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Indian Healthtech startup, Healthians has been nominated for Blue Design Awards 2020 for #SheIsNotDoingGreat Campaign here – www.youtube.com/watchv=abdjVLVNYm0&t=33s, Healthians launched a hard-hitting social responsibility driven film on womens day. The film brings to light a horrific practice amongst poor female farmworkers who are pushed into getting their uteruses removed. These farmworkers are usually poor rural labourers who work in sugarcane fields. Shot in the interiors of Maharashtra, the film captures the real emotion of these women and leaves the viewer with a lump in the throat. The company has already won several accolades and awards for the campaign. After being awarded the Kyoorius Baby Elephant award, the campaign has won in three different categories of the Foxglove awards. Indian Healthcare Startup, Healthains won the prestigious Kyoorius ‘Baby Elephant’ award “We were utterly shocked when we learnt about this practice and felt that this story of gross injustice s

Thiruvananthapuram, August, 2020: The coronavirus outbreak has put death at the forefront but conversations about grief, death or impending death are considered inauspicious in many societies. To promote a culture of speaking more openly about death and the difficult emotions accompanying grief, Pallium India is facilitating a discussion to encourage more conversations amongst families about making appropriate choices and thereby reducing avoidable suffering. The program consists of two virtual events on August 20 and 24, leading up to the death anniversary of Dr Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (July 8, 1926 – August 24, 2004) Swiss-American psychiatrist, a pioneer in near-death studies, and author of the internationally best-selling book, On Death and Dying. Thursday, August 20 (5 to 6 pm IST) – A conversation with an eclectic panel of experts from healthcare, civil society and public health to shine a light on how individuals may reshape their thoughts, fears and concern about death, equ

We are facing an Economic crisis and may lead to a crisis of human spirit very soon. During this period of COVID -19 we can see how dependent a nation is on International trade and how we are affected for not being self sustainable. Do we really feel that the debt economy is alarming for all of us and forced to raise a question WHY NOT LOCALIZATION? We need to implement policies which measure the economy in Gross National Happiness where it measures prosperity and well being of the citizens and one such measure is GPI, Genuine progress Index. It takes into account human, social, community, natural wealth in addition to material wealth. I believe local economies and communities are key to restoring happiness, democracy, and ecological health around the Globe. Transnational corporations are increasingly able to bargain with national governments for lower tax rates and higher subsidies by threatening to ‘offshore’ their operations. An important point to note is that localization does n

Go digital today to reap benefits lifelong. It was the theory adopted by the 25-year-old young entrepreneur Mr. Rohit Gokul Purohit, Founder of the Mumbai-based digital marketing company ‘Creative Corona’ at a time of its launch in 2017. Keeping the importance of digital presence for everyone on his mind, Mr Purohit who started his journey with just one friendly client in 2012 made it to have 100+ clients, including celebrities & brands, in 2020. Mr. Rohit Gokul Purohit, Founder ‘Creative Corona’ Talking about the Creative Corona and its services, Mr. Rohit Purohit said, “In the year 2017, earlier know as Gear of Future, the firm was rebranded as Creative Corona with addon services & associations as the firm placed out of Mumbai. The services, include branding, campaigning, promotion, public relations, content creation, digital profiling, SM management Youtube video promotion, Google ad campaign, digital political campaigns, online marketing consultation etc. We have curated 10

A Startup-Friendly nationwide initiative to push India on the path of self-reliance Aims to support Startups and new business initiatives, across India, in cataloguing their companies at a minimal cost India has made tremendous progress in improving ease of doing business in India through various measures to simplify the company registration process. On the eve of 74th Indian Independence, India’s largest cloud-based business registration and compliance services platform IndiaFilings.com has taken a pledge to help over 10,000 startups register their business under the ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ mission. From 142 to 77th place on ‘Ease of Doing Business’ rankings in merely 4 years, India has made tremendous progress to make it simpler for Entrepreneurs to register a company. The Government has streamlined various services and simplified the forms to make same day incorporation of company possible in India. Further, with the introduction of SPICE forms, the entire process of obtaining various

Indias long-awaited opportunity of having its own data transfer company has certainly been discovered by a young entrepreneur named Karan Bakshi, a creative editor, and designer from New Delhi. Prevueit.com (Share, Preview, Review) is the unique data transfer tool that blends collaborative feedback via an inbuilt time-stamping, audio, and video options. On what encouraged Karan to start Prevueit, he said it was his love for everything #MakeInIndia. “We are a nation of talent born from having nothing to becoming the entrepreneurial capital of the world! With all this news of our data being stolen or leaked to other countries made me create this platform. And, once you start using it, you will realize that it’s not just data transfer. Prevueit will not only let you transfer data but will also enable users to share feedback with the new time-stamping review option. The best products are those that solve the simplest of problems, and I have done exactly that and this not only sounds promis

