Category: SCIENCE & TECH.

UST Recognised as One of the ‘100 Best Companies for Women in India 2022’ and ‘Exemplars in Most Inclusive Companies Index in India 2022’ by Avtar & Seramount

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Company honoured for the fourth consecutive time for its efforts towards diversity and inclusion in the workplace Thiruvananthapuram: UST, a leading digital transformation solutions company, today announced that it has been named as one of the ‘100 Best Companies for Women in India 2022’ (BCWI) and ‘Exemplars – Most Inclusive Companies in India’ (MICI) by Avtar & Seramount for the fourth consecutive time. UST was honoured for its exemplary efforts in ensuring gender diversity, inclusion and equity within the company. This recognition is a testament to UST’s commitment to creating…

Ethical hacking and cyber-security research team of Amrita bags CTF award

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Kollam: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s ethical hacking and cyber-security research team, Team bi0s, won the Dome Capture The Flag (CTF) award during the C0c0n XV cyber security conference held at Grand Hyatt, Kochi on September 24, 2022. The members of Team bi0s, Adhithya Suresh Kumar and Rohith Narayanan won the award. Both of them are Computer Science Engineering students of Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri Campus. The team even received a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh from Malayalam actor Mammotty, who was the guest at the event. Yadhu Krishna M,…

UST Receives 2022 Great Place to Work™ Certification in the U.S. and Mexico

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Commitment to openness and employee opportunity earns UST the prestigious distinction for the second yearin these two geographies Thiruvananthapuram, 1 September 2022 – UST, a leading digital transformation solutions company,is proud to be recognized as a 2022 Great Place to Work® in the United States and Mexico. The prestigious award is based entirely on survey results from current employees and represents the second year that UST has earned this distinction for both the United States and Mexico.The company is Great Place to Work certified also in India, the U.K., andMalaysia. Great Place to Work (GPTW)…

Rock-hunting NASA rover reveals Martian crater’s surprising geology

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WASHINGTON – Core samples drilled by NASA’s Perseverance rover on the Martian surface are revealing the geology of a gaping crater scientists suspect may have harbored microbial life billions of years ago, including surprises about the nature of the rock present there. The samples, obtained by the car-sized, six-wheeled robotic rover and stored for future transport to Earth for further study, showed that rock from four sites inside Jezero crater is igneous – formed by the cooling of molten material. The rocks also bore evidence of alteration through exposure to…

Twitter has been lax on cybersecurity and privacy protections for years: Former security chief

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SAN FRANCISCO  — From fire departments to governments, from school districts to corporations, from local utilities to grassroots organizers around the world, Twitter at its best is a tool to get a message out quickly, efficiently, directly. It’s also a constant risk-and-reward calculation. A recent bombshell whistleblower report from Twitter’s former head of security alleges that the social media company has been negligently lax on cybersecurity and privacy protections for its users for years. While worrisome for anyone on Twitter, the revelations could be especially concerning for those who use…

THE ROYAL ENFIELD HUNTER 350; A SHOT OF PURE MOTORCYCLING; NOW IN KERALA

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● Royal Enfield launches the refreshingly new and stylish Hunter 350 in Kerala – A unique blend of old-school meets new-age cool ● The new Hunter 350 brings together all the intense flavours of pure motorcycling in a tighter new geometry, with a torquey and super refined J-series engine ● The Hunter 350 is geared to deliver excellent maneuverability and sharp handling with its shorter wheelbase, 17” alloys, lighter weight and compact frame, making it purpose-built to navigate city streets and some of the coolest neighbourhoods ● Introduced in two…

Aegon Life’s Revamped Website Designed by Moonraft Offers 100% Digital Experience to Customers; Setting New Benchmark for the Industry

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Thiruvananthapuram:  Moonraft Innovation Labs, the experience and innovation design arm of UST, and a global experience design and innovation firm, recently revamped the website of Aegon Life, India’s leading digital life insurance company, to further enhance their digital proposition and customer experience.  To keep up with an increasingly growing digitally-savvy customer base, Aegon Life transformed its site to offer all retail products in a completely digital and do-it-yourself way, without requiring any document upload or visit to diagnostic center for medical examination. Moving towards a D2C pull-based distribution model required an intuitive digital experience…

Ignitho names former Cognizant, Mindtree exec as Chief Delivery Officer; to grow its India presence in Chennai to 500

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Chennai: Ignitho Technologies, a US headquartered data science and digital engineering company, has named Ramesh Ramaswamy as its Chief Delivery Officer. Ramesh brings to Ignitho more than two decades of delivery leadership experience and was with Cognizant and Mindtree for close to a decade each, playing key leadership roles in delivery and account management. His core experience is in driving large-scale IT programs, setting up and growing businesses, and increasing operational efficiency. Ramesh will nurture Ignitho’s client relationships as well as develop high-performance teams as the company gets ready to…

UST sponsors Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Lab at Marian Engineering College, Thiruvananthapuram

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Thiruvanananthapuram:  UST, leading digital transformation solutions company, today announced that it has sponsored an Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics lab at the Marian Engineering College at Kazhakoottam in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The lab was inaugurated by Antony Raju, Honourable Minister for Transport, Government of Kerala, and he pointed out that in today’s world, technology plays a vital role in developing solutions for big businesses, and this will prepare students for challenges of future. Adding that it is the responsibility of technocrats to ensure that it’s used for the upliftment of society, the…

Olam’s Mobile App Adva, Designed by Moonraft, Wins iF Design Award

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Thiruvananthapuram:  Moonraft, the experience and innovation design arm of UST, announced that Adva, a mobile app it designed for Olam Group, has won an iF Design Award for its user interface. Out of almost 11,000 entries from 57 countries, Adva’s innovative approach to carbon impact measurement through gamified experiences won over the 132-member jury, made up of independent experts from all over the world. Adva is an education and action-oriented app designed to create a global environmental movement through collective individual action. It helps people adjust their living habits to…