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Bharti AXA General Insurance Company Ltd. is a joint venture between the leading Indian business Group Bharti Enterprises, which has been credited with revolutionizing the Indian telecom industry, and the French insurance giant AXA headquartered in Paris, France. The Bharti Group is a 51% stakeholder in this joint venture while the remaining 49% is held by AXA.

The company is headquartered in Mumbai and is operational with 104 branches across the country. It has a PAN India network of 4,500+ cashless hospitals and 4,500+ cashless garages. It also provides 24/7 AXA Assistance Worldwide.

CUSTOMER CENTRIC APPROACH

Customer centricity is built into the DNA of Bharti AXA General Insurance. It is one of the founding pillars on which their entire business is based. Bharti AXA General Insurance has helped its customers and clients manage their risk to protect what matters the most to them. Its responsibility goes much beyond just quoting a policy.

The company believes in having lasting relationships, strong ethics and a strong passion for what it does. It aims to be the one stop solution provider for all forms of protection and insurance needs. Deep understanding of their client’s needs, combined with expertise and knowledge allows Bharti AXA General Insurance to successfully deliver sound advice thus securing the future of the community it serves.

OFFERING CARE TO CLAIMS

The key moment of truth in insurance emerges when claims are filed. The company endeavors to offer a superior experience during these critical moments, so that customers can focus on what matters most, while leaving worries aside.

The company believes that at every touch point, the customer should be handled with empathy and care. Towards this, Bharti AXA General Insurance has launched various initiatives, including Smart eSurvey app, which is a live streaming solution for motor claims settlement. This app reduces the turnaround time from 2-3 days to 30 minutes and gives the power in the hands of the claimant.

SUPERIOR DIGITAL INITIATIVES

The customer-centric digital initiatives of Bharti AXA General Insurance are redefining the entire industry. According to the company, in the insurance business, technology will be of prime importance as it will help keep costs low, price products better and offer an enhanced and differentiated customer experience.Bharti AXA General Insurance’s customer- centric digital initiatives will be vital in keeping tab on the pulse of this dynamic sector.

For its customer-centric approach and operational excellence, Bharti AXA General Insurance has been awarded ‘Customer Service Excellence Award’ at ABP News BFSI Awards, 2019.

It has also been awarded with ‘Technology Initiative of the Year’ at ABP News BFSI Awards, 2019 for its WhatsApp chat-bot that provides customer assistance.

Actively seeking unique investment opportunities locally, regionally and internationally, and dedicated to investing in asset classes which help strengthen and diversify the UAE’s economy, Emirates Investment Authority (EIA) has uniquely positioned itself to become an invaluable partner for significant world- class investment opportunities in a short span of time.

WORKING TO STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMY

Established in 2007 through a federal decree with the prime objective of managing the sovereign wealth of the UAE, it invested in a diversified portfolio of assets in key economic sectors and industries.

EIA is the only Sovereign Wealth Fund of the Federal Government of the United Arab Emirates. It has been choosing its investments strategically by investing in the sectors of financial services, prepared and preserved food, educational services, and works for all seven Emirates of the United Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al-Quwain. The fund seeks to make investments in the public and private markets of the GCC as well as overseas.

ENHANCING THE VALUE OF ASSETS

Under the able leadership of Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (Deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Minister of Presidential Affairs) who is also the member of the royal family of Abu Dhabi and the half-brother of Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (Current President of UAE and Chairman of the Ministerial Council for Services, the Emirates Investment Authority and the Emirates Racing Authority), EIA has rapidly grown to become a truly dynamic investment platform for the UAE’s sovereign wealth fund.

To put its capital to good rewarding use, it has invested heavily to enhance and extract value from the combination of assets in its portfolio to maximise returns and consolidate its gains. EIA has also created an Investment Leadership Program (ILP) through which it has actively engaged in training leaders out of promising young nationals. Over the years, ILP has become very popular among those Emiratis who seek to build challenging but rewarding careers in the investment field.

