I AM…SHE!!, A Hard Hitting Short Film on Marital & Incest Rape
I am…SHE!!, the short film highlights, stories of horrific marital, incest rape and objectionable sexual advances a woman face in her workplace.
Directed by Actress & Director Soumya Bollapragada and presented by SillyShots, a production arm of SillyMonks. The movie got released world wide today.
The 12 minutes 32 seconds riveting story of a woman played by Shivani, subjected to daily brutal marital including incest rape and her urge to survive. The Director wanted to highlight these very issues.
Akkineni Nagarjuna Turns Singer, Creates Magic with His Voice
Actor King Nagarjuna after winning the hearts of billions with his acting charisma, revealed his love for singing after crooning a love song titled “Kotha Kotha Bhasha, Kotha Prema Bhasha” in his own gentle melodious voice for the movie Nirmala Convent.
When asked, what kindled his inner desire to sing, “King Nagarjuna said I just got hooked to this beautiful love song sung by Master A R Ameen, s/o A R Rahman, and I decided that this is the song I should croon in my own voice. I loved the way it shaped out. I hope my fans and music enthusiasts will love this beautiful heart warming New Age Love song”.
According to Roshan Salur, Music Director of Nirmala Convent, “this craving of King Nag didn’t surprise me at all, he was at his best rendering the beautiful love song“.
Nagarjuna, always come off as an incredibly smart Actor, by instinct, knowing the type of projects he should work on and this song definitely add another feather on his natural ability of being the best. Seems like the Actor is pretty much best at anything he tried.
Jade Global Opens its Development Centre in Hyderabad
Jade Global Software announced the launch of its establishment of a mid-enterprise IT Services Facility in Hyderabad, India.
Ranked in the Inc. 5000 list as the fastest growing private companies in the U.S for five consecutive years. This new 11000 square foot Hyderabad facility, will help Jade ramp up its focus in the areas of Analytics & Information Management (AIM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Managed Services (MS) and Technology & Engineering Services (TES) ServiceNow and CRM.
Speaking about its decision to open the facility in Hyderabad, Karan said we believe with more than 1300 IT and ITES firms, Hyderabad have the right combination of infrastructure and human resources to aid to the growth of a company. Though services, solutions, and product development are the primary focus for Jade Global, innovation has been our driving force. We find Hyderabad a perfect place to encourage entrepreneur mind set and foster innovation.
With 40% of total revenue from our India operations. Jade Global plans to increase the revenue contribution to 60% in the next two years. The company recently expanded their footprint in Europe with new office in UK. Jade Global is hiring everyday across three continents and growing with each passing moment to augment 600 member global IT Innovation team.
“We recently closed a deal with large German based automobile company in India to automate their business processes. This will change the game for us in domestic market in coming months as we increase our efforts in the Indian market.” Karan stated. We have set a target to reach $100 Million USD Revenue by March 2021, he added.
Mettl Weekly Webinar with HR Leaders on the “Right Skill” Assessment
HR professionals have the opportunity to drive change – but they need to see their role as the heart of the organisation
The world today is without a doubt an age of excellence. Every corner marks to excellence, every industry marks to excellence – BFSI, Automotive, Information Technology, Healthcare and many more vertical.
A company is only as good as its employees, or so runs the saying. But, how do you get the workforce and how you keep investing in them is vital for its people and organisational growth.
Mettl India’s largest, fastest growing assessment and skill measurement company is now all set to reach a bigger audience by conducting weekly webinars to address HR problems and discuss on niche HR topics such as Employee Engagement, Leadership Development, Social Learning and more that would interest the HR fraternity. For, there are a world of opportunities yet to unveil itself.
Can we ensure the right talent finds the right place? Is it easy to find performers of the highest calibre? How can we transform Coders to leaders? Many more questions. That’s where Mettl comes into play. The webinar is planned to address the HR fraternity or sorority with HR leaders and prominent participants from the Industry in question.
Mettl also recently launched The Breakfast Alchemy – a round table to discuss HR related issues. This is India’s first of its kind HR e-event with senior HR executives from popular MNCs in play at the round table.
After the huge success of the inaugural edition of The Breakfast Alchemy in Gurgaon and a second edition that followed in Bengaluru, Mettl is planning to take The Breakfast Alchemy to many other prominent cities in India.
