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Amazon.in announces the ‘Chef’s Kitchen Store’

Nov 30, 2021 by Neel Achary 0 Comments

Bengaluru, 30th November 2021:  For the heart of the house, Kitchen, Amazon.in announced its specially curated store ‘Chef’s Kitchen Store’ which brings in a wide selection of cookware, bakeware, crockery, food processors, and much more. Customers can steal deals from a host of popular brands such as Prestige, Usha, Philips, Pigeon, Wonderchef, Agaro, Cello, Havells, Eureka Forbes, and KENT among others.

The ‘Chef’s Kitchen Store’ on Amazon.in has been curated keeping in mind the needs of a budding chef and baker, cooking enthusiast and those who love to try new hacks in the kitchen. It offers access to wide variety of products to suit the unique needs of everyone from the comfort of their homes.

Amazon Chef Store

Here are some products customers can choose from on Amazon.in’s ‘Chef’s Kitchen Store’. All offers & deals are from participating sellers.

  • Pigeon Amaze Plus 1.5L Electric Kettle – Enjoy hot beverages whether it is green tea, black tea, a cup of hot coffee or hot chocolate with Pigeon Amaze 1.5 Litre Electric Kettle. This electric kettle gives you unmatched efficiency with its effortless functionality from a simple press button and helps you to get hot water or liquids at your desired temperature. Buy this on Amazon.in for INR 625.
  • Prestige IRIS Plus Mixer Grinder – Get home this powerful mixer grinder with 750 watts motor and 4 super-efficient blades that will help grind all types of food with ease. It’s superior grade plastic body, sturdy handles, 3 stainless steel jars and juicer jar with sieve makes it a kitchen essential. Buy this on Amazon.in for INR 3,249.
  • Bajaj 2200 TMSS Oven Toaster Griller (OTG) with Motorised Rotisserie and Stainless-Steel Body – Considered Chef’s First Choice, this OTG comes with 1200 Watts and a storage capacity of 22 litres and is compact enough to fit anywhere in your kitchen. It also comes with 7 Accessories including grill tray, baking tr ay, Crumb Tray, Skewer rods, Tongs for baking/grill tray and rotisserie attachment. Get this on Amazon.in starting at INR 5,899.
  • Philips Viva Collection Induction Cooktop (Black) – The electromagnetic induction technology of the Philips induction cooktop ensures high heating efficiency and helps cook food faster than a gas stove. It comes with 0-3 hrs time setting, touch start for easy use and 1.2-meter-long cord length that allows convenient usage. Available on Amazon.in starting at INR 2,949.
  • Prestige IRIS LPG Gas Stove, 3 Burner (Black) – This gas stove from Prestige comes with a spill proof design, toughened glass top, tri-pin brass burners and ergonomic knob design that makes turning the knob, easy on the fingers. Get this on Amazon.in starting at INR 3,900.
  • Prestige Popular Max 5 + 3 + 2 Litre Aluminium Pressure Cooker Combo Pack – This pressure cooker combo pack is made using superior quality virgin aluminium to ensure enhanced safety. Additionally, it comes with metallic safety plug, pressure indicator, comfortable handles and is compatible with gas and induction both. Get this on Amazon.in starting at INR 2,799.
  • Cello Flip Style Stainless Steel Insulated Flask without Thermal Jacket – This flask comes with double walled vacuum insulated technology that keeps beverages hot or cold longer and inner copper coating for better temperature retention with thermoseal technology. Get this on Amazon.in starting at INR 816.
  • MILTON Divine Jr Inner Stainless-Steel Casserole – Eating hot and fresh food is everyone’s desire and this casserole with a stainless-steel interior and plastic outer body retains heat effectively for long periods of time. It comes with sufficient capacity to store foods for a family of 3-4 and has three insulated casseroles of different sizes 1400 ml, 830 ml, 430 ml. Helps you to place a delicious and complete meal on your dining table for family or for guests. Now eat a hot and healthy lunch or dinner even on your busy days or carry them safely for a day out. Buy this on Amazon.in starting at INR 737.
  • Pigeon Mio Nonstick Aluminium Cookware Gift Set – The new MIO non-stick cookware range includes Flat Tawa, Fry Pan, Kitchen Tool Set, and Kadai with Glass Lid which is developed using the latest Italian technology that ensures high durability and smoothness to the products to provide you with a joyful and healthy cooking experience. The range comes in appealing designs that not only suit the look of your kitchen but also your personality. Get this on Amazon.in starting at INR 1,349.

