Nadiya Mushtaq Mir – Bringing Calligraphy to life in Kashmir

Nadiya Mushtaq Mir – Bringing Calligraphy to life in Kashmir

SRINAGAR: Contemporary calligraphic practice is defined as the art of giving form to signs in an expressive, harmonious, and skilful manner, Nadiya Mushtaq Mir from Srinagar has been doing exactly that through one of the captivating forms of art. In fact, she has, through her enchanting artworks, given a new lease of life to the art of Calligraphy in the Valley.

Nadiya Mushtaq Mir - Bringing Calligraphy to life in Kashmir

Brought up in a conservative family in Civil Lines area of Srinagar, Nadiya did Masters in Economics and Diploma in Fashion Designing but followed her passion. She has become what she wanted to – a creative calligrapher and a designer.

“Right from my childhood, I had tremendous energy full of creativity. I wanted to follow my dreams and do something in life. Through Calligraphy, I was able to channelize my creativity,” Nadiya says, adding, “The first time I started doing calligraphy, I realised I am good at it. I had an intuition that if I continue working on my talent, I could be better at it.”

Calligraphy requires long hours of serious dedication and scope for deviation even by a small degree would hamper prospects of a perfect art. She adds, “To accomplish a piece of art, one must dedicate continuous focused hours.”

Nadiya Mushtaq Mir - Bringing Calligraphy to life in Kashmir

Nadiya’s family has supported her throughout her journey to be a well-known calligrapher. “They read media reports about my work. And, since my work is mainly related to religion, they are happy about it,” Nadiya says.

But she is not sure whether this support would last for the years to come.

On being asked about the challenges she faces, Nadiya Mushtaq says, “The first challenge is to choose what verse to work on, what colour combination to use. These are the basic things. Then you have to decide whether to go by the customized demands of clients or to pursue own creativity as the two may not coincide most the time.”

On being asked whether she faced any gender-specific challenges, she replies, “Not many actually. The clients who order, consider it very religious and give me a lot of respect. The journalists and even the people associated with many other arts have been very supportive and as such, I did not face any gender bias.”

Most of her clients want her to work on a particular theme which she finds elementary and basic. She wants to do something ‘on the next level’. However, she says, “Client demand is paramount.”

Even though Nadiya earns a handsome amount, she never rated money as a metric to gauge her success as a calligrapher. But she is still not sure whether to make the art her full-time profession.

For the time being, she wants to live the present moment. “Yes, my work is going well. I am even getting orders from outside of South Asia. Coming few years, touchwood should go well,” she says.

About her future plans, she says she has some definite plans in mind. Among other endeavours, she plans to open an academy to promote calligraphy. “At the same time, I am getting good offers and it all feels very satisfactory,” she adds.

In her message to the budding calligraphers, Nadiya calls calligraphy as an art of patience to create perfect beautiful handwriting. “Analysing & interpreting the knowledge of the structure of each letter and how to connect and balance them together effectively are the ways to developing your own style of calligraphy,” Nadiya says, adding, “Your calligraphy will never be and look good if the paper bleeds with ink or colour. So, keep practising and don’t ever give up.”

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Crypto & Forex Ponzi Scheme on the rise amid COVID-19

In conversation with Digpu, Adv P M Mishra talks about various scams that have hit the market since the past few years. He sheds light on how these scammers work and why an investment should be based on critical research.

Internet usage has seen a surge in Covid19 era, and few scammers would love to take advantage of this situation. Thousands of Forex trading related Ponzi schemes, Cryptocurrency related Ponzi schemes have already been unveiled globally, more specifically in India.

As Indian investors are habituated to forget things quickly, same old scammers are in line to loot common Indians in the name of Forex traders, Crude oil company investment plan, ROI based MLM scheme & more importantly Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin-related fraud.

Without the mandatory Cryptocurrency regulation as such genuine Crypto exchanges are in an uncomfortable situation but these scammers keep on looting Investors by promising huge return.

Social Media Deception And Fancy Jargons

Some scammers go for straight-up deception. The founders of scam cryptocurrency One Coin defrauded investors of $3.8 billion by convincing people their non-existent cryptocurrency was real, as per an article on Business Standard.

Other scams are based on impressing potential victims with jargon or claims of specialized knowledge. The Global Trading scammers claimed they took advantage of price differences on various cryptocurrency exchanges to profit from what is called arbitrage – simply buying cheaply and selling at higher prices. Really, they just took investors’ money.

