Acer’s Mega eSports Tournament “The Predator Gaming League – India Finale” Concludes in Bengaluru

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“Indian Rivals” emerge as the ultimate champions for PUBG PC at India Finale
*The team will now represent India in the Asia Pacific Finale to be held in Manila in February 2020

Bengaluru, December 8, 2019: Acer, the market leader in PC gaming in India announced the winner of its 3rd Edition of mega eSports Tournament Acer Predator League India 2020, India held at Phoenix Market City, Bengaluru where 16 finalists from PUBG PC competed against each other. Team Indian Rivals emerged as the ultimate winner to compete for the total prize pool of USD 400,000 at the Asia Pacific finals.

Acer Predator League is a landmark event which was the culmination of numerous offline and online tournaments across 5 cities (Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Bengaluru and Kolkata) after 2 months of gruelling competition. Over 449 teams registered from across India to compete PUBG PC competition with online knockout rounds across gaming cafes from multiple cities.

The entire atmosphere at Phoenix Market City was filled with gaming lovers and fanatics who witnessed some excellent clash between the best teams. The popularity and acceptance of PUBG in India has opened new doors of opportunity for gaming enthusiasts to showcase and flaunt their skills.
Commenting on this, Mr. Chandrahas Panigrahi, CMO and Consumer Business Head, Acer India said, “We are delighted to announce the winner of Acer’s 3rd edition of Predator League 2020 India finale held in Bengaluru. We are witnessing the rise of eSports in India and the online gaming industry is rising too with the increase of affordable PC hardware in the market. We observed thousands of people getting excited about this event and it has so far been the largest eSports tournament in terms of footfalls.”
Commenting on its win, Team Indian Rivals said “It’s a real honor to receive this recognition. On behalf of the Indian Rivals team, I would like to thank Acer Predator League for organizing this event and giving us a platform to represent India at the Grand Finale to be held at Manila in February 2020. I and my team were practicing a lot for this opportunity to come and take this trophy home. Today, not only our team but all the other 15 teams who have participated along with us also played very well.”
The earlier two editions of India Predator League Finale received marvellous response from the gaming community especially in the PUBG category. PUBG is the current game sensation among the youth and Acer grabbed this opportunity to provide a platform to the gaming enthusiasts.
The winning team of this India Finale tournament gets an all-expense paid trip to Manila to take part in the Asia Pacific Grand Finale and compete for the total prize pool of USD 400,000.

Ranging from Gamers to gaming and technology enthusiasts, everyone witnessed the best eSports battle along with an exciting COSPLAY competition. Acer also showcased its most awaited Predator Thronos Gaming Chair along with other cutting-edge gaming machines and accessories. The live event was also broadcasted on Acer’s social media channels which was watched by thousands of enthusiastic fans from across India.

Acer is the No. 1 gaming brand in India and their predator gaming line has earned countless industry awards and accolades for giving a competitive edge to gamers. This series of campaigns is held by Acer to reinforce the commitment of Predator in supporting the gaming industry in the world and in Asia Pacific region in particular. Acer Predator is brand with the most complete gaming devices line ranging from laptop, desktop, monitor, tablet & projector.

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ಜಪಾನ್ ಫೌಂಡೇಷನ್ , ಪಿವಿಆರ್ ಸಿನಿಮಾಸ್ ಸಹಯೋಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಜಪಾನೀ ಚಲನಚಿತ್ರೋತ್ಸವ ‘ 19 ಆಯೋಜನೆ

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10 – ದಿನಗಳ ಈ ಉತ್ಸವವು ಅನಿಮಿ – ಫ್ಯಾಂಟಸಿ ಚಿತ್ರ – “ ಯುವರ್ ನೇಮ್ ” ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭ

ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು , ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ 6 , 2019 : ನವದೆಹಲಿಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಜಪಾನ್ ಫೌಂಡೇಷನ್ ಜಪಾನೀ ಚಿತ್ರೋತ್ಸವ 2019ರ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭವನ್ನು ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸಿದ್ದು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಕೋರಮಂಗಲದ ಫಿರಂ ಮಾಲ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಪಿವಿಆರ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆಯಲಿದೆ . ಈ ಬಹು – ನಗರಗಳ ಚಿತ್ರೋತ್ಸವವನ್ನು ಪಿವಿಆರ್ ಸಿನಿಮಾಸ್ ಸಹಯೋಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಯೋಜಿಸಲಾಗಿದ್ದು ಇನಿಯೊಸ್ ಬೆಂಬಲಿಸಿದೆ . ಜಪಾನ್‌ನ ವೈವಿಧ್ಯಮಯ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಯನ್ನು ಭಾರತದಾದ್ಯಂತ ಸಂಭ್ರಮಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಫೌಂಡೇಷನ್ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಮೊಟ್ಟಮೊದಲ ಬಾಲಗೆ ಪರಿಚಯಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿರುವ ಈ ಉತ್ಸವಕ್ಕೆ ಅಂತಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯವಾಗಿ ಶ್ಲಾಘನೆ ಪಡೆದ ಚಲನಚಿತ್ರಗಳ ಪಟ್ಟಿ ತಯಾರಿಸಿದೆ . 10 – ದಿನಗಳ ಈ ಚಿತ್ರೋತ್ಸವ ಅಂತಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಮಾನ್ಯತೆ ಪಡೆದ ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತೈದು ಜಾಗತಿಕವಾಗಿ ಜನಪ್ರಿಯ ಜಪಾನೀ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದ್ದು ವಿವಿಧ ಪ್ರಕಾರಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಶೈಲಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿರುತ್ತವೆ . ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿನ ಜಪಾನೀ ಚಿತ್ರೋತ್ಸವ ಗಮನಾರ್ಹವಾದ ಫ್ಯಾಂಟಸಿ ಬ್ಲಾಕ್‌ಬಸ್ಟರ್ ” ಯುವರ್ ನೇಮ್ ” ಮೂಲಕ ಚಾಲನೆಗೊಂಡಿತು .

ಶುಕ್ರವಾರ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭೋತ್ಸವದಲ್ಲಿ ಜಪಾನ್ ಫೌಂಡೇಷನ್‌ನ ಡೈರೆಕ್ಟರ್ – ಜನರಲ್ ಶ್ರೀ ಕಿರು ಮಿಯಾಮೊಟೊ , ಪ್ರೇಕ್ಷಕರನ್ನು ಕುರಿತು ಭಾರತದಲ್ಲಿ ಜಪಾನೀ ಚಿತ್ರೋತ್ಸವ ಆಯೋಜಿಸುವ ಉದ್ದೇಶ ಕುರಿತು ವಿವರಿಸಿದರು . ತನ್ನ ಮೂರನೇ ಆವೃತ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಫೌಂಡೇಷನ್ ಎರಡೂ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಗಳ ನಡುವೆ ಬಾಂಧವ್ಯವನ್ನು ಸದೃಢಗೊಳಿಸುವ ಮತ್ತು ಜಪಾನಿನ ಕಲೆ ಮತ್ತು ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಯನ್ನು ಭಾರತೀಯ ಪ್ರೇಕ್ಷಕರಿಗೆ ಅರ್ಥ ಮಾಡಿಸುವ ಗುರಿ ಹೊಂದಿದೆ . ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಪ್ರಶಂಸೆ ಪಡೆದ ಮತ್ತು ಜಾಗತಿಕವಾಗಿ ಜನಪ್ರಿಯವಾದ ಜಪಾನೀ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳ ಪಟ್ಟಿಯ ಮೂಲಕ ಭಾರತದ ಚಿತ್ರ ಪ್ರೇಕ್ಷಕರು ತಮ್ಮದೇ ನಗರದಲ್ಲಿ ಜಪಾನಿನ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಸಿನಿಮಾಗಳನ್ನು ತಮ್ಮದೇ ನಗರದಲ್ಲಿ ಆನಂದಿಸಬಹುದು .

