Archives March 2026

Business Wire India

Cushman & Wakefield recently handed over a one-of-a-kind, accessibility first campus to Latika, a Dehradun-based nonprofit, reinforcing the role of the built environment in enabling inclusive social infrastructure.

India is home to over 26 million persons with disabilities (Census 2011), yet educational infrastructure designed entirely around accessibility remains limited. Latika’s new premises address this structural gap by embedding universal design principles from inception, ensuring accessibility is integrated into the core architecture of the campus.

Developed over a three-year construction timeline, the 56,000 sq feet of built-up space has been designed to support over 1,500 disabled children and their families. The facility integrates accessibility at every level, including a multi-storey ramp system, barrier-free circulation, inclusive classrooms, therapy facilities and thoughtfully planned family support spaces. Every element of the campus has been planned to support safe mobility, learning and participation for children with diverse physical and developmental needs.

Latika’s new premises represents a significant milestone in its 30+ year history of inclusion, grassroots engagement and specialized support for disabled children in Uttarakhand.

Cushman & Wakefield partnered with Latika to help realise this vision. The firm provided CSR seed capital and delivered comprehensive pro-bono project management services through its Project & Development Services team.

This included construction oversight, cost and timeline management, quality control and execution coordination, reflecting the standards typically deployed in large-scale commercial developments. By applying disciplined project management practices, the firm supported the timely delivery of a campus built to high accessibility standards.

The project also incorporates sustainable design principles, including the use of local materials, local craftsmanship, and low-maintenance, energy-efficient construction techniques, ensuring the campus remains environmentally responsible and easy to maintain over the long term.

Anshul Jain, Chief Executive, India, SEA, MEA and APAC Office and Retail, Cushman & Wakefield, said, “We firmly believe that buildings drive culture. They shape opportunity, enable participation, and have the power to drive inclusion in the way we live, work, learn, and play. Through our partnership with Latika on their inclusive and accessible building, we aim to demonstrate how thoughtfully designed infrastructure can help move the conversation on disability forward in India.

Our teams approached this project with the same discipline, advisory expertise and integrated project delivery standards that we apply to large-scale developments. It was also our privilege to bring like-minded organizations within the real-estate fraternity, to come together to support this initiative.

When accessibility is embedded into infrastructure from the beginning, it expands opportunity and enables children with disabilities to learn, grow and participate with confidence. We hope this campus contributes to a broader shift towards more inclusive design in India’s built environment.”

Jo Chopra, Founder and Executive Director, Latika, said, “Every child, regardless of ability, deserves to grow up in a place where they’re valued and able to participate fully in community life. Our new campus gives concrete shape to that vision. Designed for accessibility, learning and community through everyday experience, it’s an important milestone for us as well as for inclusive education in India. We hope it’ll serve not only the children and families in our programmes, but also demonstrate what a truly inclusive environment looks like, and what becomes possible when inclusion is built into the environment from the start. We’re grateful to Cushman and Wakefield for helping make it possible.”

Business Wire India

Aksigen IVF has been honoured with two prestigious accolades at the National Fertility Awards 2026, organised by ET Healthworld to recognize excellence and innovation in the fertility industry. The awards were announced at a ceremony held on March 7 in Mumbai.

Aksigen IVF received two significant recognitions: “IVF Clinic of the Year – West Zone” and “Excellence in Digital Innovation – National Level.” These awards highlight the organisation’s commitment to advancing fertility care through clinical excellence, innovation, and the effective use of digital platforms to improve patient engagement and access to fertility information.

The IVF Clinic of the Year – West Zone award acknowledges Aksigen IVF’s consistent efforts in delivering high-quality fertility treatments backed by strong clinical protocols and patient-centric care. Meanwhile, the Excellence in Digital Innovation – National Level award recognizes the organisation’s initiatives in leveraging digital tools and platforms to enhance awareness, patient education, and communication across the fertility care journey.

Dr. Gautam Daftary, Founder, Chairman and Managing Director of Aksigen IVF, expressed his excitement by stating, “These recognitions are a testament to our team’s commitment to delivering science-driven, patient-centric fertility care. At Aksigen IVF, we believe that combining clinical excellence with digital innovation can significantly improve access to reliable fertility information and treatment pathways. This recognition further motivates us to continue advancing fertility care and supporting individuals and couples on their journey to parenthood.”

Aksigen IVF is a science-led fertility care platform built on a strong legacy in reproductive medicine. The organisation combines over 40 years of reproductive science expertise with more than 15 years of focused IVF practice, having managed over 30,000 fertility treatment cycles across IVF, ICSI, and allied assisted reproductive technologies.

