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Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 2: Eroute Technologies Private Limited, a card-based payment company launched its maiden product offering OmniCard – India’s First Omni-channel Pre-paid Card exclusively for YOUNG Generation that aims to step up their lives by making them independent power-packed with an innovative mobile app in the emerging Indian payment industry. The launch event was well attended by various Banking & Payment leaders including Mr. A. K. Purwar-Ex SBI Chairman, H. R. Khan – former Deputy Governor, RBI, Vijay Chhibber- Ex Union Secretary, NPCI, Japan Communications, Soft Bank, CTBC, FIS to name a few. Powered by RuPay OmniCard offers the most innovative, secure, and enduring payment experiences seamlessly integrated with the convenience of online and offline payment options.

The Noida-based company had recently received authorization from the Reserve Bank of India to issue and operate Pre-paid Instruments in the country. The OmniCard manifests the flexibility and seamless consumer payment experience to our Young and their families using their pre-paid card account independently and relieving their parents of giving them physical cash or supplementary debit/ credit cards for their spending.

Sanjeev Pandey, Co-Founder & CEO says “OmniCard solves the problem by cashless convenience that matches the vibes of the youth, lifestyle and spending experience with innovative Mobile app UI and reliability of Card. We are targeting 230 million Young in the age group of 15-24 years to empower them to spend smartly and responsibly. Today’s Young are digital natives, possess high access to the Internet, prefer independence, are full-grown consumers and influencers to family’s new age consumerism. The present apps and banks do not offer this financial freedom to the pre-banked segment and their guardians who are keen on budgets”

Praveena Rai, COO, NPCI said, “We are happy to be associated with Eroute Technologies for the launch of OmniCard on the RuPay network. We believe this card will offer a smart and unique payment experience to GenNext customers. It is great to witness RuPay’s increasing acceptance among the younger generation who is the future of our country. We are confident that this thoughtful initiative will inculcate the habit of going cash-light among them at an early age.”

Abhishek Saxena, Co-Founder & COO further states “The company has developed the full tech stack in-house with a focus on payment experiences to our User’s with high safety and convenience features like face recognition, thumb impressions. The OmniCard comes with the feature of control and visibility where the parents or users can set up spending limits and track spends using the OmniCard app.

Powered by RuPay, OmniCard will also be enabled with National Common Mobility Program to access mass transit systems in the country using Tap & Pay. It comes with multi-benefit in-app merchant offers and a seamless online shopping experience. Users may use in-built UPI services using OmniCard mobile app to load and transfer money and also pay contactless using QR Code & NFC. OmniCard will be available in Virtual and Physical forms which can be accessed both from the IOS and Android phones by downloading the app from Play Store and AppStore and users can create their card within 15 seconds by following a simple digital onboarding process. With the wide acceptability of RuPay, OmniCard can be used at millions of merchant outlets and e-commerce websites in India to diversify spending options on the card.

Jason Ho, Co-Founder states, “OmniCard is a complete experience in one step integrated with mobile App, Rupay Card and Tap &Pay for the national mass transit system. In some developed nations like Singapore, Japan, and Taiwan, it took decades to achieve such products that require a mature regulation system, standardization of technologies, and innovative hardworking people, who understand technologies but also care about the customer needs. We are committed to redefining the payment experience in every payment ecosystem in India

About Eroute Technologies

Founded in October 2018, Eroute Technologies Private Limited is a card-based payment company with a mission to redefine payment experiences by using simple, secure, and reliable omnichannel digital payment solutions that enrich the consumer lives for a responsible and sustainable future. Based at Noida, Eroute Technologies is authorised by the Reserve Bank of India as a payment system operator under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 to issue and operate Pre-paid Instruments in the Country. The company is promoted by like-minded professionals with proven career track records carrying a vision to “serve the pre-banked and underserved segments of our society” using innovative payment technologies blended with experience and personalization.

For more information, visit https://omnicard.in/

About NPCI

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) was incorporated in 2008 as an umbrella organization for operating retail payments and settlement systems in India. NPCI has created a robust payment and settlement infrastructure in the country. It has changed the way payments are made in India through a bouquet of retail payment products such as RuPay card, Immediate Payment Service (IMPS), Unified Payments Interface (UPI), Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM), BHIM Aadhaar, National Electronic Toll

Collection (NETC Fastag) and Bharat BillPay. NPCI also launched UPI 2.0 to offer a more secure and comprehensive service to consumers and merchants.

