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PepsiCo: Greenfields Food Plant to Create 1,500 Jobs for People in UP, 30% Jobs to Be Kept for Women

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Multinational PepsiCo has commissioned the launch of a new greenfield foods plant. It will be spread over 29 acres in Kosi Kalan, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. The decision comes after the company promised to contribute its fair share towards the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ Mission. The project is expected to be launched on a grand scale with a whopping investment of Rs 814 crore, the biggest investment by PepsiCo in the Indian manufacturing sphere. This opportunity will be a boon for people living in UP. The company said that the plant will create 1,500 direct and indirect job opportunities for the locals. They are also aiming to employ at least 30% of women at the plant. This will be the Company’s first ‘Make and Move’ factory in India, which will cater to the growing demand for Lay’s chips in the country and the state. PepsiCo has planned to source 1, 50,000 tonnes of potatoes from the state, annually, and will also connect with around 5,000 local farmers in the state for the same. India is a strategic market and an engine of growth for PepsiCo in Africa, the Middle East, and the South Asia (AMESA) region. “The plant will implement the best of what PepsiCo has to offer globally, in terms of technology, sustainability and diversity, and will contribute to the State’s overall development through employment opportunities and strong agri-linkages,” says Eugene Willemsen, CEO, Africa, Middle East and South Asia, PepsiCo. The plant was inaugurated by Yogi Adityanath, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. The ceremony was also addressed by Satish Mahana, infrastructure and industrial development minister, Uttar Pradesh government; Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary, minister – dairy development, animal husbandry, fisheries, Uttar Pradesh government; Navneet Singh Chahal, district magistrate, Mathura; Ahmed ElSheikh, president, PepsiCo India and Willemsen. Source: The article has been published by HR Katha with a few edits from the ArdorComm News Network team.

BCCI: Appointment of the Junior Selection Committee Members, Sharath Sridharan to Head Committee

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday announced the appointment of the five-member All-India Junior Selection Committee. Sharath Sridharan (South Zone) will head the committee with Pathik Patel (West Zone), Ranadeb Bose (East Zone), Kishan Mohan (North Zone) and Harvinder Singh Sodhi (Central Zone) being the other appointments in the committee. Sharath, who has also played for Assam, was the first-ever Tamil Nadu cricketer to play 100 Ranji Trophy games for the state and in his 15-year-career, scored 8700 runs from 139 games with 27 hundreds and an average of 51-plus . It is widely believed that he missed out on a Test cap as his career coincided with the likes of Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman and Sourav Ganguly. Harvinder Singh Sodhi, a lanky medium-fast bowling all-rounder from Madhya Pradesh, has played 76 games and has 2000 plus runs and 174 wickets in his kitty and was also a BCCI match referee. Kishan Mohan represented Punjab as a batting all-rounder in 45 matches from 1987-1995. Ranadeb Bose, who had toured with the Indian team during the 2007 series in England, has played 91 first-class games and has 317 wickets. Source: India Today  

Andaman MP demands to fill up all the vacant posts in government schools

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The Lok Sabha MP Kuldeep Rai Sharma for the constituency Andaman and Nicobar Island has recently requested to fill all the vacant positions of principal, vice-principal, headmaster, and teachers in the government schools situated within the union territory. The Congress MP made this demand while he met the Director of Education Department Administration; he had asked to fill up all the vacant posts in the government schools on the island. Rai mentioned that almost all the schools are running without a principal and vice-principal, and headmaster, which negatively impacts the education system and affects the school management. Source: thetimesofindia.com

