In one of its kind larger than life, global event, Paris Appreciation Awards (PAA), an initiative of World News Network (WNN) is all set to prove to be a major platform for health care professionals where work done by them will not only get recognition but the success stories of the same awardees will also be shared with everyone. The award is slated to be held on July 8th and will be endorsed by Queen Munni Ironie Of Ats 4 Peace Awards, Beverly Hills, USA. Satish Reddy, who is the President of the French European Indian Organizations and​ ​the Managing Director of World News Network, is at the helm of this global extravaganza.

Healthcare and pharma industry has contributed majorly and mainly towards the betterment of the society overall and of all the countries, India has been a major contributor towards medicines and research. Taking this into account, the WNN and other organizations has organized this event with an aim to help highlight the professionals in health/medicine and researchers and hospitals who have made efforts to help India in getting an international recognition. Because of this industry India has become a major hub for medical tourism which has further helped in economic growth and bringing the country on a global platform.

It also aims at bringing all the stalwarts on one platform and appreciate their contribution towards the world for making it a better place and also improve collaborations among them for economic growth, revealed Reddy.

From the same, expert surgeons and pharma giants from India have been nominated for the Paris Appreciation Awards 2017 and some of them are from cities like Delhi, Pune, Mumbai, Vijaywada, Ahmedabad, Dehradun, Lucknow, Kolkata, Bhubaneshwar etc. Bigwigs will compete in its own category with their competitors from India and abroad as they vie for glory and fame on July 8.

From Mumbai the doctors who have been nominated include Dr Sunita Dubey, Chairman of Medscape India and Dr Pradeep Mahajan, chairman of StemRx Bioscience Solutions Pvt Ltd, Mumbai. The WNN also confirmed of micro managing the nominees from Pune and also confirmed of many entries from the city. “Names of the selected healthcare professional from Pune will be announced shortly as we are still going through the entries. “Certain nominations that are still under scrutiny of the experts at WNN will be announced soon and includes nominations from Pune city too majorly as it is one of the biggest contributor towards health and medicine and has proved to be the main attraction among international patients,” said Reddy.

In the same gala award night largest ever fashion show too will take place. The night will not only see celebrities, awardees and influential people from health care industry but also from all walks of life like real estate, FMCG, Fashion, business, jewellery, aviation, e-commerce etc. Basic aim is to bring all the tycoons and stalwarts on one platform is to promote industrial growth and entrepreneurship through global collaborations and help India find a level footing in this global arena.

The event will be first such in the entire history of award ceremonies which will be witnessed by the glorious Eiffel Tower.

Some of the high profile, esteemed dignitaries, guest of honours and celebrities who will grace the occasion include Robby Wells, the US Elections’ presidential candidate for the Democratic Party; Consul Generals or Ambassadors of various countries; Ashish Chauhan, the Managing Director of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), Anurag Kashyap, a filmmaker; Dr. B.K. Modi of the Modi Group and also a well-known philanthropist; heads of organizations like Google; Hollywood celebrities and socialites, the top Fashion Weeks of the world; mayors and senators, top brands, French and Indian actors, Naypadmasagar Maharaj, the Jain Spiritual Guru, Indian Bullion and Jewelry Association and many.

Numbers of Doctors for confirmatory calls–
Dr Sunita Dube-9699111111
Dr Pradeep Mahajan-8898070904
Nozia Sayyed: nozia.sayyed@gmail.com

Obo Cabs is announcing the 1st-ever Business Venture in India as we plan to roll Obo-Swift Services in City of Kolkata as start and quickly spread to other States.

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by Mohammed Mansoor Khan

Jewellery design involves a blend of the arts, science and commerce

The World Gold Council (WGC) estimates that the Indian jewellery market is worth around Rs.70,000 crore ($16 billion).The urban jewellery market is valued at Rs. 28,000 crore ($6.4 billion), while the rural and semi-urban market is valued Rs.42,000 crore ($9.6 billion). In a nation like India, where the jewellery market witnesses continuous transformation in the designing area, the talent requirement of the industry is highly exponential.

BLEND OF COMMERCE AND SCIENCE

Often students who want to pursue careers related to designing; be it jewellery, fash ion, interiors or any other format, presume that it is a subject matter of Arts; For those who want to chart a prosperous career trajectory in the jewellery designing industry, it is essential to understand that though it is founded on Arts, it can be developed only if one also invests in the commercial and scientific aspects of the trade.