STRATEGIC INVESTMENT

Envisioning consistent growth and robust results, EIA has acquired major holdings in two Middle Eastern and North African telecommunications companies Etisalat and Du. Moreover, it has also acquired over 30 stakes in corporations across the GCC and has notably invested into Gulf International Bank in Bahrain, the United Arab Shipping Company and the Gulf Investment Corporation. Last but not the least, it has been building and strengthening several of its efforts in the areas of strategic and tactical asset allocation while successfully facing challenges in the global economy. Invariably staying vigilant, EIA has also continued to place a high premium on astute risk management. EIA’s efforts in the sphere of recommending and selecting investments have always been true to its objective of preserving and enhancing the UAE’s sovereign wealth.

Recognised as a market leader in the field of electric cables manufacturing, GCL has a vast range of products such as electric cables and wires, low voltage cables insulated with cross linked polyethylene (XLPE), medium and high voltage cables, aerial bunched cables and domestic and industrial flexible cables. Gloster Cables Limited was incorporated in the year 1995, with Fort Gloster Industries Limited [FGI] as technical collaborator. GCL is fully dedicated to improve and maintain infrastructural facilities and stay ahead of the competition in terms of quality and price.

TECHIES OF THE CABLE WORLD

GCL’s applications of state-of-the-art production and testing facilities and strict adherence to ISI specifications have earned the company high prominence and ISO accreditation from the Det Norske Veritas (DNV), a Norway-based international certification body. The company has installed most-advanced, up-dated machinery and plant and is moving ahead with its ambitious plan of expanding the manufacturing network to include elastomeric insulated cables, mining and extra high voltage cables and instrumentation cables. The company also plans to set up a turnkey cabling project in near future.

TEAM OF HIGHLY DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS

The fundamental secret to success of any booming enterprise lies in the co- ordinated team-work and expertise. GCL has taken every precaution in this regard. Experienced and proficient employees are guided by the competent top management team of the company; everyone striving towards the common goal of improving the quality of the products.

Business acumen and entrepreneurial leadership of the founders have enabled the company to sell products at the lowest costs in India. Some of the factors which made it possible include high- quality-control, in-house production of all grades of PVC compounds, in-house facilities for routine tests, acceptance and type-tests as per national and international specifications, ensuring purchase and use of the best quality of raw material, inspection and testing of every material before and after production, and manufacturing of conductors with unidirectional lay process.

CUSTOMER CENTRIC APPROACH

GCL is a customer-centred company, totally committed to supply best quality products to the customers. The company visualises its growth to 1000 crores in the next 5 years by strengthening its business relations with distributors and customers. The organisation ensures timely availability of products and convenience for customers by strictly adhering to time schedule and allowing customers to evaluate and share feedback on the quality of products. Based on the customers’ say and dynamic power needs, the organisation upgrades its products further.

The brand has acquired and maintained its presence in the entire country by setting up branches all over and through distributors. This has ensured reaching out to more and more customers and serving their power-related needs. Being one of the most popular brands, GCL enjoys a long-standing good will for its products.

The premier retail bank of Sri Lanka, with an annual turnover of Rs. 106.3 billion, Hatton National Bank has received a foreign currency issuer rating of B1, equivalent to the sovereign rating by Moody’s Investors Service and a national long-term rating of AA- by Fitch Ratings (Lanka) Ltd. Its recent acquisition of a microfinance company – Prime Grameen Pvt. Ltd. (rebranded as HNB Finance) – has enabled it to gain an enhanced access to the micro finance market.

DEPLOYING ADVANCED DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY

It was the first bank in Sri Lanka to launch a mobile POS solution for the benefit of entrepreneurs, businesses and end consumers, and has deployed deposit-capable automated machines, cardless remittances and other advanced applications for transferring technology to its more than 2 million clients. The bank has also introduced Cash Management and Distributor Finance Solutions for its customers by upgrading its digital banking platform to provide them with greater availability of time and resources to focus on core skills.

To realise its vision of becoming the premier private sector bank in Sri Lanka, Hatton National Bank has collaborated with team Interbrand and team Deloitte with a special emphasis on digitisation and enhanced customer service.

