Rajesh Kaul Chief Revenue Officer - Distribution and International Business and Head - Sports Business Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN)

 

Rajesh leads the Sports and Distribution verticals for Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN). He is responsible for invigorating the sports business at SPN and the acquisition of marquee sports properties for the network. He also drives International Sales for the network in-collaboration with the Digital team to expand SPN’s brand presence and reach across the world. Under his leadership, the SPN distribution has been expanding rapidly. 

Rajesh joined SPN in 2008. He began his career with ICI Paints and thereon moved on to Modi Entertainment Network. He joined ESPN Star Sports in 1997 and sharpened his leadership skills at the organization for over 11 years. Rajesh played a vital role in creating the success story of ESPN Star Sports, heading their distribution and marketing nationally, and was credited with the successful launch of Star Cricket.

An alumnus of LIT Nagpur University, Rajesh has a degree in Chemical Engineering. He enjoys travelling and diving into the historical perspectives of global cultures in his free time.

World Padel League kicks off it inaugural edition with a gala dinner

Mumbai, 4th February 2025 : The World Padel League (WPL) kicked off its inaugural edition in India with a high-profile gala dinner. 

The evening saw esteemed guests from the world of sports and entertainment, including tennis legend Mahesh Bhupathi, Sneha Abraham Sehgal, and actor Sohail Khan.

The gala dinner also featured a hilarious comedy gig by renowned comedian Vir Das, leaving the audience in stitches.

The World Padel League is now geared up to enthrall padel enthusiasts and sports lovers from February 5th to 8th at the NESCO Center in Mumbai.

We would request you to please feature the same in your esteemed publication. Thank you.

Tata Play Collaborates with Salesforce to Drive AI-Powered Customer Experience

Tata Play will redefine customer engagement with hyper-personalized experiences and actionable insights

Mumbai, 04 January 2025: Salesforce, the #1 CRM, today announced a strategic collaboration with Tata Play, India’s leading Direct-to-Home and content distribution Company, to accelerate relevant and customized experiences to its user base nationwide. This collaboration marks a significant leap for Tata Play in delivering hyper-personalized offers, redefining customer engagement, and driving business growth. By leveraging Salesforce’s AI-powered solutions, Tata Play will unify customer data—including subscriptions, interactions, and viewership patterns—creating a comprehensive, single view of its customers to enhance targeting, optimize campaigns, and deliver seamless, personalized experiences across platforms.

Salesforce continues to lead AI innovation, introducing solutions like Agentforce, an advanced layer on the Salesforce Platform that enables companies to deploy AI-driven agents capable of autonomously executing tasks across business functions. While Salesforce’s AI ecosystem continues to transform industries, Tata Play is accelerating its digital transformation journey by implementing Salesforce Data Cloud, Marketing and Personalization, and Tableau—reinforcing its commitment to becoming a data-driven, customer-centric organization.

By leveraging these technologies, Tata Play will enhance customer engagement across its DTH and OTT platforms, delivering hyper-personalized experiences while utilizing actionable insights to refine campaign strategies and drive cross-sell and upsell opportunities.

In this AI-first world, Salesforce helps its customers deliver seamless, unified, and personalized interactions across multiple touchpoints, creating a harmonious omnichannel experience.

Commenting on the new collaboration, Harit Nagpal, Managing Director & CEO, Tata Play said, “By partnering with Salesforce, we are unlocking the power of AI and data to better understand our subscribers and deliver relevance at every interaction. We will now have a deeper understanding of each subscriber and their individual needs, enabling us to provide tailored solutions to everyone without disturbing others during the process.”

 

Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairperson & CEO of Salesforce India, said, “At Salesforce, we are committed to empowering businesses with advanced technology that drives innovation and enhances customer experiences. Across industries, we are enabling organizations to harness the power of AI, data, and automation to accelerate their digital transformation, streamline operations, and unlock new opportunities for growth. Our partnership with Tata Play marks a significant step in leveraging the transformative power of Generative AI and data-driven insights to deliver hyper-personalized, meaningful interactions. Together, we aim to set new benchmarks in customer engagement and help Tata Play accelerate its digital transformation journey, creating lasting value for its subscribers across the nation.