Aksigen IVF integrates pharmaceutical research rigour with clinical fertility expertise. The organisation focuses on personalised, evidence-based treatment frameworks, advanced embryology, integrated diagnostics, and patient education to deliver transparent and high-quality fertility care.

The National Fertility Awards by ET Healthworld celebrate excellence across India’s fertility ecosystem, honouring clinics, specialists, and organisations that are setting new benchmarks in reproductive healthcare. Receiving these dual honours underscores Aksigen IVF’s growing reputation as a trusted name in fertility care, driven by science, innovation, and a commitment to improving fertility outcomes for patients across India.

Website: https://www.aksigenivf.com/

Business Wire India

The second edition of the landmark programme is being organised with support from Google Cloud. Applications open nationwide on 17th March. Prizes include up to $1 million in investment from Campus Fund, Google Cloud credits, and exclusive workshops. Apply here – https://yourcampusfund.com/futurex/.

Campus Fund, a $100M fund investing exclusively in student-led/dropouts/recent graduate startups, today announced the launch of FutureX – AI. The second edition of India’s premier platform for young innovators, FutureX, doubles down on Artificial Intelligence across the full stack – from foundational to applied – inviting the country’s most ambitious student founders, college dropouts and early graduates to compete for investment, infrastructure, and a platform to build what’s next.

Applications are now open and will close on 10th April 2026. The programme runs through May, culminating in a grand finale at Google’s Bengaluru office on 29th May 2026, where the top 10 shortlisted startups will pitch to an esteemed panel of investors, founders, and industry leaders.

“FutureX began with a simple conviction – that some of India’s most consequential companies will be built by people still on campus or who just left it. The first edition proved that. FutureX AI goes deeper into AI, the single most transformative technology of our times, and gives young innovators the capital access, infrastructure, and community to build something that lasts.”

– Richa Bajpai, Founder and CEO, Campus Fund

Building on a Strong First Edition

FutureX – DeepTech 2025 set a high bar. The winners were:

• Winner – Folium Sensing – Fiber optic based distributed sensing technologies from IIT Madras

• First Runner-Up – NCF Labs – Discoverers of a new material that has an exceptionally high solar to thermal efficiency of 87.9% from IIT Bombay

• Second Runner-Up – Climitra – vertically integrated ecosystem for waste biomass-driven industrial decarbonization also from IIT Bombay

The inaugural edition was evaluated by a distinguished jury:

• Bharat Shah – Co-Founder, HDFC Bank

• Aprameya R – Co-Founder & CEO, Koo

• Mohit Saxena – Co-Founder & Group CTO, InMobi

• Raghunandan G – Founder, Zolve

• Mekin Maheshwari – Founder, Udhyam

• Shanti Ekambaram – Deputy MD, Kotak Mahindra Bank

• Yatin Shah – Co-Founder, 360 ONE

• Akarsh Hebbar – President, Vedanta, Spark Startups and Display Glass

• Arun Chittilappilly – Co-Founder & MD, Wonderla Holidays

• Sandeep Cashyap – Head of Startup Business, India, Google Cloud

The jury for FutureX AI will be announced soon.

What We’re Looking For

FutureX AI is exclusively focused on AI startups. We’re in search of the best student-led startups/dropout/graduates within 3 years across Undergrad, Masters and PhD building in AI – including but not limited to:

• Generative AI & Large Language Models

• AI Agents, Copilots & Workflow Automation

• AI Infrastructure (MLOps, Model Serving, Training)

• Vertical AI (Healthcare, Legal, Finance, Education, Marketing)

• AI + Hardware (Robotics, Edge AI, Embedded Systems)

• Foundational AI Research (Novel Architectures, Safety)

What Participants Get

Every startup accepted into FutureX AI gets a platform to accelerate them:

• A direct path to Campus Fund’s Investment Committee, with investment opportunities of up to $1 million

• Access to Google Cloud credits, technical guidance, and hands-on AI tooling via the Google for Startups Cloud Program to build and scale with confidence

• Exclusive workshops and sessions covering AI product building, fundraising for AI startups, and scaling from MVP to market

• The Top 10 get an opportunity to present to Industry veterans on the Grand Finale on 29th May 2026 in Bengaluru

Additional participant benefits will be announced soon.

Who Should Apply

FutureX AI is open to current students (UG, PG, or PhD) and graduates or dropouts from 2023 onwards who hold at least 25% equity in their startup. This edition is laser-focused on AI – whether you’re working on foundational models, applying AI in healthcare, climate, fintech, or agritech, building AI-enabled hardware, or solving hard problems with AI at the core. This is your platform.

