Category: Business & Economy

** Bengaluru Metro salutes role of unsung heroes who built Kengeri line, 88 workers take first train

The honour was cherished by the 88 staffers, including two women, who got on board.

The inaugural train chugged away at 10.30 am steered by women train operators B Gowthami and Smitha M Revanakar.

** KEL Dubai hosts member event to commemorate ‘World Entrepreneurs Day’

Kanara Entrepreneurs Ltd (KEL) Dubai, hosted a very successful members event on August 21 to mark the World Entrepreneurs Day. The day is dedicated to create awareness on entrepreneurship and innovation the world over.

The event covered variety of items on the agenda that included installation new office bearers, presentations by the members (budding entrepreneurs) and the highlight of the evening was an impressive presentation by the youngest CEO from the community Craig Fernandes, who at 21 conceived and successfully launched an enterprise called LOCK&STOCK (https://www.lockandstock.app).

** `Karnataka to play a critical role in increasing domestic consumption of coffee’

Coffee growing countries, India, Brazil, and South Africa, should collaborate to combat common challenges they face such as global price volatility, high cost of production, and labour shortage, suggested International Coffee Organisation (ICO).

** Bengaluru girl’s agri startup wins award

Bengaluru girl Manasa Gonchigar is one of the 10 young winning entrepreneur teams of the agri-enterprise challenge S.O.L.V.E.D (Social Objectives-Led Volunteer Enterprise Developed), who were felicitated by Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi recently.

The 25-year-old’s team won the challenge for her startup company PureScan AI — a technology startup that helps players in the food supply chain, and also assists them in making informed decisions on food safety. This year, the International Youth Day theme focused on transforming food systems.

Her co-founder Ayush Nigam’s expertise in the agritech space, through his startup firm ‘Distinct Horizon’, led them in the right direction. She says her extensive travel, including her Academia Industry training in Switzerland, helped her understand how India has taken a backseat in terms of food safety.

** New Regional Passport Officer is IFS officer from Bengaluru

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has appointed Krishna K, a 2012-batch Indian Foreign Service officer as the Regional Passport Officer, Bengaluru.

Krishna is originally from Bengaluru and an alumnus of the University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering. He had served as Third Secretary in the Indian Embassy in Russia (2014-16) and Second Secretary in Kazakhstan (2016-17) before being sent on deputation to the Secretariat of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Beijing (2018-20). In December last year, Krishna was posted back to the ministry in New Delhi.  The RPO, Bengaluru, has jurisdiction over the entire state and processes around 3,000 passport applications every day.