Good governance is about looking for instruments with which you can implement the objectives, said the FM while addressing students and guests at GITAM  The event marked the centenary celebrations of NT Rama Rao (28 May 1923 – 18 January 1996) a public figure who stood tall in the public life of Andhra Pradesh Technology has come as a very big instrument through which human folly and human temptation can be contained in governance, said Hon’ble Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman while delivering the NTR Memorial Lecture on ‘Empowerment – Road to Good Governance’, marking the centenary celebrations of NT Rama Rao — actor, politician and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister popularly known as NTR. The Hon’ble FM attended the event as the chief guest at the Visakhapatnam campus of GITAM (Deemed to be University). “A former Prime Minister lamented that if I send a rupee down to the people, only 15 paisa reach them. What Prime Minister Modi has done is, by adopting technology he has contained the leaky bucket process. There are no leaks, the beneficiary who must get that money gets it. Not 15 paisa to a rupee, but one rupee to a rupee. Technology has come as a very big Instrument through which otherwise the human folly and the human temptation is contained. The human tendency to take something out which probably does not belong rightfully to one, is there, one cannot bypass that. Today, the way we have adopted technology is ensuring that benefits reach common public, one of the goals of good governance has been achieved. “I am not saying this is fool proof. Ingenuity will have some element in which people will know to hack even this, but now it is for sure that who should get what, is going absolutely without any kind of pilferages. Good governance is about looking for instruments with which you are able to implement the objectives,” she said. “I pay my humble respects to a leader who’d be 100 had he lived today, and to his family. I feel touched that in a yearlong celebration, I’ve been given a small role to play. Whether it is Rama or Krishna, until modern day there is nobody else who can bring that image so perfectly than NT Rama Rao. The films had a very good blend of authentic references to the Puranas. There were no fabrications, and the acting was just incomparable,” said the Hon’ble FM while paying her respects to NTR. She added, “Today when we talk about good governance, you have so much to speak about the time when NT Rama Rao was the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.” Hon’ble FM Nirmala Sitharaman also invoked the messaging of ‘Minimum Government, Maximum Governance’, and said there should be adequate presence of a government where required, and no more. She added that building trust in people is crucial for good governance. The event was presided by Daggubati Purandeswari, National General Secretary, BJP, and the daughter of NT Rama Rao. She spoke about her father NT Rama Rao and his welfare schemes. She mentioned that most of NTR’s schemes were later followed by the Central government. She added that they are planning to conduct year-long programs as part of NTR centenary celebrations. Speaking on the occasion, Jaya Prakash Narayana, Founder, Loksatta, said, “In the midst of an extraordinary crisis, bucking the trend, against enormous pressure from the so-called scholars, experts and intellectuals, the union government and the finance minister did a remarkable job in the fiscal management of a country of India’s complexity and magnitude. If you did not do that, and instead intimidated the countries that that went on a certain path, we simply would not have the growth dividend today. If India can genuinely contemplate a 7+ per cent growth rate for the next 20-30 years, it is because in a critical moment when you an easy path could have been taken, you gave us a chance, and at the same time, took care of the people. In governance, you must take care of the immediate (needs) but also balance it with long-term growth.” Starting by remembering the extraordinary life of NTR, Madan M. Pillutla, Dean, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad delved into the literature on good governance. He said, “Governance means trying to make the best use of resources, and shepherd the resources in a way that you can get the best possible outcome. Ultimately whether a society chooses to provide opportunities to the poor, vulnerable, is the moral choice. It’s not an economic one. It is a moral choice.” Referring to the book ‘Why Nations Fail’ by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson; he mentions how there is a natural ceiling on growth for countries that don’t attempt to grow for all. “While I say this is a moral claim, there might even be an economic basis to why we need to be thinking about growth about all.” Among the dignitaries present were Mathukumilli Sri Bharat, President, GITAM (Deemed to be University) and sons, daughters, daughters-in-law, and grandchildren of NT Rama Rao. K. Niveditha, the granddaughter of NT Rama Rao, delivered the vote of thanks. The NTR Centenary Celebrations concluded with the felicitation of three social workers. About GITAM (Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management) GITAM was founded in 1980 by an inspired group of eminent intellectuals and industrialists of Andhra Pradesh led by Dr M. V. V. S. Murthi, former Member of Parliament, and popular philanthropist. Located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, it also has campuses in Hyderabad and Bengaluru. Collectively, the three campuses have 19 institutions under their wing. Over the years, GITAM has taken part in many social activities and has also produced many renowned personalities. For more information, visit: https://www.gitam.edu/

Aster CMI Hospital, one of the city’s well-known medical facilities, hosted a Pink Bike Rally in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, i.e., October. Over 60 bikers attended the event starting off from Aster CMI Hospital, Hebbal, traveling all the way to Cubbon Park, Queens Statue, and making their way back to the hospital to show their support for this worthwhile cause. The goal was to increase public knowledge of the implications breast cancer has on our community. Breast cancer has been gradually on the rise in our nation, where it is now the most prevalent type of cancer among women. The goal of the event was to raise awareness of the value of community screening programs and early diagnosis. Mr. S Ramesh Kumar, CEO – Aster CMI Hospital, flagged off the Pink Bike Rally. Commenting on the initiative, he said “This rally has been organized to raise public awareness of breast cancer prevention strategies and technological developments that have paved the way for better survival outcomes. These awareness campaigns are societal obligations that we feel are incumbent upon us. It was gratifying to see the participant’s and the staff’s excitement for such a worthy cause.” “The fight against these societal health issues, like breast cancer, depends heavily on public awareness.” He added. Breast cancer is reported to affect more than 2.3 million women a year and accounts for around 12% of the global cancer burden, according to Prof. Dr. Somashekhar S P, Chairman – Medical Advisory Board, Aster DM Healthcare – GCC & India, Global Director – Aster International Institute of Oncology – GCC & India, Lead Consultant – Surgical & Gynaecological Oncology & Robotic Surgeon, HIPEC & PIPAC Super-specialist. He also said that “Breast cancer is increasingly more of a lifestyle illness than just an inherited condition. The rise in incidences among young Indian females has been related to stress, bad eating habits, sedentary lifestyles, and air and water pollution. Breast cancer prevalence in women under the age of 40 has dropped significantly from under the age of 60.” In order to promote awareness, the hospital also planned a number of internal activities, including pinning the pink ribbon and posting a selfie on social media. On the recommendation of the doctor, they offered free consultations and a screening program. They collaborated on the pink ribbon campaign with Bangalore International Airport (KIA). “At this time, the majority of the cases that come to us are advanced. Today we have a much stronger diagnostic infrastructure than we did in the past, therefore more women should volunteer to get screened for breast cancer. Breast cancer has a 98% 5-year relative survival rate when treated following an early diagnosis.” Said Dr. Vijay Agarwal, Lead & Sr. Consultant – Medical Oncology & Haematology, Aster CMI Hospital, Bangalore About Aster DM Healthcare Aster DM Healthcare Limited is one of the largest private healthcare service providers operating in the GCC and in India. With an inherent emphasis on clinical excellence, we are one of the few entities in the world with a strong presence across primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary healthcare through our 27 hospitals, 118 clinics, 323 pharmacies, and 66 labs and patient experience centres in seven countries, including India. We have over 24,350 plus dedicated staff, including 3,110 doctors and 7,063 nurses, across the geographies that we are present in, delivering a simple yet strong promise to our different stakeholders: “We’ll treat you well.” We reach out to all economic segments in the GCC states through our differentiated healthcare services across the “Aster”, “Medcare” and “Access” brands.

