Dr Hemant Garg makes Chandigarh proud at InFinity Forum; Ambani, Nilekani among speakers

Jalandhar, Punjab: Panjab University (PU) alumnus Dr Hemant Garg has once again made Chandigarh proud by managing the two-day thought leadership InFinity Forum event, which will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 3^rd December, 2021. Dr Garg, PhD, LLM from PU, is the Nodal Officer (social media) of International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) and also Incharge - social media of this global event. With diverse achievements, he has kept the Indian flag high at international level. He is inviting every student, Fintech professionals and anyone interested to learn, listen to global business leaders, intellectual giants and speakers coming together for this online thought leadership event. To register visit www.infinityforum.in or https://go.bloomberg.com/events/infinity-forum-2021

The event is being hosted by IFSCA, Govt of India, in collaboration with GIFT City and Bloomberg on December 3 and 4, in virtual mode. Indonesia, South Africa and the UK are partner countries in the first edition of the Forum. Few of the top speakers at the event are Mukesh Ambani, CMD, Reliance Industries, Masayoshi Son, Chairman & CEO, SoftBank and Nandan Nilekani, Co-Founder, Infosys. Key domestic partners to this year’s Forum are NITI Aayog, Invest India, FICCI and NASSCOM.

According to PM Modi, the future of FinTech and Industry 4.0 is emerging in India. Just as India will learn from others, we will share our experience and expertise with the world. Because, what drives India also holds hope for others. And, we dream for India is what we also wish for the world. This is a common journey for all.

InFinity Forum is IFSCA's flagship financial technology and global thought leadership event where pressing problems, progressive ideas, innovative technologies from across the world get Discovered, Discussed and Developed into solutions. It unites the world’s leading minds in policy, business, and technology to discuss and come up with actionable insight into how technology and innovation can be leveraged by the FinTech industry for inclusive growth and serving humanity at large.

Earlier in her Union Budget speech 2020-21, Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman announced to support a ‘World Class FinTech Hub’ at GIFT IFSC, country’s first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC). IFSCA is a unified authority for the development and regulation of financial products, financial services and financial institutions in the International Financial Services Centres (IFSCs) in India. To register, visit www.infinityforum.in

Officers of govt of india like Dr Hemant Garg make this country proud by projecting the country into the global league under the able direction of PM Modi’s vision. Dr Hemant Garg completed his PhD in Law with specialisation in arbitration, LLM in Corporate and Criminal Laws at the University Institute of Legal Studies, Panjab University (PU) Chandigarh, has been an alumnus of Edinburgh University, UK and Harvard University, USA where he did his MBA. He is a certified commercial arbitrator having completed his degree in commercial arbitration from Permanent Court of Arbitrators, The Hague, Netherlands.

Dr Garg is associated as a certified member Arbitrator with world’s premier bodies like ICCA, AIADR, SIAC, Singapore International Arbitration Center and LSIAC , London. He has presented his research work at various world level universities previously at Harvard University, Cambridge, New Castle, Wageningen and Oxford universities. He has 37 international level and 112 national level research works published till date to his credit in diverse subjects of law, arbitration, cooperatives, crypto currencies, blockchain, quantum computing, community health and social media. BW

To register visit www.infinityforum.in or https://go.bloomberg.com/events/infinity-forum-2021

Punjab's second NAFED Bazaar set up in Ludhiana; farmers to become 'agri-brand' owners

Ludhiana : Punjab's second and Ludhiana 's first NAFED Bazaar store opened its doors in E Block, SBS Nagar. NAFED Bazaar was inaugurated by senior IPS officer Narinder Bhargav. The outlet has been set up by India 's largest and most premier Central government owned Agricultural conglomerate - National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) in association with Seedstart Retail. NAFED Bazaar Punjab's operations will be taken care of by a young and dynamic woman entrepreneur - London based NRI Gurbani Mehta, who's startup Seedstart Retail is NAFED's channel partner for Punjab . The inauguration ceremony took place in the presence of Gurbani Mehta. Sanjeev Kumar Chaddha (IFS), MD, NAFED also joined in the inaugural ceremony online. Gurbani Mehta while talking to media persons said, “I am jubilant to open doors of our second store in Punjab . Our idea is to become a bridge between farmers, manu...

Robust real estate growth in Punjab with major players bringing in high value projects

Ludhiana : The land of five rivers – as Punjab has famously been known for ages – is now housing some of the leading real estate developers who have their headquarters in Tier 1 cities – Advance India Projects Limited (AIPL), Omaxe, Emaar India , DLF and Ansal API are some of these. Not only Mohali in the Chandigarh capital region, but most of the other Tier II and III cities of the State are attracting investors. The current dispensation led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann seems to be keen to promote the realty sector, as the government knows well that the real estate sector will give a significant push to the state’s economy. It is indeed encouraging to notice the entry of major real estate developers in the state and it is very promising for this segment’s revival. This shall not only boost the economy of the state but also bring diversity in terms of the architecture, green building aspect, and long-term sustainability of the sector. Shams...

Performed poetry marks the formal launch of poetry book ‘Uns’

Chandigarh: Nisha Luthra, a Chandigarh based theatre director and founder of The Narrators, a performing arts society, has penned her maiden book of poetry - 'Uns.' 'Uns' was formally and very uniquely unveiled through a 'performed poetry' presentation at the world famous Rock Garden. A music and dance recital was showcased as part of the performed poetry presentation by city based contemporary dance artiste Puneet Jewandah and Bharatnatyam virtuoso Varun Khanna to the accompaniment of live tabla and violin. The performance was based on the poetry in ‘Uns’ and was conceived and directed by the writer Nisha Luthra herself. "My book is a showcase depicting multifaceted aspects of human sentiments. The performed poetry was an apt tribute to the theme of 'Uns'. I am happy that the expressive dance performance as lines of poems from my book were recited gave the whole launch event an ethereal feel," said Nisha Luthra, who is also a pioneer of ...

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