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Day one of Alchemy 2017 becomes the platform for the dialogue on change

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India is standing on the precipice of change. In the last few years, the country has witnessed a tectonic shift in the geo-political landscape. But, will it be able to sustain its growth in this financially progressive and technologically driven environment? Alchemy 2017, the Annual Management Conclave of SIBM Bengaluru addressed this burning issue. The event witnessed highly esteemed speakers from various sectors of the industry participating in panel discussions and giving keynote speeches, that centred around the theme for the year, ‘VivartanamBharate’, translating into transforming India.

The first panel, ‘Technological Singularity’, focussed on the impact of automation and artificial intelligence on the future of the country. Mr. Rohit Kumar Pandey, co-founder and CEO of SigTuple said, “AI will act as an enabler that will serve to improve the efficiency of doctors.”

“Important thing to address is, does AI help me drive my sales growth?” said Mr. Padmanabhan Babu, MD and CEO of LogiLink, India.

“Before using AI, we need to understand the domain of that industry”, said Mr. Bhupendra Bhate, CDO, L&T Technology Services.

Mr. Naveen Yeri, head of consumer risk advanced analytics at Wells Fargo spoke about the grassroots levels adapting AI for it to be successful, he said, “Middle management will first have to adapt for AI to be incorporated in the banking sector.”

“Adaptability is the next new thing”- Mr. SambathMargabandhu, Vice President at Polaris Consulting and Services Ltd. also stressed on the importance of adaptability in bringing about transformation.

The second panel, ‘Bankable India?’ addressed the role that Financial Inclusion will play in capitalizing the demographic dividend and including businesses previously unaccounted for.

“Digital and Financial Inclusion go hand in hand.”, said Dr.Susheela Venkataraman, former Technology Head at Asian Development Bank.

“Financial Inclusion has to be profitable to be viable and not from charity or CSR activities.” Said Mr. TamalBandyopadhay, Consulting Editor of Mint.

The day concluded on a high note with Mr. Rajat Jain, executive chairman of Neva garments, one of the keynote speakers for the day, saying that “Innovation is the key to survive.”

About SIBM Bengaluru:

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Fortis Healthcare launches 24 x 7 helpline to aid youngsters trapped by the Blue Whale Challenge

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Helpline 8376804102 is open to anyone who requires counseling or advice

Bangalore: The Department of Mental Health and Behavioural Sciences, Fortis Healthcare has launched a 24 x 7 helpline in view of the recent suicides and agonising experiences by youngsters and teenagers who participated in the Blue Whale challenge, reported in the media. This helpline is available for anyone who is directly undergoing undue mental stress and anxiety as a participant in the challenge. It is also available for family members who are noticing negative behavioural changes among youngsters in their families. The helpline offers to be medium through which people can freely open up to trained mental health care professionals and avail immediate help.

This counselling offered via the Fortis Helpline (8376804102) is directed at both crisis intervention and psycho-education, imparting skills to young people to be able to deal with the situation effectively. Through this helpline, the endeavour is to make help available and accessible to vulnerable individuals as well as concerned friends and family members. This helpline is run by psychologists and psychiatrists from the Department of Mental Health and Behavioural Sciences, Fortis Healthcare, under the guidance of Dr. Samir Parikh.

Dr Samir Parikh, Director, Department of Mental Health & Behavioural Sciences, Fortis Healthcare says, “While initially a 9am – 5pm helpline for individuals experiencing any kind of emotional or psychological distress, we have now begun a 24*7 helpline to reach out to individuals who may need psychological support. We have been receiving calls both from teenagers as well as concerned parents. This helpline is geared towards intervening in times of crises as well as imparting psycho-education to help individuals and families cope with the situation. At the end of the day, media literacy is the way forward, to help people critically understand and evaluate media messages so as to not get unduly influenced by them”

In keeping with the need of the hour, the Fortis Healthcare is also conducting a series of webinars on media literacy by Dr. Parikh where schools from across the country may log in and participate.

Ameer-e-Shariat Maulana Mufti Ashraf Ali passes away

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by Rizwan Asad

Bengaluru: Ameer-e-Shariat Hazrat Maulana Mufti Mohammed Ashraf Ali Baqavi(80) passed away at the city’s Vikram Hospital at 2.30 AM Friday morning.

Mufti Ashraf Ali was the principal of the city’s prestigious Islamic Shariah College and Darul Uloom Sabeelur Rashad Arabic College.

Mufti Saheb, as he was fondly called, taught Sahih Bukhari for over 53 years in the Darul Uloom Sabeelur Rashaad, Bangalore.

He had also worked as working committee member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board, vice president of all India Milli Council and the member of the working committee of Islami Fiqh Academy.

Mufti Ashraf Ali was born on 26th February 1940 at Virinjipuram (Bilanjpur) North Arcot Tamil Nadu. After completing his Alimiyat course at Madrasa Al-Baqiyathus Salihath, Vellore, he went on to complete his Fazilat and Ifta course at the prestigious Darul Uloom Deoband.