CONTRIBUTING TO SOCIAL WELFARE

Hatton National Bank has set its priority on providing safe drinking water and sanitation facilities to the communities lacking this basic requirement in correspondence with the Millennium Development Goals, and has helped various villages, temples, churches, schools and drought-hit areas to meet this goal. In 2005, the bank took an educational initiative to strengthen the resources and infrastructure at disadvantaged rural schools with a target of supporting 100 schools with libraries, and has assisted 200 schools till date.

The bank contributes to renovating the infrastructure to establish libraries, facilitate the donation of books, furniture and additional books on a yearly basis. The libraries programme has been effective in inculcating reading habits among the students, and has helped in improving the skills of more than 50000 children in the country. Since 2009, the bank has initiated steps towards environmental reforms and combating climate change by pursuing a two-pronged environmental responsibility ethics programme called the ‘HNB Green Pledge’, and has undertaken various projects including tree planting campaigns, e-waste campaigns and awareness programmes. The HNB Sustainability Foundation offers financial assistance through its ‘financial assistance to cancer patients programme’ to patients/ families affected by cancer by providing them with a monthly financial supplement to meet the additional expenses incurred due to cancer.

WELL DESERVED RECOGNITION

It was conferred with the Gold Award for Sustainability Reporting at ACCA Awards 2018 and received 5 awards for sustainability at Ceylon Chamber of Commerce Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Awards 2017.

With an objective of gaining recognition as a partner in providing financial solutions through its team of motivated people, Hatton National Bank emphasises on sustainability as a holistic and integral component of its corporate policy and business model.

International Traders (Middle East) Ltd (ITL) was established in Dubai under the name of International Traders (East Africa) Ltd. The decree of incorporation originated in 1958 from the open-hearted approach of His Highness Sheikh Rashid who wanted new enterprises to open in Dubai and was committed to serve the people of the UAE. After the decree, it changed its name to International Traders (Middle East) Ltd. Though today’s success came after many challenges,ITL grew over the years because Dubai had a strong and clear vision to grow and rule the world.

FAR SIGHTED VISION

Starting humbly with textile trade,ITL Group gradually but firmly built a strong business base in Dubai.

As Dubai pushed through rapid socio-economic development after the oil boom, it started dealing in consumer electronics, IT and PC products, telecommunications, home and kitchen appliances, photographic products, business equipment, data and storage products, clocks and watches, personal grooming products, household products, office stationery, textiles, linen and luggage, food and personal banking. This began a new Cosmos era for ITL and an altogether new chapter in the retail sector of Dubai.

The group has been able to accomplish one set of goals and has invariably set new ones, reading well the expectations of its customers and in accordance with the futuristic vision of the nation.Without looking back, succeeding and expanding consistently, ITL Cosmos Group has created a strong position in Dubai. ITL’s functions include manufacturing, distributing, retailing and finance while it offers the latest products and services to its customers.

AT THE SUMMIT OF SUCCESS

Its philosophy of strong work ethics, pursuit for excellence and dedication to work for the welfare of society has been the source of inspiration for its employees who work their best for the company’s growth.

As a result, ITL Cosmos Group has become a global leader in its sphere of function. ITL Cosmos Group’s success is more laudable because it is one of the pioneers in the business sphere of Dubai.

Today, new enterprises can read the success formulas of well-established companies and have realised that mixing them with their own ingenious ideas can help them succeed faster, but ITL Cosmos Group had to make its own path to the summit of success.

This success came because ITL understood the expectations and growth opportunities of Dubai and reciprocated warmth and love which continues till today.

The Group’s focus was entirely on its customers and society, and because their organizational goals were aligned with societal prosperity, success became all the more rewarding. With each success, ITL’s resolve to do good for the society became stronger.

In a nutshell, the journey was highlighted with consistent innovations since Day One of the establishment of the company, and the resultant success was not of any one person but the entire ITL Cosmos Group.

