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Mumbai, Renowned film art director <keyword id="194218" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="nitin-desai" source="Orion">Nitin Desai</keyword>, who created sets for blockbuster films such as "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam" and "Lagaan", was found hanging on Wednesday at his studio in Maharashtra's Raigad district neighbouring Mumbai, a senior police official said. Prima facie, it seems to be a case of suicide, the official said, adding they are investigating the case from all angles. "Desai's body was found hanging with a rope in the morning at the N D Studios," Raigad Superintendent of Police Somnath Gharge said. The studio is located in the Karjat area of Raigad, about 50 km from Mumbai. After being alerted, police rushed to the spot, the official said. The police are investigating the case from all possible angles, Gharge said. Desai, who was in his late 50s, served as art director and production designer for a number of Bollywood and Marathi movies. He was also known for his art work in films such as "Jodhaa Akbar" and "Prem Ratan Dhan Payo". The art director's death sent shock waves across the industry with film personalities such as Hema Malini, Riteish Deshmukh, Siddhartha Basu, and Neil Nitin Mukesh mourning Desai's passing. Actor-politician Hema Malini said Desai's death was a "terrible loss" to the film industry. "Such a warm human being, associated with many of my projects and ballets... May he find peace wherever he is," she tweeted. Neil said it is difficult to accept the heartbreaking news of Desai's death. The late art director worked on "Jail", the 2009 film starring the actor. "Our beloved #nitindesai has left for his heavenly abode. He was simply a genius. A visionary artist with grace, style who understood not just his craft but people. He was a positive soul who spread only love to all. My God give his family strength. Om Shanti," he wrote on the microblogging site. Basu, who worked with Desai on popular reality shows such as "Kaun Banega Crorepati" and "Dus Ka Dum", said he was shocked to hear about the passing of his "friend and artistic collaborator". "He made sets for so many of our shows - KBC, Kamzor Kadi, Heartbeat, Bluffmaster, Dus ka Dum, Sach ka Saamna.. Conjuring world class installations on an industrial scale. Om shanti," Basu wrote on Twitter, which was recently rebranded as X. In his career spanning over 30 years, Desai closely worked with directors like Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Rajkumar Hirani, and Ashutosh Gowariker.