Dr Suryanarayana Sharma P M, Senior Consultant Neurologist and Stroke specialist at Apollo Hospitals, Bannerghatta Road has authored a book on stroke in Kannada. “PAARSHVAVAAYUVININDA CHAITANYADEDEGE” is one of the first comprehensive books on stroke in Kannada literature. The book was launched to commemorate World Stroke Day which is observed on 29th of October each year. The book has 34 chapters ranging from definition of stroke, epidemiology, causes, symptoms, emergency management, advances in the treatment of stroke, special populations like stroke in pregnancy stroke in childhood, etc. have been covered. Additionally, the role of counselling, sexual problems, importance of rehabilitation and the effect of awareness campaigns for stroke has been discussed in detail. Facts and myths about stroke have been highlighted. The book will benefit doctors, paramedical staff, patients, caregivers and general public.

The University of Essex Online is inviting applications for their PG Cert Psychology. The study in this field equips students with marketable skills with a rewarding career ahead – and explores key concepts such as psychological inquiry and research methods. The course is carefully designed to enhance employability and allows students to gain transferable skills, including communication, critical thinking, reasoning, and problem-solving attributes. It also strives to upskill students with research skills such as interviewing, understanding of ethics, numeracy and many more. Upon successful completion, students will be awarded with a certificate from the University of Essex. Course duration and delivery: This course has an indicative study duration of eight months and is conducted 100% online. Course content is delivered through a cutting-edge virtual learning environment (VLE), giving students 24/7 access to study materials such as lecturecasts. This offers a contemporary and accessible way to interact with multimedia content and check understanding via engaging and interactive activities. Application Deadline: January 05, 2023 Entry Requirements: For the academic entry route, students must have an undergraduate degree from an approved institution, equivalent to a UK Honours degree, or a relevant professional qualification. For the work experience entry route, applicants must have at least three years’ experience (voluntary or paid) within a relevant field, supported by two appropriate references. As part of the application process, students will be asked to take a short aptitude test which is designed to evaluate ability to handle the intellectual and practical demands of the course. If English is not your first language, the English ability should be equivalent to an IELTS score of 6.5. If you don’t hold an IELTS or equivalent qualification, the University offers a free online English test. How to Apply: Please visit the online application site at: https://online.essex.ac.uk/apply/?utm_source=UoEO&utm_medium=prospectus Tuition: £3,945 Scholarship: Merit based scholarships are available for deserving candidates. –ENDS— About The University of Essex Online Since 2007, Kaplan Open Learning has partnered with the University of Essex – an award-winning institution ranked 39th in the UK (CUG 2023) – to deliver high quality online courses via the University of Essex Online. The University of Essex Online offers start dates throughout the year – so you can start whenever it suits you. Courses are delivered via an innovative virtual learning environment and combine quality teaching with the latest technology to provide a top-class education.

Chennai has always remained one of country’s richest musical havens. Paying tribute to that Nexus Vijaya Mall Chennai has geared up for yet another Live Band music Night at the mall this Saturday , 29 th October between 6-8 pm. The mall will play host to city’s very own Rollinbeat band where a mix of self-learnt and professional musicians, along with composers and lyric writers rather serendipitously create a mesmerising vibe wherever they perform. Rollinbeat was founded in the year of 2019 by Revathy Nair & Benji JB and over the years has evolved to be one of the most popular commercial indie bands of the city , who not only brings out the best in indie music genre but also plays wide arenas of commercial music to perfection. They are going Live this weekend at Nexus Vijaya Mall Chennai and is all set to win the hearts of music lovers of the city with some enthralling performances. So head to Nexus Vijaya Mall  this Saturday where you can groove and sway to your hearts content in an open to all musical evening! About The Rollinbeat Right from performing commercial songs, Rollinbeat has evolved into an indie music band which has its own concept-driven originals, which makes them unique. The band has had its first full-length single number released with Lyca Music very recently. Event Details: Artist Name: The Rollinbeat Date: 29 th  October, 2022 Time: 6.00 PM – 8.00 PM Venue: Nexus Vijaya Mall, Chennai

The magic of fiction is such that it has the power to transport the reader through the sheer artistry and power of storytelling. The 16th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival celebrates the power of imagination with a distinguished list of fiction-writers from across the globe. The Festival is scheduled to run from 19th- 23rd January, 2023 at Hotel Clarks Amer, Jaipur. As we celebrate the diverse repertoire of Indian and foreign languages at the Festival, some of the world’s best fiction-writers will explore the exciting themes, riveting plots and a range of compelling characters that feature in their writing. The second list of speakers, announced today, has some of the world’s most critically acclaimed fiction-writers, including the International Booker Prize winner Geetanjali Shree, Amish, Amit Chaudhuri, Andrew Altschul, Anu Singh Choudhary, Anukrti Upadhyay, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Christopher