Friday 14 October 2016

HDFC Bank Lunches ‘Dhanchayat Panch Kayde Ke Panch Fayde’ in Punjab

By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh 14th October:- HDFC Bank Ltd., today launched ‘Dhanchayat – Panch Kayde Ke Panch Fayde’ in Punjab from Chandigarh. ‘Dhanchayat Panch Kayde Ke Panch Fayde’ is an informative film created by the Bank to educate rural populace on the benefits and good practices of banking. This will help rural populace start using their bank accounts and drive greater financial inclusion in the country.
The film has been launched under the aegis of Swachh Banking, a CSR initiative of the Bank. Swachh Banking aims to create a better understanding about clean and convenient banking available through the organised sector. Through the ‘Dhanchayat Panch Kayde Ke Panch Fayde’ film, the Bank will showcase to the rural population, the importance of savings, investing, and using mobile banking, among other things, to help improve their quality of life.
Dhanchayat – Panch Kayde Ke Panch Fayde’ is second in the series of informative films created by the Bank especially for unbanked and under banked people with the objective of achieving greater financial inclusion. The first film in the ‘Dhanchayat’ series was launched last year. It focused on creating awareness on the perils of borrowing from the unorganized sources of finance.
Continuing its journey from last year, HDFC Bank-branded ‘Dhanchayat Panch Kayde Ke Panch Fayde’ video vans will travel across East, West, South, North, and Central India, covering thousands of villages across the country. The vans will stop at assembly points such as haatsbazaarsmelas, and village panchayats.
At Chandigarh, the ‘Dhanchayat – Panch Kayde Ke Panc hFayde’ video vans were flagged-off  Govind Pandey, Branch Banking Head, HDFC Bank, in the presence of Vineet Arora, Zonal Head, Punjab, HDFC Bank, and other senior bank officials.
In the second year of the journey, Punjab is the second state after Rajasthan, where the Bank is rolling out this initiative. The ‘Dhanchayat’Panch Kayde Ke Panch Fayde’ video vans will cover 1604 villages in the state. In the first year, 1229 villages were covered in the state.
Speaking at the launch event,  Govind Pandey, Branch Banking Head, HDFC Bank said that at HDFC Bank, we strive to achieve greater financial inclusion. But, our board-mandated objective to support inclusive growth cannot be achieved by just opening bank accounts of unbanked people living in rural areas. After they open bank accounts, they need to be educated on the benefits of using their bank accounts and adopting good banking practices, to help them start banking. With ‘Dhanchayat” Panch Kayde Ke Panch Fayde’, we aim to achieve greater financial inclusion.
At a national level, the Bank will cover over 6,500 villages, encouraging the local populace to join the organized banking sector in line with the government’s vision for financial inclusion.



Tricity Gets Holistic Dental Care Clinic in ‘Dr. Kochar’s House of Smiles

By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh 14th October:- After winning the Award for the Best Dental Clinic in North India, ‘Dr Kochar’s House of Smiles’ has now announced to make the Best Dental facilities available for the residents of Tricity.
The new clinic, equipped with the ultra modern technology, is made with complete international standards. The founders, Dr Parag Kochar and Dr Manisha Kochar have personally attended courses in countries like USA, UK, Singapore, Switzerland to keep up the standards of ‘Dr Kochar’s House of Smiles’ internationally. The duo have done their home work to finally accomplish their 18 years old dream of opening a perfect Dental Clinic in Chandigarh.
Dr Parag Kochar, founder director of ‘Dr Kochar’s House of Smiles’ said that we are known for giving honest advice, a legacy of 18 years, and have the blessings of over 1,20,000 happy patients. Our Dental clinic guarantees painless treatment with love and care. He further added that biggest area in the clinic is covered by the Sterilization area. The sterilization happens in five different steps with latest and best technology like auto clave etc. There are different sections for sterilised and non sterilized equipment. The sterilization area is open for the patients to see.” The three specialized chairs installed in the clinic are the best in their class. Each and every dental treatment can be done on each chair independently. There are large 43” LED screens installed in front of the chairs for a better understanding of the patient about their treatment. There are cameras installed at every chair to record the ongoing treatment.
Dr Manisha Kochar, co-founder, said that our’s is the only clinic in city where all dental treatments are done by specialists under one roof. We have full time MDS qualified staff. There are two assistants with the doctor at the time of the treatment.She further said that not only this, the patients’ hospitality is always taken care of. The patients experience is planned from the moment he walks in till the moment he leaves the Clinic. As a unique experience, iPads are handed to the patients where they can listen to any music of their choice or play games or surf the internet on our wi-fi. The patient can carry it to their treatment and use it during the treatment.