ಈ ಉತ್ಸವದ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭ ಕುರಿತು ನವದೆಹಲಿಯ ಜಪಾನ್ ಫೌಂಡೇಷನ್‌ನ ಡೈರೆಕ್ಟರ್ – ಜನರಲ್ ಶ್ರೀ ಕಿರು ಮಿಯಾಮೊಟೊ , ” ನಾವು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಉತ್ಸವ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭಿಸಲು ಬಹಳ ಸಂತೋಷಗೊಂಡಿದ್ದೇವೆ . ಈ ನಗರವು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಜೀವ ಹಾಗೂ ಶಕ್ತಿ ಹೊಂದಿದ್ದು ಇಲ್ಲಿನ ಜನರು ನಾವು ಆಯ್ಕೆ ಮಾಡಿದ ಜಪಾನೀ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ಇಷ್ಟಪಡುತ್ತಾರೆ ಎಂಬ ವಿಶ್ವಾಸ ಹೊಂದಿದ್ದೇವೆ . ಈ ನಗರ ಕಾಸ್ಮೋ ಪಾಲಿಟನ್ ಪ್ರೇಕ್ಷಕರಿಗೆ ಹೆಸರಾಗಿದ್ದು ಇದು ವಿಸ್ತಾರ ನಗರಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆಗಳ ಜನರನ್ನು ಈ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳ ಮೂಲಕ ಸಂಪರ್ಕಿಸಲು ನೆರವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ . ಜೆಎಫ್‌ಎಫ್ ಇಂಡಿಯಾ 2019ರ ಉದ್ದೇಶ ಜಪಾನಿನ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಯನ್ನು ಹಾಗೂ ಜಪಾನಿನ ಚಿತ್ರೋದ್ಯಮವನ್ನು ಭಾರತದ ಪ್ರೇಕ್ಷಕರಿಗೆ ಪರಿಚಯಿಸುವುದು . ಕಾಸ್ಮೋಪಾಲಿಟನ್ ಪ್ರೇಕ್ಷಕರಿಗೆ ಹೆಸರಾಗಿದ್ದು ಇದು ವಿಸ್ತಾರ ಭಾರತದ ಉತ್ತರ , ಪೂರ್ವ ಮತ್ತು ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಭಾಗಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಪಡೆದ ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯೆಯಿಂದ ನಾವು ಬಹಳ ಸಂತೋಷ ಹೊಂದಿದ್ದೇವೆ ” ಎಂದರು .

ಅವರು , “ ನಾವು ನಮ್ಮ ಪಾಲುದಾರರಾದ ಪಿವಿಆರ್ ಸಿನಿಮಾಸ್ ಮತ್ತು ಇನಿಯೊಸ್‌ಗೆ ಪ್ರತಿ ನಗರದಲ್ಲೂ ಈ ಉತ್ಸವವನ್ನು ಹೊಸ ಎತ್ತರಕ್ಕೆ ಕೊಂಡೊಯ್ಯಲು ಬೆಂಬಲಿಸಿರುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ಕೃತಜ್ಞರಾಗಿದ್ದೇವೆ ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರತಿ ನಗರದಲ್ಲೂ ವೇಗದ ವಿಸ್ತರಣೆ ಕಾಪಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಭರವಸೆ ಹೊಂದಿದ್ದೇವೆ ” ಎಂದರು . ಜಪಾನ್‌ನ ಕಾಯ್ದುಲ್ ಜನರಲ್ ಶ್ರೀ ಕಿತಾಗವಾ , “ ಜಪಾನ್ ಫೌಂಡೇಷನ್ ಈ ಉತ್ಸವವನ್ನು ಹಿಂದೆ ದೆಹಲಿ ಮತ್ತು ಮುಂಬೈಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆಸಿದೆ , ಈ ಬಾರಿ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರನ್ನು ಸೇರಿಸಲು ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸಲಾಯಿತು . ಈ ನಿರ್ಧಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಕಾರಣ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಜಪಾನೀ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಯ ವಿಸ್ತರಣೆ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಆಗುತ್ತಿರುವುದು . ಈ ಫೆಬ್ರವರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಜಪಾನ್ ಹಬ್ಬಕ್ಕೆ 6000 ಮಂದಿ ಸೇರಿದ್ದರು ಮತ್ತು ನವೆಂಬರ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ ಜಪಾನ್ ಫುಡ್ ಫೆಸ್ಟಿವಲ್‌ಗೆ 3000 ಮಂದಿ ಸೇರಿದ್ದರು . ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿಗರು ಜಪಾನೀ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅಪಾರ ಆಸಕ್ತಿ ತೋರುತ್ತಿರುವಾಗ ಜಪಾನೀ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಏಕೆ ಆಸಕ್ತಿ ತೋರುವುದಿಲ್ಲ ಎಂಬ ನಂಚಿಕೆ ” ಎಂದರು . ಆರು ತಿಂಗಳ ಅವಧಿಯ ಈ ಉತ್ಸವ ವಿಸ್ತಾರವಾದ ಹಾಗೂ ಜನಪ್ರಿಯ ಜಪಾನೀ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳಾದ ಡ್ಯಾನ್ಸ್ ವಿಥ್ ಮಿ , ಶಾಪ್‌ಅಷ್ಟರ್ , ವೆದಲಿಂಗ್ ವಿಥ್ ಯೂ , ಪರ್ಫೆಕ್ಸ್ ವರ್ಲ್ಡ್ , ಚಿಲ್ಲನ್ ಆಫ್ ದಿ ಸೀ , ಕಿಂಗ್‌ಡಂ , ಮೈ ಡ್ಯಾಡ್ ಈಸ್ ಎ ಹೀಲ್ ರೆಸ್ಲರ್ ! , ಟೋಕ್ಕೋ ಫೌಲ್ , ದಿ ಫೇಬಲ್ ಇತ್ಯಾದಿ . ಈ ಚಲನಚಿತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ಗ್ರಾಹಕರ ಅನುಕೂಲಕ್ಕೆ ಜಪಾನೀ ಭಾಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇಂಗ್ಲಿಷ್ ಉಪಶೀರ್ಷಿಕೆಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಪಿವಿಆರ್ ಸಿನಿಮಾಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತ್ರ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ .