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Global Trading used a bot on Telegram, too. The investors could send a balance inquiry message and get a response with false information about how much was in their account, sometimes even seeing balances climb by 1% in an hour. With returns looking like that, who could blame people for sharing the scheme with their friends and family on social media?

Some fraudsters are also convincing people to share their services friends and family. You may find 5 to 10 apps online in India asking for investing in their investment schemes online via Facebook in the name of Forex.

Fraudulent initial coin offerings

Another popular scam technique is called an ‘initial coin offering’. A potentially legitimate investment opportunity, an initial coin offering essentially is a way for a startup cryptocurrency company to raise money from its future users. In exchange for sending active cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and Ethereum, customers are promised a discount on the new crypto coins.

Many initial coin offerings have turned out to be scams, with organizers engaging in cunning plots, even renting fake offices and creating fancy-looking marketing materials. As per the article by the Business Standard, in 2017, a lot of hype and media coverage about cryptocurrency fed a huge wave of initial coin offering fraud. In 2018, about 1,000 initial coin offering efforts collapsed, costing backers at least $100 million. Many of these projects had no original ideas – more than 15% of them had copied ideas from other cryptocurrency efforts, or even plagiarized supporting documentation.

Investors looking for returns in a new technology sector are still interested in blockchains and cryptocurrency, but they should be aware that they are complex systems that are new even to those who are selling them. Newcomers and relative experts alike have fallen prey to scams.

In an environment like the current cryptocurrency market, potential investors should be incredibly careful to research what they’re putting their money into. An investor should find out who is involved as well as what the actual plan is for making real money, without defrauding others. Never forget the scams from Speak Asia, MMM, Onecoin, Bitconnect, Gain bitcoin & all other forex scams.

Adv P M Mishra from Finlaw Consultancy concludes by saying, “Through this conversation, I aim like to save millions from those scammers & save a new technical innovation, which might face undue regulatory death in India. Everyone must research before investing otherwise there are bigger prices to pay.”

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Sanali Group coming up with ultra-luxurious ‘The Edge’ apartments

Sanali Group coming up with ultra-luxurious ‘The Edge’ apartments

The Edge Apartments by Sanali Group will amalgamate living with Hyderabad city’s finest retail, commercial, health and educational services.

Known for their luxurious and experiential homes in the cities of Hyderabad and Bangalore, Sanali Group is now coming up with ultra-luxurious ‘The Edge’ residential apartments at Kokapet area in Hyderabad.

Leading the construction industry since 1988, the Indian real estate giant has more than 100 world-class projects to its credit in the cities of Hyderabad and Bangalore. With most of its top projects, 40 of them, in Hyderabad alone, it is undisputedly one of the leading developers in Hyderabad.

Given the track record of Sanali Group, The Edge is going to be a high-end residential property which promises to offer the perfect mix of design and comfort to the buyers. Besides, the residential project, Sanali Business Park is also coming up adjacent to the residential project.

“These are two important projects in Hyderabad which will change the entire perspective about luxury apartments as well as modern office spaces. Also, Kokapet is a happening place, an IT hub housing some of the top multinational software companies”, says Noor Haq, founder and chairman of the premier real estate company.

In conversion with Digpu, Noor Haq says, “This attractive real estate project spells pure luxury, offering world-class features to the residents. It is a single-tower project with luxury 2BHK, 3BHK and 4BHK flats spread across 32 storeys. All the facilities like clubhouse, jogging track, ample parking, among others will be at the disposal of the residents.”

From spacious living room and kitchen to bedroom and bathroom, every single unit will be laced with unconventional lavish features offering amenities like ACs as well as other gadgets and appliances. Besides, it will be equipped with some of the most sought-after amenities, like children play area, swimming pool, gymnasium, sports club and eco-facilities like stormwater drains, water conservation, rainwater harvesting, landscaping & tree planting, along with fire protection and fire safety requirements. For all its amenities, it will surely be counted as one of the best luxury apartments in India.

Also Read: Sanali Group – Epitome of Innovation in India’s Real Estate industry

Located at Narsingi junction of Manchiruvelu near Kokapet which is the centre of Hyderabad, the project places the potential owners within a range of the city’s finest retail, commercial, health and educational services such as Rockwell International School, Chaitanya JR College, Rishitha Hospital, Janasri Nursing Home, SLN Mall & Multiplex and many more. Besides, it is just next to Outer Ring Road and very well connected to the airport. Be it a leisurely outing with the family, an excellent academic environment for your children, or even the urge to go on a wild shopping spree, The Edge fulfils all the whims.

