› ŠKODA AUTO’s new state of the art dealership facility in Bengaluru: PPS Motors boasts 4,500 sq. ft. of a modern showroom and 18,000 sq. ft. of premium service space, 70 plus technicians and staff members, 10 mechanical stations and body shop bays, and service capacity of 5,500 plus ŠKODA AUTO vehicles per annum
› The new dealership facility is the third outlet of the Czech marque, in Bengaluru, and aims to enhance the overall purchase and ownership experience for the ŠKODA AUTO customers in the region
› Under the ‘INDIA 2.0’ project, ŠKODA AUTO India will double its network penetration, and expand to 50 new cities, over the next three years
› ŠKODA AUTO celebrates 125 years of its glorious history and heritage the world over
Bengaluru, 11 August 2020: With the inauguration of PPS Motors in Bengaluru, ŠKODA AUTO India aims to strengthen its position in Karnataka and push forward its campaign of establishing a strong foothold in the southern markets of our nation. The new state of the art dealership facility sports the new Corporate Identity and Design as a part of ŠKODA AUTO global redesigning process. The Czech auto manufacturer, under the purview of the ‘INDIA 2.0’ project, will have at least twice as many sales and service touchpoints, as it does today, by 2022.
PPS Motors is strategically located at 219/11, Ramana Maharishi Road, Palace Orchards, Sadashivanagar, Bellary Road and offers utmost ease and convenience across the region. The sales facility sprawls over an area of 4,500 square feet and accommodates at least four cars on display. A dedicated service workshop, located at 35, Kranthikavi Sarvagna Road, Sreerampuram, Okaluipuram, is spread across 18,000 square feet and houses ten mechanical stations and body shop bays. With 75 trained personnel, PPS Motors has a capacity to service 5,500 plus ŠKODA AUTO vehicles per annum.
Commenting on the inauguration of the new facility, Mr. Zac Hollis, Brand Director, ŠKODA AUTO India said, “To ensure preparedness for INDIA 2.0 launches, we at ŠKODA AUTO India are continually striving to expand our network reach, across the nation, so that not only more and more customers can experience our products but also enjoy easy access to our customer centric aftersales solutions. Bangalore is a key market for us in South India, and we are confident that our
partnership with PPS Motors will be pivotal for the brand and will further strengthen our foothold in Karnataka.”
Mr. Rajiv Sanghvi, Dealer Principal, PPS Motors Private Limited said, “We are delighted to partner with ŠKODA AUTO India and introduce a new dealership facility in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The modern architecture and streamlined business processes will provide the ideal backdrop for the presentation of ŠKODA AUTO products. With the global best practices and processes of Skoda Auto India and adapting them to suit our customers in the region we endeavour to create a lot of value for all our stake holder’s especially our customers to offer world service and customer care”
MODERN DEALERSHIP FACILITIES WITH STREAMLINED BUSINESS PROCESSES
With the highest priority given to functionality, clear orientation, and transparency, ŠKODA AUTO India has successfully rebranded its entire network of 83 sales and 58 service touchpoints across 69 cities across the nation. The Czech brand has invested over INR 1,200 million, along with its dealer partners, in the biggest rebranding campaign in its history in India.
In line with the ‘INDIA 2.0’ project, the corporate architecture, functional interiors, and rationalized business processes, aim to enhance the overall customer experience. The new dealership design architectural concept reflects ŠKODA AUTO’s philosophy expressed in the slogan: “Simply Clever with a human touch”.
The new architecture of the dealership facility is characterized by clear and simple shapes, a harmonious colour concept, modular design features, and a modern lighting concept. The new exteriors of the ŠKODA AUTO dealerships will be the brand’s powerful statement during both day and night – clear, transparent, modern, and open.
In addition to sustaining ŠKODA AUTO’s proven strengths, the company is placing an increasing emphasis on enhancing the emotional appeal of the brand. It is conveyed by the sophisticated and logical arrangement of all the key elements, business areas, customer zones, and the use of cutting edge technology.
The high quality materials, new design features, effective lighting solutions, architectural graphic elements, and warm wooden tones create an inviting atmosphere. Fresh hues, clarity, openness, and transparency – are the highlights of the new interiors of ŠKODA AUTO showrooms.
