After the successful launch of the first phase of Golfland at VANAHA, Shapoorji Pallonji Real Estate (SPRE), one of India’s most trusted real estate developers, announces the launch of its second phase in Golfland at its flagship project VANAHA near Bavdhan, West Pune. To date, the company has sold over 1800 apartments worth Rs. 1500 crores across mid-segment (Yahavi and Springs) and premium developments (Golfland phase 1).

With an estimated revenue potential of Rs. 600 crore, the second phase of Golfland responds to the growing demand for upscale residences in Pune. Through this project, SPRE wants customers to experience luxury like never before. The project hosts configurations of 2BHKs, 3BHKs + i Room (study), 4BHKs (pooja + study + staff room), and Townhouses. 276 of these bespoke homes are available to buyers at prices starting at Rs. 1.48 crore.

Positioned within Indias largest townships, spanning over 1000 acres with 350+ acres dedicated to open spaces, VANAHA is a magnificent mixed-use development comprising residential, commercial, and retail spaces. Along with a lavish lifestyle, residents can enjoy amenities such as a clubhouse, gym, spa, multi-purpose court, beautifully landscaped gardens, and breathtaking views of the prestigious Oxford Golf Course, recognised as one of India’s premier golf and leisure destinations and home to Pune’s sole 18-hole private golf course.

Mr. Nirav Dalal, Business Head and Chief Investment Officer, Shapoorji Pallonji Real Estate

Commenting on the launch, Mr. Nirav Dalal, Business Head and Chief Investment Officer, Shapoorji Pallonji Real Estate, stated, “The remarkable success of VANAHA has only strengthened our resolve to deliver outstanding products while reflecting the trust and confidence that customers place in the brand. Golfland Phase 2 exemplifies Shapoorji Pallonji Real Estates commitment to redefining Punes skyline and lifestyle. We are optimistic that it will set new benchmarks in the realm of luxury living. The continued support from our customers motivates us to continue delivering excellence and exceeding expectations.”

He further added, “Over the last few years, Pune’s real estate industry has seen a steady increase in launches of luxury and premium residences. We believe that in 2024, the Pune real estate market is likely to flourish, with the potential for continued growth. Also, due to strong demand, we have seen good price appreciation in the Pune market, and hence, we feel it is the right time for home buyers to invest in a property.”

Strategically positioned near major IT hubs like Hinjewadi, Mahalunge-Mann Hi-Tech City Park, and Baner, VANAHA holds immense appeal for professionals. Moreover, the development is surrounded by a well-established social and civic infrastructure, including renowned educational institutions like Flame University and Symbiosis International University, hospitals, and commercial centres. The presence of the acclaimed Oxford Golf Course, ranked among Asia’s top 5, further adds to the allure of this exceptional project.

VANAHA strikes a perfect balance between tranquility and connectivity to the city centre, offering residents a rejuvenating environment with over 400 species of flora and fauna in the valley. The meticulously planned homes contribute to a revitalising atmosphere, complemented by the strategic location along the Mumbai-Bengaluru Highway, proximity to Hinjewadi and Baner IT hubs, and connectivity to well-established social and civic infrastructure, including educational institutions, hospitals, commercial centres, retail zones, and shopping malls.

Enhancing connectivity further, upcoming infrastructure projects like the metro line (No. 2) from Chandni Chowk to Viman Nagar, the proposed 10-lane National Mumbai-Bangalore Highway, the proposed 6-lane Paud-Mahad National Highway, the proposed 8-lane flyover at Chandni Chowk, and the proposed 14-lane wide Ring Road are poised to elevate accessibility for residents.

About Shapoorji Pallonji Real Estate (SPRE)

Shapoorji Pallonji Real Estate is a well-regarded and reputed player in the Indian real estate sector owing to its cutting-edge design innovation, construction quality, and architectural excellence. It constitutes a significant segment of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group, an enormous multi-business conglomerate. The group has more than 157 years of legacy that bridges the earliest celebrated structures of India with modern marvels. With a development potential of over 142 million square feet, SPRE has made inroads into most Indian cities-Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Gurugram, and Kolkata-with a variety of developments, from luxury apartments and opulent residences to aspirational homes for mid-income homebuyers as well as one of the largest mass housing projects in India.

Link to the website: www.shapoorjipallonji.com.

RIA Advisory, a leading revenue management solutions provider that solves mission-critical problems for clients, has multiple reasons to celebrate with its happy employees. The company has received the Great Place to Work Certification in India for the second year in a row and has also been recognized as one of India’s Best Workplaces for Women.