Solarium Green Energy Limited IPO Opens On February 06, 2025

Left to right  - CA Yogesh Jain 

Mr Ankit Garg, Mr Pankaj Gothi ,  Mr Nitin Jain

●        Fresh Issue Size – 54,99,600 Equity Shares of ₹ 10 each

●        Issue Size – ₹105.04 Crore (At Upper Band)

●        Price Band – ₹181 - ₹191 Per Share

●        Lot Size – 600 Equity Shares

Mumbai, February 04, 2025 – Solarium Green Energy Limited specializes in Turnkey solutions including design, engineering, procurement, testing, installation, commissioning, transmission systems, and comprehensive O&M services. It proposes to open its Initial Public Offering on February 06, 2025 aiming to raise ₹ 105.04 Crores, with shares to be listed on the BSE SME platform.

The issue size is 54,99,600 equity shares of face value of ₹ 10 each with an issue price band of ₹181 - ₹191 Per Share.

Equity Share Allocation

●        Qualified Institutional Buyer – At least 26,05,800 Equity Shares

●        HNI –  At least 7,82,400 Equity Shares

●        Retail Individual Investors – At least 18,24,600 Equity Shares

●        Market Maker – Up to 2,86,800 Equity Shares

The net proceeds from the IPO is to meet working capital requirements, and to address general corporate purposes. The anchor bidding will open on February 05, 2025, the issue opening date will be February 06, 2025 and the issue will close on February 10, 2025.

Beeline Capital Advisors Private Limited has been appointed as the Book Running Lead Manager to the Issue, while Link Intime India Private Limited will serve as the Registrar to the Issue.

Mr. Ankit Garg, Chairman & Managing Director of Solarium Green Energy Limited expressed, "Over the years, our expertise and strategic vision have been instrumental in establishing the company as an emerging EPC player across the residential, commercial & industrial (C&I), and government sectors. With India’s growing renewable energy demand and the nation's ambitious target of achieving 500 GW by 2030, we are committed to playing a significant role in expanding the country’s green energy capacity. Our dedication to sustainability drives us to deliver innovative and impactful energy solutions.

The funds raised through this IPO will enhance our working capital, ensuring seamless project execution and positioning Solarium to capitalize on emerging opportunities in the renewable sector. This IPO is not just about scaling our business—it is a step toward accelerating India’s transition to clean energy and building a more sustainable future."

About Solarium Green Energy Limited:

The Company was founded by Ankit Garg, an alumnus of the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, who established Solarium Green Energy Limited, a prominent provider of turnkey solar solutions. The company delivers a wide array of services, including design, engineering, procurement, testing, installation, commissioning, and comprehensive operation and maintenance (O&M). Catering to a diverse clientele across residential, commercial, industrial, and government sectors, Solarium Green Energy specializes in an extensive range of projects, including residential and commercial rooftop systems, ground-mounted installations, solar trees, carports, solar-wind hybrid projects, and energy storage solar solutions.

Solarium Green Energy Limited remains a leader in the sector. Between April’21 to September’24, the company successfully completed 11,195 residential rooftop projects, 172 C&I projects, and 17 government projects. As on December’24 Solarium is managing ongoing projects worth ₹185 Crores, out of which around ₹45 Crore revenue have been booked till September’24, also new tenders under bidding totaling ₹885 Crores.

For the period ended 31st March 2024, The Company reported Revenue from Operations stands at ₹177.80 Crores, EBITDA stands at ₹23.78 Crores & PAT ₹15.59 Crores. And in H1 of FY25 the company reported Revenue of ₹81.99 Crore with an EBITDA of ₹11.59 Crores and PAT ₹7.55 Crores.