Event Organised by UBUNTU Consortium under the able leadership and guidance of Smt. Rathna Prabha
WOW (Women of Worth) Enterprise 2020 is a B2B Platform to Empower Women Entrepreneurs
Event held in celebration of International Women’s Day 2020
Bengaluru, 4th March 2020:WOW (Women of Worth) Enterprise Connect 2020, an event organised by UBUNTU Consortium in association with the Department of Commerce and Industries, Government of Karnataka will be held on 6th March 2020. The event will be inaugurated by Hon. Chief Minister Shri. B S Yediyurappa in the presence of Shri. Jagadish Shettar, Hon. Minister of Large and Medium Scale Industries, Government of Karnataka, Dr. C N Ashwath Narayan, Hon. Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Higher Education, IT,BT and S&T, Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Livelihood, Government of Karnataka and Smt. K Rathna Prabha IAS (Retd), Chairman, Karnataka Skill Development Authority President, UBUNTU Consortium. The event is being held in celebration of International Women’s Day.
Explaining about the event, Smt. K Rathna Prabha said, “WOW Enterprise Connect 2020 will be a B2B event focused on women entrepreneurs. It will serve as a platform to give women entrepreneurs access to join the supply chain of large enterprises as well as PSUs. It will provide them with an opportunity to integrate with the entrepreneurial ecosystem ang grow their network as well as business in the domestic and global markets. The event will also act as a conduit to government and financial institutions for awareness of various schemes that they can benefit from.”
Focus sectors for WOW Enterprise Connect 2020 include apparel and merchandising, food processing, handicrafts, artificial jewellery, manufacturing, services, health and wellness, digital marketing and other allied sectors.
“The Enterprise Connect section of the event will feature talks by women experts from leading organisations on the procedures involved in becoming a registered vendor and how to activate a supply chain. The event will also have a Buyer Seller Meet which will facilitate one-to-one meetings of women entrepreneurs with leading industries, online marts and retail chains for procurement. The Global Connect vertical of the event will comprise of presentations made by Trade commissions from different countries highlighting trade opportunities. The B2G vertical will connect women entrepreneurs with government schemes, incentives and subsidiaries. There will also be presentations on specially designed financial schemes and finding opportunities for women entrepreneurs. The exhibition section will showcase products and services of women entrepreneurs to promote business to procurement heads, business visitors and fellow delegates” Smt. Rathna Prabha said.
4ನೇ ಮಾರ್ಚ್ 2020, ಕ್ಯಾರೆಟ್ ಲೇನ್- ತನಿಷ್ಕ್ ಪಾರ್ಟ್ನರ್ ಶಿಪ್ ಭಾರತದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಓಮ್ನಿ-ಚಾನೆಲ್ ಜ್ಯೂವೆಲರ್, ಜನನಿಭಿಡ ಪ್ರದೇಶವಾದ ನ್ಯೂ ಬಿಇಎಲ್ ರಸ್ತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ತನ್ನ 16ನೇ ಮಳಿಗೆಯನ್ನು ಆರಂಭಿಸುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಕ್ಯಾರೆಟ್ಲೇನ್ನ ರಿಟೈಲ್ ಪ್ರಯಾಣವು ತ್ವರಿತ ಗತಿಯ ಮತ್ತು ರೋಮಾಂಚನಕಾರಿಯಾಗಿದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಈ ಹೊಚ್ಚ ಹೊಸ ಮಳಿಗೆಯ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭಿದೊಂದಿಗೆ, ದೇಶದ ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ 26ನೇ ಮಳಿಗೆಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರಾರಂಭಿಸುತ್ತಿದೆ ಮತ್ತು ದೇಶಾದ್ಯಂತ 83 ಮಳಿಗೆಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದುತ್ತದೆ.
ಕ್ಯಾರೆಟ್ ಲೇನ್ ಅನ್ನು “ಗೋ ಟೂ ಜ್ಯುವೆಲರಿ ಬ್ರಾಂಡ್” “ ಎಂದು ಪರಿಗಣಿಸುವ ಸಾಕಷ್ಟು ಗ್ರಾಹಕರು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಇದ್ದಾರೆ. ಅವರು ಆನ್ಲೈನ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಶಾಪಿಂಗ್ ಆಭರಣಗಳನ್ನು ಇಷ್ಟಪಡುದಲ್ಲದೆ, ನಗರಕ್ಕೆ 13ನೇ ಮಳಿಗೆಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರಾರಂಭಿಸಿರುವುದು ಆಭರಣ ಅಭಿಜ್ಞರಿಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚುವರಿ ಬೋನಸ್ ಆಗಿದ್ದು, ಅವರು ಖರೀದಿಸುವ ಮುನ್ನ ಆಭರಣಗಳನ್ನು ಬ್ರೌಸ್ ಮಾಡಲು ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಿಸಲು ಇಷ್ಟಪಡುತ್ತಾರೆ.