To check out more products on the ‘Chef’s Kitchen Store’, click here.

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Edtech Startups on the Watchlist for 2022

Nov 30, 2021 by Neel Achary 0 Comments

The year 2021 remained dedicated to the rise of edtech. As the world tried striving out of the lockdown affect, people went more digital and edtech enjoyed the constantly increasing traffic. The sudden growth caught investors’ eyes too, and they loosened their pockets to cut a slice of the pie. As the acceptance grew in urban India, some entrepreneurs saw the need and potential that tier 2 markets contained for the longest. While others switched from e-learning to education support and re-engineered the models like education counselling and dedicated exam training to focus on the much ignored facets of the crippled education system. The overall holistic growth in the field of education in India has been benefitting all of the stakeholders in the field, and some of the players are indeed on the watchlist for the year 2022.

Pariksha

Pariksha is solving the massive problem of accessibility and affordability of outcome-based education for the mobile 1st internet users of Bharat. Pariksha is trying to solve the problems of students who live in tier-2 and tier-3 towns of India and are preparing for government jobs, as they have no proper access to computers, preparation materials and mentorship. It covers content for government exams in various fields including- teaching, banking, defence, railways, etc.

Vedantu

Vedantu is the leader in K-12 LIVE tutoring space. Each month, over 35 million users’ access Vedantu through its app and web for free. The platforms has continued to be a pioneer in the space with several first time innovations that include WAVE, its proprietary LIVE teaching platform, and the 2-teacher model. Vedantu offers tutoring courses to young students from 3 years old to 18 years old, as well as preparation for competitive exams such as IIT-JEE, NEET, Commerce, CBSE, ICSE, and state exams such as Maharashtra boards. Through its newest offering and fastest growing vertical, SuperKids, it offers extracurricular classes like English Speaking, Reading, and Coding.

ClassPlus

Classplus are an Ed-Tech start-up company transforming the world of education by powering educationalists with the digital tools and resources that help them become future-ready. Their industry-first unified platform lets coaching institutes have their own app to manage all their tasks and reach lakhs of students across the country with our next-level technology. So far, over 1 Lakh coaching institutes across 1,100+ Indian cities have successfully set up their online business through apps built by Classplus.

Toppr

Toppr have thoughtfully designed the platform to ensure that it is a one-stop after-school learning platform. It has more than 1.5 million learning pieces, including adaptive practice questions, solutions, concepts, and videos that come together seamlessly to give 360° learning. The platform uses artificial intelligence based machine learning algorithms on top of this strong infrastructure, to create personalised learning paths for millions of students. It enables students to prepare for competitive examinations across the streams including engineering, medical, commerce and other scholarship tests too.

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A.O.Smith Launches New Zip Digital Tankless Water Heater in Mumbai Market

Nov 30, 2021 by Neel Achary 0 Comments

Mumbai, November 30, 2021: A. O. Smith, the world’s largest water heater manufacturer and India’s most trusted water heater brand, today announced the launch of the Zip Digital Tankless Water Heater in Mumbai. The product is designed to redefine the bathing experience by providing continuous, instant hot water with a 5500- watt heating chamber. Built with a sleek design and compact size, the Zip water heater fits nicely into a homeowner’s existing space. With superior safety features and a feather-touch display panel, the Zip water heater offers a positive user experience.

Commenting on the launch, Mr. Parag Kulkarni, Managing Director, A.O.Smith India said: “We’re excited to offer a product that will change the way the industry thinks about tankless water heating. The Zip Digital Tankless Water Heater is an innovative product that has been designed with the consumer in mind. The product blends advanced technology with high-end aesthetics and has, once again, set the standards in the water heating category. Our research has shown that there is a need for water heaters in Mumbai that offer a unique and highly efficient user experience. The Zip water heater meets this need and adds a posh statement that enhances the modern bathroom.”

Tankless water heaters heat water instantaneously without the use of a storage tank. The Zip Digital Tankless Water Heater comes with many other benefits that include saving energy with automatic power control, flexible mounting and superior safety with digital thermostatic control &thermal cut-out.

The white Zip Digital Tankless Water Heater, priced at Rs 11,000, is available at all leading electric, sanitary ware and modern retail outlets.