To harness brilliant ideas of students and to promote self-hosted successful business projects, ITS Engineering College is spending a big amount on research as well as seed funding, entrepreneurship development and project-based and technology-based learning. With the establishment of NewGen IEDC, ITS Engineering College, all undergraduate students, post graduate students, doctoral students, alumni and faculties would be entertained to convert their business ideas into successful commercial or social ventures. Dr. Vikas Singh, Executive Director, ITS – The Education Group, motivating the students to submit their innovative business ideas NewGen IEDC, ITS Engineering College offers integrated, customized Innovation-Based Incubation support services for potential high investable entrepreneurs and enterprises. It scouts for innovative entrepreneurs, builds on ideation leading to develop a business concepts, provides skills and competencies trough capacity building training programs toward

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted livelihoods and businesses around the world. In a bid to survive the unprecedented challenge, TiE Mumbai has adopted a range of entrepreneurship support, through webinars, mentoring sessions, workshops and online events to tackle the COVID-19 crisis. Harish Mehta in Conversation with Sharad Sanghi and Ashank Desai “Tie Mumbai has organized several webinars in the past few months and has partnered with several eminent ecosystem enablers, including accelerators, incubators, lawyers, VCs and corporates to bring maximum value to Startups and entrepreneurs,” said Atul Nishar, President, TiE Mumbai. Naveen Raju, Executive Director, TiE Mumbai “Apart from these webinars, TiE Mumbai hosts one on one mentoring sessions for businesses to restructure their models, finances and fund-raising cycles on a weekly basis. In continuation, we also organize, tech and product validation sessions for Startups making their tech stacks and business pivots for the current

Users have access to 150+ top brands in the country both online and offline Enters into a new personalized gifting category space Echojoy, a work-from-home based start-up, announced India’s first WhatsApp based multi-brand Digital Gift card, built on deep-tech solutions. Its a Gift card with a twist. Happy Birthday Card As software permeates every aspect of our lives, Echojoy looks to leverage technology to make Gifting personal, impactful and relevant to our new digital lives. The Echojoy Digital Gift is highly flexible to allow giftee to shop at leading stores like Amazon, Flipkart, Nykaa etc. for the products she/he desires. They plan to add more partner brands from other sectors like education, gaming, food and experiences to give a wider choice to consumers. The Gifter derives immense satisfaction that his/her Gift is fun and useful to the Giftee. Happy Birthday Digital Gift Card In response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the company is working with several NGOs to encourage peop

A virtual We Talk on “Learner First-Unlocking the Learning Potential” was organized by Womennovator and Financepeer, a peer-to-peer lending platform connecting individual borrowers to lenders digitally. Womennovator and Financepeer – Learner First-Unlocking the Learning Potential The organizers invited experts from the education ecosystem and Edtech startups to find the answer to a simple question – ‘how do we learn’, exploring the role of Learner Centered – Learner First approach to learning. Panelists included Tripti Shinghal Somani, Founder of Womennovator, Debiprasad Baral, Co-founder & CTO, Financepeer, Dr. Cliff Zintgraff, Chief Learning Officer of SAMSAT, Prerna Gupta, Strategic initiatives at RIL, Komal Sood, Educationalist & Principal at The Army Public School, Manish Gupta, Chairman at JIMS, Charushilla Narula – Founder Director, University Connection, and Digvijay Gagneja – COO, Leverage Edu. The session was moderated by Simmi Puri, Co-founder CISO Cybersecurity. Lea

July 2020 – Local start-ups have been rising to the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic with agility and creativity. This year's HKTDC Entrepreneur Day (E-Day), organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), underwent a transformation in terms of format and content, with a series of seminars broadcast live on 16 and 17 July giving start-ups valuable insights into finding a path forward during this difficult time. Running under the theme “ Revive ‧ Redefine “, the 2020 E-Day invited a high-powered panel of speakers to speak at 19 online seminars , offering insights into areas such as entrepreneurship, regional opportunities and technological developments to equip start-ups for future challenges. Virtual business matching sessions were also arranged, connecting local start-ups with companies in Japan, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and the United States to help them continue to capture business opportunities amid the current economic adversity. Insi

Mumbai, July 2020: Mumbai's very own Diversity & Inclusion consulting venture, Zetta Women, a dedicated a platform for women on a career break, the LGBT Community & the differently-abled people to help them return to the workforce after a career break or job loss has announced a specialized 5 months recruitment and entrepreneurship drive for the next 5 months for both men and women candidates till 30th Nov 2020. The recruitment drive is for the candidates who want to return to the workforce, while the entrepreneurship process comes under the special program- ZWAP (Zetta Women Associate Programme) which is specially designed for those individuals who would like to enter into entrepreneurship, after years of experience in different domains. ZWAP members being independent will work through an 80:20 partnership model under the banner of Zetta Women across India. ZWAP aims to create as many entrepreneurs who can earn for themselves irrespective of gender, caste, etc. The curr

