OCTOBER 2015

Datamatics’ Internal Magazine

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DIGNITARIES FROM BURUNDI VISIT DATAMATICS05LUMINA DATAMATICS SCOOPS ECOMMERCE SERVICE PROVIDER AWARD

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17RAHUL KANODIA’S INTERVIEW FEATURED IN EXPRESS COMPUTER MAGAZINE

FUN FACTS

DAY OUT IN THE SUN

DR.KANODIA ELECTED AS NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF IACCC07

03DATAMATICS WINS TISS-LEAPVAULT CLO AWARDS

EDITOR’S NOTE

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BECAUSE LEARNING CAN NEVER STOP

BABIES ON BOARDTECH GEEK

NAVRATRI NOSTALGIA

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CERTIFICATIONS

WEDDING BELLS

The world around us is resplendent with every imaginable colour. But the magical colourful curtain spread across in the sky at the twilight time has always attracted me the most. It is that special time of the day between light and darkness, when the sky is diffused with several colours.

Though that moment lasts for a very short time, it’s splendid in its majesty; with its glow promising that very soon sun will rise and envelope the darkness. And the morning light will bring in the sunshine with gold and amber hues shining out bright and clear, with the blue sky merging into its surrounding. By the evening the vibrant red will lose its piquancy and quietly embrace the darkness of the blue grey sky.

Just like the changing colours and hues of the sky, we too undergo the vagaries of life. But we know that nothing lasts forever and there will always be a brighter tomorrow.

So, whenever you feel the blues, think of all the vibrant colours that radiate in your life and you might find yourself looking forward to the new day with same vigour.

Just allow yourself to be soaked in the vivid colours of life!

//EDITOR’S NOTE

BUZZ DatamaticsBUZZ Datamatics

Colour me Life in your vivid hues!

The Learning & Development team received two prestigious TISS Leap Vault CLO awards for its Coaching/Mentoring programme and Synergy-Games based Learning at the 7th edition of the Chief Learning Officers (CLO) Summit India held on 10th September at the Four Seasons Hotel, Mumbai.

These awards have been institutionalized to encourage & reward Learning and Development initiatives in organizations and are a testimony to Datamatics’ commitment to a culture of continuous learning.

DATAMATICS WINS TISS- LEAP VAULT CLO AWARD

DIGNITARIES FROM BURUNDI VISIT DATAMATICS

Senior government officials from the Republic of Burundi met with the senior management of DGSL to discuss about the ways to leverage IT to grow the IT sector in Burundi.

The officials present included H.E. Gaston Sindimwo – First Vice President of the Republic of Burundi, H.E. Katabarumwe – Ambassador of Burundi in India, Dr. Deo-Guide – Minister of Agriculture & Livestock along with several other dignitaries.

Our Founder and Chairman – Dr. Lalit Kanodia, delivered an address on the possibilities of the emergent IT sector in Africa and on how the Indian and African economies are expected to see a tremendous growth in the coming years.

LUMINA DATAMATICS SCOOPS ECOMMERCE SERVICE PROVIDER AWARDAt the prestigious Asian Retail Leadership Awards 2015, Lumina Datamatics Limited (LDL) was presented the “eCommerce Service Provider of the Year award” on 7th October at the Taj, Dubai.

LDL won the award for bringing about transformation in the online retail industry and this award speaks of LDL’s excellence in providing world class service to clients.

The Indo- American Chamber of Commerce has elected Dr. Lalit Kanodia as its National President for the year 2015-16. He was elected unanimously at the last Annual General Meeting of IACC held recently in Mumbai on 29th Sep.

DR. LALIT KANODIA ELECTED AS NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF IACCC

RAHUL KANODIA’S INTERVIEW FEATURED IN EXPRESS COMPUTER MAGAZINEExpress Computer Magazine featured an elaborate interview of our CEO in its October edition.

The interview, in which Rahul talks about the genesis of Datamatics, its value proposition of helping clients in their Data-to-Intelligence journey, also covered his thoughts on how Datamatics can help organizations formulate their digital strategy to thrive in the digital age.

CERTIFICATIONS

To these DGSL employees on receiving the following certifications:

Developing ASP.NET MVC Web Applications

BHALCHANDRA GAHIWAD

ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management

FAMIDA SHAIKH

CoreSolutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013

VINEET JADHAV

ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management

DEEPIKA KAMBLE

Trade Finance

SANDEEP ARORA

ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management

VIJETA SANKPAL

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Six Sigma Concepts via Webex 12th Oct, Mumbai

Dealing with People & People Management 14th Sep, Mumbai

Time Managment ( For Healthcare Employees)12th Oct, Mumbai

Confidence Building & Presentation Skills21th Sep, Mumbai

BECAUSE LEARNING CAN NEVER STOP!

Basic Communication Skills (Batch 1) 25th Sep, CHENNAI

Fire Fighting Mock Drill forDPRS (LDL) & DMS (DGSL) Employees

10th Oct, PUDUCHERRY

Confidence Building & Presentation Skills25th Sep, CHENNAI

Angular JS Framework for IAEA Employees 19th Sep, Vienna

BECAUSE LEARNING CAN NEVER STOP!

TECHGEEKNEXTBIT ROBIN - THE FIRST ‘CLOUD-FIRST’ ANDROID SMARTPHONE

Nextbit, a mobile company that boasts of veterans from Apple, Google, and HTC on its team, has unveiled its much-anticipated reasonably priced fAndroid smartphone, Robin. Robin is aimed at addressing the issue of limited storage on our smartphones. Leveraging a cloud-based storage solution, the Nextbit Robin automatically backs up photos and other data that you haven’t used recently to the cloud to free up space on your device.