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Villgro announces investments to the tune of INR 4 crore through iPitch at Unconvention 2019

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“This year’s iPitch investees include Flexmotiv, Cultyvate, Kritsnam, BeAble Health, among other social sector start-ups”

6th December, 2019: Villgro, India’s oldest and foremost social enterprise incubator, today announced its 2019 investees for iPitch. This year, iPitch has facilitated funding of over Rs 4 crore for innovative start-ups across the Agribusiness, Health, and Renewable Energy domains.
Villgro India was the lead investor for start-ups in the health sector. It focused on tech-backed assistive technologies that can provide freedom to individuals with disabilities. BeAble Health, a manufacturer of rehabilitation and medical devices received INR 25,00,000. Flexmotiv Technologies, which creates anti-slip, all-terrain crutches, received INR 25,00,000 as well.

Villgro, in partnership with Hindustan Unilever Foundation (HUF), funded 4 start-ups dedicated to the conservation and management of water in agriculture. Kritsnam Technologies is building IoT solutions – which is a data driven water management solution, manage water resources – lakes, rivers, canals and reservoirs. The start-up has received INR 50,00,000. Oscillo Machines is working to build farm equipment for challenges that have not been solved yet. Their first product is an electric paddy seedling transplanter for use in traditional small fields. It is designed for use by women, who dominate the workforce in transplanting. It has bagged INR 30,00,000 from HUF and Villgro.
Cultyvate integrates IoT, Artificial Intelligence, Remote Sensing and Machine Learning to create smart irrigation services to improve crop yield. The start-up has received INR 50,00,000. Urdhvam has been awarded INR 30,00,000 from Villgro and HUF for its innovative ‘BoreCharger – a robotic drill that helps rejuvenate dried borewells. Further, Villgro USA is actively considering an additional two investments, which are expected to close in the near future.
In a noteworthy development, existing Villgro incubatee – Lal10, which offers mobile handheld CRMs, helping thousands of artisans to connect with global inventors – has received USD 100,000 from Upaya Social Ventures & Beyond Capital Fund. Villgro has announced investment in Ameliorate Biotech for INR 65 Lakhs, along with SINE, IIT Bombay.
Speaking on the funding, Paul Basil, Founder and CEO, Villgro, said, “The amount of funding offered to these disruptive early stage start-ups through iPitch is truly a cause for celebration. We need more such start-ups that solve real problems and hold the potential to truly revolutionize the start-up landscape of the country. On our part, we will continue to empower such paradigm-shifting start-ups with funding, mentoring, go-to-market strategies and much more in order to steer them towards resounding success.”
As always, the iPitch investees were announced at Villgro’s annual Unconvention conference – one of India’s largest gatherings of leading social entrepreneurs, CSR professionals, investors, policymakers, and academia, to discuss the present and future of the India social sector. The investments will truly accelerate the growth of the winning start-ups, giving a fillip to India’s fast-growing social sector.

