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Safety Brigade launches its Pest Control Management initiative over Video Conferencing
Information and Communication Technology is the driver of the new economy and to see it being used to disseminate information and transfer knowledge to the agrarian community—one of the oldest and important economic sectors in India—is indeed a significant leap.
In a pan-India launch conducted over Video Conferencing, Safety Brigade introduced "Safenet"—an initiative aimed at better pest control management.
Dignitaries from the Ministry of Agriculture and farmers from over nine major towns across India participated in the launch event from a Reliance World in their respective cities and towns. The hour-long video conference, addressed by Dr. Satyabroto Banerjee, CEO, Safety Brigade, outlined the scope and objectives of Safenet to the farmers.
Safenet is modelled around the ideology of using the Global Internet Network for Safe and Judicious Pesticide Use. The event was also webcast to fifteen different locations in India & two abroad and was covered by Sahara and Mahua TV.
Safety Brigade is an NGO that works towards helping farmers protect their produce against the damage caused by pests. |
"I am grateful to everyone at Reliance World for making Safenet a success. Farmers suffer from inadequate and untimely information resources. Reliance can bring about an agricultural revolution by providing the agrarian community with meteorological information, real time data of prevailing crop prices in various mandis, tele-medicine, health services, and online education. Good Luck”.
Dr. Satyabroto Banerjee,
CEO,
Safety Brigade
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 NASSCOM Foundation Social Innovation Honours' finalists shortlisted over Video Conferencing
The NASSCOM Foundation Social Innovation Honours is a pioneering concept that aims to recognise excellence and encourage innovation in social development initiatives. The annual Honours showcase projects that demonstrate best practices through exemplary use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in areas of social transformation.
This year, the grand jury for the NASSCOM Foundation Social Innovation Honours leveraged Reliance World's Video Conferencing facility to shortlist the finalists of the prestigious award. On 16th January, 2009, the grand jury comprising N R Narayana Murthy - Former Chairman, Infosys, Jerry Rao - Chairman, NASSCOM Foundation, Kiran Karnik - Trustee, NASSCOM Foundation, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Rama Bijapurkar, Saurabh Srivastava and Harish convened over a 3-hour Video Conference to adjudge the selected nominees. The nominees, from different parts of India, visited a Reliance World outlet in their respective cities and presented their projects and views to the grand jury.
Twelve candidates were shortlisted. The winners of the Honours will be announced at NASSCOM’s India Leadership Forum on 11th February, 2009.
Sun Pharma conducts major CME programme over Video Conferencing
Sun Pharma is an international speciality pharma company with presence in 30 markets. The company manufactures Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients and its products are prescribed in chronic therapy areas like cardiology, psychiatry, neurology, gastroenterology, diabetology and respiratory.
As part of its commitment to bring practicing medical professionals up to date on the development of new technologies and advances in medical research & clinical practice, Sun Pharma organises seminars and Continuing Medical Education (CME) progammes.
For its CME programmes, Sun Pharma leverages Reliance World's Video Conferencing (VC) service to reach out to the medical community nationwide.
On 6th January, 2009, Sun Pharma organised one of its biggest CME programmes—a presentation about the findings of 'The JUPITER trial' (expanding the orbit of Rosuvastatin Protection) by Dr. Paul M. Ridker MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA, Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. A prominent and globally renowned figure in the field of cardiology, Dr. Ridker is also known for his presentations and podcasts among the medical fraternity.
Sun Pharma invited top cardiologists from 18 different cities—Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack, Delhi, Ernakulam, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Madurai, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Pune and Trivandrum—to hotels in their respective cities to attend the address by Dr. Ridker. Four other Reliance World locations in Agra, Jallandhar, Kanpur and Meerut also served as participating venues for the CME programme. |
“We are really thankful to your entire Video Conferencing and Webcasting team for conducting the CME programme flawlessly. It has definitely grown our confidence in a magnified fashion on leveraging the technology for our regular CME programmes.
I specifically want to appreciate your genuine efforts in replying to our queries related to technology. And, whatever we suggested in the preparation for the entire program, your team was very prompt in executing.
Your service level has encouraged us to do more such programmes in the future.
Thanking all of you once again.”
Nirmal Kumar,
Senior Product Manager, Avior Division,
Sun Pharma
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Reliance World's Video Conferencing was used to connect InterContinental The Grand Hotel, Mumbai to Harvard Medical School, Boston from where Dr. Ridker shared his views on the JUPITER trial—the advancements made, results, implications and how the trail helped 17,802 patients overcome their different coronary complications.
More than 50 leading cardiologists including the well-known Dr. Jamshed Dalal participated in the CME programme over VC from Mumbai and over 300 cardiologists watched a webcast of the entire event from their respective cities. Reliance World's Webscasting service was used to webcast the Video Conference live to the 17 hotels where the doctors had gathered.
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Medtronic launches its latest healthcare device for diabetes over Video Conferencing
US-based medical technologies company Medtronic, in association with its Indian arm, India Medtronic Pvt. Ltd., launched its ‘closed loop’ MiniMed Paradigm insulin pump—a cutting-edge healthcare device for diabetes—in India on 2nd November 2008.
More than 100 leading endocrinologist and diabetologist from India’s top metro cities and around 50 company employees from various Medtronic regional offices across India were invited to the high-profile product launch that was held over Video Conferencing. The doctors participated in the product launch from The Accord Metropolitan in Chennai, ITC Sonar in Kolkata, The Chancery Pavillion in Bangalore, The Muse Hotel in Delhi, Le Royal Meridian in Mumbai and Reliance World in Ludhiana.
Reliance World connected these hotels to Medtronic’s international office in UK from where the product was unveiled and its innovative features explained to the distinguished participants that included Mr. Paul Amirtharaj, Business Manager for South East Asia, India Medtronic Pvt. Ltd. and the leading doctors.
