Online education platform Coursera has partnered with the US Department of State and University of Pennsylvania to launch a course 'English for Journalism'.
The five-week long self-paced course is open for enrollment and is accessible to anyone with Internet access across the globe.
The course structure includes areas ranging from principles of journalism to analysing the growth, impact, and challenges of digital news.
"With the launch of this course, we aim to provide an excellent opportunity for non-native English speakers in India who are interested in gaining the right skillsets needed for a career in modern journalism," Coursera India Country Manager Kabir Chadha said.
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SoftAge plans to scale up operations, looks at recruiting 200 * Document Service provider SoftAge is planning to scale up operations in India and is looking at recruiting 200 people across verticals.
The company has a current workforce of close to 8,000 employees across India and is looking at hiring around 200 select fresh talent for their new corporate office in the coming months as well.
"We have very aggressive plans to achieve our set target by end of this year. With upcoming opportunities and government initiatives we expect our revenue to cross Rs 250 cr by end of this year," SoftAge Managing Director Ozair Yasin said.
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Just Buy Live joins hands with 2,500 brands, aims at top slot * E-distribution platform Just Buy Live has partnered with over 2,500 Indian and international brands to become the largest distributor in business to business (B2B) space.
The company, which is on-boarding 500 new and small businesses on an average every day, is confident of providing its services to over 1 lakh retailers in the next 100 days.
Besides, the company is aiming to double the number of brands by becoming official distributors of 5,000 brands by the end of 2016.
"We are delighted with the response we have received from retailer ecosystem and aim to double the record by becoming official distributors of 5,000 brands by the end of 2016," said Just Buy Live Chairman and CEO Sahil Sani.
Maxwell Solar & Wind Energy installs 250kv solar plant at WTC
* Solar solutions provider Maxwell Solar and Wind Energy has installed 250 kv grid connected rooftop solar plant at the World Trade Centre in Mumbai.
The plant has been set up on the Arcade building of the WTC spread across 25,000 sqft and the power from the project will cater to the air conditioning of the building and will generate over 3 lakh units annually.
"Through this initiative, WTC Mumbai is participating in government's mission to scale up the solar power to more than 10 percent of total energy mix by 2022," Chairman Kamal Morarka, WTC Mumbai, said in a statement today.
Jharkhand to promote ethnic textile, handloom products
* To promote livelihoods of craftspersons in textile, apparel and footwear sectors, the government of Jharkhand is mulling initiatives to market its ethnic textile and handloom products.
The state government's efforts, led by Jharkhand Silk Textile and Handicraft Development Corporation Ltd (Jharcraft), were discussed at a seminar in Delhi today.
Jharcraft is a government of Jharkhand undertaking formed to initiate steps to provide sustainable livelihood opportunities in the rural areas, based on sericulture, handloom, handicraft and other allied activities.
Government of Jharkhand Chief Secretary Raj Bala Verma said: "The major benefits of policies of Jharkhand in the textile industry is that the state is offering major incentives for the investors and providing 50 per cent of the rebate for land acquisition tax."
"Jharcraft hopes to provide a platform to the artisans and weavers to merchandise their own products, through the maximum utilisation of resources and manpower of Jharkhand," Jharcraft Managing Director K Ravi Kumar said.
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Yes Fintech selects 12 startups for biz accelerator program * As many as 12 fintech startups from areas like payments, insta credits, cyber security, big data analytics and artificial intelligence have been selected under Yes Bank's business accelerator programme.
Yes Fintech, the bank's business accelerator programme for fintech startups, today announced names of these startups selected from across the world.
They will participate in a 15-week orientation/knowledge programme beginning March 20.
The startups would be able to access funding of up to USD 1 million through venture capital (VC) partners without any upfront equity commitment, Yes Bank said in a statement.
"The programme will provide an ideal springboard for these 12 startups to graduate from innovative products to scalable businesses," Yes Bank MD and CEO Rana Kapoor said.