Mufti Ashraf Ali was first appointed to teach at Darul Uloom Sabeelur Rashad Arabic College and has been teaching Sahih Bukhari along with other Islamic books for the last 53 years.

After the demise of his father Bade Hazrath Moulana Abu Saood Ahmed Saheb he was unanimously elected as Ameer-e-Shariat of Karnataka, which he remained till his passing away.

Political leaders, including Mr. Rehman Khan, Mr. Roshan Baig, Mr. Rizwan Arshad and Zameer Ahmed Khan condoled Mufti Saheb’s death.

He is survived by four sons and two daughters. His Namaz-e-Janaza (funeral service) will be held at Sabeelur Rashad Arabic College on Saturday, September 9 at 10 am.

Violence could lead to exodus of 300,000 Rohingya Muslims: UN

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Refugee number could double with 146,000 of the persecuted Muslim minority already fleeing Myanmar’s security forces.

[Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]

by Al Jazeera

As many as 300,000 Rohingya Muslims could flee violence in northwestern Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh, UN officials say, warning of a funding shortfall for emergency food supplies for the desperate refugees.

According to estimates issued by UN workers in Bangladesh’s border region of Cox’s Bazar, arrivals since the latest bloodshed started two weeks ago have already reached 146,000.

Numbers are difficult to establish with any certainty because of the turmoil as Rohingya escape operations by Myanmar’s military.

However, UN officials have raised their estimate of the total expected refugees from 120,000 to 300,000, said Dipayan Bhattacharyya, who is Bangladesh spokesman for the World Food Programme (WFP).

“They are coming in nutritionally deprived, they have been cut off from a normal flow of food for possibly more than a month,” he told Reuters news agency. “They were definitely visibly hungry, traumatised.”

The surge of refugees, many sick or wounded, has strained the resources of aid agencies and communities that are already helping hundreds of thousands displaced by previous waves of violence in Myanmar. Many have no shelter, and aid agencies are racing to provide clean water, sanitation and food.

Bhattacharyya said the refugees were now arriving by boat as well as crossing the land border at numerous points.

Another UN worker in the area cautioned the estimates were not “hard science” given the chaos and lack of access to the area on the Myanmar side, where the military is still conducting its “clearance operation”.

The source added the 300,000 number was probably the worst-case scenario.

The latest violence began when Rohingya fighters attacked dozens of police posts and an army base. The ensuing clashes and a military counter-offensive killed at least 400 people and triggered the mass exodus of villagers to Bangladesh.

An Al Jazeera producer – on a government-arranged visit in Rakhine state – has visited several villages belonging to both Rohingya and non-Muslims.

“She says she’s seen levels of destruction that are unimaginable. All the villages have been destroyed,” reported Al Jazeera’s Florence Looi from Myanmar’s capital, Naypyidaw. “We are hearing reports that fighting is still going on.”

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Wednesday from New York that the WFP is appealing for $11.3m to support the influx of people and those already living in camps. Dujarric described women and children arriving there as “hungry and malnourished”.

The crisis in restive Rakhine state is the biggest to face Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and her handling of it has been a source of disillusionment among the democracy champion’s former supporters in the West.

In a statement on Wednesday, she blamed “terrorists” for “a huge iceberg of misinformation” on the strife in Rakhine. She made no mention of the Rohingya who have fled.

Myanmar’s National Security Adviser Thaung Tun said the group that attacked 30 police posts two weeks ago is trying to carve out a separate Muslim state from the Buddhist-majority nation, and the armed forces are using maximum restraint in their operations against them.

Based on the prediction that 300,000 could arrive in Bangladesh, the WFP calculated it would need $13.3m in additional funding to provide high-energy biscuits and basic rice rations for four months.

Bhattacharyya called for donors to meet the shortfall urgently.

“If they don’t come forward now, we may see that these people would be fighting for food among themselves, the crime rate would go up, violence against women and on children would go up,” he said.

Gauri Lankesh’s murder an act of cowardice, says National Women’s Front

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Bengaluru: The National Women’s Front condemned the brutal killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh at a protest march here in the city.

NWF called the killing an act of cowardice, by those who were scared of Lankesh’s intellect.

“Gowri was not only a journalist but was also a lead social activist in the state. By killing Gowri the evil minded people are trying to suppress other activists but very little they know that it is only her who has been killed but not her ideology nor perspective,” NWF said in a statement.

Union Minister Athawale raises pitch for Vidarbha state

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Hyderabad: Raising the pitch for carving out Vidarbha state, Union minister Ramdas Athawale today said it is high time that the BJP takes a call on the issue as it is in power in Maharashtra and at the Centre. Athawale, who is the chief of Republican Party of India (A), said that the people of Vidarbha region want a separate state.