About A. O. Smith

A. O. Smith Corporation, with headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, is a global leader applying innovative technology and energy-efficient solutions to products manufactured and marketed worldwide. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the company is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of residential and commercial water heating equipment and boilers, as well as a manufacturer of water treatment and air purification products. For more information, visit www.aosmith.com

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Spicing It Up: Here is How Millennial Indians Are Exploring Intimacy – Reveals new Pleasure Survey by Domina by Pee Safe

Nov 30, 2021 by Neel Achary 0 Comments

New Delhi, 30th November: Pee Safe, India’s leading hygiene and wellness brand, recently carried out a pleasure survey among Indian audiences under its female sexual pleasure and wellness brand Domina. The survey conducted across age groups and in over 25,000 respondents from more than 200 cities identified the changes in sexual habits, opinions and preferences during the pandemic. It also aimed to assess the sexual awareness and hygiene levels among audiences, and has unraveled some surprising stats.

The survey revealed that about 57% of Indians don’t use any form of contraception such as condoms. While having sex with their partner, 33% of the people in the sample size fantasized about someone else. The focus here is on raising awareness around the contraception options available even for women such as female condoms. They ensure safety and pleasure for women and there is an increasing acceptance of such products as well.

A major indicator of the mindset change towards sexual pleasure is the fact that nearly 48% of the respondents either used sex toys or expressed interest in using them. The survey also found that 82% of the respondents masturbate more than once a month. People are not shying away from foreplay, mutual masturbation or even watching porn with their partners. About 38% experienced heightened sexual activity in the pandemic period. These and other findings indicate that there is a greater emphasis on sexual pleasure and experimentation among Indians. Those without partners are exploring channels such as dating apps (nearly 36% of the respondents claimed that they’ve used dating apps).

Speaking about this, Vikas Bagaria, Founder, Pee Safe, said, “The pandemic has been an eye opener when it comes to people’s sexual preferences and usage of related products. There is experimentation, a greater acceptance of sexual needs, and need for pleasure in intimate relationships. This is gratifying for both men as well as women. However, there should be awareness as well, which was also my primary reason for starting Pee Safe. I was a man in a sea of women-dominated categories and started out to change the narrative, break myths and speak out about taboos.”

Adding further, Divya Sethi, Sexual Wellness Expert at Domina by Pee Safe, said, “There are multiple ways to enhance sexual pleasure including experimenting, foreplay and so on. Still, the O word continues to evade women often. However, with female condoms available now, why should boys have all the fun! It is time for both men and women to discover the full joys of intimacy by using various products. With Domina, we want to start a dialogue around what physical intimacy means for women and give the power in their hands.”

Pee Safe constantly endeavors to enhance public health through bold, topical and pan-India digital initiatives on menstrual hygiene methods and need as well as the role of intimate and personal hygiene. The brand recently launched an online platform named The Pleasure Playbook by Domina. The idea is to build a safe and exclusive community for women to hold conversations on personal topics such as sex, health and wellness.

Pee Safe’s online business has seen a 40% jump in the current quarter and the brand has achieved over 75% growth annually (FY20-21). Apart from raising $10 million in series B funding, Pee Safe is looking at expanding its retail presence from the current 15,000 stores to having a few franchise-owned brand exclusive stores (FOFO) to enhance customer experience across India. They have already expanded overseas and are building local production of toilet seat sanitizers in Europe.

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Carter Road adorns a new look with the marvellous Street Art for Sustainability

Nov 30, 2021 by Neel Achary 0 Comments

Mumbai, November 30, 2021: The city of Art and culture is undoubtedly the artistic hotspot in Asia. This time around, SuperBottoms, India’s no.1 sustainable baby care brand, organized an avant-garde street art event spreading the message of ‘Sustainability’ at Carter Road, Bandra. The brand tied up with the sustainability evangelist Ayaan Shankta, differently abled people from Trinayani, a non-profit organization that stands for inclusivity along with kids and influential mom bloggers who created their impressions toward the cause of spreading the message of sustainability. The famous mural artist Rashmil Vaidya, created a masterpiece along with the enthusiastic and cheerful kids who immersed themselves in the tubs of child-safe colours. The colourful event also had tattoo artists and a very popular Bummy who enthralled the kids and the moms with his special moves. All COVID safety protocols were followed.

