Ratish R. Nair, Dr. Pabitra B. Chatterjee, Dr. Bishwajit Ganguly, Snehasish Debnath, Padmaja Wakchaur (Right to left)

The occurrence of prostate cancer is an emerging problem. Prostate cancer can be detected by measuring the level of Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) in blood, but the test is not sensitive enough to demarcate low-risk cancer from the aggressive ones, often leading to overtreatment.   

Two compounds – spermine and spermidine — may help better detection of prostate cancer, especially in borderline ranges. They play a key role in cell growth and development and are found in body fluids such as blood and urine. Their levels rise in cancer patients, so by measuring them, a more accurate test can be derived.

Indian researchers have developed a cost-effective hybrid gel-sensor that could potentially be used to detect the elevated levels of high spermine in blood and urine. The material in the gel glows by fluorescence quenching in the presence of high spermine levels. 

The fluorescent material – Boronic acid integrated coumarin dye (CB) was embedded in agarose powder (a natural sugar) and water to make the hybrid gel. “Hydrogen bonding between spermine and CB quenches the electron transfer process in the sensor and enhances fluorescence emission. This makes the sensor highly sensitive and selective with a wide working window of 6 micro molar – 2.5 milli molar, that responds in 7 seconds,” explained Dr Pabitra Chatterjee, lead researcher from Bhavnagar-based CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, while speaking to India Science Wire.

For making the fluorescent material, researchers used simple mechano-chemical grinding in a mortar and pestle in the presence of methanol and incorporated it in an agarose gel matrix with subsequent heating and cooling. The structural integrity tests and crystalline studies confirmed the robustness of the hybrid gel. The soft gelatinous material had a shelf life of a few months when refrigerated. 

For testing, a small piece is torn away from the gel and dipped into the urine or blood sample. The dipped piece is then observed under a UV lamp; if the sample contains high levels of spermine /spermidine, the biosensor turns-on with a bluish hue. The intensity of the glow gives the measure of the level of spermine, which is evaluated by a fluorimeter. For reference, a ready chart was made by spiking the sample with spermine and taking corresponding fluorimeter readings.

Laboratory tests performed using human blood, urine and artificial urine indicate the sensor is non-toxic and did not interfere with any of the components of the body fluids.  The team is now looking to test it on clinical samples and further improvise the sensor to discriminate between spermine and spermidine.

The team included Ratish R. Nair, Snehasish Debnath, Shruti Das, Padmaja Wakchaure, Bishwajit Ganguly, and Pabitra B. Chatterjee. The findings have been published in the journal ACS Applied Biomaterials (India Science Wire)

Change management solutions are a new-age remedy for both C level and Mid-level HR problems. 

The mid-level organizations need to change management solutions for effective talent retention. It has become a trend in HR hiring as well.

“Changes have evolved over the years, from being complicated to entirely interdependent and even more complex. The higher failure rate of change management projects is primarily due to the absence of employee support. Here, the role of mid-level management evolves from just being an intermediary between employees and senior management to a communicator of benefits incurred due to organizational change,” said Divay Kumar, CEO, and MD, O4S. 

Today companies need a drastic change in mindset in order to offset the failures and support the systemic and successful deployment of new roles.

Why and where change is really required?

While mid-level talent may not set their firm’s vision; they are responsible for delivering organizational results and supporting senior managements’ strategies. As organizations become leaner and flatter in structure, mid-level talent typically fewer direct reports and must rely on strong influencing skills and the ability to navigate networks of resources to get results. 

On asking does the mid-level talent requires change in management solutions? Gaurav Bahl, CEO and Co-founder of KOOLCHAS, said “Talent are also the driving force behind the execution of organizational priorities and ongoing resurrecting. However, if we expect our organizations to compete, much less thrive, in the future, they need to figure out how to effectively devote resources to their middle layer. If organizations will start focus on developing their mid-level talent in the areas of communications, managing change, and coaching can expect improved engagement, retention and teamwork in their organizations”.

In organization retention of productive employees is a major concern of HR professionals and business executives as well. This is because it is more efficient to retain a quality employee than to recruit, instruct and orient a replacement employee of the same quality. “Fairness and transparency are fundamental yet powerful concepts that can make a lasting impression of employees. To manage employee relationship with the company, it involves strategic actions to keep employees motivated and focused so they elect to remain employed and fully productive for the benefit of the organization,” said CEO and Co-founder of KOOLCHAS.