Kloeble, and Deepti Kapoor, among others. The list continues with more thought-provoking speakers including Elaine Canning, Era Tak, Hannah Rothschild, Tripti Pandey, Jamil Jan Kochai, Janice Pariat and Katherine Rundell. The Festival will also feature best-selling historian & novelist Katie Hickman; author Kiran Manral; award-winning International author Manjiri Prabhu; writer Marlon James; author Moin Mir; Festival Co-Director & Sahitya Akademi awardee Namita Gokhale; former India’s Ambassador to the United States and author, Navtej Sarna; bilingual author Sudha Murthy and writer and literary translator Tiffany Tsao. The previously announced list of speakers include renowned authors like Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah, 2022 Booker prize winner Shehan Karunatilaka and Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar awardee Tanuj Solanki, along with authors like Ashok Ferrey, Ashwin Sanghi, Avinuo Kire, Bernardine Evaristo, Chigozie Obioma, Howard Jacobson, NoViolet Bulawayo, poet Jerry Pinto, novelist & filmmaker Ruth Ozeki, and writer & journalist Vauhini Vara. The Jaipur Literature Festival has been the flagship festival for all the literature-lovers across India and abroad. This year, audiences will get to savour the Festival’s signature sessions, music stage, the Festival Buzzar, food stalls and much more while celebrating the power of words at its much-awaited 16th Edition. NOTES TO MEDIA PERSONS For media enquiries on the Jaipur Literature Festival, please contact Edelman India and Teamwork Arts: IndiaJLF@edelman.com and manash@teamworkarts.com About Jaipur Literature Festival: Described as the ‘greatest literary show on Earth’, the Jaipur Literature Festival is a sumptuous feast of ideas. The past decade has seen it transform into a global literary phenomenon having hosted over 5,000 speakers and artists and welcoming over a million book lovers from across India and the globe. Our core values remain unchanged: to serve as a democratic, non-aligned platform offering free and fair access. Every year, the Festival brings together a diverse mix of the world’s greatest writers, thinkers, humanitarians, politicians, business leaders and entertainers on one stage to champion the freedom to express and engage in thoughtful debate and dialogue. Writers and Festival Directors Namita Gokhale and William Dalrymple, alongside producer Teamwork Arts, invite speakers to take part in the five-day programme set against the backdrop of Rajasthan’s stunning cultural heritage. Past speakers have ranged from Nobel Laureates J. M. Coetzee, Orhan Pamuk, Malala Yousafzai, Muhammad Yunus and Joseph Stiglitz; Man Booker Prize winners Ben Okri, Douglas Stuart, Margaret Atwood and Paul Beatty; Sahitya Akademi winners Gulzar, Javed Akhtar, M. T. Vasudevan Nair, as well as the late Girish Karnad, Mahasweta Devi and U. R. Ananthamurthy; along with literary superstars including Amish Tripathi, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Vikram Seth. An annual event that goes beyond literature, the Festival has also hosted Amartya Sen, Amitabh Bachchan, the late A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Bill Gates, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Oprah Winfrey, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Stephen Fry, Thomas Piketty and former president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai. The Jaipur Literature Festival is a flagship event of Teamwork Arts, which produces it along with over 25 highly acclaimed performing arts, visual arts and literary festivals across more than 40 cities globally. Website: www.jaipurliteraturefestival.org About Teamwork Arts: Teamwork Arts is a highly versatile production company with roots in the performing arts, social action and the corporate world.  For over 30 years, Teamwork Arts has taken India to the world and brought the world to India, presenting the finest of Indian performers, writers, change makers and visual artistes in the knowledge and arts space in India and abroad. Every year, we produce over 33 festivals in 42 cities and 17 countries in the fields of performing & visual arts and literature. We produce the world’s largest literary gathering: the annual Jaipur Literature Festival; JLF international now travels to the US, UK, Canada, Australia and the Maldives and soon in Europe. Even amidst the upheaval and unsettling times of 2020 and through 2021, Teamwork Arts successfully launched the digital series, ‘JLF Brave New World’ and ‘Words Are Bridges’, which were viewed by over 4.8 million people in their first season. Through its digital avatar, the Jaipur Literature Festival reached over 27 million viewers in January 2021.  Our initiative ‘Art Matters’ empowers artistes across India to collaborate across genres by commissioning them to create new works thereby effecting change & raising awareness. The digital series ‘Be Inspired’ was launched in 2021 – a series that crystal-gazes into the future with conversations on science, technology, innovation, environment and more. Website: www.teamworkarts.com