Disclaimer:

Certain statements in this document that are not historical facts are forward looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties like government actions, local, political or economic developments, technological risks, and many other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the relevant forward-looking statements. The Company will not be in any way responsible for any action taken based on such statements and undertakes no obligation to publicly update these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

" Anybody who needs blood , should be given, none to be refused for want of money." - Shri. Subhash Desai, Prabodhan Goregaon

 

Meenatai Thackeray Blood Centre had organised a Seminar on Blood Transfusion : Challenges , Advances & Best Practices. at Ozone Activity Centre, managed by Prabodhan Goregaon, under the guidance of Hon. Shri Subhash Desai, Former Industry Minister & Founder of Prabodhan Goregaon, on Sunday, 2nd February, 2025.

Hon.Shri Subhash Desai, Founder of Prabodhan Goregaon & Former Industry Minister, in his Key Note Address, emphasised that, there is a clear-cut policy of Prabodhan ( Meenatai Thackeray Blood Center ) that, anybody who needs blood , should be given, none to be refused for want of money. He further added " We need to understand from this seminar, how the people are going to be benefited out of all these procedures, challenges and future of blood Transfusion. We must assure the people, who are dependent on blood transfusion, that yes, we are here to support this cause and we assure you, that each patient will get safe blood."

Shri Subhash Desai thanked the Meenatai Thackeray Blood Center team , which is managed by 18 ladies, who are dedicatedly serving the people 24*7 and for organising the event . He also thanked the expert Doctors, technicians who joined the important discussion focused on blood transfusion .

He felicitated the eminent doctors, present for the active Panel discussion along with Dr. Aditya Tare, Blood transfusion officer of Meenatai Thackeray blood centre.

Mr. Mestry has created a crisp informative video to give virtual tour about the facilities and functions of Meenatai Thackeray Blood centre, which was played for the audiance and he was felicitated by Shri Subhash Desai.

The keynote was followed by Dr. Lincy Jacob's video presentation ' Blood Safety - The evolution with time ' , which was interesting history about how the earliest blood transfusions were from animal to human and then progressed to human-human of same blood groups.

Next topic was ' QuidelOrtho and it's commitment to patient care by Dr. Shikha Malhotra. 

' Single Donor platelet and it's benefits ' were covered by Dr. Joyce Regi of Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital & Research Centre.

Jerry Chettiar of Terumo India, enlightened the audience about ' Terumo Pencil - Trima Accl : The latest and best in Blood Donor Safety '.

Meenatai Thackeray Blood centre's tour was conducted with Dr. Rinku Bhatia, Dr. Aditya Tare, Avinash Shirodkar and Ramesh Iswalkar.

Panel discussion about ' Safe and efficient Transfusions - How can the blood centre meet clinical needs ? ' by Dr. Nidhi Mehta of Nanavati Max Super Speciality Hospital was informative and useful.

Key Insights & Takeaways from  CME -

1. *Recognition & Appreciation* – Panelists acknowledged Meenatai Thackeray Blood Bank for its excellent communication, quality blood products, sufficient stock availability, timely delivery, and strong professional relationships.

2. *Knowledge Enhancement*– The CME provided valuable insights into recent advancements in transfusion medicine, regulatory updates, and best practices for maintaining blood safety and efficiency.

3. *Networking & Collaboration*– The event strengthened relationships with healthcare professionals, opening doors for potential collaborations and improvements in service delivery.

4. *Areas for Improvement* – Any feedback received regarding operational enhancements, donor management, or technical aspects should be analyzed and acted upon.

5. *Commitment to Excellence* – The positive response reinforces our commitment to maintaining high standards and continually improving our processes.

This Initiative of seminar started by  Mr.Ramesh Iswalkar, Blood Bank In charge and Mr.Avinash Shirodkar, Technical Director, were well appreciated by all with a suggestion to conduct more such events.

Manisha Bansude of Meenatai Thackeray Blood centre proposed Vote of Thanks and was applauded by the audience.