Resilient Together: Our People, Our Strength

Great Place to Work is considered the Gold Standard in identifying and recognizing Great Workplace Culture. Organizations delivering incredible employee experiences and best-in-class people practices are awarded this certification after a rigorous assessment process. The assessment is based on the Great Place to Work Model, which evaluates a workplace based on its Trust Index and Culture Audit attributes. The recognition of being the best place to work for women underscores the company’s commitment to fostering an empowering work environment and culture for women.

“We are extremely pleased to receive this recognition for the second year in a row. RIA brings together individuals with unique skills, backgrounds, perspectives, and creativity. Everyone is contributing to the massive growth of the company. I am glad to see that our employees are building fulfilling careers at RIA while having fun. We are also committed to ensuring that the contributions of our women employees are recognized, and they are provided an environment that fosters creativity, nourishes work-life balance, and champions inclusivity,” said Saket Pabby, Founder and CEO of RIA Advisory.

RIA has scored exceptionally well across various criteria such as respect, credibility, fairness (trust), and employees’ sense of pride in their work in the Trust Index Feedback Report. This report is created purely based on feedback from employees.

“A big thank you to the RIA team for everything that they do. Our extremely energetic, passionate, and skilled teams bring agility, fresh ideas, and new perspectives into everything we do. At the same time, there is respect for each other, recognition of individual contributions, availability of equal opportunities, fairness, and inclusivity. I am glad that our employees, especially the women team members, feel empowered at work,” adds Sameer Khetarpal, Managing Partner RIA Advisory.

To be a part of RIA Advisory‘s award-winning team, check out the open positions at: riaadvisory.com/careers.

About RIA Advisory

Founded in late 2016, RIA Advisory (RIA) is a business advisory and technology enterprise specializing in Revenue Management & Billing across Financial Services, Utilities, Healthcare, and the Public Sector industry verticals. Bolstered by an addition of TMG Consulting (TMG) as part of its growing family in 2022, RIA now employs more than 950 professionals worldwide.

The RIA & TMG leadership team demonstrates our unwavering commitment and continued efficiency in serving our clients as strategic partners, particularly in transforming ORMB and CC&B solutions using its best-in-class, highly differentiated proprietary IP and execution capabilities. The company, is headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida, with offices in the U.K., Canada, India, the Philippines, and Australia.

Impact Guru, India’s leading medical crowdfunding platform has announced the appointment of Shubbam Sharrma as its Chief Business Officer. Shubbam joins Impact Guru from CarDekho Group where he last served as Head of Used Car Business.

Shubbam Sharrma, CBO, Impact Guru

Shubbam holds a robust 17 years of experience in P&L and Business execution, strategy, and entrepreneurship. His background includes roles in startups, management consulting, and conglomerates within the Home, Fashion, Lifestyle, and Autotech sectors. Notably, he spearheaded transformative digital initiatives and demonstrated proficiency in P&L management and strategic planning in the B2C segment, during his tenure at CarDekho Group.

Additionally, with KSA Technopak and while leading the Retail consulting practice at Redseer, he made significant contributions to online and offline consumer-facing businesses. Shubbam co-founded a women’s ethnic D2C fashion brand in his entrepreneurship stint. He holds a B.Tech in Electronics from the College of Engineering, Roorkee, and a PGDM from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow.

“We are excited to welcome Shubbam Sharrma as the Chief Business Officer at Impact Guru. With a diverse background and impressive track record, Shubbam brings valuable experience to our team. Impact Guru, since inception, has assisted 50,000 patients in raising funds for treatments, aiming to impact 1 million lives by 2030. As CBO, Shubbam will play a key role in driving our mission, empowering individuals through crowdfunding,” said Piyush Jain, Co-founder and CEO, and Khushboo Jain, Co-founder and COO, Impact Guru.

“I am thrilled to join Impact Guru, a platform that is redefining the fundraising landscape in India. It is an honor and a privilege to serve as the CBO. I aim to propel Impact Guru to the forefront of healthcare financing through strategic process optimization, groundbreaking product development, and continuous scaling. Our vision is to be the unwavering partner for every patient in need of hospitalization, and position Impact Guru as the unequivocal leader in fostering the journey of better health for all,” said Shubbam.

