Modern Sculpture & Paintings by renowned Artist Saumen Kar to be hosted in the City

MUMBAI, 26 DECEMBER, 2022 (Adarsh Maharashtra Correspondent): A well known Sculptor from Calcutta, Saumen kar will display his recent work is mixed medium, fiber & Metal bronze, fiber Glass, stone etc. in Jehangir Art Gallery No. 1, M. G. Road, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai from 27th Dec, 2022 to 2nd Jan, 2023 between 11 am to 7 pm. It will mostly emphasis his visual expressions about our universal truth, love, peace or similar emotions about human beings or mankind through well accomplished textural finesse and surface finishes. Saumen Kar had his art education in Govt. college of Arts Calcutta followed by an advanced course in M. S. University Baroda. Thereafter he held many solo and group shows and all India level participations in various art galleries in Mumbai, New Delhi, Calcutta, Goa and so on.

The present depiction reveal his unique visual expressions to illustrate eternal, truth, love, peace and tranquility, peace and harmony and human sentiments of joy, happiness, 3rd eye self introspection feelings of dancing and enjoyments (ballerina), proud sense of self beauty etc in the relevant arenas. He has demonstrated his skill and dexterity in decorating his various creations with the expected surface finesse and texture so as to yield visual pleasure and exhilaration to all, moreover some of his works also depict the inherent feelings in a sensitive human mind that enjoys the happiness in life by leading a joyful life.

His works being very artistic and expressive certainly bear testimony to the command over the medium handled and technique use for the superb adornment of the work through the relevant hues of artistic talent and genre.Ends

Belief by Arati Mishra contemporary Art exhibition at Nehru Centre Art Gallery, Worli From 6 to 12 Dec, 2022

MUMBAI, 6 DECEMBER, 2022 (AM News Correspondent):  Contemporary art Breaking the stereotypes of formal training Dr. Arati Mishra, a new artist with a refreshingly unique style, has made her first public display at Nehru Art Gallery, Worli, Mumbai, between 6-12 December 2022

Forgetting traditional training in art school appears to be the mantra of a new sexagenarian artist, Dr. Arati Mishra. Following her doctoral training in genetics at Banaras Hindu University, Dr. Mishra had a career as a geneticist spanning three decades in India and abroad. In her late 50s, she could not help but respond to her new calling: expressing herself in color on sprawling canvases. Her daring finally brought out her unique gift. After ten years of continuous effort, she is rewarded with her unique oil and acrylic painting styles–achieved without a formal training per se.

She thus challenges the stereotype of art-school training as a necessary precursor to becoming a professional painter. She simultaneously exemplifies the exploration of one & #39;s inner self as a prime driver of artistic expression. Images collated for this exhibition chronicle her decade-long creative journey: from an amateur to a professional. She has now displayed over thirty pieces of her work on canvases using acrylic and oil, with a significant part of her focus on exploring the gamut of emotions evoked by Buddha & #39;s life and work. She also draws her inspiration from India & #39;s diverse cultural roots and folklore. Her paintings start with bold lines, which then melt into quintessentially Indian hues.

Besides oil and acrylic paintings on large canvases, Arati loves to foray into fluid arts on still larger canvases for the sheer variety of imagery these can create and shape her imagination In her own words, she says, & quotes I will be very pleased if my paintings encourage the viewers to take a moment to reflect on both the common place and the divine in all fresh light ! A must-visit if one wishes to get inspired by an age- and norm-defying artistic expression.Ends

MSRcosmos group launches Farms IQ to empower the agricultural supply chain with cutting edge technology

MUMBAI, 29 NOVEMBER, 2022 (AM News Correspondent): MSRcosmos, an enterprise IT services company providing world class software solutions & services to leading organizations across the globe launches Farms IQ, a robust digital system for the agricultural supply chain that can help increase productivity while enhancing business value for agriculture and farm brands. Farms IQ will serve as a subsidiary of the MSRcosmos group of companies. 

The new venture will aid in combating counterfeit activity, tracking product inventory, strengthening customer loyalty and engagement for brands and businesses in the agricultural sector. Farms IQ shall make use of Track & Trace technology to enhance traceability with blockchain-enabled QR codes and provide cost-efficient delivery of products, track their real-time consumption patterns, enhance traceability and facilitate automation. This will not just include anti-Counterfeit measures but also contribute towards the overall strengthening of the agricultural business. 

Farms IQ will also be offering rewards and loyalty ecosystems for brands to incentivize the retailer or consumer directly thus being able to maximize their ROI and accelerate customer growth. It will leverage Artificial Intelligence to offer a dashboard of performance report, sales tracking and end-customer registration to streamline workflow for businesses. 

