CS Siddhartha
Murarka has been elected as CHAIRMAN of the
Eastern India Regional Council of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India
(EIRC of ICSI) for one year w.e.f 19th January 2017.
Monday 23 January 2017
CS Siddhartha Murarka Chairman, EIRC OF ICSI
Explore God’s Own Canvas!
Explore God’s
Own Canvas!
Considering
the uptick in inbound tourism from Kolkata, the Department of Tourism,
Government of Kerala is organizing B2B Roadshows in Kolkata on 20th
of January, 2017. The roadshow desires to attract city’s leading travel agents
and tour operators, and showcase to them the best of ‘God’s own country’.
The delegation
from Kerala is led by Mr. K. P. Nandkumar, Dy. Director Kerala Tourism, and
will comprise major players from the state’s Tourism & Trade industry.
Besides forging fresh collaborations, the roadshow will introduce new
initiatives, experiences and attractions that Kerala has in store for visitors.
Kerala
Tourism: The story so far…
The Marketing Initiatives for the year 2016-17
were formulated and executed based
on the keen understanding of the unique appeal that 'God's Own Country' holds
for its visitors. The cutting-edge marketing measures adopted by the government
have elevated the state to the top-tier of ‘must visit’ destinations around the
world. There has been a remarkable increase in the arrival of tourists within a
single year as a result of the various initiatives implemented by the
Government.
- In Sep 2016, foreign tourist arrivals
showed an uptick of 5.61% compared to that of Sep 2015.
- The domestic tourist arrivals figure in
Sep 2016 increased by 6.01% compared to that of Sep 2015
- Foreign exchange earnings for the year
2015 was Rs. 6949.88 cr. which recorded an increase of 8.61% over the
previous year.
- Total revenue (direct and indirect) from
tourism in 2015 is Rs 26689.63 cr. showing an increase of 7.25% over the previous
year’s figure.
Kerala Tourism attracts more tourists with new
initiatives!
Green Carpet Initiative to spark
off community involvement.
Launched
in September 2016, the Green Carpet Initiative focuses on a 10-point agenda
intended to give a facelift to select tourist destinations in the state. The
initiative is testimonial to the acknowledgment that concerted efforts are
needed to ensure security, cleanliness, hygiene, and scientific waste
management methods, apart from offering unique experiences. The initiative
emphasized on the need to spark off community involvement in tourism
development in the state.
On
the trail of the Spice Route…
The
Spice Route Revival Project is a key initiative undertaken by the state
government. Kerala's endeavor to revive
and promote, through tourism, the two millennia-old spice route that links the
south western coast of India to Europe, has received a boost with the United
Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) pledging support to the venture.
In September, Kerala’s local spice
markets amazed those who normally amaze people with their culinary genius. 17 teams of chefs preparing for the
Spice Route Culinary Festival scoured Kochi’s traditional markets to pick up
ingredients for the competition. They effused about how thrilling the sights,
smells and sounds of the market were; even likening it to ‘arriving in
paradise’.
The festival itself unfolded on a high note. Leading chefs from 15 countries dazzled
the crowds with the most exotic and delectable dishes – inspired no doubt by
the historic Spice Route. Each team was an ambassador of their respective
country’s culture and cuisine; collectively they gave the ambitious Spice
Route Revival Project a global platform and springboard.
The
four-day celebration came to a close with the prize distribution – the French
team taking the biggest honours, with duos from Egypt and Thailand also making
the winner’s list. Giving a boost to exponents of local cuisine, top teams in
the ‘Kerala Chef’ competition were also felicitated.
Kochi Muziris Biennale
Kochi Muziris Biennale is an
international contemporary art festival that has rendered Kerala the tag ‘Land
of Biennale’. The state tourism department allotted a whopping Rs 7.5 crore to
promote the third edition of the Biennale. The event is a stellar example of
community participation in developing the state’s tourism sector. The Biennale
helped to create a unique economic zone during the time of crisis due to
demonetization, when the state faced a dip in tourist arrivals.
