General Motors India Chief Karl Slym on Wednesday launched Chevrolet Cruze in Ahmedabad. The Chevrolet Cruze is GM’s answer to Honda Civic, Corolla Altis and Skoda Laura in the premium sedan segment. Mr. Karl Slym, President and Managing Director, General Motors India said that the Cruze is developed on a third generation vehicle platform,...
By Japan K Pathak Of late I am back with another issue of my regular column Banner Talk. In this series I talk about the banners, mostly hoardings that I find interesting while roaming in city of Ahmedabad. Today’s banner presented in photograph above was spotted on Swastik Cross road in Navrangpura area. It...
For bringing industry and institutes together on a common platform and bridging the gap between what institutes offer to students and the demand from industries, five Gujarat-based industry houses will train around 200 faculty members of engineering colleges in Gujarat under a faculty development programme organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry(CII). Last week,...
The Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU), Gandhinagar, on Friday launched MTech programme in nuclear engineering with first batch of 23 students. The School of Nuclear Energy at PDPU is offering a two-year fully residential postgraduate Masters in Technology (MTech) programme in Nuclear Engineering. The inaugural function was attended by Prabhat Kumar, project director, Nuclear...
Ahmedabad Stock Exchange Ltd posted Rs. 3.05 crore net profit in financial year 2008-09. This is 41% higher than Rs 2.15 crore profit reported in the previous fiscal. The exchange earns major income through interest, which was Rs 6.07 crore this year against Rs. 4.41 crore in 2008 fiscal. The listing fee income has...
With international technology being installed at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station near Surat, the government is now expanding its capacity by adding two nuclear reactors of 700 Mw each. The power project in Kakrapar already houses two nuclear reactors of 220 Mw each. open season 3 trailer With the additional capacity, wherein thermal heavy...
Suzlon Energy Ltd on Friday said it will further increase the capacity of its wind power plant at Jakhau, Kutch by about 750 Mega Watt. Suzlon plan at Jakhau is the biggest wind power plant in India with an installed capacity of about 750 MW. The company is planning to double the plant capacity...
An Indonesian subsidiary of Meghmani Organics Limited (MOL), listed in Singapore and on the BSE and the NSE, plans to expand its agro-chemical marketing base, the company said. Incorporated on November 26, 2008, as PT Meghmani Organics Indonesia, in Jakarta with the specific objective of setting up retail operations for its agrochemical products, the...
It is reported that Port Pipavav has tied up with the Malaysian International Shipping Corporation for bringing in reefer cargo through their ships to the Gujarat based port. Port Pipavav will be its second port destination in India. The port will now have MISC Berhad’s Halal Express Service a leading reefer carrier operating from...
The government of India is planning to set up a dedicated zone for medical devices manufacturing and the first medical devices and equipment park would come up in India’s western state of Gujarat. “We are taking a cluster approach for developing the medical device sector in the country and first such medical device park...