Category: Business

Strong Planning and Customer Support Leads to 27% Market Share

Solid Business Position Continues into 2021

 November 17: Kingston Technology, a world leader in memory products and technology solutions,, today announced TrendForce has named it as the number one supplier of SSDs in the channel for all of 2020. According to TrendForce, Kingston accounted for a whopping 27 per cent of the 111.5 million units shipped in 2020.

With the emergence of COVID-19 in 2020, TrendForce reported a 15% YoY decrease in annual SSD shipments to the channel and severe delays in manufacturing and logistics, resulting in a sudden decline in order volumes. Yet, findings show through Kingston’s global strategy for sourcing components; the company was well ahead of its competitors, considering a global pandemic and looming chip shortage. The results reinforced Kingston as the clear leader in SSD production, as the second-place supplier accounted for only 8 per cent of the total channel market. As a category, third-party suppliers (non-semiconductor) SSD makers accounted for65% of the total shipments in 2020.

Kingston Technology’s presence in the market is widely due to its strong relationships with customers and channel partners worldwide. As the ongoing health crisis swept through the world and businesses moved fast to adapt, Kingston continued to offer top-tier sales support and access to in-house product experts and engineers who embody the “Kingston Is With You” working attitude that has led to three successful decades of reliability and support for customers. Kingston’s #1rankin the SSD market is no surprise when the same approach in the DRAM division has led the company to be the largest third-party memory module supplier for the 18^th consecutive year.

“The 2020research findings reinforce Kingston’s growing presence and position in the SSD market,” said Kingston.“The COVID-19 pandemic has largely impacted and accelerated the worldwide demand of SSDs, with remote working and education as the key drivers behind last year’s surge continuing through 2021 into next year. With that, we continue to solidify our offerings with distinct SATA and NVMe solutions in the client space and growing enterprise solutions for a variety of applications and host environments.”

Kingston has no plans in slowing down, having just added two PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSDs to its portfolio with the addition of KC3000 and Kingston FURY Renegade SSD.  The high-performance drives joined Kingston’s family of client SSDs to enable those who demand speed and reliability to handle intensive games and application workloads on desktops and laptop PCs.

For more information, visit kingston.com.

November 16: Dreams are a part of reality though not many put equal effort to work towards it. Millennials are often too impatient to achieve what they dream of. Passion, when achieved through some form of a dream, is often ignored and sometimes not even opted for. Chartered Accountancy is one such profession that needs real dedication and patience when choosing to live with. It is also said often that it is one of the toughest certifications of all the national examinations in India. From multinational companies to government firms, every organization needs a CA for their finance to look straight. Chartered Accountant Gokul Raj is one such example of a young man who once dreamt of educating himself and ended up educating many in the process.

Being a first-generation graduate in the family did not dissuade him from dreaming big, and he worked hard towards getting accredited as a CA. He was a young, hard-working guy from his young days and believed more in practical experiences through books and reference versus that of school grades. He always wanted to educate as many individuals as he can, and this gave him the will to stick to his hard work. Soon he got the opportunity to open his first educational venture with the name of KEW academy. The journey of 6 years towards building the academy and constantly improving the system has always got him more success. He has been actively involved in mentoring, influencing, and supporting students through his seminars and sessions. He has mentored over 300 students with the latest techniques. He is soon launching AXUS Learning, a mobile app that marries digital learning technology with a practical learning pedagogy for 11^th and 12^th-grade commerce stream students.  The art of keeping the finance straight and also be able to audit efficiently has also helped him gain a lot of recognition throughout his career.

The leadership roles and activities he was involved in includes being a Carnatic Rotarian and a member of the “Youth Club Services” committee for the years 2021-22, Served as co-chairman of the Hindustan Chamber of Commerce’s “Entrepreneurial skill development committee” last year, also being a member of Corporate Affairs of Hindustan Chamber of Commerce for the year 2017-18. He has also presented research papers on Company Act 2013 and ‘Internal Audits’ and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and its branches across South India. His profile also had him authorize classroom notes for the CPT and IPCC curriculum of ICAI. All these include over 25 seminars for those working in the accounting profession, delivered lectures in over 30 schools every year for the past 6 years. He also has happened to travel to nearly 12 to18 countries to set up internal controls and conduct internal audits in a variety of sectors.

Mr. Gokul Raj has been recognized on multiple occasions, including Capgemini business services awarded him the best employee award in 2009, Star article award in the year 2005 from PKF Sridhar & Santhanam, a student member of SICASA 2006 – 07 and many more associated with career counselling and motivational. He is a living example for many young aspirants who wants to transform their passion into reality.

