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In a year marred by the pandemic and its adverse impact on the economy, Vedica has defied odds and completed another successful placement season. A highlight of this cycle was the onboarding of marquee companies like Goldman Sachs, upGrad, Epigamia, Genpact, Aditya Birla Capital, and Xiaomi to Vedica’s recruitment roster for the first time.
Thanks to Vedica’s unique curriculum consisting of courses in liberal arts, communications, personal growth, and the sought-after ‘Shadow a Woman Leader’ module, our students have enjoyed great diversity in the roles that they have secured. An increased emphasis on building a more inclusive workplace has resulted in new recruiters like Genpact hiring from Vedica for their diversity and inclusion teams. Commerce graduate, Srishti Sood, who has joined Genpact as a Diversity Manager, shares, “As a fresher, I wanted to figure out a field that was unique and could provide me with a greater sense of purpose. Vedica helped me do exactly that!”
This year, BFSI and Consulting/HR Consulting sectors dominated the charts with a combined share of more than 50% of total roles. Students have been placed across different functions with 20% choosing marketing, followed by 19% in general management roles.
The highest salary this year is 22 lacs, with an average salary of INR 8.1 Lacs, and a median salary of 8 Lacs. 97% of our Scholars are placed so far with the remaining in their interview processes.
Here’s a consolidated list of companies that hired from Vedica this year:
Nestle, Axis Bank, OYO, KPMG, Goldman Sachs, EY, Western Digital Corporation, 9dot9 Media, Aditya Birla Capital, She Capital, Mentora, Antara Senior Living, People Square, Kinara Capital, IDG India, Women in Technology, Positive Moves, TwoDotSeven, IndusTree, Genpact, Upgrad, Mahindra Logistics, Samarth, LendingKart, Sattva, Epigamia, Ek Anek, Stanplus, Harappa Education, and Xiaomi.
The pandemic has created a challenging professional environment that will require significant unlearning and relearning. A new-age business manager will need to exhibit more than traditional management skills to excel. They will require strong critical thinking abilities, a good understanding of the economic, sociological and cultural aspects of business and industry, and most importantly, have the ability and drive to deal with uncertainty. With workplaces going digital, a command over effective workplace communication across teams and hierarchies becomes even more important. We are confident that our multidisciplinary approach to management education—with an emphasis on critical thinking, communication and personal growth—allows our students to excel in navigating their workplaces with the utmost confidence and resilience.
Admissions Notice: Vedica’s 7th batch commences in September 2021. Admissions are currently open and students can start their application online – https://bit.ly/3fNCLXX
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NMIMS Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management & Engineering (MPSTME) invites applications for the 6-year B. Tech. program after Class 10, at their Mumbai campus. The unique structure of the program allows students to commence their engineering studies after completing Grade 10, without having to appear for Grade 12 board exams or the subsequent engineering entrance exams.
To be eligible for admission, candidates must have passed the Grade 10 examination or equivalent from any board, with a minimum of 70% aggregate marks in General Sciences and Mathematics, or Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics. Admissions will be based on merit, and aspirants can choose to specialize in Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Information Technology, or Data Science. Interested candidates can submit their applications at https://bti.nmims.edu/.
Dr. Alka Mahajan, Dean, MPSTME, elaborated on the merits of the program, "The 6-year B. Tech. program was introduced based on prevailing industry trends, with a curriculum that has been co-designed by industry experts and professional bodies. Through this program, we have endeavored to eliminate unnecessary stress from students’ lives, by facilitating them to begin their engineering journey directly after the Grade 10 board examinations. Given the uncertainties prevalent in the country today, particularly around board examinations, we are fully prepared to tailor our admission process to accept any new evaluation methods that the school boards may adopt this year and offer provisional entry to candidates as deemed appropriate.”
Dr. Seema Shah, Program Director, 6 year B.Tech Program, added, “The 6-year B. Tech. program benefits aspirants by eliminating the need to appear for Grade 12 boards, as well as multiple engineering college entrance examinations, and prevents the duplication of subjects between school and college. At MPSTME, we focus very strongly on application of concepts, practical training, and live projects, which prepares our graduates for success in the real world. Our world-class Mumbai campus is Grade A+ accredited by NAAC with 3.59 CGPA, and we ensure that our state-of-the-art facilities and labs help our students in mastering their field and achieving success in their professional lives.”