In this day and age, no specialization can flourish in silos. If a student has great jewellery designing skills alone, which of course is the fundamental criterion, and may not be well versed with the commerce of it which involves an understanding of the potential markets for the product, the market dipstick, the demand situation, industry trends or for that matter selling proposition of the product, then, however beautiful the product may be, it will not receive the due that its merits.

Science also lays a quintessential role in jewellery designing. Understanding of metallurgy, the chemical compositions behind the forming of precious and semi-precious stones, the reaction of stones to various temperatures and metals, the reaction of metals in various temperatures, the choosing and valuation of diamonds and stones, etc, all play a critical role in defining a progressive career in jewellery designing. Most importantly, this is the only skill that will enable one to function efficiently with workers on the shop-floor where there is high attrition.

THE TECH SIDE

Having an eye for technolo gy is also an essential factor as all designing and work is being done on 3D and graphic software.

Therefore, students who look forward to establishing themselves in this industry need to start with making the right choice of enrolling into a recognised university or programme offering such a multi-dimensional approach.

RESEARCH EFFORT

The golden rule of, `Practise makes perfect“, applies to this trade as well. During a student’s academic days, efforts have to be channelled towards research.Works of established designers need to be studied and interpreted.

INDUSTRY CONNECT

Internships and industry ex posure is the technique that students should expose themselves to most. This will not only help groom their ex isting skills but help chalkout the direction they want to take. It can either be that of a freelancer, work for cor porate, or a start-up of one’s own jewellery-line.

Besides being able to tread on this route, it helps if one possesses a keen inherent sense of the aesthetics.

(The author is the CEO of IMA Jewels)

Alain interiors was started in the year 2009. It’s a private limited company Located in Bangalore.

They specialise in:

• 2D & 3D Designs
• False ceiling
• Woodwork
• Wallpapers
• Duco painting
• Marble and granite laying
• Modular kitchen and wardrobes
• Furniture & designer Curtains
• Italian sanitary fittings
• Wall cladding designer stones

Client list

• Gold finch (Mangalore)
• Jain Group of Institutions (Bangalore)
• Prestige Acropolis
• Mantri splendor
• Apple spire
• And many more residential and commercial projects

Contact

Name: Ommer Shariff

PH: 9886298697

E-Mail: ommer@alain.co.in

Website: www.alain.co.in

Office: HBR 2 nd block,Bangalore,Karnataka.

Hyderabad based startup, MYD Labs Private Limited, built an advanced tax engine for filing platform EZTax.in to raise the bar in tax compliance, ease of use, and tax savings. It takes just few mins to file your taxes and plan for savings at the same time.

Problem: While tax compliance is low over the years, Indian Tax payers used to have two broad choices in filing their IT Returns. One to pay Rs. 1000's in potential filing fees to get their tax savings thru experts, and another to lose Rs. 1000's in potential tax savings thru low cost online filing solutions where it offers only to file but no potential to plan, save their taxes.

Solution: Now, EZTax.in built to break this ice in introducing a concept of tax planning, savings while filing your IT returns. According to Suneel Dasari, Founder MYD Labs, "today fees for expert based tax optimization is towards Rs.2500 or
higher, and that too, no such solution available in self-service / online mode. Tax Optimizer, is a unique solution offering part of FREE self-service tax filing service, that shows recommendations to save your taxes online with real time simulation, including today vs to-be comparison to take the right choices while you file your taxes". He further continued in making tax filing an experience at EZTax.in rather a compliance thing. The product further offers many of the features that are not part of the mainstream tax filing solutions in India.

Their India's 1st features include EZHelp to make tax filing easy without prior knowledge, Express Filing feature to simplify the tax questionnaires, Tax Optimizer feature to save taxes and provide real-time estimated refund, Creative Audit to reduce potential IT notices to give the tax payer the peace they deserve, High Security including 256-bit encryption to protect privacy of tax payers, coupled with best user experience, makes this portal a unique and innovative. The portal also adopts to your device whether a phone, pad or a PC.

On Feb 28th 2017, Omega Healthcare Management Services finalized the acquisition of WhiteSpace Health – a US-based healthcare analytics company with a development facility in Hyderabad, India. This move enhances the services provided by Omega Healthcare as well as giving it a new geographical footprint, its 5th in India.

This first acquisition gives Omega Healthcare an immediate technology advantage. WhiteSpace Health’s guided business intelligence platform enables better patient outcomes and improved financial performance using advanced data analytics. This cloud-based platform unlocks the data asset value by integrating data from multiple sources including call center, patient portals, Electronic Health Records(EHR), Practice Management Systems (PMS) and billing systems.
The solutions help healthcare providers improve practice engagement, reduce cost, improve productivity and also meet the reporting of core measures.