The Edge Apartments’ happening neighbourhood will also include Sanali’s own Business Park, composed of 4 commercial towers with 42 floors each, which is going to aptly cater to the requirements of the ever-increasing presence of IT companies in Kokapet area. The project will be characterised by world-class office spaces of quality standard for multinational companies. Being built inline with the international standard, Sanali Business Park will be available for both lease and sale.

“The companies will love Sanali Business Park. Our commercial project will be a lucrative offering with no substitute at all, given our expertise in building ultimate office spaces”, assures Noor Haq.

Sanali Group has received a momentous response for its projects. These two projects have every possible amenity to make one’s life easier and relaxed with new-age technology and class apart infrastructure. And, certainly, the best investment opportunity awaits all those investors in India who have been waiting for the perfect option to unfurl their wings of growth.

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Fintech Chanakya Shibabrata Bhaumik Enters India At The Most Opportune Time

In conversation with Digpu, Shibabrata Bhaumik, Founder of London based Fintech startup PayQ, talks about the exponential growth of the company, adopting new territory starting from the United Kingdom to diversifying its merchant acquisition to the EU and his milestone of stepping into the Indian Market.

Fintech lending began to emerge in India around 2014 and soon mushroomed into a rapidly expanding ecosystem. But what is missed is the extent to which the rise of fintech has catalysed broader changes in the economy. Fintech will help unlock Bharat and India will emerge as a cashless economy and enhancing financial inclusion.

The entrepreneurship game has changed substantially during COVID19 and players have to change their game plan post COVID19.

In conversation with Digpu, Shibabrata Bhaumik, Founder of London based Fintech PayQ, talks about the exponential growth of PayQ, adopting new territory starting from the United Kingdom to diversifying its merchant acquisition to the EU and his milestone of stepping into the Indian Market.

PayQ’s entry to India comes at a very opportune time. During the lockdown, several questions have been raised about the readiness of the Indian grassroots system to allow its small businesses to participate in an end-to-end digital ecosystem that powers content, transactions and finally, payments and fulfilment. With this one move, PayQ has sent out signals to take on the giants in the payments, content and eCommerce spaces, simultaneously.

PayQ’s digital payment platform also includes digital billing to even geotagging, Shibabrata believes that merchant digitization business will boom when the lockdown eases. PayQ also deals with a merchant account for high-risk businesses like payment gateway for tech support, Merchant accounts for Pharmacy and aims to go beyond the traditional payment method to revolutionize the e-commerce industry.

While Paytm, Google Pay, Naspers-owned PayU and other players were aggressively trying to rope in small businesses on their platform, as B2B doesn’t bleed the business, the big scramble is for over 60 million small businesses. PayQ and Shibabrata are trying to get them hooked to the payment gateway by offering a host of services, including loans, easy payment acceptance and settlement to small businesses including Kirana shops.

In style and philosophy, Shibabrata Bhaumik, the 36-year-old founder and CEO of PayQ, is in the camp of the financial anarchists. He sits, jammed alongside Developers, Payment Technology Experts and Data Scientists, in a row of tiny desks resembling library carrels and he prefers to sit and work with the team around their desk not like a typical CEO with fancy cabin. He talks about a brave new world in which we are liberated from the shackles of giant banks and government-controlled money supplies.

The CEO of PayQ, Shibabrata Bhaumik is a young first generation entrepreneur, who has developed application programme interfaces (APIs) for India’s ambitious Unified Payments Interface (UPI). He says, “Working with the government is not so difficult. It has been an enriching experience. Your credibility depends on your delivery of performance. The payments landscape is going to change fundamentally”.

On being asked by Digpu about why he got into this business in the first place, “I wanted the world to have a global, open financial system that drove innovation and freedom.” In the following business model, though, Shibabrata fits in with the pinstriped financiers working down the block.

Born at Kolkata, India to an engineer Father, Shibabrata displayed an entrepreneurial streak as early as grade school. He recalls being hauled into the principal’s office on charges of operating a candy-reselling venture on the playground. The business flings continued with a scheme to resell used computers and, after he earned a master’s degree in 2006 in International Business.