NPCI is focused on bringing innovations in the retail payment systems through the use of technology and is relentlessly working to transform India into a digital economy. It is facilitating secure payments solutions with nationwide accessibility at minimal cost in furtherance of India’s aspiration to be a fully digital society.

For more information, visit: https://www.npci.org.in/

New Delhi [India], July 2: AsiaOne is an international media house and the only Business & News magazine with presence in more than 12 countries of Asia, Middle East & Africa. AsiaOne Media has pioneered the research-based listing of Brands & Leaders and supplements its listings with National & International Business & Social Summits and Awards function. It has been offering Indian, Asian and African brands & leaders with higher visibility through its several prestigious mediums including Magazine, Coffee Table Book, Television Broadcast, various websites, Android and iOS Apps.

Considering the fact that the Indian Real Estate sector plays a major role in the nation’s economic growth, AsiaOne conducted a research to study the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on the sector. It was found that despite the pandemic, the top real estate brands have performed exceptionally well and have successfully turned adversity into opportunity. The findings of the research culminated into the list of Top 50 Brands & Leaders by Wealth in the Realty Sector. Besides the major players, some emerging brands have performed exceptionally well and they are likely to occupy the top slots in the times to come. AsiaOne Global Head and Principal Partner Rajat Raj Shukal says, “It’s very heartening to see the upward trend in the realty sector despite the global pandemic. I congratulate all the top performing players! I especially appreciate the emerging brands which have turned the tide owing to their innovative approach and relentless determination. Overall, the realty sector holds immense potential and boundless opportunities for growth.”

AsiaOne List of Top 50 Real Estate Brands and Leaders 2020-21 by Wealth

AsiaOne List of Top 50 Real Estate Brands and Leaders 2020-21 by Wealth has been created on the basis of valuation of top real estate brands and leaders. Despite the fact that there might have been inadvertent omissions, the list is the most authentic attempt to identify India’s top real estate leaders and to measure their holdings’ value. The Listing comprises Pan India findings and regional findings.

Pan India Findings

Out of the top 50 brands and leaders at the Pan India level, Rajiv Singh, 61, of DLF Ltd., with a wealth of INR 42,163, has acquired the top slot on India’s Most Influential Real Estate Brands & Leaders List 2020-21. He is followed by Mangal Prabhat Lodha, 65, of Macrotech Developers Ltd. who registered a valuation of INR 31,968 crores and Chandru Raheja, 80, of K Raheja Corp Pvt. Ltd who possesses wealth amounting to INR 21,000 crores.

Mumbai

The financial capital of India, Mumbai is popularly known as the ‘City of Dreams,’ and is renowned for its architectural marvels such as The Gateway of India and The Bandra–Worli Sea Link. With a wealth of INR 31,968 crores, Mangal Prabhat Lodha, 65, of Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Lodha Group) occupies the number one slot in the Pan India list. He is succeeded by Chandru Raheja, 80, of K. Raheja Corp Pvt. Ltd. who possesses a wealth of INR 21,000 crores.

Delhi-NCR

Delhi NCR covers the entire National Capital Region (NCR) comprising the neighbouring cities of Delhi namely Gurugram (erstwhile Gurgaon), Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Noida, Faridabad and Sonepat along with Delhi. The first spot on the list for Delhi-NCR has been occupied by Rajiv Singh, 61, of DLF Ltd. who possesses a wealth of INR 42,163 crores. He is followed Navin M Raheja, 65, of Raheja Developers Ltd. who possesses a wealth of INR 14,600 crores.

Bengaluru

Asia’s Silicon Valley, Bengaluru has been serving as India’s technology capital for over 3 decades now, and is renowned for premier R&D laboratories, academic institutions, and public sector focused firms. Encompassing a wealth of INR 19,589 crores, Irfan Razack, 67, of Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. has acquired the first spot on the list for Bengaluru. With a wealth of INR 19,421 crores, Jitendra Virwani, 55, of Embassy Office Parks REIT Ltd. comes a close second.

