CII to Host 4-Day International Agro-Technology Fair in Chandigarh: President Ram Nath Kovind to Inaugurate on December 1

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Chandigarh 29th November:- B Thiagarajan, Joint Managing Director, Blue Star Ltd and also the Chairman of ‘States of India’ Pavilion, CII Agro Tech India 2018, being organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), today announced that the premier industry body will host the 13^th edition of India’s premier integrated Agri Fair, CII Agro Tech India 2018, at Parade Ground, Sector 17, Chandigarh, from 1 to 4 December, 2018. 

B Thiagarajan, said that CII Agro Tech India 2018 is India’s premier biennial agro technology and business fair with 195 exhibitors, including 37 foreign exhibitors from as many as 8 countries this year. “We are proud that countries like Canada, China, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom and the USA are participatin. He added that  Punjab and Haryana will be the Host States for the four-day international agricultural expo.

The Union Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Union Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), and the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, are Partner Ministries for CII Agro Tech India 2018.

Addressing media persons here today,  B Thiagarajan said that the 13th edition of CII Agro Tech India 2018 is one of the biggest confluences of stakeholders from agriculture and allied sectors. He is happy to share that Ram Nath Kovind, Hon’ble President of India will inaugurate the mega international agricultural fair on December 1, at the Parade Ground. Among other prominent dignitaries who would be attending the inaugural session include Punjab Governor V P Singh Badnore, Haryana Governor Satyadev Narain Arya, Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh and Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal.

In the last edition of Agro Tech held in 2016, two Heads of the States, Pranab Mukherjee, Hon’ble President of India and H E Reuven Rivlin, Hon’ble President of Israel, had come together to inaugurate the fair.

He added that the coming together of 8 countries makes CII Agro Tech India 2018 a truly international platform to showcase agricultural advancement. It highlights the growing importance of agriculture and food processing sector in India as well as the fact that CII Agro Tech India is becoming a global platform.

He said that CII has adopted the theme ‘Technology in Agriculture: Increasing Farmers Income’ for CII Agro Tech India 2018, as CII is focusing on Technology Intervention in a big way during this edition.

B. Thiagarajan said that CII Agro India is known for ‘best’ and the ‘next’ in agriculture, food and livestock. He said the fair will showcase and demonstrate innovative solutions, besides forging national and international business partnerships and display of state-of-the-art equipment.

Giving the fair details he said the exhibition will be spread over 16,000 sqm and there will be domestic exhibitors from 14 states with two special pavilions of States of India and International. More than 40,000 farmers are expected to visit the fair which would also comprise Kisan Goshthees and international conferences. He further elaborated, there will be concurrent shows including, Good Earth, Food Expo, Food Tech, Farm Tech, Dairy and Livestock, Implementex, Farm Services and Irrigation and Water.

Giving details of CII Agro Tech India 2018,  Sanjay Chhabra, Chairman, Good Earth, CII Agro Tech India 2018 & President & Business Head Shriram Farm Solutions DCM Shriram Ltd shared that this edition of CII Agro Tech event will play a pivotal role in creating a common platform for the farmer community to engage with the industry to explore, learn and adopt new and emerging technologies and farming practices aimed at improving overall productivity and consequently rural income. Apart from large domestic participation, this year CII Agro Tech 2018 has significant presence of international players in food processing and agriculture sector.  We have also envisaged several theme-based conferences & country specific sessions to build capacity and capability in Indian Farming Sector.

Sanjay Chhabra said that CII has also scheduled a roundtable with progressive farmers on doubling farmers’ income. The objective is to come out with a roadmap and clear action plan for all the stakeholders to work towards achieving the vision of Hon’ble Prime Minister India to double the farmers’ income in next 5 years.  

He further added that UK is a partner country at CII Agrotech this year. Some of the products and services that will be launched at the show includes electronic smart watering systems; environmentally safe water disinfectants that keep irrigation and water lines free from harmful bacteria; kits that can detect Tuberculosis and Johne’s disease from cow’s milk samples; pig genetics; bovine sexed and conventional genetics; agricultural software enterprise platforms; consultancy services on refrigeration, cold storage, factory design and precision agriculture; sustainable cooling solutions that can prolong shelf life of products; and sustainable packaging solutions.

Chitkara University Gets Farsighted with Infarsight for Technology Prowess

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Rajpura 29th November:- India has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Infarsight, LLC (headquartered in Princeton, NJ, USA) to introduce a transformative partnership model to the Indian education system.

The University and Infarsight are pioneering a new “University Delivery Model” that aims to establish a R&D and software engineering center, (Infarsight- Center of Innovation) in the University campus.  This model is designed to leverage the University’s intellectual capital of faculty and students, to fulfil the industry needs of specialized talent graduating from its various education programs. .