How to retain talent?

In the initial years of a startup, employees find it interesting to work along the senior management within a close knitted circle. Employees, especially the young talent enjoys the environment and idea of performing together with a visionary entrepreneur. However, the business expands; it does witness a management change, and arise of a mid-level team to manage the growing headcounts, which ultimately creates an opaque wall with lesser interaction with the senior leaders. “This is what needs to be taken care of, as a senior management we need to promote ‘Self-determination theory’ and keep maintaining a sense of relatedness among the employee base. That’s how we can retain talent as monetary benefits are not enough,” said Divay.

Business is pretty fragile in the beginning, and change management becomes a necessity as it helps minimizing the negative effect incurred by ongoing changes.

Music is an art which has various moods. It also unleashes the versatile side of a person and one such person is Mehul Ganggar who is a very talented musician as well as a rapper. Mehul hails from Kutch, Gujarat and is currently residing in Mumbai. He is a phenomenal water drummer and fire drummer and has his own kind of style which makes him unique. He has been in this industry for the past 18 years and has performed with many Bollywood artistes pan India. Not just India, he has done several music tours globally with renowned singers and has also done Pre-Navratri shows in Canada, the USA, the UK and many other countries.

The talented musician is very fond of teaching musical instruments like drum set, octapad, dhol, percussion and roto. With having music as his prime interest since childhood, Kunal has his own way of playing the musical instruments and his kind of music is called as the MG Music. Without any doubt, he is a person with a creative mind innate in him. In 2018, he came up with his original song named ‘Dhatudii Patudii’ which was launched on his birthday and it was loved by all the Gujarati music lovers.

For the song, Mehul Ganggar had also been awarded with FNX Glamour and Lifestyle Award in 2018. His performances have left the people of Gujarat in his awe and during the Navratri nights, nobody performs the Fusion Navratri better than him. His love for teaching is beyond boundaries. Mehul makes sure to organise free music workshops for the people who belong to the poor families. Not just his sheer talent, but his grounded attitude is what makes him loved by the people of Gujarat.

Every woman is unique and beautiful in her own way. However, MAKEUP has become a way for a woman to look and feel beautiful while showcasing her confidence in a different manner. But it can’t be done alone to beautify the actual pretty nature of women, a little help from a Celebrity Makeup artist like a Meenakshi Dutt can create wonders.

A talented makeup artist not only transforms a woman into a symbol of how every beautiful woman should look like, but all together makes a woman feel gorgeous. Makeup Artist showcases her flaws to perfection while blending it to their beauty making her fall in love with herself all over again. Their hard work never goes unnoticed especially in the fashion industry where they are applauded for their magical work. Meenakshi Dutt is ruling the makeup industry in Delhi from past 21 years with her new trends and variety.

For a bride, there are so many options to spoil her and make her D-day memorable. Hence, making a choice for one of the Most famous bridal makeup artists, Meenakshi Dutt, is no longer an option but a necessity for brides.

Meenakshi Dutt is a makeup queen who rules the makeup industry and creates magic with her work. She makes everyone spellbound with her extraordinary talent and magical fingers that highlights the inner beauty of a woman. Optimally praised in India and around the globe with her magical trend and establishment for a style that shows modern beauty in nothing less than a PERFECT manner.

She is always dedicated to the complete picture -while keeping the most significant cosmetics, hairstyle, and accessories in mind. She believes that every element should be synergistic to weave an eccentric portrait of total beauty with great style.

Her passion and love for flawless makeup no doubt makes her stand out exceptionally and unmatched in the industry. With her charismatic personality, she gives an insight into the hidden beauty and highlights it in her work.

She was the queen of ramps while defeating other in the Miss Delhi and Miss Navy Queen beauty pageants. This beautifies her existence as a professional model in 1988. While moving along with her career, she worked as a television anchor and model. Later she became the makeup queen. Meenakshi Dutt steered uphill, culling out the career of a magnificent makeover expert and stylist in 1997. She stepped forward to give beauty a new look her vibrant and unique style statement.