'Lagaan' art director Nitin Desai found hanging at his studio near Mumbai

The recently concluded <keyword id="7489392" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Adobe-Summit">Adobe Summit</keyword> showcased new innovations across the Adobe Experience Cloud and demonstrated how businesses can transform their <keyword id="1284549" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Customer-Experience">customer experience</keyword> by engaging with Adobe. Business Insider India caught up with Nitin Singhal, Managing Director, Digital Experience, Adobe India, to find out how the company is enabling businesses to ride the digital experience wave, alongside the company’s vision for the future. Lately, with the onset of a hybrid world, most organizations are accelerating the adoption of digital to become future-ready and offer the relevant consumer experience. How is Adobe working towards redefining this customer experience for organizations? Reflecting on the transformational time that the last year has been, we’ve all experienced the power of digital technology as it has radically changed the way we live, learn, work, and play. In the face of the continuously evolving dynamics and challenges, digital experiences have played a vital role in making every aspect of our lives possible – from keeping families and coworkers connected, to enabling new ways of learning, to powering digital commerce and ensuring continuity of essential business operations. Ours has grown to become a digital-first world, and from here, there is no looking back. <div type="ExtQuote" text="As the digital experiences company, Adobe is powering the digital economy with our continuous innovation, the expertise we have garnered from undergoing our own digital transformation, and our large and diverse set of customers and partners." auname="Nitin Singhal - MD, Digital Experience, Adobe India"></div> Adobe’s mission – to Change the World through Digital Experiences – has never been more relevant than it is today. With Adobe Experience Cloud, we’re powering digital businesses of all sizes, giving them everything they need to design and enable great customer experiences at scale. How is Adobe enabling businesses as the current situation unfolds? The pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation journeys of businesses across industries and ensured that all business strategies are leading with a digital-first approach. In education, digital has unlocked new forms of learning and is removing barriers to access. When teachers had to quickly rescope lesson plans in a remote learning environment, we powered our customers’ online learning support in a matter of days. The telecommunications industry has been mission-critical in providing the infrastructure to keep the world connected and running. Adobe Experience Cloud is enabling telcos to deliver real-time experiences for real-time results – the new reality that every business will need to compete in. Financial institutions have had to reimagine customer transactions in a digital-first world. Adobe is working with HDFC Bank in India to make their banking experience digital, enabling customers to perform an array of actions across devices, from opening a bank account to applying for a loan or managing investments. In healthcare, the convergence of science and technology is enabling transformational patient experiences. Our global teams are working with Pfizer to deliver data-driven experiences for patients and healthcare providers on critical information, such as the latest vaccine developments. In the aviation sector, which has been an early adopter of digital, we helped airlines like IndiGo to further customer experiences, accelerate business decisions through automation and really enable the lives of people during the lockdown. As e-commerce become the primary way to purchase goods, we worked with Nykaa - India’s largest online beauty store, to super charge their ecommerce strategy and deliver personal care items that customers needed at home. These stories are just some examples of Adobe’s reach and impact across every industry and dimension of life. Adobe recently concluded its flagship digital experience conference – Adobe Summit 2021. What was the focus as part of this year’s event and your top takeaways? This year, we transformed Adobe Summit to a digital experience for people around the world and created a platform for brands to become a part of the very relevant conversation around the role of digital in enabling customer experiences. As always, Summit saw a range of strategic announcements from Adobe, many of which will pave the way forward for the industry. We announced the next generation of our Real-time Customer Data Platform (CDP), the only enterprise application architected from the ground up for first-party data- driven customer acquisition and engagement. Adobe Real-time CDP helps brands activate known and unknown customer data to manage the entire customer profile and journey seamlessly in one system, without the need for third- party cookies. We also introduced several innovations across Adobe Experience Cloud, unveiling new enterprise applications with Adobe Journey Optimizer and Adobe Customer Journey Analytics, industry-leading Marketing System of Record through the integration of Workfront, and new Adobe Experience Platform capabilities to deliver real-time personalization at scale. Additionally, we announced new content and intelligent commerce capabilities, including a strategic partnership with FedEx. Discussed much at Summit, why is there a need for a strong partnership between the CIOs and CMOs? It has been over a decade since Adobe created the digital marketing category, foreseeing the convergence of art and science and serving the untapped needs of the CMO. Today, digital marketing has unlocked a new world of data. As businesses rearchitect their systems around the customer, only businesses with a strong partnership between the CMO and the CIO will thrive. <div type="ExtQuote" text="Adobe is bridging CMOs and CIOs to enable compelling experience, regardless of how and where customers choose to interact with the brand. Successful customer experience management requires a confluence of innovative technology, talented people to activate that technology, and new processes to scale the impact." auname="Nitin Singhal - MD, Digital Experience, Adobe India"></div> We have been hearing much about the downfall of third-party cookies. What is Adobe’s vision and plan here to help its customers in a cookieless world? Third party cookies are being phased out and that is set to bring several implications for the marketing industry and digital experience as a whole. As we move into a cookieless future, there will be a greater emphasis from brands on building consumer trust, first-party data will be a priority, and Real-time personalization will take the centre-stage. Adobe thus aims to offer its consumer a direct control of their data while helping them curate personalized brand experiences. While these trends are likely to put marketers in a flux, Adobe has unveiled <a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.adobe.com%2Fnews%2Fnews-details%2F2021%2FAdobe-Announces-Industrys-First-CDP-Architected-For-First-Party-Data%2Fdefault.aspx&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cjames.anthony%402020msl.com%7Cf3b50894450241487bb108d92bea0bbd%7Cd52c9ea17c2147b182a333a74b1f74b8%7C1%7C0%7C637589106497912871%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=OJ6eBm1F4UCfh%2BlXZIprZ8pm77mFNw5cO1I7ZkEYvkI%3D&amp;reserved=0">its all new Real-time Customer Data Platform (CDP)</a>. Bringing the industry’s first CDP architected for first party data, it acts as a centralized hub, and helps build a customer's profile over time. As the name suggests, it works real-time and steadily monitors user behavior, leveraging AI and ML to trigger registration or consent from the customers at the right time. With this, we are excited to be partnering with brands to deliver relevant, responsive and respectful experiences through first-party data. What are your thoughts on how the Digital Economy will pan out in the near future? It’s been clearly established that our present and future are all about digital. This digital-first era will continue to shape our lives - from keeping friends, family and colleagues connected, to powering digital commerce and continuity of essential business operations. Looking ahead, digitization will be key to keeping economies and businesses running, and potentially even emerge stronger. <div type="ExtQuote" text="The digital economy will thrive on customer connections and empowerment. Personalized experiences that result in strong engagement and lasting customer relationships will be strategic to long term business growth. Businesses orchestrate scalable digital experiences that enable their customers, partners, and workforce. CXOs must embrace a digital-first mindset and consistently evolve their strategies basis ongoing shifts in customer behaviour and market conditions. Businesses that focus on these aspects will be the winners in the digital economy." auname="Nitin Singhal - MD, Digital Experience, Adobe India"></div>

