Archives 2025

Jaipur Rugs Announces Winners of the “Jaipur Rugs Pavilion – Design & Build Competition” in Partnership with Archdais

India, 5th November 2025: Jaipur Rugs, in partnership with Archdais, is excited to reveal the winners of the “Jaipur Rugs Pavilion – Design & Build Competition,” a worldwide initiative that highlights the fusion of craftsmanship, community, and modern design.

This year’s competition received an impressive response, with more than 1300 designers from global participants reinterpreting the essence of Jaipur Rugs — weaving narratives of craftsmanship, bravery, and emotion into their designs. Participants from regions including Delhi, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Ernakulam, Goa, Tamil Nadu, and Chennai contributed their unique viewpoints, with each entry showcasing a blend of innovation, culture, and artistry.

The much-awaited competition witnessed an overwhelming global response, with participants from countries including the United States, United Kingdom, Nepal, Bangladesh, UAE, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Kuwait, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.

Following a thorough evaluation by a respected jury, the winners of this year’s competition are:

• 1st Prize: Rishabh Dae & Sanskruti Agrawal – Bangalore
• 2nd Prize: Dhruv Soni & Dhanav Tandon – Mumbai
• 3rd Prize: Tangible Intangible Design Office & Himanshu Chopra – New Delhi

Commenting on the competition, Rutvi Chaudhary, Director, Jaipur Rugs stated: “The Jaipur Rugs Pavilion – Design & Build Competition transcends mere competition – it serves as a platform that connects artisans with designers, blending tradition with innovation. Each participant infused their work with emotion and intent, reminding us that authentic design is rooted in human connection and creative bravery.”

“Through this competition, Jaipur Rugs reaffirms its commitment to empowering artisans, promoting community-driven design, and inspiring future creators to look beyond aesthetics and embrace storytelling through craftsmanship”, She further added.

“Collaborating with Jaipur Rugs for the Jaipur Rugs Pavilion – Design & Build Competition has been a truly inspiring journey. The competition became a melting pot of ideas where design met purpose, and creativity intertwined with craft. We were thrilled to witness how over 1300 designers translated the soul of Jaipur Rugs into spaces that celebrated community, emotion, and human connection. This initiative exemplifies how design can transcend aesthetics to become a medium of storytelling and social impact.” Says Rushikesh Kothari, CEO, Archdais.

The winning designs will be featured at the Jaipur Rugs Pavilion, reflecting the brand’s vision to create meaningful connections between design, heritage, and humanity. For Jaipur Rugs, this initiative reinforces the belief that design can drive change — celebrating not only form and function but also the human spirit that fuels both.

Las Vegas, Nevada, 05th Novemver, 2025: Harkesh Rubber, a global leader in precision rubber sealing solutions, proudly announced that its Managing Director, Mr. Darshan Shah, has been recognised with the prestigious International Achievement Award – Outstanding TOC Champion Award at the TOC Innovation Summit 2025, presented by the Theory of Constraints International Certification Organization (TOCICO). 

The Summit, held in Las Vegas, brought together industry leaders and changemakers from around the world to explore breakthrough strategies in overcoming business constraints, improving process flow, and delivering faster results, without the need for additional resources or investment. 

Mr. Shah was invited as a speaker, presenting on the topic: “Sustaining TOC (Theory of Constraints) : Practical Lessons”, sharing real-world insights from Harkesh Rubber’s successful TOC journey. 

“This recognition is not just a personal milestone but a testament to the collective dedication, innovation, and relentless pursuit of excellence demonstrated by our team,” said Mr. Shah. “And to be honoured among global trailblazers is both humbling and inspiring. At Harkesh, we remain committed to pushing the envelope and contributing to the remarkable progress within the TOC community.”  

Drawing insights from manufacturing, aerospace, healthcare, supply chain, and more, the event served as a global platform for sharing real-world TOC success stories. The awards recognise outstanding individuals and organizations for their significant contributions to TOC implementation across industries. Harkesh Rubber’s recognition reflects its sustained operational excellence, innovation-led culture, and continued impact across global markets.

India, 05th November, 2025: Google announced the launch of “Where is My Train” on the Apple App Store, bringing one of India’s most trusted travel apps to iPhone users. The app, which is used by more than 100 million people every month to navigate train journeys across long-distance trains, local trains, and stations in the country. Within a short span of its launch, the app has seen remarkable adoption, quickly becoming one of the top travel apps on the Apple App Store in India.