In 2012, Shibabrata read the manifesto by a European Union Bank that proposed card payments of Visa, Mastercard & the future Fintech companies will have limitless possibilities and bitcoin as an underground currency. Its transactions are recorded on a ledger called the blockchain, maintained in duplicated computer files by a band of self-appointed guardians called nodes. The nodes are kept honest, and troublemakers at bay, by requiring a participant in the network to engage in some arithmetic busywork before certifying a batch of transactions.

The busywork, called mining, did not interest Shibabrata. But he did see an opportunity in the business of safeguarding the keys to the coins and setting up transactions. Working weekends and late nights, Shibabrata and his Developing Team created a Payment gateway to process high volume transactions and connected the nodes with the acquiring bank and launched the first payment portal in 2014 but later sold it to an EU Bank.

Few Venture capitalists from Russia and Germany, invested 5 million USD in Shibabrta’s innovative approach in 2017 and motivated him to create PayQ, a unique high-risk merchant account company whish uses cryptocurrencies and blockchains to build transaction networks for corporations.

Crypto has been condemned as rat poison by Warren Buffett, as a fraud by Jamie Dimon and the mother of all scams by doomsday economist Nouriel Roubini. Where’s the payoff to the economy?

“It’s coming,” Bhaumik says. He posits a future in which thousands of startups use crypto to raise capital in a global marketplace no longer controlled by Wall Street firms. Within a decade, he predicts, the number of people participating in the blockchain economy will explode from 50 million to 1 billion. We are destined to enjoy a financial system that is “more global, fairer, freer and more efficient.”

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IM Branding Aims To Be The Company Of 21st Century, says CEO Dalson Samuel

IM Branding is an international Marketing agency headquartered in the United Kingdom. With a clear vision of bringing transparency in the industry, the brand strives to be celebrated as a multidisciplinary marketing agency

IM Branding incepted in the year 2018 with great passion towards a positive transformation towards the industry. IM stands for Indian Made and the company’s slogan is – ‘Be A Brand Yourself Before Branding Anyone’. They kickstarted their business after availing Mudra Loan of 5 lakhs from UCO Bank. In no time, the company soon expanded its wings to the UK as well. 

Dalson Zacharia Samuel, CEO, IM Branding shared his journey and said, “When we shared our dream project with UCO Bank, they were very positive and willing to associate with us. Without their never-ending support and encouragement, we would have never made this possible. We are always grateful to the bank for being the pillar of support to our humble beginnings.”

Cutting down all unnecessary expenditures is one of the most important and arduous tasks in any successful venture. In conversation about this, Dalson says,” The future of work is Work From Home (WFH). We started it way before companies were forced to imbibe it in their functioning. Not only did we save the infrastructural costs, but the employees also feel more comfortable and productive in their own spaces. Presently, we have employees who are working virtually from around the globe because we believe in the optimum use of technology.”

IM Branding Aims To Be Company Of The Century, says CEO Dalson Samuel

IM Branding is all set to expand its business and to meet the day-to-day needs of every customer through the growing technology applications. The company has been successfully running its mobile app – IM Profile for the entertainment and media industry globally, for the past few months. 

IM Profile is an all-in-one mobile application that aims to build a digital influencer system.   It is ready to launch a mobile application known as ‘IM Connect’ by the end of 2020. IM Connect will be a single app that integrates with all other services and is going to be the only paid social networking app to date. 

Not stopping at this, they are also entering the Film and OTT industry with IM Films and IM Ads in the near future. IM Films is an OTT-Service provider within the IM Connect app. There will be five production houses under the name ‘IM studios’ and will be providing content to IM Films. The company plans to invest the revenue of one vertical into the execution of the other. A portion of the revenue generated through IM connect will be utilized by IM studios for unique content production.

Furthermore, IM Ads is an online advertising service that helps advertisers to personalize and customize advertising.  The users can place ads through products such as IM Profile, IM connect, IM Buzz, IM News and IM Booking, IM Music.  As part of the expansion, the technical apps and services will be improvised on the go. IM Branding aims to be recognised as the most impactful social media company in the global market. The company already owns several top brands in the UK namely Crochie Clothing Brand, Plan Your Adventures and IM Super Market. 

There is no doubt that IM Branding will soon carve out its niche in the market. According to Dalson Samuel, “ We live in a world created by others. For example, Youtube asks us to create a youtube channel, Facebook says to create a page and Instagram says to increase followers thereby make an income. None of these companies ever motivate or inspire us to grow as a business like them and earn. So, when we thought about our brand, we wanted to be different. We wanted to be a self-made brand capable of Monetizing Users Time into Money when they use IM Connect.”