தமிழ்நாடு மெர்க்கன்டைல் வங்கியானது தூத்துக்குடியை தலைமையிடமாகக் கொண்டு, 1921ம் ஆண்டு துவங்கப்பட்டு சிறப்பாக செயல்பட்டு வரும் பாரம்பரியம் மிக்க பழமையான தனியார் துறை வங்கியாகும். வங்கியானது தனது வரலாற்றில் தொடர்ந்து 100 வருட காலத்திற்கு மேலாக லாபம் ஈட்டி வருவது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது. வங்கியானது 509 கிளைகள் மற்றும் 12 மண்டல அலுவலகங்கள் ஆகியவற்றை கொண்டுள்ளது. நாட்டில் உள்ள 16 மாநிலங்கள் மற்றும் 4 யூனியன் பிரதேசங்களில் தனது விரிவாக்கத்தை ஏற்படுத்திக்கொண்டு ஏறத்தாழ 5 மில்லியனுக்கும் அதிகமான வாடிக்கையாளர்களுக்கு சேவையாற்றி வருகிறது. 27.10.2022 அன்று சென்னையில் நடைபெற்ற இயக்குனர் குழு கூட்டத்தில் 2022 – 23 முதல் அரையாண்டின் நிதிநிலை தணிக்கை முடிவுகள் இறுதி செய்யப்பட்டது. வங்கியின் நிர்வாக இயக்குனர் மற்றும் தலைமை நிர்வாக அதிகாரி திரு. S. கிருஷ்ணன் அவர்கள் தணிக்கை செய்யப்பட்ட முதல் அரையாண்டு நிதிநிலை அறிக்கையினை வெளியிட்டார். பொது மேலாளர்கள், தலைமை நிதி அதிகாரி மற்றும் மூத்த அதிகாரிகள் இந்த நிகழ்ச்சியில் பங்கு கொண்டனர்.   Bank’s Results at a glance                                                                              (₹ in Crores) Parameters September 2021 (HY) September 2022 (HY) Growth YoY Total Deposits (₹) 41,022.21 43,136.65 5.15% Total Advances (₹) 31,597.66 34,876.53 10.38% CASA (₹) 11,439.32 13,192.64 15.33% Operating Profit (₹) 688.94 763.63 10.84% Net Profit (₹) 392.08 496.51 26.63% Net Interest Income 874.75 1032.57 18.04% Gross NPA (₹) 1045.26 593.34 -43.25% Gross NPA (%) 3.31 1.70 -48.64% Net NPA (₹) 564.95 295.97 -47.61% Net NPA (%) 1.79 0.86 -51.96% Provision Coverage Ratio 80.50 88.58 10.04% ROA 1.63 1.93 18.40% ROE 16.53 16.84 1.88% 2022 – 23 முதல் அரைநிதியாண்டில் வங்கியின் செயல்பாட்டினை விளக்கும் சிறப்பம்சங்கள்: 2022 – 23 முதல் அரை நிதியாண்டில் வங்கியானது பல்வேறு குறிப்பிடத்தக்க சாதனைகளை புரிந்துள்ளது. இதற்க்கு வங்கியின் திட்டமிட்ட நேர்த்தியான கொள்கைகளும், இயக்குனர் குழு தரும் உற்சாகம், உயர் நிர்வாகக் குழுவின் சீரிய திட்டம் மற்றும் அதனை செயல்படுத்தும் அணுகுமுறை, வங்கி ஊழியர்களின் அயராத உழைப்பும் மற்றும் இவற்றிற்கு எல்லாம் மேலாக வாடிக்கையாளர்கள் தொடர்ந்து தரும் பொன்னான ஆதரவு ஆகியவை தான் இச்சாதனைகளை எட்டிட உதவியது என்றால் அது மிகையாகாது. 2022 – 23 முதல் அரை நிதியாண்டில் வங்கியானது தனது மொத்த வணிகத்தில் 7.43% வளர்ச்சி அடைந்து 78,013.12 கோடியை எட்டியுள்ளது. வைப்புத் தொகை 43,163.65 கோடி என்ற நிலையை அடைந்துள்ளது. கடன்களை பொறுத்தமட்டில் 34,876.53 கோடி என்ற நிலையில் உள்ளது. நடப்பு மற்றும் சேமிப்புக் கணக்கு தொகை (CASA) 15.32% வளர்ச்சி அடைந்து 13,192.64 கோடியாக உள்ளது.   கடன் வழங்கல் துறை வங்கியானது விவசாயம் குறு, சிறு தொழில் கடன், வியாபாரக் கடன், வீட்டுக் கடன் மற்றும் கல்விக்கடன் துறைகளுக்கு தொடர்ந்து அதிக முக்கியத்துவம் கொடுத்து வருகிறது. 2022 – 23 முதல் அரை நிதியாண்டில் முன்னூரிமைத் துறைகளுக்கு (Priority Sector) வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ள மொத்த கடன்கள் `22,878.78 கோடியில் இருந்து `25,079.09 கோடியாக உயர்ந்துள்ளது. இதன் வளர்ச்சி விகிதம் 9.61% ஆகும். முன்னுரிமைத் துறைகளுக்கான கடன்கள் பாரத ரிசர்வ் வங்கி நிர்ணயித்துள்ள இலக்கான 40% என்ற இலக்கை விட அதிகமாக 66.64% என்ற விகிதத்தில் உள்ளது. விவசாயத் துறைகளுக்கு வழங்கப்பட்ட மொத்த கடன்கள் `10,386.43 கோடியாக உள்ளது. விவசாய துறைக்கு, ரிசர்வ் வங்கி நிர்ணயித்த அளவு 18% மட்டுமே ஆகும். இத்துறைக்கு வங்கி மொத்த கடன்களில் 29.78% கடன் வழங்கியுள்ளது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது. MSME துறைகளுக்கு வழங்கப்பட்ட மொத்த கடன்கள் `11,662.74 கோடியில் இருந்து 12,689.76 கோடியாக உயர்ந்துள்ளது. இதன் வளர்ச்சி விகிதம் 8.81% ஆக உள்ளது.   Y-O-Y செயல்திறன் வைப்புத்தொகை `41,022.61 கோடியில் இருந்து `43,136.65 கோடியாக உயர்ந்துள்ளது. CASA `11,439.32 கோடியில் இருந்து `13,192.64 கோடியாக உயர்ந்துள்ளது. இது 15.33% வளர்ச்சியை எட்டியுள்ளது. கடன் தொகை `31,597.66 கோடியில் இருந்து `34,876.53 கோடியாக உயர்ந்துள்ளது. இது 10.38% வளர்ச்சியை எட்டியுள்ளது. செயல்பாட்டு லாபம் (Operating Profit) `763.36 கோடியாக உள்ளது (முந்தைய அரையாண்டு `688.94 கோடி) நிகர லாபம் `496.51 கோடியாக உள்ளது (முந்தைய அரையாண்டு `392.08 கோடி) 26.63% வளர்ச்சியடைந்துள்ளது. நிகர வட்டி வருவாய் (NII) `1,032.57 கோடியாக உள்ளது (முந்தைய அரையாண்டு `874.75 கோடி) 18.04% வளர்ச்சியடைந்துள்ளது. NIM – 4.47% (முந்தைய அரையாண்டு – 4.04%) ROA – 1.93% மற்றும் ROE – 16.84% (முந்தைய அரையாண்டு – 1.63% மற்றும் 16.53%) நிகரமதிப்பு (Networth) `6,461.20 கோடியாக உயர்ந்துள்ளது (முந்தைய அரையாண்டு `4,905.87 கோடி) இது 1,555.33 கோடி உயர்ந்து 31.70% வளர்ச்சியை எட்டியுள்ளது. மொத்த வாராக்கடன் மொத்த கடனுக்கு 1.70% ஆகவும், நிகர வாராக்கடன் 0.86% ஆக உள்ளது (முந்தைய அரையாண்டு – 3.31% மற்றும் 1.79%) PCR (Provision Coverage Ratio) 88.58% ஆக உள்ளது (முந்தைய அரைநிதி யாண்டு – 80.50%)   2022 – 23 முதல் அரைநிதியாண்டில் மூலதன பெருக்கம்: முதல் அரைநிதியாண்டில் பொது வெளியீட்டின் மூலம் (IPO) `831.68 கோடி திரட்டியுள்ளது. இது மூலதனப் பெருக்கத்திற்கு பங்களித்துள்ளது. பங்குகள் BSE மற்றும் NSEல் பட்டியலிடப்பட்டதால் RBI வங்கி கிளை விரிவாக்கத்திற்குரிய கட்டுப்பாட்டினை 21.10.2022 அன்று விலக்கி கொண்டது.   விரிவாக்கம் புதியதாக 4 ஏடிஎம் மையங்கள் திறக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது, வங்கியின் மொத்த ஏடிஎம் மையங்களின் எண்ணிக்கை 1,145 ஆகும் வாடிக்கையாளர்களின் வசதிக்காக புதிதாக 9 Cash Recycler Machines திறக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. வங்கி கிளைகள் / ATM மையத்தில் நிறுவப்பட்டுள்ளது, வங்கியின் மொத்த cash Recycler Machines எண்ணிக்கை 291 ஆகும்.   2022 – 23 முதல் அரைநிதியாண்டில் எடுக்கப்பட்ட புதிய முயற்சிகள்: Finacle 10X Migration அதிக செயல்பட்டு திறன் மற்றும் வணிக வாய்ப்புகளை வழங்கியுள்ளது. வங்கி கிளைகள் விரிவாக்கம் சாத்தியமான இடங்களில் அதிக அளவில் விரைவாக நிறுவப்பட உள்ளது. டிஜிட்டல் முயற்சிகள் மற்றும் டிஜிட்டல் பேங்கிங் யூனிட் (DBU) வணிகம் பன்மடங்கு வளர புதிய வாய்ப்புகளை உருவாக்குகிறது. புதிய கணக்கு விரைவாக துவக்கத்திற்குரிய அனுபவம் வாடிக்கையாளர்களுக்கு கிடைப்பதற்கு VKYC பிரபலப்படுத்தப்படுகிறது. Centralised Account opening அறிமுகப்படுத்தப்பட்டதின் மூலம் புதிய கணக்கு துவக்கும் செயல்முறைக்குரிய காலம் குறைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது இது புதிய வாடிக்கையாளர்களுக்கு துரித அனுபவத்தை வழங்குகிறது. FISDOM புரிந்துணர்வு ஒப்பந்தம் வாடிக்கையாளர்களுக்கு Mutual Fund Investmentல் பாதுகாப்பான மற்றும் வசதியான வழிமுறைகளை வழங்குகிறது. மிகவும் திறம்பட்ட மற்றும் வசதியான E-tax Payment சேவையை துவங்க திட்டமிடப்பட்டுள்ளது RBI வங்கி கிளை விரிவாக்கத்திற்குரிய கட்டுப்பாடு நீக்கப்பட்டதின் மூலமாக, அரசு நிறுவன வணிகத் துவக்கத்திற்குரிய முயற்சிகள் எடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. புதிய வகை கடன் அட்டைகள் (Credit Card) சேமிப்பு / நடப்புக் கணக்கு வாடிக்கையாளர்களுக்கு அறிமுகம் செய்யப்பட உள்ளது. இதன் மூலம் சுழற்சி முறை கடன் (Revolving Credit) பெற இயலும். QR குறியீடு வசதி, வெகுமதி, Loyalty programme டெபிட் / கிரெடிட் கார்டு வாடிக்கையாளர்களுக்கு Fintech Tie up மூலமாக வழங்கப்பட உள்ளது. புதிய புரிந்துணர்வு ஒப்பந்தத்தின் மூலம் புதிய ஆயுள் காப்பீடு, பொதுக் காப்பீடுகளை பாதுகாப்பான, வசதியான காப்பீடு சேவைகளை வாடிக்கையாளர்களுக்கு டிஜிட்டல் முறையில் வழங்க முயற்சி மேற்கொள்ளப்படுகிறது. புதிய புரிந்துணர்வு ஒப்பந்தத்தின் மூலம் புதிய DP சேவை Digital on boarding வழியாக பங்குச்சந்தை பரிவர்த்தனை வழங்க திட்டமிடப்பட்டுள்ளது.