Since 1997, Meenakshi Dutt has managed to bring her own style statement to fashion industry giving it a whole new meaning. With her innovative, creativ and eccentric ideas in the fashion industry , she has gained the attention of Bollywood and Hollywood celebs. She is approached = = for Red Carpet events by top celebrities due to her bestowed talent. Her gaga and knack for makeup and creativity have always kept her talent in the limelight shedding all the attention, cameras and lights upon her from every sphere.

As a sign of a successful career, she has also been associated with numerous projects around the globe. Some of them are under the domain of photoshoots, television and print advertisements, music videos, fashion shows, launches, tv talk shows. These are just top glimpse of the career of makeup queen everywhere.

The grace, subtly, sophistication in her styles helps in enhancing and bringing about the best in every face. She makes every woman in the country look no less than a princess especially on her wedding day as per the skin tone, facial features, and skin preference. She has mastered in Bridal make-up and hairstyles.

Meenakshi Dutt with her talent has managed to score in the list of Top 5 bridal makeup artists in India. She is the most trusted name in the fashion industry and is preferred by the leading designers, photographers, and modeling agencies. Meenakshi Dutt has established a new image for the Bridal makeup.

An expert in anything was once a beginner. At some point, you need to get out of your comfort zone and follow what your heart says. Who knew that a man graduating in Civil Engineering from NIT, Surat will be a founder of the top marketing company? Yes, you read that right. We are talking about Dheeraj Jorwal, founder of Brandzup which is India’s fastest growing influencer’s management and marketing company. After graduating in 2014, Dheeraj bid farewell to the field of engineering.

His passion and dream of having his own company and he succeeded in it at a rapid pace. He is a past master in content creation and knows how to make things go viral on the internet within no time. With having thorough knowledge in content strategy, he also possesses an expertise in brand promotion strategy for any social media platform; be it Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or YouTube. Moreover, he is the man behind the biggest YouTube influencers like Amit Bhadana, Harsh Beniwal, Elvish Yadav among others.

It was in early 2017 when he came across some of the talented creators who were struggling with the strategy of their content. That’s when Dheeraj came up with Brandzup. He and his team dedicatedly focus on quality and growth. His focus is to convert any content creator into an influencer. Quoted by Dheeraj, he believes, “Creator with 10K subscribers can be an influencer but a creator with 1 million subscribers doesn’t need to be also an influencer.”

He surely knows all the tactics to make the content on social media reach till a wider audience. Brandzup is in partnership with Rohit Yadav and Sanchit Goel and today it is one of the leading influencers and marketing management company which has now opened the doors for international brands as well to enter in the Indian influencers marketing industry.

B-Town an ultimate dream for thousands of models and actors who want to prove their talent as an actor. We find many skills nowadays in India, and many are coming from outside India. Some are good in looks, and some are good in acting, but we rarely find a perfect combo of Beauty + Acting, and when we get such talent he/she noticed quickly in shows and then in the Silver screen.

We found one beauty who is stunning when it comes to looks, and she is ever more astonishing when we talk about her acting. Gauri Rajput and the perfect combo of Beauty and Acting, making her way from modeling to shows and now next destination is B-town.

Gauri Rajput hails from the small town of Chattisgarh’s Raigarh. Gauri is blessed with tremendous talent, and she has proven that in her short career. Her journey started with modelling, and it took no time as her beauty get the first tag of Miss Chattisgarh in 2014. Her first step gave her confidence to continue to her dream toward B-Town, and that dream took her to Mumbai. Guess what her first step in Mumbai was a solid start as she became the face of Womensera which comes in the top five magazines of India.

From modelling her career started in acting slowly from small character roles in serials, she began to come in most TV shows from best TV channels like Colors, Star Plus, Star Bharat, Zee TV, Big Music and many more.

She is part top production house like Balaji, and she has shown her acting skills in TV shows like Savdhan India, Sethji, Bahu Humhari Rajnikanth, Crime Patrol, Pyar me Sawdhan, Shakti Peeth ke Bhairav, Udaan, Ishq me mar jawan, Laddoo 2, Savitri Devi College and Hospital, ye hain Mohabbat Mein, Ashoka, Raja Ranjeet Singh and many more shows. She has been part of a movie called “Bijlee”.

