DroneNova India Pvt. Ltd., a Mumbai-based edtech innovator founded by Himansshu Jainn, has announced the launch of India’s first-ever Drone Soccer League (DSL) and opened enrolments for its on-campus Drone STEM Workshops. The initiatives will be officially unveiled at the upcoming Education Supply & Franchise Expo (ESFE) 2025, where DroneNova is the official sponsor.

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The ESFE 2025, scheduled from December 11 to 13, 2025, at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, is set to bring together the most influential leaders, educators, and policy influencers shaping the future of Indian education. The event will feature eminent figures including Dr. Niranjan Hiranandani as Guest of Honour, alongside distinguished speakers such as Sonal Pinto, Director, Ryan Group of Schools; Lina Ashar, Founder, Dreamtime Learning; and Syed Sultan Ahmed, Chairperson, TAISI. The three-day expo aims to offer transformative solutions for India’s rapidly evolving education ecosystem.

At the heart of DroneNova’s participation lies its groundbreaking Drone Soccer League (DSL), a first-of-its-kind initiative that transforms classrooms into live arenas of innovation. Through this program, students will pilot safe, sub-250g drones inside a net-caged field, learning physics, coding, teamwork, and strategy in an engaging and competitive environment.

“Our vision is to make India a global hub for drone-based experiential education that inspires curiosity, collaboration, and creativity in every learner,” said Himansshu Jainn, Founder, DroneNova India. “Every flight is a science lesson; every goal is a leadership moment. With Drone Soccer, students don’t just learn concepts, they live them.”

The program aligns with the priorities of NEP 2020 on experiential learning and 21st-century skill-building, complements Skill India pathways, and adheres to India’s evolving Drone Policy framework. Designed as a turnkey offering, it provides schools with equipment, safety infrastructure, certified trainers, and curriculum-linked modules aligned with NEP, IB MYP, and IGCSE standards, ensuring both academic depth and operational ease.

To catalyze a nationwide movement, DroneNova is inviting ten visionary institutions to join as “Founding Partner Schools”, who will receive exclusive benefits including priority workshop scheduling, lifetime partnership privileges, and guaranteed regional qualifier slots for the Drone Soccer League.

By sponsoring ESFE 2025, DroneNova India aims to showcase how drones, STEM, and sport can converge to redefine classroom learning and inspire a new generation of innovators.

For school partnerships and enrolment details, visit www.dronenovaindia.com, www.esfe.in write to info@dronenovaindia.in 

India’s leading packaged drinking water brand, Bisleri, proudly announced its partnership with the Purple Umbrella Festival 2025 as the official hydration partner. The festival, held at the Bharat Mandapam Convention Centre, brought together theatre, short films, documentaries, youth-startup innovation and climate action under the theme: “Creativity for Climate. Innovation for Impact. Stories for Change”.

Bisleri International Partners with Purple Umbrella Festival 2025 as The Official Hydration Partner

The event witnessed an encouraging footfall of around 700 attendees out of which 600 were children who enthusiastically participated and showcased their commitment towards sustainability and action for climate change. At the event, Bisleri hosted a dedicated “Greener Promise” stall designed to engage festivalgoers around sustainability, responsible hydration and conservation. The stall featured interactive elements such as PET-bottle, HDPE caps upcycling demonstrations, plastic waste management education modules and a collection point for used plastic bottles under Bisleri’s flagship “Bottles for Change” initiative.

Bisleri International Partners with Purple Umbrella Festival 2025 as The Official Hydration Partner

“With its blend of creativity, youth energy and climate focus, Purple Umbrella was the perfect stage for Bisleri to reinforce our commitment to a greener future,” said Ganesh Kaliyaperumal, Director, Sustainability & Corporate Affairs, Bisleri International. “We believe that sustainability wasn’t just about good intentions but about meaningful action with communities. At our Greener Promise stall, we not only aimed to educate students on responsible disposal of used plastic, but also to spark dialogue and participation around circular-economy solutions.”

“Purple Umbrella and Bisleri came together because we share a simple but powerful belief that young people can shape India’s climate future. Bisleri’s commitment to recycling aligned perfectly with our mission. Together, we wanted to show students that small actions truly make a difference, and that creating a greener tomorrow begins with each one of us,” said, Neeraj Kumar, Founder, Purple Umbrella Festival.

Bisleri’s participation aligned with its sustainability agenda to raise youth awareness on responsible plastic waste disposal. The initiative is part of Bisleri’s Bottles for Change campaign, reinforcing the brand’s commitment to sustainability, youth engagement, and environmental education.

About Bisleri International Pvt. Ltd.

