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Career Launcher opens Study-Abroad centres across cities to meet post-pandemic demand for international colleges.

New centres in Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Panipat and Mysore Career Launcher, the EdTech arm of CL Educate, announced a significant push to its study abroad vertical by launching 12 study-abroad centers across eight cities. This is to meet the post-pandemic rapid rise in demand for international study destinations. The cities include Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Panipat and Mysore. While Delhi and Mumbai have three centers each, the other cities have one center each, to begin with. The new Study Abroad centers are a mix of Company-Owned, Company-Operated (CoCo) and Franchise-Owned Franchise-Operated.   Arjun Wadhwa, CFO & CBO (International Education), CL Educate, said, “With the world reopening, the demand from students looking at international universities to pursue their higher education goals is growing at a very rapid pace. To guide students on their study and career path, we will rapidly expand our footpri

AppViewX continues to strengthen its presence in India; announces Deloitte Technology Fast 500 ranking for 2022

AppViewX, the leader in Machine Identity Management (MIM) and Application Infrastructure Security, today announced ranking amongst fastest growing enterprise security companies in Deloitte Technology Fast 500™. AppViewX, a New York-headquartered global company with operations in multiple cities in India, has been successfully leveraging the growing market for its solution suite globally. The company has been significantly growing its India operations across go-to-market, engineering and research and development (R&D). This growth will support the company’s innovative IT automation and orchestration platform and its commitment to future growth. AppViewX launched and has been growing its India operations out of Coimbatore since 2017, helping establish Coimbatore as one of India’s leading technology hubs. Since then, the company has become one of the leading tech companies in the region, and has expanded to Bangalore, India’s technology capital, and Chennai. The company continues to

Miles Education announces Partnership with Yeshas Academy

Miles Education, India’s largest CPA course provider, signs a strategic partnership with Yeshas Academy, Bangalore’s premier CA training academy. The exclusive collaboration opens a plethora of opportunities for accounting and finance professionals to demonstrate new-age accounting skills and lead the future of finance. Celebrating the launch, Nilesh Sharma, Director, Yeshas Academy reports, “ I am deeply excited about our collaboration with Miles Education as it gives us an opportunity to serve our broad base of learners with more career options in the field of accounting and finance .” The forward-thinking collaboration is aimed at bringing together CA-qualified and CA-pursuing students by opening pathways to available career opportunities in India, the US, and Canada. The key highlights of this collaboration are: Students will be able to pursue their CPA while preparing for their CA exams. 80% curriculum overlap between CA and CPA. Jobs at Big 4 and public accounting firms in

Power to understand emotions in voices declines as we age: University of Essex research reveals

  Why the old don’t understand the young – the brain’s ability to correctly recognise positive and negative emotional cues in voices declines as we get older According to new research by University of Essex, as we age our brain’s ability to correctly recognise positive and negative emotions in voices declines. Constantina Maltezou-Papastylianou , a doctoral researcher in the  Department of Psychology , University of Essex led the new research study where she discovered that the identification of both positive and negative emotions was affected as we get older. Across three experiments researchers found older adults were not as good at detecting emotions as younger adults and this could not be jump-started by electrically stimulating key brain areas. The study showed that over 65s were less accurate than those in their 20s, and this is speculated to be associated with changes in the brain as we age. Pensioners struggled to correctly identify the emotion of happiness from speech - wi

First-ever Graduation Ceremony in India to be held by University of Essex

  ·          UK’s University of Essex graduates and alumni from across India to attend first-ever Indian graduation ceremony. ·          Indian graduation ceremony in January 2023 to have all sense of occasion, excitement and fun which Essex graduation ceremonies are so well known for. ·          Open to all Indian alumni even if they attended their original ceremony in Colchester. UK’s University of Essex today announced that it will hold a special and first-ever graduation ceremony for its students in India. The prestigious ceremony will be held at the British High Commissioner's Residence in New Delhi and will be attended by recent graduates plus soon to graduate students, alumni, Essex Vice-Chancellor Professor Anthony Forster and the soon to be announced Indian Alumni of the Year. The first graduation ceremony is to be held in India, on 21 January 2023. Vice-Chancellor Professor Anthony Forster said: “I’m very much looking forward to sharing this unforgettable day with our

Royal Orchid Hotels expands presence in Goa

  ·          Regenta Central Imperial Candolim is Royal Orchid Hotels’ fifth property in Goa I ndia’s leading business and leisure hospitality brand Royal Orchid & Regenta Hotels is expanding its presence in the country’s most popular tourist place Goa. Royal Orchid Hotel has launched its fifth property - Regenta Central Imperial Candolim in Goa. The property will be operational beginning October 15. T he launch of its fifth property. The Group is already running four properties in the state -   Royal Orchid Beach Resort & Spa Utorda Beach, Regenta Central North Goa, Arpora, Regenta Place Mandrem Beach Resort, Pernem and Regenta Inn Palacio De Goa, Panaji. The Regenta Central Imperial Candolim is strategically located at the Candolim road – a short distance from north Goa’s exciting tourist attractions. The newly opened luxury property comprises 73 rooms. These include four imperial suites, 18 luxury suites, four deluxe rooms and 47 superior rooms. The rooms exude luxury

