Archives March 2026

Business Wire India

Shell India, in collaboration with Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog and Learning Links Foundation (LLF), launched the NXplorers Blended Learning Model – a digital framework that strengthens teacher capability and scales structured problem‑solving across Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs) nationwide. The partners also unveiled the NXplorers Coffee Table Book, showcasing the creativity and imagination of young innovators from ATL schools across India.

The NXplorers Blended Learning Model integrates in‑person workshops with self‑paced digital modules, enabling educators across diverse geographies to deliver NXplorers sessions effectively, consistently, and at scale. The model aims to accelerate the adoption of structured thinking and systems-based problem‑solving among students, thereby strengthening the country’s STEM learning ecosystem.

 

Speaking at the event, Mr. Deepak Bagla, Mission Director, Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, said, “India’s aspiration to be a global innovation leader will be powered by the young minds we nurture today. Programs like Shell NXplorers complement the Atal Innovation Mission by introducing structured thinking and sustainability-focused innovation at the school level.”

 

Commenting on the initiative, Ms. Mansi Madan Tripathy, Chairperson, Shell Group of Companies in India and Senior Vice President, Shell Lubricants Asia Pacific, added, “At Shell, we see India’s young talent pool as one of the country’s greatest competitive strengths. As AI, clean energy, and automation reshape industries, building future‑ready capabilities is imperative. By equipping young people to think systemically and develop sustainable solutions, we are helping shape a workforce that is ready to lead India’s energy and technology transition.”

 

The NXplorers Coffee Table Book features 55 student‑led projects developed using the NXplorers methodology in ATL schools. It captures how hands‑on experimentation, structured thinking, and science-based approaches are enabling students to address real‑world challenges from clean energy and waste management to water stewardship and sustainable mobility.
 

Dr. Anjlee Prakash, Founder and Chairperson, Learning Links Foundation, said, “The NXplorers Coffee Table Book captures the voices of young innovators who looked at everyday realities and chose to build solutions. With the Blended Learning Model, we are building a model where technology lifts teachers, amplifying their insight, freeing their time, extending their reach so they can guide, inspire and cultivate each young mind.”

 

NXplorers is Shell’s global flagship education initiative for young learners aged 11–16, equipping students with practical tools in systems thinking, scenario planning, and creative problem‑solving to navigate complex challenges. Introduced in India in 2018 in partnership with Learning Links Foundation, the program expanded in 2023 through a collaboration with Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, bringing structured‑thinking methodologies to ATL schools nationwide. The program has reached more than 4.7 lakh students across government and low‑income private schools, reinforcing its expanding national footprint and measurable impact.

 

Link to access the NXplorers Coffee Table Book: Shell-NXplorers-Coffee-Table-Book-2025-26-Final.pdf

Business Wire India

R Systems International Limited, a global leader in digital product engineering, today announced the launch of EXIQO, an AI Studio designed to enable enterprises scale production-grade agentic AI across business and technology functions.

As organizations move beyond AI pilots toward autonomous agents, they are seeking ways to scale execution in a consistent and reliable manner. According to research commissioned by R Systems and produced by Everest Group, only 15% enterprises have successfully operationalized agentic AI at scale, citing integration complexity, governance risks, legacy system constraints and talent readiness gaps as barriers to enterprise-wide deployment.

“Mid-market enterprises are at an inflection point, with access to powerful AI models opening up new possibilities to reimagine how engineering is done. Unlocking this opportunity calls for enterprise readiness, strong engineering discipline, and robust governance,” said Nitesh Bansal, CEO and Managing Director of R Systems. “EXIQO brings these together through a unified, people-and-platform execution approach designed to accelerate engineering velocity and deliver sustained, measurable impact.”

People-led, platform-amplified, EXIQO is an AI Studio by R Systems built to accelerate engineering velocity. It brings together 1,400+ AI-native engineers, R Systems’ proprietary OptimaAI Suite, and governed execution methodology. EXIQO combines enterprise context, embedded guardrails, and human oversight to deliver governed, enterprise-grade execution at scale.

EXIQO is built on three pillars:

• AI Native Engineers: Talent that is evaluated on proven production delivery, with proficiency measured through 43+ parameters spanning code quality, system design, and real-world impact. Their expertise is built on hands-on experience, reflected in merged code and shipped features across live client environments. Leveraging OptimaAI and the governed delivery methodology, they consistently deliver 40–55% sustained improvements in engineering velocity.
   
• OptimaAI: It is a unified platform for agentic business operations, SDLC acceleration, and legacy modernization. It brings together enterprise-grade guardrails, policies, and compliance with a rich ecosystem of 150+ digital agents and a library of reusable connectors, prompts, evaluations, and data models. Built on a standards-ready architecture, OptimaAI integrates seamlessly with existing enterprise systems, preserves institutional knowledge, and provides the flexibility to choose underlying foundation models.
   