Sets up a dedicated department to address lifestyle diseases Bangalore, October 27, 2022: Aster CMI Hospital, one of the renowned healthcare institutes in the city announced the launch of Lifestyle Medicine Program (LMP) today to help people with various lifestyle diseases and better manage their condition. The hospital is also setting up a new department that focuses on providing medical treatment and care on these lines. This LMP is the first hospital-based, physician-led lifestyle program conducted for the first time in India. C. N. Ashwath Narayan, Minister of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Livelihood of Karnataka was the chief guest of the program and inaugurated the newly launched department. According to WHO, non-communicable diseases or NCDs, of which lifestyle diseases are a part, claim 41 million lives annually, which is over 70% of all deaths across the globe. Of these, over 15 million deaths occur among people in the age band of 30 to 69 years. In India, NCDs claim 6 million lives. Aster’s Lifestyle Medicine Program is an initiation and a promising start. It is an established program in hospitals, helping specialty doctors and very few hospitals across the world have it. Smoking, drinking, drugs, exposure to pollutants at work or home, lack of physical activity, restricted movement for prolonged hours, poor or unhealthy eating habits, high-stress levels, poor and/or little sleep are some of the causes of lifestyle diseases. The program focuses on addressing these issues and management through the six pillars – food/nutrition, exercise/physical activities/fitness, sleep hygiene, stress management, substance abuse and positive psychology. The program emphasizes adopting a healthy lifestyle at an early stage to avoid these diseases later in life. Commenting on the program, C. N. Ashwath Narayan, said “In India, lifestyle diseases are one of the biggest killers today. Often, many of us think that these diseases are bound to happen when we reach a certain age. However, these can be prevented if we follow a healthy lifestyle. The focus should be on early prevention. I would like to congratulate Aster CMI Hospital on starting this program, which will help in spreading awareness and help people to make the right choices for themselves”. Dr. Mythri Shankar, Lead consultant – Nuclear Medicine, Aster CMI Hospital, said “Lifestyle diseases arise because of the way we lead our life. Heart disease, Atherosclerosis, Stroke, Respiratory ailments, Obesity and Type 2 diabetes are some of the common lifestyle diseases and the number is rising exponentially across the country, especially in urban areas. Keeping this in mind, we are launching the Lifestyle Medicine Program to help treat chronic diseases, help patients modify their lifestyles and build the skills needed to lead a healthy life. There has been a paradigm shift in how we look at these diseases, earlier we used to treat them symptomatically but this program will help address the root cause. We are proud to be the first hospital in India to start this. I hope with this program, patients will get benefited from it and help reduce the burden of lifestyle in India”. About Aster DM Healthcare Aster DM Healthcare Limited is one of the largest private healthcare service providers operating in GCC and in India. With an inherent emphasis on clinical excellence, we are one of the few entities in the world with a strong presence across primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary healthcare through our 27 hospitals, 118 clinics, 323 pharmacies and 66 labs & patient experience centres in seven countries, including India. We have over 24,350 plus dedicated staff including 3,110 doctors and 7,063 nurses across the geographies that we are present in, delivering a simple yet strong promise to our different stakeholders: “We’ll treat you well.” We reach out to all economic segments in the GCC states through our differentiated healthcare services across the “Aster”, “Medcare” and “Access” brands.

