Punjab Mail

20th July, Pune : Renowned lyricist, singer and writer, Swanand Kirkire recently visited the Rosary School, Camp, Pune. He was in the city to promote his debut Marathi film which will be released this month. During his visit, he interacted with the students and sang a few songs with them.  We often say that the education system in India needs thorough revamping and the need of the day is an institution that spearheads overall growth in students. Rosary Group of Institutes is one such remarkable establishment that stands out amongst the others. Mr.Vinay Aranha, Director at Rosary Schools said, Celebrity visits, events etc is a movement, a belief, a thought, which leads us away from the everyday nuances and mundane routines. It is the culmination of music, dance, comedy acts and theatre and puts to test the intellectual, artistic and creative skills of the aspiring students. I was very happy to see the students sing along and have a great time with Mr. Swanand Kirkire  The z...

Tips on Packaging, Labeling, Hygiene, Barcoding & many more topics by the Pune’s food industry mentors deAsra Foundation on Monday organized a free “Food Business Workshop” at Kesari Wada for existing food entrepreneurs or people who aspire to start a food business, where eminent people from the food industry shared their knowledge & experience that will help the entrepreneurs to run their food business successfully. Ms. Rupa Kanvinde, Expert in Food Processing & Preservation Technology, Mr. Kishor Sarpotdar , owner of Poona Guest House and Sarpotdar Caterers, Prof. Dr. Shriram Naikare, Ph.D. in Food Science and Mr. Jalaj Mohan Pingle, Barcode consultant were the guest speakers at the event. Ms. Rupa Kanvinde, said, “Being a food entrepreneur, only selling should not be your aim but also provide and keeping your food safe all the time. That will create a good image of your product in minds of customers and they will make it brand.” “The best packing of your pro...

Apeksha Ashish Gavare, Najmin Mainuddin Shaikh, Prathamesh Pavan Kumbhar along with many other children have been able to continue their education thanks to the Vidyapurna program run by Annapurna Pariwar.  Vidyapurna – a sponsorship program by Annapurna Pariwar has been running for the last 16 years and has brought a smile on the face of many single mothers who wish to continue the education of their children. Annapurna provides a platform to all those willing to contribute towards education for poor kids but, do not know how. The scheme ‘Vidyapurna’ was conceptualized by Dr. Medha Samant (Founder Direcor) of Annapurna Pariwar back in 2002 when she met Miss Kanta, a widow and a mother of 3 children who came seeking for a loan from the organization. On asking her the reason for the loan she said, ‘It is for the education of my children, as I do not want to see them becoming like me’. This led to realization of hardships that a single mother from a slum faces for her child’s...

Pune, 7 July, 2018 - It was a memorable day on 7th July when this time Lila Poonawalla Foundation (LPF) gave over 300 school girls scholarships. As the 8th School Scholarship Award Function was held at MFH Hall, Cummins, Balewadi, Parents were full of joy. The function was too big to handle in one sitting. Therefore it was split into 2 functions. One in the morning and other in the afternoon followed by lunch and dinner. Morning function was honored by LILA FELLOW DR. SARIKA DEORE (recipient LPF PG scholarship in 2001 and PA 2009) as a Chief Guest and Mrs. SHIVANI NAIK SHAH (Mrs. India Queen of Substance 2018) as Guest of Honor. In the afternoon function another LILA FELLOW DR. RUTA LIMAYE (recipient of LPF PG scholarship 1999). All three were unified in their message to the young girls and their parents, of the importance of education. Mrs. Poonawalla in her welcome speech at both the occasions conveyed to the parents that instead of saving money for the dowry of their daughters...

