Ed-Tech firm Talentedge today said it has joined hands with IIM Rohtak to offer an executive programme in entrepreneurship.
The programme includes mentoring sessions and lectures from the core faculty of IIM Rohtak and other entrepreneurs like HCL Co-founder Ajai Chowdhry, Mapmygenome CEO Anuradha Acharya and Air Works MD and CEO Vivek Gour, a company release said.
"We want to make the students understand the core basics of the subjects for a more experiential kind of learning, through visual aids," Talentedge CEO and MD Aditya Malik said.
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ISB to expand outreach in African and ASEAN countries * As a part of its larger strategy to enhance the international diversity, ISB plans to expand its international connect to attract potential students from Africa and the ASEAN region.
"ISB sees these countries as an untapped talent pool that has the potential to contribute to the leadership needs of emerging economies and the world," the B-school said in a release.
ISB witnessed a 28 per cent increase in applications for Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) Class of 2017 and has admitted record number of students (905) to the PGP Class of 2017 across its two campuses in Hyderabad and Mohali.
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Swift India appoints Kiran Shetty as CEO * Swift India today said it has appointed Kiran Shetty as its Chief Executive Officer.
The appointment, effective immediately, will see Shetty head up Swift India's operations and business lines, the company said in a statement.
Swift India, a financial information messaging platform, is a joint venture with the country's top lenders.
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DCM net profit at Rs 15.41 crore
* Textile maker DCM Ltd has reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 15.41 crore for the quarter ended on March 31.
The company had posted a net profit of Rs 17.70 crore in the January-March period, a year-ago.
Its consolidated net sales during the quarter under review were at Rs 226.70 crore. The same were at Rs 246.72 crore in the corresponding quarter, DCM said in a BSE filing.
Meanwhile, the company informed that due to scheme of amalgamation of DCM Engineering with DCM, "the figures for the current year/quarter are not comparable with the corresponding figures of the previous year/quarter".
Share of the company DCM were trading at Rs 87.00 per scrip on BSE, down 1.86 per cent from previous close.
Rubique ties-up with over 54 financial institutions
* Online loan disbursal platform Rubique has tied up with more than 54 lending financial institutions.
These include Bajaj Finance, ICICI Bank, Indiabulls Housing Finance, Induslnd Bank, Manappuram, Reliance Commercial Finance and Hinduja Leyland Finance.
Rubique has disbursed loans worth over Rs 310 crore since starting operations in October 2014.
"The growing number of financial institutions on our platform indicates that there is a growing acceptance for Rubique amongst them. The main reason to forge an association with us is the value they see in our business proposition," Rubique Founder and CEO Manavjeet Singh said in a release.
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Dena Bank launches digital platform to open accounts * Dena Bank, has launched the 'Dena Easy Tab Banking', a digital convenience to open an account with the bank on its 79th Foundation Day.
The bank also introduced a point of sale (PoS) digital platform for its customers enabling those using GPRS hand-held devices, mobile and contact-less PoS devices.
Dena Bank will shortly commence wallet and Unified Payment Interface (UPI) applications, it further added.
"The Tab Banking App will help the bank personals to reach out to the customers at his work place, home for account opening and deliver other banking services thereby bringing banking conveniences to all its customers", Dena Bank Chairman and MD Ashwani Kumar said.
