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Workshop held onEnglish LanguageLab at SSM■ Business Reporter BHILAI, June 24

TWO-DAYS workshop wasorganised at ShriShankaracharyaMahavidyalaya (SSM),Junwani, Bhilai for all theacademic and non-academ-ic staff. The workshop was organised to inform thebenefits of the EnglishLanguage Lab and how itcan be useful for the staffmembers also in day-to-dayworking. The workshop wasconducted by Neeta Sharmaand Sushma Dubey ofEducation Department.

The topics covered duringthe workshop were,Language Lab is an audio-visual lab in which all canlearn, Learners can recordtheir own voice and playback the recordings, inter-act with each other and theteacher, and also storeresults, Self-access for inde-pendent learning whichincludes access to resourcesoutside class and vocabularycan be improved with thehelp of Language Lab.

The purpose of aLanguage Lab is to involvestudents to actively partici-pate in language learningexercises and get morepractice than otherwisepossible in a traditionalclassroom environment.

All the staff membersactively participated in theworkshop and enjoyedlearning the new things of teaching.

Appeal to appointState InformationCommr soonRAIPUR, June 24

CHHATTISGARH RTIActivists Association hasmade strong appeal to theState Government for theappointment of StateInformation Commissioneras soon as possible. In thisregard association has sub-mitted memorandum toChief Minister Dr RamanSingh, Chief Secretary and concerning minister,but till date no action hasbeen taken.

According to CGRTIAAState President Sanjay SinghThakur it has been long thatstate government has notmade any appointment ofstate information commissioner and caserelated to RTI are pendingfrom long time.

Earlier, chief informationcommissioner had burdenof looking RTI related casesof 7 districts includingRaipur, Baloda Bazaar,Gariyabandh, Dhamtari,Kanker Kawardha andBemitara.

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■ Business ReporterRAIPUR, June 24

CENTURY Cement, a division ofCentury Textiles and IndustriesLimited has launched animproved product ‘Birla GoldPremium cement’ – ‘Build withGold’ with more strength anddurability in an attractive pack-aging. ‘Birla Gold Premiumcement’ is a superior product ofthe Century Cement and B K BirlaGroup of Companies and providing services to the customers from last 40 years.

Birla Gold is always known forits high strength and durabilityand this new product will defi-nitely keep promises of customersand will create a new bench markfor strength and durability.

The company has four cement

plants in Chattisgarh,Maharashtra, Madhya Pradeshand West Bengal.This new prod-uct will create more trust andconfidence among the cus-tomers. The new product waslaunched by CEO of CementBusiness Group of CenturyTextiles and Industries LimitedJayant Dua accompanied by Chief

Marketing officer Vibhu Goyleand Finance Head Rajesh Shah.

According to Jayant Dua, ‘BirlaGold Premium Cement’ is aPortland Pozzolana Cement withhigh strength and enhanced dura-bility features. It provides high ini-tial and ultimate strength andsuperior resistance against chem-ical attacks. It is an eco-friendly

cement and ideally suitable forall types of construction. Thecompany also provides on sitetechnical assistance to con-sumers through a team of qual-ified and trained civil engineers.

The occasion was also attend-ed by President (Works) AlokPatni, Executive Advisor(Marketing) S K Sultania, SeniorExecutive President (Plant) VijayKumar, Vijay Kumar, ExecutivePresident (Commercial) VijayKumar, Joint President and ZonalHead (Sales and Marketing) PVSRavi Kumar, officers, employeesand main dealers and trucksloaded with ‘Birla Gold PremiumCement’ was flagged off by maindealers of Chhattisgarh. Colouredballoons were also released in thesky to mark happy and success-ful future of the new product.

‘Birla Gold Premium Cement’ launched

■ Business ReporterRAIPUR, June 24

WITH pollution being the primeconcern for the StateGovernment, a new beginningfavouring reduction of pollutionwill be made with the opening offirst e-Rickshaw Mall of the state‘Bajoria E-Motors’ and launchingof Baaz brand e-Rickshaws inRaipur on June 25. TransportMinister Rajesh Munat will inau-gurate the e-Rickshaw mall situ-ated at Sun and Sun Cold StorageComplex, Bhanpuri on June 25.Mayor Pramod Dubey will be alsopresent on the occasion.

An ideal three-wheeler for con-servation of environment inRaipur and across the state, it isthe most economical vehicle inits sector for carrying goods andpassengers.