Asset Digitization solutions under Farms IQ will allow smooth trading and ownership of asset transfers as a digital copy of each asset can be generated on a blockchain-powered network, driving transparency and efficiency at every level of operation. 

Farms IQ  will provide technology that can be used to significantly boost business value, ensure sustainability, lower carbon footprints, create profitable business models, and gain strategic advantages for businesses in the agricultural field. Businesses can experience reduced costs, create a secure environment, enhance further business prospects, reduce fraud, and improve customer retention and loyalty. 

Mr. Balaji Kandregula Sr.Director Products and Solutions at MSRcosmos, said, “Agriculture is a big part of the Indian economy or rather any economy because it helps feed the entire population. It engages and collaborates with all industry sectors. A society is typically seen as strong and stable if it has a solid agricultural foundation. Through this new offering, we seek to enhance the system as well as increase the efficiency of the agro supply chain. Our goal is to provide agricultural industry players with solutions that promote sustainability, transparency, and business value.” 

MSRvantage offers Serialization Systems in pharmaceutical packaging to combat counterfeiting

Mumbai, 28th November, 2022 (AM News Correspondent): MSRvantage, IT Services subsidiary of MSRcosmos Group, U.S.-based multinational conglomerate enables blockchain based product serialization solutions for the pharmaceutical industry. This offering aims at enhancing security for medicine brands and consumers both by providing a complete and transparent overview of the products’ journey to fight fraud and counterfeit.

“With our next gen blockchain solution and pharma services experience, companies can make their brand name synonymous with trust and authentic medicines.” Said Mr. Balaji Kandregula, Vice President, MSRvantage. In the past, the industry has witnessed pharmaceutical products lose out to market-circulating bogus goods and treatments. Companies have long battled to remove them from the market in order to protect potential and crucial patients. Not only is a brand's image and reputation at risk, but it's also possible that one of the raw materials used to create a specific product does not meet industry standards, necessitating the recall of all the medicines. To limit loss and ensure that faulty products don’t reach the final consumer, these issues must be handled quickly and properly.

“The step was to implement pharma product serialization. It’s a method in which product packaging are assigned a unique code. The code is defined according to the country’s regulation and follows the industry standard.” said Mr. Kandregula. For further protection and safety, the code is visible on both the primary and secondary packaging of the products. Quality Control (QC) and Quality Assurance (QA) are implemented effectively and efficiently since pharmaceutical companies have a long list of laws and regulations to check off and to ensure that risk is reduced. They must ensure that the funds and resources are utilized effectively. All network participants may see where and in what condition the merchandise is because blockchain provides information over a shared network with distributed systems.

Because each product has a unique serial number, it is simple to trace them. This implies that faulty products may be quickly recalled and false products can be quickly removed from the market. A product's manufacturing process, location in the supply chain, and delivery status can all be fully transparent through. The solutions from MSRvantage offer real-time data traceability based on 24-hour tracking.

Blockchain-based smart contracts ensure that there are no middlemen, which restricts the ability of phony goods to enter the market. By connecting operations with identification labeling and authentication systems, blockchain also offers protection.

More information on product serialization offerings and other solutions by MSRvantage is available here.

CXOs from India make a mark at the Ironman Triathlon Challenge

MUMBAI, 31 OCTOBER, 2022 (AMN): Ram Gopal, Kartik Iyer and Amit Vasistha (CEOs, CXOs from India) recently successfully finished the much coveted Ironman70.3 triathlon in Astana, Kazakhastan, an experience for athletes all around the world.

The three corporate leaders from India that championed the cause of wellness at Ironman 70.3 were Amit Vasistha, a former investment banker, Founder and CEO of wellness startup GALF (more popularly known for their brand MyGALF.com). Ram Gopal is the current serving India CEO of leading international bank. Kartik is senior leader and a seasoned banker.

In the post covid world, holistic wellness has become a raging concern. Staying healthy and fit has become an unsaid priority for everyone. Sadly though, very few seem to be taking the real steps to transform their lives towards achieving these health goals. Not surprisingly the stress, anxiety and Heath issues like obesity, hypertension are at an all time high today, especially amongst corporate organizations.

However, the situation is not all gloomy as there are corporate leaders and CXOs who are leading the cause of wellness from the front independently. Several corporate leaders have taken it upon themselves to serve as role models when it comes to giving wellness its due importance along side their corporate responsibilities and maintaining a healthy and balanced approach to work and life.Ends

Investment banker Inga, TIH Singapore tie up to launch PE fund to invest in mid-size Indian cos.

