IDEMIA launches iCube,an innovation and incubation program where the Group will offer its expertise and technology to innovative start-ups and developers in India.
National, 8th August, 2020 IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, launches iCube, an innovation and incubation program to support and assist Indian startups that leverage Augmented identity. In a fast-changing digital environment, Identity has become an indispensable building block for making businesses and cities safer and smarter in a vast range of environments and usages including financial services, healthcare, education, food sustainability, smart cities, IoT, e-Governance, e-commerce, travel & mobility, telecom, defence and more.
IDEMIA addresses these new challenges and needs with the launch of iCube, a program designed to assist and speed up start-ups and innovators in their product development and commercial roll-out.
Pierre Barrial, President & Chief Executive Officer at IDEMIA, stated: “IDEMIA has always been at the cutting edge of innovations in making the world a smarter and safer place. We are delighted to enable start-ups and developers to leverage the innovations we originally developed for corporations and governments across the globe. I am thrilled that the IDEMIA Innovation and Incubation program – iCube – is launched in India, one of our most vibrant markets globally. Not only do I look forward to help start-ups to succeed in India, but I am equally excited about taking some of their solutions to our customers across the world. I look forward to this mutually rewarding and exciting journey of co-creation.”
Sanjeev Shriya, Managing Director IDEMIA India added, “Innovation is the core of IDEMIA’s identity. Over time, we have developed cutting edge solutions with a global impact in domains like Financial services, Citizen Identity, Telecom, IoT or M2M. Thus, we are delighted to announce the launch of iCube – the IDEMIA Innovation and Incubation program that will help build compelling solutions for a safer and better world. This program is designed to assist startups and innovators by providing them access to our expertise and technology. It aims to speed up their product development and help them get to market faster”
To further support developers and innovators, IDEMIA has opened its application program interfaces (APIs) and launched a credit program. In addition, IDEMIA’s engineers and its industry experts will share their insights and knowledge during several sessions and talks.
iCube will also work closely with corporations in curating and co-creating solutions that may be mutually beneficial.
IDEMIA will engage with startups and innovators through the following programs:
Startup Assistance Program An ongoing program providing eligible startups credits to use IDEMIA and partner organizations’ technologies and products, APIs, SDKs, and other support
Accelerator Program A curated 3-month program to help developers and startups become better prepared for market
Developer Program A selected opportunity for startups to co-create solutions with IDEMIA’s technology teams and business teams
Scale Fast-Track Program A selected access for startups to IDEMIA’s global client base and opportunity to jointly go to market with IDEMIA
iCube may also provide selected startups with office space in their world class incubation facility located in Noida, India. iCube has already partnered with Lumis Partners Supply Chain Labs and Freshworks to reach out to a wider range of startups and support them in their journey.
An Air India Express flight from Dubai crashed while landing at Kozhikode International Airport, Karipur this evening. According to airport sources, the flight skidded off the rain-soaked tabletop runway while landing at around 7.45 p.m., and fell into a trench more than 25 ft deep. The fuselage broke into two. Early reports said the flight captain and several other passengers were seriously injured. Unconfirmed reports said the captain and two others were dead. Many passengers had a miraculous escape as the flight did not go up in flames. It was the first such disaster at Karipur since the airport came into being in 1988. There were 180-odd people, including crew members, on board the aircraft. The injured passengers were shifted to hospitals at Kozhikode, Kondotty and Malappuram. The airport was closed following the accident.
August 7, 2020 – While India currently has low fatality rate and high recovery rate for Covid patients compared to many other nations like the US and Brazil, the country needs to stick to basics like wearing masks, physical distancing and maintaining hand hygiene and surface disinfection till a safe and effective Covid vaccine is found and the pandemic abates. This was stated by distinguished panelists who took part in a Webinar organized by the Association of Healthcare Providers of India on the theme of Covid Care: Community Transmission and Herd Immunity.
The discussion was chaired by Dr. Girdhar J. Gyani, Director General, AHPI, and included speakers such as Dr Alexander Thomas, President, AHPI; Dr. Vinay Aggarwal, MD, Pushpanjali Medical Centre; Dr. Alok Roy, Chair FICCI Health Services Committee & Chairman Medica Group of Hospitals; Dr. Narottam Puri, Advisor, FICCI Health Services Committee; Dr. Suneela Garg, Director Prof., Dept. Of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, and Dr. Sanjeev Singh, Chief Medical Superintendent, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences.
