deAsra Introduces Aspiring Entrepreneurs With Funding Essentials

deAsra Foundation on Friday had organized a workshop on “Funding Essentials” for those who wish to start a small business or want to grow their existing businesses effectively by availing right funding schemes.

The workshop was held at Alpabachat Bhavan, Pune & Conducted by Ms. Devayani Kulkarni and Mr. Abhishek Kulkarni, representatives of deAsra Foundation. This workshop helped small business owners to understand how to raise money in a timely and efficient way and avoid unintended financial problems.

Mr. Abhishek Kulkarni said, “Every business has different needs based on the product or service they offer in the market. Hence the requirement of funding will differ. An entrepreneur should study the market for his product or service which will help him to choose the right funding options to grow the business”.

Some important points of funding essentials like, assessment of business before availing any funding scheme and availing funding through cash credit, term loans, long term loans, short term loans and loans against fix assets etc. were touched at the workshop, entrepreneurs who were part of this workshop went back with the clear understanding of funding essentials and required procedure for their business.

deAsra is committed to enabling people to start, manage & grow a small business successfully. We offer a platform wherein, setting up, managing & growing a small business is made simple & entrepreneur friendly through a broad array of support services. We are known for giving an hassle free approach to upcoming businesses by giving them a mentor to guide them through the entire process flawlessly.

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Annapurna Pariwar – Inauguration of New Office Premises

Annapurna Pariwar, the Pune-based NGO working for women empowerment through its micro finance and other support services inaugurated its new office premises on 7th May, 2018.  The new office building Su Vastu Prestige is located minutes away from its earlier office at Warje, Pune and will house the entire back office staff along with the CEO and Senior Team.

The new premises was inaugurated at the hands of Com. Shri Krishna Mense, the veteran freedom fighter who was also the founder member of Annapurna Mahila Coop Credit Society Ltd. in 1986 along with Padmashri Prematai Purao.  Speaking on the occasion, Com. Mense highlighted the role played by cooperatives in the development of good business practices and creating self-employment.

Dr.Medha Purao-Samant, the CEO of Annapurna Pariwar expressed happiness that the credit society can now boast of its own office acquired with financial support from Indian Overseas Bank, Bank of Baroda and Bank of Maharashtra.  The guests present on the occasion included bankers, auditors and noted dignitaries like Dr. Anil Avchat, Mr. F. X. Hay who lauded the organization’s efforts which made the new premises a possibility.  This was especially creditable as it was achieved with Annapurna’s goals of empowerment of poor women by upholding a sustainable yet not profit-oriented model of comprehensive development.

KPIT Fourth Quarter Results FY 2018

FY18 USD revenues grow 14.8% Y-o-Y, reach USD 567.6 Million
Q4 FY18 USD revenue up Q-o-Q by 6.4% at USD 150.2 Million

Investor Release BSE: 532400 | NSE: KPIT

India, May 23, 2018: KPIT (BSE:  532400; NSE: KPIT), a global technology company specializing in providing IT Consulting and Product Engineering solutions and services to Automotive, Manufacturing, Energy and Utilities companies, today reported its consolidated financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2018.

Highlights for the quarter ended March 31, 2018

• Q4 FY18 PAT at ₹760 Million, a Q-o-Q growth of 23.2%, Y-o-Y growth of 41.6%
• Q4 FY18 reported EBITDA at 11.4%, Operational EBITDA without transaction expenses at 12.7%
• Q4 FY18 ₹ Revenue up by 6% Q-o-Q and 12.6% Y-o-Y
• Net Cash Balance as at March 31, 2018 stood at ₹3.18 Billion (₹0.77 Billion as at March 31, 2017)
• FY19 Growth Outlook of 8% - 10% in USD Revenue  

Management comments

Commenting on the performance of Q4 FY18, Ravi Pandit, Co-founder, Chairman & Group CEO, KPIT said, “We are encouraged by the revenue growth during the quarter, led by engineering and certain segments of Business IT viz. Digital and ePLM. We will continue to invest in future technologies relevant for our customers. We are progressing well on the Merger-Demerger transaction, with all regulatory filings on track.”

Kishor Patil, Co-founder, CEO & MD, KPIT said, “We are back to industry leading growth, with FY18 registering a healthy growth of ~15%. We have seen reassuring margin improvement in Business IT during the year. We expect to register a growth of 8% to 10% in USD revenues for FY19 with operational EBITDA Margins in the range of 11.5% to 12.5%.”