The digital economy will thrive on customer connections and empowerment, says Adobe India's Nitin Singhal

<ul><li><keyword id="10577954" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Triton-EV">Triton EV</keyword> will be opening its new manufacturing facility in the Zahirabad area of <keyword id="68884" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Telangana">Telangana</keyword></li><li>It is planning to invest about $1.5 billion in this manufacturing facility over the next five years</li><li>Meanwhile, the central government is trying to lure <keyword id="107096" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Tesla">Tesla</keyword> into manufacturing its EVs in <keyword id="3658" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="India">India</keyword></li></ul> US-based <keyword id="6354973" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="electric-vehicles">electric vehicles</keyword> (EV) giant Triton, which competes with <keyword id="6355315" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="elon-musk">Elon Musk</keyword>’s Tesla, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of Telangana to open its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in the state’s Zahirabad area. This facility, which will be built over a million square feet area, can create close to 24,000 <keyword id="11018" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jobs">jobs</keyword> in the state, Triton EV and Telangana government said. Triton EV is planning to invest about $1.5 billion in this manufacturing facility over the next five years, the company said in the statement. The first tranche -- $300 million -- will be infused in the upcoming months. Triton EV’s Chairperson and Managing Director <keyword id="192817" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Himanshu-Patel">Himanshu Patel</keyword> has claimed that they already have $2.2 billion worth of purchase orders from India. Telangana government, too, has given an order of 3000 EVs to Triton. “We are excited to know about Triton EV’s expertise and vision for the EV market… Industrial policy of the state which is proactively crafted towards fast process driven decision making and action towards bringing new investments in the state,” Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao (also known as KTR), Telangana's minister for Municipal Administration &amp; Urban Development, Industries &amp; Commerce, and IT said on the occasion. The manufacturing facility will produce Triton EVs not only for the Indian market, but also for Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and the entire Middle East region. Notably, rival Tesla is also <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/elon-musks-tesla-cars-to-set-up-its-production-unit-in-karnataka-says-karnataka-cm/articleshow/80905036.cms">set</a> to make an entry into India this year and plans to set up a research and development (R&amp;D) unit in <keyword id="6354321" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bengaluru">Bengaluru</keyword>. Unlike Triton, Tesla will only be focusing on selling in the Indian market and not manufacturing here. However, the Indian government has been trying to attract the Elon Musk-led company into manufacturing in the country by giving subsidies and other benefits. Indian transport minister <keyword id="26680" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nitin-gadkari">Nitin Gadkari</keyword>, in an<a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/india-tesla-minister-exclusive-idUSKCN2AU1AS"> interview </a>with Reuters, said that India is ready to offer incentives to ensure Tesla’s cost of production remains lower than China if the company committed to start making EVs domestically. Gadkari had previously also stated that Tesla will be starting off by selling in India and would later look into starting assembling in India. Though the date of Tesla’s Indian launch hasn’t been set yet, the company has already started <a href="https://hr.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/tesla-strengthens-india-team-ahead-of-rolling-electric-cars/82177700">hiring</a> for key roles. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/edtech-startup-classplus-raises-65-million-led-by-tiger-global-to-bring-more-tutors-online/articleshow/83810274.cms">Edtech startup ClassPlus raises $65 million led by Tiger Global to bring more tutors online</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/zomato-is-seeking-a-8-billion-valuation-in-its-ipo-does-it-make-sense/articleshow/83801848.cms">There are a few reasons why Zomato wants $8 billion valuation from its IPO — here's a look at if it makes sense</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/edtech-startup-classplus-raises-65-million-led-by-tiger-global-to-bring-more-tutors-online/articleshow/83810274.cms">Edtech startup ClassPlus raises $65 million led by Tiger Global to bring more tutors online</a>

