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Xoriant’s Heritage of Belonging and Happiness Earns Recognition as a ‘Best Happy Employer Brand 2025’

Xoriant’s Heritage of Belonging and Happiness Earns Recognition as a ‘Best Happy Employer Brand 2025’

Sunnyvale, CA, Mumbai, India, September 30, 2025: Xoriant, a leading global digital engineering company, has been recognized as one of the Best Happy Employer Brands 2025 at the 34th Edition of the World HRD Congress, held as part of the Asia Pacific HRM Congress & Awards on September 18, 2025.

With a strong workforce of 5000+ talented professionals, known as XFactors, spread across multiple countries, Xoriant stands out for its engineering excellence and a “smart-sized” team. Under the leadership of CEO Rohit Kedia, the company continues to scale rapidly while keeping its focus firmly on its people through employee-centric policies and events, professional skilling and development programs, diversity and inclusion initiatives, and well-being support systems.

The Best Happy Employer Brands recognition is a testament to these sustained efforts. It celebrates organizations that exemplify a strong people-first culture, high talent morale, and an unwavering commitment to excellence. The recognition also highlights employers that put people before profits, foster inclusive and equitable environments, and embed innovation into their cultural DNA.

Commenting on the recognition, Krupa NS, CHRO at Xoriant, said, “At Xoriant, our people have always been at the heart of our growth story. Over the years, we have worked consciously to build a workplace that values not just performance, but the passion, curiosity, and commitment that fuel it. Being recognized as one of the Best Happy Employer Brands 2025 is a meaningful affirmation of this belief. It reflects the culture of care and collaboration we’ve nurtured — one where people feel valued for who they are, supported in what they aspire to become, and empowered to push boundaries in what they create.”

The company recently celebrated ‘Xtraordinary XFactors 2025’, its flagship employee recognition program, now in its second year, honoring the outstanding contributions, talent, and dedication of its people. Alongside this, Xoriant has been embedding its Applied Intelligence philosophy into how it builds and grows talent. Its role-based skilling programs, spanning thousands of roles, together with other AI-first culture-building efforts, signal the company’s commitment to preparing its XFactors for the future while creating a workplace where innovation, curiosity, and growth thrive.

Xoriant’s approach to employee experience has always gone beyond policies or programs. It aligns with the company’s broader vision of contributing to several United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including Good Health and Well-being, Gender Equality, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Industry Innovation and Infrastructure, Reduced Inequalities, and Sustainable Cities and Communities. This recognition strengthens its resolve to keep investing in a workplace where every individual feels proud, connected, and inspired to shape the future for themselves, for our clients, and for Xoriant.

Established over three decades ago, the World HRD Congress is one of the most respected platforms that celebrates leadership and organizational excellence in human resource development. This year, the Happy Employer Brands 2025 recognition spotlighted organizations across Asia Pacific that have made demonstrable progress in building happy, engaged, and resilient workplaces. The evaluation focused on multiple parameters such as organizational culture, employee well-being, growth opportunities, gender equity, and innovation-driven practices that promote long-term talent development and retention.

Egypt Dominates as Omar El Torkey and Menna Walid Lift Titles at HCL Squash Indian Tour Bengaluru

Bengaluru, 30th September 2025: The Bengaluru leg of the HCL Squash Indian Tour 2025, a PSA Challenger event, concluded today at the Lakshyan Academy of Sports, Bengaluru after five days of electrifying action. From September 26–30, top players from 11 countries, including Egypt, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, France, Japan, and India, showcased grit, endurance, and world-class skill.

Mr. Arjun Halappa, Joint Director, Lakshyan Academy, graced the finale ceremony as Chief Guest and Mr. Jeevan Mahadevu, Co-Founder & CEO, Lakshyan Academy, was also present as the Guest of Honour.