On July 22nd and 23rd, over 3000 corporate leaders and nonprofits from 35 countries will join the Karma Summit on Rebuilding our Communities. Hosted by Goodera, the summit aims to be the world’s largest online summit on doing good. The event is open to all, and will facilitate dialogue on the role of corporations, nonprofits and individuals in rebuilding our communities – goodera.com/us/karma-summit. Karma Summit 2020 Karma Summit will feature global leaders like Ursula Burns (Board member – Nestle, Uber, Exxon Mobil), Kailash Satyarthi (Nobel Peace Prize Winner, 2014), Gillian Tett (Chair of Editorial Board and US Editor-at-Large, Financial Times) amongst many others. CXOs, HR & CSR leaders like Linda Boff (CMO, GE), Beatriz Perez (SVP, The Coca-Cola Company), Jill Penrose (Chief People Officer, JM Smucker Co), Sean Vanderelzen (CHRO, Lineage Logistics), Christine McGrath (VP, Mondelez International), Alix Guerrier (CEO, GlobalGiving), Naren Gupta (Founder, Nexus Venture Partners)

Homefoodi incepted in October 2019 is a Mobile Application for Home Food made by Home Chefs that empowers and connects the society. This Indian startup comes with the aim of making Home-cooked meals accessible to every individual. The company offers a wide range of regional and global cuisines to facilitate eating healthy home-cooked meals. Since the very beginning, there has been a significant increase in the number of Home chefs associated with Homefoodi, it has now touched the 250+ mark . Homefoodi is very different from cloud kitchens as their supply ecosystem is “Home Kitchens” and not “Commercial Kitchens”. Since, homemakers (Home Chefs) undertake the highest precaution for cleaning utensils and vegetables, sanitization of their home kitchens, use of fresh ingredients while cooking and packaging, hence the food prepared is far more fresh, healthy, and hygienic. The home-cloud kitchen brand has been very selective and responsible in selecting home chefs. As a practice, the team

The report titled “ US Agrochemical Market Outlook to 2025 – Increasing Usage of Integrated Pest Management Activities and Bio Pesticides to Drive Market Growth” provides a comprehensive analysis of the agrochemical industry of the US. The report also covers overview and genesis, overall market size in terms of revenue (formulants and technicals) and sales volume (active ingredient demand), market segmentation by product types (herbicides, insecticides, fungicides and other pesticides) and their sub-types, Pesticide Form (Liquid, Granules and Powder), Market Structure (Organized and Unorganized Market) and By Type of Crops (Cereal Crops, Fruit Crops and Vegetable Crops); trends & developments and issues & challenges, regulatory landscape, SWOT analysis and comparative landscape including the heat map, competition scenario, pricing analysis, cross comparison, strengths and weaknesses, mergers & acquisitions and company profiling of major agrochemical manufacturers. The repor

Entrepreneurship Skills play a very important role in the life and success of an Entrepreneur. It is important for the faculty members to understand that building of Entrepreneurship Skills in students should be on the top of the agenda in their mind to make the student's successful professionals and entrepreneurs. Methods for Building Skills 1. Case Study Method: (For Building Creativity and Innovation Skills) the faculty members adopt the case study method with the students to discuss various business-related cases/problems with intent to develop the skill of thinking creatively among the students. 2. Success Story Method: (For Building Confidence and Personality) The faculty members share the success story of various leading and successful Entrepreneurs to ignite the spirit of entrepreneurship in the mind and heart of the students. This motivates the students to think of becoming an entrepreneur. 3. Idea Generation Contest Method: (For Building out of Box Thinking Skills) T

Big Bang Boom Solutions has raised an 11 Cr round led largely by Mumbai Angels, and other Angel Networks including Keiretsu Forum, Udtara Ventures, Pitchright Ventures and other HNIs. This comes on the back of a 5Cr raise a short while back and has put the company on a highly accelerated growth trajectory and is expected to bolster the company’s efforts towards setting up a high technology software vertical, and its presence internationally. The company has pioneered the concept of ‘Runway Infinity’ where they have been able to build a business model which uses cash only for acceleration of projects with a clear path to monetization; as opposed to a classical burn rate measured by startups, which gives them an infinite runway. The startup accelerated the fundraise at the announcement of the lockdown and closed the entire round with oversubscription by the end of it. The company leadership explained this acceleration with a metaphor – “If we are not allowed to chop wood due to a blizzar

While the entire market witnessed a steep fall because of pandemic and the lockdown, an emerging startup ‘EnsoLogic’ is creating success stories even in this time. The startup is launched by a third-generation entrepreneur and cross border business expert Anil Agrawal along with his dynamic team in Delhi, Bangalore & Shenzhen. EnsoLogic Team Rising Undeterred by the unforeseen circumstances team EnsoLogic remained loyal to its DNA – Dynamic that is. They in union worked tirelessly to adapt to the needs of the time. New licences and permissions including the authority to import essential medical devices and other goods on urgent basis. Talking about the transformation Anil said, “Understanding the need of the hour, we immediately shifted our focus towards the goods and equipment which were bound to be required. The innate business sense helped foresee the market needs and accordingly we created a completely new and special product portfolio.” Calling EnsoLogic a “Corona Positive” co