He further stated, “Most of us want to go with the flow, but as a team, we are determined to create a world of our dreams. Most of the graduates aspire to work for International companies like Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, etc. But we want to establish as an Indian company, every job seeker looks for.  Our determination is to grow ourselves as employees’ dream company from India. We envision bringing business from various parts of the world to India and help the national economy to grow.”

For his prospective investors and business partners, Samuel says, “I invite Indian investors to understand this opportunity and convert our mutual vision into reality. We are passionate young Indian brains who are all focused on building ‘IM’ as a brand. We are looking forward to working with more passion-driven visionaries in the future. Internet business will not shut down until the earth shuts down. As an entrepreneur, I am sure of converting this vision into reality; maybe not immediately but absolutely and definitely.”

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Pratik Gauri appointed Host and President of FINTECH.TV-India

In conversation with Digpu News, Pratik talks about joining Molinari Media and expanding its global media footprint. He further spoke about sharing and amplifying stories in the Sustainability and Impact space.

New York And New Delhi –

Molinari Media PBC today announced that it is going to open its first international subsidiary office in Delhi, India. Molinari Media (MM) is a global fintech media and broadcast company that broadcasts from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Nasdaq and the London Stock Exchange Group Studios. MM produces two programs – ‘the Digital Asset Report’, which provides a weekly look forward on digital assets, blockchain, innovation, disruption, legislation, and regulation. It also produces ‘TheIMPACT’ which focuses on ESG investing and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.

The shows are hosted by Vince Molinari, Patricia Wu, Jeff Gitterman in New York. The lead host in London at the LSEG is Lawrence Wintermeyer while Troy McGuire is the Chief Content Officer and Executive Producer of the show. The contributors include Dr Jane Thomason and Georgia Fairweather in Australia.

The subsidiary in Delhi will further expand Molinari Media’s global footprint and its financial streaming platform to India. The India subsidiary launch further solidifies the momentum of Molinari’s international expansion following its recent acquisition of the UK based Fintech Worldwide, the commencement of the production of the Digital Asset Report at the London Stock Exchange Group Studios, and the recent content partnership with Asia Times Financial.

The company named Pratik Gauri, an Indian business leader as the Host and President of the new venture. “We believe that both our programs – the Digital Asset Report and TheIMPACT will find a vast audience given the sophistication of the fintech sector in India and it’s embracing of Impact related initiatives. India is doing some amazing things in this space and we look forward to highlighting those initiatives”, said Molinari Media PBC Founder and CEO, Vince Molinari. He further added, “We are confident in Pratik’s vision, energy and capability to lead and host both these programs in India.”

Pratik Gauri is a rising entrepreneurial leader in India, with a large social media presence and reach. He has founded a portfolio of purpose-driven companies in the 5th Industrial Revolution space helping achieve the UN SDGs in the last decade. He serves as the India CEO of 5th Element Group, a global impact management consultancy, and had earlier served as Head of Trade Sales in Delhi NCR for Tata Sky, India’s leading direct broadcast satellite television provider.

Pratik is also the Global Youth Lead of Dream Tank – a worldwide 1 Billion youth movement. Among his many accolades and accomplishments, he has been named a Greenbiz Global 30 under 30, BP scholar, World Economic Forum Global Shaper, Ambassador at One Young World, Asia’s top 50 voices by Earth Day Network, and a Climate Reality Leader by Al Gore.

In conversation with Digpu News, Pratik Gauri said, “I am thrilled to join Molinari Media and expand its global media footprint. I have met amazing people in India developing incredible solutions in the Sustainability and Impact space and I’m excited to share and amplify these stories on our shows and platform which will help the general public gain deeper understanding surrounding the issues and credible solutions.”

The content produced in India will be featured in FINTECH.TV’s coverage from NYSE, Nasdaq, London Stock Exchange, and other exchanges from across the world. At the heart of this partnership is also to engage the private sector in partnering to help realize the Sustainable Development Goals. It will expand Molinari’s broadcast base and loyal viewership in the financial and blockchain community.

For more information, please visit www.fintech.tv

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India’s first paranormal helpline receives over 10 calls daily

The paranormal helpline number 9999518600 started by ‘The Paranormal Company’ provides free assistance for spreading awareness against blind faith, superstitions, black magic, witchcraft and overall paranormal awareness.