ನಗರದ ಜನಪ್ರಿಯ ಪ್ರದೇಶವಾದ ನ್ಯೂ ಬಿಇಎಲ್ ರಸ್ತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ರೋಮಾಂಚಕಾರಿಯಾದ ಈ ಹೊಸ ಮಳಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭವಾಗುವುದು ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಅನುಕೂಲಕರವಾಗಿದೆ.ಜನರು ಎಲ್ಲೆಡೆಯಿಂದ ಬರುವುದರಿಂದ, ನ್ಯೂ ಬಿಇಎಲ್ ರಸ್ತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಶಾಪಿಂಗ್ ಮಾಡಲು ಈ ಮಳಿಗೆಯನ್ನು ಆರಂಭಿಸಲು ಇದಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಉತ್ತಮವಾದ ಸ್ಥಳವಿಲ್ಲ.
ಈ ಸುಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತನಾಡಿದ ಕ್ಯಾರೆಟ್ಲೇನ್ನ ಸ್ಥಾಪಕ ಮತ್ತು ಸಿಇಒ ಮಿಥುನ್ ಸಾಚೆತಿ, “ನ್ಯೂ ಬಿಇಎಲ್ ರಸ್ತೆಯು ನಮ್ಮ ಹೊಸದಾದ ಮಳಿಗೆಗೆ ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮ ಸ್ಥಳವಾಗಿದೆ- ಈ ನಗರದಲ್ಲಿ ನಮ್ಮ 13ನೇ ಮಳಿಗೆಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರಾರಂಭಿಸಲು ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಸಂತೋಷವೆನಿಸುತ್ತದೆ”. ಅವರಿಗೆ ಹತ್ತಿರವಾಗುವಂತಹ ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ಕ್ಯಾರೆಟ್ಲೇನ್ ಅಂಗಡಿಗಾಗಿ ಕುತೂಹಲದಿಂದ ಕಾಯುತ್ತಿರುವ ನಮ್ಮ ಎಲ್ಲ ಗ್ರಾಹಕರನ್ನು ತಲುಪಲು ನಮಗೆ ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ ಎಂದು ನಾವು ಭಾವಿಸುತ್ತೇವೆ
“ಈ ಮಳಿಗೆಯ ವಿಶೇಷತೆಯು ವರ್ಚುವಲ್ ಟ್ರೈ-ಆನ್ ಮಿರರ್, ಆಭರಣ ತಜ್ಞರ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಸಹಾಯಕವಾದ ತಂಡ ಮತ್ತು ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಭಾರತೀಯ ಆಭರಣ ಮಳಿಗೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಬಹಳ ವಿಶಿಷ್ಟವಾದದ್ದು. ಆಧುನಿಕ, ವಿನೋದ ಮತ್ತು ಸಮಕಾಲೀನ ಆಭರಣಗಳನ್ನು ಸದಾ ಹುಡುಕುತ್ತಿರುವ ಸುಂದರ ಮಹಿಳೆಯರನ್ನು – ನಮ್ಮ ಹೊಸ ಮಳಿಗೆಗೆ ನಾವು ನಿಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಸ್ವಾಗತಿಸುತ್ತೇವೆ ಮತ್ತು ಶೀಘ್ರದಲ್ಲೇ ನಿಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಬೇಕೆಂದು ನಾವು ಭಾವಿಸುತ್ತೇವೆ! ” – ಎಂದು ಸಾಚೆತಿ ಹೇಳಿದರು
ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಕ್ಯಾರೆಟ್ ಲೇನ್ ಗ್ರಾಹಕರಾದ ಶ್ರೀಮತಿ ಡಾ.ಗೀತಾ ಪಾಟೀಲ್ ಅವರು “ನಾನು ಕ್ಯಾರೆಟ್ ಲೇನ್ ಆಭರಣಗಳನ್ನು ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅವುಗಳ ಸಂಗ್ರಹಗಳು ಬಹಳ ವಿಶಿಷ್ಟವಾಗಿವೆ. ನಾನು ಯಾವಾಗಲೂ ಆಭರಣಗಳನ್ನು ಬಹಳ ಇಷ್ಟಪಡುತ್ತೇನೆ ಮತ್ತು ಕ್ಯಾರೆಟ್ಲೇನ್ ಕೆಲವು ಉತ್ತಮ ವಿನ್ಯಾಸಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ”,
ಕ್ಯಾರೆಟ್ಲೇನ್ ಒಂದು ಬ್ರಾಂಡ್ ಆಗಿದ್ದು ಅದರ ವಿನ್ಯಾಸಗಳು, ರೂ. 5000ದಿಂದ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭಗೊಳ್ಳುವುದರಿಂದ, ಇದು ಅಪಾರ ಗ್ರಾಹಕರ ಬೇಡಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಪೂರೈಸುತ್ತದೆ.,. ನಮ್ಮ ಬಿಇಎಲ್ ರಸ್ತೆಯ ಶಾಪರ್ ಗಳನ್ನು ಸ್ವಾಗತಿಸಲು ನಾವು ಉತ್ಸುಕರಾಗಿದ್ದೇವೆ ಮತ್ತು ನಮ್ಮ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ವಜ್ರದ ವಿನ್ಯಾಸಗಳ ವಜ್ರದ ಬೆಲೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಶೇಕಡ 20% ರಷ್ಟು ರಿಯಾಯಿತಿಯನ್ನು ಸೀಮಿತ ಅವಧಿಗೆ ನೀಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇವೆ ” ಎಂದು ಪ್ರಾರಂಭೋತ್ಸವದಲ್ಲಿ ಪಾಲ್ಗೊಂಡಿದ್ದ ಹೆಡ್-ವಿಷುಯಲ್ ಮರ್ಚಂಡೈಸಿಂಗ್ ರಾಧಿಕಾ ಮೆಕ್ಗ್ರೆಗರ್ ಅವರನ್ನು ಹೇಳಿದರು
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Bengaluru, February 2020: Dr. CN Ashwath Narayan, Deputy Chief Minister Karnataka, Minister for Higher Education, IT & BT, Science and Technology Department, Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, and Livelihood launched IIT Directors Forum. The first-ever IIT Directors Forum was also launched during Tech4Bharat 2020.