ICFAI School of Architecture signs MoU with Politecnico Di Milano

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The ICFAI School of Architecture a constituent of the ICFAI Foundation of Higher Education (IFHE) deemed University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the prestigious Italian University Politecnico Di Milano (Ranked No. 1 in Italy by QS) on August 23, 2021. The MoU was signed virtually. Dr. J Mahender Reddy, Vice Chancellor – IFHE said that “The agreement with the renowned institution like Politecnico Di Milano which is more than 150 yrs old is a great value addition and it will enhance the research activities of the faculty of the ICFAI School of Architecture (ISarch)”. Prof. Matteo Poli, DASTu, Politecnico Di Milano in his statement said, “The MoU will be the basis of several exchanges for students and professors of India and Italy, Milano and Hyderabad on architecture, landscape and urban design”. Highlights of the MoU:   To co-operate in conduct of seminars, courses, workshops, summer schools, internships and other research activities; To organize meetings, lectures etc., to share the knowledge and experience; To enable the exchange of teachers, researchers and students.   Ms. Varshini Varanasi, Visiting Faculty of ISarch and a former student of Milano, and Dr. Massimo Vianello, Advisor at ICFAI School of Architecture actively coordinated with the authorities in Italy for the successful completion of this MoU. About Politecnico Di Milano: Politecnico Di Milano is a scientific-technological University established in the year 1863 trains engineers, architects and industrial designers. The University has seven locations across Italy with over 47,000 students enrolled in this academic year. The University is adjudged No.1 in Italy by the latest rankings released by QS Agency (updated as on June 2021). The University has always focused on the quality and innovation of its teaching and research, developing a fruitful relationship with business and productive world by means of experimental research and technological transfer. Politecnico was one of the first Italian universities to implement the reform of the university system, which led to the “three plus two” education structure with Bachelor of Science and Master of Science programmes. Since the academic year 2000-2001 the institution has also set up a bachelor’s programme in Computer Engineering online, the first of its kind in Italy. About ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE):   The ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE) is Deemed-to-be University under section 3 of the UGC Act 1956. ICFAI Business School (IBS) is a constituent of IFHE. About five thousand eight hundred students are pursuing various programs in the Faculty of Management (ICFAI Business School), Faculty of Science & Technology (IcfaiTech), Faculty of Law (ICFAI Law School) and ICFAI School of Architecture, NAAC, an autonomous institute of University Grants Commission has also accredited The University with ‘A+’ Grade with an impressive score (institutional CGPA) of 3.43 out of 4.  To suit the present day competitive environment, IFHE has a mission to create entrepreneurs capable of contributing to different fields of business and management.

PM Modi Inaugurates the Defence Office Complexes at Kasturba Gandhi Marg and Africa Avenue

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Defence Offices Complexes at Kasturba Gandhi Marg and Africa Avenue in New Delhi today. He also visited the Defence Office Complex at Africa Avenue and interacted with the army, navy, air force and civilian officers. Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister said that in today’s inauguration of complexes, India has taken another step in developing the nation’s capital according to needs and aspirations of a new India in the 75th year of India’s independence. He lamented the fact that for a very long time the defence related work was being conducted from hutments constructed during the Second World War which were made keeping in mind horse stable and barracks needs. “This new defence office complex will strengthen the efforts of making the working of our defence forces convenient and effective”, he said. The PM said these modern offices built at KG Marg and Africa Avenue will go a long way in effectively carrying out all the work related to the security of the nation. This is a big step towards the construction of a modern defence enclave in the capital. He appreciated the inclusion of attractive artefacts by Indian artists in the complexes as symbols of Aaatmnirbhar Bharat. “The complexes reflect the modern form of diversity of our culture while preserving the vitality of Delhi and environment”, he said. The Prime Minister stressed the role of modern infrastructure in the government’s focus on ease of living and ease of doing business. “The ongoing construction work of Central Vista is going on with this thought only”, said the Prime Minister. Enumerating the efforts of new constructions as per the aspirations of the capital, the Prime Minister said that many constructions like residences for people’s representatives, Efforts to preserve Baba Saheb Ambedakar’s memories, many bhawans, memorials for our martyrs are enhancing the glory of the capital today. The Prime Minister said that these defence office complexes are the manifestation of changing work culture and priorities of the government. Optimal and proper use of available land with various departments of the government is one such priority, he said. The Prime Minister informed that these defence office complexes are constructed in 13 acre land parcels unlike earlier times when five times more land was used for similar complexes. The Prime Minister also highlighted that in next 25 years i.e. ‘Azadi ka Amrit Kaal’ productivity and efficiency of the government system will be supported by such efforts. Availability of a common central Secretariat, connected conference hall, easy connectivity like metro etc will help a great deal in making the capital people-friendly. Source: Press Information Bureau

UPSC Civil Services Admit Card Issued Today: Here Are All The Steps And Instructions You Need To Follow

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The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has announced the admit card for the civil services exam that is going to be conducted in the year 2021. The candidates applying for the exam can check their respective admit cards from the website, ‘upsc.gov.in.’ The last date to download the admit card is October 10. The admit card is a must for verification purposes and without it, the candidate will not be allowed to apply for the exam. The admit card will be a compilation of the applicants photo, name, roll number, registration ID, year of exam and SOP. Steps To Download Your Admit Card Step 1: Visit the official website, upsc.gov.in Step 2: Click on the link in the ‘what’s new’ section Step 3: Log-in using credentials Step 4: Admit card will appear, download Important Instruction to Follow On Campus Candidates need to enter the exam venue 10 minutes prior to the scheduled commencement of the exam, which is 9:20 AM for the forenoon session and 2:20 PM for the afternoon session. Note: All candidates will be denied entry after the closure of the entry gates. Only the use of ordinary watches is allowed in the exam hall. The use of smart watches or any other watch that has a communication device embedded is strictly prohibited. Applicants to also note that while appearing for the exam, only the use of black ball point pen is permitted. Any answers marked with a pen of a different colour, will not be accepted. Source: NEWS 18