GoFloaters, the leading hybrid workplace platform in India, today announced it has secured an undisclosed amount in seed funding. The funding is led by Loyal VC, a Canada-based global venture fund with 220+ investments across 50+ countries. Funds will be primarily utilized to strengthen and accelerate its unified hybrid workplace solution – WorqFlexi.   GoFloaters has built a one-of-a-kind unified hybrid workplace platform aimed at helping teams to work and collaborate in-person from anywhere. GoFloaters customers include the SaaS unicorn Chargebee, Wingify, world-class fintech Branch International, edtech startup Kraftshala, IT services company Ignitho, Incubyte, NotionPress to name a few.   “GoFloaters outperformed great companies from around the world to earn this recent investment by Loyal VC” said Kamal Hassan, Managing Partner, Loyal VC “They have done an impressive job of building up partnerships India-wide to offer an innovative new real estate model to corporations. We are delighted to work with them, and to support them through our network of global mentors as they grow in India and beyond”   Founded by Shyam Sundar Nagarajan and Srivatsan Padmanabhan in 2017, GoFloaters pioneered the concept of low-cost coworking desks with work cafes. GoFloaters currently offers 2000+ on-demand coworking spaces, meeting rooms and long-term offices across 40+ cities in India including a solid presence in Tier 2 & 3 towns. GoFloaters has curated these work and meeting spaces by partnering with over 250 coworking providers including WeWork, Cowrks, 91Springboard, AWFIS, Indiqube and OYO.   “In the post-pandemic world, office space needs have been radicalized. ‘The Great Resignation’ and ‘Quiet Quitting’ movements signaled the demand for healthier work-life balance. Employees no longer want to commute to office campuses. They want alternatives to beat isolation, productivity issues and other work from home challenges. With company support, employees want workspaces on the go that are outside of home but closer to home. They want flexible spaces to meet, collaborate and bond without returning-to-office. All this together has expedited the adoption of on-demand flexible coworking, meeting and hybrid workplaces, which we have been advocating since long” said Founder and CEO, Shyam Sundar Nagarajan, GoFloaters. “GoFloaters is helping companies seamlessly transition to a hybrid workplace model with WorqFlexi, a unified hybrid workplace solution.”   GoFloaters’ innovative platform helps businesses and teams book a space of their choice and helps the management to provision, monitor and measure the outcome of their hybrid workplace strategy. The platform also offers Virtual Offices in select cities. GoFloaters has grown 100% month on month post pandemic. More than 80% of its booking comes from B2B teams for meeting spaces, offsites, in-person interactions and day offices for teams.   Notes to the Editor Congratulating on this significant milestones, R U Srinivas, Sr. VP, People Success, Chargebee added, "In a post-Covid world that’s still figuring out work models that keep employees at the heart of its success, GoFloaters has been a great partner in helping us adapt to the changing needs and demands of the people that contribute to our business’s success. At Chargebee, we have been continuously developing an operating format that provides flexibility, convenience, and compliance — both for our people and the business. We have implemented what we call the Adaptive Workplace Model – a sustainable operating format that gives our people, who are spread over 22 cities in India, the fluidity to do their best work, while being adaptive to business needs and external environments. Our experience with GoFloaters, to that end, has been great from the beginning with a data-driven approach and extremely proactive support.   “Providing our teams across India the flexibility to work near their home location and collaborate in person was crucial for employee experience and business. Working with GoFloaters, we set up on-demand collaboration hubs in Noida, Gurugram, and Bengaluru, said Vineet A, Executive General Manager, GAIN Credit.“GoFloaters made the whole process simple and convenient for us”   About GoFloaters GoFloaters is a hybrid workplace platform. Workspaces can easily be booked online through the app or web – meeting rooms by the hour or a day and coworking desks for a day. GoFloaters also offers long- term office spaces in India and Virtual Office services.   About LoyalVC Loyal VC is a global venture fund with 220+ investments across 50+ countries. The fund is designed to minimize systemic bias inherent in the investment process, unlocking greater returns. The Loyal Startup Index Fund has delivered strong returns since its launch in 2018, thanks to its collaborative, staged investment process, its network of over 500 global advisors, and its partnerships with the Founder Institute, the world's largest pre-seed accelerator, and INSEAD, rated the #1 non-US business school for unicorn founders by Pitchbook. Loyal's global start-up index fund is inclusive of a diverse, often mission- driven, group of entrepreneurs. To date, over 30% of the portfolio have a woman CEO, almost 30% are from emerging markets, and around 80% address one or more of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs). Learn more at: https: https://loyal.vc/

It’s Halloween time and this year, Anise, the all-day diner at Taj Coromandel celebrates with a hauntingly delicious and spooky menu with special Halloween theme brunch and dinner. Savour delicious salads like Devils Blood (Tomato and Tobasco Gazpacho); Evil Men’s Frittata (Country Bacon and Scallion Frittata); Witch Flounder intestine (Grilled Prawns in Cocktail Sauce); Wolf Eel (Baby Shrimp with Creamy Tomato Mayonnaise); and Jack o’Lantern (Squid and Asparagus Salad). Choose from spooky starters like Witchys fingers (Subz Seekh Kebab with Toasted Almonds); Bat wings (Tandoori Drumstick); Mummy parts (Puff Pastry Wrapped Chicken Sausages); Paap ki Kadhai me tali hui Machhi (Tawa Machhi); Maut ke kooyen mein bhuna hua shakarkandi (Sweet Potato and Mint Seekh Kebab); and Cut kar Kuchla hua shaitaani tikka (Palak Aur Anar Ki Tikki). Other Halloween specials include Mummy in blood pool (Chicken Meatballs in Tomato Sauce); Grilled crow parts (Grilled Chicken with Red Wine Jus); Scary cerebrum (Prawns Meneuiere with Bacon Juliennes); Disected human limbs n curry (Gosht Rogan Josh; Roasted owl parts (Chicken Cooked With Fried Onions and Ginger); Shaitan ankhoon wali biryani (Soya Biryani); Worms and eyeballs (Whole Wheat Spaghetti with Buffalo Meat Sauce); and Crispy human toes (Potato and Cheese Croquettes). Bite into the luscious desserts like Pumpkin Pie; Blood Berry Mirror; Witches Chocolate; Halloween Éclairs; Wizard Cupcakes; Death by Chocolate; Rest in Peace Strawberries; Date with Bat; Spooky Eyes; and Draculas teeth. It’s time to bring out the spookiest costume, and have a lot of fun with us at Anise! There is a face painting artist, and guests can also watch a classic horror movie! Anise, Taj Coromandel | October 30 | Brunch and Dinner | Brunch priced at INR 2850 (all-inclusive), Dinner priced at INR 2500 (all-inclusive)

At KubeCon North America 2022, Pure Storage® (NYSE: PSTG), the IT pioneer that delivers the world’s most advanced data storage technology and services, announced a new fully managed service for Portworx® Enterprise to bring a Kubernetes-ready data plane to every developer that works on containerized applications. With Portworx Enterprise 3.0, the underlying platform for this new fully managed service, DevOps teams can run mission-critical Kubernetes apps in production with elastic scalability and unmatched data availability. Now the full suite of Portworx offerings can be consumed as a fully managed service by users of Amazon EKS, RedHat OpenShift, and any other Kubernetes services (fully managed or upstream distributions). “The mission of Portworx has always been to help platform engineering teams offer to their developers an enterprise-grade Kubernetes-ready data platform with speed, simplicity, and scale. By delivering the fully managed service for the Portworx platform, the #1 Kubernetes data platform, we are bringing the cloud experience, on any storage infrastructure, to the fingertips of any developer who wants to work with Kubernetes apps in production.” – Murli Thirumale, VP & GM, Cloud Native Business Unit, Pure Storage. The fully managed service provides ease of use and faster deployment of Kubernetes data on any cloud or on-premises storage, enabling DevOps and platform teams to operate and scale containerized apps into production in seconds, versus weeks or months. The fully managed service will offer a no install, easy to use, and easy to manage experience to users with no container expertise required, making Day 0 and Day 2 operations for Kubernetes clusters simple with a few clicks. With the 3.0 release of Portworx Enterprise, Portworx continues to push the boundaries of performance and reliability for containerized workloads in a unified data platform for file, block, and object storage. The new PX-Fast capability provides best-in-industry performance for low latency data services such as Kafka, Elastic, and MongoDB with fast ingestion needs, and high throughput for online transaction processing (OLTP), online analytical processing (OLAP), and machine learning (ML) workloads. The Kubernetes Data Management platform of Portworx uniquely provides throughput/IOPS extremely close to the equivalent of writing directly to the high-performing NVMe-based infrastructure, boosting the underlying performance to over one million IOPS. PX-Fast makes Kubernetes data storage look like local storage for containerized apps and data. Customers are able to harness the power of petabytes of data generated from apps such as video on-demand, VoIP, etc. with a close-to-zero failure rate. The Near-Sync DR capability extends the existing Portworx Disaster Recovery capability by providing the lowest possible RPO between two cloud regions or geographically distant data centers, giving enterprises the desired level of business continuity. The Portworx platform has always supported disaster recovery capabilities with zero RPO and fast RTO between two metro region clusters with <10ms latency. This in itself is unachieved by anyone else in the industry. And with Near-Sync DR, the platform will extend its end-to-end DR solution with a guaranteed 24 second RPO and a fast RTO between two regions with higher network latencies. Customers will be able to run their tier 1 mission-critical apps with the utmost trust and confidence, leveraging the platform’s top-notch resiliency and reliability. The Object Storage Service capability provides another storage interface (in addition to file and block storage) to run containerized workloads. Using this feature, users can manage and access object storage buckets with native Kubernetes integration to get a single consistent experience across cloud and on-prem S3 stores. “Red Hat OpenShift is the industry’s leading enterprise Kubernetes platform, providing a consistent foundation for developers to build, deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications faster across hybrid and multi cloud environments all the way to the Edge. Portworx data management and data protection offerings help unlock key use cases for Red Hat OpenShift workloads in production. This latest managed cloud service offering from Portworx by Pure Storage addresses increased customer interest in building a single platform to offer storage, migration and data management-as-a-service to developers on top of Red Hat OpenShift, and demonstrates the power of an Ecosystem of partners working together to better support our joint Customer’s needs.” – Chris Gray, Vice President, North America Partner Ecosystem, Red Hat In addition, Portworx is introducing a free forever tier of Portworx Backup, the leading Kubernetes backup and data protection service. Platform teams can now get started with the fully managed service of Portworx Backup with no feature restrictions, and protect up to 1TB of data at no cost. Each backup instance can manage hundreds of Kubernetes clusters. The free, fully managed Portworx Backup can be used indefinitely by any organization looking for an enterprise-grade data protection service to protect their Kubernetes workloads with a few clicks. Portworx Enterprise 3.0 release and the fully managed service will be available in early 2023. To learn more, visit: Announcing Fully Managed Service for Portworx Enterprise, the #1 Kubernetes Data Platform Announcing Next-Gen Performance, Scale, and Business Resiliency with Portworx Portworx Backup, the K8s Data Protection Platform, now Available Free Forever with No Feature Restrictions Video: Explore the news with Joep Piscaer About Pure Storage Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG) uncomplicates data storage, forever. Pure delivers a cloud experience that empowers every organization to get the most from their data while reducing the complexity and expense of managing the infrastructure behind it. Pure’s commitment to providing true storage as-a-service gives customers the agility to meet changing data needs at speed and scale, whether they are deploying traditional workloads, modern applications, containers, or more. Pure believes it can make a significant impact in reducing data center emissions worldwide through its environmental sustainability efforts, including designing products and solutions that enable customers to reduce their carbon and energy footprint. And with a certified customer satisfaction score in the top one percent of B2B companies, Pure’s ever-expanding list of customers are among the happiest in the world. For more information, visit www.purestorage.com. Analyst Recognition: Leader in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems

For India’s 264 MN school-going children, teachers form an intrinsic part of their learning process. In its continued efforts to recognise and celebrate India’s best teachers, Brainly, India’s leading online education platform announces the second edition of Brainly Shikshak of the Year starting October 27, 2022. This year’s edition is organized in partnership with Schoolnet India, Lenovo and Prosus Ventures. Initiated in 2020, Brainly Shikshak of the Year is an ode to the commitment, knowledge and passion of teachers who often go the extra mile to ensure continuity in learning. The contest is a one of a kind initiative allowing students to come forward and nominate their favorite teachers and mentors as uniquely as they can. Based on popular votes by the Brainly community of 55MN Indian users, the winning educators will win a cash prize of INR 75K each across categories. The nominations are open for educators across all subjects under the categories of: Best School Teacher/Principal Best Offline Tutor – Teachers in Tuition or coaching centers Best Online Tutor/Educator – Influencers / Youtubers in education category Most Innovative Teacher (Created by Schoolnet India) – Teachers focusing on critical thinking, curiosity, and conceptual clarity in online or offline classes In addition to the winning teacher of any school, a donation of INR 375K will be made to the school to enhance their infrastructure for online teaching. The best student nominator in each category will also be rewarded with cash prizes worth 35K each along with Lenovo Tab P11 sponsored by Lenovo. Nominations for Brainly Shikshak Of The Year 2022 are underway and can be accessed via https://shikshak.brainly.in/ till 4th November, 2022. Speaking on the initiative, Michał Borkowski, CEO, Brainly said, “Growing up, all of us have been impacted by our teachers, either for what they have taught or for the way they have guided us even beyond the classrooms. Brainly Shikshak of The Year is a unique effort to recognise, celebrate and reward India’s best teachers whose commitment to education is unmatched. We are excited to have Prosus Ventures, Lenovo and Schoolnet India as our partners in this endeavor. Looking forward to a successful edition.” Brainly Shikshak of the Year 2022 is organized in partnership with Prosus Ventures along with the leading technology company Lenovo and edtech service provider Schoolnet India. With a strong vision to leverage technology for a better tomorrow, Lenovo will give out tabs to the three student winners for their best nominations. Schoolnet India, the leading EdTech service provider, has created a special award category for this edition to gratify teachers who have focused on critical thinking, curiosity, and conceptual clarity in online or offline classes in the most innovative ways. Commenting on the partnership, Prashant Mehrishi, Chief Learning Officer, Schoolnet India said, “Schoolnet is proud to partner with Brainly Shikshak of the Year. We have always believed that teachers play the most central role in the educative process and our work to empower teachers reflects this. Teachers are a pillar of strength and guiding forces in students’ lives and have continuously taken on new roles and skills to live up to this, especially in the last two years. We feel humbled to have interacted with so many teachers over the years and this award is a small yet important step in us celebrating their hard work and commitment.” Chandrika Jain, Director of Marketing, Lenovo India said, “Lenovo as an organization strongly believes in providing the technology and end-to-end learning solutions to make smarter education accessible to everyone. Our goal is to provide the right kind of devices that are easily operable, highly portable, affordable, and tablets are an excellent fit. Tablets have consistently been chosen as the device of preference by students and parents. With our partnership with Brainly for their Shikshak of the Year contest this year, we hope to equip more learners to thrive and succeed in the hybrid future.” Larry Illg, CEO of Prosus Edtech, said “Education is the great equalizer, but access is the great challenge. We are happy to support companies like Brainly that help to democratize access to quality education around the world. The past few years have put education and online learning in the spotlight, and teachers have had to transform and adapt faster than ever. We are proud to support Brainly’s ‘Shikshak of the Year’ award to honor teachers across India that have worked tirelessly to educate students during this transformative period.” About Brainly Brainly is India’s leading learning platform with the largest Knowledge Base for all school subjects and grades. Brainly has a user base of over 5.5 crore Indian students, parents, and teachers who rely on Brainly to accelerate learning through our doubt clearance classes. Learn more about Brainly at www.brainly.in.