Chitkara University Signs MoU with SAEINDIA:A Professional Society of Automotive Engineers

By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh 14th October:- SAEINDIA, a professional Society of Automotive Engineers, and Chitkara University today announced the MoU signing for hosting the virtual round of the upcoming BAJA SAEINDIA editions from 2017 to 2019. Mahindra & Mahindra is the title sponsor and the event is known as Mahindra presents BAJA SAEINDIA 2017.
Chitkara University is known for its unassailable reputation for strong academic and industry connects. In order to expand the interaction of academia within the various industries, Chitkara University signed a
​​Memorandum of Understanding with BAJA SAEINDIA, a professional Society of Automotive Engineers. As a part of the MoU signed, Chitkara University will host the virtual rounds of the upcoming edition of BAJA SAEINDIA from 2017-2019.
Commenting on the collaboration,  Subodh Y Morye- Head Marketing & PR BAJA SAEINDIA - Senior Manager Mahindra & Mahindra said that BAJA SAEINDIA is dedicated towards providing the next generation engineers a platform to showcase their knowledge and skills before the leaders of automobile industry. Chitkara University is amongst the well-known and esteemed institutions which have a strong academic heritage, state-of-the-art infrastructure and unmatched technological support required for an event of this stature. We are elated to join hands with Chitkara University and hope to successfully conduct the upcoming virtual BAJA SAEINDIA in the future.
In this two days event, the registered teams will be scrutinized for their knowledge and capability to participate successfully in the main event. Like last year, all the teams at the Virtual BAJA event will have to make a presentation on their design, followed by an online test, which will carry equal weightage in their final selection. The evaluation process will test every participant’s knowledge on Rulebook and General Mechanical and Automotive Engineering questions. Based on the performance in Virtual BAJA, the teams would be selected for participation in the main event to be held in NATRiP, Pithampur near Indore.
BAJA SAEINDIA tasks the students to conceptualize design, build, test and validate a single-seater four wheeled All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) to take part in series of events spread across a course of 3 days. The finale will be held at the NATRIP facility at Pithampur near Indore, from 15th to 19th February 2017 followed by the HR meet on 20th& 21st February 2017.
Ravi Kharul, Convener BAJA SAEINDIA 2017 & Chief Technology Officer, Endurance Technologies Ltd. also added, “Congratulations to Chitkara University for taking up this opportunity of conducting the Virtual BAJA event for the next 3 years. This is the first time such an association has taken place for 3 years between SAE India and any university.  Virtual event for BAJA 2016 was conducted at Chitkara University and the association with the University was excellent, thus delighted about this association.  Virtual event at Chitkara will help spread awareness of BAJA and also boost participation of colleges across North India, where there is enormous potential.”
Adding to this partnership, Dr.Madhu Chitkara, Vice – Chancellor Chitkara University said that she is delighted to see that over the years, BAJA has grown in popularity and has become a bigger event nationally signifying its increasing popularity. She has seen the enthusiasm of our students who have been participating in this annual competition. She must say it is an apt platform for the young engineering talent to showcase their skills and acquire a real life experience. We are glad to extend our support and look forward to contribute more to this competition.
BAJA also serves as a platform for young engineers to be recruited by some of the best companies in India. In the last 5 years, 326 engineers have been recruited through BAJA. The HR rounds held during BAJA are open to students in the final and pre-final year. Some of the companies which have been part of this recruitments are, Anand Group, ARAI, Cummins, Eaton, EMITEC, Endurance, GM, ICAT, John Deere, Mahindra & Mahindra AFS, SAE India, TVS Motor Company, Varroc Group, Xitadel, Eleation, CM Overseas etc.