About KPIT Technologies 

KPIT (BSE:532400, NSE: KPIT) is a global technology company specializing in providing IT Consulting and Product Engineering solutions and services to Automotive, Manufacturing, Energy & Utilities and Life Sciences companies. Together with its customers and partners, it creates and delivers technologies to enable creating a cleaner, greener and more intelligent world that is sustainable and efficient. 

22 Year Old Gymnast Gets New Life After Neck Injury

Doctors at SaiShree Hospital saved life of a 22 years old gymnast from Pune, Vijay Ingale, who fell on neck while his routine practice sessions and was complaining of neck stiffness and pain. On getting x-rays, he was diagnosed to have dislocation of 4th cervical vertebra over 5th. Fractures or dislocations around this region of the spine are either fatal or associated with partial to complete paralysis of all 4 limbs. Luckily this patient despite of having a dislocation in his cervical spine did not suffered any injury to the spinal cord.

Similar case of 20 years old wrestler from Kolhapur, Nilesh Kandurkar where his opponent grabbed him by the waist and lifted him in the air in a wrestling move known as the ‘Ekchak’.  Nilesh in trying to free himself landed on his neck with full force and the impact was so powerful that he became unconscious. Doctors confirmed that, Nilesh had suffered neck and spinal cord damage due to the massive impact on landing and he died due to delayed treatment. 

Dr. PaiRaiturkar, Spine Surgeon at Sai Shree Hospital, said, “Vijay’s case was very challenging.  ‘Crutchfield tongs’ which consist of 2 pins inserted in the skull bone and attached to a pulley, were applied and gradual traction was given. Patient had to be monitored continuously to watch for any deterioration of neurological function. The traction was increased gradually and portable x-rays were taken every 30 minutes till reduction of the vertebra was achieved.”

 Dr. Ketan Deshpande Spine Surgeon, Sai Shree Hospital said, “High index of suspicion is necessary in diagnosing such cases. Lack of knowledge may prompt the patient to opt for neck massaging, or manipulation which could be devastating in such hidden injuries.”

After reduction patient was taken for open surgery where the dislocated vertebrae were fused together using bone graft, plates & screws. “Due to prompt diagnosis and treatment we could successfully mobilized the patient on the next day and he was discharged after 4 days.” said Dr. Neeraj Adkar, Director and Joint Replacement Surgeon, Sai Shree Hospital.

नवउद्योजकांचा आधारस्तंभ – देआसरा

जीवनात यश त्यानांच मिळते जे चिकाटीने कार्यरत असतात. आपल्यात असलेले कौशल्य जाणून सातत्याने जो वाटचाल करतो त्यालाच यशमिळते. दत्तात्रय व स्नेहल बागडे हे याचे एक उत्तम उदाहरण. या जोडलंप्याला जेव्हा त्यांच्या पहिला बाळाची गोड बातमी कळली तेव्हा एक आर्थिक  संकट त्यांच्यावर कोसळले. आपल्यात असलेले कौशल्य जाणून गृहिणी असलेल्या स्नेहल यांनी पतीला हातभार लावण्यास सुरवातकेली. व त्यातूनच एक नवीन उद्योजिका जन्माला आली. पती पत्नी दोघांनी मित्राच्या पेंटिंग व्यवसायात सामील होऊन सुशोभित वस्तू तयारकरण्यास सुरवात केली. काही काळानंतर त्यांना अधिक भांडवलाची गरज भासू लागली. त्यावेळी त्यांनी देआसराकडेधाव घेतली. आज ते एकयशस्वीरित्या आपला व्यवसाय करत आहेत.

मार्केटिंग व कस्टम रिलेशन्स मध्ये शिक्षण घेतलेल्या आदित्य काळेने स्वतःचे स्नॅक्स सेंटर सुरु करायचे ठरवले. व्यवसाय चालवण्यासाठीलागणाऱ्या कर्जाचे योग्य नियोजन न केल्याने आदित्य कर्जाची वेळेवर फेड करू शकत नव्हता. आदित्यची ही परिस्थिती समजून घेऊनदेआसराने त्याचा योग्यरित्या व्यवसायाचा आराखडा व बँकेचे कागदपत्रे बनवले. आता आदित्य यशस्वीपणे वायसाय  करत आहे व कर्जाचीपरतफेड योग्य वेळेस चालू आहे.