Besides incurring low expens-es while operating, the mainte-nance cost is the lowest sincebeing battery operated.

The rate starts from Rs 1,01,111for passenger vehicle and theprice for goods carrier will startfrom Rs 1,11,111.

While talking to media personshere on Friday, Director of BAAZUday Bajoria informed that USP

of the three-wheeler includes safevehicle, low speed, pollution freefunctioning, no sound, RTO andVAT exempted and strong as wellas free of any maintenance.Bajoria further said that the show-room-cum-workshop BAAZ is sit-uated here at Shop No 3 and 4,Sun and Sun Cold StorageComplex, Bhanpuri. It is India’sfirst e-Rickshaw mall with a-classservice facilities. Covering an areaof 7000 sq ft, the e-Rickshaw mallwill offer e-Rickshaws which areICAT certified and theChhattisgarh Government hasalso approved it for use in the state.

Suresh Bajoria said that the e-Rickshaw is a revolutionary prod-uct which runs on renewableenergy and conserves the muchneeded fossil fuel.

Having a very low running costrelative to fossil fuel alternatives,e-Rickshaw consumes 80 per centless cost as compared to con-ventional vehicles that run onnon-renewable source of energylike petrol, diesel CNG etc.

Bajoria E-Motors tolaunch e-Rickshawsin Raipur today

The management of Bajoria E-Motors posing with the e-Rickshaw to belaunched in Raipur on Saturday.

■ The rate starts from Rs 1,01,111 for passengervehicle and Rs 1,11,111

for goods carrier

On the occasion of 2nd day of Free of Cost Mega Job Fair organised by Raipur Institute of Technology(RITEE) more than 350 students participated for interview in various companies on Friday. (1) Studentsselected for final round by Technoking Software Solutions Pvt Ltd were seen with the HR Personnel of thecompany along with Secretary of MES Shailendra Jain. 200 students gave 1st & 2nd round of interview for Vodafone, Axis Bank, Genpact, Ascendum, Tech Mahindra, Teleperformance, and Action Edge. Principal of RITEE Dr Tanushree Chatterjee and Head of MBA Department Dr Mohan were also present on the occasion.

■ Business ReporterRAIPUR, June 24

A STATE-level workshop onStand-Up India announced byPrime Minister on lastIndependence Day and launchedin April 2016 was organised byNABARD in Raipur on Friday.

Chief General Manager ofNABARD, Chhattisgarh RO,Raipur Dr. R M Kummur inau-gurated the workshop. Whileaddressing the workshop, DrKummur stressed the need forinvolvement of all partner insti-

tutions like IndustriesDepartment, NABARD, SIDBI,LDMs, bankers, DICs, KVIC,KIVBs, industry bodies,Chhattisgarh Chamber ofCommerce and Industries andestablished entrepreneurs. Healso informed the participantsthat under this programme, 72per cent of the population in thestate (32 % Tribal, 12 % SC and28 % Women of General Category)will be the target group. Underthe scheme, there is provision ofsubmission of application in webbased portal (www.standupmi-tra.in ), later scrutiny and tracking will ensure completetransparency. Dr Kummuremphasized on three Cs - coor-dination, credit and convergencethat will take the programme for-ward. The Stand Up India schemeis based on recognition of thechallenges faced by SC, ST andwomen entrepreneurs in settingup enterprises, obtaining loansand other support needed from

time to time for succeeding inbusiness. Scheme endeavours tocreate an eco-system which facil-itates to provide a supportiveenvironment for business.

Stand Up India scheme’s mainobjective is to facilitate bank loansabove Rs 10 lakh and upto Rs 1crore to at least one ScheduledCaste (SC) or Scheduled Tribe(ST) borrower and atleast onewoman borrower per bankbranch for setting-up a green-field enterprise. This enterprisemay be in manufacturing, serv-ices or the trading sector. SIDBIwith 84 offices and NABARD hav-ing 419 offices will work as StandUp India Connect Centres.

Workshop was attended by GM Sharad Jha, Deputy GeneralManager D K Muzumdar, DGMK Subramanian, AGM (SIDBI)Sudipta Aich and DeputyDirector Industries DepartmentD S Dhruv. Representative ofSLBC, RBI and KVIC also partic-ipated in the workshop.

NABARD holds workshop on Stand-Up India

Chief General Manager of NABARDaddressing the workshop.