It will consist of all present and past directors of all 23 IITs. Mr. Gaurav Gupta, Principal Secretary, Govt. of Karnataka inaugurated PanIIT’s Tech4Bharat 2020 event and makes keynote speech on ‘Policy Meets Technology’. Dr. CN Ashwath Narayan, Deputy Chief Minister Karnataka, Minister for Higher Education, IT & BT, Science and Technology Department, Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, and Livelihood commented, “The changes that have taken place in society has to be institutional driven rather than industrial driven. Bengaluru has become the foundation and the hub of technology and is responsible for a huge developmental change in the society. Understanding the strength of the city and the state, the government has been focusing on technology which will be beneficial for making lives better.” PanIIT Alumni India (PIAI) has conceived Tech4Bharat as a strategic event to review and realign the current initiatives and launch fresh ones. The event will feature engaging panel discussions bringing Academia, Policy makers and the Industry leaders.
The expert panel moderators from PanIIT will lead the discussions to gather the diverse views and galvanize them into a common pursuit of excellence for our fine institutions of technical education. Dr. CN Ashwath Narayan further added, “Majority of the institutions in India are unable to deliver a high-quality of education. It’s only after passing out and with some basic experience students gain knowledge, and this quality of education has to be looked into immediately.” Mr. Gaurav Gupta, Principal Secretary, Govt. of Karnataka made a keynote speech on ‘Policy Meets Technology’. During his speech, he emphasised that, “Government policies are driven by the feedback received from the stakeholders, entrepreneurs and society. If enabling policy needs to be driven, then we look forward to feedbacking from the PanIIT under the Tech4Bharat platform. In Karnataka, the Government has taken several initiatives including setting up of several Centre of Excellence on AI, IOT, Cyber Security and others. Karnataka Innovation Authority Bill is being introduced so as to set-up regulatory sandboxes for enabling enterprises in areas where the existing laws and regulations are inhibiting in nature.” He further added, “It is step in the right direction that PanIIT has launched Tech4Bharat. A lot of unsolved problems in India, particularly rural India. Each of these problems provide opportunities for enterprise. The digital technologies and also the increasing digitisation of services like Aadhaar based validation, digital payment, mobile and broadband services provide opportunities for enterprises to be set-up which can solve problems and yet can be profitable and can scale up quickly.”
