Nestle to train street vendors along with NASVI, FDA Goa

Nestle India has joined hands with Food and Drugs Administration, Goa and National Association of Street Food Vendors of India (NASVI) to train 500 street vendors in the state.
This will be a CSR participation for Nestle India in coordination with NASVI and will be later expanded to about 1,000 vendors in the coming months, according to a statement.
The training would be conducted by NASVI and will comprise subjects such as health, hygiene, food handling, waste disposal and entrepreneurship and the participants will be certified at the end of the training, it added.
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Emeritus Institute, MIT Sloan Exec Education launch new course * Emeritus Institute of Management in collaboration with MIT Sloan Executive Education will launch a course on intelligent teams and networks.

The course - Intelligent Teams and Networks: Communication and collaboration in the digital age - would commence on November 21, 2016.

The four week certificate programme has been designed to empower larger organisations to increase idea flow, team engagement, collaboration and innovation.
Candidates with over five years of work experience as on November 1, 2016 can apply for the course. The last date for applying for this course is November 20, 2016.
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Equitas Small Fin Bank ropes in R Ashwin as brand ambassador * Equitas Small Finance Bank has roped in Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin as its brand ambassador.

"Equitas is a new age bank which seeks to provide high tech banking, where the customer enjoys the banking experience and Ashwin is a high performer who gives joy to spectators. We believe each complement the other and look forward to a long association," Equitas Small Finance Bank MD and CEO P N Vasudevan said in a statement today.
"It is indeed a proud moment for me to get associated with Equitas Small Finance Bank which is working in sync with Prime minister's mission of banking the masses. I love their vision of empowering 5 per cent of Indian households through financial inclusion in next 10 years," the 30-year old premier off-spinner said.

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Essel Infraprojects appoints Ashutosh Agarwala as CFO * Essel Infraprojects (EIL) has appointed Ashutosh Agarwala as its new Chief Financial Officer.
Agarwala will be instrumental in screening and examining acquisition opportunities, identify new business prospects, raise long term funds for the Group companies and conduct comprehensive business diagnosis, the company said in a statement today.
Motilal Oswal AMC names Balakrishnan as co-fund manager, PMS
* Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company today said it has appointed Mythili Balakrishnan as co-fund manager for its portfolio management services (PMS).
Balakrishnan, who has 13 years of experience, will be working as part of the PMS team along with Manish Sonthalia, Motilal Oswal AMC said in a statement.

She was previously associated with Avezo Advisers, Motilal Oswal Group, Nalanda Capital-Singapore, JP Morgan and GE Capital.
Balakrishnan is a post graduate from IIM-Ahmedabad and has been awarded CFA Charter from CFA Institute.
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Tanvi Foods lists on BSE's SME platform; total reaches 165 * Tanvi Foods (India) Limited today got listed on BSE's small and medium enterprise (SME) platform, taking the total number of such firms to 165.
On its debut, shares of the Telangana-based company closed at Rs 60.25, up from its issue price of Rs 60.
Tanvi Foods came out with its initial public offering of 11 lakh equity shares to raise Rs 6.60 crore. The company completed its public issue on February 22.

The company is involved in trading, distribution and processing of food and beverages. It primarily operates in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
With this, the total number of companies listed on BSE's SME platform has reached 165.
Out of these, 24 have migrated to the BSE's main board. The total amount of money raised so far on the BSE SME platform is a little over Rs 1,288 crore and the market capitalisation of companies listed till date is Rs 18,065 crore.
BSE had launched the SME platform in March 2012 to provide opportunity to such firms to raise capital for growth and expansion. It also provides opportunity for investors to identify and invest in good SMEs at an early stage.

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Subramanian steps down from Hathway Cable and Datacom board * Cable services provider Hathway Cable and Datacom today said Biswajit Subramanian has resigned from its board.
"Due to professional commitments, Biswajit Subramanian has tendered his resignation from the board of directors of the company with effect from March 2, 2017," the company said in a BSE filing.
Shares of Hathway Cable and Datacom ended the day at Rs 35.95, down 1.24 per cent on BSE.