Carter Road adorns a new look with the marvellous Street Art for Sustainability

Speaking about the event, “Ms. Pallavi Utagi, Founder & Mom-in-Chief, SuperBottoms, the theme of the mural is to promote sustainability. We specifically want to spread this message that the future belongs to kids and being responsible citizens  we have to take certain measures  to educate new parents and onlookers about how our baby steps can help in protecting our environment’.

About SuperBottoms: Founded in 2016 by Pallavi Utagi, SuperBottoms is an online-first sustainable brand of reusable cloth diapers and baby products focused on awareness and increased adoption of reusable cloth diapers in India besides the daily needs of babies & toddlers. Run by a core team of parents, 90% of whom are mothers, it’s trusted by 20 lakh+ parents. SuperBottomsUNO, its flagship product is an organic reusable diaper with the capability to stay dry all night. Made with organic cotton, it is very gentle and safe on baby’s delicate skin. With a one-size-fit-all functionality, it has a patent pending for its innovative buttoning system that enables the same diaper to be used for babies up to 3 years. The brand is a leader in the cloth diaper category in India and a bestseller on marketplaces like Amazon India. SuperBottoms has raised 2 million in Series A from Saama Capital & DSG Consumer Partners and another half a million in debt funding from Alteria.

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Edge-Based Innovation to Take Center Stage in Asia: Akamai

Nov 30, 2021 by Neel Achary 0 Comments

Bengaluru, India – November 30, 2021: In a world transformed by COVID-19, edge computing will constitute one of the biggest changes in the business technology landscape in Asia Pacific, bringing significant opportunities for competitive differentiation, according to Akamai.

In 2022 and beyond, the emphasis on consumer digital experience will continue to increase worldwide. Investing and innovating at the edge can bring valuable improvements to businesses including reduced latency, increased scalability, improved security, and support businesses in delivering experiences that delight consumers.

An IDC Infobrief titled ‘The Business Value of Edge in a Digital-First World,’ sponsored by Akamai[1], showed that enterprises are starting to take notice of the benefits of edge and that nearly 6 in 10 (59%) enterprises in Asia Pacific are planning to integrate edge fully into their cloud infrastructure and management strategy. IDC’s research suggests that within the next couple of years, up to 30% of new enterprise infrastructure deployment in Asia Pacific is likely to happen at the edge as enterprises look to realize a host of innovative use cases around enabling borderless hybrid work environments, securing far-flung peripheries of the enterprise, and supporting data-driven, intelligent decisioning at the edge[2].

Hrishikesh Varma, Director of Product Management, Akamai said, “There is a great expectation in today’s digital world for fast and reliable services online. Edge computing brings competitive value to businesses seeking to realize this expectation, as it unlocks capabilities that are secure and scalable, allows for new revenue streams, and delivers richer digital experiences for customers.”

Edge technology becomes strategic differentiator

Leveraging the edge can help enterprises realize significant improvements in reliability and availability. As enterprises in Asia Pacific are moving a wider range of compute-intensive requirements to the edge they are seeing a significant return. Improving reliability and availability is the key driver pushing enterprises to place applications in an edge location, with 26 percent of respondents ranking this as the #1 driver. Other key drivers include improving data and app security and compliance (25%); modernizing, simplifying and managing infrastructure better (22%); reducing data migration issues (21%); and improving end-user experience (19%)[3].

Pushkaraksh Shanbhag, Associate Research Director at IDC said, “Global megatrends and technological advances that allow enterprises to access the full potential of their assets at the edge are beginning to unlock a plethora of innovative and powerful new use-cases. Enterprises that stand prepared to tap into the power of the edge over the next few years will be able to build and consolidate digital leadership within their ecosystems of competition for years to come.”

Key trends driving the move to the edge

Key trends driving the move to the edge include the rapidly changing hybrid work environment, the move to software-enabled enterprise, and the need to secure newly digitized environments.