IIT DIRECTORS FORUM The IIT Directors Forum is an independent group that will deliberate and provide long-term roadmap for Technical Education in India. The forum shall be part of all the PanIIT Conclaves and Summits. It will continue to select and propose topics that can be supported by PanIIT and guided for the policy inputs to the government. All Present and Past Directors of all 23 IITs are part of the IIT Directors Forum. Padma Shri awardee Dr. BVR Mohan Reddy, Founder and Executive Chairman Cyient said, “I’m delighted to have the IIT Directors at a PanIIT initiative called IIT Directors Forum. It was an extremely useful meeting in having a high-quality and beneficial discussion on some of the achievements and challenges of the IITs. It is encouraging and delightful how PanIIT can support the current IIT system.” Padma Bhushan awardee Mr. B Muthuraman, Former Vice Chairman Tata Steel and Former Chairman Tata International Ltd added, “IITs in India have been around for over 60 years and it is time we think and take actions of making them of world-class quality. I am happy to see the IIT Directors Forum being formed, who can now discuss ideas and various actions that are required to make IITs world-class institutions. There is no economy in the world which has prospered economically and socially without a high-quality technical education system. India, if it has to reach its potential both economically and socially would need to have higher institutes of technical learnings which IITs have to become in the future. I am sure the IIT Directors Forum will work towards that objective.” Mr. Ramnath S Mani, Chairman, PanIIT Alumni of India (PIAI) said, “As PanIIT Chairman, I am extremely happy to announce that we had a group of IIT Directors participate in the IIT Directors Workshop. We deliberated on various aspect IITs over 3 generations and the role that PanIIT alumni can play in using its alumni network to help the IITs be taken to global excellence.” Mr. Rajesh Rathi, Chairman Tech4Bharat 2020, PanIIT commented, “We have had 3 generations of IIT being launched in the country over the past 60 years. It is now time to make them into world-class institutions. PanIIT has initiated and launched the IIT Directors Forum to guide them in contributing to this task and has unveiled IIT 4.0 vision.”
PANIIT AI FORUM PANEL DISCUSSION Indian Govt. wants to develop India as an “AI Garage” for building solutions for Indi as well as other emerging economies. The Indian AI sector has seen growth in 2018, with more than %150mn invested by startups. The Indian Govt. doubles its budget allocation to $480mn to support AI, ML, IOT and other technologies. Mr. Ravi Narayan, MD T-hub said, “Indian is the 5th largest economy and growing rapidly. Players from the industry, from India and across the world, should focus on the Indian markets by offering differentiated products and services that are inexpensive and highly scalable. Employing advanced technologies such AI/ML, leveraging the rich digital infrastructure and collaborating closely with deep tech startups in India makes it imminently possible. It is this opportunity that industry, government and startups should seize with both hands.” “The most important thing is that the use of open source and open data is critical for the success of AI. Companies like google, facebook etc have a huge amount of data. We should take advantage of open source platforms and collaborate amongst enterprises to build world-class AI models else we cannot compete with googles and facebooks of the world.” Added Dr. Vivek Raghavan, iSpirit. PanIIT AI Forum (PAIF) was launched at the PIA conclave in Jan 2019 to develop and build the Indian ecosystem to absorb and utilise AI effectively for national, individual and social benefit. Members of the panel were Mr. Arnab Kumar, Programme Director Frontier Tech Niti Ayog, Dr. Vivek Raghavan, Chief PM/Biometric Architect UIDAI, Ms. Priya Sharma, Cofounder CFO & COO Zest Money, Mr. Shashi Bhushan CTO, TCS, Dr. Venkat Padmanabhan Deputy MD Microsoft Research, Mr. Kedar Kulkarni, CEO Hyperverge and Mr. Ravi Narayan, MD T-hub as the moderator.
IIT & INDUSTRY PANEL DISCUSSION Sponsored research has seen a quantum leap at the top IITs with IIT Madras and IIT Delhi recording a 395% and 300% growth respectively in the past 5 years. IIT Madras became the first ever IIT to cross the Rs 500 crore mark for sponsored research. The rising research-based collaborations with non-academic can benefit private and public sector industries, large infrastructure, welfare schemes and the non-government social sector. IITs are giving thrust to translation research – idea to product. Ms. Priya Ajmera, CEO AIC N/Core said, “India has one of the largest shares of social problems. Unfortunately, after decades of trying things don’t seem to be improving on the ground as fast as we would like it to. In my opinion what we need is smart people solving these problems. As industry-academia-government, we need to work on increasing the aspirations in the current generations to want to need to understand the problems and build holistic solutions that work at scale.” “India aims to be the skill capital of the world and IITs could play a key role towards this. Given the brand reputation of IITs, if ITIs and private training institutions are adopted by various IITs, ensuring quality in these institutions and providing its branding to those who graduate from these institutions, there is likely to be huge demand outside India for skilled workers that are certificate holders of IITs. Similarly, IITs could also consider certifying for Recognition of Prior Learning to those who are already skilled but want their quality authenticated by IITs.”, added Dr. Manish Kumar, MD NSDC. The second panel on ‘IIT & Industry’ discussed how to ensure effective collaboration between Industry-Academia-Government. The eminent panel will include Prof. Abhay Karandikar Director IIT Kanpur, Prof. Mahesh Panchagnula, IIT Madras, Mr. Kalyan Mukherjee, Dy. General Manager BPCL, Dr. Manish Kumar MD, NSDC, Mr. Kallappa Pattada Head R&D, Boeing India, Ms. Priya Ajmera, CEO AIC N/Core and Mr. Rajesh Rathi, MD Control Infotech as the moderator.