The iOS version offers a comprehensive suite of features designed for the Indian traveler. Users can get accurate, live train tracking with real-time locations and ETAs, while a key feature is its ability to work offline, providing full access to schedules and routes even in areas with poor network coverage. To further simplify the journey, the app provides updated platform numbers and is optimized for low data and battery usage, making it a practical travel companion. It also includes a Dark Mode for comfortable viewing in low-light environments.

“At Google, we’re committed to building products that help people in their daily lives. The ‘Where is My Train’ app has already proven to be incredibly valuable for millions on Android, simplifying their journeys and providing peace of mind,” said Lalitha Ramani, GM, Google Maps, India. “We’re thrilled to extend this comprehensive and reliable train tracking experience to iPhone users, making train travel easier for even more people across India.”

Key Features of Where is My Train app on iOS:

• Live Train Tracking: Get the exact location of trains in real-time, along with estimated arrival times (ETAs) and delay information.
• Works Offline: Access full train schedules, station lists, and route information without needing an internet connection or GPS—ideal for travel in areas with poor network coverage.
• Platform Numbers: Simplify the boarding experience with correct and updated platform numbers.
• Low Data and Battery Usage: Optimized to be light on resources, ensuring it’s a practical companion for regular travelers.
• Dark Mode: Enjoy a comfortable viewing experience in low-light environments.
• Live Station: Get live station departure board information for all train stations across India. 

Honda India Foundation signed MoU with Atal Incubation Centre (AIC) at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi for Bharat Safety Program

New Delhi, 5^th November, 2025: Honda India Foundation (HIF), the CSR arm for all Honda group of companies in India has signed an MoU for the Bharat Safety Program in collaboration with Atal Incubation Centre (AIC) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi Sonipat Innovation Foundation. Aligned with Honda’s Global Vision 2050- Zero Traffic Collision, this initiative aims to support entrepreneurship and job creation by developing innovative and affordable solutions for safer two-wheeler mobility.

The Bharat Safety Program is a 2.5-year structured initiative. In the selection & Bootcamp phase, 15-20 Deeptech startups will be shortlisted and during the 24-month incubation phase, 5 Deeptech startups will receive focussed mentorship, product development and testing opportunities and collaborative access to government, industry and academic networks. The focus areas include over-speeding, helmet usage, rider behaviour, collision prevention and night-time visibility.

The MoU Signing ceremony was graced by Mr. Vinay Dhingra, Trustee, Honda India Foundation, Shri Rajeev Taneja, Operating Officer, Honda India Foundation, Shri Prabhu Nagaraj, Operating Officer, Corporate Affairs, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India, Prof. Preeti Ranjan Panda, Dean, Corporate Relations, IIT Delhi, Dr. Nikhil Agarwal, Director, AIC IIT Delhi, Mr. Nalin Kohli, Board of Directors, AIC IIT Delhi, Prof. Somnath Baidya Roy, IIT Delhi and Mr. Tarun Chaturvedi, Chief Operating Officer, Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT), IIT Delhi, along with other senior officials and members from HIF, FITT & AIC IIT Delhi.

The partnership with AIC IIT Delhi Sonipat Innovation Foundation, established under NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission is a hub for research, innovation and product development. It leverages the strengths of academia, industry, and government to foster impactful solutions and drive meaningful change. It stands as a platform where startups, investors, corporates, venture capitalists, academia, government & policy makers come together to make a lasting impact on road safety and mobility.

This collaboration with HIF for Bharat Safety Program aligns with IIT Delhi’s mission on driving deep-tech innovations that enhance road safety and mobility.

The initiative is a first-of-its-kind HIF-backed accelerator program focused exclusively on road safety and two-wheeler mobility in India. By combining the strengths of Honda India Foundation, IIT Delhi and Atal Innovation Mission, the program seeks to make a measurable difference in public safety, especially in semi-urban and rural regions where road safety awareness and infrastructure need greater attention.

November 5, 2025 – Celonis, a global leader in Process Intelligence, at Celosphere 2025 announced major platform innovations that power enterprise AI to reinvent and continuously improve business operations.

Daniel Brown, Chief Product Officer at Celonis, emphasized the need for a structured approach to agentic AI. “To truly operationalize AI, you need to identify the right use cases, redesign your business processes, and orchestrate the agents alongside your people and existing systems,” Brown said. “Our enhanced capabilities empower our customers and their partners to build AI solutions that lift their operations to unprecedented levels of efficiency and agility.”

The Celonis Process Intelligence Platform extracts raw data from systems, applications and devices within and across enterprises. It enriches this data with customers’ unique business context to create a living digital twin of operations—the Process Intelligence Graph. On top of the Graph, the Process Intelligence Platform provides the capabilities to analyze, design, and operate autonomous processes and agents, effectively integrating AI into enterprise operations.