In this landscape, enterprises will need to prioritise the following:

  • Supporting workers at the edge: Increased hybrid working in the new normal will create new challenges for enterprises as they define the workplace of the future. According to IDC, by 2023, 55% of large enterprises will have committed to providing technical parity to a workforce that is hybrid by design rather than by circumstance, enabling them to work together separately and in real time[4]
  • Distributing workloads evenly from core to edge to cloud: By 2024, over 30% of A2000 companies will run artificial intelligence (AI) workloads distributed more evenly from core to edge to cloud and will be managed by AI software platform providers, making the infrastructure invisible[5]
  • Ensuring security is never compromised: Security remains one of the most pressing challenges in ensuring a resilient digital business. By 2024, recurring infrastructure failures inhibiting business resiliency and security across all locations will have driven 60% of enterprises to mandate using automated digital infrastructure[6]

About Akamai

Akamai powers and protects life online. The most innovative companies worldwide choose Akamai to secure and deliver their digital experiences – helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world’s largest and most trusted edge platform, Akamai keeps apps, code, and experiences closer to users – and threats farther away. Learn more about Akamai’s security, content delivery, and edge compute products and services at www.akamai.com, blogs.akamai.com, or follow Akamai Technologies on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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Real Estate gets a ‘Wellness Makeover’

Nov 30, 2021 by Neel Achary 0 Comments

Wellness has penetrated all areas of our lives and is impacting the way we live and work. Already an upward trend, wellness-focused multifamily communities have been gaining a whole new purpose owing to COVID-19. In the backdrop of the pandemic, this awareness has only been amplified, as we have been spending more time indoors. Consumers today are comprehending a connection between health and home in a way that they didn’t prior to the crisis. With structures being designed and constructed with the occupant’s health in mind, it won’t be wrong to state that the real estate market is getting a wellness makeover. While aspects like biophilic designs and pollutant-free home environments do improve our quality of life, wellness residences with holistically designed aesthetics have been credited to increase the inhabitant’s longevity.

Wellness living space optimizing physical and emotional wellness:

Real estate is being fundamentally transformed by the wellness movement. A growing trend, health, and wellness in real estate have been shifting from being elective to essential.  Taking into consideration our homes, the aesthetics of projects like the colour palette, textures, and design styles tend to influence almost every aspect of our lives. Going beyond individual homes or buildings, wellness communities that put human comfort at the centre stage of neighbourhood design are growing in acceptance. A long list of upgraded amenities that go into making a space ‘Well’ include, posture-supportive flooring and surfaces that destroy bacteria, meditation rooms and infrared saunas, vitamin C-infused showers, electromagnetic shields, yoga studios, outdoor meditation areas and biophilic elements like vertical or living walls. For a design to be ‘well’, each of these elements should communicate to each other in an interconnectedness.

The wellness real estate audience: 

A recent survey indicates towards a strong interest among younger demographics with about 40% of millennials and 35% of Gen X being keen about in-home health or personal spaces with wellness features. This rising demand has led to steady growth in the wellness real estate market, which has been developing at more than 9% on a yearly basis. Alongside the demand is also coming from luxury, middle and upper-middle-class consumers, who are looking for homes that brace a healthy and balanced lifestyle.

Reaching a tipping point in the demand for and supply of healthy homes, this segment requires the below-mentioned aspects to be considered:

Vertical Gardens: Known to enhance the building’s aesthetics, these living walls are restorative tools in the wellness real estate segment. Having these artificial green walls accentuating the facades of the structures can enliven a project’s common area while facilitating occupants with a soothing mind. This green foliage’s can considerably reduce mental fatigue, increase one’s ability to re-focus, offer mental restoration, and improved cognitive performance.

Water bodies: Since times immemorial, water has been known for its healing properties. Having water bodies around the living space is considered vital for synchronizing the body and restoring physical harmony.  Setting up a water body in the project’s vicinity can calm the mind and body thus reducing stress. Elements like cascading fountain waterfalls, lakes, or artificial ponds placed at the entrance, patio, or courtyards can benefit in making inhabitants physically and emotionally healthy.

Eco-friendly Landscapes: Making use of sustainable materials like tyres, straws, baskets, and composts for landscapes like healing gardens and flower beds, both indoors and outdoors can improve resident’s moods and lessen stress. Flowers and ornamental plants lend a positive aura of well-being facilitating residents to take charge of their health.

Organic Farming:  Further highlighting on its potential to transform public health, wellness real estate has been offering projects with facilities like organic farming helping buyers with their dietary requirements. Having such self-sustaining islands within the projects can act as a resort to provide buyers with a restored living experience.

The pandemic has fast-tracked the growth of real estate wellness which was already underway as an evolution of green buildings. The primary focus is to ensure that science and technology can be made to best use, enabling end-users to revel in the overall project aesthetics that lend them a holistic mental and physical well-being.  It can rightly be stated that integrating wellness and real estate is all set to foreshadow what’s ahead for this burgeoning industry.