Saince HealthTech launches RapidRx a secure prescription app for doctors, Pharmacist and Patients
Saince Health Tech (www.saince.in) The free to download RapidRx app in Google Play and iOS App Store offers convenience to doctors to electronically prescribe drugs to patients in a secure manner; in turn the patients receive prescription as a text message to procure drugs from the pharmacist
This mobile app and desktop application will enable physicians to prescribe medicines electronically to patients either in any type of care settings like a hospital, clinic or even tele-medicine.
RapidRx app is developed by Saince Health Tech, a subsidiary of Saince, Inc., a USA corporation, rated as fastest growing companies in America by INC. Magazine. The company is an award winning enterprise that focuses on intersecting the practice of medicine with information technology operating in India and US.
“The unique feature of this application is accessibility of a first ever comprehensive database of over 26,800 licensed drugs sold in India that include generics, brands, strengths, route and dosage. It is a very intuitive app that enables doctors to write prescriptions in few seconds.”
The motivation behind the development is to easily solve preventable Rx related challenges in markets like India, where neither the patient nor the doctor have access to a mobile technology to track the past records of medicines currently prescribed or were prescribed in the past despite the fact that majority of the physician and patients use Smartphone and tablet applications.”
Today, increasing drug over prescription or over usage incidences are a result of non-availability of patients’ past records at the point of care. This simple app from Saince Health Tech will help a registered doctor and his/her patient to keep track of all prescriptions including the history leading to better utilization of harmful drugs and minimize side effects.
With Music4thought, you can create original music for all your “EMOTIONS” in your life
The Music4thought start-up is you’re personal, easy to utilize, studio that lets you make your own custom music – even if you don’t have musical or technical knowledge. It opens a whole new way to express your joy or compliments as a lyricists, singers, or hobbyists in every occasion you choose to gift or aspire a career in music industry.
Founded by young professionals turned first generation entrepreneurs Preeti Shrivastav, Rohit Shrivastav and Parikshit Sharma, Music4thought offers different categories of services
- Custom Songs -Your thoughts & Our song
- Music Enthusiasts -Got lyrics…Give it a voice, Live a singing experience, Record your album
- Music / Song Production: Games, jingles / Videos, films , corporate Anthem
Preeti Shrivastav, Co-Founder and CEO, Music4thought says, “Launching and introducing the concept of Music4thought is the perfect platform to try out new ideas. For individuals wanting to convey their unspoken feelings, gratitude or love for someone, or lyricists, singers, and hobbyists – wanting to produce their songs and looking to collaborate with the best in the industry.
The market potential is enormous ‘Every musician is our target’ adds Preeti, CoFounder and CEO. We want to enhance value to their work and also the receiver of their work. Isn’t it amazing when someone sends you an original music dedicated to you as a gift on those very special occasions besides the material gifts that is timeless”.
Ramboll Opens Newest Engineering Centre in Hyderabad; to invest in expansion & consolidation
Danish multi-disciplinary engineering, design and consultancy giant Ramboll launched a brand new Engineering Centre in Gachibowli, Hyderabad, to fuel its telecom business both in India and other markets. The new facility was formally inaugurated by Soren Holm Johansen, Ramboll’s Group Executive Director for Markets and Global Practices.
The 230 strong Ramboll Hyderabad team focuses on tower engineering which involves the analysis and design of masts, towers and monopoles in addition to tower marketing and technical support, manufacture and sale of towers. Ramboll’s telecom services range from tower solutions including design, smart site, rapid deployment, camouflaged and individual solutions, tower reverse engineering (TLVA), software engineering services to radio frequency and electromagnetic field related services. Along with this, Ramboll will also provide its engineering and design expertise in transport and planning & urban design sector from its Hyderabad centre.
Ramboll has built a strong presence in the market worldwide as sustainable society consultants. “India is a key market for us and we will continue to make strategic technological infrastructure investments and pick top engineering talent in India,” noted Soren.
Founded in Denmark in 1945, the Euro 1.4 billion enterprise Ramboll operates more than 300 offices in 35 countries and employs more than 13,000 experts globally. In India Ramboll employs more thanmore than 800 employees working from five principal offices in Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai and Bengaluru, with Gurgaon being the Head Office.