Applications close 10 April 2026. Apply now https://yourcampusfund.com/futurex/ 

Business Wire India

 

Customers, suppliers, and employees to be unimpacted

Company’s key stakeholders have agreed to provide at least $75 million of new financing

 

The LYCRA Company, LLC (“LYCRA” or “the Company”), a global leader in developing fiber and technology solutions for the apparel and personal care industries, announced today that it has entered into a restructuring support agreement (“RSA”) with the overwhelming majority of its creditors to eliminate approximately $1.2 billion of long-term debt and establish a sustainable capital structure that will recapitalize the Company and position it for long-term financial stability and growth.

 

The RSA has overwhelming support from holders of the Company’s senior secured term loan, 16.000% Senior Secured Notes, and 7.500% Senior Secured Notes, who have agreed to vote in favor of a prepackaged plan of reorganization (the “Prepackaged Plan”). To implement the Prepackaged Plan, the Company and certain of its affiliates, have filed a voluntary prepackaged Chapter 11 case in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

 

 

The Prepackaged Plan reflects a consensual agreement reached over the course of several months of productive discussions with the Company’s key financial creditors. Given the near unanimous support of its stakeholders, the Company expects to complete its financial restructuring expeditiously and emerge from the Chapter 11 process within 45 days.

 

 

“The LYCRA Company’s products have long been a symbol of quality, delivering benefits like lasting comfort, fit, and performance across a wide variety of apparel and personal care applications,” said Gary Smith, Chief Executive Officer of The LYCRA Company. “Today marks a significant milestone for The LYCRA Company as we are taking decisive action to meaningfully reduce our debt and strengthen our financial foundation. By taking this step, we will continue serving our customers, supporting our partners, and providing the high-quality products on which they rely. I want to thank our team members for their ongoing dedication and our loyal customers and partners for their continued support throughout the process.”

 

 

The Company is seeking customary “first day” relief that will enable it to operate in the ordinary course of business throughout the restructuring process. As part of these first day motions, the Company will seek approval to continue to pay all valid amounts owed to vendors and suppliers in full in the ordinary course of business. To support these ordinary course operations, the Company has obtained commitments for $75 million in debtor-in-possession financing (“DIP Financing”) and more than $75 million in exit financing, which is poised to refinance the DIP Financing, providing the Company with capital upon completion of the Chapter 11 process.

 

 

Importantly, certain entities within The LYCRA Company are not included in the Chapter 11 filing. A list of those entities included in the filing can be found at https://restructuring.ra.kroll.com/lycra.

 

 

Additional Information

 

 

Bankruptcy Court filings and other information regarding the case can be found at https://restructuring.ra.kroll.com/lycra, or by contacting Kroll Inc., the Company’s noticing and claims agent, at (888) 498-1399 (toll-free) and (347) 338-6514 (international). Please note these resources are for information about the restructuring process only; all other customer service and support infrastructure and contact information for the Company remain active and operational.

 

 

The LYCRA Company is advised in this matter by Linklaters LLP and Haynes Boone, LLP as legal counsel, Houlihan Lokey as investment banker, and FTI Consulting as financial and communications advisor.

 

 

About The LYCRA Company

 

 

The LYCRA Company innovates and produces fiber and technology solutions for the apparel and personal care industries and owns the leading consumer brands: LYCRA^®, LYCRA HyFit^®, LYCRA^® T400^®, COOLMAX^®, THERMOLITE^®, ELASPAN^®, SUPPLEX^® and TACTEL^®. Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., The LYCRA Company is recognized worldwide for its sustainable products, technical expertise, and marketing support. The LYCRA Company focuses on adding value to its customers’ products by developing unique innovations designed to meet the consumer’s need for comfort and lasting performance. Learn more at thelycracompany.com.

 

 

LYCRA^® is a trademark of The LYCRA Company.

 

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

 

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Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Except to the extent required by applicable law or regulation, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. You should consider these factors carefully in evaluating forward-looking statements and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements.

 

 

 

 

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Business Wire India

Mobileum Inc. (“Mobileum”), a leading global provider of analytics and network solutions, highlighted its ”Signal to Value” vision at MWC Barcelona 2026, demonstrating how telecom operators can turn network events into insight, action, and revenue.

 

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At the event, Mobileum demonstrated how operators can leverage its Active Intelligence Platform to enhance roaming performance, strengthen fraud and risk defenses, and automate network assurance across increasingly complex global networks.