Winners and Runner Ups of HCL Squash Indian Tour 2025 - Bengaluru

In the women’s final, Menna Walid from Egypt overcame Harleein Tan from Malaysia in a pulsating four-game thriller, finishing with a scoreline of 3-1, 11-6, 11-5, 6-11, 11-8. Displaying remarkable agility and composure under pressure, she sealed the title to loud applause from the Bengaluru crowd.

The men’s final saw Omar El Torkey from Egypt outclassed Seif Shenawy from Egypt in straight games with a scoreline of 3-0, 11-8, 11-8, 11-4 combining powerful shots with tactical precision to lift the championship trophy.

The PSA-registered tournament carried a prize purse of USD 6,000 each for the men’s and women’s categories, along with valuable PSA World Ranking points that serve as a launchpad for Indian players aiming to rise in global rankings.

With the Bengaluru leg, the 2025 HCL Squash Indian Tour wraps up a thrilling three-city journey from Jaipur to Mumbai and Bengaluru. Showcasing emerging champions, intense competition, and world-class squash, the Tour has strengthened India’s squash ecosystem and given players invaluable exposure. Backed by HCL, SRFI, SAI, and the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, it continues to inspire the next generation of Indian athletes to compete boldly on the global stage including the 2028 Olympics.

Together, HCL and SRFI have hosted more than 40 tournaments, benefitting over 1,000 Indian players across categories. Many of those athletes have since made the jump to the PSA World Tour, underlining the impact of sustained investment.

Dhoot Transmission Appoints Mr. Naveen Kumar as Group CEO

Naveen Kumar as Group CEO

Mumbai, 30th September, 2025 – Dhoot Transmission Group, a leader in the auto component industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Naveen Kumar as its new Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In this new role he will report to Founder and Managing Director, Mr. Rahul Dhoot. Mr. Naveen Kumar brings over three decades of senior leadership experience across the automotive, manufacturing, and technology sectors, with a strong track record of driving growth, operational excellence, and global partnerships.

Throughout his career, he has led major organizational transformations, business turnarounds, and large-scale expansions. As Group CEO of Napino Auto & Electronics, he successfully scaled revenues, strengthened operational efficiency, and established a state-of-the-art R&D center. Under his leadership, the company also created strategic joint ventures with global majors such as Continental AG and ZF TRW.

Commenting on his appointment, Mr. Rahul Dhoot, Founder and Managing Director, Dhoot Transmission, said: “We are very pleased to welcome Mr. Naveen Kumar as our Group CEO. His extensive leadership experience, vision for innovation, and proven ability to deliver sustainable growth make him the ideal choice to lead Dhoot Transmission into its next chapter.”

Naveen holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Manipal Academy of Higher Education and has completed a Senior Management program at IIM Calcutta.

With this appointment, Dhoot Transmission reaffirms its commitment to strengthening its leadership team and advancing its strategic vision for growth, innovation, and global competitiveness.

Cloudera Accelerates AI and Analytics Projects with a Unified Platform for Secure, Governed, and Performant Data

India — Sept. 30, 2025 – Cloudera, the only company bringing AI to data anywhere, today announced updates to its platform, specifically Cloudera Iceberg REST Catalog and Cloudera Lakehouse Optimizer, both strengthening the company’s commitment to delivering the best open data lakehouse powered by Iceberg. With these updates, Iceberg REST Catalog provides the open interoperability needed to share data seamlessly, while Lakehouse Optimizer will help to ensure data is always optimized and cost-effective for all engines accessing the data, all under Cloudera’s unified governance and security. These enhanced capabilities were unveiled at EVOLVE25 NYC—Cloudera’s premiere AI and data industry event.

As enterprises race to unlock the power of AI and analytics, they face significant barriers: complex data architectures, siloed platforms, and inconsistent governance. Moving data between systems for analysis or AI training increases costs, introduces security risks, and delays insights. Modern organizations need open, secure, and interoperable data architectures that support data anywhere for AI everywhere and multi-engine analytics without forcing data duplication or vendor lock-in.

