Sberbank hosts biz meet in Mumbai within Indian norms on St Petersburg Days
Committee for External Relations of St Petersburg conducted ‘St Petersburg Days in Mumbai' to mark the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of Indo-Russian diplomatic relations. As a part of this event, Sberbank India organised a business conference to discuss the economic cooperation between Russia and India. “The Indian market is attracting great interest from Russian business. Today we have managed to bring together not only success stories, but also the beginners who are making their first steps in this region. I'm confident that a transparent discussion between the clients, the local market players and the Bank will garner positive results for all parties and help to develop the economic relations of our countries,” said CEO of Sberbank India, Aleksei Kechko. Within the framework of the conference, representatives of the business community in India presented to the Russian partners, a review of the Indian market trends and prospects for business development. The representatives of the Russian businesses shared their experiences of successful project implementation in India. Representatives of the leading machinery company llC ‘IZ-KARTEX (named after PG Korobkov)' shared experience in the supply of excavators for ‘Coal India' and the creation of a MRO network for the supplied equipment. Representatives of PJSC ‘Power Machines' spoke about the successfully implemented energy projects in India. ‘Russoft' presented the information security project for ‘Smart cities' in India and the creation of the ‘Eurasian quantum path'. In turn, representatives of the leading corporations in India in the areas of energy, infrastructure and defense larsen and Toubro, State Agency Invest India and one of the largest investment companies Hinduja Group demonstrated to the Russian partners the prospects of investing and doing business in India. In 2017, Sberbank India successfully financed lighting Technologies India ltd, a subsidiary of IGC ‘lighting Technologies', which launched a plant for the production of lighting equipment in India. This project for business development was included in the list of priority investment projects of the Indo-Russian inter-Govt commission.
NlCIl BAGS PRESTIGIOUS INDUSTRY EXCEllENCE AWARD
NlCIl has been once again bestowed with ‘IEI Industry Excellence Award' instituted by The Institution of Engineers (India), for its best performance and excellence in engineering operation for the year 2017 under category ‘A' i.e, organisation having turnover of Rs 5,000 crore and above. The award was presented to NlCIl in the 32nd Indian Engineering Congress 2017, organised by Institution of Engineers (India), and Tamil Nadu State Centre. The award was presented in the inaugural session by MC Sampath, Minister of Industries, Steel Control and Special Initiatives, Gov of TN. P Selvakumar, Director /Planning & Projects and B Selvan, DGM /Management Services received the award on behalf of NlCIl.
ICG DG COMMISSONS OFFSHORE PATROl VESSEl (OPV) ICGS SUJAY
Indian Coast Guard Ship 'Sujay', the sixth in the series of six 105m Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) was commissioned at Goa by Director General Rajendra Singh, PTM, TM Director General Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Thursday in the presence of senior officers from Indian Coast Guard, CMD Goa Shipyard limited and other senior dignitaries of the Central & State Government. ‘Sujay' meaning ‘Great Victory', is projection of ICG's will and commitment ‘To Serve and Protect' the maritime interest of the nation. The ship is based at Paradip, Odisha under the operational and administrative control of Commander Coast Guard Region (North-East). This 105 meter OPV has been designed and built indigenously by Goa Shipyard ltd and is fitted with state-of-the-art navigation and communication equipment, sensors and machineries. The features include 30mm CRN 91 Naval Gun, Integrated Bridge System (IBS), Integrated Machinery Control System (IMCS), Power Management System (PMS) and High Power External Fire Fighting System. The ship is designed to carry one twin engine light Helicopter and five high speed boats including two Quick Reaction Inflatable Boats for swift boarding operations, search and rescue, law enforcement and maritime patrol. The ship is also capable of carrying pollution response equipment to contain oil spill at sea. ICGS Sujay is commanded by DIG Yoginder Dhaka and manned by 12 Officers and 94 men. Commissioning of ICGS Sujay will enhance the ICG's operational capability to discharge the multifarious maritime tasks.
Dhanraj Bhagat Centenary celebration starts at lKA
lalit Kala Akademi (lKA) inaugurated the year-long celebrations of the birth centenary of renowned Sculptor Prof Dhanraj Bhagat in a grand manner on Thursday (which happens to be his birthday). Johny Ml (Art critic, curator and writer) gave an illustrated lecture on Dhanraj Bhagat who was a Fellow of the lalit Kala Akademi. Johny Ml said, “Dhanraj Bhagat was a part of this indigenous modernism, consciously or by default. But his works show that he was totally aware of the need for establishing indigenous modernism. Dhanraj Bhagat did not go back to the so called indebtedness to architecture. However, there is a deep search for Indian-ness in his works. This saved him from becoming yet another modernist who followed Brancusi or Henri Moore. Dhanraj Bhagat was making a modern sculptural vision for himself and for others by carrying forward a grand tradition but without delving much into the polemics that it offered. I thanks lalit Kala Akademi for this great initiative and I hope that it will continue further.”
POWERGRID, NR-1 provides Mechanised sanitation vehicle to MCF
Under CSR initiative an agreement was signed between POWERGRID, NR-1 and Municipal Corporation, Faridabad (MCF) for providing one truck mounted sweeping machine with vacuum cleaner to Municipal Corporation, Faridabad in the presence of Seema Gupta, Executive Director, POWERGRID, NR-1 and DR Bhaskar, Chief Engineer, MCF in New Delhi on last Wednesday. This is a pioneering effort of POWERGRID, NR-1 under Swatch Bharat drive to facilitate MCF in ensuring effective cleanliness of roads and reducing health hazards. This vehicle will be beneficial to eke out in mechanised road cleaning and shall also yield better results as compared to the traditional/manual method of cleaning.
National Consumer Day celebrated
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution, GoI, celebrated the National Consumer Day 2017 on the theme of ‘Emerging Digital Markets: Issues & Challenges for Consumer Protection' on Thursday in New Delhi. It was presided over by Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, CR Chaudhary, Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Justice DK Jain, President, National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), New Delhi and Pawan Duggal Supreme Court lawyer and Cyber law expert addressed the participants on the theme.