Sterlite Power Grid Ventures Ltd (Sterlite Grid) today said it has become India's first private power transmission developer to deploy aircrane for setting up of a power transmission line in the extremely challenging terrain of Jammu & Kashmir.
"Sterlite Grid has partnered with US-based Erickson Inc to install nearly 160 transmission towers in the rough terrain of Pir Panjal ranges, using Erickson's S64 Aircrane, a heavy lift helicopter," the company said in a press release.
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Flipkart appoints Nitin Seth as Chief People Officer * Homegrown e-commerce giant Flipkart today announced the appointment of Nitin Seth as its Chief People Officer.
Nitin will lead the human resourcefunction and partner with the leadership team to build anorganisation for the future that is versatile and adaptable and bring about a distinctive culture fuelling businessperformance, the company said. He will report to Binny Bansal, CEO andco-founder of Flipkart.
Big Bazaar Direct ties up with Oxigen Services
* The omni-channel business of Future Group, Big Bazaar Direct, today tied up with payment service provider Oxigen Services to offer franchise opportunities to small retailers to be on its e-commerce platform, and sell through its network to end customers.
At present, Big Bazaar has tied up with Oxigen's two lakh retailers.
"Our partnership with Oxigen helps us to further penetrate the market by expanding our reach through Oxigen retailers, and sell the wide range of Big Bazaar products," Future Group CEO Kishore Biyani said in a statement.
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Infosys partners TED to pilot TEDx Anchor programme in India * TED, a global organisation devoted to 'ideas worth spreading', has partnered India's second-largest IT services firm Infosys to launch a pilot of its TEDx Anchor programme.
The TEDx Anchor programme will be kicked off with a two-year, 14-city pilot in India through a strategic partnership with Infosys, a statement said.
Through the strategic partnership with Infosys, TED will provide dedicated mentorship, scholarships and training to TEDx organizers in cities across India, including metros such as Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Pune, Jaipur, Mumbai, Mysore, Mangalore and Thiruvananthapuram.
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Murugappa Group launches new tri-lingual brand campaign * Chennai-based Murugappa Group today launched a new tri-lingual brand campaign, continuing its successful format of eight different films featuring major brands of the group.
"The ads have been created in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu to leverage the increasing preference for the rich idiom of the local languages," said a release.