Addressing the audiences, Dr. Girdhar J. Gyani, Director General, Association of Healthcare Providers of India, said: “India is in a much better position than countries like Brazil or the US in terms of Covid-related fatalities or recovery rate. India is seeing only 30 deaths per million Covid patients compared to a staggering 464 for Brazil and 492 for US. India’s recovery rate has gone up to 65 percent, which is good. Fatality rate too has been continuously dropping. From 3.6 percent at one time, it has dropped to 2 percent now, though our wish is to see it go down to 1.5 percent.”
Dr. Sanjeev Singh, Chief Medical Superintendent, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Faridabad, said: “Covid 19 is a public health crisis. Though the infection rate is high, the fatality rate is low in India, with low per lakh death rate, low crude mortality rate, low case fatality rate and low crude infection rate. The best way to approach the pandemic is screening actively, conducting contact tracing, testing in accordance to symptoms, with RT PCR being the gold standard diagnostic test, and symptomatic management. Early recognition and referrals to high-dependency unit or critical care unit is essential. To reduce community transmission, vaccination would play an important role. Six study groups are in Phase 3 trials and promising results are expected on short-term and long-term immunity. The most urgent step is to go back to basics with wearing masks, adhering to physical distancing and maintaining hand hygiene and adequate surface disinfection.”
Dr. Suneela Garg, Director Professor, Dept. Of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College: “There has been a shifting in epicenters of Covid in the last one month whereby Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have maximum growth rate while Delhi is faring much better. If community transmission begins to occur, isolation and quarantine will have limited or no role to play. Community driven social changes will then play an important role in containing the spread such as wearing masks, washing hands regularly and maintaining social distancing. Lockdown in specific clusters will also be required. Herd immunity is indirect protection from a contagious infectious disease of a population through vaccination or through immunity developed from a previous infection. While isolation and quarantine open doors to reinfection, herd immunity offers protection in the long run. However, community transmission in a country like India may prove to be catastrophic and reinfection will prove to be a major factor preventing herd immunity.”
Said Dr Alexander Thomas, President, AHPI: “Things are still evolving with respect to Covid. Prevention of Covid cases and fatalities includes steps like coming early to hospital if one has symptoms, focus on elderly and those with comorbidities, wearing masks, physical distancing and sanitization. Government has to enforce wearing of masks strictly as many people are still not wearing these or wearing them improperly below their nose. We need adequate availability of beds equipped with oxygen and ventilators, as well as human resources such as doctors and nurses. Private hospitals are overwhelmed while there are few takers for beds in Government hospitals. Public private partnership is critical in meeting healthcare challenges like Covid.”
Dr. Alok Roy, Chair, FICCI, Health Services Committee, and Chairman, Medica Group of Hospitals, said: “The pandemic has had a cataclysmic effect on the socio-economic fabric of India. Private hospitals are facing the stark financial reality of liquidity crunch in keeping patients safe. The healthcare delivery space is extremely capital and people intensive. We at FICCI have been urging the Government to provide financial stimulus up to minimum 3% of GDP. The private healthcare domain should be incentivized to develop skills to handle a pandemic of this nature. Specific funds like Healthcare Infrastructure Fund and Healthcare Innovation Fund should be developed to boost entrepreneurship, start-ups and newer business models, which are needed to improve access, availability and quality, especially in smaller cities and rural areas. The serological surveys being conducted are effective as they help authorities make informed decisions about interventions that are needed to contain the pandemic. It will give us an outlook whether India can achieve herd immunity. The infection rate has been rapidly rising since the Government began to ease lockdown restrictions. India has logged a million new cases since then, but the recovery rate stood at 67.61%, which means that over 13 lakh people have recuperated. While hospitals treat the patients affected by the virus, they should simultaneously take adequate precaution for non-COVID critical care patients. With timely case identifications and better and quicker turnaround of testing facilities, we are moving towards a phase which will help us stay ahead of the pandemic.
Said Dr. Narottam Puri, Advisor, FICCI Health Services Committee: “Healthcare is going to fundamentally change after this pandemic. It is increasingly being seen as a basic human need and there will be lot of pressure from the masses on policy makers and politicians to deliver quality and affordable healthcare for all. Covid has also triggered social and cultural changes with the need for social distancing. These will have an impact on overall healthcare because a large part of our diseases comprises of respiratory infections, and this preventive social behavior will help bring down their incidence. Another change will be in how our hospitals are functioning. Pandemics are never won by the hospitals; they are won by communities and individuals. So we will now need to move from hospital mitigation to community mitigation, and from community mitigation to individual mitigation. We have been caught napping as were too focused on non-communicable diseases. Hospitals design and structural changes may become imperative now to prevent infections from passing on from one patient to another. Digital technology is going to change the face of healthcare delivery. We are already seeing the increase use of telemedicine which will become important in chronic disease management. Home healthcare will also get a major boost.”