Other Noteworthy Projects…
Kerala
Tourism has come out with a unique nature-based soft adventure holidays program
NATVENTURE. The idea behind this is to use key tourism properties like
Wildlife, Hill Stations, Beaches, Backwaters, etc. and to explore the
possibilities of adventure activities they offer. Kerala Natventure activities
include Trekking, Camping, Rock Climbing, Jungle Tour, Wildlife Safaris, Bird
Watching, Cycling, Kayaking, Canoeing and Paragliding.
Virtual Reality Kiosk at the Indira
Gandhi International airport brought to life the backwaters of Kerala and
offered a unique experience to its visitors. A two-minute film watched with a
VR headset transported the audience to a Kerala houseboat floating in serene
backwaters of Kerala. The VR ‘experience site’, the latest promotional and
marketing initiative of Kerala Tourism, has attracted much attention since it went
operational and has reinforced the fact that Kerala remains at the forefront of
leveraging technology for tourism promotion.
A new
campaign, Home of Ayurveda was also launched to promote Ayurveda through all
media. ‘Bekal’ was introduced as a new destination in North Kerala. From a seasonal tourist option, Kerala was elevated to an
all-season destination through a successful Dream Season campaign launched
during the off-season.
Keeping
up with the Virtual World…
In a short span of time, Kerala Tourism has made a mark
in the digital world. Its Facebook page has 12.8 lakh followers, the largest
figure for any tourism board in India. Besides this, Kerala Tourism has
44,400-plus Twitter followers, 6000-plus Instagram followers, 500-plus
Pinterest followers and 700-plus foursquare followers. There are around 23,000
subscribers for Kerala Tourism’s official YouTube Channel and more than 250
articles have been published on Kerala, Backwaters and Ayurveda in guest blogs.
Kerala
Tourism’s website, which attracts a huge quantum of visitors, has been
translated into various Indian languages including Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati,
Tamil, Kannada and Telugu, as well as foreign languages like Dutch, Italian,
Portuguese and Swedish. The new website was launched recently with a fresh look
providing increased accessibility and detailed information with over 1500
pictures and 3000 videos.
Kerala
has emerged as the No. 1 travel destination of the country in Google search
trends, edging out even the Taj Mahal. This is testimony to the international
recognition of brand Kerala.
Awards
and Accolades…
Kerala Tourism has bagged a number of
national as well as international awards. On the global stage, it made its
presence felt at ITB Berlin,winning the Golden
City Gate Award (Print Campaign), Best Family & Best Value for Money Destination, etc. More recently,
it annexed two gold awardsat the Pacific
Asia Travel Association (PATA) awards for its trendsetting marketing
initiatives.
A
stand-out international accolade was the ‘Best
Stand Feature’ at the World Trade Market, London. The showpiece display,
themed around Kerala’s fabled snake-boat races, included spectacular snake-boat
replicas as well as video and images of a ‘vallam kali’. The pavilion wowed
visitors and judges alike; one of the latter remarking that it made them “want
to go to Kerala just to see the action”.
Within
India too, Kerala Tourism was a prominent winner, returning from the
prestigious National Tourism Awards
with a rich haul. The string of innovative measures helped it sweep three of the six marketing categories for
states. Two more awards
including one for Responsible Tourism
(RT) and seven awards won by its trade partners swelled the kitty to 12.
Tuesday 17 January 2017
Foundation Stone laid for ICSI - Centre of Excellence, New Town, Kolkata on the occasion of ICSI Uday Divas
Foundation Stone laid for ICSI - Centre of Excellence
New Town,
Kolkata on the occasion of ICSI Uday
Divas
ICSI celebrated its Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony and
Bhoomi Poojan of the “ICSI Centre of Excellence”, Kolkata at Plot No. IIA/35,
New Town Action Area IIA, Kolkata. On this occasion “ ICSI Uday Diwas” (The Day
of Statutory Recognition ) was also
celebrated.