Cloudera Iceberg REST Catalog – Delivering a Lower TCO with Faster Time to Value

Cloudera is the first and only provider to integrate the Iceberg REST Catalog across a full-lifecycle data and AI platform, enabling secure, zero-copy data sharing and unified governance across any cloud. Cloudera’s new offering solves these challenges by integrating the Iceberg REST Catalog into its platform. This allows third-party engines to access Cloudera-managed data directly—without copying or moving it—and ensures consistent policy enforcement and metadata intelligence in public clouds, data centers, and the edge. Cloudera is the only vendor, across all clouds and the data center, capable of delivering unified security, governance, and interoperability across the entire data lifecycle—from real-time ingestion and large-scale processing to AI and BI consumption. By extending the power of Apache Iceberg with REST-based access, Cloudera enables enterprises to future-proof their data strategies while retaining control, visibility, and compliance.

Following these updates, all Cloudera customers on Iceberg will now benefit from seamless zero-copy interoperability across the ecosystem, enabling connections to leading analytics and AI engines such as Snowflake, Databricks, AWS Athena, AWS EMR, and Salesforce—with full ACID compliance and unified access policies. They will also gain enterprise-grade governance, extending fine-grained access controls, lineage, and auditing to third-party tools through Cloudera’s Shared Data Experience (SDX), which ensures secure data democratization and compliance at scale. In addition, customers will have open metadata access, providing instant discoverability of data assets without being locked into proprietary catalogs, which accelerates AI development and business intelligence with a consistent source of truth. Finally, these enhancements deliver lower total cost of ownership and faster time to value: customers report up to a 79% reduction in data storage costs while improving visibility across lines of business. For example, a major global satellite customer realized these savings while simultaneously strengthening their AI data pipelines.

Cloudera Lakehouse Optimizer – Increasing Query Performance and Reducing Storage Costs

The Cloudera Lakehouse Optimizer is a new, intelligent service that will deliver automated optimizations and table maintenance for Apache Iceberg within Cloudera’s lakehouse. It uniquely offers advanced, intelligent optimizations that go beyond basic table maintenance, including tasks like rewriting manifest and position delete files. By intelligently optimizing tables, it eliminates the need for manual data management tasks and operational costs, allowing customers to focus on extracting insights from their data. It’s an open solution, applicable to any Iceberg-compatible engine on any public cloud, and provides enterprise-ready observability and control through a unique user interface that allows for granular policy definition and modification. Policies can be applied to a specific table or an entire catalog, and the service will be the only one of its kind available on-premises in an upcoming future release. Internal benchmarks show that this service improves query performance by up to 13x and reduces storage costs by 36%.

“Cloudera pioneered the Big Data industry, and remains a leading platform provider who continues to invest in making the Apache Iceberg open table format enterprise ready,” said Leo Brunnick, Chief Product Officer, Cloudera. “With today’s news, we continue to deliver on the promise of flexibility, scalability, and uncompromised insights when and where you need them the most. That commitment is why the world’s largest organizations rely on Cloudera to bring AI to their data—wherever it lives.”

Both Cloudera Data Sharing powered by Iceberg REST Catalog and Cloudera Lakehouse Optimizer are now available.

Airtel Business partners with Swift Navigation to launch India’s first next-gen spatial precision solution

Airtel Business partners with Swift Navigation to launch India’s first next-gen spatial precision solution offering centimetre-level location accuracy

Bangalore (India) and San Francisco (California), September 30, 2025: Airtel Business has entered into a strategic partnership with precise-positioning-technology leader, Swift Navigation, to launch India’s first AI/ML-powered, cloud-based location service, Airtel-Skylark™ Precise Positioning Service. This service will improve accuracy by up to 100x when compared to standard Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS).

Airtel Business’ exclusive partnership with Swift Navigation will bring Skylark together with Airtel’s pan-India-resilient 4G/5G network to deliver a reliable and easily accessible centimetre-level-accurate positioning service for mission-critical, location-based applications for large-scale deployment.