Tesla’s rival Triton to create 24,000 jobs in Telangana with new electric vehicle factory

<ul><li>Disney+ Hotstar has collaborated with MediaMath, a Demand-Side Platform (DSP).</li><li>This association enables advertisers and agencies to measure reach and frequency on Disney+ Hotstar’s <keyword id="2520956" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="programmatic">programmatic</keyword> inventory in a trusted, and brand-safe environment.</li><li>With this offering, brands can purchase premium inventory on Disney+ Hotstar through Programmatic Guaranteed (PG) and Private Marketplace (PMP) deals to reach India’s affluent, urban audiences via a multitude of ad formats that suit their marketing objectives.</li></ul>Disney+ Hotstar has collaborated with MediaMath, a Demand-Side Platform (DSP) that delivers the most responsive, accountable, and performant advertising technology for brands to buy <keyword id="10377443" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="addressable-media">addressable media</keyword>. This association enables advertisers and agencies to measure reach and frequency on Disney+ Hotstar’s programmatic inventory in a trusted, and brand-safe environment. With this offering, brands can purchase premium inventory on Disney+ Hotstar through Programmatic Guaranteed (PG) and Private Marketplace (PMP) deals to reach India’s affluent, urban audiences via a multitude of ad formats that suit their marketing objectives. The platform’s massive reach and sharp targeting options extend an incredible opportunity for brands, especially regional players, to tap the right audience whether on live sports or entertainment. Nitin Bawankule, President, Ad Sales, <keyword id="8934848" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Star-Disney-India">Star &amp; Disney India</keyword> said, “We are committed to enabling marketers and agency partners to reach new and existing audiences at scale and build incremental reach. By activating audience-based buying in a private programmatic environment, brands can target precise, highly engaged audience cohorts, exercise more control with transparency, and attain higher visibility of their campaigns. MediaMath offers a cutting-edge technology platform and this association will help us offer efficient programmatic advertising solutions to clients.” “OTT is a critical and fast-growing channel for driving addressability, and our association with Disney+ Hotstar helps us offer a forward-looking, sophisticated programmatic setup," said <keyword id="10377444" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="pranjal-desai">Pranjal Desai</keyword>, Country Manager India, MediaMath. “Disney+ Hotstar has already established itself as the largest [AR4] player in the OTT space, and this collaboration has been the natural next step in making media buying on OTT a more streamlined, efficient and accountable process.” Speaking about the Disney+ Hotstar Marketing Platform and the possibilities, Umesh Krishna, Director - Marketing, Swiggy said, "Swiggy and Disney+ Hotstar have had a long association, especially when it comes to cricket. In fact, food and video-on-demand are categories that go hand-in-hand, and they both cater to similar psychographics. Having tried out programmatic campaigns on the Disney+ Hotstar Marketing Platform recently, we are extremely pleased about the scale and targeting options that it offers us. I am confident that it can serve our various marketing goals effectively." <keyword id="267001" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Amardeep-Singh">Amardeep Singh</keyword>, Co-Founder &amp; CEO, <keyword id="179255" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Interactive-Avenues">Interactive Avenues</keyword> said, "We are looking forward to programmatically accessing India’s most premium and brand-safe video inventory on Disney+ Hotstar via MediaMath – the leading independent DSP in the country. This is an offering that the market has been waiting for quite some time now. Interactive Avenues works extensively with both MediaMath and Disney+ Hotstar and we are very excited for this offering which will help us to further augment our promise to our clients to give them the best ROI on their investments." Additionally, buyers can access other key features such as viewability measurement, frequency-capping, and real-time analytics. With Disney+ Hotstar, brands can reach India’s affluent, urban audiences via a multitude of ad formats that suit their marketing objectives. The platform’s massive reach and sharp targeting options extend an incredible opportunity for brands, especially regional players, to reach the right audience whether on live sports or entertainment.