With a legacy of over 50 years, Bisleri International Pvt. Ltd has grown to become one of the largest premium beverage businesses in India. Being the makers of the country’s largest-selling packaged drinking water, Bisleri follows a stringent process of 114 quality tests and a 10-stage purification. It remains true to its core value of providing consumers with pure, safe and healthy water.

Bisleri International has a strong presence with 128 operational plants and a robust distribution network of over 6,000 Distributors and 7,500 Distribution Trucks across India and UAE market. It offers a range of beverages that are produced for all occasions. Whether it is the promise of goodness, trust, and purity with Bisleri packaged drinking water, or a daily dose of health offered through Vedica Himalayan Spring Water. Besides, Bisleri International has ventured into fun-filled refreshments with a diverse range of carbonated drinks available in multiple flavours, such as Bisleri Limonata, Bisleri Rev, Bisleri Spyci Jeera, Bisleri Pop and Bisleri Soda. These Bisleri products are also available on the e-commerce platform – Bisleri@Doorstep. This D2C platform reassures customers that they will receive a safe and uninterrupted supply of their most trusted brand at their doorstep.

The core values of Bisleri International lie in yielding growth and embedding sustainability by being responsible in all aspects of the business. The organization has unveiled Sustainability 2.0 with Bisleri Greener Promise that focuses on creating greener future for all through implementing initiatives under the program of recycling, water conservation and sustainability.

For more information on Bisleri International, our people, brands, and OSR initiatives, visit www.bisleri.com.

TalentNomics India will host its 10th Annual Conference, “Equiverse Con25: Power. Pixel. Parity: Equity in the Age of Automation,” on November 21, 2025, at Holiday Inn, Aerocity, New Delhi. The day-long event will explore how automation and AI can be leveraged to achieve greater equity in workplaces, in financial inclusion, and in healthcare access. This official Pre-Summit Event of the AI Impact Summit 2026 will bring together technology executives, policy experts, and social impact leaders to examine how artificial intelligence systems are being developed predominantly without women’s perspectives and deployed in ways that disproportionately affect women’s economic security. Sessions will address breaking digital barriers in employment, AI governance frameworks, algorithmic bias, and the redistribution of unpaid care work through technology.

As we gear up for PowerPixelParity 2025 we revisit the energy and conversations that shaped last years TalentNomics conference

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C.P. Gurnani, Co-Founder and Vice Chairman of AIONOS and former CEO of Tech Mahindra, will deliver the Special Guest of Honour address. Manoj Chugh, Independent Advisor and former President of Group Public Affairs at Mahindra & Mahindra, will deliver the keynote address to share his insights on building equity in the age of AI.

Suparna Mitra, former CEO of Titan Company’s Watches and Wearables Division and Independent Director at Swiggy, will deliver a special address on technology and business transformation. 

The moderators and panellists are current and former leaders of large and new-edge organizations, including Google, IBM, Mahindra Tech, Microsoft, the International Labour Organization, Gates Foundation, World Bank, ORF, EPIC World and the United Nations Global Compact Network India.

“This conference will provide a critical forum for diverse stakeholders to align on practical pathways for the fast-evolving AI to be inclusive and that serves to reduce the gender gap,” said Ipsita Kathuria, Founder and CEO of TalentNomics India.

Confronting AI’s Gender Divide Across Work, Wealth and Wellbeing
The conference centres on TalentNomics India’s vision of an “Equiverse“—a Universe where gender equity is the norm and power, resources, decision-making opportunities and recognition are equitably shared. This year’s agenda confronts the reality that AI systems are being coded with the current gender biased assumptions and blind spots of their predominantly male creators, which will adversely affect women who remain overrepresented in sectors vulnerable to automation and underrepresented in technology leadership.

Five panel sessions will examine AI and automation’s role in workforce equity, financial access, care and healthcare delivery, mitigation of biases in AI systems, and regulatory frameworks needed for equitable automation. The program features “Nothing About Us Without Us,” a session demonstrating how bias manifests in hiring algorithms, credit scoring, and medical diagnostics.

A dedicated session will explore how AI can influence social norms around unpaid care work, which remains disproportionately performed by women. It will feature executives from CureBay, U4RAD, and Caregiver Saathi discussing AI applications that can impact the physical and mental wellbeing of women in rural and urban India.

The event will feature a fireside chat between two financial and investment experts who will examine how AI-driven financial tools impact gender disparity in wealth, asset ownership, and investment decision-making.

The afternoon sessions will address the data and algorithm gap that enhances the current biases in AI adoption and the lag between AI adoption speed and regulatory frameworks. These discussions will bring together policymakers, corporate leaders, and civil society to close the data gaps and shape equitable technology governance.