G. S. Ganesh, founder of INGA

Fund with overall target of around ₹ 5 bn will follow a sector agnostic approach with positive bias towards Specialty Chemicals, FMCG, Electronics, Food & Agriculture and Healthcare/Pharma

National, 10^th October 2022 (AMN): Inga Ventures (Inga), in partnership with TIH Limited (TIH), Singapore, is launching a ₹ 1,250 mn private equity fund “Ekkum TIH Emerging Opportunities Fund” for investing in mid-size enterprises in India. The Fund has received commitment of ₹ 250 mn from the sponsors and their affiliates.

 

The Fund will infuse growth capital in mid-size emerging companies operating in niche segment with strong track record. The Fund will aim to target companies with a clear expansion and value creation plan. The initial size of the fund is targeted at ₹ 1,250 mn and the overall target is ₹ 5 bn.

 

The Fund will follow a sector agnostic approach with positive bias towards Specialty Chemicals, FMCG, Electronics, Food & Agriculture and Healthcare/Pharma.

 

Commenting on the launch, G. S. Ganesh, founder of INGA, expressed confidence in establishing a strong and sound platform for nurturing success stories. He added that with solid experience in dealing with emotions of founders, the fund will tap the best in industries and partner them in their growth journey. He further commented that the partnership with TIH brings the best combination of the strong network and long term relationship of Inga and long standing investment experience of TIH. The strength of Inga is a collective experience of over 100 years comprising its founders and key management personnel.

 

Commenting on the partnership, Allen Wang from TIH said, “We are delighted to partner with Inga, a premier and veteran corporate finance/investment banking firm in India with mid-cap segment focus. Their wide reach across the country presents great investment opportunities for us in the middle market space in corporate India. We are confident that the partnership will help both parties to expand our opportunities in a quickly expanding Indian economy – from both a direct investment and cross-board perspective.”

 

Inga has emerged as a boutique relationship investment banker (IB) with a two decades of successful track record of nurturing family enterprises to a strong listed company or navigate its exit through M&As. In all these, Inga has displayed the key traits of managing the family aspirations vis-a-vis their hesitancy to cede control.

 

With this background and strong emphasis on family grown SME business Inga Ventures has stepped in to the next and logical phase of promoting a PE fund which will invest in such opportunities.

 

About Inga Ventures

Founded by a 1st generation investment banker, Mr. G S Ganesh, Inga Ventures has been offering boutique investment banking services to Indian corporates since 1999. Inga provides a broad range of services in the areas of equity capital market, private equity, corporate advisory and merger & acquisition.

 

About TIH Singapore

TIH Limited (TIH) is an SGX-listed closed-end fund set up in 1994, and is managed by one of the most established private equity investment teams in Asia. TIH currently has two business segments – Investment Business and Fund Management. Under the former, TIH is involved in special situation investments in both public and private companies, acquisitions of secondary portfolio and non-core assets, private credit, and long term strategic private equity. Under the Fund Management segment, TIHIM, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TIH, which holds a Capital Markets Services License issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, is a multi strategy investment manager with current asset under management of more than USD 1.12 billion in strategies such as special situation, public equity and private equity. 

मुंबई महानगरी ने देखी एक अभूतपूर्व और आदर्श महारथयात्रा

मुंबई, 30 सितंबर (आदर्श महाराष्ट्र संवाददाता): मुंबई नगरी में आज तक यात्राएं तो काफी निकली, लेकिन जिस रथयात्रा को 'अभूतपूर्व' और 'आदर्श' ऐसे शब्दों से नवाजा जा सके ,ऐसी महारथयात्रा दिनांक २५ सितम्बर को हर्षोल्लास के साथ निकली थी.

जैन आगमादि धर्म शास्त्रों और उसका अनुकरण करने वाले सामाचारी के अनुसार आराधना करने वाले- कराने वाले भिवंडी से भायखला और नालासोपारा से वालकेश्वर तक के जैन संघ और समस्त संघ के आराधकों के सामूहिक आयोजन में कुदरत ने भी जो साथ -सहयोग दिया, उसे प्रभु कृपा का चमत्कार ही मानना पड़ेगा. इस महारथयात्रा की एक- एक विशेषता का यदि वर्णन हो तो पन्नों के पन्ने भर जाय संक्षेप में कहना हो तो ऐसा कहा जा सकता है कि इस महारथयात्रा में सब कुछ विशेष था. विशेषताओं का महामेला भरा था. इस महारथयात्रा मे लगभग डेढ़ किलोमीटर के क्षेत्र में फैली हुई इस महायात्रा की शोभा को देखने के लिए भारतभर से और मुंबई के उपनगरों में से जो जनसागर उमटा था, उसके सामने अरब सागर भी वामन लगता था और मुंबई के महामार्ग भी संकरे साबित हुए थे. इस महारथयात्रा में पाठशाला के हजारों विद्यार्थियों ने जो उत्साह दिखाया था, हजारों युवा जिस उत्साह से नाचे थे और हजारों प्रौढ़ और वृद्धों ने अपनी उपस्थिति से इस रथयात्रा की जो शोभा बढ़ाई थी, उसकी तो बात ही नहीं की जा सकती.

