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  • Nasscom Foundation presents TechForGood India Conclave 2024

    Nasscom Foundation presents TechForGood India Conclave 2024

    Mumbai: Aligned with the UN’s 2030 SDG Agenda, nasscom foundation presents the TechForGood India Conclave 2024. Themed “Accelerating the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development through Technology,” this event is set to take place on Thursday, 18 January 2024, at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The initiative stands as a pivotal platform uniting various stakeholders, including government entities, organisations, civil society, last-mile enablers, social innovators, and the social investment community to facilitate impactful discussions and offer a collective perspective on leveraging digital innovation and data-driven solutions to drive SDG advancements.

    The SDGs pose significant challenges while presenting unparalleled opportunities for businesses, governments, and communities in India and across the globe. It’s imperative to recognise that the deceleration of SDG progress isn’t restricted to specific regions; it’s a global concern requiring collective action. Addressing these challenges necessitates leveraging the power of technology as a force multiplier, promising progress. And as the next 7 years become crucial, the realisation that technology is the key is becoming irrefutable.

    Speaking about the conclave Nasscom foundation CEO Nidhi Bhasin said, “The TechForGood India Conclave 2024 aims at uniting changemakers to accelerate India’s progress towards the SDGs, sparking bold action on critical issues like sustainability, digital equity and social innovation. We are positive that the conclave will enable the participants to co-create actionable solutions and harness the power of technology to unlock accelerated and more inclusive development”.

    With curated master classes, flash panel sessions, visionary talks and fireside chats, over 10 hours of actionable insights, and the opportunity to connect with social innovators and thought leaders within the tech community, the event will dive deep into critical issues like championing sustainable dwellings, adoption of sustainable supply chains, climate change, green building, healthcare, education, and women entrepreneurship through the lens of technology and SDGs. Some notable speakers and delegates include Abhishek Singh, additional secretary, ministry of electronics and information technology; Sundari Nanda, special secretary ministry of home affairs; Urvashi Prasad, Director, NITI Aayog; Sindhu Gangadharan, SVP & MD at SAP Labs India; Amitabh Nag, CEO, Bhashini; Anjali Bansal, founding partner, Avaana Climate and Sustainability Fund; Srividya Nataraj, vice president, corporate service, CGI; Dhimant Parekh, founder & CEO, The Better India.

    With designed framework, the event highlights include:

    ·  Ask Me Anything @TechBaithak:  A platform for NGOs to access communities that can help with digital empowerment such as open source, digital marketing amongst others

    ·  TechForGood innovation showcase: A platform for social innovators to showcase their innovations and demonstrate the impact on SDGs

    ·  Access to theme based networks: Demarcated zones for theme based networking, to promote cross market linkages and collaboration.

    Agenda Link: https://techforgood.nasscomfoundation.org/agenda.php

    Registration Link: https://techforgood.nasscomfoundation.org/register.php

  • DD to telecast a rare tale of Indian compassion for Europeans during World War II

    DD to telecast a rare tale of Indian compassion for Europeans during World War II

    NEW DELHI: A Little Poland in India a poignant story of around one thousand orphaned children from Poland, who found a sanctuary in India at the height of Nazi German Dictator Hitler’s atrocities in Poland, will be telecast by Doordarshan tomorrow.

    A Little Poland in India will be officially telecast 10 November at 3:00 pm and on11 November at 7:30 am on DD National and will there after open the inaugural ‘Kinoteka Polish Film Festval’ on18 November at India Habitat Centre.

    The hour-long documentary is the true and captivating story of the then Jam Saheb (Ruler) Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja of Nawanagar,nephew of famous Indian cricketer Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji of the Jadeja clan,a princely state in the Kathiawar Peninsula, off the land of Gujarat. It is the heart-warming story of an enriched historical bond between India and Poland. It is a story that represents people-to people contact in its most humane form, beyond borders and across continents.

    During World War II, about 1000 Polish children from war-torn, occupied Poland and Soviet prison camps in Stalin’s Siberia travelled all the way to India, where Jam Saheb took personal risks to make arrangements at a time when the world was at war and India was struggling for its Independence. He built a camp for them in a place called Balachadi beside his summer palace, 25 km from his capitalcity Jamnagar, and made them feel at home.

     

    This is the first film that has been co-produced between the governments of India and Poland under the Audio-Visual agreement between both countries. The co-producers are Doordarshan and the Gujarat Government in India, and the InA (National Audiovisual Institute) and TVP (Telewizja Polska) in Poland.

    Directed by Anuradha and Sumit Osmand Shaw with research by Anuradha herself, the film took the help of historian Dr. Andrzej Krzysztof Kunert, Secretary General of the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites. The Research Coordinators were Kresy-Siberia Foundation and a Balachadi survivor Wieslaw Stypula.  

    The film contains interviews with several survivors, including two children who met in Balachadi but married 78 years later in Poland.