Simplilearn, a global digital skills training provider, announced its partnership with Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan’s S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai, for a Professional certificate program in Brand Strategy. The program will equip professionals with a 360-degree view of various practical and applicable aspects of brand management and strategy, where learners can enhance their ability to build and manage customer-focused brands to drive profits and organic growth. It is best suited but not limited to working professionals from marketing, sales, or business strategy backgrounds with preferably 2+ years of experience. It is also recommended for managers handling traditional branding initiatives, founders, entrepreneurs, and consultants. The program will run for a period of four months and will be conducted online. It will consist of 50+ hours of live and case-based interactive lectures from SPJIMR faculty, academic masterclasses, and a capstone project. The participants will also be eligible for the Executive Alumni status from SPJIMR along with an opportunity to be a part of a 2-day campus immersion programme. Speaking on the programs, Mr. Anand Narayanan, Chief Product Officer, Simplilearn, said, “In today’s highly competitive environment, businesses can sustain themselves only if they can set themselves apart from their competitors. They need to focus on delivering company messaging that goes beyond business and adds value by catering to a larger purpose. Keeping this in mind, we have partnered with S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research to deliver a Professional certificate program in brand strategy that will enable professionals to keep pace with the fast-changing environment and become effective leaders of tomorrow.This is just the beginning of our partnership with SPJIMR and we look forward to delivering many more such world-class programs.” Sharing thoughts on the partnership with Simplilearn, Dr. Preeta Geroge, Associate Dean and Professor of Economics, SPJIMR, said, “Nothing helps a business flourish more than leaders and employees who are well acquainted with their job roles and can deliver knowledge to those working with them. Today, people who add value to a company are the ones who can successfully climb the corporate ladder. We have partnered with Simplilearn for digital economy skills training for a Professional certificate program in brand strategy, which will provide a holistic view of how professionals and leaders can ace their professional roles and stay ahead of the industry curve.” About SPJIMR S P Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR) (http://www.spjimr.org) is a constituent of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and is consistently ranked among the top ten business schools in India. With a mission to ‘influence practice and promote value-based growth’ through pioneering programmes and pedagogical innovations, SPJIMR stands out for its unique and distinctive approach to management education. Its vision is to be Asia’s most innovative and socially responsible school of management. It is graded as Autonomous “Category I” status by AICTE, encompassing entrepreneurial agility. It has been accredited by the prestigious AACSB, (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) International. More than 1200 participants from diverse backgrounds are enrolled at any given time across various full-time and modular programmes at SPJIMR. Financial Times ranks SPJIMR’s Post-graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) at #44 in the world and #2 in India. About Simplilearn Founded in 2010 and based in San Francisco, California, and Bangalore, India, Simplilearn, a Blackstone company is the world’s #1 online Bootcamp for digital economy skills training. Simplilearn offers access to world-class work-ready training to individuals and businesses around the world. The Bootcamps are designed and delivered with world-renowned universities, top corporations, and leading industry bodies via live online classes featuring top industry practitioners, sought-after trainers, and global leaders. From college students and early career professionals to managers, executives, small businesses, and big corporations, Simplilearn’s role-based, skill-focused, industry-recognized, and globally relevant training programs are ideal upskilling solutions for diverse career or/and business goals.

Dr. Girish SP, Lead Consultant – General & GI Surgery, Aster RV Hospital Mock meat alternatives are designed to be identical to animal alternatives in taste and feel. Similarly, the nutrient composition of vegetarian products to a great extent is analogous to the corresponding meat products in the market. The benefits of the plant-based substitutes over animal food are the presence of a low amount of saturated fat in addition to high fibre content depending on the ingredients. The optimal number of vitamins, protein, fibre and lower saturated fat thus anticipating long term health benefits such as the reduced risk of cancer, heart ailments, and diabetes. They are sometimes called superfoods as it contains a high-quality vegan protein with high fibre, is 233% more calcium and 53% high in iron. In addition, nutritionists claim they are free from cholesterol, antibiotics, and hormones and this bowl full of a healthy diet is 62% lower in calories and 71% lower in saturated fat compared to real pork. Studies suggest that mycoproteins help maintain normal blood cholesterol levels and can even lower LDL cholesterol levels as they are cholesterol-free, low in saturated fat content and have no trans fatty acids. Studies proved that soy proteins directly lower the LDL- cholesterol level and blood pressure. The most unique aspect of the soy protein is its high isoflavone content, which is considered as having a lot of health benefits. Nutritionally, tofu is free of cholesterol, low in saturated fat and high in protein content (approximately 50%). It also contains about 27% essential fatty acids and a good amount of calcium. One of the recent studies has focused on healthier utilization of the by-products of tofu processing which contain nutritionally rich proteins and fats that taste good and can be beneficial to human health. Mock meat and side effects In contrast to dairy substitutes, meat substitutes are generally not fortified. Hence, these vegetarian alternatives provide no compensation for nutrients derived from animal products. Unfortunately, these alternatives often contain high amounts of salt along with additives such as flavouring agents or preservatives. These mock meats which are generally priced higher than their traditional counterparts may become more pocket-friendly in the near future as people are very much concerned about food safety globally. Gluten based mock meat may taste good but only hitch is they come with zero nutritional value, digestive disorders, mood swing and reduced energy balance in the body. Research has shown that soy contains oestrogen-like compounds called genistein and daidzein. These are isoflavones believed to interfere with female sex hormones causing breast cancer in women and also contribute to dysfunctions of thyroid hormone metabolism. The gluten-free diet Shockingly, some studies have reported that long term consumption of the gluten-free diet may lead to a reduced level of fibre and minerals like iron, zinc, and potassium in the body. Meanwhile, there is an increased risk of nutritional deficiencies such as B-complex vitamins and trace minerals considered as a major setback due to the impact of a gluten-free diet. In India Off late, in India also the concept of vegetarian meat is catching up. Many young entrepreneurs after quitting high profile jobs ventured into mock meat business selling products online. They claim these meat substitutes come with long shelf life, without any of the religious objections, adverse health consequences and the horrible effect on the environment. But some are unconvinced of the potential of plant-based meat in India quoting a consumer trend that has been imported out of West but a cultural misfit in India.