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Bangalore-based water solution provider Diamond Drops partners with the Danish water technology company Aquaporin to launch revolutionary water purification in India

Nov 30, 2021 by Neel Achary 0 Comments

Mumbai, November 30, 2021: Diamond Drops, an initiative of Resource Environmental Engineering Pvt Ltd. based in Bangalore has in partnership with Danish Aquaporinpresented the latter’s patented technology, Aquaporin Inside®,at the Danish Embassy in New Delhi. Mr. Freddy Svane, Ambassador at The Royal Danish Embassy, New Delhi, has officially launched the drinking water purification products and termed the partnership as “important” for both Denmark and India. The launch event was attended by eminent journalists and Aquaporin’s team who joined virtually from Denmark represented by Founder & CEO Peter Holme Jensen. He mentioned that the products are very advantageous for energy-challenged areas in India, as they do not require electricity to purify and provide great tasting water.

Harish HP, Diamond Drops CEO

Drinking water purifiers based on Nobel Prize-winning technology tested by NASA in space

Based on Nobel Prize-winning research, the Aquaporin Inside® technology uses aquaporins, natural proteins, to remove pesticides, viruses, bacteria and other unwanted compounds. The technology generates clean, safe and great-tasting water with a high output per minute, a high water recovery rate and long cartridge life. In October 2011, scientists from Aquaporin successfully conducted their first field test with the Aquaporin Inside® technology in space in collaboration with NASA (CA, US).

Aquaporin’s drinking water purifiersget their unique properties from the Aquaporin inside® technology and come in two versions; ZERO AND ONE. ZERO operates without electricity and delivers 3 litres of purified water within the first minute, while ONE operates with a pump and produces 1.75 litres of purified water per minute continuously. In the future, Aquaporin will also develop solutions for modular kitchens and corporate offices.

Diamond Drops provides India with innovative water solutions

Sharing his insights on the launch, Harish HP, Diamond Drops CEO, said: “Our Prime Minister has a vision of providing clean water to every rural household by 2024. While the Indian Government has partnered with numerous nations under this vision, one of the most important alliances is the Green Strategic Partnership Program with Denmark, which, among other key issues, primarily focuses on water solutions”.

Diamond Drops is an outcome of decade-long efforts by a team of entrepreneurs whose expertise is in water-based solutions for the Government sector. Their partnership with Aquaporin is intended to bring more innovative water solutions in the coming future customised to the needs of the people in India.

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BPCL bags 2 awards at FIPI Oil & Gas Awards 2021

Nov 30, 2021 by Neel Achary 0 Comments

Mumbai, November 30, 2021: Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), a ‘Maharatna’ and a Fortune Global 500 Company received two coveted awards at the prestigious FIPI Oil & Gas Awards 2021 for its sustainable growth & innovative corporate governance.

The award was bestowed by Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Hon’ble Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Housing and Urban Affairs, Govt. of India, in the august presence of Shri Rameswar Teli, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas & Labour and Employment, Govt. of India and Shri Tarun Kapoor Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Govt. of India.

BPCL has been awarded “The Sustainable Growing Corporate of the Year Award” for its major sustainable initiatives. R. Suresh, Advance Process control & Optimisation, Mumbai Refinery received the coveted ‘Young Achiever of the Year Award’ in Oil and Gas Industry for his all-round achievements & competence.

BPCL has been constantly integrating their strategy, investments, environmental and social ambitions to move towards a sustainable planet. It aims to become a Net Zero Energy Company by 2040.

FIPI Oil and Gas Awards recognise the leaders, innovators and pioneers in the oil and gas industry, with an objective to celebrate the industry’s most outstanding achievements for their excellent contributions, commitment professionalism and actions that have made a positive impact on the environment.

While receiving the FIPI Award 2021, Mr. Arun Kumar Singh, Chairman & Managing Director BPCL said “it is a great honor and privilege to receive this prestigious award. BPCL, committed to nation building since decades, is all set to be at the forefront of this journey. As we continue to meet the rising energy needs of millions of our consumers and scale newer frontiers of growth, we are pleased to announce our road-map to become a Net Zero Energy Company by 2040. Green Hydrogen, Solar and wind and green innovations are the key area of focus for our R&D efforts to enhance our operational and energy efficiencies.”