As part of its product training and education initiatives, India Medtronic Pvt. Ltd., conducts regular training programs and Continuous Medical Education (CME) programmes for doctors across India over Video Conferencing.
Henkel Eco-petition Finals held over Video Conferencing
The grand finale of ‘Henkel Eco-petition’—a national level paper presentation and competition for school students on environmental issues organised by Henkel India Limited—was held on 3rd December, 2008 at Reliance World on Video Conference.
The competition seeks to educate and create social awareness about environmental issues among the future generation and is open to school students in Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai. This year’s theme was water conservation and was titled, ‘Hold your Blue Gold - My Innovative Strategy to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Water’.
Six finalists competed on Video Conference from Reliance World in their respective cities by presenting their ideas and suggestions for water conservation to a panel of judges who evaluated them from Reliance World, Annasalai, Chennai. The presentation was followed by a lively and engaging discussion with the eminent panel comprising Mr. K.R. Gopinath, Chairman, KRG Rainwater Foundation, Dr. Kanmani from the Centre for Environmental Studies, Anna University, Mr. Amrithalingam from C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre and Mr. A. Satish Kumar, MD, Henkel India Limited. Present among the audience were likeminded individuals from NGOs, student bodies and environmentalists.
Siddharth Banerjee of Delhi, Maanasa Paramasivam of Pollachi, and Bushra Alam from Kolkata were adjudged as the first, second and third prize winners respectively.
RELIANCE WORLD RECEIVES THE FROST & SULLIVAN MARKET LEADERSHIP AWARD FOR VIDEO CONFERENCING SERVICES FOR FY 2008
Distinguished award based on market share, growth and other parameters
Frost & Sullivan, the global growth consulting company and host of the India ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) Awards, in a glittering ceremony held on 23rd December, 2008 at The Leela Palace, Bangalore, India, presented Reliance World with the Frost & Sullivan Market Leadership award for Video Conferencing Services for FY 2008.
The prestigious award endeavours to recognise players that are contributing and in the future would drive the growth of ICT industry through their market leadership, competitive strategies and innovation. In its selection process, the jury takes into account various parameters such as competitor revenue, market share, growth over the last year, market and technology innovation, go-to-market strategy, and other important developments within the industry, if any.
Reliance World was conferred with the award for its outstanding contribution to the Video Conferencing industry and achieving a customer-based leading position in the market in 2007-2008. This is the third consecutive year that Reliance World is being recognised for its leadership by Frost & Sullivan.
Speaking at the awards ceremony, Mr. Darayus Mehta, Vice President & Head—Broadband Applications & Corporate Sales said, “This is Reliance World’s 3rd consecutive win and we are extremely proud of our achievement. We have been consistently recognised for our leadership in Video Conferencing services in India and we believe that we should now benchmark our standards with international players in the field.” Reiterating commitment to customer service, he said that Reliance World would continue to focus on service delivery and exceeding clients’ expectations.
Reliance World offers Video Conferencing services to a large number of enterprise and retail clients through its network of over 240 retail outlets in 105 cities and towns across India and in more than 1100 cities in over 90 countries worldwide through its partner network. On an average, more than 1000 multipoint Video Conferences and over 5000 point-to-point Video Conferences are conducted at Reliance World per month clocking more than 20000 Video Conferencing hours.
Video Conferencing at Reliance World is backed by a state-of-the-art technology backbone and enterprise-class Polycom Video Conferencing systems that deliver a high-quality experience enabling organisations to leverage the medium for various business applications.
Information about Reliance World Video Conferencing can be found at www.relianceworld.in/vconf.htm
Information about the India ICT Awards can be found at www.frost.com/ictawards
Indo-American Cancer Institute and Research Centre inaugurated over Video Conferencing
On 23 November, 2008, the Indo-American Cancer Institute and Research Centre in Hyderabad was inaugurated by Chief Guest, Padmasree Dr. Kakarla Subba Rao amidst a host of renowned doctors, members of the local & national press and television.
 The inauguration ceremony was attended by more than 300 doctors and PG students from across India on Video Conference. 14 Reliance World locations in different parts of India were connected to the hospital in a 3-hour long Video Conference that enabled the attendees to participate in the proceedings in the hospital.
The participants watched four surgeries, live, interacted with the surgical oncologists and saw the range of high-end equipments available at the hospital, all from their respective cities.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Ch. Mohana Vamsy, Director, Indo-American Cancer Institute and Research Centre said, “Continuous advancements in the field of medical science have revolutionised health care. However, to truly extend the benefits of such advancements, more and more medical professionals need to be trained on the latest techniques and processes. Reliance World’s Video Conferencing is a great tool that enables us to transmit surgeries live to practicing surgeons and PG students, who benefit immensely from the exposure and interaction.”
Reliance World team felicitated for its excellent Video Conferencing services during TELEDERM 2008
The 2nd World Congress of Teledermatology (TELEDERM 2008)—organised by Johnson & Johnson Medical India (JJMI)—was held on 16, 17 & 18 October, 2008 at the Taj Coromandel in Chennai, India. Experts, from various parts of the world convened at the venue to share and discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic developments in dermatology and venereology.
 Reliance World, through its Video Conferencing services spanning 105 cities across India, connected leading dermatologist and venereologists from New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai with the event, enabling them to participate in the discussions from a Reliance World in their city. Besides attending the presentations made by the experts, the doctors were also able to interact with their counterparts and be updated with all important diagnostic and therapeutic developments in field.
The Chennai Reliance World team was felicitated with a medal for their excellent coordination and superior execution of the Video Conference which was transmitted live from the Taj Coromandel, Chennai.
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