Chennai

Nicknamed the ‘Detroit of India’ for its auto industry, Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, exhibits the architectural evolution over several centuries. The real estate sector in Chennai is ruled by young and ambitious leaders namely Manoj Namburu and Suneel Bommireddy of Alliance Infrastructure Projects Pvt. Ltd. & Urbanrise Projects LLP, who have acquired the top two slots. Possessing a wealth of INR 2,175 crores and INR 2,150 crores, respectively, the successful duo is also a part of the top 6 real estate achievers of Hyderabad.

Hyderabad

The fourth largest city in India, Hyderabad is popularly known as ‘The City of Pearls’ and ‘The City of Nizams’ and is renowned for the historic monument of Charminar. The first spot in Hyderabad’s realty sector has been occupied by Rameswar Rao Jupally, 65, of My Home Group who encompasses a wealth of 7,300 crores. He is followed by S. S. Reddy, 68, of Aparna Constructions and Estates Pvt. Ltd., who possesses a wealth of INR 5,200 crores.

Conclusion

With an estimated total size of around INR 12,24,000 crores, the Indian Real Estate sector plays a significant role in driving its economic growth. Despite the pandemic, the top real estate brands have performed exceptionally well and have focused on growth opportunities amidst the prevailing adversity. Some emerging brands like Alliance Infrastructure & Urbanrise and Emaar India have been thriving, expanding their horizons and are likely to occupy the top slots in the times to come. The very fact that wealth creation in the sector continued to be robust, in spite of the challenges posed by COVID-19 pandemic, deserves a huge round of applause and is inspirational for other sectors to follow suit.

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Futran Solutions backed EZJobs has opened up free usage for ITServe community members as a part of ITServe’s CSR initiative to help those employment seekers whose families have been affected by Covid-19

Edison (New Jersey) [USA], July 2: ITServe Alliance has announced a partnership with EZJobs to help community members hire talent in the post-Covid employment ecosystem. All community members can benefit from EZJobs for free as it is being offered as a part of ITServe’s CSR initiative. ITServe Alliance is the largest association of IT business owners in the USA.

The Covid-19 pandemic, especially in its second wave, has wreaked havoc in many countries of the world, India in particular. The kind of disruption and utter chaos this has caused for numerous families is well-documented yet insurmountable. News reports of one of the parents losing their jobs, putting the great burden of keeping the house fire burning on the partner have been particularly troubling.

Raghu Chittimalla, National President of ITServe Alliance mentioned that at this time of need ITServe Alliance has donated 20 ventilators and 200 units of oxygen concentrators. Goutham Goli, National CSR director added that ITServe continues to support the needy during this pandemic by offering employment to candidates who have lost their jobs or lost the singular breadwinner of the family because of Covid-19 through member companies who have their offshore offices in India.

More than 18 months into the pandemic, the most deafening silence comes from job losers, who might have even lost their aptitude for an ongoing job hunt even as they suffer other devastations of the pandemic.

Amid all of this, the ITServe leadership has decided to contribute and give back to the community in partnership with the digital recruitment platform, EZJobs, where candidates can post their resumes and connect directly with IT business owners.

Speaking about the collaboration, Jyoti Vazirani, co-founder of EZJobs and PR Director of ITServe, laid out how this works for job seekers: “The job seekers can post their resumes by clicking the link https://ezjobs.page.link/itserve where they will be connected with the member companies.”

“From there, member companies of ITServe will be able to view the profiles of these candidates and invite them for employment – part-time and full-time opportunities,” Jyoti added.

The EZJobs candidate portal for ITServe community members is open and actively functional at the time of release.

About Futran Solutions

Futran Solutions is a Digital Technology organization focused on Data Analytics, Cloud, Automation, and New Age App Development.

Addressing the needs of millennial parents, the new offering from Huggies is developed with natural and organic ingredients.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 1: Inspired by the need of seeking natural & gentle skincare products of Millennial parents, Huggies®, the iconic brand has partnered with actor & new mom Kalki Koechlin to announce the launch of its latest offering, Huggies® Nature Care^TM. Made with high-quality natural ingredients such as organic cotton, this new product has no added nasties; no parabens, no chlorine & no latex, and is designed for a baby’s delicate skin.