The B. Tech. program consists of 12 semesters, each of 6 months duration, spread over 6 years. During the first 2 years, students are provided with a robust foundation in core and discipline-specific applied sciences, with modules on discipline-specific core and elective courses taught over the subsequent three years. The sixth-year includes one semester of Major Project (Industry/ Institute) which assesses students’ ability to translate their theoretical skills into practice.
The curriculum for B.Tech program is evaluated annually with industry as well as academic inputs, to ensure that the course remains relevant and up to date.
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Jennifer Lopez has been spotted with her ex Ben Affleck after her recent split with Alex Rodriguez.
Fans of Jennifer Lopez have taken this recent news of her reunification with Ben Affleck with much delight. The two were spotted last week in Montana, Los Angeles when Jennifer Lopez flew out to L.A to spend time with her new beau. On the other hand, these recent developments have done nothing but cause much sorrow and heartbreak for Jennifer’s former fiance Alex Rodriguez. Jennifer Lopez had been engaged to the former athlete for the last 2 years before they broke it off in April this year.
Highlights —
Where were Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck spotted?
How did ex-fiance Alex Rodriguez react?
What lies ahead for “Bennifer”?
If you’re under the assumption that Jennifer spending time with Ben Affleck might be a one-off thing and nothing more than two friends hanging out; you’d probably be very wrong. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have quite a bit of history with each other, going way back to 2002 when they starred in a movie together (‘Gigli’). From recent reports, it seems that Jlo is enjoying her time with Ben and is quite optimistic about the future.
Ben Affleck to bring Jennifer Lopez to DC, Jlo fans rejoice
WHERE WERE JENNIFER LOPEZ AND BEN AFFLECK SPOTTED?
According to the primary source in People, the two were spotted in Montana, Los Angeles. They spent a few days together and they’re committed to making it work this time.
This is supposedly a reference to the rivalry between New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, which happens to be Ben Affleck’s favourite baseball team. It’s apparent that the former MLB athlete has not taken his split with Jennifer Lopez well and is still reeling from it.
The pandemic has accelerated artificial intelligence and tech adaption and disrupted various sectors, with every e-commerce industry being at the forefront of disruption given the multiple restrictions due to prolonged lockdowns. However, the pandemic has transformed the way the sector operates with changes such as zero contact deliveries becoming a mandate, and with it, more users shifted to ordering online and as a result, the offline markets ruin their customers. Where the worst scenario has been noticed for the day-to-day living people like fishermen, vegetable shop owners, and many more.
Live Fish has started their business back in 2020 and incorporated as FishZelt Ind Private Limited company on Jan 21. In May 2021, Live Fish raises investment of Ten billion INR from Colorado Angel Investor VLG corporation as seed funding. The co-founder Ipsito Das has developed a multivendor e-commerce website for fisherman and non-veg raw food shop owners. Due to the absence or lack of knowledge about online e-commerce processing, small shop owners of fish and chicken were never been able to sell their products online before. On the other hand, customers are getting products from existing web portals where the quality was not up to the mark due to freezing and chemical processing of the non-veg raw food products.
At present, Live Fish is providing a platform to more than 100 vendors and delivering 5000 regular customers all over Kolkata. It has planned to play a bigger role step by step and become serviceable in 18 major states all over India by 2025. Visionary Ipsito Das said, “In future, we will use small-wide data rather big-data to better understand customers requirement more efficiently. As we are going to have database on customers eating habit, frequency and expense patterns. In future, this will not only help Live Fish to reach their customers exactly when they needed but also other food industry.”
Live Fish is running cold-chain logistics facility with zero inventory models which contributes significant profit margin with better product experience. The complete model designed by Mr. Das himself.
The Co-founder Ipsito Das is a well-known fashion photographer in Kolkata who is responsible for the successful branding of more than 100 brands all over the globe quite his well-paid job on Jan 21. He was working as Asst. Manager in Multi-National Infrastructure Company. Ipsito holds an MBA degree both in Logistics and Material Management from St. Xavier’s College Kolkata and IIMM respectively. Mrs. Piyali Das, the other founder having a degree in Nutrition, is responsible for the product quality and better product experience.
As a start-up from Kolkata, it’s a really remarkable start for Live Fish but undoubtedly it has helped a lot of fishermen and others to earn money when the whole country is in lockdown.
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KOCHI, India, June 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Greenstorm Foundation has announced the 13th edition of its prestigious International Nature Photography Contest, organised in association with UNEP, on the occasion of World Environment Day. The theme for this year’s contest is “Restore Green Lineage”, and the last date for submitting entries is June 30, 2021.
