Max Mueller Bhavan, Pune organised a panel discussion on the topic ‘Equal Opportunities in Science’ on Thursday. Dr. Shalini Sharma, Associate Professor, Humanities & Social Sciences, IISER, Pune with Vikas Garad: Deputy Director, SCERT Pune, Rajnikant Mendhe, Assistant Teacher, Zilla Parishad School, Gorhe Budruk and Nandini Iyer, Head Department of Applied Sciences, COEP were present during the discussion. Vaishali Dabke, Project Manager Educational Services, Goethe Institut moderated the program and Miriam Bruns, Director of Goethe Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan was present during the event. Speakers noted their views about discriminations and differences like gender discrimination, experiential and cultural differences in learning science and puting more focus on Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
Continuing its support to education for the students from Economically Weaker Section, Emcure Pharmaceuticals disbursed scholarships to 57 deserving students. To support underprivileged students, the company is sponsoring the higher education of 57 college students in Pune. As part of its corporate social responsibility efforts, Emcure Pharmaceuticals will cover 80% of the college fees of these academically brilliant but economically weaker students.
Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance, one of India’s leading life insurers, launched its official website in six regional languages. The initiative is in line with the Company’s vision of simplifying life insurance for all, and enabling insurance awareness within the country. Customers can now read and learn about the benefits of life insurance and the Company’s products and services in Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali and Malayalam. Commenting on the launch, Chandramohan Mehra, Chief Marketing Officer, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance, stated, “Nine out of ten new internet users, would be non-English users in next couple of years. Vernacularisation is one of our key focus areas in the context of simplifying insurance during the pre and post purchase journey, and catering to the protection and long-term investment needs to our customers in the Indian language they are most comfortable with.”
