator (BTG) Island and associated auxiliaries along with supervisory services during erection & commissioning. Notably, BHEL has executed several projects in the region including projects in Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. In Indonesia, the company has earlier successfully executed a 2x30 MW boiler project for PT Makmur Sejahtera Wisesa (PT MSW); and 2x11 MW & 1x15 MW captive power projects for PT Indo Bharat Rayon (PT IBR). An integrated power plant equipment anufacturer with over 50 years of experience, BHEL on Tuesday has a presence in 82 countries in all the six continents across the globe and has installed nearly 180 GW globally. BHEL is currently engaged in the execution of all types/range of power equipment; Thermal, Gas, Nuclear, Hydro and Solar, in addition to supplying products and systems to other major infrastructure sectors of the economy such as Transmission, Transportation, Oil & Gas, Defence & Aerospace and Water. In the overseas market, BHEL is presently executing various types of Hydro, Thermal and Gas-based power projects, including the prestigious 2x660 MW Maitree Super Thermal Power Project, Bangladesh.
HUBBALLI AIRPORT OPENED WITH UPGRADED INFRA
The upgraded Hubballi Airport was inaugurated by P Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Union Minister for Civil Aviation in the presence of Ananth Kumar, Union Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers and Parliamentary Affairs; Jayant Sinha, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation; RV Deshpande, Minister for Large & Medium Industries and Infrastructure Development, Govt of Karnataka; Santosh S Lad, Minister for Labour & Skill Development, Govt of Karnataka; Vinay R Kulkarni, Minister for Mines & Geology and Dharwad District Incharge Minister, Government of Karnataka; Pralhad Joshi, MP (Lok Sabha); Jagadish Shettar, MLA Hubballi-Dharwad Central) & Leader of Opposition; Aravind Chandrakant Bellad, MLA (Hubballi-Dharwad West) and DK Chavan, Mayor, Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation. The second largest city in Karnataka, Hubballi forms the agglomerate town area with the city of Dharwad making it the largest urban area ‘Hubballi-Dharwad' next to Bengaluru. Hubballi is one of the fastest growing cities in Karnataka and comprises many small, medium and large scale industries which contribute to the growth of the economy of the state.