Decade of Advancing Gender Equity Through Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue
Now in its tenth year, the conference continues to advance TalentNomics India’s mission to build equitable futures through dialogues and cross-sector collaboration. Registration remains open through the organisation’s website. Equiverse Conference 2025 will also feature networking sessions and a product showcase.

About TalentNomics India
TalentNomics India is a non-profit organisation working to create a world where gender equity is the norm. Since 2016, the organisation has operated leadership development programs for women and convened annual conferences featuring multi-stakeholder dialogues on barriers to equity in work, wealth, wellbeing, and welfare. Through research, advocacy, and collaboration with corporate, government, and civil society partners, TalentNomics India advances systemic approaches to gender equity.

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• Inspired by the ‘Shelf Discovery’ trend from Skyscanner’s Travel Trends 2026 Report, the activation celebrated Indian travellers’ passion for exploring local supermarkets when abroad.

• The two-day event took place in Delhi and Mumbai, drawing over 2,000 visitors who sampled 16 varieties of international snacks from around the world.

• Through a series of fun, interactive activities, over 3,000 snacks from Japan to Mexico, valued at INR 10,00,000, were given away.

 

Leading global travel app Skyscanner brought its first-ever Snack Transit Pop-Up to India, delighting food lovers and travel enthusiasts alike in Delhi and Mumbai. This innovative food-truck-meets-convenience-store experience marked an exciting step in Skyscanner’s journey beyond the digital realm, bringing its global travel inspiration to life, through flavour and discovery.

 

Queues build at the Mumbai food truck as visitors wait to taste snacks from around the world

 

An extension of Skyscanner’s Travel Trends 2026 Report, featuring its ‘Shelf Discovery’ trend, the pop-up drew on insights revealing that 79% of Indian travellers love exploring local supermarkets when abroad, as a way to experience new cuisines and cultures. By marrying India’s deep-rooted passion for food, the popularity of food trucks, and the growth of culinary exploration, Skyscanner demonstrated how snacks serve as a gateway to cultural discovery and travel inspiration.

About Skyscanner

Skyscanner is a global leader in travel that helps travellers plan and book their trip with ease and confidence. Every month, Skyscanner connects millions of travellers, in 180 countries and 37 languages, to more than 1200 trusted travel partners so they can find flight, hotel or car hire options.

Founded in 2003, Skyscanner has offices worldwide, in Europe, Asia-Pacific and North America where traveller-first innovations are developed and powered by data and insights. Making use of the latest technology, Skyscanner simplifies the complexity of travel and provides honest and transparent solutions, searching around 100 billion prices every day so travellers can be sure they’ve seen the best possible options, all in one place.

SGT University hosted the unveiling of two significant books authored by the eminent and widely renowned author Dr. B.L. Gaur, “Kaise Bane Vishwakarma” and “High-Rise Building Construction”. The Vice-Chancellor of SGT University formally released the books, with Gaurs Group CMD Manoj Gaur also present on the occasion.

Dr B L Gaur’s Two New Books on Construction Unveiled at SGT University in Presence of Gaurs Group CMD, Sh Manoj Gaur

The ceremony commenced with the arrival of distinguished guests, followed by a formal meet-and-greet session at the Vice-Chancellor’s office. The event saw the presence of several dignitaries, including Prof. (Dr.) Atul Nasa, Pro Vice-Chancellor; Prof. (Dr.) Balwinder Kumar, Former VC, SGT University & RERA Member (UP); Sanjay Sharma, Director, SKA Group; Padma Bhushan Shri Ram Bahadur Rai, Chancellor, SGT University; senior university officials; and a large number of students.

After the unveiling, Dr. B.L. Gaur addressed the gathering and elaborated on the subjects, purpose, and social and technical significance of the books. He highlighted the relevance of the publications for the construction sector and the evolving technological requirements of the future.

He shared that “Kaise Bane Vishwakarma” has been written with the objective of offering practical knowledge to students and engineers associated with the construction field. “High-Rise Building Construction” provides detailed insights into the technologies, standards, and safety parameters essential for modern high-rise construction, he added.

Following the author’s address, Manoj Gaur shared his remarks. He stated that his father’s works not only offer direction to the construction industry but also reinforce the values of quality and innovation. He further noted that the books would serve as a valuable guide for young engineers and students, adding that maintaining a balance between technology and quality is key to future development.

The ceremony concluded with appreciation for the insights presented in the books and their potential to enrich construction-related learning. SGT University officials and industry representatives praised Dr. B.L. Gaur’s contributions to the field and acknowledged the relevance of his work for future engineers, students, and professionals.