Quarantine life in the time of COVID-19 pandemic is giving a variety of experiences to people. But, for a 23-year-old girl living alone in a flat in Kandivali, Mumbai the experience is quite haunting. Locked down alone for more than a month, this college student claims to see ghosts often in her flat.

Feared and annoyed, she chose to call upon India’s first paranormal helpline number and shared her experience. The helpline number is brought up by Jay Alani, India’s well-known paranormal investigator. When he investigated her case, he found that those binge-watching horror movies, series and listening to podcasts back-to-back, led her to create a fictional character in her mind.

Receiving Calls On The Paranormal Helpline

Jay has been receiving over 8 to 10 calls daily on an average out of which 90% of the cases are similar to this one. The number of cases of blind faith and superstition is increasing rapidly in India. To spread awareness among people of India against the blind faith, superstition, black magic and mesmerism, Jay Alani launched this paranormal helpline number around two months ago and he has been receiving a number of calls daily.

He has been receiving various calls of people claiming to see a ghost, hearing some unusual noise, or feeling that someone is constantly watching them, during this quarantine period.

“In most of the cases, I have found that person who claims to experience any such unusual incident has been watching horror films and series during this lockdown period. After questioning them about their daily routine, family history, past trauma etc, I and my team of psychologists found out that many of them actually create a fictional ghost in their mind”, said Jay Alani who has been a full-time paranormal investigator for last many years and has investigated over 100 haunted locations and looked after over 150 paranormal cases.

A Paranormal Helpline In India, Yes You Read It Right

The paranormal helpline number 9999518600 belonging to ‘The Paranormal Company‘ provides free assistance to spread awareness against blind faith, superstitions, black magic, witchcraft and overall paranormal awareness to the following people:

  • People who claim to encounter a ghost or any other paranormal incident around them.
  • People who have doubts or curiosity to know about ghosts, spirits, black magic or anything related to the paranormal world
  • People who feel their house, villa or flats are haunted and are encountering unusual incidents

As per Jay Alani, “The main motive behind this helpline number is to provide scientific solutions to those who are encountering any unusual incidents or have any question about the paranormal world. We see that black magic and mesmerism are propagated and advertised openly in India. People usually fall in the trap of such Babas, Tantriks and Ojhas due to lack of knowledge.”

According to NCRB data, India has seen killings of 2290 persons, mostly women for practising witchcraft between the year 2001 and 2014. Jharkhand tops the chart of witch-hunting murders in India. 27 women in Jharkhand were lynched after being accused of witchcraft in the year 2016. Tribal- dominated states like Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Telangana are the worst affected states.

Jay Alani – A Renowned Paranormal Investigator

Jay Alani is a renowned Indian full-time paranormal investigator. He has investigated over 100 haunted locations like Bhangarh fort, Kuldhara, Lambi Dehar Mines in Mussoorie, etc. Jay Alani’s podcast ‘Paranormal Reality’ streaming over popular platforms like Gaana, Spotify, iTunes, Wynk etc. has been heard over 12 Million times and counting. He has also created a two-season non-fiction horror web-series ‘Dark Destinations’ streaming on the OTT platform ‘Watcho’.

Jay Alani’s book ‘Haunted’ co-authored by Neil D’ Silva and published by Penguin India, talks about his real-life encounters with ghosts and spirits. Jay has also initiated a paranormal volunteer programme targeting over 1000 volunteers in India to spread awareness about the paranormal reality and the real truth behind the paranormal world to protect people from falling in the trap of black magic, witchcraft and such Babas, Tantrik and Ojha.

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Kartik Nagarajan radiates intrapreneurial brilliance

Kartik is an accomplished top leader with multiple stints as Country head and MD for the last 5 years. He has been on multiple boards of MITSOT India, WPP India among others

Just because you come from a humble background, are not in the ivy league of academic background and start your career at the bottom doesn’t mean you’ll end your career in the same position. With a little bit of determination and perseverance, you can realise infinite possibilities in life and that’s what this pioneer exemplifies.

Having started his career from scratch, Kartik Nagarajan’s determination and perseverance eased his way to success. He did not join any highly riveted institutions then. Instead, he ended up pursuing graduation in Electronics and an MBA in India.

Destiny led Kartik to the US to pursue another MBA. While many Indians would contemplate on settling in the US but his love for India made him come back to start an all-new journey. His career journey is a tale of the extraordinary, starting with a Sales and Marketing stint and then switching to business development. However, his willingness to experiment and face fresh challenges would mean he could well lay hands-on things that were not opportune for success.