“The BJP had been supporting a separate Vidarbha state since long. Now the BJP is in power in Maharashtra and also at the Centre. From RPI(A) we would like to tell that (it is) the BJP (which) has been in favour of smaller states,” Athawale told reporters here.

“Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has not said no on this matter (statehood to Vidarbha). Only Shiv Sena is opposed to this. All other parties support it,” he said. “A decision has to be taken, the way (a decision was taken) earlier, under the National Democratic Alliance government, the decision was taken for creation of three new states — Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and Uttarakhand,” the minister of state for social justice and empowerment said.

He said the BJP has since long been advocating for a separate Vidarbha, even when it was in the opposition. “We are also supporting the demand for the formation of Vidarbha state and we appeal the central government to carve out a separate Vidarbha,” he said. Just like the separate Telangana state was formed, a separate Vidarbha state should also be carved out of Maharashtra. The people from Vidarbha region too want a separate state, Athawale said.

(Agencies)

Hindi Journo Pankaj Mishra of ‘Rashtriya Sahara’ Shot at in Bihar

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Patna: Two days after senior journalist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead in Bengaluru, another scribe was today attacked in Bihar. Journalist Pankaj Mishra was shot at in Arwal district.

The condition of Mishra, working for Rashtriya Sahara newspaper, is stated to be critical. He has been referred to Patna Medical College and Hospital in the state’s capital.

According to the police, the journalist was attacked by two bike-borne assailants.
 
The incident comes just two days after senior journalist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead at her house in Bengaluru.

Gauri Lankesh, who is known to be an anti-establishment voice with strident anti-right wing views, was shot dead at close range by unknown assailants at her Bengaluru home on the night of September 5.

Today’s incident in Bihar is yet another attack on journalists in India and raises the crucial issue of safety of media persons from those trying to curb the freedom of speech and expression.

(Agencies)

SIBM Bengaluru gears up for Alchemy 2017 -The Annual Management Conclave

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Bengaluru: Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM), Bengaluru is all set to host its Annual Management Conclave – ‘Alchemy 2017’on 8th&9th September, 2017. The Management Conclave provides a quality platform for highly esteemed speakers from various sectors of the industry to come together and give keynote addresses to management students bybecoming a part of stimulating panel discussions. This year, the Conclave is structured around the theme‘Vivartanam Bharate’which means ‘Transforming India’.

India is presentlyundergoing change. Today, it is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. But, will it be able to sustain its growth in this financially progressive and technologically driven environment? With this uncertainty in our minds, we are making an attempt to question industry experts about their views on the same. The theme aims to take forward the dialogue on how effective the tools of transformation have been over the years and questions what the future holds for us.

Keynote Speakers:
1. Mr. Rajat Jain, Executive Vice-Chairman, Neva Garments Ltd., Non-Executive Director, Xerox India
2. Mr. Sunder Madakshira, Head- Marketing, Adobe India Pvt. Ltd.
3. Mr. D.K. Hota, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Earth Movers Ltd.
4. Mr. Ram Manohar Reddy, Author and Former Editor, The Wire/EPW
Alchemy is structured around three panel discussions on some burning questions surrounding the business world today.

Panel 1:Technological Singularity
Can machines think? What will be the impact of automation and artificial intelligence on the future of our country?This panel discussion aims to throw light on how the industries are adopting automation and machine learning to change the way they work and deliver superior value.

Panel 2: Bankable India?
Financial Inclusion will help in capitalizing on the demographic dividend and including businesses previously unaccounted for. Or will it? This panel discussion is an attempt to understand how financial inclusion will change the current business scenario in India. What should the businesses do to remain relevant in the market?

Panel 3: GST – Good and Simple Tax?
It is said that GST is the single biggest reform in India since independence. But is it?
This panel discussion topic is an attempt to understand the implications that GST will have on the Indian economy and to analyse how it will complement other Indian Government policies that are aimed at boosting the economy.

Alchemy 2017 teaser: http://bit.ly/2eAqdqe
Glimpse of Alchemy 2015: http://bit.ly/2wvDbvu

St. Francis Xavier Girls’ High School student adjudged BEST ATHLETE in KARNATAKA STATE JUNIOR & SENIOR ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP

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NEOLE ANNA CORNELIO of St. Francis Xavier Girls’ High School, 49 Promenade Road, Fraser Town, Bengaluru 560 005 Representing Bangalore Sports Club has been adjudged BEST ATHLETE – GIRLS U-14 in the 33RD KARNATAKA STATE JUNIOR & SENIOR ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP – 2017 for securing a First place in 100 Mts. Sprint and Triathlon, Organized by ALVA’S EDUCATION FOUNDATION, held at Swaraj Maidan, Moodbidri Dakshina Kannada on the 4th, 5th and 6th September 2017 She has been selected for the South Zone National Athletic Meet. She is coached by MR. MALLESHI S DHANAWADE Physical Education Director of the School.

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