About Impact Guru (www.impactguru.com)
Incubated at Harvard Innovation Labs USA in 2014, ImpactGuru.com is India’s leading online medical fundraising platform which raises money for medical expenses for critical illnesses/diseases such as cancer, transplants, accidents, and rare diseases, etc. It aggregates a large number of online payments to allow any individual requiring financial assistance to raise funds for any social cause. With a donor community of over 30 lakhs, ImpactGuru.com has helped over 50,000+ patients and has impacted almost 5 lakh lives. ImpactGuru.com has been awarded & recognized by esteemed industry bodies nationally and globally.

Kyndryl, the world’s largest IT infrastructure services provider, announced today that it has engaged with Canara Bank, one of the largest public sector banks in India, to optimize the bank’s business services and operations and modernize its IT infrastructure. As Canara Bank’s trusted IT partner, Kyndryl will augment the bank’s end-to-end IT operations and streamline services delivery across core banking, IT infrastructure, applications, and network operations.

(L-R): Jatin Meswani, VP, Strategic Accounts Financial Services, Ravikanth SV, Client Partner and Lingraju Sawkar, President from Kyndryl India with Satyanarayana Raju MD & CEO, Canara Bank and others

Kyndryl’s solution will provide Canara Bank with an end-to-end view of its business services, risk mitigation using advanced capabilities and tools, and focus on services availability while enhancing observability and reliability. This will help Canara Bank to enhance its customer service experiences.

Kyndryl will also deploy a unified digital IT services dashboard to provide employees a single pane of glass view of Canara Bank’s key performance indicators, tools dashboard, and knowledge repositories.

Kyndryl will implement a set of advanced tools to create sophisticated preventive and predictive intelligence capabilities. This will help reduce incidents through auto-remediation, shorten maintenance timeframes, and improve application availability. The platform will be optimized to recognize and remediate IT failures and anomalies within the bank’s infrastructure and provide data-driven insights such as outage predictions that will boost the bank’s control over its mission-critical operations.

Lingraju Sawkar, President, Kyndryl India said, “We’re honored to be a trusted partner to Canara Bank. Our approach is focused on ensuring Canara Bank’s business continuity, mitigating risk, and enhancing the Bank’s key business performance indicators. Kyndryl brings decades of expertise and experience managing mission-critical IT systems for global banking and financial services customers. Our relentless focus on delivery and innovation, our strategic approach to transformation, and the value we place in people make Kyndryl an excellent fit for Canara Bank as it progresses, along with India, on the digital transformation journey.”

Sri K Satyanarayana Raju, MD & CEO, Canara Bank, said, “Our goal is to improve operational excellence, profitability, and scale to become the ‘Best Bank to Bank with’ in India. We are investing in enhancing our technology core, service and process frameworks, and delivery capabilities to provide state-of-the-art banking services to our customers. Kyndryl’s skills and expertise in building, operating, and managing critical technology for Indian banks will help us in building the future we’ve envisioned.”

About Canara Bank Limited

Widely known for customer centricity, Canara Bank was founded by Shri Ammembal Subba Rao Pai, a great visionary and philanthropist, in July 1906, at Mangalore, then a small port town in Karnataka. The Bank has gone through the various phases of its growth trajectory over hundred years of its existence. Growth of Canara Bank was phenomenal, especially after nationalization in the year 1969, attaining the status of a national level player in terms of geographical reach and clientele segments. Eighties was characterized by business diversification for the Bank. In June 2006, the Bank completed a century of operation in the Indian banking industry. The eventful journey of the Bank has been characterized by several memorable milestones. Today, Canara Bank occupies a premier position in the comity of Indian banks.

Over the years, the Bank has been scaling up its market position to emerge as a major Financial Conglomerate with as many as thirteen subsidiaries/sponsored institutions in India and abroad. As of September 2023, Canara Bank services over 11.19 crore customers through a network of 9,518 branches and 12,118 ATMs/Recycler spread across all Indian states and Union Territories.

About Kyndryl

Kyndryl (NYSE: KD) is the world’s largest IT infrastructure services provider serving thousands of enterprise customers in more than 60 countries. The company designs, builds, manages, and modernizes the complex, mission-critical information systems that the world depends on every day.

For more information, visit www.kyndryl.com.

In a remarkable display of commitment to community well-being, Dr. Mariazeena Johnson, the esteemed Chancellor of Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, has launched the “Madugai – The Strength” initiative. Geared towards government school girls and women in the surrounding suburbs of Chennai, this project aims to provide comprehensive “Health and Hygiene” kits.