Commenting on the association, Saakshi Verma Menon, Marketing Director, Kimberly – Clark India, said “As a legacy brand, we have evolved to be an integral part of every new baby and parents’ life in India. We understand that parents today are inclined towards natural and organic baby products which provide their babies the best possible care. This led us to create the Huggies Nature Care range of premium diaper pants, which have organic cotton. This new offering is another step towards our vision to lead the next generation of diapering in the country.”

Commenting on the association, actor Kalki Koechlin added, “I am thrilled to be associated with a trusted brand like Huggies for their latest offering, Huggies Nature CareLike most new moms, I am extremely conscious about the product choices I make for my little one. And I have always championed organic ingredients, so when it came to diapers that are gentle for baby’s skin, Huggies Nature Care is a natural choice!”

While designed to be extremely gentle on the baby’s delicate skin with a pH-balanced liner, Huggies Nature Care also ensures up to 12-hours of absorption so that both mom and baby can be comfortable.

Inspired by nature’s gentle protection and a mother’s instinct to nurture; the first Huggies Nature Care campaign with Kalki Koechlin invites mothers to create their very own nursery rhymes for their little ones, called the #NurturyRhymeChallenge.

Link: https://www.instagram.com/p/CQk_DQkhe-L/

The new Huggies Nature Care is available in sizes from S to L and is priced from INR 399.

About Huggies:

From the house of Kimberly-Clark, Huggies has been helping parents provide love, care, and comfort to their babies, for more than 25 years. From creating innovative everyday products to strong hospital programs to partnering with real mothers to develop diapers and wipes, Huggies promises to ensure all babies get the care they need to thrive. For more information on Huggies India, please visit https://www.huggies.co.in/en-in/

Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 1: Tower 11 at Candor TechSpace, Sector 135, Noida product feature and a Walkthrough Video. Workspaces constitute 70% of a working individual’s day and subsequently are directly related to their well-being. Therefore, we must rethink and redefine our design ideologies that shape the workspaces of tomorrow. Incorporating local architectural language into buildings has fostered a sense of belonging, enhanced comfort in the built environment, and encouraged community building. As most organisations strive to create landmark architecture, this has made it essential for global institutions and organisations to contextualise the built environment as they develop campuses worldwide. For instance, the recent Taj Mahal-inspired office built by Microsoft in Noida has set the precedence for this very ideology.

As most workforces now prepare themselves to return to the office, Noida’s biggest and finest workspace, Candor TechSpace Sector 135, will soon have a new addition to its expansive campus that creates a distinctive landmark. “Candor TechSpace’s Tower 11 brings workspaces that abide by international standards while celebrating, utilising, and contemporising historical and architectural design knowledge. Tower 11 will create a work destination that blurs the line between a workspace and a place of wellbeing and community with enhanced productivity and creativity,” shares Alok Aggarwal, Managing Director & CEO, Brookfield Properties. The design for Tower 11 draws spatial understanding and syntax from local architecture and embedded space-making techniques from multiple monuments such as the India Gate and the Taj Mahal to create a contemporary and future-ready office building. The new addition will offer workspaces that revolutionise and redefine how we perceive our work environments.

Contemporising materiality that is rooted in tradition

The Tower 11 executive entrance façade

An amalgamation of brass and black mirror details to exuberate regality and monumentality.

Tower 11 is an amalgamation of symbolic as well as physical derivations of regional architecture that are contemporised for functional efficiency and maximum performance. For instance, the form of the building is inspired by the volumetric characteristics of the India Gate. The two-building volumes have been articulated as two distinct elements united by a core and a striking façade in the central axis. The facade recreates a contemporary adaptation of the triumphant arch of the India Gate that embraces regality and through its form recreates the opulent yet welcoming aesthetic. On the one hand, detailed in dark glass panels and brass, the facade with its regal tonality recreates sturdiness like the carved stones of India Gate as the rays of the sun reflect off it. On the other hand, the high-performance facade maximises pleasant daylight ingress with minimal heat gain and glare control to create comfortable indoor environments.

Though the tower acts as a climax to the axial Candor campus, it also marks the entry into an elegant yet opulent built environment. Inspired by the Taj Mahal’s ethos, the entrance lobby is a three-storied volume, with white marble walls that offer monumentality and grandeur to every visitor. Well-Designed and optimised, expansive floor plates with minimised space wastage create seamless, functional, and efficient spaces. The frequent use of marble to create textured walls along with recessed light fitting details make the interiors a contemporary manifestation of the Taj Mahal while creating a clean and spotless interior finish.