Soren believes India will contribute significantly to its global growth ambitions: “The new Hyderabad engineering and design centre is the testimony of our commitment to grow our presence in India. In the telecom sector, as the largest towers, masts and monopoles providers, our objective is to further consolidate and maintain leadership in markets worldwide includingIndia.”
Pawan Maini, Managing Director, Ramboll India and Ramboll Engineering Centre said: “Having the design and engineering centre in Hyderabad adds tremendous strength to our research, development and innovation to serve our Clients more efficiently. Some of the most notable projects in Hyderabad include structural design consultancy for Amazon Headquarters and a ridership study for Hyderabad Metro Rail.”
“2015 was a good year for Ramboll India as we clocked revenue of around INR 1,600 million. We are bullish on the Indian market and confident to achieve the mark of INR 2,500 million by 2018,”Pawan said.
“Our journey in India over the last 18 years has been remarkable. We have grown organically and also inorganically by acquiring companies like Whitbybird, IMIsoft, and Gifford and are further looking at joining hands with like-minded companies in the area of Rail, Planning & Urban Design, MEP, Project Management and Structures,” said Pawan.
Talking about its growth acceleration, Pankaj said Ramboll is a pioneer in the tower loading validation analysis (TLVA) services and has undertaken these activities for major industry players like Indus Towers, VIOM and Bharti Infratel. “For other telecom solutions, Ramboll’s key clients include Reliance Jio, Indus Towers, Bharti Infratel, American Tower Corporation, Airtel, Vodafone and Idea among others. Ramboll has a wide Client base in countries like Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Australia and Myanmar geographies. A lot of work behind the new telecom offerings that Ramboll provides globally will be done in Hyderabad by the dedicated teams of local engineers,” added Pankaj.
Some of the other exciting projects undertaken by Ramboll India include the design consultancy services for the Eastern Peripheral Expressway around Delhi and a mega project to supply tubular towers to Reliance Jio.
“We provide an array of innovative design offerings to our Clients. In telecom, Ramboll’s unique tower design offerings such as triangular tubular lattice tower concept is a classic example of our research, development and product innovation,” said Pawan.
“Ramboll remains focussed and upbeat to respond to the rapidly evolving markets, as we begin to realise incremental growth in our business especially in this part of the world,” Soren said.
Why Buy When You Can Rent. Driven set to disrupt self-drive, self-ride rental market with Exotic Cars, Bikes and Bicycle Experience
You can now drive the car or ride the motorcycle or bicycle that you always wanted to in your dreams. Or gift a ride to family or friends on special occasions.
From Nanos to Volkswagens, Volvos, Toyotas, Audis, BMWs, Jaguars, Mini Convertibles to the Porsche 911 and the fleet of motorbikes range from street bikes like the Honda Activa to Enfields, Harley Davidsons, Triumphs, Indian Scouts, Benellis, Ducatis and Kawasaki Ninjas.
With bikes like Triumph Rocket 3 powered by a 2,400 cc engine, speed lovers can’t resist the temptation to ride the monster. The fleet is delicately balanced to appeal to the business, casual and recreational customer.
The Hyderabad’s oldest Noori Travels and 4 Wheels Travels have announced their strategic partnership and newest startup venture called DRIVEN that caters to self drive rental space, with tag line #WHYBUYWHENUCANRENT. The startup will address market needs at various points across India.
Irrespective of the vehicle that the customer will rent he will enjoy the same experience every time he or she interacts with the brand. “We want our consumers to experience everyday cars, dream cars, bikes and bicycles that aren’t available in the self drive and ride mobility market in India and also not pinch their wallets,” say the young founders of Driven – Karrar Ahmed Taher and Ashwin Jain. “We aim to bring in the best global practices through Driven business: “classy, affordable and a heart-warming experience”. We can easily say that we have the widest possible fleet for the slimmest to the most expansive budget. “There is huge scope of business in this market,”.
DRIVEN’s cars and motorcycles are comprehensively insured and have a valid rent-a-cab license for self drive. They are the first company in India to start a self ride initiative. The GPS devices in their cars will provide all the help during critical times in case of technical breakdown or mishaps.
DRIVEN, has initially rolled out its services in Hyderabad, Vishakhapatnam and Vijayawada, and have plans to extend their presence in major cities like Bangalore, Chennai, New Delhi and Mumbai. The company also have plans to add 1500 cars and target to reach 10 major cities in India over the next three years.