Speaking on this year’s theme, Dileep Narayanan, Managing Trustee, Greenstorm Foundation, said, “Conservation alone could not save Mother Nature. It’s high time we took positive action to prevent, halt and reverse the loss of ecosystems. People around the world, individually and collectively, have started restoration processes – in their backyards and neighbourhoods, in forests and water bodies, in urban and suburban ecosystems. XIII Greenstorm Nature Photography Contest invites shutterbugs – amateurs and professionals – from around the world to click and submit restoration stories.”
Mr Pratap Suthan, a renowned Advertising Guru, would be the chairman of the three-member Jury. The other two members are Ms Aishwarya Sridhar, a young award-winning wildlife photographer, writer and speaker, and Mr Michael Little, a notable American landscape architect known for ecological restoration projects.
The contest is open to the public from any part of the world, and entry is free. The first three winners will get cash prizes worth Rs. 1 lakh (Rs. 50,000 for the first, Rs. 30,000 for the second and Rs.20,000 for the third prize, respectively).
The Jury will shortlist top entries for the exhibition, which will be held on the website www.greenstorm.green. The final winners will be selected based on jury marks and online votes received for the entries. One can have more details of the competition on the website www.greenstorm.green. Or call 87144 50501.
Since 2009, for the past 12 years, Greenstorm has engaged millions of creative minds worldwide, urging them to express their love of nature while spreading the message to preserve it. In 2020, the contest had received entries from 52 countries and reached 12 million worldwide.
About Greenstorm Foundation
Greenstorm Foundation aims to spread awareness in the world on the need for environmental conservation, using the power of creativity and the reach of digital media, thereby creating a positive impression in the mindset of the community, especially youth and children. Greenstorm Foundation is a registered not-for-profit trust based in Kochi, Kerala, India. Anil K Menon, Dileep Narayanan and CA George Korah are the trustees of the Foundation. The Greenstorm initiative was started 13 years ago in 2009 as a CSR initiative of Organic BPS, a purpose branding company. The Foundation has a Governing Council comprising former Chief Secretary to the Govt. of Kerala, Dr K Jayakaumar IAS, world-renowned architect G Shankar, renowned activist working on water management issues Jyoti Sharma, and wildlife photographer Kalyan Varma.
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The U.S. will donate 75% of its vaccine surplus which will be distributed globally to fill the availability gap in second and third world countries.
Highlights
Biden administration plans to send 80 million COVID-19 vaccine doses across the world by the end of June.
60 million doses are currently held by the Food and Drug Administration for safety review before exporting to different countries.
In comparison, China has already shared more than 240 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines with the world.
After successfully vaccinating more than half of the U.S. population, US President Joe Biden is now planning to distribute 80 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the rest of the world by the end of June. The decision comes under the purview of the United Nations COVAX program and aims at dispatching doses to countries in Central and South America, Asia, and Africa to help bridge the vaccine shortage outside the United States.
It’s going to take everyone working together to get 70% of adult Americans vaccinated. pic.twitter.com/UIb8GlS8EU
Under the COVAX global vaccine sharing program, President Biden assured that the U.S. will donate 75% of its vaccine surplus which will be distributed globally to fill the vaccine availability gap in the second and third world countries. To date, the UN-backed COVAX program has only shared 76 million doses of vaccine with countries in need. These doses of vaccine said to be distributed by June end, come from the federal stockpile of Pfizer, BioNTech, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson.
Which countries will benefit from the COVAX Program?
As part of the plan, the U.S. is donating 19 million of its surplus vaccines to the COVAX whose first stage dispatch will amount to 25 million vaccines. Out of these 25 million doses, the largest share is set aside for Asia at 7 million, followed by 6 million doses for Central and South America and 5 million for Africa.
6 million of the remaining doses from the first tranche are set out to be shared with the partners and allies of the U.S. These countries are India, Mexico, Canada, South Korea, West Bank and Gaza, Ukraine, Kosovo, Haiti, Georgia, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, and Yemen, along with the United Nations frontline workers.
Plenty of countries had requested the U.S. to dispatch vaccine before the announcement came in. However, it was only Canada and Mexico who have received 4.5 million doses in quantity.
Biden administration is also dispatching 1 million Johnson & Johnson doses to South Korea to vaccinate its 550,000 troops in the peninsula, serving closely with American troops. Jeff Zients, White House coordinator of COVID-19 affirmed the news.
Announcement on Thursday also said that the country is lifting restrictions from the export of AstraZeneca, Sanofi and Novavax. The choice of where to export for these companies, will be independent and not determined by the federal government.