इस महारथयात्रा में पू.आ.श्री विजयसिद्धिसूरीश्वरजी. म. सा., पू. आ.श्री विजय शांतिचंद्र सूरीश्वरजी.म.सा, पू,आ. श्री.विजय शांतिचंद्रसूरीश्वरजी.म.सा. और पू.आ.श्री.विजयअमृतसूरीश्वरजी.म.सा. इन 4 समुदायों के जिनाज्ञाप्रिय अनुयायियों की बड़ी संख्या में उपस्थिति ध्यानाकर्षक बनी थी.

तपागच्छ के सबसे सुविशाल 'सूरिरामचंद्र' समुदाय के महानायक पू.आ.भ.श्री विजयपुण्यपाल सूरीश्वरजी महाराजा के अपने स्वास्थ्य की नाजुक अवस्था में भी इस महारथयात्रा में निश्रा देने हेतु पधारने से सकल श्री संघ का उत्साह आसमान को लांग गया था. महाराष्ट्र के राज्यपाल श्री भगतसिंह कोश्यारी, कैबिनेट मंत्री श्री मंगलप्रभात लोढ़ा, एमएलए श्रीमती गीताबेन जैन तथा श्रीमती शायना एनसी, डायमंड के अग्रणी श्री.भरत भाई शाह, श्री.विनोदभाई अजबाणी, श्री.राजेनभाई शाह, श्री.शैलेशभाई अजबाणी, श्री.कैवनभाई जवेरी, श्रीमती.प्रेमलताबेन कोठारी, श्री.रमणभाई शाह, श्री.हिमांशुभाई राजा, श्री.हितेषभाई मोता आदि महानुभावों ने इस रथयात्रा के दर्शन कर धन्यता का अनुभव किया था. पू. गच्छाधिपतिश्री की आज्ञा -आशीर्वाद से 2 वर्ष पूर्व प्रवचन प्रभावक पू. आ. श्री विजय कीर्तियश सू. म. सा. की निश्रा में समूह रथयात्रा की सर्वप्रथम शुरुआत हुई थी. इस बार गच्छाधिपति पूज्यश्री की पुनीत निश्रा प्राप्त होने से सभी का भावोल्लास ऐसा वृद्धिगत बना कि अब हर वर्ष ऐसी समूह महारथयात्रा चढ़ते रंग के साथ आयोजित करने के मनोरथ में सकल संघ के जुड़ने से आगामी महारथयात्रा के दिन की घोषणा होने के साथ ही मुख्य लाभार्थी आदि के नाम भी दर्ज हो गए थे. जैन धर्म के 22 वें तीर्थंकर श्री नेमिनाथ प्रभु के केवल ज्ञान कल्याणक दिन और महान जैनाचार्य श्री विजय महाबलसूरीश्वरजी म. सा. की छट्ठी पुण्यतिथि के दिन आयोजित यह महारथयात्रा मुंबई की जनता के लिए यादगार बन गई. रथ यात्रा के बाद मोतीशा लालबाग जैन संघ के उपाश्रय में धर्मसभा आयोजित होने से उस में गुरु भगवंतों के मार्मिक प्रवचन, दीक्षार्थियों का सम्मान, पाठशाला के विद्यार्थियों का सम्मान आदि संपन्न हुआ था.

उसके बाद हजारों साधर्मिकों को बैठाकर आदर्श भोजन भक्ति का आयोजन किया गया था और शाम को चंदनबाला के श्री महावीरस्वामी जिनालय में अलौकिक महापूजा का आयोजन किया गया था. इसमें भी हजारों भाविकों ने दर्शन का लाभ लेकर धन्यता का अनुभव किया था. जैन धर्म के मूलभूत सिद्धांतों एवं आदर्शों को ध्यान में रखकर उसके पालन के साथ मनाई गई यह महारथयात्रा वास्तव में आदर्शरूप बन गई थी.