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National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) hosted its  XXI Convocation Ceremony Since its inception in 1963, NITIE is tirelessly striving to be the thought leader in Industrial Engineering education, research and partnering in the manufacturing renaissance of the nation. In an elegant ceremony, the Director of NITIE, Ms.Karuna Jain presented the annual report of NITIE which threw light on the various achievements of NITIE during the academic year and details of the National and International Conferences that were hosted during the year. 17 students received fellowship degrees as well as students received their post graduate diploma from the Honourable Director of NITIE, Ms.Karuna Jain. Prof. Ram Shankar Katheria , Honourable Minister of State (MoS) for Human Resource Development (Higher Education), Government of India, awarded prizes for the toppers in the various programmes. The best summer projects were feted with awards highlighting the ...

PANASONIC INDIA LAUNCHES ITS FIRST  INTEL PRO WiDi SUPPORTED PORTABLE  LCD PROJECTOR: PT-VW350 SERIES Aiming to capture  20% market share by the year 2016 New Delhi, 16 th  Sep,2015:  As a part of Panasonic India’s efforts in continuing to focus on product differentiation combined with developing innovative technological solutions, the company today introduced its new range of Portable LCD Projector VW350 series- PT-VW350, PT-VW355N and PT-VX425 which are a clear departure from the previous projectors mainly targeting lucrative verticals such as education and the corporate sector. The newly launched projectors are priced at 79,000, 1, 05,000, 79,000 respectively. The new projectors are supported by Intel Pro WiDi thereby enabling wireless technology with enhanced security and improved usability. In order to support the fast moving wireless trend in the market, Panasonic’s wireless technology also allows multi device projection mainly su...

Mumbai edition of the 6 th  Jagran Film Festival  to open with ‘Standing Tall’ Mumbai:  The Mumbai edition of the 6 th  Jagran Film Festival takes off with  ‘Standing Tall’ , which opened at the  Cannes Film Festival starring legendary  Catherine Deneuve  and the new comer  Rod Paradot , on  28 th  September, 2015  at  Fun Republic, Andheri . Directed by actress  Emmanuelle Bercot  who won the Best actress award this year at Cannes Film Festival, ‘Standing Tall’ narrates the story of a six year old Malony, a bandoned by his mother who is constantly in and out of juvenile court. An adoptive family grows around this young delinquent: Florence, a children’s magistrate nearing retirement, and Yann, a caseworker and himself the survivor of a very difficult childhood. Together they follow the boy’s journey and try unfailingly to save him. Then Malony is sent to a stricter educational center, whe...

Launch of Classical App by Saregama  A one of its kind app featuring 400+  artistes, 8000+ musical works and  50 radio stations across Hindustani,  Carnatic and Fusion music  ~ Star-studded launch witnessed music  veterans Pt. HariprasadChaurasia,  Pt.Jasraj, Gulzar Saab,  Dr. Balamuralikrishna, UstadAmjad Ali  Khan, Pt. Ajay Pohankar among others ~ Mumbai, September 2015:  If the classical music lovers ever secretly wished for a collection of Indian classical music at the touch of a button,  Saregama India Ltd.  said, ‘granted’. It was a  grand event to  witness, the RP  – Sanjiv Goenka Group owned music label Saregama India unveil a one of its kind  app on classical music  that features  8000+ musical works, 400+ artistes and 50 radio stations  across Hindustani,   Carnatic and Fusion music . This app is available all a...

8 साल बाद चली 'जाहरा' (13 साल की इराकी लड़की का मुंबई के अंबानी अस्पताल  में हुआ सफल इलाज) मुंबई ,  18 सितंबर ,  2015 :   कोकिलाबेन धीरूभाई अम्बानी हॉस्पिटल ने दुर्लभ जेनेटिक डिसऑर्डर से जूझ रही एक 13 वर्षीय इराकी लड़की का सफल इलाज करके एक और बड़ी उपलब्धि हासिल की है.  ऑस्टियोजेनेसिस इम्पर्फेक्टा (ओआई)  नामक हड्डियों का यह जेनेटिक डिसऑर्डर 20 से 50 हजार बच्चों में किसी एक को होता है .  यह शरीर द्वारा हड्डियों को मजबूत बनाने की क्षमता को प्रभावित करता है. इस दुर्लभ डिसऑर्डर की वजह कोलाजेन के निर्माण में होने वाली जेनेटिक खराबी होती है.  कोलाजेन शरीर के संयोजक ऊतकों का प्रमुख प्रोटीन है. यह हड्डियों तथा अन्य शारीरिक संरचनाओं को संभालने वाले मुख्य ढांचे का निर्माण करता है. कोलाजेन में उत्पन्न जेनेटिक खराबी का परिणाम यह होता है कि हड्डियां अत्यंत भंगुर हो जाती हैं और आसानी से चटकने लगती हैं. कोकिलाबेन धीरूभाई अम्बानी हॉस्पिटल के डॉ. एलैरिक आरूजिस (एमबीबीएस ,  डी ’ ऑर्थोपेडिक्स ,  एमएस ,  ऑर्थोपेडिक्स , डीएनबी , ...

FAM strongly opposes 20% Safeguard Duty on Hot Rolled Steel Indian Steel Makers are Looting Domestic Steel Users and Hence, Don’t Need ‘Safeguarding’ Mumbai, 17 th  August 2015:  Indian steel makers have been hypocritically selling steel to domestic consumers at about 20% higher price whereas at lower prices to international users. In addition, by their own claim in recent times they have ‘strong enough margins’ to pay service debt. Move to impose Safeguard Duty is unjustified and intolerant. Joining hands with TSSIA, COSIA, SWMAI, BIMA, etc; Federation of Associations of Maharashtra (FAM) strongly opposes 20% safeguard duty on hot rolled steel imports that has been recently announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitely about levying 20% Safeguard Duty on steel imports with immediate effects for next 200 days .  “Only recently Indian government increased basic customs duty twice by 2.5% each making effective rate  12.5% from 7.5% and now  20%...

KHADI FEST-2015 As the Country is ready to   observe the largest   festival   of Maharashtra, Ganesh   Utsav from 17 th September 2015,   KVIC on its part is all set to   organize Khadi Fest 2015 this time,   a two months long exhibition cum-sale to mark the momentous annual event from 17 th September   2015 to 10 st November 2015.             The long awaited Khadi Fest 2015 was  inaugurated in the premises of KVIC, Vile Parle  by Smt. Poonam Mahajan, MLA  and was  graced by Shri Parag Alwani, MLA of this constituency. Director (Marketing) KVIC informed that around 65 Khadi and Village Industries and PMEGP entrepreneurs are participating in this two months long exhibition. The exhibition will cover the most important festivals viz: 1)    Ganapati Khadi Fest (17 th September 2015 – 4 th October 2015) 2)    Navratri Khad...