Disney+ Hotstar collaborates with MediaMath to offer audience-based marketing in a private programmatic environment

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/james-gorman?family=editorial&amp;phrase=james%20gorman&amp;sort=best&amp;excludenudity=true#license">Neilson Barnard/Getty Images</a>Chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley James P. Gorman participates in a panel discussion at the New York Times 2015 DealBook Conference at the Whitney Museum of American Art on November 3, 2015 in New York City.</div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>Morgan Stanley just announced its 2019 managing director class. </li><li>145 employees were promoted to MD, 61% based in the Americas, according to an internal memo sent out Tuesday.</li><li>The bank promoted 153 MDs last year and 140 in 2017.</li></ul>Morgan Stanley just announced a class of 145 new managing directors - the highest rank at the bank and a coveted career milestone on Wall Street.An internal memo was sent out around late Tuesday afternoon announcing the hires, according to a person familiar with the matter. According to the memo, a portion of which was seen by Business Insider, 68% of the new MDs are in Institutional Securities, Investment Management, and Wealth Management.Other stats about the new class:<ul><li>By region: 61% of the promotes were based in the Americas, 26% in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and 13% in Asia.</li><li>There are 39 new female MDs (27%), compared with 40 last year (26%).</li><li>7% of the US class is Black, up from 5% in 2018, and 4% of the US class is Hispanic, up from 1% last year.</li></ul>Morgan Stanley <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/morgan-stanley-announces-2018-managing-director-promotions-2018-1">promoted 153 MDs</a> last year and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/morgan-stanley-managing-directors-2017-1">140 in 2017</a>. Elsewhere on Wall Street, Bank of America Merrill Lynch <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bank-of-america-merrill-lynch-2018-internal-md-promotion-full-list-2018-11">promoted nearly 140 employees to MD</a> in late November, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/citigroup-promotes-125-to-managing-director-heres-the-full-list-2018-12">Citigroup promoted 125 MDs</a> in its Institutional Clients Group in December, and Barclays <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/barclays-names-85-new-managing-directors-2018-12">promoted 85 MDs</a> a couple days later.At Goldman Sachs, where MD is one rung below the prestigious role of partner and the classes are announced every two years, 509 employees were promoted to MD in 2017 and 69 were promoted to partner <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-sachs-new-partner-class-list-2018-2018-11">in November</a>.Here's the full list of employees who just got promoted to managing director at Morgan Stanley:Institutional EquityKeshiv DesaiSina El BiedAndrew FearnsideTaso GiannopoulosOllie HoeldinKeiko KawauchiPaul KondratkoRichard SmerinTyler SorbaJames Spencer-LavanMichelle StrattonNim WarshawskyEllen WeinsteinJenny Zupan ResearchMatthew HarrisonJames Lord Fixed IncomeAshwin AnandJordan BrinkQing ChenRichard CondonLucy DabinettMarcel De BoomAlexandre de LatourXu (Kurt) JianRodrigo JoligWilliam LeeLouis LiJohn McDonaldDerek MelvinGeoff ProulxAra TachdjianOlivier Treuer Investment BankingJaehoon AhnUsman AkramAlexandre BartolinGwen BillonThomas BimontLuis BrossierVipin ChhajerWinton de St John-PryceMalick DiopRD GaussKeith HellerTaylor HenricksDavid KitterickMelissa KnoxClarence KwokBrendan LeePhilippe NeffJigar PatelMital PatelChris ReynoldsMatthias SahmRakesh ShankarYiyang TaoAtsushi TatsuguchiPekko TonteriTony UccelliniMoritz Zschoche Global Capital MarketsHoward BrocklehurstLauren CummingsEric FarinaPatrick GallagherBrendan MacBrideAngus MillarMichael OcciElizabeth RosnerGustavo Siqueira Wealth ManagementJosh CarmodyVince ColucciTanya CurryAlex DunlapMark LandersSuzanne LindquistChris LinkPaul McGearyStewart MondayFrank MurrayAli NestDawn NordbergJodie ResnickBobby Singh Investment ManagementJoshua AttieBobby BassmanMax BoeserLisa Buhain WinslowLogan BurtAaron GreenoAnuj GulatiJames HamCatherine HongManfred HuiNic SochovskyFederico VettoreMiguel Villalba LeirosKrace Zhou Internal AuditSim Gian ChinClaire GaveyDougie PatonBarbara Tam TechnologyZviad AshvilAnnie FosterAmit KhannaGeorge KonstantoulakisGreg ParentJonPaul PizzaPrakash VenkataramanAl RamosAaron SatlowPeter TroyPriyanka VasudevanTali Zidon OperationsDonal ConnollyTodd DubinskyWendy SylvesterJason Tarantino FinanceAidan ArmstrongGrace GaoGareth JamesDavid KaplanKyla MurphyDavid WolfowitzHuman ResourcesJosh Balik-KleinSeana GormleyRob HamptonPatti Hynes Legal and ComplianceAlphonzo GrantVictoria JonesAmit KochharRocky ProcopioTamsin RoeTom SmallmanChloe WallMichelle WilkeAmy Zervas Risk ManagementJonathan HannersSanghamitra KarraMatthew SchreiberNancy TsangTsukasa Yamashita AdministrationMatthew Scott SlovikJoan T. Tally Morgan Stanley Bank NAJohn GalanteNeha Patel Company ManagementYuki Hasegawa <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/the-world-economic-forum-founder-shares-the-biggest-threat-to-the-economy-davos-2019-1">The founder of the World Economic Forum shares what he sees as the biggest threat to the global economy</a></h3> <div> </div> </div>