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AAF Announce the Opening of its New Regional Office in Electronic City

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” Regional Office of Bengaluru will serve support for EEMEA, CIS and SAARC countries ”

Bengaluru, India: December 6th, 2019

AAF (American Air Filter), a Daikin group company, the world’s largest clean air solution provider has opened a new regional office in the IT hub, Electronic City. This regional office is the center of excellence for EEMEA (Easter Europe, Middle East and Africa), CIS and SAARC countries.

The existing office cum manufacturing plant in Jigani, Bengaluru will function for India. The new branch will incorporate our firm’s ever-expanding business support departments – marketing, IT, finance and customer support team. These teams will serve EEMEA, CIS and SAARC countries from India.

Mr. Rahul Uppal, CO0 – AAF-Daikin, EEMEA, CIS & SAARC said, “AAF has served clean air for nearly 100 years now. People and government are increasingly becoming aware of the hazardous effects of pollution on health and the environment. Incidences of respiratory related diseases are also rising. Indoor air pollution is as dangerous as outdoor air pollution. We are expanding our business to provide clean air globally.”

He continued and said, “We are delighted to announce the expansion of our business with the launch of our regional office at Electronic city. Our new space will be exclusively for regional team which will be focused on global marketing, IT, finance and customer service support for AAF EEMEA, CIS & SAARC countries. We are hiring people in a large scale to make Bengaluru as a center of excellence for global business. Our expansion in India will help us better serve our global customers.

Air filters work as a protective shield against pollutants that are being circulated in the air inside the building. AAF is creating awareness on IAQ (Indoor Air Quality) for building occupants and emphasizing that every commercial building should adopt quality air filtration system for their HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning) systems and monitor the performance of the system on a 24×7 basis.

Upgraded air filtration system assure improved IAQ, higher energy efficiency and enhanced performance of the HVAC system. AAF spends significantly on R&D to continually innovate and offer sustainable green products to promote high-performance buildings worldwide.

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SEMrush hosted the biggest International Digital Marketing show in India

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*With 40 powerful speaker sessions and panel discussions, the conference engaged with an audience of over 1500 people
*4 dedicated stages for marketers divided in segments – Growth, SEO, Online Ads and Workshops
*14 hours of intensive networking to bring the best minds in digital marketing together

India, 5th December 2019 – SEMrush, the leading online visibility management platform hosted the biggest International Digital marketing show in India today at the Sheraton Grande Whitefield Hotel & Convention Center. SEMrush Marketing Show brought together insightful keynotes, expert panels, workshops, best practice for growth in digital marketing – all in an absolutely dynamic networking set up.

The event witnessed power packed speakers from notable international brands including MicrosoG, LinkedIn, Zoho.com, Uber Eats, Nykaa, and OLX sharing first hand insights on improving digital marketing strategies, building traffic, expanding brand awareness and everything a marketer should know to be prepared for 2020.

According to the participants, among the most popular sessions were the following:
Audiences, Ads, and AI: Top Tips for Future-Proofing Your PPC by Purna Birji, MicrosoG
Marketing in 2020 – Why businesses should kill the Funnel and focus on the Flywheel by Shahid Nizami, Hubspot

Key to scale – how to build your own business from scratch by Vargab Bakshi, Shopify India

Olga Andrienko, Head of Global Marketing, SEMrush commented, “Through this event, we have created a pla{orm for all marketing professionals to come together to share principles and skills of digital marketing techniques. The workshops have seen tremendous response and with plenty of networking opportunities, it was the perfect place to learn new tactics and check them out in real business cases with LinkedIn, Google and SEMrush speakers. The most encouraging was to see that everything shared on the conference can be transferred into the real plan of actions in 2020 to stay on top of the business. We’re happy to support Digital India initiative with that one of a kind event for local marketers”.

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