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Business Standard
06-07-2025
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Pranjal Sharma
Pranjal Sharma is an economic analyst, advisor and author who focuses on technology, globalisation and inclusive growth. He serves on boards of enterprises and non-profit entities which are leveraging emerging technologies for sustainable, equitable growth. Pranjal leads public discourse at global and national platforms including World Economic Forum, St Gallen Symposium, Horasis Global Meeting and AIMA. He served as a member of the Global Agenda Council at the WEF for eight years. Previously, he spent more than two decades in print, internet and TV media, mostly in leadership roles with focus on India's economic engagement with the world.
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Business Standard
06-07-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
Every dollar or energy saved is what you don't need to produce: Sharma
We have built almost 580 vocational training centres, where we have trained almost 300,000 plus youths so far, says Deepak Sharma, zone president, Greater India, MD & CEO of Schneider Electric India Pranjal Sharma Listen to This Article The first phase of Schneider Electric's manufacturing plant in Hosur will be ready by January 2026. The French company, better known in India for its Luminous brand of batteries, specialises in energy management. Deepak Sharma, zone president, Greater India, MD & CEO of Schneider Electric India, spoke to Pranjal Sharma in an interview about the firm's growth strategy. Edited excerpts The role of technology in managing energy is becoming far bigger and complex. How is Schneider helping the industry manage energy? We can talk a lot about the generation part, but the equally important challenge is on the consumption part.
The Hindu
12-06-2025
- The Hindu
Shillong varsity professor, vendor held by CBI on graft charges
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday (June 12, 2025) said it has arrested a professor of the North Eastern Hill University in Meghalaya's Shillong and a Guwahati-based vendor on graft charges in the supplies of laboratory equipment. 'N. Saha, the Zoology department professor and the dean of the School of Life Sciences at the Central University, and vendor Pranjal Sharma were apprehended during a transaction involving a bribe of ₹3,43 lakh at the university guest house in Guwahati,' a statement issued by the Central agency said. Acting on a tip-off about the professor and the vendor, who were allegedly involved in "corrupt practices" in the supply of laboratory equipment and clearance of bills, a trap was laid, and the two accused were "caught red-handed." 'During the investigation, CBI sleuths raided premises linked to the accused at two places and recovered incriminating documents,' the statement said. 'The search is under way at one more place,' the Central agency said. 'The arrested accused will be produced before a court in Guwahati during the day,' it added.
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Business Standard
08-06-2025
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- Business Standard
Digipin: A new digital way to set accurate addresses in the country
It IS a digital version of the pin code system and A more accurate address fOR a person or organisation. The 10-digit alphanumeric code will be useful for people on the move Pranjal Sharma Listen to This Article From the traditional money order system to the modern ecommerce industry, people have relied on the postal pin code to send mail and materials to places. Digipin, a digital version of the pin code system, has been launched by the Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications. Short for Digital Postal Index Number, it is a more accurate address for a person or organisation. The area a pin code covers could be a few kilometres to thousands of square kilometres, with an average cover of around 170 sq km. Digipin will create a unique number for an area as small as
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Business Standard
11-05-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
Artificial intelligence checks in: How it is changing the travel sector
AI-powered advisors, facial recognition and GenAI chatbots are among tools that people, airlines and the hospitality industry are using to make travel more comfortable and convenient Pranjal Sharma Listen to This Article The travel industry runs on personal interaction and here technology is making relationships more efficient. Travellers and service providers are leaning on artificial intelligence (AI) for more informed decisions. Price comparison, destination assessment and consumer behaviour are being enabled by new technology tools. AI agents will not just automate travel searches and bookings, but they will also match human intelligence in many tasks by the end of the decade, said a recent report by the World Travel and Tourism Council. As many as 94 per cent of travel and tourism industry leaders consider AI to be critical to their business.