Dr. Mariazeena Johnson, Chancellor with Nayanthara, Actress & Entrepreneur

Established in 1987 by founder Chancellor Dr. Jeppiaar, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology has evolved into one of Indias premier academic and research universities. Recognized under Sec.3 of UGC Act, 1956, and accorded Category I status by UGC, the institution has further solidified its standing with an A++ Grade accreditation from the National Accreditation and Assessment Council and prestigious ABET Accreditation.

Setting itself apart nationally and internationally, Sathyabama is known for its multi-disciplinary academic programs, encompassing Engineering, Science, Technology, Architecture, Law, Pharmacy, Dental, Nursing, Management, Arts, Science, Physiotherapy, Allied health sciences, and Hotel Management. The institution boasts 15 research centers nurturing scientific talent and has been consistently ranked among the premier universities in the NIRF rankings by the Ministry of Education for the past eight years.

With a strong focus on women empowerment, 85% of hierarchical positions at Sathyabama are occupied by women, and 70% of the faculty are women. The institution fosters an innovation ecosystem, evidenced by a growing number of student startups. Sathyabamas commitment to global collaboration is reflected in its 150+ international partnerships, providing numerous opportunities for students and faculty.

In Chancellor Dr. Mariazeena Johnsons words, the “Madugai” project seeks to nurture preadolescent girls and women, supporting high school students in maintaining health and hygiene. The initiative has gained a valuable ally in Ms. Nayanthara, who graciously serves as the brand ambassador for the institution. Her association with this noble cause adds a layer of honor to the universitys dedication to community well-being.

Ms. Nayanthara expressed her joy and pride during her address, stating, “I am happy and proud to be associated with such a prestigious university as Sathyabama. I am glad that the institution is undertaking a socially conscious project like Madugai. I take pride in how Sathyabama reaches out to the needy and socially weaker sections of society through Madugai. I eagerly anticipate what the institution will do next for society.” Recently, she also congratulated the university on achieving Category 1 status and extended her wishes for more accolades in the near future.

These health and hygiene kits are delivered to 21 adopted schools of the institution, wherein 1000 beneficiaries are served in first phase. This project is serving as a very big support to the girls of pre-adolescents stage and women.

About Satyabhama Institute

For over three decades, Sathyabama Institute of Science & Technology has stood as a beacon of excellence in the fields of Engineering, Science, and Technology. With an illustrious history, the institution has continuously excelled, offering multi-disciplinary academic programs in various domains such as Engineering, Science, Technology, Law, Dental Science, Pharmacy, Nursing, Management, Arts, and Science, as well as Allied Health Sciences.

Established under Sec.3 of the UGC Act, 1956, Sathyabama has garnered recognition and accreditation, attaining an A++ Grade from the National Accreditation and Assessment Council. Acknowledged as a Category I University by the UGC under the UGC (Categorization of Universities (only) for Grant of Graded Autonomy) Regulations, 2018, the institution remains committed to adopting innovative methods to enhance the quality of higher education in response to global educational trends.

Guided by the dynamic leadership of Dr. Mariazeena Johnson, Chancellor, Dr. Marie Johnson, President, Mr. J. Arul Selvan, Vice President, Ms. Maria Bernadette Tamilarasi, Vice President, and Ms. Maria Catherin Jayapriya, Vice President, Sathyabama boasts a team of outstanding faculty, innovative pedagogical practices, state-of-the-art infrastructure, and world-class research facilities.

The institutions remarkable presence is evident in national and international rankings. In 2023, it secured the 51st position among Indian universities according to the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), Government of India, maintaining its top 100 ranking for eight consecutive years. Recognized among the Top 5 Institutions in the country for innovation by the ATAL ranking of Institution for Innovation Achievements, Govt. of India, Sathyabama has also earned accolades from Times Higher Education and QS, ranking among the top institutions worldwide.

Sathyabama Institute of Science & Technologys global impact is further solidified through strategic alliances with leading universities and research establishments. As a research-intensive university, it boasts world-class laboratories and research facilities, engaging in cutting-edge research in emerging areas of Science and Technology. The institution actively undertakes sponsored and collaborative R&D projects funded by both national and international organizations.

Notably, Sathyabama etched a special page in space research history on June 22, 2016, with the launch of “SATHYABAMASAT” in collaboration with ISRO. Through a commitment to research and academic excellence, Sathyabama has emerged as a leading institution, meeting international standards and continuing to shape the future of higher education.