ITL Cosmos Group is synonymous with fair business practices, ethics quality service and commitment to the society. Thus, it has been able to establish a strong bond of trust with its loyal customers by delivering them excellence and has set a brilliant example for others to get inspired.

Lulu Group a highly acclaimed retail conglomerate with a workforce of more than 50,000 employees that operates in 22 countries located across the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and the United States. It also has a big chain of retail stores in the UAE, India, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Egypt, Malaysia, and Indonesia with distribution networks located in India, the USA, Europe, the Middle East, and the Philippines.

This Abu-Dhabi-based group has been persistently exploring emerging marketing opportunities and has a Planning and Development Division to accurately analyse precise and reliable market feedback before approving a new project in the pipeline.

ENSURING COORDINATION TO DELIVER EFFECTIVE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

Lulu group decides on the choice of location, layout, and furnishing of a new store in a particular area only after performing a strong analysis of the demographic and psychographic profiles of the customers residing in that area. This practice enables the group to launch its stores according to customer preferences and expectations, thus paving the way to achieve success in its business outcomes.

The group is cautious enough to ensure that each segment of its business venture coordinates with other segments and complements them perfectly to facilitate the delivery of efficient and cost- effective business solutions.

LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY FOR EFFECTIVE STOCK MANAGEMENT

The group leverages innovative technology to cater to its employees, partners, and customers. It has an advanced warehouse management system, as well as ultramodern logistics facilities in different countries that enable it to effortlessly integrate multi- level functions and real-time decision-making to maintain an optimum level of inventory on regular basis. Lulu Group’s large fleet of advanced delivery vehicles helps it manage the stock position in its huge network of retail stores across the region efficiently.

THRIVING IN AN EVER- CHANGING MARKET

In order to meet the fast changing requirements of the market, the LuLu Group is consistently expanding and evolving its human resources to provide an encouraging and participatory workplace culture. To overcome different barriers of ethnicity and language, its team of experts shares one work culture, one vision and one commitment to cater to its huge client base.

The multi-cultural staff offers this highly diversified entity an advantage in understanding the requirements of the diverse customer community, thus, enabling the LuLu Group to establish a closer bond of trust with its customers.

It continuously evolves its well-structured training modules to ensure that the skills of its staff are persistently honed to meet the ever-evolving industry requirements.

LuLu Group’s pioneering efforts in providing an outstanding shopping experience to its customers are playing a crucial role in ensuring customer satisfaction and customer loyalty across its business segments.

Combining a onestop approach with a can-do attitude and implementing it in more than forty offices worldwide, Meinhardt Group provides timely and cost-effective engineering consulting capabilities in civil and infrastructure, planning and urban development, structural engineering, mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering, project management, water and environment. The specialist capabilities of the company range from façade engineering, environmentally sustainable designs, fire performance engineering, integrated design management to specialist lighting and mission critical facility design. The group operates in a wide range of sectors encompassing water and wastewater, sports facilities, retail malls, residential, public and government buildings, project management, power and energy, ports and marine, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, office buildings, mixed use, mission critical, master planning and infrastructure design, logistics, industrial and manufacturing, hospitality, economic and feasibility studies, defence, civil and infrastructure, business, technology park and smart cities.

MAKING STRIDES WITH PERSEVERANCE AND INNOVATION

The company was started by a visionary Bill Meinhardt as an engineering consultancy in Melbourne. His foresight and entrepreneurial skills helped the company expand well beyond the confines of Australia. Established in 1973, Singapore was the first overseas office of the company as a joint venture with Bylander Waddell from the UK. Because of the perseverance of the Bylander-Meinhardt partnership, Meinhardt made rapid strides globally. Being of Australian heritage coupled with its presence in Singapore, it facilitated easy access to both the East and West, thereby helping the company gain a competitive foothold in the Asia Pacific.

Working with an innovative and enquiring approach, the company provides a work culture where initiatives are encouraged and excellence is rewarded. Equipped with new breakthrough engineering technology solutions, the company is able to transform the landscape of regions worldwide, thereby creating magnificent, tall and iconic structures.