Startup SBricks Launch ‘Walkin-to-Clean’ Stores.
On-Demand Hybrid Home cleaning, Laundry and repair startup (sbricks.com) announced the launch of its walk-in store services in 3 locations in Hyderabad. SBricks ‘Walkin-to-Clean’ Centres are, unique stores that offers quality cleaning services for every cleaning need that cover your laundry and car at very compelling price points.
“We want convenience experience at the doorstep of consumers,” says Nithin Reddy, Founder and CEO of SBricks.com. The walk in stores will serve mid-size and large gated communities with 30+ units in the city of Hyderabad. Our stores will feature a complete range of professional day to day car cleaning, laundry and repair services.
To begin with SBricks has started walk-in to clean concept stores in large gated community located in the city of Hyderabad. We got an overwhelming response from consumers at these stores. Our target is to grow these stores number to 70 by end 2016 in Hyderabad and eventually introduce this model in other cities in South of India.
Home Cleaning, Laundry, Repair services has become increasingly challenging for the modern society. While there are services on demand, what takes the toll is to identify the right last-mile vendor and as well as to set aside time for cleaning, laundry and repair at peace adds Nithin.
With SBricks Walkin-to-Clean store you can be rest assured that your needs are taken care instantaneously with SBricks employed trainer pros who is right near your door step. The idea is to respect home owner’s time constraints while they seek home cleaning services.
Hyderabad based SBricks most recently acquired Melway to expand its professional services talent base. Currently, it controls the last mile services with 200+ growing professionals.
Fast forward the company plans to expand its footprints in other cities that are crying for trustworthy dedicated and professionally trained Home Cleaning, Laundry and Repair services.
SBricks was founded less than a year ago as a way for customers to quickly book home services – like Home cleaning, laundry and repairs – at a predictable and relatively low cost. SBricks vets and hires professionals, dispatches them to customer homes through telecalls, online and apps bookings.
Our immediate term goal is to focus on expanding professional talent base in existing cities and towards the end of next year add more new cities and specialized services like the NRI asset/ facility management which we just launched in Kochi.
Currently, SBricks operates in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Vishakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Kochi.
‘Natyam’ of Women Empowerment
‘Natyam’ is a short film – it’s a story of a talented marital woman Kalyani’s dream that would have faded away if not for her grit to make it real. The movie is about her journey to attain excellence in the art of Kuchupudi Dance she loves the most.
A sneak-peek of ‘Natyam’ which was released today https://youtu.be/1K8qSHjWWFg shows a young, devoted married woman Kalyani’s journey to realise her dream to accomplish Kuchupudi dance excellence amidst family conflict. It is an absorbing tale that never lets anyone slip away throughout its run time.
The glimpse of film Natyam highlights the crisp editing and stellar performance by the lead casts as well as supporting artists, promise a compelling movie to watch. The trailer is engrossing and every moment it makes you think and connect with the characters of the movie.
Well known Kuchupudi Artist Sandhya Raju, who plays the role of Kalyani portrays the internal conflict between external comforts and thirst to pursue her inner passion perfectly. She flawlessly sinks into the role and transforms herself into this mythical Kuchupudi beauty while her co-star adapted well to his role as a husband who is determined to make his wife’s dream come true.
“I wanted to be part of this brilliantly scripted short film by Revanth, because the subject is very close to my heart as a Kuchupudi artist, what I liked the most is the narrative is centered on a women’s desire and a social question faced by most of all married woman in a thought-provoking manner. I felt the story will inspire many women who relates to the role played in the film by me.” Sandhya Raju says.
Young aspiring filmmaker Revanth says, “Natyam” is an inspirational story of Kalyani told in forty minutes. It is a journey of a marital woman’s aspiration that soars to reality set in the backdrop of family bond and commitments. Above all it is an entertaining short film with a purpose to promote art, to communicate a message, to experiment and to reach out millions of family that deal with conflicts like Kalyani’s.
“Natyam” has it all – Great direction, brilliant characterization, sound, cinematography, design, wardrobe and writing, it will be truly a pleasure to watch and re-watch.
The film will be released in YouTube.com in the month of February.
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