The platform innovations deliver a multimodal digital twin that powers AI-driven operations, enabling the creation of intelligent composable solutions.

Multimodal digital twin of operations

Customers can create a more comprehensive picture of business operations with major enhancements to the Process Intelligence Graph that let them bring together more data types, from more sources, more quickly.

● Integrate data lakes without data duplication using Celonis Data Core (generally available). Get data from and feed Process Intelligence back into data lakes with zero- copy bi-directional integrations. Now available for Databricks in addition to Microsoft.

● Build a richer, more comprehensive digital twin. Connect desktop actions (keystrokes, mouse clicks, and screen scrolls) to business processes with enhanced Task Mining capabilities and AI-driven Task Discovery. Integrate unstructured data like PDFs, semi- structured data like emails, and data from beyond the organization’s boundaries with Celonis Networks.

● Integrate enterprise architecture blueprints with live operational reality. This ensures IT and AI understand which systems are used for which activities, allowing them to make decisions based on real-world performance.

● Populate the digital twin faster with 60+ pre-built objects and events, and new AI assistants for Data Extraction and Data Modeling.

AI-driven operations

Celonis provides advanced capabilities to continuously analyze, design and operate composable, AI-driven processes:

● OCPM: Introducing new object-centric process mining (OCPM) capabilities, Performance Spectrum, Instance Explorer, and the Object-Centric Performance app, to help customers identify issues at process intersection points—where failures often occur. For example, ensuring smooth transitions between the transport, storage, packing, and shipping of final goods.

● Orchestration Engine: Extending Orchestration Engine to coordinate AI agents alongside people and systems, as it executes end-to-end processes—it is now generally available as a core capability of the Celonis platform.

● Process Intelligence MCP Server: Launching the world’s first Model Context Protocol (MCP) server built for process intelligence to feed AI agents with the dynamic operational context they need to make relevant decisions and take effective actions

Composable solutions

Our technology partners are using the platform as the foundation to “compose” not only new

AI solutions but entirely new business models.

● Rollio: The Process Collaboration Agent from Rollio resolves process exceptions by bringing together the right people and context provided by Celonis, instantly. With successful implementations at Campari for Credit Blocks and Manroland Goss Web Systems GmbH in Quality Management, Rollio is rapidly expanding into new domains, such as ITSM and Procurement.

● Trullion: This partner’s specialized AI agent interprets contracts to automate the highly complex and often manual work required for lease accounting. With Celonis, they are building smarter features and giving our joint customers a single, connected view from contract to payment and from revenue to cash.

● Bloomfilter: Last year, we introduced our partnership with Bloomfilter to apply Process Intelligence to the Software Development Lifecycle. The new Celonis Agent Miner by Bloomfilter app helps companies move beyond analyzing human-led software development to understand and govern the behavior of AI agents as they write code.

Fortune Hotels, a member of the ITC Hotels’ Group, is pleased to announce the appointment of Anuj Chaurasia as General Manager, Business Development at its corporate headquarters in Gurugram.

A dedicated hotelier with over 17 years of extensive experience, Anuj brings extensive expertise in business development, brand expansion, and strategic partnerships within the hospitality sector.

In his new role, he will spearhead business development initiatives and contribute to the growth and expansion of the Fortune Hotels portfolio across key markets.

Prior to joining Fortune Hotels, Anuj has held leadership roles with prominent hospitality brands, including Royal Orchid Hotels Limited, Treebo Hospitality Ventures Private Limited, Spree Hospitality, Lemon Tree Hotels, and Taj Hotels and Resorts. Most recently, he served as Vice President – Licensed Brands Development at Treebo Hospitality Ventures Private Limited, where he successfully led the development of Master Franchisee Brands of Park Inn and Suites by Radisson, Mercure Hotels, and Ibis Hotels.

Recognised for his strategic acumen, results-oriented approach, and strong industry relationships, Anuj will play an essential role in driving Fortune Hotels’ growth and brand development initiatives.

Fonzie Folksy’s ‘Evenfall’: A Fragrance That Feels Like Winter Wrapped in a Bottle

India, 04th November, 2025: There’s a certain magic in the way winter evenings unfold unhurried, calm and relaxed. Evenfall by Fonzie Folksy captures that very moment in a bottle a scent that feels like a soft embrace, cocooning you in warmth and quiet contemplation.

At the first spritz of Evenfall, Bergamot and Saffron awaken the senses with a gentle brightness before giving way to the comforting heart of Cardamom and Leather. As the night deepens, Oud and Patchouli take over grounding the scent in a rich, lingering warmth that feels like a soft cashmere wrap on a chilly evening.