IIT GLOBAL EXCELLENCE PANEL DISCUSSION Over the decades IIT Alumni have fanned out all over the world. In addition to being one of the most coveted technologists and scientists, they have also made great business leaders, often supplementing technical education with management skills. Entry to these fine institutions is more competitive that anywhere else in the world. The current endeavour is to consolidate and raise the quality of education and research to world-class standards and is being called IIT 4.0. During the panel discussion, Prof. Anil D Sahasrabudhe, Chairman AICTE said, “Global excellence can only be achieved by creating common vision, mission and goal for all the stakeholders. It is important to support innovation through internship, entrepreneurship through government, alumni and industry connect.” The third panel on ‘IIT Global Excellence’ – creating world-class institutions, had eminent educationists like Prof. Anil D Sahasrabudhe, Chairman AICTE, Prof. Rajat Moona, Director IIT Bhilai, Prof. Virendra Kumar Tewari, Director IIT Khargapur, Prof. Rajesh Gopakumar , Director ICTS-CIFR, Prof. Rishikesh T Krishnan Former Director IIM Indore and Prof. Anurag Kumar, Director IISC as the moderator.
First Laufen-Roca-Parryware Studio in Bengaluru presents innovations in bathroom concepts and excellent products
Bengaluru, February 26, 2020: Roca Bathroom Products Pvt Ltd. (RBPPL), India’s leading manufacturer of bathroom products, has inaugurated Karnataka’s first display studio in Bengaluru to capitalize on the evolving bathroom market. The company is focused on strengthening brand’s presence in Karnataka and the exclusive brand studio launch is a step in the direction. Mr. KE Ranganathan, Managing Director, Roca Bathroom Products Pvt Ltd. inaugurated the studio in the presence of prominent architects, interior designers, trade partners, and developers.
Spread across an area of 4,400 sq. ft., this would be company’s seventh display studio in country after Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Kochi, Lucknow, Chandigarh and Chennai. With an aim of being a one-stop solution for all bathroom needs, the display studio will showcase a wide array of bath fixtures by three leading power brands of RBPPL- Laufen from Switzerland the world’s prominent luxury brand, Roca, world’s popular super-premium designer brand, and Parryware, India’s most popular and trusted bathroom brand.
Commenting on the inauguration of the display studio, Mr. Ranganathan, Managing Director, Roca Bathroom Products Pvt Ltd, said, “We are delighted to launch our first display studio in one of our key markets -Bengaluru that has contributed to the success of our brands. With the growing disposable income and aspirations of individuals in urban cities, customers are opting for more upmarket bathroom fixture resonating individual’s style. This store exhibits the finest collections from Swiss major Laufen and World’s No. 1 brand Roca’s futuristic products and intelligent device. The luxury designs from Parryware is also on play for customers, architects, designers and our trade partners. Addition of seventh display studio in India fortifies our commitment for the market, showcasing the vast array of products offered by our company – RBPPL- across brands and price segment.”
The display studio will display an array of products and offerings including faucets, bathtubs, basins, wcs, showers, kitchen sinks, and bathroom furniture among others. It will add as an experience center for architects, dealer partners, designers and customers. This display studio will also have training sessions for channel partners and plumbing contractors. Given the affluent living standard and increased spending capacity, consumers in this region have a higher preference for premium bathroom products that are high on technology and functionality. With Roca’s endeavor to expand its network and provide impeccable shop floor experience to the customers.
In India, Roca Bathroom Products Pvt Ltd consists of five brands – Armani Roca, Laufen, Roca, Parryware and Johnson Pedder under its umbrella – each offering a unique bathroom range and catering to different segments of the society.
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