As she was getting popular in the TV show, she started to receive top advertisements, and she is also associated with top brands like Flipkart, Snapdeal. 

Other than she is also a famous social media influencer of our time, she runs the channel called Rajput Gauri on YouTube, where you can see her acting skills and her versatility. Due to her talent, she is becoming more and more popular on Social media like Instagram were her fan following is growing at Rocket speed.

Rajput Gauri is undoubtedly going to be the next big thing in the coming year as she is a stunning looking actress, and she can justify any role given to her. 

India, as we all know, is a foody Nation, we love our food, spicy, yummy and different flavours of masala. Small to significant events, we are known for keeping varieties of food in our thalis wherever we go in India.

The food business has been top Business, and with western culture food coming in India, we are the biggest market in the world in terms of different kind of foods.

Looking at the opportunity in this Business, one young Entrepreneur name Amber Gandotra has jumped into this Business. He has opened his stores in Jammu, and other places which are famously known as “Brewers – The Coffee Bar”, “Jammu Special Paranthe Wali Gali” and “Amritsari Special Kulcha King” etc.

Amber Gandotra we all know him, he is a famous personality of Jammu who is known for entrepreneurial quality from a tender age.  Amber knows India, especially western and northern part of India is foody region and people love trying different food and coffee bars. So he has made an ultimate mix of west and regional food in his stores, which is working spectacularly for him. 

Amber always amaze everyone with his thoughts and business style. He is a strange kind of Entrepreneur more of a traditional one who understands the basic needs of India. He makes more essential things from the small projects, and that quality is pretty rare in today’ time.

Amber is also noted for his other businesses like IT, then salon Business. Other than Business this guy loves to ride his Beast (cars)  Machines, and we often see him with top celebrities of every field. Amber’s popularity is increasing day by day as time is passing. We can see him becoming the most qualified Entrepreneurial Celebrity of our time. Every project he is trying is becoming gold all thanks to his vision and his efforts behind every project.

Amber is also good looking lad; he has charming looks which can smoothly work in the movie as a lead actor. Surely he might be having a massive number of Girl following in his social media accounts. This guy loves to enjoy life with his family as his pictures on Instagram tells the story. He seems to be pretty close to his family. 

We find a vast number of entrepreneurs in India nowadays who are taking India forward with their skills in fast-moving 21st century and Amber Gandotra is leading that list.

Astrology is a pseudoscience that claims to divine information about human affairs and terrestrial events by studying the movements and relative positions of celestial objects. Many cultures have attached importance to astronomical events, and some—such as the Hindus, Chinese, and the Maya—developed elaborate systems for predicting terrestrial events from celestial observations. In the world of Astrology, there has always been Indians since the old age who have dominated this field. Today we will tell you about one such Astrologer Arun Kumar Vyas who has dominated the Astrology world with his presence and knowledge across the globe.

Arun Kumar Vyas who hails from  Phalodi (Jodhpur, Rajasthan) was born in a Pushkarn Brahmin (Vyas) family. He grew up in a family of people who had brief and detailed knowledge of Vedas, Sanskrit, Jyotish and Indian Astrology. His grandfather Pandit Shri Ramgopalji Vyas was a Famous Shrimad Bhagwat preacher. Since childhood, listening to his grandfather’s foretelling created considerable interest in him towards Shrimad Bhagwat and Astrology. Which eventually led him to study about Indian Jyotish and Astrology. He studied various Astrology & Veda Scriptures. Under the guidance of respected Shri Harikishanji Changani. 

Mr. Arun Kumar Vyas started his practice at just the age of 18 and because of his vast detailed and reliable knowledge of the subject he was honored with Jyotish Bhushan & Jyotish Samrat and other accolades at an early age. Today He is amongst one of the topmost preferable astrologers of the country.  He has been called in many countries for lectures and consultancy because of detailed and scientific knowledge on Indian astrology and Vastu Shastra. Arun Kumar says, “What we are today and what we will be in the future will be the Outcome of our KARMAS. All human beings have the power to change what lies in the future. I invoke in them to take the right path to enlightenment. I think astrology is scientific and has guidelines based on mathematical calculations and is often mistaken as myth or magic.”