New Delhi (India), November 16: When you have a strong will and are determined, when you want to do something great and single-mindedly work towards a goal, you are bound to get rewarded. Meribindiya International Academy is a leading and renowned beautician training centre and a name in the industry located in the Delhi/NCR. The students get exceptional training and quality education in the academy by professional beauty experts. This academy has given wings to every young woman who dreamt of becoming a makeup artist and also played a crucial role in their career path. This journey still continues.

Amidst this incredible journey, there is a piece of good news for the academy. Recently, at the famous National Achievers Award2021 (NAA), Meribindiya International Academy has been awarded the title of the “Best Beauty School” by a brand icon. Meribindiya International Academy received this award from the well-known and eminent television and films actress Hina Khan. Big Boss fame Hina Khan appreciated the academy for its wonderful work and has also wished the academy the best for its future endeavours.

The entire team and the students of Meribindiya International Academy are super thrilled to receive the award. Moreover, during the festive time of Diwali, receiving the award of Best Beauty School has put them in the celebration mode. Meribindiya International Academy’s founder Lata Ji is also excited to receive this award. On this occasion, she stated that such awards boost the morale of the academy. We are inspired to perform better. She also said that in future, Meribindiya International Academy will continue to work like this and will never compromise on the quality parameters. She also stated that the academy has played a vital role in training young women and gave them high-flying careers. The girls got acquainted with the beauty and makeup skills and used their knowledge to become full-fledged professionals in this industry. This has made them self-reliant.

There are multiple courses that are being run in the academy. The beauty experts impart quality training to the students related to makeup, hairstyle, nail art and many more things. Through practical training, the students get an environment to learn and grow. This is the reason why the placement record of this academy is exceptional, and the students’ post completion of the courses end up having numerous job opportunities. You got it right! The 100% placement record of Meribindiya International Academy makes it remarkable and different from other beauty schools. Any academy does not get awarded just like this. For achieving such a milestone, hard work, quality, farsightedness, and dedication is required. This accolade is just the starting of a successful journey.

These days professional courses are trending and also in demand by so many individuals. Off lately, there is a growing interest in the beauty industry. Girls are taking an interest in learning about makeup, hairstyle, draping styles, eye makeup, and nail art. It is gradually becoming a booming industry with endless job opportunities. Girls want to take this up professionally. They are also earning huge in this profession as now it is a high paying field. So many women have been empowered and become highly skilled. Not just this-they have become self-sustained and confident. People are becoming future-ready by pursuing these courses and gaining an in-depth knowledge of the nitty-gritty of hair care and skin care.

“We have promised ourselves that we will not compromise with quality at all. The goal is yet to be accomplished! There is a long way to go as we just have started.

ModAir’s tech enabled air logistics & courier platform aims to cater to the rising demand for faster delivery of consignments

 New Delhi (India), November 16: Taking a big leap forward into air cargo industry, ModAir Aviation IFSC Pvt Ltd (Modair) has launched an exclusive tech enabled air logistics & courier platform focused on tier 2 and tier 3 cities to serve the rising population in these cities. In a first in India, ModAir has pioneered the concept of “one ton” small low cost aircraft capable of landing at small air fields with the aim to fulfil the demand in smaller cities for air logistics & courier.

With its exclusive services, ModAir hopes to disrupt the market by ensuring small loads convenient for the customers with low operational costs, easy accessibility of small airfields and above all the flexibility to capture the market by providing a seamless experience to its valued customers. ModAir has already done extensive market surveys to gauge the demand and now it’s confidently moving ahead to order 50 small low cost aircraft pan India to meet the requirement. In addition, ModAir is also working on putting together a technology platform which will connect customers and allow them to track and trace their shipments in real time.

While launching the one-of-a-kind tech enabled air logistics & courier platform of ModAir, an elated Mr. Atul Jain, Chairman, ModAir said, “We are delighted to pioneer and provide an innovative solution for the need of cost competitive air courier and logistics in India’s growing tier 2 and tier 3 cities. Our exclusive tech enabled air logistics & courier platform will be a force multiplier for the economies of these cities and towns. ModAir has deep domain knowledge in general aviation to provide a reliable and robust backbone for this platform. So, we are confident that with this advanced air logistics platform, our customers will be able to leverage the tools to book, track and manage their air shipments while simultaneously optimising their routing, costs and labour efficiency.”

Under the astute leadership of passionate aviator Mr. Atul Jain, CMD, ModAir together with the experienced aviator Mr. Varun Mittal, CEO, ModAir, the company aims to bring about a sea change in the way air courier and logistics business is being done in the country. Committed to introduce a wide bouquet of offerings, ModAir will expand its wings to across the globe in the times to come.