Shri Debashish Sen, IAS, Chairman & Managing Director,
WBHIDCO Ltd and Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal graced the occasion as Chief Guest.
While addressing the august
gathering, Shri Debashish Sen said that, Kolkata’s NewTown Area ,where ICSI - Centre of Excellence
is coming up , is an imminent Educational Hub and in the near future it will be
the Singapore of Kolkata with the opening up of Universities and
Institutes like IIT Kharagpur, Rabindra
Bharti University, Presidency University, Aliah University, Amity University so
on. The ICSI CoE will soon be a part of
this education hub of Bengal. He also
said that It is being increasingly
realized all over the world that economic wellbeing and productive efficiencies
can be realised with higher intellectual and professional capabilities of human
beings” and Institutes like ICSI have a
major role to play in economic upliftment of the country by setting up
Centres for Training and
Excellence for professionals for upgrading their skills and knowledge.
CS
Mamta Binani, President, ICSI , while
addressing the august gathering in her address on the anniversary of the ICSI’s
statutory recognition, “UDAY DIWAS”, said
that, “Statutory Recognition Day” has a significant role in every organisation
and for an organisation like ICSI it is all the more important, as it depicts
the journey which started as small steps which have traversed long distance and
this moment is to rejoice with the memories which made The Institute of Company
Secretaries of India reach great heights .CS Mamta Binani, President,
ICSI, also said that the Bhooomi Poojan of the Centre of Excellence at
Kolkata signifies the start of a new era for
research for professionals at Eastern and North Eastern India. She said
that the CoE is a dream for the professionals here and it took a lot of effort,
hard work, patience, resilience from everybody to realize this dream of setting
up the Centre today.
CS
Santosh K Agarwala, Council
Member and Member Infrastructure Committee of CoE- Kolkata, said that,
“ICSI’s glorious ongoing journey has reached another milestone today as we are
celebrating it as ‘Uday Diwas’. ICSI has undergone a great Journey to bring
professional excellence through corporate compliances, corporate governance to
be the basis of Corporate culture in India and service to the nation. He also
said that Centre of Excellence would give in-house training to member,
students, officers of Govt. & regulatory Bodies on Corporate Governance
& Corporate Laws and would feature a state of the art auditorium &
library.
CS
Vineet K Choudhary, Council Member, ICSI in his
address said that the Companies Act, 2013 has opened great opportunities
for Company Secretaries in number of areas such as insolvency, winding
up, valuation, corporate restructuring etc., in addition to the vibrant areas
such as secretarial audit , secretarial standards, related attestation
services, opportunities for company secretaries have widened in a great way. In
his address to the gathering he said that Kolkata, the city of joy is the city
of intellectuals, a city of vision and to enhance the abilities of the
professionals.
Monday 16 January 2017
J D Birla Institute Team building
Team building is a proposed
philosophy of job design in which employees are viewed as members of
interdependent teams instead of as individual workers. Team building
refers to a wide range of activities, presented to corporate sectors, schools,
sports teams, etc designed for improving team performance. The term “team
building” has become a buzzword in recent years, and the success of most
organisations depends on the ability of individuals to build effective teams.
The Team-building activities are
very effective for the teaching members as well and enhance not only
faculty morale, but student performance as well. Many teachers find the
growing demands of being an educator in modern education difficult and
stressful with massive amounts of paperwork. Teachers may experience low morale
because their daily work life often includes long periods of isolation from
their peers. When work stress results in teacher burnout, it can have serious consequences
for the health and contentment of teachers and their interactions with students
and family members on a daily basis.
Team-building activities in
educational institutes promote open communication and a positive working
environment. It is pursued via a variety
of practices, and can range from simple bonding exercises to complex
simulations and multi-day team building retreats designed to develop a team
(including group assessment and group-dynamic games).