A wide range of industries will be able to harness this high-accuracy service to power applications such as tolling, emergency response, digital mapping, construction, utilities, fleet management and autonomous vehicles—driving innovation, efficiency and quicker responses in services across India’s urban and rural landscapes.

Sharat Sinha, Director & CEO – Airtel Business, said: “In a country like ours, with intricate lanes and by-lanes, every centimetre makes a difference in identifying a precise location or address, especially for critical services like first responders. By partnering with Swift Navigation, we are proud to launch India’s first cloud-based, AI/ML-powered GNSS corrections service, delivering centimetre-level precision. This breakthrough technology will not only revolutionise emergency responses and set new benchmarks for industrial applications but will also fast-track innovations in use cases like autonomous mobility and satellite-based toll collections.”

Holger Ippach, EVP of Product & Marketing – Swift Navigation, added: “We are thrilled to partner with Airtel to bring Skylark to India. By leveraging Airtel’s presence across IoT solutions and services, we are enabling businesses and developers across the country to seamlessly adopt precise positioning for automation and autonomy.”

The transformative possibilities of Airtel – Skylark™ Precise Positioning Service

Automotive & Transportation: Powering advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and fully- autonomous vehicles, improving road safety and traffic efficiency.
Mobile & Consumer Applications: Transforming navigation, ride-sharing and fitness apps with highly accurate, real-time location data for turn-by-turn directions, exact pickup points and reliable activity-tracking on smartphones and wearables.

Smart Tolling: Implementing seamless, barrier-free or lane-level tolling without the need for extensive physical infrastructure like gantries, cameras and readers.
Logistics & Last-Mile Delivery: Unlocking precise fleet management, route optimisation and accurate arrival-time predictions with unprecedented accuracy for vehicles, drones and delivery robots, especially in dense, urban environments.

Railways: Enabling enhanced safety and efficiency of rail operations through precise train positioning and control systems.
Agriculture: Powering precision agriculture through exact positioning for automated tractors, seeders and sprayers—empowering farmers to optimise the use of water, fertiliser and pesticides, boosting crop yields and sustainability.

This partnership positions Airtel Business as the leader in India’s precise-positioning market. The initial phase will launch a 35,000 km2 network around the National Capital Region (NCR) later this year. This network will be rolled out to other parts of the country in phases very soon after.

Lemonn Launches DASH: Smart Trading Assistant That Helps Users Enhance Every Trade

India, 30th September 2025: PeepalCo’s investment app, Lemonn, today announced the launch of DASH, smart trading assistant designed to help users secure better limit prices and improve every trade.

For too long, retail investors have relied on market orders, often overpaying due to lack of timing or tools. DASH changes that. By applying pre-defined logics made by our Research Analyst that analyze stock momentum and key technical indicators in real time, DASH suggests a limit price for the user to consider. This feature is designed to be a useful tool for traders looking to place informed limit orders.

Dash is a rules-based trading feature developed and supervised by our Research Analyst (RA) team. It systematically analyzes momentum and other technical indicators to recommend limit order prices that can help users optimize entries, manage risk, and protect against market volatility.

“DASH addresses a common investor concern, the challenge of finding the limit price” said Devam Sardana, Business Head, Lemonn. “This is just the beginning, we are building the future of investing, one click at a time.” he added.

Key Highlights:

Smarter limit price: DASH suggests an optimal limit price using real-time analysis
One-click simplicity: Choose your stock and quantity, click “Apply DASH,” and let DASH handle the rest.
Free for all users: Available at no additional cost to all Lemonn users

DASH is a pioneering solution that combines technology and simplicity to empower retail investors. It reflects Lemonn’s commitment to making advanced trading intelligence accessible to all.

People Matters LLC 2025 to Unite 700+ Leaders in Mumbai

People Matters LLC 2025 to Bring Together 700+ Leaders in Mumbai to Reimagine Growth at the Intersection of Leadership, Learning & Culture

Mumbai, 30th September 2025: People Matters, the leading community for HR and talent leaders in APAC, is set to host the Leadership, Learning & Culture (LLC) Conference 2025 on 8th October at The Westin Powai, Mumbai.

