Volkswagen to Train Students & Teachers

•Volkswagen would offer training & technical support to automobile institutes, helping them in producing industry ready professionals. •Company has launched Programme- Volkswagen Group Technical Education.•Volkswagen has tied up with Chandigarh based Rayat- Bahra Group.•The Programme would focus on modern Automobile Technology

Reaping Profit From Sustainable Farming

•Global agencies involved in sustainable agriculture value chains such as Rainforest Alliance & Utzcertified are targeting growers in India.•FMCG Players like unilever & Nestle plan to increase procurement of sustainable plantation crops.•Now sustainable agriculture is equally concerned about producers(farmers) & customers.•Utzcertified is focusing on tea, sugarcane, cotton & textiles besides coffee.

Contd.• Utzcertified has certified 2000 soyabean farmers in Madhya Pradesh.• These associations would help coffee growers as price realisation tend to

be higher for such products.

BMW to Ride in Superbikes in December

•Indian two wheeler market through a Joint Venture with Hero Group, BMW revealed plans to launches BMW Motorrad.•Company will start selling the flagship S1000 as well as R & K series models.•Its new segmentation is expected to attract good demand across the country because of rising Income & aspirations & declining average age of consumers.

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•Motarrad will primarily cater to touring, sports & the cruising segment.•All models will be Imported from Germany by Deutsche

motoren Delhi & Navnit motors Mumbai.

Bird Group to Invest Rs2200 crore in India

•Bird group - Travel & Hospitality company.•It would Invest Rs2200 crore on developing six Luxury hotels in India.•It has entered into Joint Venture of 50:50 with Thailand based Dusit Hotels.•It expects to open its first Hotel next year under the brand” Dusit bevarna” which will have capacity of around 800 rooms.

BHARTI,AIRCEL may bid for Qualcomm’s broadband biz

•Qualcomm’s – US based chip maker company plans to sell its wireless broadband business to India.•It has sought minimum price of Rs 5000 crore for its airwaves and permits in he four articles of Mumbai, Delhi, Haryana & Kerala.•Qualcomm’s Senior Vice President:- Paul Fiskness•Tata Communications & Anil Ambani- promoted Reliance Communications may also be interested.

Top IT Companies in Fray for Punjab e-governance Project

•IT Companies including INFOSYS,TCL,HCL Technology etc. are likely to bid for biggest e-governance project Related to

urban local bodies in Punjab.•Common Facility Centers Including – Payment of bills, management of data and other civic facilities provided by municipal corporations.•Process for inviting private companies for Rs. 460 crore project has been already initiated.

Contd.•Under this project company would develop software, create database and provides services through common facility centers.• company would earn revenue by charging commission for monetary transactions and various services.•Selection would be on the basis of company quoting lowest commission.