With one of the largest fleet of aircraft, ModAir offers the widest array of solutions to meet customers’ needs as it specialises in multiple flying activities. Serving clients such as Flying Training Organisations (FTOs), and Non-Scheduled Operators Permit holders (NSOP), ModAir is aggressively increasing its services with plans to move into wide aircraft to support SOP, cargo airlines and helicopter operators in the near future.

New Delhi/Mumbai (India), November 16: CRISIL Rating announced that it has assigned a long-term rating of CRISIL BBB+/Positive to Runaya Private Limited (RPL) while assigning a short-term rating of CRISIL A2.

As per CRISIL, the rating reflects high revenue visibility due to the presence of the long-term supplier and customer contracts, strong financial flexibility, and the expectation of healthy return ratios driven by strong performance and efficient working capital management.

The positive outlook reflects the expectation that Runaya will sustain the ramp-up in revenue while also improving its operating margins, which could subsequently result in a rating upgrade. CRISIL also expects the return ratios to be robust due to healthy profit.

Naivedya Agarwal, Co-founder, Runaya, said, “With the advent of the 5G revolution, we see double-digit exponential growth in demand for FRP Rods both in India and globally. We have set up an Innovation Cell at our plant, with a focus on value-added products, as well as on digitization and artificial intelligence for enhancing productivity, quality, and safety parameters. We are pleased to receive the Crisil BBB+ / Positive rating, which is a validation of the strength of our business.”

About Runaya:

Runaya’s vision is to deploy cutting-edge technology to enable innovation, sustainability and efficiency improvement in the natural resources industry. Founded by Naivedya and Annanya Agarwal (sons of Vedanta Limited Vice-Chairman Navin Agarwal), the key focus is on executing projects that enable a circular economy and promote the concept of waste to wealth. In addition to ground support products, Runaya’s portfolio includes sustainability solutions for the aluminium industry, minor metals recovery, gas atomized metallurgical powders and other semi-finished products for the telecommunication cable and steel industries. Please visit www.runaya.com for more.

Donates another Rs 10,00,000/- (INR Ten lakh) to Mahavinayak Vidyayan, Barchana under  “Mo School Abhiyan”

Bhubaneswar, Odisha (India), November 15: In a unique act of charity and ‘giving back to its soil’, Orissa Stevedores Limited (OSL) has donated another Rs 10,00,000/- to Mahavinayak Vidyayan, Barchana under “Mo School Abhiyan”.

Recently OSL had extended financial support of Rs 20,00,000/-  to the schools of Cuttack district under the ambitious “Mo School Abhiyan Parichalana Sangathan” (MSAPS) launched by the Government of Odisha.

The donation will go a long way in providing a boost towards building infrastructure in the school campus necessary to fulfil smart school requirements.

Speaking on the purpose of such support and contribution, Shri Mahimananda Mishra, Managing Director (MD), OSL Group, said OSL is proudly contributing to “ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning”.

“We will provide our full support to the Odisha Government’s Mo School Abhiyaan, a robust approach towards building a brighter future for the state and its people,” Mishra remarked

In this regard, a resolution to this effect has been passed in a meeting of “Mo Schoo Abhiyan” of Mahavinayak Vidyayan, Barchana, expressing gratitude and thanks to the OSL Group for its generosity and commitment to education.

‘Mo School Abhiyan’, started in 2017 by Odisha Chief Minister Shri Naveen Pattnaik to revamp the state’s school ecosystem, has been yielding tremendous success on all counts.

Over the years, OSL Group, as a major corporate house in the state, has built many impactful CSR activities with a focus on pandemic relief works, education, health care, development of community infrastructure, among others.

As part of its many interventions, OSL Group also extended significant support towards helping the battle against the apocalyptic Covid-19 pandemic.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 15: BSE-listed Lancer Container Lines Ltd. (BSE:539841) has announced stellar results for the quarter ended 30 September 2021 (unaudited).

Quarterly and Half-yearly Highlights Quarter ended 30 September 2021 (Consolidated):  

For the quarter ended 30 September 2021, the Company recorded a stellar increase in revenue, which rose 87%, from Rs. 7337.39 Lakhs (Q2FY21) to Rs. 13714.03 Lakhs (Q2FY22). PAT jumped 162% from Rs. 229.39 Lakhs (Q2FY21) to Rs. 601.45 Lakhs (Q2FY22).