The Robin sports a 5.2-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) display which is embedded in a funky plastic body. It is powered by Qualcomm’s hexa-core Snapdragon 808 processor coupled with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage (with no microSD card slot). The device also has a fingerprint sensor.

Other features of the Nextbit Robin include a 13-megapixel rear camera, a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, a 2680mAh battery, and a USB Type-C charging port. The single-SIM capable device supports LTE, 3G, Wi-Fi and other connectivity options. On the software side, the device will ship with Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

The “cloud-first” smart phone is available for pre-order in India. The handset, which starts at $399 (roughly Rs. 26,000), will cost you another $70 (roughly Rs. 4,600) to get it shipped to India.

To know more on this product, Visit www.smartprix.com/mobiles/nextbit-robin-p1101tgjs308

NAVRATRI NOSTALGIANavaratri was celebrated across all locations. Several competitions were held on the occasion to award the best dancers and best dressed employees. Here are a few glimpses of the celebrations.

List of winners of the competitions held:

- MUMBAI

CATEGORIES WINNERS NAMEKCBest Dancer (Male) Sudershan Chaukekar

Best Dancer (Female) Ashwini Shetty & Dhairya Pandey (Special Prize)

Best Dressed (Male) Lalit Kachhadiya

Best Dressed (Female) Brinda Thaker & Heena Kadam (Special Prize)

HEALTHCARE UNITBest Dancer (Male) Deepak Rathod

Best Dancer (Female) Trupti Patil

Best Dressed (Male) Ankit Sakhpara & Sachin Gaikwad (Special Prize)

Best Dressed (Female) Foram Patel

SDF IV (110)Best Dancer (Female) Jasvinder Kaur

SDF IV (117-120)Best Dancer (Male) Parag Joshi

Best Dancer (Female) Aricka Gauba & Akshika Gandhi

SDF V (TES)Best Dancer (Male) Rahul Mangale

Best Dancer (Female) Deepti Tarkar & Anjali Sawant

Best Dressed (Female) Namrata Thanekar

SDF VI (172)Best Dancer (Male) Milind Bandekar

Best Dancer (Female) Sushma Kanchan

NAVRATRI NOSTALGIACATEGORIES WINNERS NAMESDF VI (189)Best Dancer (Male) Prashant Parab

Best Dancer (Female) Reeyanka Kadam

Best Dressed (Female) Nishigandha Gharge

SDF VI (190)Best Dancer (Male) Amar Dalvi & Hanif Mohammad (Special Prize)

Best Dancer (Female) Deepika Sohani

Best Dressed (Female) Shilpa Kelgandre

SEEPZ++ (701-702)Best Dancer (Male) Sunil Rana & Sujit Maurya (Special Prize)

Best Dancer (Female) Rashmi Ahire Lokhande & Reshma Pillai (Special Prize)

Best Dressed (Male) Tushar Zaveri & Smita Sachin Kumbhar (Special Prize)

Best Dressed (Female) Niharika Vaish & Sneha Bait (Special Prize)

CDISBest Dancer (Male) Bhavesh Patel & Amit Parmar

Best Dancer (Female) Samapthi Kadam & Deepika Kamble

- MUMBAI

NAVRATRI NOSTALGIACATEGORIES WINNERS NAMEBest Dancer (Male) Jay Raval

Best Dancer (Female) Priyanka Pawaskar

Best Dressed and Best Dance Group FAS-BFS

Best Dressed and Best Dance Group DPRS

- NASHIK

NAVRATRI NOSTALGIACATEGORIES WINNERS NAME Fashion WalK (Group) Arohi, Sindhu, Harpreet

Fashion Walk(Individual)Male Fairoze A S

Fashion Walk(Individual)Female Chaitra P V

Best Team Collage Kritika Singh, Shrabantee Kshyatribar Singh, Benson K P, Rajendra Prasad M

Best Team Rangoli Kritika Singh, Shrabantee Kshyatribar Singh, Rajendra Prasad M, Nethravathi M

- BANGALORE

DAY OUT IN THE SUNThe DMS team (Puducherry) went for a picnic to Queens Land Amusement park, Chennai on the 2nd of October. It was a day to re-energize and unwind. They had a fun time out there as the accompanying pictures show.

FUN FACTS

Several ancient cultures, including the Egyptians and Chinese, practiced chromotherapy, or the use of colors to heal. Chromotherapy is sometimes referred to as light therapy or colourology and is still used today as a holistic or alternative treatment.

The Aztecs of Mexico taught the Spanish how to make red dye by crushing insects called cochineals.

Green, brown, and red are the most popular food colors. Red is often used in restaurant decorating schemes because it is an appetite stimulant while the color blue is one of the least appetizing in food.

Purple has always been considered the color of royalty because for a long time it was very hard to find. Cleopatra needed 20,000 snails soaked for ten days to obtain one ounce of purple dye for her royal clothing.

Chromophobia, also called chromatophobia is a persistent, irrational fear of colors. People with chromophobia may correlate a distressing past event with a color.

When we suddenly switch off the lights in a room & just before complete darkness takes over; we see a dark gray color which experts have termed ‘eigengrau’- a uniform dark gray background resulting from the absence of light.

WEDDING BELLS

Imayavaramban R (Journal PDY, LDL) tied the knot with Revathy K on 16th September. Here’s wishing them a life of togetherness!

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Vijayarangan J from Journal PDY (LDL) was blessed with a cute baby girl named Mokshika on 20th July. Our best

wishes to the proud father!

An angel named Shubhi filled Sumant Kumar’s (Sales & Marketing, 1KEY team) world on the 2nd of

September. Congratulations to the proud father!

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