वाणिज्य शाखेत शिक्षान घेतलेल्या चैत्राली यांनी लग्नानंतर घरूनच ब्युटी पार्लरचा व्यवसाय सुरु केला व त्याच बरोबर घरून डबे देण्याचे कामहीसुरु केलेलं.

थोड्यच दिवसात त्यांनी स्वतःची फूड व्हॅन सुरु केली. त्यासाठी लागणाऱ्या सर्व योजनेसाठी देआसराने त्यांना मार्गदर्शन दिले.               

             अशा अनेक नव उद्योजकांना व्यवसाय उभा करण्यासाठी व तो वाढवण्यासाठी देआसरा फाउंडेशन मार्गदर्शक म्हणून काम करत आहे.देशातील वाढत्या बेरोजगारीची समस्या लक्षात घेऊनरोजगार वाढवण्याच्या हेतूने डॉ. आनंद देशपांडे यांनी देआसरा फाउंडेशनची स्थापना केलीआहे. नव्याने उद्योग चालू करणाऱ्या उद्योजकांसाठी देआसरा ही खऱ्या अर्थाने आसरा देणारी संस्था झालीआहे. या फाउंडेशनचे ध्येय २०२०पर्यंत कमीतकमी एक लाख रोजगार उपलब्ध करण्याच्या उद्देशाने  25,000  उद्योगांना त्यांचे व्यवसाय सुरू करणे, त्यांचे व्यवस्थापन करणे आणिवाढविण्यासाठी सक्षम करणे, असे ध्येय समोर ठेवले आहे. प्रज्ञा गोडबोले या फाउंडेशनच्या मुख्यकार्यकारी अधिकारी असून देआसराच्याकार्यकारी टीममध्ये पूर्वी नामांकित बँकिंग आणि सरकारी वित्तीय संस्थांमध्ये काम करून समृद्ध अनुभव असलेले लोक कार्यरत आहेत.

                ना नफा ना तोटा या तत्वावर या संस्थेचे कामकाज चालू असून उद्योजकांना एक समर्पित व्यवसाय सुविधा उपलब्ध करून देतेज्याला उद्योगमित्र म्हणले जाते. जो व्यवसायासाठी उद्योजकांना मार्गदर्शन करतो आणि निरंतर यशस्वीतेची खात्री देतो. देआसरा व्यवसाय वमालकांसाठी एक सक्षम व्यासपीठ तयार करून देते यातून ते व्यवसायाची ओळख, त्यातील चढ उतार, व्यवसायाला असलेली बाजारपेठ याचीसर्व माहिती नव उद्योजकाला देण्यात येते. व्यवसाय सुरु झाल्याव देखील उद्योगमित्र हा नवउद्योजकाबरोबर असतो. व्यवसायात येणाऱ्या प्रत्येकअडीअडचणीला देअसरा कायम उद्योजकाच्या पाठीशी ठाम पणे उभे असते. नव्याने व्यवसाय करणे हे अगदी ध्येर्याचेकाम आहे. व्यवसायातआपण यशस्वी होऊ का? हा व्यवसाय आपल्याला योग्यरीत्या चालवता येईल का? असे अनेक प्रश्न नवीन व्यवसाय चालू करताना प्रत्येकाच्यामनात येतात. त्यामुळे प्रत्यक्ष व्यवसाय सुरु करण्याआधी उद्योजकांना व्यवसायासंबंधी विविध प्रकारची मदत व माहिती दिली जाते. 

                  उद्योजकता वाढवणे, उद्योजकांना व्यवसाय चालवणे सोपे करणे हे ध्येय ठेऊनच देअसरा कार्यरत आहे. बेरोजगारीची मोठी समस्यासोडवण्यासाठी नोकरीच्या संधी उपलब्ध करणे गरजेचे आहे. त्यासाठी नोकरीच्या संधी निर्माण करणारे उद्योजक घडवायला हवेत, या उद्येशानेफाउंडेशनची निर्मिती झाली. सहजपणे ग्राहकांशी जोडण्यासाठी, त्यांचे उत्पादन / सेवा बाजारात आणणे, व्यवहार करणे आणि दैनंदिन व्यवसायकार्यप्रणाली व्यवस्थापित करण्यासाठी सक्षम करते.