For H1FY22, the Company recorded massive improvement YoY as business recovered leaps and bounds from H1FY21, which was plagued by lockdowns owing to Covid-19. The revenue rose 99% to Rs. 24862.84 Lakhs (H1FY22). PAT doubled to Rs. 898.83 Lakhs (H1FY22) from Rs.448.31 Lakhs (H1FY21). Another notable improvement was in Basic EPS, which also doubled.

The Company recently informed that it had incorporated a Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company, viz LANCIA SHIPPING L.L.C in Emirate of Dubai. Abdul Khalik Chataiwala is the Promoter of Lancer Container lines Limited holds the position of Manager in LANCIA SHIPPING L.L.C.

According to the regulatory filing, the entity’s objective is Sea Shipping Lines Agent, NVOCC, Freight Forwarding, which shall include carrying on all activities as are related or ancillary thereto upon approval of the Department of Economic Development. The business of Wholly owned subsidiary is in line with the mainline of business of the Company

Earlier, the Company’s board of directors had allotted bonus equity shares in the ratio of 2 (two) equity shares for every 1 (one) existing share held by members of the Company whose names appeared in the register of members/ list of beneficial owners on the record date.

Lancer Container Lines Ltd. is one of the leading integrated logistics solution providers in India. Listed on the BSE mainboard, Lancer Container Lines leads the way by providing customized solutions to a wide range of customers.

The Company offers diverse logistics services around the world, and the organization has strong associates in India, the Indian subcontinent, South East Asia, Far East, the MENA region, and CIS Countries. Lancer offers diverse solutions that enable its clients to use its organized network and optimize the cost, performance, and efficiency of their operations which shorten the lead time to the market. Company’s clientele includes JSW steel, Reliance Industries Ltd., Viraj Profiles Ltd., etc.

From humble beginnings in 2011, the Lancer started as Liner Services and further covered all verticals in shipping and freight forwarding, providing world-class space for containers in yards, inland transport services, and container trading. The Company has also added a new line of services such as LCL (Cargo Consolidation), Break Bulk Cargo.

Lancer Container Lines consist of a team of experienced professionals who believe in giving prompt and effective services to all customers in the logistics industry in India and abroad. Our team of highly experienced professionals always works ceaselessly to give client-centric solutions at a reasonable cost.

Onboards Shirish Rane as Creative Director & Deepak Chaudhari as head of PR, Marketing and Business Communication

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 13: Cinelal, the brand new OTT platform and the brainchild of dynamic young entrepreneur Mrs Alankrit Rathod, has appointed Film Maker Shirish Rane as Creative Director & Deepak Chaudhari as head of PR, Marketing and Business Communication. Mrs Alankrit Rathod is pleased to announce these new roles and is proud to be associated with the new team.

On this new team appointment leading lady of KDR Group, innovative Entrepreneur & Cinelal OTT Chairperson, Mrs Alankrit Rathod, has quoted, “We have a huge responsibility to entertain our audience seriously. I believe ‘Entertainment is very Serious Business’, and we must take care of our audience’s entertainment taste. Content is of prime importance to us.

Entrepreneur Mrs Alankrit Rathod appointed Shirish Rane as creative Director as he has vast media experience ranging from theatre to serials to Cinema for content generation. Shirish Ji is taking care of the creative side of Programming as well as content for the esteemed OTT Platform. He is a well-acclaimed Award-winning Film Director, Screenwriter. Shirish comes with more than twenty years of Media experience in Curating and Creating Films, Serials, Advertisements and Events. He is famously known for his debut film “Janma”, starring Reema Lagoo & Veena Jamkar, which garnered him a lot of attention & fame as he was nominated for and received various state and national level awards for it. “Mare Parenta Phashi”, for which he worked as a Creative Director, wears the crown of winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film Category. Along with this, he is now ready to roar with success at Box office with two grand multi-starrer films, “AATA BASS” & “DIL DOSTI DEEWANGI” to be released in the coming soon.

Cinelal Chairperson Mrs. Alankrit Rathod added, “As PR, Marketing and Business Communication, Deepak Chaudhari will be heading with his best skill. In his current role, Deepak will lead to promote & market Cinelal content across the world.”

Deepak is dealing with the Cinelal OTT channel to develop as a brand and create awareness for the world market.  He has a remarkable ability to manage responsibilities singlehandedly.  Deepak has over 15 years of experience in media relations, brand integration, syndication, and crisis management. In the area of Business Communications and Advocacy, he can coordinate with Govt. bodies as well as National & International Film Festivals and overall Film and Television media. He also served as a Personal PR to OSCAR Delegation at IFFI. He is the honorary PR head for Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Chitrapat Mahamandal. He has previously done PR, Marketing for more than 100 Indian Movies.