His first introduction in Sales was when he sold newspaper subscriptions door to door in South Delhi. Among his many other unforeseen visions, developing the concept of online booking of movie tickets in India in 2001, when neither the market nor any partners were ready, is one such idea which people understood much later.

Outsourcing boom soon caught his attention and he began weaving the journey by focusing on global client management in the outsourcing firm for the Fortune 500. He learnt the tricks of the trade by setting up large scale operations across the globe. Nothing deters the vision of a focussed individual and Kartik turned this saying into reality.

One of the greatest examples of this was his intrapreneurial stint with one of the Fortune 500, wherein he had to set up everything from scratch – funding the business externally, getting the service offering right, make a world-class team, the good business case for the team and employees to get excited about along with finally taking the idea to a new reality of revenue growth, customer excellence and innovation.

He is the one to shine amid sheer chaos. In various Fortune 500 organisations, Kartik led global operations to the path of innovation. while facing the ever-growing demands of their clients. Most of these accomplishments were the result of the organization-wide transformation, co-creating solution with the client  & manoeuvring through the crisis by shifting focus from what the company pays an employee to what an employee contributes to the company.

These accomplishments were possible only because of his ability to work through nuances & causing the change in the course of business rather than the incremental change. Coupled with his ability to always use technology as the major strategic business enabler, he kept climbing up the corporate ladder.

Today, Kartik is an accomplished top leader with multiple stints as Country head and MD for the last 5 years. He has been on multiple boards of MITSOT India, WPP India among others. He has also shared his thoughts on digital transformation on various forums such as NASSCOM, CII and Deloitte. A global citizen, in essence, Kartik says, “One of the truest values in a person is vulnerability. The acceptance of high-risk at various stages and a clear focus only on solutions have kept me going.” He genuinely believes that his honesty towards life and his willingness to embrace new choices, helps him derive exceptional performance from simple teams. Clearly, Kartik Nagarajan’s journey has been an eventful one but he feels

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Sri Balaji University Pune Announce Admissions 2020 To Go To Online

With the global outbreak of COVID-19, University decides to take admission process online

The upsurge in the global pandemic of COVID 19 has heavily impacted the admissions cycle for the year 2020. Due to this crisis, Sri Balaji University has announced that the admissions for the year 2020 will be taking place online. The decision has been taken considering the nationwide lockdown and keeping in mind the safety of the students. The esteemed University operates the following institutes: BIMM (Balaji Institute of Modern Management), BIIB (Balaji Institute of International Business), BITM (Balaji Institute of Telecom and Management), and BIMHRD (Balaji Institute of Management and Human Resource Development) and has earned multiple accolades over the years. Recently, SBUP was ranked 3rd among top private universities in India by Times B-School Survey 2020. They also managed to bag 11th rank among the top B-Schools in India.

The University recently announced that the admission cycle for the year 2020 will be taking place in two stages.   While the online registrations have already begun, the University has also made provision for submitting  all the required documents, online. Once the University receives all the applications, they will be assessed and the selected students will be intimated about the further step which is a Group Discussion and Personal Interview (GDPI) round. The students will be provided with all the assistance required to access the portal so that the process takes place smoothly without any glitches. All they require is a smartphone and an internet connection.

“COVID 19 has forced all of us to reimagine how we deliver an engaging and holistic learning experience for students. While it presents its challenges, it is also a massive opportunity to break out of old habits and create new, impactful, relevant modes of learning that take advantage of technology and this moment. After carefully analyzing the scrutiny of the situation we have arrived at this decision of taking our admission process online. SBUP promotes the wellness of its students and is ready to take all the necessary measures to make sure that this pandemic does not affect the academic career of the students.” said Prof. Dr. Col A Balasubramanian, Chancellor,  Sri Balaji University, Pune.

   “For the last 2 months ever since the lockdown has started,  Sri Balaji University has slowly migrated to online classroom sessions by using Microsoft teams for our junior students. Apart from the online classes, we are in interaction with our students on a periodic basis which otherwise we normally do it our auditoria.  We have successfully completed our fourth-semester examinations also by using the same Microsoft product. An open paper examination followed with an online viva by our faculties who are from the respective subject matter expertise. Now we have extended the same approach to conducting our online admission process as well without even compromising the quality standards, which otherwise we used to maintain. Thanks to Microsoft Team” said Prof. Dr Biju G Pillai, Senior Director IT and Admissions,  Sri Balaji University, Pune.