Perfect for the season, Evenfall embodies everything we seek in a winter fragrance  depth, warmth, and an enveloping trail that stays close to the skin. Whether worn for an intimate evening-  indoors or a night under the winter stars, Evenfall’s unique blend of strength and serenity makes it your signature companion for the colder months.

Ideal for crisp evenings, candle-lit dinners, or quiet nights by the window, Evenfall is more than a perfume it’s an emotion distilled in amber and spice.

777 Aakash Educational Services Limited’s (AESL) Students Shine in Indian Olympiad Qualifier in Mathematics 2025, Qualify for RMO 2025

New Delhi, 04th November, 2025: In a remarkable achievement, an impressive 777 students of Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL), the national leader in test preparatory services, have qualified in the prestigious Indian Olympiad Qualifier in Mathematics (IOQM), 2025. The selected students will now advance to the next stage of the Olympiad journey, the Regional Mathematical Olympiad (RMO), scheduled for November 16, 2025.

RMO is conducted by the regional coordinators under the supervision of Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), Mumbai. The HBCSE regional coordinators review RMO response documents, and the results are submitted to the HBCSE.

Mr. Chandra Sekhar Garisa Reddy, (MD & CEO), Aakash Educational Services Limited, said,

“This is a remarkable performance by our students. We congratulate all the qualifiers for their impressive achievement in IOQM 2025. Their success shows their focus, discipline, and the strong academic foundation they have built at Aakash. We also thank the parents for their faith and encouragement. Best wishes to all the students for the RMO and beyond.”

The International Mathematical Olympiad program is aimed at bringing secondary and higher secondary students with exceptional mathematical ability and passion for the subject from across the world together in a friendly competition of the highest level. India has been participating in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) since 1989, and Indian students have won a large number of medals over the years. After RMO, selected students will compete in the third stage of the Olympiad, the Indian National Mathematical Olympiad (INMO). After INMO, the students undergo a month-long training camp, i.e. International Mathematical Olympiad Training Camp (IMOTC), where problem-solving sessions and several selection tests are held and this year approx. 65 students from all over India will compete against each other. 6 selected students from IMOTC are chosen to represent India at the international level in IMO and are given training in the Pre-Departure Camp (PDC). During the camp, orientation is provided to students for IMO, and emphasis is laid on developing conceptual foundations and problem-solving skills.

OSHO DHAM presents ‘Beloved Ones’ An Exhibition of Meditative Paintings by Anubodhi Inspired by Osho’s Darshan Diaries

India, 4th November, 2025: Osho Dham is geared up to host “Beloved Ones”, a deeply meditative exhibition of paintings by Anubodhi, opening on Saturday, November 8th, 2025, at 5:30 PM at Osho Dham, Jhatikra Road, Near Najafgarh with Ma Dharm Jyoti inaugurating the event.

On display through November and December 2025, the exhibition invites visitors to step into a sacred space of communion and silence, where art and meditation merge to evoke Osho’s timeless message of love.

Comprising twenty round oil-on-canvas works (18-inch diameter) and two large portraits of Osho (48 x 32 inches), Beloved Ones draws its inspiration from Osho’s Darshan Diaries, the intimate records of personal meetings between the master and his disciples. Each painting becomes a visual meditation a window into moments of awe, surrender, and bliss that transcend time.

Through these works, Anubodhi seeks to capture the “essence” of those darshan moments when the seeker and the master met in profound silence. The exhibition is designed not just as an art show but as an experience. Visitors are encouraged to pause, to look deeply, and to allow the paintings to draw them inward—into that space where form dissolves into formlessness, and love becomes the message.

Speaking about the inspiration behind Beloved Ones, Anubodhi shares, “My beloved ones, I love you—simple, direct, deep, and intimate. This message from Osho kept stirring my soul, asking for a voice. When words failed, colours spoke. These paintings are my surrender, my way of expressing the inexpressible. I invite viewers to simply stand, gaze, and allow the essence to touch their hearts—just as Osho touched mine.”

The exhibition space at Osho Dham, surrounded by peaceful greenery, will serve as an ideal backdrop for this contemplative experience. The serene atmosphere of the Osho Dhyan Mandir amplifies the meditative quality of Anubodhi’s art, creating a sanctuary where viewers can connect with Osho’s presence through silence and color.

Beloved Ones resonate with Osho’s enduring message: “Love is my message—let it be your message too.” Each canvas becomes a moment of communion, an invitation to rediscover the love, awareness, and stillness that Osho inspired in countless seekers around the world.