This year’s theme, “Lead With A Human Edge: Architecting Growth Through Collective Potential,” responds to an urgent moment: organizations are grappling with technological disruption, shifting workforce dynamics, and the need to embed continuous capability-building into their culture. In this context, this one-day, high-impact forum will focus on how leadership, learning, and culture, once treated as separate functions, must now work in tandem as the most critical levers of resilience and growth.

Formerly known as the People Matters L&D Conference, the platform has evolved into People Matters Leadership, Learning & Culture Conference to reflect this broader mandate. The reimagined format will feature 700+ leaders, 40+ global speakers, and 25+ partners coming together for bold conversations, immersive sessions, and outcome-driven learning experiences.

Speakers include Andrew Bryant (Global Expert on Self-Leadership), who will address how leaders can build confidence in the AI era, alongside leaders such as Dr. Niranjan Hiranandani (Hiranandani Group & NAREDCO), Hemalakshmi Raju (Reliance Industries Limited), Madhavi Lall (Deutsche Bank), Dr. Rajorshi Ganguli (Alkem Laboratories), and Sachin Gaur (Dr. Reddy’s Laboratory), among others. Across keynotes, panels, and masterclasses, participants will explore pressing questions on leadership readiness, future skills, and the integration of culture into strategy.

Commenting on the conference, Pushkar Bidwai, CEO of People Matters, said, “The way we look at capability-building has changed. It’s no longer just about L&D in isolation. In today’s environment—where technology is moving fast, skills are constantly evolving, and workplaces are being redefined—we need leadership, learning, and culture to work hand in hand. That’s why we’ve reimagined our L&D platform as LLC. With this conference, People Matters is equipping talent leaders with the clarity, community, and frameworks they need to architect collective growth in uncertain times.”

Unlike traditional conferences, LLC 2025 is designed around active learning formats, from compact, outcome-focused sessions to gamified simulations and collaborative masterclasses. Participants will also get the opportunity to go beyond the conference room through two deep-dive workshops and exclusive study tours at WNS and Deutsche Bank, offering a firsthand look at how leading organizations are reimagining growth and embedding learning into culture.

Tailored for CHROs, CLOs, L&D heads, culture champions, and transformation leaders, the conference offers an immersive, co-creative space for those driving change at the intersection of leadership, learning, and culture.

GoTo and Nexthink Announce Strategic Partnership to Transform Enterprise IT Support and the Employee Experience

Sept 30, 2025, India– GoTo, the leader in cloud communications and IT, and Nexthink, the leader in Digital Employee Experience (DEX) management, today announced a strategic partnership to transform how enterprises and Global System Integrators (GSIs) manage the digital workplace. The partnership enables a new integration between LogMeIn Rescue, GoTo’s enterprise-grade remote support tool, and the Nexthink Infinity platform, delivering a seamless journey for IT teams from detection and diagnosis to insight and resolution.

Rather than relying on patched-together platforms or disruptive transitions, the integration launches Rescue’s AI-enhanced remote support sessions directly from the Nexthink platform, using data and insights to resolve issues faster, minimize downtime, and boost employee satisfaction.

“This partnership brings together the best of both worlds: Nexthink’s real-time digital experience insights and automation with Rescue’s secure, AI-powered remote support,” said Kaushik Shah, VP Technology Alliance at Nexthink. “By uniting detection, diagnosis, and resolution in one seamless journey, we’re helping IT teams and our GSI partners to resolve issues faster, prevent them proactively, and deliver the exceptional digital experiences employees expect.”

The partnership also paves the way for continued future innovation. Nexthink’s analytics and automation will enhance every Rescue support session, while insights and trends from AI-enabled support interactions will accelerate problem resolution. This will create a more intelligent and agile organization capable of continuously refining IT strategies, proactively preventing issues, and scaling knowledge across the business.