Gopi Natarajan, CEO and co-founder of Omega Healthcare, says, “We are excited about this acquisition especially because of the huge technology based value-add we can now offer our clients. The new suite of technology services available from WhiteSpace Health’s repertoire is what many of our clients have been seeking, and we look forward to integrating it with our service offerings.”

Sasanka Yella, Founder and CEO of WhiteSpace Health adds, “We have built a fantastic cloud-based analytics platform that can interface with any system, and our dashboards provide easy-to-use analytics to clients. I see immense synergies with Omega Healthcare, and leveraging its vast client base will enable us to get to market quicker.”

Omega Healthcare Management Services a front-runner in the healthcare service space in India was founded in 2004, with presence spread across Bengaluru, Chennai, Trichy and Bhimavaram in India, and Manila & Cebu in the Philippines. Omega handles high-end, value-driven work pertaining to medical coding, Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) and related work for large US based companies. With a growth rate of 30-35% year-on-year, the organisation currently has 12,000 employees.

To read more on the organizations: http://whitespacehealth.com, http://omegahms.com.

As the New Year 2017 began, Future Group’s. Central offered a never before shopping experience to shopaholics with 3 Days FREE Shopping. With best deals on over 200 brands at unbelievable discounts, spanning across varied categories such as apparel, footwear, handbags, sportswear, jewellery, travel gear, lingerie, toys, sunglasses et al.

The 3 days of Free Shopping Weekend made every shopper’s dream come true. One could pick up any apparel, footwear, handbags, sportswear, Jewellery, travel gear, lingerie, toys, sunglasses et al worth Rs. 8000 MRP for which one had to pay only Rs. 4000 and can get that Rs 4000 back too through free garments worth Rs. 2000 MRP, free shopping vouchers worth Rs. 1500/- and free Future Pay Wallet credit worth Rs. 500/- This is the 1st time ever a consumer had it all for Free as confirmed by Store Manager Umesh Agnihotri of Dahisar branch. Marketing managers Neha Sinha & Charanjeet Malik welcomed the media @ the event.

3 days Free Shopping was their attempt to provide all customers with a never – seen – before shopping extravaganza. Central was launched with a primary intention to offer the best & the latest options to the fashion conscious consumers. The 3 Days Free Shopping enabled the consumers to not only access 100’s of brands but also made them almost Free. This shopping deal was held at all the 35 stores of Central Pan India. Model actress Ekta jain came specially to wish them all the best.

N. K. Dhabhar Cancer Foundation & Tata Memorial Centre Organised A Conference On Gynecological Oncology With 265 Doctors From Pan India At Tata Memorial, Parel.

N. K. Dhabhar Cancer Foundation (NKDCF), is a registered NGO which provides financial, emotional & social support to people with cancer & instills confidence, hope & courage to the patients & their families.

N. K. Dhabhar averred, “Our endeavor is to promote & integrate cancer treatment for every patient whether curable, palliative or terminal, as we believe every person has a right to live with care & dignity, at any stage of cancer. We provide monetary & medical assistance for cancer treatment, spread awareness on prevention & early detection of cancer, strengthen the existing cancer treatment facilities, promote research in cancer, and interact with National, International, Government, Professional Bodies & NGOs.”

N. K. Dhabhar continued, “Cancer detection camps are conducted with a new technology – I Breast Exam (IBE), and free Mammograms are provided to those who need further investigation. The long term goal of the foundation is to start a full – fledged Palliative Care & Wellness Center for cancer patients. Through this multidisciplinary approach, we seek to address physical, emotional, spiritual & social concerns that arise with advanced cancers. The N. K. Dhabhar Cancer Foundation wishes to raise funds to establish this state of the art center.

He concluded by saying, “Cancer has become an important public health problem. Cancers of the female reproductive tract & breast has a high incidence amongst Indian women. In India women’s diseases face much more challenges than the disease itself. If you talk about anemia, for the last 50 years, the Government has provided iron tablets to Indian women. In spite of that, India has one of the highest cases of anemia. So the problem is far greater than only affordability & access to the drug. We need to be working on many other barriers that are preventing access to medicines. For us, it is about completing the circle of awareness, diagnosis, advocacy & access. With a focused approach of redefining the standard of care & improving health outcomes, we see an opportunity of changing the way women’s cancers are treated in India. Step by step, day by day we can make a difference.”

N. K. Dhabhar Cancer Foundation, in scientific collaboration with Tata Memorial Hospital & the Association of Gynecological Oncologists of India has organized an important & unique conference, “The Year That Was 2016 & Master Class in Gynecological Cancers”.