Tailored to the customers’ specifications, the projects completed by Meinhardt have earned unparalleled worldwide recognition and won many awards, thereby affirming its unrivalled reputation for innovative and inspiring engineering solutions. In the last five years, the company has received more than 350+ awards globally.

In October 2018, Meinhardt Singapore hasbeen awarded with “Asia’s Most Influential Company” under the Leadership/Enterprise category at the prestigious Asia Corporate Excellence and Sustainability Awards (ACES) 2018.

A technology-driven engineering company with a strong global network, Meinhardt continues with unwavering dedication to deliver highly innovative and unique solutions to its loyal clients throughout the world.

The university’s extensive curriculum extends tomultiple disciplines including more than 70 joint, concurrent and double degree courses in various streams encompassing sciences, medicine, dentistry, design, environment, law, arts, social sciences, engineering, business, computing and music.

Each member associated with the university – the academicians, researchers, staff, students and alumni – imbibes a spirit of innovation and enterprise to help transform education and multidisciplinary research for the betterment of the society.

National University of Singapore runs a corporate innovation programme in partnership with more than 30 organisations from different industries, and offers opportunities for a new business to learn from their experience specifically on how to develop solutions to different problems faced in the corporate world.

The National University of Singapore’s innovative education is exemplified by the fact that the researchers here have created a very efficient and transparent skin-level electronic material with the ability to repair itself in both wet and dry conditions.

INTEGRATED APPROACH TO SUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE, FINANCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS

Employing the combined strength of its faculties, schools, research institutes and centresto its advantage, NUS has built 8 integrative research clusters that include ageing, Asian studies, biomedical science and translational medicine, finance and risk management, integrative sustainability solutions, maritime, materials science and smart nation.

The NUS researchers analyse the biological and environmental determinants of ageing for developing interventions and technologies to help the older people remain healthy and active. They develop deep insights regarding critical issues in Asia such as political affairs and economic growth.

The university emphasises on the “bench-to-bedside translational research” for developing new drugs, diagnostics and devices for the prevention and treatment of diseases. It focuses on crucial aspects of the financial and banking systems relevant to policy makers and the financial industry to establish Singapore as an international financial hub.

The university’s advanced integrated sustainability solutions are optimised for tropical, urban and Asian settings in relation to waste management and environmental preservation. The university is developing ultra-thin advanced materials that are useful in various domains including water and environmental systems as well as consumer electronics and biotechnology.

Having adopted an integrated methodology to bring researchers from diverse fields to a common platform, and by developing strategic capabilities in the spheres of data sciences, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, National University of Singapore is contributing significantly to provide innovative education to students and to help Singapore utilise the power of data, networks and IT to improve the living standards and economic growth.

Praj has a vision of to be most preferred organization for all stakeholders through environment friendly and sustainable solutions that can make the world a better place. Praj has spread its footprints across the globe by offering innovative, integrated solutions including plants, equipment and products.

The company has acquired expertise in treating multiple feed stocks to produce a range of varying grades of ethanol and has developed technologies for various clean, renewable fuels & chemicals including BioCNG, Bio- butanol, etc. Praj has spread its presence across the globe with more than 750 customer references in more than 75 countries.

Praj employs more than 1200 professionals in India and overseas. Praj Foundation – Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of the company, undertakes several projects in the area of education, health and environment. The company has international-standard manufacturing facilities in Pune and Wada in the state of Maharashtra and Kandla in Gujarat. These facilities are accredited with ASME U and H stamps and ISO 9001-2008 certification.

ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY INNOVATIONS

In the year 2008, the organisation set-up state- of-the-art R & D facility for technological innovations named ‘Praj Matrix’. More than 85 scientists and technocrats are engaged in the development of various renewable fuels and chemicals. Praj Matrix has been granted 26 patents so far and 310 patent applications are filed.

The facility has been conferred with the ‘Green Innovation Award’ in 2011 for its outstanding research in the Green Chemistry and Engineering domain.