 

“Operators generate massive volumes of network events every second, but the real value comes from turning those events into insights, action, and revenue,” said Bernardo Lucas, Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer at Mobileum. “At MWC 2026, Mobileum demonstrated how AI and automation can help operators move from raw telecom data to real business impact – whether that means accelerating roaming revenues, protecting networks from emerging fraud threats, or enabling new enterprise services.”

 

 

Among the solutions Mobileum showcased were technologies designed to help operators translate network intelligence into measurable business value, including:

 

 

• AI-driven roaming intelligence, including the Roaming Exposure Function (REF), enabling operators to securely access and monetize roaming insights through standardized APIs.
• Agentic AI for fraud and risk management, expanding its flagship RAID Integrated Risk Management platform to automate investigations, explain threat cases and suggest remediations, leading to stronger fraud protection, and lower revenue leakage.
• Autonomous network assurance, using AI-powered testing, monitoring, and analytics to optimize global connectivity and customer experience across multi-generation networks.
• A white-labeled AI Assistant platform developed in partnership with NOHOLD, enabling telecom operators to monetize AI services by offering branded assistants to SME and enterprise customers.

 

Through interactive demo stations, Mobileum demonstrated how operators can turn telecom data into real operational and commercial value across three key areas:

 

Roaming Reimagined

 

 

Mobileum showcased how AI-powered roaming intelligence helps operators improve service quality, optimize partnerships, and unlock new roaming revenue opportunities. Innovations included Mobileum’s Roaming Exposure Function (REF), which provides secure real-time access to roaming intelligence via a standardized, policy-driven API framework, enabling new use cases across fraud mitigation, IoT lifecycle management, customer experience, and analytics. Additional demonstrations featured Roaming DNA, Network Traffic Redirection (NTR), and AI-driven analytics that allow operators to proactively monitor roaming performance, optimize steering strategies, and resolve network issues before they impact subscribers.

 

 

Agentic Fraud Defense

 

 

Mobileum also highlighted the evolution of its RAID 9 Integrated Risk Management (IRM) platform with the addition of Agentic AI, enabling risk teams to detect threats faster and automate responses while maintaining full operational control. The solution uses AI agents capable of reasoning through fraud and revenue assurance scenarios using telecom industry context, helping risk teams identify emerging threats, prioritize investigations, and automate routine processes. Complementary capabilities demonstrated at MWC included voice security technologies such as Audio Printing and VoiceShield, along with tools like URL Scanner, providing operators with real-time Voice and SMS protection against increasingly sophisticated scam, fraud and security threats

 

 

Autonomous Network Assurance

 

 

Mobileum showcased how AI-driven automation is transforming network assurance, enabling operators to monitor and optimize complex multi-generation networks more efficiently. Demonstrations included smartphone-based testing for GlobalRoamer®, GenAI-based Root Cause Analysis automation and new probe solutions designed for special environments like hard to reach locations for satellite communications testing. Mobileum also demonstrated advanced functionality for its lab and performance testing solution, dsTest, including automated signaling firewall complex rules validation, and advanced 5G end-to-end call flow analysis, providing deeper visibility into network performance and customer experience across global connectivity environments.

 

 

Mobileum also reinforced its support for large-scale global events with the release of its 2026 FIFA World Cup Testing Package, which will provide telecom operators enhanced testing and monitoring tools to validate roaming readiness and maintain service quality during periods of heavy network demand.

 

 

Monetizing AI for Enterprise Customers

 

 

Mobileum also demonstrated its white-labeled AI Assistant platform, developed in partnership with NOHOLD, which enables telecom operators to offer branded AI assistant services to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The platform allows operators to deliver subscription-based AI assistants that help businesses automate customer support, improve sales engagement, and enhance productivity, creating new opportunities to monetize AI services through existing enterprise channels.

 

 

Together, these advancements reflect Mobileum’s broader Signal to Value vision: helping telecom operators turn network events into trusted intelligence that drives smarter decisions, stronger networks, enhanced operational automation, and new revenue opportunities.

 

 

To learn more about the solutions showcased at MWC 2026, book a meeting with our experts by visiting our website.

 

 

About Mobileum Inc.

 

 

Mobileum is a leading provider of Telecom analytics solutions for roaming, core network, security, risk management, domestic and international connectivity testing, and customer intelligence. More than 1,000 customers rely on its Active Intelligence platform, which provides advanced analytics solutions, allowing customers to connect deep network and operational intelligence with real-time actions that increase revenue, improve customer experience, and reduce costs. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Mobileum has global offices in Australia, Germany, Greece, India, Japan, Portugal, Singapore, UK, and United Arab Emirates. Learn more at www.mobileum.com

 

 

 

 

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