572 girls led by Harmanpreet Kaur performed jump squats for a minute to create the record and showcase their support for B Natural Harman XI, a platform to recognize girl talent in Punjab and Chandigarh National, 3rd July 2018: B Natural Juices & Beveragesfrom ITC Foods, after moving away from ‘Concentrate’ and shifting its entire portfolio to ‘Not From Concentrate’ variants, vowed to break records on fitness goals. The brand brought people together from the state of Punjab and the union territory of Chandigarh at Niper Auditorium, Sector 67 in Mohali for a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® title for ‘the Most people performing jump squats’ in a minutewith572girls breaking the existing record of 497 achieved by Dubai Fitness Challenge (UAE) in Dubai, last year. The achievement is testimony to B Natural’s core philosophy of breaking barriers across all spheres of life. TheGUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® challenge was led by Harmanpreet Kaur, Vice-Captain of India Women's National Cricket Te...

NSDC partners with deAsra Foundation for Building Capacity and Strengthening Entrepreneurship Support System for Training Providers National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), under the aegis of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Government of India, has collaborated with deAsra Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation, for capacitating its training providers for entrepreneurship. The collaboration would support the establishment of ‘Entrepreneurship Support Program’, which is intended to equip placement cells of training providers with self-employment/ entrepreneurial assistance for the skilled candidates. The association would facilitate training of counsellors/ trainers (termed as ‘Udyog Mitras’) of the envisioned Entrepreneurial Cell, who will handhold skill trainees to nurture their entrepreneurial action plan.  This would include various aspects of developing a business model, seeking financial guidance and availing services of banks/ agencies ...

A mega blood donation camp was organized The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Pune. The camp was organized as a part of 70th CA Foundation Day. The CA foundation day is being organized across the country. In Pune too, the ICAI is observing the foundation day as ‘CA Day’ with various programs and events. On Saturday and Sunday (30th June and 1st July) as a part of the series Pune Branch of WIRC of ICAI Jointly with Pune Branch of WICASA of ICAI organized "Mega Blood Donation Camp" at 8 Various Locations in the city . Bizsolindia Services Pvt. Ltd. Baner, RPA & Associates LLP, Kharadi, KP Group, Banner-Pashan Link Road, SPCM, Mitra Mandal Chowk, Deccan CPE Study Circle, Bhandarkar Institute, Rathi Rathi & Co., Singhgad Road, ICAI Extension Counter at Phadke Sankul, ICAI Bhawan, Bibwewadi are the locations where this Blood Donation Camp was held. This "Mega Blood Donation Camp" got great success with more than 523 blood donors and more than...

Jupiter Hospital has participated in the doctors run with cancer awareness theme which was organized by PCMC Doctor’s Association, NIMA, FPA, IMA and Indian Dental association. There were 1000 doctors from various hospitals in Pune had participated in this initiative. The marathon was categorized in 10KM, 5KM and 3KM which was started from Spine road Pune. The Marathon started from Spine road, Bhosari at 6.30 am followed by the root MIDC police station and concluded at Bhosari. Before the event the Zumba session was organized. A Dhol Tasha team was there to cheer the runners. This time Mr. Girish Nikam, Dr. Nilesh Patil, Dr. Pramod Kubde, Dr. Satyajit Patil, Dr. Santosh Bhandawalkar, Dr. C. B. Pawar, Dr. Pratap Somvanshi, along with thousands of doctors from Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, Hadapsar, Kondhwa, Chakan, Talegaon, Yerwada, Kharadi, Hinjwadi, etc. were also present. Flag off has been done by Jupiter Hospital GM Dr. Shubhada Sharma, where she announced that for cancer treatme...

Programs to be organized are: Blood donation camp, Books distribution, tree plantation and eye surgery etc.  • On 70th Foundation Year, 70 Workshops, at 70 Places • GST workshop for girl students under women empowerment • The workshop will be held at eight different colleges • Blood Donation camp on 30th June and 1st July The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), Pune Branch of WIRC, Organises various programme on the occasion of its foundation day celebration. For completing one year of ‘Goods and Services Tax’ (GST) ICAI has organized 5 days’ workshop for girl students under women empowerment and also Mega Blood Donation Camp across Pune City. The Hon. President of India Shri. Ram Nath Kovind Ji will address the inaugural session of GST workshop all over India on 1st July, 2018. ICAI celebrates its foundation day as “CA day” every year on 1st July. On this occasion ICAI organizes various programs throughout the country. These include plantation, bloo...