• Delivery methodology: EXIQO is designed for easy onboarding and the fastest path to outcomes. Using a well-defined approach, the methodology helps identify and evaluate high-impact use cases, and build solutions with outcomes, scalability, and cost efficiency in mind.

EXIQO has been successfully deployed to improve engineering throughput, reduce repetitive development effort, and strengthen release quality across enterprise environments. In early deployments, measured against predefined business KPIs in live enterprise environments, EXIQO has delivered measurable operational improvements, including:

• 40-55% uplift in productivity
• Up to 50% reduction in support and operational overhead
• 50-70% automation in high-volume workflows
• Up to 2X faster execution across teams

“Enterprises are moving from isolated AI experiments to orchestrated, agent-driven execution, but scaling this shift requires more than just access to models. EXIQO reflects a pragmatic approach, combining talent, platform, and a governed methodology to help organizations scale agentic AI with confidence,” said Pareekh Jain, Founder and CEO of tech advisory firm EIIRTrend.

To learn more about EXIQO, visit: www.exiqo.ai

To learn more about R Systems, visit: www.rsystems.com

India’s healthcare sector is evolving rapidly with the expansion of digital health, diagnostics, clinical research, and telemedicine. Alongside doctors and nurses, a range of emerging roles are supporting healthcare delivery through data, technology, and operational coordination. These roles are creating new career opportunities that combine healthcare knowledge with practical, industry-relevant skills.

Apprenticeship-led training is increasingly helping women access these opportunities by providing structured, hands-on exposure within hospitals, research centres, and health-tech platforms.

1. Clinical Trial Support Associate

Clinical trial support associates assist research teams in managing the operational aspects of clinical trials conducted by hospitals, research centres, and pharmaceutical companies. They help coordinate patient visits, maintain trial documentation, track study schedules, and support investigators with data recording.

Core skill requirements: clinical documentation, coordination skills, patient communication, basic understanding of research protocols, and record management.

How this role supports women’s career growth:
This role provides an entry point into India’s expanding clinical research ecosystem. With hands-on industry exposure, professionals can gradually move into specialised roles in clinical operations, research management, or regulatory coordination.

2. Healthcare Data Analyst

With the rapid digitisation of healthcare systems, hospitals and health-tech platforms are generating vast volumes of clinical and operational data. Healthcare data analysts interpret this information to improve patient outcomes, optimize hospital operations, and support medical research.

Core skill requirements: data analysis tools, healthcare informatics, electronic health records (EHR), statistical interpretation, and reporting.

How this role supports women’s career growth:
This role bridges healthcare and technology, allowing women to build careers in health analytics, population health management, and digital health strategy. Apprenticeships help build practical experience in handling real-world healthcare datasets.

3. Health Information Management Associate

Health information management associates help organise and manage digital patient records across hospital information systems and electronic health record platforms. They ensure accurate record maintenance, assist with data entry, and support hospital teams in maintaining compliant and organised patient data systems.

Core skill requirements: health record systems, data entry accuracy, medical terminology familiarity, digital documentation, and compliance awareness.

How this role supports women’s career growth:
As hospitals increasingly adopt digital health systems, roles in health information management are becoming critical. Professionals in this field can grow into healthcare data management, hospital administration, and digital health operations roles.

4. Telehealth Coordinator

Telemedicine has become an essential component of modern healthcare delivery, especially in improving access across semi-urban and rural regions. Telehealth coordinators manage virtual consultations, patient scheduling, digital records, and coordination between patients and doctors.

Core skill requirements: digital health platforms, patient communication, scheduling systems, telemedicine protocols, and basic healthcare administration.

How this role supports women’s career growth:
Telehealth roles provide flexible career opportunities, particularly suited for women seeking technology-enabled healthcare careers. As telemedicine adoption grows, professionals can advance into telehealth program management, digital health operations, or patient engagement leadership roles.

5. Diagnostic Imaging Support Technician

Diagnostic imaging support technicians assist radiology departments in managing routine imaging workflows such as X-rays, ultrasounds, and other diagnostic scans. They help prepare patients for scans, manage appointment schedules, maintain imaging records, and support technicians in handling basic equipment preparation.

Core skill requirements: patient coordination, basic understanding of imaging procedures, record management, equipment handling support, and hospital workflow familiarity.

How this role supports women’s career growth:
With diagnostic imaging becoming a core component of modern healthcare, support roles in radiology departments are expanding across hospitals and diagnostic centres. Apprenticeships in this field provide practical exposure to diagnostic operations and can help professionals move into specialised imaging support, diagnostic centre management, or healthcare operations roles.