Morgan Stanley just promoted 145 new managing directors -&#160;we got a peek at an internal memo with all the names

India has the second largest road network in the world at 4.7 million km. Prime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword> has outlined a new model of infrastructural development in the country for creating a well-connected Digital India. A <keyword id="2770487" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Tech-savvy-road-network">tech-savvy road network</keyword> is probably the first step towards digitalisation. In order to unify the separate projects for road, highways and ports along with other technology-based initiatives, Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India <keyword id="26680" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Nitin-gadkari">Nitin Gadkari</keyword> is building up a special 10-member task force which also includes former Infosys CFO <keyword id="6491998" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Mohandas-Pai">Mohandas Pai</keyword>. The information was revealed in an Economic Times report. 

	This task force will be headed and chaired by Gadkari. Former IT secretary for Andhra Pradesh Sanjay Jaju, partner at Ekam Consulting Abhijit Purushottam Desai, Prashant Pole who is a director at Disha Consultants, and Girish Srivastava, a policy and strategy consultant are also the part of this task force.
 

	This new team will work on new strategies under a four-year plan, people familiar with the developments informed ET. They further said that the second meeting of the group is slated to be held in the first week of April, adding that the first meeting was on March 9.
 

	According to Jaju, who is director of National Highways Infrastructure Development Corporation, "We are building an enterprise architecture and architecture for the ministry to bring together all these disparate projects in a unified form. Certain new initiatives are also planned."
 

	Requesting anonymity, the third person told ET, "The task force's main agenda of the task force is to make sure that all IT initiatives are put under a proper governance mechanism and there is synergy between the various components."
 

	"Two main things that are being worked upon right now are INAMPRO and PACE (Project Appraisal and Continuing Enhancements) - it is an MIS system for roads and highways." Jaju told ET.

