CHENNAI PRESS NEWS

The winners Eromitha Ramesh from Bengaluru and Suraj Ighe from Mumbai were elated to win the prestigious awards and look forward to participating in the AYDA Global Awards 6th Feb 2024, Tuesday, Chennai: Nippon Paint (India) Private Limited Decorative Division), Asia Pacific's leading paint manufacturer announced the India finale of AYDA 2023-2024 to esteem young minds of the design and architecture world. This edition of AYDA was conducted for the theme "CONVERGE: Championing purposeful designs Building Impact in Design Through Purposeful Intervention." Gold in Interior:  Suraj Ighe - Academy of Architecture, Mumbai Gold in Architecture:  Eromitha Ramesh - RV College of Architecture, Bengaluru The India finale of AYDA took place on 6th Feb '24 at Hotel Feathers, where finalists from colleges Pan- India were present. With over 2000 applicants, the judges narrowed them down to 24 finalists.  The eminent jury panel included: Ar Charanya Premkumar - Associate Principal...

Strengthens strategic partnerships with key financial institutions in the state Chennai, February 6, 2024:  Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance, one of the leading private life insurers in India , continues to enhance its distribution footprint across India and particularly in Tamil Nadu, to empower customers with value-packed life insurance plans. The Company employs a robust multi-channel distribution approach, with a particular focus on collaborative partnerships with financial institutions across the nation. This channel of business is referred to as Institutional Business within the company. Dheeraj Sehgal, Chief Distribution Officer – Institutional Business, Bajaj Allianz Life Today, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance has strategic partnerships with over 82 financial institutions in the country, which includes 33 leading banks. Notably, the Company has partnered with four prominent banks headquartered in Tamil Nadu like Tamilnad Mercantile Bank, Citi Union Bank, Karur Vysya Bank, and Equi...

Chennai, 5th February 2024: In an effort to engage with the issue of extreme impact of climate change on marginalized communities, Greenpeace launched People For Climate – a climate justice campaign . With exhibits of real life articles destroyed by extreme weather events, to art installations, a photo exhibition, VR film and roundtable discussions People For Climate highlights the urgent need to move beyond reducing climate disasters to only numbers and dramatic headlines. Greenpeace's Museum of Memories serves as a distressing reminder of the human cost of the climate crisis. Featuring 26 exhibits of everyday items, that individually tell stories of loss, resilience and hope in the face of increasingly frequent extreme weather events, the museum aims evokes a sense of urgency, demanding accountability from policy makers, big polluters and the collective society. ----------------------------- Youtube video link 👇  https://youtu.be/yPJHciPUT08?si=xxLfQ6fjPBtK9QQ5 ---------------...

Chennai: Rotary Madras South West presents  "Chariot Awards 2024“ for Lifetime Professional Excellence, For the Sake of Honour, Youth Excellence in Arts and Sports . This year RMSW presented the Chariot Awards ceremony in a grand ceremony held at Radisson Blu, Egmore. The ceremony saw five awards presented in presence of Chief Guest Arvind Datar, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India .  The Annual Chariot Awards recognizes eminent personalities in our community – accomplished and upcoming in their chosen field. This evening saw 5 awards being given away to honour & celebrate excellence in various fields. The awardees for the Chariot Awards 2024 include –  FOR THE SAKE OF HONOR AWARD - Mr D Chandrasekhar, President of Madras Dsylexia  Association, VOCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARD-Rtn Mr. D Vijayagopal Reddy - Promoter & Managing Director of Vijay Garments, Lifetime OF PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARD - Dr Lingam Gopal, Board of Governors , Sankara Nethralaya, YOUTH...

Chennai, February 4, 2024: Around 650 students from Hindustan College, Asan Memorial College, Mohammed Sathak College, staffs, and nurses from Gleneagles Global Health City participated in a Walkathon on Sunday to commemorate World Cancer Day organised by Gleneagles Global Health City a leading multi-speciality quaternary healthcare centre today in Chennai. Participants holding placards displaying messages like - ‘ Early Detection Saves Lives’, ‘Fight cancer with hope and heart’, ‘Awareness today, a cure tomorrow ’.  The theme for World Cancer Day this year is - Close the care gap: Everyone deserves access to cancer care. The guest of honour Professor Dr. S. Rajasundaram, Director, Gleneagles Institute of Oncology, head, surgical oncology, Gleneagles HealthCity Chennai flagged off the event from NIOT, Pallikaranai and ended at Pallikaranai police station covering 4km. Wearing sneakers, track suits and t-shirts, hundreds of students created the awareness among the public about the ...

Chennai: Founding Chair of  the Unique Indentification Authority of India (UIDAI) Nandan Nilekani while delivering the 43rd Palkhivala Memorial Lecture in Chennai said simplification of technology with a purpose can help the public at large to access legal services with a click of the button. Citing the tremendous achievement of 350 million people who can make or using the QR code to make payments in a flash. Nandan Nilekani,  Founding Chair of  the Unique Indentification Authority of India (UIDAI)   Likewise, he added that the Legal fraternity would benefit  greatly by absorbing the technology available and making use of it regularly. The way to do this is not  to automate individual tasks. You can start by taking a couple of high volume repetitive case types and automate them fully. Two case types being looked are  cheque bounce and motor vehicle disputes, They constitute around 20%  of all all cases pending. Another interesting deve...

Chennai, January 20, 2024: Prof M.Ekambaranathan Trust along with Amra Group and Pradharshini Trust presented "Lifetime Achievement Award" to Mrs Bragha Bessel today at TAG Centre. The trust also presented her a Purse in addition to felicitating and awarding. Mrs Bragha Bessel is a Bharatha Natyam Dancer of repute who has won many awards and last year she was conferred with the "Nritya Kalanidhi 2022 " award by Music Academy.  The programme was opened with an Invocation song announced by the emcee, SR Madhu followed by Lighting of the kuthuvilakku. Youtube video link 👇   https://youtu.be/Naww0aWqJws?si=jiHUFEJ64IwvCJQZ Mr. M.S. Nagarajan, Managing Trustee & Smt. Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala, Managing Trustee, Kala Pradarshini gave welcome speech. Lighting of the kuthuvilakku was by dignitaries Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam, Smt. Savithri Jagannatha Rao, Smt. Priyadarshini  Govind, Smt. Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala & Smt. Bragha Bessell. Award citation was read by Pavithra...