“We’re thrilled to partner with Nexthink to reshape what’s possible in IT support and the digital employee experience,” said Joseph George, General Manager of IT Solutions Group at GoTo. “The new integration between Rescue and the Nexthink Infinity platform will empower enterprises and our Global System Integrator partners with an integrated, easy-to-use solution that maximizes productivity, minimizes disruption, and transforms every support interaction into a strategic asset.”

“By uniting Nexthink’s real-time digital experience insights and automation with LogMeIn Rescue’s secure, AI-enhanced remote support, we will deliver a seamless support experience that is both immediately responsive and continuously improving,” said Nikhil Singh, Global Head of Digital Workplace Product Management and Strategy at HCLTech. “This collaboration provides a forward-looking solution that transforms support interactions into actionable insights, boosting technician efficiency and significantly enhancing the digital experience for employees.”

5 Companies Making Cybersecurity Smarter With AI and Automation to Future Proof Enterprises

On Cybersecurity Awareness Day, we celebrate the innovators transforming how enterprises protect digital data. As cyber threats like hacking, data breaches, and identity theft evolve, organizations are increasingly turning to AI and automation to detect anomalies in real time, respond faster, and prevent attacks before they happen. These solutions not only safeguard sensitive information but also help maintain trust, ensure operational continuity, and future-proof enterprises.

With the DPDP Act in force, protecting personal data is now a legal requirement in India. AI-powered cybersecurity tools help businesses stay compliant, prevent breaches, and build customer trust, making them an essential part of modern enterprise operations.

Here are five companies making cybersecurity smarter with AI and automation, mFilterit, Roinet Solution, Petonic AI, Pelorus Technologies and  pi-labs,  that empower businesses to stay ahead of cyber threats in India and beyond.

Roinet leverages digital platforms and a “phygital” network to deliver banking, insurance, and credit services to underserved populations. Its automated processes and hyperlocal franchisee network help enterprises reach millions efficiently, making financial services accessible while streamlining operations. With a user-friendly web and mobile application, Roinet simplifies onboarding, transactions, and account management, enabling enterprises to scale services rapidly and foster inclusive financial growth across rural and semi-urban India.

Petonic AI is an emerging global B2B and B2G AI-led service provider company focused on transforming decision-making for businesses and governments. Conceptualized in 2023 and set to launch commercially in 2025, Petonic AI is designed to challenge the limitations of traditional consulting models by embedding real-time, generative AI capabilities into the core of strategic execution. They offer smart strategies and solutions that make companies more efficient, save money, and provide a better experience for their customers.

Pelorus Technologies, a national security and defense intelligence company, works at the intersection of AI, digital forensics, and intelligence solutions.Founded in the aftermath of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, Pelorus was built to strengthen India’s internal security using homegrown technology. Today, Pelorus works closely with corporates, law enforcement, and investigation bodies across India.By equipping organizations with advanced forensic tools, intelligence platforms, and training programs, Pelorus enables faster investigations, stronger security, and future-ready responses to emerging threats.

Founded in 2023, pi-labs is a fast-growing Indian cybersecurity company on a mission to secure the future against rising threats in synthetic media and AI model manipulation.Specializing in digital forensics, cyber intelligence, and advanced investigation tools, pi-labs empowers organizations to detect, analyze, and neutralize complex threats in real time. With 5 global patents, partnerships with NVIDIA (Inception Program) and Dell (OEM Partner Program), and a product suite actively deployed across law enforcement, defense, and BFSI sectors, the company is redefining how digital evidence and AI systems are secured in an era of deepfakes, misinformation, and model attacks.

mFilterIt,  a new-age company that caters to protecting digital integrity across platforms. The company strives toward building trust, upholding integrity, and driving growth & value across the digital ecosystem, and establishing itself as the hallmark for digital integrity by validating all engagements in the digital world. mFilterIt is one of the first companies in the space of Ad Traffic Validation (ATV), Brand Hygiene Protection, and Ecommerce Analytics making it one of the most essential tools in a digital marketer’s handbag.