CII-Yi Goa organised a workshop on how to list a company product on Amazon. The aim of the workshop was to help boost businesses by listing their products online.
35 participants from various companies participated in the workshop. The event was held on 05 July 2019 at the CII Goa state office, Panaji.
Two speakers were invited to conduct the workshop. Omkar Kamat, sales specialist, Amazon India spoke on the topic: ‘Modes of Selling on Amazon’. Vivek Rai, director – sales, Mplifire Online Services Pvt. Ltd, spoke on ‘Amazon Seller Account Suspension’. The talks were followed by the Q&A session.
CII-Yi Goa also organised a workshop for local farmers of Canacona to create awareness on honey farming and its advantages on farming and income generating ideas above the normal farming avenues.
After the workshop, Rohit Zantye, Yi Goa Chapter Chair, handed 500 grafted Cashew saplings to the farmers under Yi’s vertical rural initiative
Goa Technology Association’s AGM held
Goa Technology Association held its second AGM recently.
Outgoing Secretary Sujeet Shetty, director of Team Inertia, called the meeting to order and welcomed the members. Later, President Mangirish Salelkar, CEO of Umang Software Pvt. Ltd. took over the proceedings.
Jervis Pereira, Mangirish Salelkar, Milind Anvekar, Sujeet Shetty, Rohan Warty and Prasad Sawant
In his welcome address Salelkar, recounted the events of the previous year. These included supporting government initiatives such as IT and Startup Day; representing at Goa’s IT Pavilion and collaborative programs with bodies like NASSCOM. He further stressed on GTA’s efforts of being involved in drafting labour laws, and designing the curriculum for computer engineering with Goa University. In addition, GTA had also established student chapters in various colleges.
This term, managing committee members have undertaken roles to further the development of the IT ecosystem. In doing so, areas of academics, government relations, trade relations, startups and member outreach have become focus areas.
Expressing support on behalf of GTA to three of the government initiatives in the state – firstly, government promoted app based taxi service in the state, Goamiles, ‘Ola & Uber should operate in Goa as it is a much needed service’, said Salelkar. In addition, he also stated that the GTA has been repeatedly informing the government that Goan companies are capable of successfully delivering solutions globally and should be considered for collaboration.
On the government’s proposal of IT Park in the state, GTA stands strongly with the government for the development of infrastructure for IT development.
Finally GTA also plans a registration drive in the coming weeks to avail benefits under various schemes of the IT and Startup policies of the state government.
After the treasurer’s report delivered by Yashvit Naik, founder of Technorix Systems, the floor was handed to GTA’s Vice President Milind Anvekar who elaborated on the changes in the association’s rules and regulations. As GTA is a partner of the Vibrant Goa program, he also urged members to partake in such activities to grow their business on an international platform. He further elaborated that successes by members of the GTA resulted in joint ventures and access to new markets
GMA ‘LeaderSpeak’ with Dr Mukesh Batra
India’s best known homeopath shared his journey as a healthcare entrepreneur at an interactive session
Celebrity health guru Dr Mukesh Batra spoke at GMA LeaderSpeak and shared the vignettes of his journey ‘From Padchalak to Padmashri’ to an inspired audience.
Dr Batra, who runs a 225-clinic network across the globe is Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Batra’s Positive Health Clinic Pvt Ltd. The government of India decorated him with a Padma Shri in 2012 for his sterling contribution to the world of healthcare.
Dr Batra spoke extensively about his journey as a struggling practitioner of homeopathy to his ascension as one of India’s most recognised health experts.
He shared how he took the entrepreneurial plunge, his passion for technology – Dr Batra’s was one of the first health clinics to maintain all records in electronic format.
Building an eponymous brand was no mean task to poise for organic growth. He also spoke about how his efforts helped the acceptance of homeopathy among other curative options.
Taking questions from the audience, Dr Batra advised young entrepreneurs to build a sustainable business on strong fiscal principles – and not to over borrow. He cited examples of financial best practices that he has learnt the hard way and the advice that he was lucky to receive from seasoned finance men at the right time in his journey as a healthcare entrepreneur.
GMA LeaderSpeak is organised by Goa Management Association. Chairman of GMA, Harshvardhan Bhatkuly set the context for the lecture, that was attended by the who’s who of industry. Later, Vice Chairman of GMA Amin Ladak concluded the session by summing up the high points of the lecture.
Bhakti and Rajesh Dempo, owners of The Crown hotel, Panaji hosted the event for GMA
GHAG Lecture on Kaavi Art by Heta Pandit
Kaavi art has originated in Goa and has spread to neighbouring Karnataka and Maharashtra where it took on its own adaptation, said Heta Pandit in her presentation
The Goa Heritage Action Group organised a talk on ‘Kaavi Art of the Konkan’ recently at the Gallery Gitanjali, Panaji as part of their series ‘Goa Heritage Talks’. The talk on this ancient, ethnically Goan architectural art of etching on walls was delivered by the Group’s Chairperson Heta Pandit, based on her independent research on the art. The art, Pandit said, has originated in Goa and has spread to neighbouring Karnataka and Maharashtra where it took on its own adaptation. The presentation had slides that demonstrated the materials and technique used in the execution. The three main forms in kaavi motifs are borders, mandalas and figurative art. Just as kaavi spread to other areas, it was also adapted to decorate church walls in Old Goa, where its name was changed to sgraffito. The main difference in the two, kaavi and sgraffito, is that kaavi uses a lot of figurative art while there is very little figurative work in sgraffito. Pandit also showed a few samples of the Kaavi Directory that has been prepared with the help of Kaushalya and Ramdas Gadekar, two well-known Goan artists. The directory of kaavi motifs will be made available freely to anyone who needs it. The GHAG has also prepared an exhaustive report on kaavi sites in Goa that is also available to researchers and scholars. The talk was well-attended with both scholars and art lovers who made the Q&A session very lively