  • DD to telecast a rare tale of Indian compassion for Europeans during World War II

    DD to telecast a rare tale of Indian compassion for Europeans during World War II

    NEW DELHI: A Little Poland in India a poignant story of around one thousand orphaned children from Poland, who found a sanctuary in India at the height of Nazi German Dictator Hitler’s atrocities in Poland, will be telecast by Doordarshan tomorrow.

     

    A Little Poland in India will be officially telecast 10 November at 3:00 pm and on11 November at 7:30 am on DD National and will there after open the inaugural ‘Kinoteka Polish Film Festval’ on18 November at India Habitat Centre.

     

    The hour-long documentary is the true and captivating story of the then Jam Saheb (Ruler) Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja of Nawanagar,nephew of famous Indian cricketer Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji of the Jadeja clan,a princely state in the Kathiawar Peninsula, off the land of Gujarat. It is the heart-warming story of an enriched historical bond between India and Poland. It is a story that represents people-to people contact in its most humane form, beyond borders and across continents.

     

    During World War II, about 1000 Polish children from war-torn, occupied Poland and Soviet prison camps in Stalin’s Siberia travelled all the way to India, where Jam Saheb took personal risks to make arrangements at a time when the world was at war and India was struggling for its Independence. He built a camp for them in a place called Balachadi beside his summer palace, 25 km from his capitalcity Jamnagar, and made them feel at home.

     

    This is the first film that has been co-produced between the governments of India and Poland under the Audio-Visual agreement between both countries. The co-producers are Doordarshan and the Gujarat Government in India, and the InA (National Audiovisual Institute) and TVP (Telewizja Polska) in Poland.

     

    Directed by Anuradha and Sumit Osmand Shaw with research by Anuradha herself, the film took the help of historian Dr. Andrzej Krzysztof Kunert, Secretary General of the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites. The Research Coordinators were Kresy-Siberia Foundation and a Balachadi survivor Wieslaw Stypula.

     

    The film contains interviews with several survivors, including two children who met in Balachadi but married 78 years later in Poland.
    The venture was supported by the Embassy of India in Warsaw, the Embassy of Poland in India, and the Polish Institute, New Delhi.

  • Fujifilm India associates with Delhi Photo Festival 2013

    Fujifilm India associates with Delhi Photo Festival 2013

    DELHI: Fujifilm India partners with Delhi Photo Festival 2013. This initiative is another step from the brand towards raising the awareness of their most professional & versatile range of cameras called X Series. The company sees a lot of value by associating with this festival, which aims to gather Photographers from across the world who not only come to attend the Workshops but also participate in live galleries. The venue of the Festival is the India Habitat Centre, leading galleries of the city will participate, mounting independent exhibitions and events in their own spaces, thus providing a large footprint for the Festival across the city.

     

    Dates of the festival are September 27 to October 11, 2013.

     

    Fujifilm will display its entire X Series and other range for all 14 days of the festival Apart from that, the brand is conducting two interesting Workshops on 1st October & 3rd October 2013 from 10am – 1pm on “THE CAMERA AS AN EXTENSION OF INNER VISION” with professional Photographer Mr. Sephi Bergerson. Mr. Begerson is an avid user of X Series and he feels that the X device is versatile & capable of giving the professional photographer great freedom to work with it & deliver phenomenal images.

     

    Mr. Rohit Pandit, EVP – Sales & Marketing, Fujifilm India says ‘I would like to extend an invitation to all photography enthusiasts , professionals and  amateurs, to come and see the potential of the versatile X Series & to learn what attracted professional Photographers from all over the world including Sephi Bergerson towards Fujifilm’s X Series Cameras. Sephi will share his experience as a photographer, the frame of mind of working with such a cameras, the photographs he clicked of various genres with techniques he used to shoot them, the art behind his photos and technology behind the X Range and what makes this series versatile for every Photographer. Get a chance to see ‘X Series’ in India through the eyes of a professional photographer. While Sephi would be talking about the artistic side of Photography he will be accompanied by Fujifilm  Manager to discuss the technology behind the device and answer any questions’

     

    The workshop by the brand is open to all and does not have any fee attached. Details can be found on http://on.fb.me/1d1dlNW , Delhi Photo Festival  website – http://www.delhiphotofestival.com/delhi_photo_festival_2013/home.html

  • Filmbooth to launch monthly series of short films

    Filmbooth to launch monthly series of short films

    MUMBAI: In its endeavour to create a platform where quality content is showcased to quality people at a quality venue, Filmbooth, India‘s emerging short film festival, is soon going to launch a monthly screening series for short films made by independent as well as mainstream filmmakers from all over the country under its name of First Cut.

    In the first edition, First Cut will screen Arunima Sharma‘s Shyam Raat Seher, Aakash Bhatia‘s Ordinary People, Parimak Aloke‘s Saari Raat, Zalina Gamat‘s Urnaabh, Prateek Vats‘ Kal 15 August Dukan Band Rahegi, Atul Taishete‘s Rewind and Bejoy Nambia‘s Reflections.

    First Cut will be launched on 9 June at the Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, Delhi, 6.45 pm onwards.