Steep population rise over 20 years near coastal areas endangers coral reefs: University of Essex research

  ·          Indian Ocean saw a 33% increase in populations within 100 KM of a coral reef and 71% at 5 KM ·          Coral reefs predicted to decline between 70-90% in the next decade and up to 99% if global warming reaches 2°C above pre-industrial levels ·          In India, 30 million more people lived within 100 KM of coral reefs in 2020 compared to 20 years ago According to research by UK’s University of Essex, the steep rise in population growth in coastal areas over the past 20 years have increased the risk to coral reefs globally. Research from the University of Essex has found that the number of people living in coastal areas by coral reefs has grown to nearly one billion – a rise of 250 million since 2000, and rates are going up in these areas quicker than global averages. Worryingly, the areas closest to the coral reefs – where people’s direct livelihoods rely on these valuable ecosystems – has seen a population density boom which is now four times the global average. The n

SAEINDIA sets agenda for the future of mobility, with the First ever Sustainable Multimodal Mobility Conference - SIIMC 2022

·          SIIMC 2022 is the 10th Edition of the International Mobility Conference ·     The SAEINDIA International Mobility Conference (SIIMC 2022), will bring together the mobility ecosystem, with a phygital event to be held between Oct 12 and 14, 2022. ·          The conference will see participants presenting more than 180 papers and 543 abstracts on engineering innovations, focusing on promoting sustainable and multi-modal mobility in India and globally. ·          TechHive, a dedicated space for technology presentations and product demos/B2B stalls, will be the largest meeting point for mobility startups and investors, to converse and forge business partnerships . The country’s leading resource for mobility technology SAEINDIA (the Society of Automotive Engineers INDIA) , is back with the 10th edition of its flagship event SAEINDIA International Mobility Conference (SIIMC 2022), which is the first ever International Sustainable Multimodal Mobility Conference. The SIIMC 2022

Vinculum Co-founder launches Trangile, a consulting-led and domain-expertise driven tech services firm; sets up global development center in Delhi NCR

Trangile debuts with global footprint, 450+professionals, veritable client list; management team includes world-leading experts in warehousing management, Infor & Oracle suite of solutions Piyush Madan, co-founder of Vinculum Solutions, a leading global retail SaaS player, today formally announced the inception of his next venture, Trangile – a consulting-led, domain-expertise driven services technology firm. Trangile (stands for transformation with agility) is positioned as the go-to firm for digital transformation for organizations in retail, e-commerce, logistics/ supply chain and  life sciences verticals. The new firm is off to a tremendous start with close to 450+ professionals onboard, and most based at its global development center in Noida besides offices in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Hong Kong, Dubai and Singapore with an office in London on the anvil. Trangile has a strong management team with world-leading experts - Sreenivasan Iyer, heads  supply chain practi

Khadi Fashion Show for Specially-Abled Children, promoted by Fashinza

● Fashinza partnered with Round Table India and Ladies Circle India to support specially-abled children for a special khadi fashion show. ● Fashinza pledged funds worth ₹2 lakh towards the immediate development needs of specially-abled children. Showcasing the talents of specially-abled children, Fashinza partnered with Lucknow Chapter of Round Table India and Ladies Circle India to promote a special khadi fashion show. The khadi fashion show for specially-abled children is Fashinza’s effort to provide specially-abled children with opportunities to express and enjoy themselves, promoting equality and diversity. Fashinza, the AI-driven B2B marketplace and real-time global supply chain for fashion brands and retailers, also pledged funds worth Rs. 2 lakh towards the immediate development needs of specially-abled children. Fashinza supports specially-abled children with a view that no child should be deprived of the small joys of life or be confined to their perceived safe places. F

Rs. 50 lakh prize money pool for INBL National league; Team logos and jerseys unveiled for BFI’s first ever National League

  6 city-based teams play each other over 3 rounds leading to play-offs in January 2023 The city never sleeps on Tuesday witnessed another significant milestone for Indian basketball tipping off a process to Indian basketball to newer heights. Six city-based teams – representing Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Kochi, and Mumbai – will line up against each other over three preliminary rounds in INBL Season 2022 , BFI’s first-ever National League. The first round will be played in Kochi from October 16-20 followed by the second round six days later from October 26-30 at Jaipur. The third round will take place in Pune from December 7 - 11. The play offs are scheduled to be held in Bengaluru from January 11-15.   Each round will be spread over 5 days with the 6 teams playing against all the remaining teams once in a round robin. Standings over three rounds will accumulate into final rankings which will form the basis for the seeding for the playoffs.The teams will be called Bengalur