TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, FEBRUARY 23, 2022 Country’s leading private sector bank ICICI Bank on Wednesday announced that it continues to strengthen its retail franchise in Odisha through a host of digital initiatives and customer-centric approach. These initiatives are likely to grow the bank’s retail loan disbursement in the state by 25 per cent to over Rs. 5,200 crore at the ...

TBB BUREAU RAJGANGPUR, FEBRUARY 22, 2022 With the objective of providing skill training and employment opportunities to the local youth, Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited in collaboration with Bhubaneswar-based LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) launched a program to facilitate Vision Technician training to unemployed youth from land-oustees’ families. For Vision Technician (VT) training, the company has identified unemployed youth from Lanjiberna, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, FEBRUARY 21, 2022 The first Mobile Health Dispensary (MHD) launched by TP Central Odisha Distribution Ltd (TPCODL) has already benefited more than 10,000 villagers across 94 gram panchayats in Dhenkanal and Angul districts within the first four months of its roll out.  The MHD has been instrumental in bringing positive impact amongst villagers. Earlier, people had to ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, FEBRUARY 21, 2022 In a significant achievement, JioFiber, the ultra high-speed broadband service of Reliance Jio, has crossed 1 lakh subscribers mark in Odisha in December 2021, making it the fastest growing wired broadband service provider in the state. As per the latest telecom subscriber data published by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), JioFiber, the wired ...

TBB BUREAU KALINGANAGAR, FEBRUARY 21, 2022 Tata Steel further expanded its transgender employee base last week by onboarding 12 Crane Operator Trainees from the LGBTQ+ community at its Kalinganagar plant. In December 2021, in a landmark initiative Tata Steel’s West Bokaro Division onboarded 14 transgender people as Heavy Earth Moving Machinery (HEMM) Operators at its mines. This step of onboarding ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, FEBRUARY 19, 2022 Aditya Birla Group’s Utkal Alumina International Limited’s (UAIL) project ‘Kaushalya’ is reaching out to the unemployed rural women and through income generation helping them become self-reliant. Since its commencement in September 2015, it has trained more than 175 women in tailoring and appliqué making and has created sustainable livelihood opportunities for them in the ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR/CUTTACK/ROURKELA, FEBRUARY 18, 2022 Propelld, an education-focused fintech platform, has raised Rs. 262 crore in Series B funding round led by West Bridge Capital along with the existing investors – Stellaris Venture Partners and India Quotient. Founded by IITians Bibhu Prasad Das, Victor Senapaty and Brijesh Samantaray in 2017, Propelld has now tie-ups with over 550 educational institutes ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, FEBRUARY 18, 2022 SBI Life Insurance, one of the most trusted private life insurers in India, joined hands with Social Welfare Agency & Training Institute (SWATI), to empower the children of tribal communities in Odisha by providing them quality education in order to develop age appropriate learning levels. The initiative has been undertaken as part of SBI ...

TBB BUREAUBHUBANESWAR, FEBRUARY 17, 2022In a bid to empower women around its area of operation and create livelihood opportunities, ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) under its ‘Aajeevika’ project, has started skill development programmes at Paradip.The Company has set up a Lok Vikas Kendra (LVK), centre for resource training and skill building, at Paradip to impart training on tailoring, terracotta ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, FEBRUARY 17, 2022 Project ‘Garima’ undertaken by the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) wing of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) under its women’s empowerment initiative, has successfully entered the second month of its training module based on honing the embroidery skills of the women of Industrial slums. Ten women including adolescent girls and teenagers from Shantinagar Basti are undergoing ...