INDIA’S FIRST INTEGRATED BIO-REFINERY FOR RENEWABLE FUELS & BIO- CHEMICALS

Praj has commissioned India’s first integrated bio-refinery demonstration plant, that uses various lignocellulose feedstocks for generation of ethanol using proprietary 2G technology platform – ‘Enfinity. This demonstration plant is now in 3rd year of operation having processed more than 600 MT of various feed stocks. Performance parameters of this integrated bio refinery demo plant are at par with global benchmarks.

On the back of the success of the demo plant, Praj has been selected as supply technology and engineering solutions to build commercial scale bio refineries by major Oil Marketing Companies in India namely IOCL, BPCL, HPCL and MRPL.

PRAJ EXPANDS TECHNOLOGY PORTFOLIO WITH COMPRESSED BIOGAS (CBG) TECHNOLOGY

Praj-Matrix has also developed a CBG (Compressed Biogas) technology based on sugar plant waste stream (Press mud) and biomass which supports ‘SATAT’ (Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation), Government of India’s initiative focusing on replacing gasoline with CBG.

Praj has recently held a ground-breaking ceremony of integrated compressed biogas (CBG) demo plant near Pune,, state of Maharashtra.

Its big and rapid strides in information and entertainment industry have helped Punjabi to grow from a regional to a global language. PTC Network has been magnificently expanding its grip globally by establishing its identity as world’s most popular and largest Punjabi television network with millions of viewers across the globe. Till date the network has launched 7 linear channels – PTC Punjabi, PTC News, PTC Chak De, PTC Gold, PTC Simran, PTC Dhol TV, PTC Music in addition to 90 Face book pages, 6 websites, 4 twitter handles, 6 YouTube channels, 1 audio label, a 360 degree event management unit, a call center, 9 studios and 1 OTT platform under the ambit of G Next Media Pvt. Ltd.

PTC Network is the only Indian television company to have full-fledged production studios in USA & Canada. PTC Network is also world’s only company producing one digital Punjabi Film every week. More than 80% of original Punjabi television content in the world is produced and owned by PTC Network. The Network also has many firsts to its credit including a 360 degree Virtual Reality channel PTC VR.

Another first is, PTC Dhol TV – first ever live FB channel streaming Punjabi music 24X7. The company has over 400 best of the media talent, 6 state-of-the-art studios and 9 operational offices in national and international locations, including New Delhi, Mohali, Amritsar, Mumbai, London, New York, Mississauga (Ontario).

The prime focus of the network is to popularize and promote Punjab, Punjabi and Punjabiyat to its massive audience spread all across the globe. In its commitment to have a meaningful impact on the lives of millions of Punjabi viewers across the world, the Network has introduced various programming ventures that are quite popular. PTC Network provides numerous interesting programmes through its bouquet of channels pertaining to the interest of its viewers – comprising of Punjabi entertainment, news, music, spiritual, sports and much more.

RULING GLOBALLY WITH QUALITY CONTENT

More than 80% of the original Punjabi television content in the world is produced and owned by PTC Network. PTC’s content library includes feature films, short films, documentaries, serials, reality shows, talent shows, ground events for telecast, songs and much more. On an average, PTC Network produces over 17 hours of fresh content every day! And hence the network stands atop as undisputed leader for years and has been ruling the roost.

BRINGING GURBANI TO EVERY HOME

Holding the reputation of being the first ever Punjabi satellite channel and also credited with bringing Gurbani on world’s television, the network has achieved a special place in the heart of its viewers, especially Punjabi community residing world over. Currently, PTC Punjabi is the sole channel broadcasting Gurbani live from Sri Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple), Amritsar for more than 8 hours a day.

PROVIDING PLATFORM TO TALENT

PTC Network has always endeavored to acknowledge and honour the talent in the Punjabi entertainment industry. By organizing some of the biggest events in the Television and Entertainment industry, such as PTC Punjabi Music Awards and PTC Punjabi Film Awards, the network has always tried to bring forth the best of the talented artists and is continuously working to promote Punjab, Punjabi & Punjabiyat.