Conclusion:

As healthcare becomes more technology-driven and data-oriented, several specialised support roles are emerging with strong career potential. Increasing women’s participation in these roles will be key to strengthening India’s healthcare workforce.

Apprenticeships can play a critical role by providing practical skills, industry exposure, and clear career pathways for women entering this rapidly evolving sector.

Business Wire India

• Awards build on a two-decade legacy of recognized innovation, setting the benchmark for excellence across the world’s most critical infrastructure assets
• Call for nominations now open; submissions will be accepted through May 3, 2026

Bentley Systems, Incorporated (NASDAQ: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced the opening of submissions for the Year in Infrastructure event and YII Awards program, which recognizes digital innovation in how infrastructure is designed, built, and operated using Bentley software. Submissions will be accepted through May 3, at 11:59 p.m. EDT.

 

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“Originally, the Bentley awards recognized designers who used 3D technology to drive efficiency,” said Monica Schnitger, founder, president, and principal analyst of Schnitger Corporation. “Now they assess how massive projects are building and leveraging rich data assets to create value throughout the entire lifecycle of a project — from initial financial decision-making through design and construction.”

 

Over the past two decades, more than 5,500 of the world’s most significant infrastructure projects have participated in Bentley’s award program. Past winners have included landmark projects such as the digital twin for structural monitoring of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City; the Seine Nord Europe Canal in France; the Thames Tideway Tunnel in the UK; Siemensstadt Square in Germany; Sydney Airport in Australia; the Fairmont Udaipur Palace in India; the Beijing Zhangjiakou highspeed railway in China; the Ontario Line subway in Canada; and EchoWater, one of the largest agricultural water recycling facilities in the United States. These projects demonstrate how digital innovation delivers measurable economic, environmental, and societal impact.

 

“Around the world, infrastructure professionals rely on Bentley software to design, build, and operate infrastructure that is more resilient, efficient, and sustainable,” said Cate Lochead, chief marketing officer at Bentley Systems. “The YII Awards celebrate real world results from teams that are innovating in areas that include ground informed design, connected data, and AI. It is important to promote this work as best practice as these achievements set a new standard for what’s possible across the infrastructure ecosystem.”

 

Submissions are evaluated by independent panels of industry experts based on digital advancement and quantifiable results, including improvements in efficiency, cost performance, resilience, and sustainability.

 

The YII Awards 2026 recognize excellence across the full spectrum of infrastructure disciplines and innovation, with categories including Bridges and Tunnels; Cities and Facilities; Construction; Energy Production; Geospatial and Reality Modeling; Project Delivery; Rail and Transit; Roads and Highways; Structural Engineering; Subsurface Modeling and Analysis; Transmission and Distribution; and Water and Wastewater. Finalist projects contribute to the industry through detailed project stories, digital playbooks, and presentations shared as part of the awards program.

 

Submission Details:

 

• Opens: March 18, 2026
• Closes: May 3, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. EDT
• Eligibility: Projects of any size or stage that utilize Bentley software
• Finalists and Winners: Finalists will be announced in August 2026. Finalists will be invited to present their projects at the Year in Infrastructure event in Singapore, October 6-7, where category winners will be revealed.

 

For more information or to submit a project, visit Awards | The Year in Infrastructure | Bentley Systems.

 

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About Bentley Systems
Around the world, infrastructure professionals rely on software from Bentley Systems to help them design, build, and operate better and more resilient infrastructure for transportation, water, energy, cities, and more. Founded in 1984 by engineers for engineers, Bentley is the partner of choice for engineering firms and owner-operators worldwide, with software that spans engineering disciplines, industry sectors, and all phases of the infrastructure lifecycle. Through our digital twin solutions, we help infrastructure professionals unlock the value of their data to transform project delivery and asset performance.

 

© 2026 Bentley Systems, Incorporated. Bentley and the Bentley logo are registered trademarks of Bentley Systems, Incorporated. All other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.

 

 

 

 

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Business Wire India

 

XBOW, the leader in autonomous offensive security, today announced it has raised $120 million in Series C financing. The round, led by DFJ Growth and Northzone, values the company at over $1 billion.

 

As part of DFJ Growth’s investment, Ramin Sayar, Venture Partner, will join the XBOW Board of Directors. Drawing on his experience as the former CEO of Sumo Logic, he will help the company scale operations and expand in the enterprise market. The round also includes participation from new investors Sofina and Alkeon Capital, as well as existing investors Altimeter, NFDG Ventures, and Sequoia Capital.