The Indian Astrologer Arun Kumar has more than 25 years of experience, which itself is a massive reason why he is considered one of the best astrologer in the country. His scientific explanations of things and accurate results by his guidance has been the main reason for his popularity amongst the people. His commitment and dedication towards his work are unmatchable.

However, Being a famous astrologer,  He is just like any other normal human being. In his personal life, Arun Kumar Vyas loves to watch cricket and Bollywood movies, and his favorites are Sachin Tendulkar and Amitabh Bachchan. He also loves to give it back the society and is active in many social services. It is his dream to help as many needy children to help in their education to make a better future for them. The good deeds and weak heart of Arun Kumar Vyas truly make him an inspirational personality.

Imran Khatri from Mumbai has done MBA in finance and marketing has a major interest in the construction business.

Starting his business in interior decors in 2008. Imran was always a part of the construction world as his family background.

Since Dubai is all about interiors and ambiance and glamour. It perfectly suited Imran Khatri’s profile which made him establish ‘Khatri interiors’ naming it after his family.

Having an ace architect, design theme who are highly qualified, project management team, number one engineers working under. Khatri interiors have reached the moons under the leadership of Imran Khatri.

Imran Khatri has successfully completed over 1200 commercial projects and numerous high-end residential projects working with the royal families of UAE.

Doing projects all over UAE Imran Khatri has his company based in Muscat, Qatar, Dubai and Mumbai and many other countries/cities

“Wear you heart on your skin in this life”- Sylvia Path famously quoted this line. Kamz famously known as Kamz Ink Zone have been a the driving force that motivates the above saying. He is one of the most talented and humble tattoo artists in our country. He accepted his love for this profession at a very young age, when he saw his classmate draw a tattoo on his wrist with a pen. He had been very intrigued since then about this art form. Hurdles are always part of a great success story. His parents, like any other Indian parents, did not approve of this profession. But his dedication and his deliberate efforts convinced them to understand his passion. He gained his initial knowledge from a famous tattoo expert named Nick Sharma from Ludhiana, and then, nothing could stop him from achieving all the success in the world. Today he owns a tattoo parlour named “Kamz Inkzone.”

He yearned to learn more about the forms of tattoo and the designs. He has attended many conventions across the globe that have helped him pave ways to a greater learning source. In the Second International Tattoo Convention that was held in Goa, Kamz was the only one invited from Punjab. He has been very persistent in his efforts to attend such conventions, learn from talented and well-known tattoo artists, and also bring so much glory to India. He has also been a part of a convention in Nepal and he has attended on in Russia too. He is also going to be a part of a convention in Europe as well.

Kamz, as a person is very humble and his urge to become proficient in this profession is never ending. He has made tattoos for some very famous personalities namely Yuvraj Hans, A-Kay, Sara Gurpal, Garry Sandhu, Ninja, Elly Mangat, Sukh-E-Musical Doctorz. These are just a few stars on his shoulder as of yet. He aims to have more recognition in this field. His desire to learn this art in the most intricate manner is worth appreciation. His visualization and his brain both are quite synchronized and well equipped to draw the most dificult tattoos. He is already working tirelessly towards achieving his passion to draw realistic portraits in the future.

One should always be very versatile and social in order to learn and enhance their creative skills. Kamz have been a part of an MTV show, Ace of Space season 1. Having an opportunity to be a part of the national television show that would give him huge recognition as well as a chance to meet new people was an incredible experience for him. He has already procured so much appreciation from such great personalities that he does not need any more validation on his work. Having said that, Kamz have been diligent in mentioning that he is still in the learning phase of his profession. He is a trend setter in this era because getting a tattoo is still not very common in India. There is still a part of the society that does not appreciate this culture. Irrespective of all the negativity, he has been aiming for the bull’s eye.

His artistry and his resolute efforts speaks in high regards about his profession. Being someone who has inked Yuvraj Hans, Garry Sandhu, Ninja is incredible work. Kamz’s desire is evident in all his interviews where he says he wants to have greater apprehension about tattoos. He said “With the almighty’s grace, I would love to learn more about realistic portraits and become one of the top tattoo artists in the world”