Sri Balaji Society’s, ‘Sri Balaji University Pune’ (SBUP) is established by the Government of Maharashtra by “Sri Balaji University Pune Act 2019” (Maharashtra Act No. XII of 2019) and came into existence with effect from 20th August 2019.  There are four constituent institutes of the University conducting two years full-time Post-Graduate Management Program, (MBA) viz Masters in Business Administration and Doctoral Research (PhD)  in various domain areas in the field of management science. The University is having 8 Departments namely, Marketing, Finance, Human Resource Management, Telecom, International Business, Information Technology, Operations & Supply Chain Management and Business Analytics.

For more information visit https://www.sribalajiuniversity.org/

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YetloSocial- India’s First Subscription-Based Digital Marketing Agency

YetloSocial- India’s First Subscription-Based Digital Marketing Agency

YetloSocial tirelessly strives to provide its clients value for money. Founded by Sathiya Narayanan, it is the first Digital Marketing agency in India to introduce subscription-based Digital Marketing services.

YetloSocial is the first Digital Marketing agency in India to introduce subscription-based Digital Marketing Services incepted in 2020 with a clear mission to help SMEs win the digital space. At the same time, the company helps brands to position themselves in their competitive markets.

The company focuses more on customer retention over new customers’ acquisition. In essence, the business model focusses on the way revenue is made so that a single customer pays multiple payments for long-term marketing services. It is a win-win situation for both the client as well as the company since the subscription is based on assured delivery of the services and in case, the client is dissatisfied with the service, the subscription can be cancelled any time.

YetloSocial gained niche clients very quick ever since the company introduced the beta version of the subscription. The company catered to 7 clients within the first month itself. Their concept is Subscribe – Get Satisfied Results – Continue Subscription. They are now catering to 50+ client around the world on a regular basis. Some of the key advantages with the subscriptions are – Control over the Marketing outcomes, Exclusive support for subscribers, EMI and Flexible Payment Options and Any-Time Cancellation Of Subscription.

YetloSocial – Providing A Unique Concept In Digital Marketing

YetloSocial tirelessly strives to provide its clients value for money. A team of thorough professionals and result-oriented experts at YetloSocial ensure that SMBs find the right Digital Marketing agency which can cater their needs in variable budgets.

Founded by Sathiya Narayanan, a Digital Marketing and E-Commerce Consultant, YetloSocial aims at easing Digital marketing for everyone. Sathiya holds an MBA in Ecommerce and has played various roles like Ideas Generation, Market Research, Competitive Analysis, Technologies Development, Business Strategies, Growth Hacking and Digital Marketing.

Sathiya says, “Each of their clients come up with their unique needs and dreams. We want to make them all come true and thrive. We educate them about how their business can be built into multiple folds with the help of Technological Development & Marketing as well. That’s why our clients have been retained since day 1 of working with us.”

How YetloSocial Helps MSME & SMB ?

Finding the right Digital Marketing agency for an SMB has always been a tough task. YetloSocial helps clients to grow while Online and Offline medium. Their strategies and design skills help give the best ROI over time.

The company offers services like Search Engine Optimization(SEO), Search Engine De-Optimization(SEDO), Search Engine Marketing( SEM), Social Media Optimization(SMO), Social Media Marketing(SMM), Content Marketing, Viral Marketing, Influencer Marketing, Affiliate Marketing/ Referral Marketing, Mobile Advertisement, App Store Optimization, Marketing Automation, B2B Marketing & Offline Advertisements.  

About Subscription Pricing Model

On asking about the Subscription service, Sathiya Narayanan says,” We just want to make sure that every small business owner can avail their services for the benefit of their business growth via digital mediums at just a startup cost. We have served diverse industries such as the Real Estate, E-commerce and Education, Health and Fitness, Oil and Drilling, Automobile Industry, Hotels And Hospitality, Social NGOs and Trusts among others. We are expanding our verticals Like Offline Marketing Ad Mediums, Event Management to support multiple business categories.”

With YetloSocial’s Subscription-based marketing plans, the brands gain access to Digital Marketing services that include Marketing experts planning, support and the guidance one need to grow a business online. This enables the client’s undertakings to remain on target in conjunction with market changes as well as business requirements.

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