The building design focuses on crafting experiences and maximum efficiency, with expansive green landscapes, a workspace that creates an experience like no other. Describing the same, architect Ricardo Bofill, Principal Chief Architect for Tower 11, shares, “Orientation through the building is always straightforward with no dark corners, no notches, and no wasted corridors. The office space is well lit naturally, with great views. The ground floor is a mix of marble lobbies in elegant white shades and overlooks a black mirror reflective water feature, with a lush garden all around. This creates a freshly-ventilated interior space with a perspective towards the campus, providing a place-making experience rarely seen before in an office building.”

Building Monumentality

The black mirror reflective water body and Tower 11

The black mirror water body at the heart of the campus and the very entrance of Tower 11 create a serene and soothing campus ethos.

“We wanted to imbibe the quality of placemaking that historical public buildings offer, and therefore, the campus planning draws inspiration and learning from ancient planning techniques of the iconic Taj Mahal”, shares Alok Aggarwal, Managing Director & CEO, Brookfield Properties. Amalgamating tradition with modernity, with Tower 11 as the central focus, the axial planning adds monumentality and regality. The black glass reflection water body located in the foreground surrounded by lush greens modernises the ancient planning and cooling techniques while employing placemaking tools to generate a stimulating environment. The focus on linearity in shared spaces creates a sense of cohesive continuity with segregated vehicular and pedestrian circulation to define public areas. The water body also becomes the central pause point, cushioned by the surrounding landscape, and housed within the pedestrian thoroughfare.

The campus is equipped with amenities, ranging from curated retail, fitness centres, food courts, and food outlets, coffee shops, banking facilities, creche facilities, all of which are distributed within the 30,000 sq. ft. amenities block. The design focus for the public areas is not to landscape or hardscape, but people-scape to curate experiences that stimulate and excite the end-user. “Under the shadows of the frangipani trees and transported by the fragrance of tropical flowers, we are hoping to create a new place, a new destination for each end-user to write his or her own story”, shares Ricardo. The ecology focuses on pedestrian mobility, the air, and the sounds that create a built environment that can inspire the end-user and open the mind to a depth of experiences.

The campus offering   4.5 M Sf of leasable area is designed with modern sensibilities to remain committed to the health and environment of the building occupants and the communities within which it operates, generating a larger positive impact. Drawing from most historical architecture that is environment-friendly, the campus is ecologically conscious with new-age technology and historical planning techniques to create a microclimate. With distributed green landscapes, waste management systems, water management, and recycling, energy efficiency, reduced use of fossil fuels, health and well-being of its occupants, and more, the building has been awarded a Platinum rating by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC). To ensure that the best quality environments are provided to the users, the campus also incorporates air purifiers, mainly electrostatic filters with EC fans for purified air quality, that provide ideal AQI levels to all inhabitants.

A power-packed Workspace solution

The Candor TechSpace campus offers an unparalleled connectivity advantage as it is directly connected to the metro station as well as flaunts direct access to the 12 lanes signal free expressway. Subsequently, the campus is well connected to the Noida CBD, Ghaziabad as well as East Delhi. To foster a holistic living experience, the campus is located within an integrated township with proximity to residential and social infrastructure.

Tower 11 at the Candor TechSpace, Sector 135 is a workspace solution that keeps the users and inhabitants as the highest priority through design. It is an integrated workspace destination that amalgamates innovation with historical design knowledge to create a building that is a notch above its contemporaries. “Through Tower 11, we reimagined how workspaces are conceived and can push the limits of design to achieve a better work-life balance and experience, better infrastructure, better healthcare, better sustainability initiatives, better wellbeing initiatives for our occupants, and subsequently a campus beyond the workplace. We aim to create a work destination,” shares Alok Aggarwal, Managing Director, and CEO, Brookfield Properties.

Candor TechSpace, Sector 135, Noida

An integrated campus ecosystem offering commercial real estate solutions that reimagine workspaces

Candor TechSpace, Sector 135, Noida: Walkthrough video link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlFg1SshQ2M&t=10s