The U.S. is committed to delivering 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to other nations. AstraZeneca is yet to receive a green signal from medical authorities unlike other most of the countries globally where the vaccine has been approved by regulatory authorities. These 60 million doses are currently held by the Food and Drug Administration for safety review before exporting to different countries.
“As long as this pandemic is raging anywhere in the world, the American people will still be vulnerable,”
US President Joe Biden
President Biden said in a statement. “And the United States is committed to bringing the same urgency to international vaccination efforts that we have demonstrated at home.”
Apart from distributing 80 million doses to the world by end of June, the Biden administration plans to retain 25% of the stock for internal emergencies and to share with allies. In a statement, Jake Sullivan, U.S. National Security Adviser, said that the country will “retain the say” as to which countries will recieve the doses under the COVAX program.
“We’re not seeking to extract concessions, we’re not extorting, we’re not imposing conditions the way that other countries who are providing doses are doing; we’re doing none of those things,” said Sullivan. “These are doses that are being given, donated free and clear to these countries, for the sole purpose of improving the public health situation and helping end the pandemic.”
Biden’s tool to overtake Russia and China in the vaccine diplomacy battle?
The plan of the vaccine distribution by the end of June is yet to be announced. However, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made it clear that the distribution of vaccines globally will not be influenced by the political gains in the process but the equitable distribution of healthcare.
“Sometime in the next week to two weeks – we will be announcing the process by which we will distribute those vaccines, what the criteria are, how we will do it. We will distribute vaccines without the political requirements of those receiving them,” said Blinken, during his visit to Latin America.
Biden plan to boost the COVAX program is a driving tool by the United States to outperform China and Russia in vaccine diplomacy.
Vaccine diplomacy goes much deeper than China and Russia speak of it. Beijing has already shared more than 240 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines with the world and has further committed to take the number to 500 million, according to Airfinity. These distributions don’t only account for first-world countries, but also the ones who are not in a position to pay China for the massive vaccine supply. So what are they paying in return? Political favors and international cooperation.
In Algeria, the leadership didn’t pay a single penny for the vaccine supply from Beijing, instead, pledged to support the country’s “core interests” and criticize the interference from foreign voices in its “internal affairs”. These affairs can be anything ranging from human rights abuse in Xinjiang to autonomy in Hong Kong.
A similar story unfolds in Russia, where in return for vaccine supplies to countries like Bolivia, Putin is planning nuclear cooperation and mineral mining. To quote Shannon, administrative official to Bush, Obama and Trump administration, and Ambassador to Brazil from 2010-13, on the failure of U.S. to accelerate its vaccine distribution to the world, “the world will realize we’re not a reliable partner, and that would be dangerous for us,” he said. “I believe it’s something that will be remembered.”
However, better late than never, President Biden has realized the need to leverage soft power of vaccine diplomacy, especially due to the increasing reach of adversaries China and Russia. It is now to see how the COVAX program will turn out to be for the “global leader” position of the United States.
#Kolkata: The price of onion is increasing by leaps and bounds. Rhythmic navishbas middle class. Now you have to buy onion at 40 rupees per kilo. In other words, the price of onion has increased by at least 10 rupees per kg. The overnight rise in prices is a cause for concern for the middle class.
Onion prices also rose at a certain time last year. But traders say the reasons for the two-year price hike are different. What exactly caused the price of onions to rise this year? Market participants say that the main reason for the increase in onion prices this year is that the stock of onions in Bengal has run out. Now all the onions in the market are brought from Nasik. In the Corona situation, whether it is Maharashtra or Bengal, there are thousands of restrictions. So to bring onions from Nasik, we have to get speed for transportation. Moreover, the price of petrol and diesel is going up every day. That price is being added to the commodity price. Not only onions but also other grains may go up in price due to the increase in the price of this diesel.
An onion seller in Lake Market says that Bengal’s onion stock was depleted this year due to the storm. Now onion means trust Nasik. That is why the sudden increase in prices in the retail market. The price of onion has gone up by Tk 10 per kg in one day. You have to pay more than 300 rupees to buy onions. I used to buy onions at 800-900 rupees but now I have to buy them at 1200 rupees.
Both fuel and supply conditions are inspiring the middle class. Banikmahal thinks that the road to onion export has not been paved this year due to the election crisis. Bangladesh has become a major exporter of Bengal onions. This is why Bengal onions end at the beginning of May. The middle class will have to pay the price in the future as well. Today I have to buy onion for 25 rupees for 40 rupees. Let’s see where this price goes in the coming days
