The Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (‘Saubhagya’) launched in September, which claims to ensure electrification of all willing households in the country, is too ambitious a project. While it makes grandiose promises to provide a free electricity connection to all willing Below Poverty Line households and to all ...

Rapid increases in installed capacity and favourable weather conditions pushed renewable energy generation in India to an all-time high earlier this year. In July 2017, the share of renewable energy generation among India’s total electricity generation and imports touched 13.2%, the highest ever in the country. Total electricity generation and ...

XPRESSIONS, the annual flagship event of XIMB, is the biggest Management – Cultural fest of Eastern India. Spread across 3 days, it provides the participants with a competitive platform, opening avenues for sharing experience and ideas, and showcasing skills and talents, to reach their collective and individual goals in various managerial ...

French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will in December share their sunshine moment in India to formalise the International Solar Alliance(ISA), giving a boost to RE-Invest 2017, the bi-annual global investor conference, where New Delhi is expected to leverage its leadership position in green energy for investments. Macron will be in Delhi ...

India is well on track to its planned 100 gigawatts solar-power generation capacity by 2022. The biggest problem country is facing with solar plant installations is requirement of huge areas of land. Floating power plants can help solve this problem and are coming up in several states of the country. ...

The Centre’s ambitious scheme to attract top international talent in the country’s research and development ecosystem has received an enthusiastic response with nearly 260 global scientists filing applications, of whom 70 would be shortlisted, a senior official said. Department of Science and Technology Secretary Ashutosh Sharma said the screening of ...

New Delhi: A crucial meeting of the GST Council was underway here on Friday to decide on providing some relief to exporters in terms of faster refunds as well as compliance. Chaired by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, the 22nd meeting of the GST Council was being attended by finance ministers ...

Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal today approved the Delhi government’s higher education and skill development loan guarantee scheme under which students will be provided loans by banks with the government as a guarantor. Students will get education loans of up to Rs. 10 lakh from banks while the government will be ...

The State government on Monday launched Mathru Poorna, a scheme meant to meet the nutritional needs of pregnant and lactating women in rural areas. Under the programme, pregnant and lactating poor women in rural areas will get one nutritious meal daily for 25 days in a month. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah ...

PRESS   RELEASE  Gramotsava 2017  25thSeptember 2017, Bhubaneswar  Gramotsava, the flagship event of Xavier School of Rural Management, Xavier  University Bhubaneswar, in association with Super Sales Suzuki Motors, was  successfully conducted at Nimapada, in the Puri district and topped off on 24th September  2017. It is essentially a rural marketing fair and its main objectives include, the  promotion of Products & Services in rural areas, conducting of need based market  research and fostering of productive relationship between the rural community and the  organizations functioning in the rural sector.The theme for this year’s Gramotsava was  ‘Smart Village’. Gramotsava consisted of three phases– Aadi Parva (Pre-fair phase),  Madhya Parva(Fair Day) and Iti Parva (Post-fair phase).   The event kick started with the launch of Gramotsava’s official video, and it officially  commenced with the ceremonial lighting of the lamp by Prof. Kajri Mishra, Dean of  Xavier School of Rural Management. This was followed by unveiling the banner and this  year’s mascot, the olive ridley turtle ‘Boney Bhaina’, a string of cultural performances  and the release of the fifth volume of Dhwani, the annual magazine of RMAX. The event  was concluded with the vote of thanks by Deepak Mishra, Co-Ordinator of RMAX – The  Rural Managers’ Association of Xavier School of Rural Management.  The rural marketing fair was held for two days – 23rd and 24th September 2017, intended  to bring leading corporate brands closer to the rural hinterlands. Some of the esteemed  corporate and social entities associated with the fair were our Title Sponsor- Suzuki      Super Sales Motors Pvt. Ltd., our Co-sponsors- Bazaar Kolkata, Punjab National Bank,  Tata Motors Consortium. Many stalls were installed where around 200 budding rural  managers extensively promoted the products and services of the organizations functional  in the rural area achieving the milestone of good sales for Bazaar Kolkata and around 200  data leads. Whereas a stall handled by the RM Alcom-The Alumni Committee promoted  Digital Education in memory of an alumni Late Dighir Ganguly. Here are some of the  experiences shared by students –“Gramotsava was the best platform to learn about rural  marketing strategies. Interacting with rural folks and knowing their preferences was  indeed an enriching experience” says Pramitee Behera. “The experience of working with  Swaraj Motors was an enriching one both in terms of knowledge and fun. The Van  Promotions helped me to gain an insight as to how to make yourself heard, pitch your  product and convince them to be on Gramostava ground. The rigorous efforts of all the  team constituted the success of the event as well our own live project” as shared by  Siddhant Kumar. Innovative games and live demonstrations were held to study the  perception of the rural customers. Free dental checkup, cultural activities like skit themed  on Ramayana and dancing competition attracted a largenumber of audience. Fr. Arockia,  Fr. Donald and Fr. Alwyn graced the event with their presence.         ABOUT   XUB  Xavier University, Bhubaneswar (XUB) was established in accordance with the Xavier  University Act 2013 and was inaugurated on the 7th of July 2014. The University is India’s first  digital University and an institution of higher learning for imparting professional and technical  education.It is a self-financing institution of higher learning for imparting professional and  technical education.XUB offers its Masters in Business Management through its flagship school,  ...