Keeping
in view the above, J.D. Birla Institute (Departments of Science & Commerce)
organized an excursion to Sonar Bangla, Kolaghat as a part of their Faculty Development
programme. The various sessions of activities conducted by external experts had
an overwhelming response from all the faculty members. The event was aimed for
and accomplished with a fresh boost of energy to the teachers and inspired them
to increase their confidence and trust in their colleagues. It helped bringing
the members together in a carefree environment and promoted a unique bonding
among them.
Monday 9 January 2017
West Bengal Chief Minister Inaugurates State-of-the-Art Exide Factory in Haldia
West Bengal Chief Minister Inaugurates State-of-the-Art Exide Factory in Haldia
West Bengal Chief Minister, Smt Mamata Banerjee on Monday
inaugurated a State-of-the-Art Battery Making Plant at the Haldia Factory of
Exide Industries Ltd. Built in Technical Collaboration with East Penn
Manufacturing Company of the USA, at a Capital Investment of Rs 700 crore, the
new Plant will use the latest “Punched Grid Technology” to manufacture the most
technically advanced Lead Acid Storage Batteries in the Country.
Speaking on the
occasion, Mr Rajan B. Raheja, the Company’s Vice Chairman said, ‘’Exide is
happy to participate in the West Bengal Chief Minister’s efforts to take the
State ahead and give it a new position on the Industrial Map of the Country.
Our decision to locate the new Factory in Haldia is in recognition of the
Excellent Work Culture of our Work Force here.”
“Over the last seven
decades Exide has consistently led the way through pioneering Technological
Advancements in the field of Lead Acid Storage Batteries in India. The new
Punched Grid Technology, as opposed to the older Expanded Metal Technology,
will catapult the Industry to a new height in terms of Product Reliability and
Customer Satisfaction. The new Range of Batteries will not only be a lot more
robust, being manufactured in a Modern Plant with Advanced Robotics and
Automation, the Manufacturing Process will also eliminate human errors to a
large extent,” said the Company’s Managing Director & CEO, Mr Gautam Chatterjee.
The Haldia Factory of
Exide Industries Ltd was established in 1981. It currently produces both
Automotive as well as Industrial Batteries in its sprawling 41 acre Site. The
Factory contributes to more than 30 per cent of Exide’s Total
Business. Exide’s other Battery Making Factories are located in Shamnagar (West
Bengal), Hosur (Tamil Nadu), Chinchwad, Ahmednagar and Taloja in Maharashtra,
Bawal (Haryana), Pune, Uttaranchal and Bangalore.
About Exide:
Exide’s products are sold Globally, particularly in
Developed Markets like South East Asia, Japan and Western Europe, under its own
brand names.
Exide’s strong brand pull, established in India for about
a hundred years, is supplemented by its Nationwide Dealer Network and a very
strong R&D Center. With the help of its Collaborators – Shin Kobe and
Furukawa of Japan and East Penn of the US - Exide has consistently remained at
the cutting edge of International Battery Technology and introduced various
Pioneering Products and Power Storage Solutions in the Indian and Global
Markets.
Exide’s vast product range, that includes everything from
the smallest UPS Batteries to the giant Submarine Batteries, find Applications
in Automotive, Two-wheelers, Inverters, UPS, Power, Telecom and Railways, among
others. Exide is also present in the Non-conventional Energy Business where it
designs and integrates Solar and Wind Power Solutions for use in remote areas
of the Country.
Exide’s Customer List includes some of the top most
International names in Industries as diverse as Automotive, Earth Moving
Equipment, Telecom and UPS Manufacturers.
Exide has recently branched out into the Synergistic
Business of Manufacturing and Marketing its own range of Home UPS Systems
thereby offering a total End-to-End Solution to its Customers.
With an Annual Total Income of Rs 6823.71 crore (as on 31st
March 2016), the Company is the largest among the branded Lead Acid Storage
Battery Businesses in India. The Company has been consistently Profitable and
Dividend paying ever since its inception.
For Further information please contact Mr. Sudipto Roy at
+91 9831166651 or mail at sudiptor@exide.co.in
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