	(Image: The Economic Times)

Former Infy CFO, Mohandas Pai, to help Govt create a tech-savy road network

Jamnagar (Gujarat) [India], February 28 (ANI): The pre-wedding festivities of Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh <keyword id="19898589" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ambani" source="keywords">Ambani</keyword>'s youngest son Anant Ambani, who is set to tie the knot with industrialist Viren Merchant's daughter, Radhika Merchant, have started with 'anna seva'. At Jogwad village near Reliance Township in Jamnagar, Mukesh Ambani, Anant Amband other members of the Ambani family, including Radhika Merchant, served traditional Gujarati food to the villagers. Radhika's maternal grandmother and parents - Viren and Shaila Merchant - also took part in the 'anna seva'. Food will be served to about 51,000 local residents, which will continue for the next few days. The Ambani family has organized 'anna seva' to seek the blessings of the local community for the pre-wedding celebrations of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant. After the meal, the attendees enjoyed traditional folk music. Famous Gujarati singer Kirtidan Gadhvi stole the show with his singing. Sharing food is an old tradition in the Ambani family. The Ambani family has been serving food on auspicious family occasions. When the country was grappling with coronavirus pandemic, Reliance Foundation, under the leadership of Anant Ambani's mother Nita Ambani, ran a large food distribution programme. Taking forward the family tradition, Anant Ambani has started his pre-wedding functions with anna seva. The pre-wedding functions are expected to be traditional and grand. Guests will get to experience the beauty of Indian culture at the pre-wedding festivities. The guests at the occasion will receive traditional scarves made by women artisans from Kachchh and Lalpur in Gujarat. Qatar Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Queen of Bhutan Jetsun Pema, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, and Saudi Aramco Chairperson Yasir Al Rumayyan are among those invited for the celebrations scheduled between March 1-3. The guest list also includes former Prime Minister of Sweden Carl Bildt, former Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper, President of Google Donald Harrison, former President of Bolivia President Jorge Quiroga, former Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd and Chairperson World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab. CEO and MD ADNOC Dr Sultan Al Jaber, CEO bp Murray Auchincloss, Chairman and Founder Colony Capital <keyword id="20770673" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="thomas-barrack" source="keywords">Thomas Barrack</keyword>, , CEO JC2 Ventures John Chambers, former CEO bp Bob Dudley, President of Global Development at BMGF Christopher Elias, Executive Chairman at Exor John Elkann, and CEO of Endeavor Ari Emanuel are also expected to be in Jamnagar next month. 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Client: Swiggy India Agency: Schbang Production House: Schbang Motion Pictures Head, Schbang Motion Pictures: Abhimanyu Balasubramanyam Director: Nilay Singh Cinematographer: Jay Charola Executive Producer: Raashi Priya Nahata Associate Producer: Rahul Rohra Music Composer - Kanishk Seth Chief Assistant Director: Sohil Kohli Line Producer - Durgesh Dadhich (OMG Productions) Production Manager - Lalit Sippy DA - Gaurav Ahuja 2nd AD: Rishabh Sharma Art Director: Prince and Team Costume Stylist: Vidhi Gurnani Hair and Makeup - Priti Pannu Vice President- Isha Amin Group Solutions Manager - Sanjana Jaikishin Rohera Creative Director - Aditya Mehendale Group Creative Manager- Tanaiya Saigal Creative Lead - Rishabh Pande Sr. Creative Strategist- Pearl Alex Account Lead- Mehernaz Mistry Sr. Solutions Strategist - Janya Sindhu Business Development Manager- Radhika Raheja Sr. BD Executive- Jinita Shah Creative Strategist- Simran Kumar, Rebecca D'silva Cast - Manoj Mathew, Shruti Puranic, Usha Palan, Vallabh Gada, Myra Shah Support Cast- Deven Patel, Devendra Ahirwal, Nihal Nischal, Gaurav Ahuja, Rishabh Pande, Rishabh Sharma, Prakhar Casting Director- Shubham Tiwari and Team Offline Editor - Vishnu Prasad Designer - Ayushi Bhawsar and Abhishek Shigwan Animation- Nitin Malekar Colourist- Christian Leivia Online- After Studio Sound Mix and Master - Kardam 1st AC- Kshitij Singh Gaffer- Rajesh Singh Focus Puller- Chandan Yadav Camera Equipment - Uni10 Media Works Pvt Ltd Light Equipment - Light World Storyboard - Akhilesh Catering - Nathmauli Spot Team - Noor Alam Sheikh and team Accounts - Suryakant Bondre, Prathamesh Patkar and Kailas Salunke Location- SS bunglow Location manager- Laxman Rathore and team Office Boy - Vaibhav Kamble

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It’s been a dream run for stock investors in the past few weeks. The fireworks started by Narendra Modi’s emphatic victory have made investors richer by Rs 11,57,200 crore. But many believe the best is yet to come. Market experts and analysts have proclaimed that this is the start of a multi-year bull run. Morgan Stanley’s Ridham Desai insists in a report that “the Indian market is moving from a cyclical downturn to a structural upturn”. 
 