Today, many travel and retail customers outsource work to large ITES providers like TCS, Cognizant, Wipro, and others, who house these projects in their campuses, and then look at universities to source top engineering talent.  The University Delivery Model is designed to help customers directly engage with University students and faculty members, while an experienced delivery leadership team of Infarsight, assures industry quality delivery to the customers. Sanjeev Sethi, the President of Infarsight, notes that this model is a win-win for the Customers, University and its student community. Customers contribute to the course curriculum, through industry specific modules, and live projects, which help students, specialize and gain real life experience. Customers thus drastically reduce training time required, while students build project-relevant skill sets and resumes. 

Dr. Archana Mantri, the Pro Vice Chancellor, Chitkara University outlined that this collaboration is set to bring a sea change to engineering education through  Infarsight’s Centre of Innovation. Along with seeding industry projects, through the ‘University Delivery Model’ the Centre of Innovation, works closely with us on incubating meritorious ideas and concepts presented by students to help them take these ideas to its customer and market in general. Chitkara University has already built a formidable reputation in creating an innovation eco-system within the University by weaving a fabric of engineering exploration courses, STEAM school, NOVATE annual Hackathon, Start-up days, and establishing Incubation Centres at Rajpura and Baddi.

The Infarsight and Chitkara partnership will go a long way in supporting the “Make in India” movement in India.

Rama Comes Face to Face with His Doppelganger Sudama on Sony SAB’s Tenali Rama

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Chandigarh 29th November:- Sony SAB’s renowned daily soap Tenali Rama, continues to amuse and engage its viewers with ingenious narratives and plots, with Pandit Ramakrishna solving cases in order to protect the village, using only his wit and intelligence. The upcoming track adds to the drama as Annacharya (Deepak Qazir) brings along Rama’s (Krishna Bharadwaj) doppelganger, Sudama, who plans to assassinate King Krishnadevaraya (Manav Gohil) after abducting Rama and takes his place in the court.

In the episodes to come, Dhani Mani, who is aware of Annacharya’s plan, struggles to find a way to inform Tathacharya (Pankaj Berry) of his brother’s evil plan. Amma and Gundappa, on the other hand, already suspect Sudama to be Rama’s doppelganger. With their dedicated efforts, they finally discover his real identity. Meanwhile, Rama finds a way to release himself from Daulat Khan’s captivity and manages to reach his place with Sharda. However, to their surprise, Sudama stands in front of them with a sword in his hands, intending to assassinate all the members of the Rama Family.

Krishna Bharadwaj playing the double role of Rama and Sudama said that it is a challenging task to play double roles, with one character being so sophisticated and the other one being a bit clumsy. However, the upcoming sequence is full of surprises and how Rama deals with his doppelganger, in order to save his family and the king, will certainly be a treat for the viewers.

Connect Net Champs Edition 2: Intra-School Competition Staged Its 32nd Edition at AKSIPS Kharar

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Kharar 29th November:- Edition 2 of Connect Net Champs -a program that addresses Internet Security among school students–kicked off its 32nd session on Cyber Security at AKSIPS , Kharar.

 In an interactive session with the expert from Connect Broadband, children at the school learnt various nuances of the internet world. Topics of discussion included the potential risks related to internet and how to avoid these, exposure to inappropriate material, harassment and bullying, physical molestation, legal and financial, viruses and hackers. Additionally, important guidelines were imparted on how children can avoid online risks, rules for online safety, and how to be a smart internet user. 

MP Sharma Wins President Post of Jagrit Brahman Sabha: Defeated His Opponent

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Panchkula 29th November:- MP Sharma and his team were declared elected in Jagrit Brahman Sabha at Parshuram Bhawan, Panchkula. He and his team won the elections by huge margins. The voters expressed their full faith in MP Sharma and his principles and high values for democratic setup of the Parshuram Bhawan i.e. Liberty, Equality and Justice for all without any discrimination.

MP Sharma won as President by securing 341 votes against 241 secured by his opponent. Similarly, Captain Mukand Lal Bakshi (Retd) won as Vice President by securing 321 votes against 244 secured by his opponent. Also Vijay Bharadwaj, GC Kaushik and Vinod Sharma also won the election as General Secretary, Treasurer and Joint Secretary with huge margins.

A heroic welcome was accorded by Sector 10 Residents at Park opposite 623-624. All NGO’s namely HOWA, RWA, Consumer Association, Park Development Societies 1002, 1004, 1049 and others participated and welcomed in unity without any discrimination. They rose to the opportunity to support MP Sharma and his team - An energetic team with integrity, honesty and sincerity will prove its worth in future to come.

NC Swami founder HOWA, BM Kaushik President HOWA, ML Gupta President RWA,NC Rana President Consumer Association, VK Sharma General Secretary RWA and Consumer Association, Park Development Society President Mr. Jain, Park Development Society 1004/2 President Dr. Ramesh Sharma,  Shashi Sharma, VB Kapil, Sunil Gupta , Senior Advocate Arun Sharma, Advocate Sunidh Kashyap, NR Sharma, NK Mittal and many other distinguished personalities honoured MP Sharma and his  team with Bouquet and Garlands. Consumer Association presented a momento to MP Sharma.

MP Sharma assured the gathering that he will work for the benefit of Brahmins as well as society as a whole and he will strictly adhere to the vision.