Said Dr. Vinay Aggarwal, MD, Pushpanjali Medical Centre, New Delhi: “The gold standard to contain Covid still involves the proper use of masks, sanitization and social distancing, followed by testing and home isolation. Initial mismanagement led to where we are today. There was a lack of coordination from officers from the state to district level regarding Covid management, due to which cases have exponentially increased. In the last 15 days, the cases have doubled in the country. Covid has given hard lesson to healthcare organizations to reorganize, reframe and restructure. Digital platforms and telemedicine are going to be the main paradigm shift in healthcare going forward.”
Bengaluru, August 7, 2020: AU Small Finance Bank, a Scheduled Commercial Bank and one of the fastest-growing retail Banks of India, has today commenced its operations in Bengaluru. Today, the Bank launched its first branch at J.P. Nagar in Bengaluru. With this branch, AU Bank has 664 Banking Touchpoints across 12 states and one Union Territory. Another branch of AU Bank is going to be launched at Residency Road this month.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Sanjay Agarwal, MD & CEO, AU Small Finance Bank, said, “AU Bank embarks on its journey to the Southern states starting with the Silicon Valley of India. We are looking forward to the innovative spirit of the Bengalurians and are excited to offer our differentiated services to them. AU has a 25-years legacy of being a retail focused and customer centric institution. This is an important landmark in our journey of becoming a Bank with pan India presence. In this journey from the ‘incredible state of India’ to the ‘one state with many worlds’ we will try to bring the versatility of Rajasthan to the land of imagination. I am optimistic that as a digitally focussed bank, we will be able to offer simplified banking and customized solutions to the city of millennials. To the Bengalurians, I would like to say – Be U! Be with AU!”
With a strong focus on digital solutions, AU Bank has adopted technology as an enabler to evolve as a customer centric bank. The Bank offers contactless FD, video KYC, WhatsApp banking, missed call banking, TAB banking, AU ABHI instant self-onboarding Bank account etc. Since the beginning of its Banking services, AU has designed products and services keeping customer needs and challenges in mind. That is how AU has emerged as one-of-its kind bank that does not require customers to fill cash deposit or withdrawal slips; that devised ‘no home branch’ concept; offered extended banking hours etc.
In the last three years as a bank, AU has built a solid net worth of about Rs. 4600 Cr., robust deposit base of over Rs. 26,000 Cr.+ and a strong lending base of about Rs. 30,000 Cr.+. The Bank is listed at both the leading exchanges viz. NSE and BSE. In Q1FY21, AU Bank’s PAT grew by 49%. Despite the unprecedented challenges in the last few months, AU Bank has continued to perform well on all fronts including Deposit Growth, Liquidity Management, Assets Quality, Digital Banking, Inclusive Banking, Customer Engagement and Employee Safety.
ನಟನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಆಸಕ್ತಿ ಇರುವವರಿಗೆ ತಮ್ಮ ಆಡಿಷನ್ ಕೊಡಲು ದೊಡ್ಡದೊಡ್ಡ ಕ್ಯೂನಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಲ್ಲುವ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆ ಇಲ . ನೂರಾರು ಕಿಲೋಮೀಟರ್ ಪ್ರಯಾಣ ಮಾಡುವ ಲಾಡ್ಡಿಂಗ್ ಮಾಡುವ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗಳು ಇಲ್ಲ . ಕೈಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಸ್ಮಾರ್ಟ್ ಪೋನ್ನಲ್ಲಿಯೇ “ Singletakes ( ಸಿಂಗಲ್ ಟೇಕ್ಸ್ ) ಅಪ್ಲಿಕೇಷನ್ ಅನ್ನು Play store ಡೌನ್ಲೋಡ್ ಮಾಡಿದರೆ ಸಾಕು , ಆಸಕ್ತಿಯಿರುವ ನಟನೊಬ್ಬ ತನ್ನ ನಟನಾ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯದ ವಿಡೀಯೋವನ್ನು ಸುಲಭವಾಗಿ ಅಪ್ಲೋಡ್ ಮಾಡಬಹುದು . ಯಾವುದೇ ಖರ್ಚು ಇಲ್ಲ . ನಿರ್ದೇಸಕರು ಮತ್ತು ನಿರ್ಮಾಪಕರು ಅದನ್ನು ಪರಿಶೀಲಿಸಿ ನಿಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಆಯ್ಕೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ . ಸಿನಿಮಾ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣದ ಬಹುದೊಡ್ಡ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಯೆಂದರೆ “ ಆಡಿಷನ್ ” ಕಲಾವಿದರನ್ನು ಸೆಲೆಕ್ಟ್ ಮಾಡುವುದು . ಇದು ಕೇವಲ ಕಲಾವಿದರಿಗಷ್ಟೇ ಅಲ್ಲದೇ ನಿರ್ದೇಶನ ಮತ್ತು ನಿರ್ಮಾಪಕರಿಗೂ ಅನುಕೂಲವಾಗುವ ಸೂಪರ್ ಆಪ್ಲಿಕೇಶನ್ ಎಂದು ಮಹಾನ್ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕರು ಮತ್ತು ನಿರ್ಮಾಪಕರು ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯಪಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಆಡಿಷನ್ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಸೋಶಿ ತಿಥಿಯಲ್ ಮೀಡಿಯಾ ನೆಟ್ ವರ್ಕ್ , ವೀಡಿಯೊ , ಶೇರಿಂಗ್ ಪಾತ್ ಫಾರ್ಮ್ ಕೂಡ ಇದ . ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಪ್ರತಿಭಾನಿತ್ವ ಚಾರ್ಟರ್ಡ್ ಅಕೌಂಟೆಂಟ್ ಮತ್ತು ಇಂಗ್ಲೆಂಡ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ಎಂ.ಎಸ್ ಪದವೀಧರ ಕಳೆದ ಎರಡು ವರುಷದಿಂದ ಸುಮಾರು 30 ಜನ ಹೈದರಾಬಾದ್ , ಅಮೇರಿಕಾ ಮತ್ತು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಐ.ಟಿ ಟೆಕ್ನಿಕಲ್ ಎಕ್ಸ್ಪರ್ಟ್ ಜೊತೆ ಸೇರಿ ಈ ಅಪ್ಲಿಕೇಶನ್ ತಯಾರಿ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ . ಇನ್ನು ಮುಂದಿನ ದಿನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾರತದಾದ್ಯಂತ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಭಾಷೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಪ್ಲಾಟ್ಫಾರ್ಮ್ ಉಪಯೋಗಕ್ಕೆ ಬರಲಿದೆ . ಭಾರತ ಮಾತ್ರವಲ್ಲ ಪ್ರಪಂಚದ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ದೇಶಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಲಭ್ಯವಾಗಲಿದೆ .
ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ಹಲವು ಉದ್ಯಮಿಗಳು ಹೂಡಿಕೆ ಮಾಡಲು ಆಸಕ್ತಿ ತೋರಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಪ್ರಪಂಚದಾದ್ಯಂತ ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆ ಹೊಂದಬೇಕೆಂದಿರುವ ಈ ಕಂಪನಿ ಸ್ಥಾಪಕರು ಕೇವಲ ಹೂಡಿಕೆ ಮಾತ್ರವಲ್ಲ ಅಂತ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಗುರುತು ಇರುವ ಹೂಡಿಕೆ ದಾರರನ್ನು ಹುಡುಕುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ . ಸಾವಿರಾರು ಕೋಟಿ ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆ ಇರುವ ಸೋಷಿಯೋ ಎಂಟರ್ಟೈನ್ನೆಂಟ್ ನೆಟ್ವರ್ಕ್ ಇದಾಗಲಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಹಲವು ಜನ ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞರು , ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕರು , ನಿರ್ಮಾಪಕರು ಮತ್ತು ಉದ್ಯಮಿಗಳು ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ ಪಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಾರೆ . ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರೇ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಸಿದ ಈ ಸ್ವದೇಶಿ ಅಪ್ಲಿಕೇಶನ್ ಅನ್ನು ಡೌನ್ಲೋಡ್ ಮಾಡುವ ಮೂಲಕ ಪ್ರೋತ್ಸಾಹಿಸಿ .
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