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Vice-Chancellor of EFLU elected ICCR vice-president

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Sunaina Singh, Vice-Chancellor, English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad has been unanimously elected as Vice President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), New Delhi for a period of three years.

The ICCR Constitution provides for three Vice Presidents out of whom two are elected by the General Assembly. Prabhat Shukla, former Ambassador is the other dignitary who was elected as Vice President while Dr. Jai Shankar, Foreign Secretary to the Government of India is ex-officio third vice-president of the Council.

ICCR president Prof. Lokesh Chandra conducted the General assembly and the Governing Board meetings recently, a press release said.

Prof. Sunaina Singh’s election adds another feather to her career as an academic and as one of the few woman Vice Chancellors of a Central University in India today. She is the first and only Indian woman to have headed the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, a bi-national organization and has rich experience of academic administration at both the national as well as at the international levels.

The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) is a body functioning under the aegis of the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India and its mandate includes participation in the formulation and implementation of policies and programmes relating to India’s External Cultural relations and to foster and strengthen cultural relations and mutual understanding between India and other countries.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Cities> Hyderabad / by Special Correspondent / Hyderabad – March 31st, 2016

This app offers trial before purchase!

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Akash Agarwal, Prashant Surana Jain and Sandeep Singh,co-founders of Snapper Technologies. -Photo: by arrangement
Akash Agarwal, Prashant Surana Jain and Sandeep Singh,co-founders of Snapper Technologies. -Photo: by arrangement

Snapper will be launched in April on Android and iOS platforms

If purchased goods can be home-delivered so can the products worth a trial. Now, order any number of items ranging from jewellery to apparel to even electronic gadgets and wait to try it out at a comfortable location for free. That too, within 40 minutes of placing the order, promises the team behind the mobile app, Snapper which is to be launched in April first week on Android and iOS platforms.

The city-based co-founder of the startup, Snapper Technologies, Prashant Surana informed that the ‘Try It Now’ feature on their app will let the users get access to dozens of stores across the city.

“The customers can order items from multiple stores and they don’t have to necessarily buy it after trying them,” said Mr. Surana. “Nowadays, travelling in traffic consumes a lot of time. Instead of physically going to various shops, the users can make their homes in to trial rooms without paying a penny. We have our own logistics team to make sure the products quickly reach the users.”

Not just the shoppers, but the app is blessing in disguise for the vendors too, according to Mr. Surana.

“By tying up with the vendors, we have provided them with the revolutionary customer relationship management tool. They will become more organised and can track down their customers residing nearby and connect with them through push notifications and messages. They can know the purchase habits of the customers too. Since we are taking care of logistics, they do not have to spend on delivery boys,” said Mr. Surana. Through their one-of-its-kind digital payment options, ‘Kwik Pay’, the users also can recharge to shop more and receive discounts.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / Rahul Devalapalli / Hyderabad – March 29th, 2016