The only thing that sets brokerage houses apart right now is the degree of their optimism. CLSA believes that over the next 12-24 months, the Sensex will touch 39,707, an upside of nearly 60% from the current level. Brokerage firm Motilal Oswal sees the Sensex touching 50,000 in the next three years. Karvy Stock Broking is more bullish and pegs the Sensex at 1,00,000 by 2020. 
 
ET Wealth reached out to experts from diverse areas of the financial services industry and sought their views on where the markets are headed and what should investors do now. Most of the experts we spoke to feel that the stock markets are on the cusp of a structural bull run, a market rally that could last for several years. After nearly six insipid years, investors can finally feel excited about their stock investments. 
 
What has changed 
 
What’s behind this overbearing optimism? The euphoria is primarily due to the overwhelming mandate to a political outfit widely recognised as reformist and development-oriented. For the first time since 1984, a single party has got absolute majority in the Lok Sabha. This means no more pandering to the whims of a motley group of political allies. “The big change is that we have a pro-development government with a majority, which gives it the power to execute. The positive results of this over the next 5-10 year period can be dramatic,” says Dinesh Thakkar, founder chairman and MD, Angel Broking. 
 
Analysts expect the new government to undertake sweeping reforms which will remove the hurdles to economic growth. “If the government can change even half the factors plaguing the Indian economy, we are in for structural bull market,” says Nitin Jain, CEO, Capital Markets, Edelweiss Broking. 
 
Should you invest more in stocks? 
 
If equity markets are expected to deliver handsome returns in the years to come, should investors make tactical changes in their asset allocation and invest more in stocks? Most experts believe so. Given the strong shift in sentiment and expectations of a structural bull run, many brokerage houses and fund managers are now recommending a tactical change in the asset allocation in favour of equities. Should you bite the bait? “Investors must certainly enhance their allocation to equities if they haven’t done so already,” insists Sandesh Kirkire, CEO, Kotak Mutual Fund. 
 
While a strategic allocation requires that you set specific allocation percentage to each asset class, a tactical allocation allows for a range within which asset mix may be maintained. So if your current strategic allocation requires you to maintain equity exposure at 50%, a tactical allocation strategy will allow you to increase your allocation up to 60%. This strategy essentially implies timing the market by deliberately hiking allocation towards equities at an opportune time. It may require that you step out of your comfort zone. 
 
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Not everyone is comfortable with this approach of tweaking the asset allocation in favour of equities. “An investor’s portfolio takes into account several factors, including his age, life-stage, risk profile, horizon for financial goals and macro economic factors. He should not tweak his asset allocation just because one of these factors has changed,” says Amit Kukreja, financial planner and founder of Wealth Being Advisors. 
 
His views are echoed by Jayant Pai, financial planner and head of marketing, PPFAS Mutual Fund. “Investors who indulge in ‘tactical changes’ at the drop of a hat are only traders who are deluding themselves. Changes should be undertaken either closer to the goal or on a fixed date every year. They should not be influenced by the level of the indices,” he says. 
 
Some investors would argue that the stock markets have already run up quite high and cannot afford much upside from current levels. However, experts insist that there is ample scope for an upside. “We believe investors should hold their nerve and increase their allocation to equities even now. This is because equities may be at an all time high, but valuations are nowhere near the previous peaks,” asserts Harsh Patwardhan, executive director and head of equities, JP Morgan Asset Management (India). 
 
Other experts also feel that investors should not try to time the markets. “Investors who are in a dilemma given the recent surge in valuations should focus on the long term prospects of the economy. Using the SIP route offered by mutual funds helps in maintaining discipline while managing the pitfalls of market volatility,” says Harshendu Bindal, President, Franklin Templeton Investments (India).

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