Mrs. Alankrit Rathod signed off saying, “With a strong & experienced team, we are definite to reach masses with our unique content of different genres like Women Empowerment, Drama, Romance, Action, Comedy, Suspense Thriller & Fantasy.” We are doing hard to serve the best of the best entertainment to our audience.

Giving access to local and global audiences to experience favorite games such as Teen Patti Gold and Carrom Gold

New Delhi (India), November 12: After kicking off its operation in India this year, the leading digital entertainment enabler, UniPin, continues to expand its ties by partnering with Moonfrog Labs. Moonfrog Labs is one of India’s biggest Indian game publishers, which was founded in 2013 and is now part of Stillfront Group – a Nasdaq Stockholm listed enterprise. The two officially start the partnership on September 15^th to make games such as Teen Patti Gold (TPG), Ludo Club and Carrom Gold available in UniPin.

As a leading game publisher, Moonfrog Labs has been known to develop various top-grossing mobile games in India and international markets. As its first major title game, Teen Patti Gold has become one of the nation’s highest-grossing games with over 60 million active players. Meanwhile, the Carrom Gold game has steadily drawn more users with its realistic new 2021 fee disc pool format. Other than the aforementioned two, MoonfrogLabs also published popular games like Ludo Club, Warriors of Magic: Kalyug, and Jalebi.

This partnership is established with the intention to provide popular games to Indian audiences worldwide along with the other global games available on UniPin. UniPin works with some of the biggest game publishers globally and has provided a range of some of the most popular games on its platform supported by the most integrated payment options. The latest partnership was with miHoYo, to provide Genshin Impact in its platform in Southeast Asia. With this partnership, Moonfrog Labs gets access to new consumers in global and emerging markets

Ashadi Angas, CEO of UniPin Group, mentioned the massive Indian gaming market and the huge potential of it to be upscaled globally,

“There is a very large mobile gaming market in India, and games made by Indian game publishers like Moonfrog have a massive customer base in India and abroad. With this partnership, we intend to provide Indian customers with the games of their choice in a secure, fast, and easy method,” added Ashadi.

UniPin and Moonfrog are also running special promotions to celebrate the partnership. The promotions will enable customers who purchase TeenPatti Gold chips/packs until 30^th November to get bonus chips up to 3CR.  All these offers will only be available exclusively in UniPin.  All details regarding the partnership can be accessed officially at www.unipin.com or Facebook page: UniPin India and Instagram @unipin_india.

About Moonfrog Labs

Moonfrog was founded in late 2013 by a team of industry veterans with the mission of making mobile gaming inclusive in India. With successful games like Ludo Club, Jalebi and Teen Patti Gold, Moonfrog has learned not only to breathe life into evergreen family games but also continues to pioneer in the development of mobile games, like Baahubali and Kalyug. For more information, please visit https://moonfroglabs.com/.

About UniPin

UniPin (Universal Pin) is the leading digital entertainment enabler, with more than 28 million active users in 33 countries worldwide. Supported by a comprehensive range of payment channels, UniPin provides electronic pins (UniPin Credit) that can be used in various games from various game publishers. For more information, please visit http://corp.unipin.com.

November 12: Arvind Tiwari is one of the rising business tycoons living in Mumbai, Maharashtra. His business is in the Media Sector and the owner of a film production agency. He has a team of the most talented and innovative people in his PR and Digital team. He is already working with the different famous personalities of the film industry.

The best thing about Arvind Tiwari is he never quit making his client’s expectations a reality; that is why his work is always appreciated by each of his clients. He is always known for his vision; he is very visionary about his ideas and thoughts.

He always focuses on success by taking the lesson from his frailer. Media, IT & Production house is owned by him. Their services include content creation and production, content discovery and reinforcement, crisis management, data analysis, employee engagement, inclusion and LGBTQ strategies, influencer marketing, media relations, training, public affairs, social media, social purpose and UX design. Bloomingdale is a full-service public relations, digital marketing and influencer marketing firm that has grown to cover all aspects of digital marketing, including social media management, advertising, search engine ad, network ad, remarketing, email marketing, creative services and influencer marketing. Services include PR, social media, content marketing, customer loyalty and internal communication for B2B and B2C companies. Press releases, social media, influencer connections, promotional content and publication pages are just some of the tools his firms use to help their customers improve their brand image and increase profitability.

Arvind Tiwari always helps Companies further develop their brand identity and create high-quality and newsworthy content. Public relations are one of the most effective ways to build a marketing strategy and build a solid online reputation. PR and marketing efforts help brands build connections with media companies to reach their target audience. Arvind Tiwari and his brilliant team have always done a tremendous job for their clients. He is now planning to grab the global Market to serve more customers worldwide.