The entire team of Meenatai Thackeray Blood Bank, headed by Shri Ramesh Iswalkar, managed the whole event successfully.

Actress Aditi Patwa Joins Chatti Maiyya Ki Bitiya: I am thankful for the chance to play a character that has…

After a six-year leap in Chatti Maiyya Ki Bitiya on Sun Neo, the drama has intensified with unexpected twists and intriguing new characters. Among them is Aditi Patwa, whose entry is set to shake things up. She joins the show as Kajal, a character full of surprises, ready to stir emotions and keep viewers on the edge of their seats. 

Talking about her role, Aditi shared, "I feel extremely happy and grateful to be part of Sun Neo's Chatti Maiyya Ki Bitiya. The show is special to me, especially since it has become very popular in my city, Patna. Being part of such a well-loved show makes this experience even more meaningful. I am also thankful for the chance to play a character with both positive and negative shades, which adds depth to my role. Kajal is complex, with different sides to her, and she keeps me challenged as an actor. I'm enjoying playing this role because it constantly surprises me with new twists and turns.”

The Chatti Maiyya Ki Bitiya actress further added, "I am really looking forward to the audience’s reaction to my character’s journey. Kajal brings a lot of drama and depth to the story, and I’m excited to see how viewers respond to the unfolding twists.”

With the leap, Chatti Maiyya Ki Bitiya on Sun Neo has taken an exciting turn. Vaishnavi and Karthik’s lives have changed, but is their love strong enough to withstand the test of time? Will Chatti Maiyya guide Vaishnavi back to Kartik, or will fate take them on separate paths? With new challenges, deep emotions, and unexpected twists, the story is about to get even more gripping. Watch Chatti Maiyya Ki Bitiya every Monday to Sunday at 7 PM, only on Sun Neo!

Pooja Valeja Releases Highly Anticipated Second Book ‘A Slice of Life’ Following the Success of ‘A Flight to Catch’

February 3, 2025 — After the overwhelming success of her debut novel ‘A Flight to Catch’ author Pooja Valeja is delighted to announce the release of her much-anticipated second book, ‘A Slice of Life: Heartwarming Runway of Emotions’. This heartfelt novel explores the life-altering journey of an unexpected reunion between a farmer and his former student, while also shedding light on the rediscovery of a long-lost passion for baking. A tale of personal transformation, resilience, and reconnection, Pooja’s latest work promises to take readers on a powerful emotional ride.

In ‘A Slice of Life: Heartwarming Runway of Emotions’, readers meet Peterson, a farmer who, after years of hard labor on the land, finds himself rediscovering his love for baking. But his quiet life takes an unexpected turn when he reconnects with Thomas, a student he once taught decades ago. As the two begin to rekindle their bond, they embark on a journey that blends their past with their present, weaving together layers of grief, joy, and unspoken emotions.

This compelling story dives deep into the complexity of human relationships—exploring themes of personal reinvention, forgiveness, and the healing power of embracing one’s true passions. Their emotional rollercoaster will have readers reflecting on their own lives and the connections that shape them. The narrative highlights the beauty of second chances and how, even after decades, life has a way of bringing people and passions back together when they’re least expected.

Much like her debut, ‘A Slice of Life: Heartwarming Runway of Emotions’ highlights Pooja Valeja’s talent for crafting deeply emotional and relatable stories that resonate with a wide audience. Readers of her earlier work will find themselves captivated by the complex characters and poignant storytelling.

Speaking about the overall experience, Pooja Valeja shares: 

“While writing ‘ A Slice of Life: Heartwarming Runway of Emotions’, I wanted to explore the ways in which life’s unexpected turns bring us back to who we were meant to be. Peterson’s rediscovery of his love for baking, combined with his emotional reunion with Thomas, represents the beauty of transformation and the connections that remain etched in our hearts through time. This book is a tribute to the healing power of passion, love, and beauty that life offers us."