Human Resource Management startups helping the new age business dynamics

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Technology so far hasdisrupted numerous industries which hasn’t left human resource behind the whole process of hiring has changed upside down today, along with that business dynamics are also evolving at a rapid speed, which has made it a challenge fir other companies s to keep up with the pace. I this new era of the technology-driven market and technology-supported hiring making human resourcesare all hi-tech. Here are few top Human resource startups ruling the market and making it tech-friendly. • Belong: An HR startup launched in 2014by a BITS Pilani alumniVijay Sharma, and it is a predictive hiring platform to find and engage impactful talent through data science and analytics. At present,belong is considered one of the top HR tech companies in India. It has clients like; Amazon. Reliance Jio, Cisco and ThoughtWorks. The machine-learning algorithm of Belongs helps businesses discover and target high-end talent engage candidates through personalized interactions, and it speeds up the hiring cycle. • Darwinbox: Darwinbox was established in 2005 by Jayanti Paleti, Chaitanya Peddi and Rohit Chennamaneni. It is a cloud-based HR solutions firm.As an end to end HR platform, it offers solutions for recruitment, core HR process, employee engagement, performance management, employee movement and more. Darwinbox allows its users with an AI platform to analyze the job description and employee profile. The right keywords help the recruiter arrive at aspecific ranking metric, which makes the recruitment fluent and effective. The firm serves over 100 clients, including Paytm, ekart, Spencer’s, Delhivery. • EdGE Networks: It was started in 2012 by Arjun Pratap. It provides an AI-powered platform that not only auto source, the auto engage, and auto screen the best candidate suitable for a profile but also give the best suitable career guidance t the candidates as per their best traits. • Monjin: Monjin was launched in 2014by Abhijit Kashyape. It is an on-demand interview platform that lets candidates showcase their skills and personality through digital and video assessment and helps the corporation find the right candidate. On Monjin,evaluation of candidates is not done through technology; senior industry individuals review the suitable employees for a company. Clients have access to interview videos to see the interviewer and candidate in one frame and analyze the best suitable employee pick for their company. • Mettl: Mettl as a company was started in 2009, with co-founder Ketan Kapoor and TonmoyShingal. It has a vision of applying technology for hiring practices in Indian and global level companies. It offers recruitment assessment programing test, psychometric tests, pre-built test library, an interview app, vocational skill assessment, remote proctoring and deep analytics in performance management. Currently this Gurugram based technology firm serves over 1800 plus companies. Source: Startuptalky.com

Intending to double its workforce: Neeyamo hires aggressively in Tire II and III cities

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A technology-based global payroll and Human Resource solutions provider company Neeyamo has doubled its workforce during the pandemic. Neeyamo claimed that all the hirings for this have been done from tier II and Tier III cities. A more significant trend can be witnessed in other companies where corporates aim to hire from major cities like Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, and different tier I cities. Rangarajan Sheshadri, the CEO, said, “The number of hirings has jumped off the roof. He added that almost all the hiring in our corporate and similar companies has only happened from tier 2 and tier 3 cities. At present, corporates believe that they need not depend on a level I city to hire the best talent. Hiring from Tier II and III cities will open new possibilities of finding a young and dynamic workforce. Also, the last 18 months have taught employees to be more comfortable in their hometowns only. Hence hiring a workforce from Tier II and III cities will give them more variety and availability of resources. Source: economicstimes.com

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd appoints Nitin Mittal as technology and data wing president

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Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited, one of the leading media and entertainment houses, recently announced Nitin Mittal’s appointment as Data and Technology wing president. Zee entertainment enterprises limited is at the pace of taking various strategic steps to grow its digital pivot, drive exponential growth across digital platforms and look forward to better transformation to be looked upon and to stay in line with ZEE 4.0. The transformation process is targeted towards creating a digitally apt data-first company, which can be a leading payer in terms of all formats of content consumption, both linear and digital. Source: Zeenews.india.com

2021 Edition: Entertainment Habits of People in India

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Based on predictions, India is expected to become the fifth-largest economy in the world by 2025 surpassing the UK. It is also the second-most populous country in the world. For such a massive population, do you wonder what kind of entertainment people like to indulge in? Well, when it comes to disposable income, India has a stark divide. But mostly, the middle-class seeks out ways of entertainment that are affordable and not too far-fetched. Sources of Entertainment for People in India 1) Social Media Well, when we talk about social media, it is not only the major source of entertainment for people in India, it is also widely relied on in other parts of the world. Since social media is cheap and affordable, many people turn to different platforms for entertainment, information and news. According to statistics, more than 51% of the Indian population has access to the internet and is present on social media platforms. The most widely used platform in India is Facebook at an astounding 79.3%. People turn to social media for documentaries, memes, storytellers, influencers, and much more. 2) Broadcast In India, people still prefer to watch and entertain themselves through television and soap operas. Most people watching television watch Bollywood and Hollywood movies and sports. Even with the boom in web series and OTT platforms, TV is still widely preferred in India because it has free entertainment.