Rising India Star

Chandigarh:  Nisha Luthra, a Chandigarh based theatre director and founder of The Narrators, a performing arts society, has penned her maiden book of poetry - 'Uns.' 'Uns' was formally and very uniquely unveiled through a 'performed poetry' presentation at the world famous Rock Garden.  Juhi Babbar Soni with other dignitaries lighting the lamp at the formal launch of a poetry book, Uns, written by Nisha Luthra at Rock Garden,  Chandigarh A music and dance recital was showcased as part of the performed poetry presentation by city based contemporary dance artiste Puneet Jewandah and Bharatnatyam virtuoso Varun Khanna to the accompaniment of  live tabla and violin. The performance was based on the poetry in ‘Uns’ and was conceived and directed by the writer Nisha Luthra herself. "My book is a showcase depicting multifaceted aspects of human sentiments. The performed poetry was an apt tribute to the theme of 'Uns'. I am happy that the expressive dance...

  Chandigarh : Panjab University (PU) alumnus Dr Hemant Garg has once again made Chandigarh proud by managing the two-day thought leadership InFinity Forum event, which will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 3 rd December, 2021. Dr Garg, PhD, LLM from PU, is the Nodal Officer (social media) of International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) and also Incharge - social media of this global event. With diverse achievements, he has kept the Indian flag high at international level. He is inviting every student, Fintech professionals and anyone interested to learn, listen to global business leaders, intellectual giants and speakers coming together for this online thought leadership event. To register visit www.infinityforum.in or https://go.bloomberg.com/events/infinity-forum-2021   The event is being hosted by IFSCA, Govt of India, in collaboration with GIFT City and Bloomberg on December 3 and 4, in virtual mode. Indonesia , South Africa and t...

Roopnagar :  A major stride has been made in the field of ophthalmology - the medical specialty dealing with diseases of the eyes. Dr Varun Baweja, an ophthalmic surgeon from Punjab has introduced a revolutionary iStent technique to cure Glaucoma in the eyes, similar to cardiovascular stents. Dr Varun Baweja, a pioneer in the eye stent technique, is the first eye surgeon of India to get a certification from England for carrying out the iStent inject surgery. This eye surgery is used to treat Glaucoma disease, commonly known as ‘Kala Motia’. "The best thing about this path breaking surgery is that the patients get the same medical intervention sitting in India which normally is available abroad at a heavy  cost," said Dr Baweja, a Consultant Ophthalmologist at the Baweja Multispeciality Hospital in Punjab's Roopnagar, near Chandigarh. It is pertinent to state that Dr Varun got his poster published in the American Academy of Ophthalmology Journal in 2009 and has perfor...

Rising India Star : Young entrepreneur and Punjabi NRI, Gurbani Kour (31) is all set to start operations of her unique start up 'Seedstart' in Punjab . Gurbani is a dynamic entrepreneur who was born in Jammu , and raised in Punjab and United Kingdom . Presently she is based in London . Gurbani's venture 'Seedstart' is coming up with an innovative concept of enabling farmers to get a fair share of their produce, through 'Seedstart's' retail chain.   Gurbani Kour: Punjabi NRI entrepreneur from  UK   "For me, India and particularly Punjab have always been close to my heart. My roots are here in the soil, and even after all these years, my urge to do something in my homeland is as fresh as it was when I was a kid. The initiative is my way of giving something positive back to my parent-state. The  project is under development and the first store is slated to open in November this year. For the first phase, we are opening over 200 retail outlets in ...

New Delhi : Shital Verma, one of the most talented and creative illustrators of the country, has been honoured by Creative Gaga (CG), a highly talked about magazine in the art circles, for his extraordinary designing skills. His profile and art work has got featured in the first volume edition of the CG’s “Best Indian Illustrators”. He is National Design Editor of Navbharat Times. On this recognition, Shital smilingly said, “It was a dream come true moment for me, feeling like on cloud nine to be featured on CG’s Best Indian illustrators, Volume 1 edition. I had never thought of a national level recognition by such a noted publication in the Design and Commercial Art world. I started my career as an illustrator way back in1995 with a publication house in Allahabad , and later switched to Graphic Design and Art Direction. However, illustration is my core competency and for the past 6 years I have sharpened my lost skills again and practiced with various mediums, like ball-pen, charcoal...

New Delhi :  25th International Conference on Non-Ferrous Metals 2021 was held on 3rd and 4th September 2021 at Hotel Le-Meridian,  New Delhi . Corporate Monitor teamed up with JNARDDC, Aluminium Association of India , Material Recycling Association of India and Ministry of Mines for this International Conference. Shri Sanjay Lohiya , IAS. Add Secretary, Ministry of Mines , Govt of India inaugurated   the conference  in the august presence  of the Heads of public and private sector organisations  dealing with Non ferrous  minerals  and metals like CMD of NALCO, Director of HCL and Vedanta , CEO- Copper Business Hindalco . The event provided an excellent platform to bring together  the Indian Non ferrous industry with the  international metal industry and also provided an opportunity to  share the view points and discuss the best practices, benchmarks technological advancements innovations and opportunities of collec...

Nila Madhab Panda started his celluloid journey with the acclaimed ‘I am Kalam’. His subsequent work focused equally on environmental as well as children's issues. He is excited to steer another project that has a child as a central character. Explaining his recurrent interest in such stories, he says, "India is a country with a 28.6% children population, and yet we have very few films which are children centric or talking about their issues". Debutant director Anuj Tyagi's Bishwa is based on the life of a blind boy and how he emerges as a hero in a village near the mesmerizing Chilika lake. The film has a highly-skilled cast and has Vinay Pathak, Yagya Bhasin, Sharib Hashmi (Family Man fame) and national-award-winning actress Usha Jadhav in pivotal roles. Bishwa is shot entirely in the mesmerizing beauty of Odisha, right before the lockdown started. Nila Madhab Panda, who is born and brought up in Odisha has always shown his love for Odisha through his films. But thi...