World VitiligoDay todayRAIPUR, June 24

WORLD Vitiligo Day is marked onJune 25 every year andChhattisgarh DermatologistsAssociation has also decided tomark the day, informed the asso-ciation President Dr BharatSinghania. Proper informationabout vitiligo will be given to peo-ple and treatment free of chargeswill be done in clinic and alsoawareness materials will be dis-tributed. The experts will wipeout the misconceptions of thepeople. Skin specialists from oth-er cities of the state have alsoassured their participation tomark the day, informed Dr Singhania. It may be men-tioned that World Vitiligo Day isan initiative to build awarenessabout vitiligo, a skin disease thatcan have negative social, psy-chological impact on patients.

Vitiligo is a condition in whichthe pigment is lost from areas ofthe skin, causing whitish patch-es. Numerous misconceptionsare still present. The affected people form one to two per centof any population.

SUTRAA – Fashion and Lifestyle Exhibitionhas received a grand opening on the firstday of the three-day exhibition-cum-salestarted at Hotel Celebration, Jail Road,Raipur from June 24. More than 70 designers from across the country arepresenting their best which includes ethnics, tunics, gowns, decors, footwear,purses, fabrics, costume jewellery andmany more. (Pics by Manoj Dewangan)

■ Staff ReporterRAIPUR, June 24

STUDENTS of BBA III Semesterof School of Management andResearch, ITM University alongwith two faculty members visited Ambuja Cement Plant atBhatapara on June 24.

This visit was scheduled as apart of curriculum and to provide a better understandingof the subject taught in the classroom. The objective behind thisvisit is to know various produc-tion and operations techniqueswhich will enable student to learnvarious dimension of management such as productionfunction, planning along withmarketing, finance and humanresource. As a special initiative,the students of BBA III semesterwere taken to Ambuja CementPlant which is one of the leadingbrand in cement industry. It is pro-fessionally managed and fast

growing brand which they havenurtured by systematic planningand well defined strategy.

The students were taken toactual production site andshowed them with machinery,equipments and various electri-cal circuit which is used forcement manufacturing.

Visitors were also taken to con-trol unit where they saw the closemonitoring and functioning ofmachines through computer.

During their visit students alsointeracted with technical staffand showed an excellent curios-ity in knowing more about pro-duction process.

Industrial visit for BBA-III semesterstudents’ to Ambuja Cement Plant

Students posing for a group photo during the industrial visit.

■ Business ReporterRAIPUR, June 24

ZONE By The Park Hotels Raipur,first venture of the ApeejaySurrendra Park Hotels Limited in

Central India will be opened inRaipur city on July 1. The hotel isowned by Kalash family withMahesh Singh as GeneralManager of Zone By The ParkHotels Raipur. Managing Director

of Park Hotels VijayDewan and GeneralManager (Operationsand BusinessDevelopment) SantoshKutty needs a specialmention for introduc-ing the hotel in Raipur.

According to theDirector Operations ofZone By The ParkHotels Mahesh Singh, Raipur cityhas the great potential, good des-tination for wedding and filledwith businessmen. Among theUSPs, the hotel has the biggestbanquet hall covering an area of10,000 sq ft and capacity toaccommodate 1000 persons at atime. Besides being a perfect set-up for wedding destination in thecity, the hall also have multipleoptions to arrange four partitionsfor different events at a time.Similarly, a second banquet hallwith separate concept will caterto 80 to 100 persons, he added.

A board room with well fur-nished set-up will have spaciousarrangements for 20 to 25 per-sons catering to small companymeetings, corporate and phar-ma companies meetings and can

be utilized for kitty aswell as birthday parties.As an added advantage,in-house discothèqueto manage 80-100 per-sons is the exclusivity ofthe hotel in the city.Besides bar havingcapacity to handle 70-80 guests, the 72 roomswill ensure class servic-

es that is the trademark of thehotel.

The Bazaar restaurant that willgive feel of tradition ofChhattisgarh will have uniquefeatures. Open restaurant‘Alfresco’ closely connected withBazaar restaurant will have thebest environment for evening get-together, kitty party, private din-ners etc.

The surprise element of thehotel is the rooftop restaurant‘Urban Spice Box’ (USB). It willhave two separate arrangements,60 persons can enjoy the servic-es in AC setup while otherarrangement is for 60 persons innon-AC. The same floor will alsohave spa and health club, andabove it is an infinity swimmingpool having pool side bar.

Grand opening of Zone By The Park in City on July 1

Front façade of Zone By The Park Hotels coming-up at VIP, Square, G E Road, Raipur.

Mahesh Singh