 

 

Until now, attackers were constrained by talent. Even the most sophisticated adversaries could not target every system, every version, all the time. With AI, that constraint is gone. Attackers now operate continuously and at scale, probing every release, every environment, and every exposed surface. At the same time, engineering teams are shipping faster than ever. Traditional human-led penetration testing cannot keep pace with AI-driven attackers and modern development cycles.

 

 

“When I founded XBOW in January 2024, few believed AI could truly think like a hacker and operate at machine speed. We proved it. XBOW reached the top of the HackerOne leaderboard and is now deployed at some of the most security-forward companies in the world,” said Oege de Moor, Founder and CEO, XBOW. “Attackers are already using AI. Defenders need to move just as fast. XBOW provides that continuous speed, and this funding enables us to bring it to the entire industry.”

 

 

Cybersecurity Enters the Autonomous Era

 

 

Autonomous offensive security is emerging as the next evolution of security testing. Rather than relying on point-in-time manual pentests, organizations are shifting toward continuous, intelligent coverage that mirrors how modern attackers operate.

 

 

XBOW applies AI reasoning and adversarial workflows modeled on real-world attack techniques to identify and validate vulnerabilities at machine speed. Its platform continuously tests applications, uncovering deep exploits often missed by manual testing, while maintaining a low false-positive rate.

 

 

​​“XBOW was the first to demonstrate how large language models could be applied to offensive security at scale,” said Barry Schuler, Co-founder and Managing Partner, DFJ Growth. “The company didn’t just prove the technology, it also proved market demand. By combining AI reasoning with real-world adversarial expertise, XBOW is bringing the autonomous hacker to life.”

 

 

“XBOW is rapidly emerging as a category leader, with Fortune 500 and global enterprises already relying on the platform as a mission-critical layer in their security stack,” said Sanjot Malhi, Partner, Northzone. “Oege and the team have built an extraordinarily capable AI-driven security platform in a remarkably short time, and we’re thrilled to partner with them as they scale.”

 

 

Proof Achieved. Now Scaling.

 

 

Over the past year, XBOW proved that autonomous systems can operate safely and effectively in live production environments. This investment will accelerate the company’s expansion across enterprise markets, continued product innovation, and international growth.

 

 

From day one, XBOW has paired autonomous systems with some of the world’s top hackers, who help train its autonomous hacker to think like a real adversary. The company was founded by Oege de Moor, creator of GitHub Copilot and GitHub Advanced Security, and built alongside a core group of engineers from the original Copilot team. Chief Information Security Officer Nico Waisman, formerly CISO at Lyft, joined from the outset and has helped shape XBOW’s approach to deploying autonomous systems safely in complex environments. Nico assembled a team of some of the best human hackers in the world to teach the XBOW system its trade.

 

 

The company has further strengthened its leadership by naming Ron Gabrisko to its Board, Jonaki Egenolf as Chief Marketing Officer, Dean Breda as General Counsel, and Niro Rajadurai as Chief Revenue Officer. As part of its global expansion strategy, XBOW also appointed WonLae Lee as General Manager, South Korea, at the beginning of 2026.

 

 

For more information about XBOW’s autonomous offensive security platform, visit xbow.com or stop by booth #1843 at RSAC™ 2026 next week.

 

 

About XBOW

 

 

XBOW is the autonomous offensive security company redefining cyber defense for the AI era. Combining AI reasoning with offensive security workflows, the XBOW platform delivers expert-level security testing at machine speed. XBOW empowers security teams to transform from reactive to proactive defense at AI scale. For XBOW customers, autonomous offense is the best defense.

 

 

About DFJ Growth

 

 

DFJ Growth is a prominent investor in emerging technology leaders during their scaling phase of development. Founded in 2005, DFJ Growth partners with extraordinary, mission-driven entrepreneurs disrupting the status quo with game-changing innovations that become iconic companies. Our investments include Anaplan, Anduril, Box, Cellares, Coinbase, Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Neuralink, OpenAI, Patreon, Ring (Amazon), ScaleAI, SolarCity (Tesla), SpaceX, Stripe, Tesla, Twitter, and Unity. DFJ Growth is a fearless investor and steadfast partner to founders who imagine the future and execute on their bold visions to define it.

 

 

About Northzone

 

 

Northzone is a global venture capital fund built on experience spanning multiple economic and disruptive technology cycles. Founded in 1996, Northzone has raised more than ten funds to date, with its most recent fundraise in excess of $1.2 billion and has invested in more than 175 companies, including category-defining businesses such as Trustpilot, Spotify, Klarna, iZettle, Kahoot!, Personio, TrueLayer, Spring Health, and Zopa.

 

 

Northzone is a full-stack investor from Seed to Growth stage, with transatlantic hubs out of London, New York, Amsterdam, Berlin, Stockholm and Oslo.

 

 

 

 

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