The Organizing committee comprised of Dr Boman Dhabhar as Chairperson, Dr Amita Maheshwari as Organising Secretary, Dr Sudeep Guta as Convener Scientific committee & Drs Hemant Tongaonkar & Amish Dalal as Patrons.

This is the 1st ever conference organised on Gynecological Oncology in India. Day One of the conference saw 265 oncologists & students of oncology participating in the sessions. The faculty were eminent doctors in the field of Gynecological Oncology from all over India. The international faculty consisted of Dr. Jaime Prat, Onco Pathologist from Spain & Dr. Krishnansu Tewari, Medical Oncologist from US.

This conference will provide valuable information regarding new treatment algorithms, targeted drugs, diagnostics, strategies for better use of chemotherapy & key clinical trials data for the management of patients with Gynecological Cancer.

Landmark publications from International journals & abstracts which were presented in important International conferences such as ASCO, SGO, ESMO, ESGO, IGCS et al were reviewed. These topics were discussed & debated, which will help in better understanding of new treatment options for cancer patients. The knowledge of the most recent techniques & data for developing new strategies to personalize therapies for patients is extremely essential for Best Practice.

This will be especially useful for the young doctors who are unable to attend these international conferences in which a significant amount of practice changing data that affects the optimal way to treat, manage & care for patients with Gynecological Cancers have been presented.

Alongside the conference, NKDCF had organised a Patient Advocacy Programme on 7th Jan, 2017. The session began with Yoga & Cancer workshops where patients experienced asanas, pranayama & relaxation / meditation with Dr. Swami Nirmalananda Saraswati. The participants felt relaxed & rejuvenated with the practices and the words of wisdom pepped them up to face challenges positively. At the end everyone sang the Happiness Song together with clapping & dancing and much merriment.

This was followed by a session on Diet & Nutrition with Celebrity Master Chef, Vishnu Manohar & Meghana Kumari, Dietician. The audience participated whole heartedly by quizzing them on varied aspects of food & diet and the myths surrounding these. Vishnu Manohar shared some healthy recipes for cancer patients & Meghana Kumari enthralled them with useful & important tips on diet & food. The program concluded with a session on Motivation by Bharati Golatkar. She highlighted the paradigms we all have and how a shift in them changes our approach. She also discussed Dr. Viktor Frankl & his logo therapy.

Over 100 patients & caregivers were unanimous in their clamour for another program like this and gave excellent feedback on the sessions.

Dr. Urjit Patel has been appointed the new RBI Governor. His appointment should be perceived as a continuity of monetary policy approach as Dr. Patel has been the RBI deputy governor under Dr. Rajan and key author of the Urjit Patel Committee report (on which India’s flexible inflation targeting monetary policy framework is based). Dr. Patel, an economist from Yale University, has served at IMF and in various corporate & government roles in his professional life. Over the next few weeks, the government will also constitute the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) wherein policy decisions will be taken based on the committee’s majority view.

Once the MPC is set up, one needs to monitor 2 things. First, how the MPC reads the CPI mandate of 2-6% range and will there be any change in the glide path to 4% target by January 2018. Second, the committee’s stance on the 1.5-2.0% real rates objective which the central bank has been following over the past 3 years. Both these will be crucial in assessing the future scope of monetary easing. For now, we continue to maintain our expectation of another 50bps easing in balance FY17.

Dr. Urjit Patel: Brief profile
Current position: RBI deputy governor in charge of monetary policy since January 2013.

Educational background: PhD from Yale University and M.Phil from Oxford University.

Key beliefs on economic policy: Author of the Monetary Policy report which recommended flexible inflation targeting policy with headline CPI of 4 +/-2% as target. He has been a strong proponent of continued fiscal consolidation. Monetary policy stance is likely to be a continuation of the current one.

Past professional experience: Worked at IMF from 1990-1995. From 1995-2004, he has worked with RBI and Government of India in various high level committees. From 2004-13, he has served various corporates such as Advisor, Boston Consulting Group, IDFC, Reliance, etc. Deputy Governor since January 2013.

Key things to monitor going ahead
Monetary Policy Committee: A committee of 6 members will be set up to take policy decisions based on majority. The governor will carry the decisive vote in case of a tie.

Change in CPI glide path of 4% target by January 2018: RBI’s current policy targets CPI inflation of 4% by January 2018. One would need to monitor MPC’s stance on the same and how it reads the 2-6% CPI target.

Real interest rates: Over, the past 3 years RBI has tried to maintain 1.5-2% real interest rates. One needs to see if this will be continued or will there be some relaxation.