Last quarter the Cotecna Institute was launched in Metro Manila, Philippines. The vision of this institute be a global leader in the continuing professional development and management education sectors by providing aspirant delegates with excellent content and transformative learning experiences set in a collaborative environment to prepare them in improving the Philippines and the world. 

Anton says that “Our Mission with launching the Cotecna Institute is to develop excellent, unique, and relevant programs with industry experts and deliver them in a holistic and practical approach in order to provide valuable, reliable, and impactful insights to our delegates, enable them to produce high-level results, and help them become better leaders, change-makers, and innovators in not only the Philippine economy but globally.”

Ortigas says that “Since its organization, Cotecna Elite, has been guided by its core values. They shape the culture, define the character of our company, and guide how we behave and make decisions. At the Cotecna Institute, these values are applied not only to its employees and strategic partners but also to our delegates”

He adds further said that Â“Guided by our objectives, the Cotecna Institute caters to managers, executives, business owners, entrepreneurs, and early career professionals from both public and private sectors who are passionate, ambitious, courageous, and creative. We seek highly proficient, unusually effective and efficient, and exceptionally skilled individuals that act with integrity and decide with compassion, and we aim to enable them to become better creative problem solvers, critical analysts, multi-disciplinary thinkers, and strategic innovators that are globally competitive, socially responsible, well-organised, and well on their way to mastery of their respective fields.  The world is so competitive and as a company we want to do what we can to educate and improve our work force, who in turn will be able to contribute to nation building “

Meet Luthra is a social media influencer whose Facebook pages “Sarcasm and Sadcasm” has touched the fanbase of 60+Million active users on social media in past few years, currently he is working in the digital space. This young boy hails from Karnal and is CEO and Founder of Facebook Page Sarcasm. This is not it since he had also recently created another page called ‘Sadcasm’ in Facebook which is growing with the same pace. Meet Luthra is one of those personalities on social media platforms who is loved widely and fans completely adore him for all the things he has achieved in such a tender age. The thing about him that influences people a lot is his attitude of never giving up and always expanding his reach, no matter where he has reached already. The conviction and passion he shows towards his work has made him what he is and owns more than 5 pages with huge fan following in each. 

Sarcasm generates revenue by creating-content from brands promotions, tie-ups and directing content on their platform that can be interesting and valuable for the audiences.

Renowned brands like McDonald’s, WildStone, Mi and so on approach these pages for promotions and Meet makes sure that they promote them in an interesting manner for better reach.

Luthra is the CEO and Director at Digihood Media which is the largest digital portal, originated in India, having a more than 60 Million organic followers from various countries around the world. Luthra’s Digihood Media is not only changing the perception of people using social media by uploading engaging and relatable posts but is also providing end to end solutions for anything related to digital marketing.

Early Life And Education

Meet Luthra was born on 17 November, 1995. He went to Guru Harkrishan Public School in Karnal where he completed his schooling. Later, he went to Panipat Institute of Engineering & Technology to pursue BBA. He dropped out of college in 1st year and started his career in digital space.

Social Media Influencer

Sarcasm is India’s biggest page which does not represent any particular personality. This page, founded by Meet, completely depends on the entertainment it provides to gain an audience. At this point of time, it has more than 39 million followers which is just a little lesser than the global icon, Priyanka Chopra and India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.

Meet Luthra and his team had been planning to create something new using social media before they came up with the idea of ‘Sarcasm’.  Hunting the trends at the right time and making right content all the time has made the page famous. It basically posts memes which are very relatable to people around the world as well as extremely funny.

Here is the list of Facebook pages owned by Meet Luthra:

? Sarcasm- 39 million fans

? Sadcasm- 14 million fans

? Sourcasm- 2.5 million fans

? Sarcasm GIFs- 621K fans

? TrendyShandy- 297K fans

? Sarcastic Bro- 3.3 million fans

? Future Goals- 771K fans

? Sarcasm Tube- 31K fans

? LOLPedia -345K fans

Esteemed Clients And Partners

Meet generates his revenues by brand promotions and due to the immense popularity of these pages, there is a list of renowned clients who tied up with him and team:

? Vodafone

? McDonald’s

? LG

? Cadbury

? Miss Multinational

? Xiaomi

? Ease My Trip

? Beardo

? Too Yumm

? Sunburn

? Kashmir Tour

? Ampme App

? Bera

? Porndude

? Warner Bros.

? Wild Stone

Promotions

Bollywood movie stars and singers have also chosen Meet’s Digihood Media for promoting their movies/songs. Here is the list of those stars:

? Omerta- Rajkummar Rao

? Raid- Ajay Devgn

? High Jack- Sumeet Vyas

? Veere Di Wedding- Kareena Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor

? Ghar Se Nikalte Hi- Armaan Malik and Amaal Malik

? Kahna Re- Neeti Mohan

? Oh Humsafar- Neha Kakkar and Himansh Kohli

Achievements

Meet Luthra gave up on his studies to follow his dream of becoming a social media influencer and set an example of himself in front of the upcoming youth. Digital Marketing is the future and Meet Luthra has proved it to the audience by achieving a number of things through it:

? Owner of the ‘entertainment’ category page on Facebook- Sarcasm

? Owner of the digital portal in India- Digihood Media

Social Work

Meet Luthra, when asked about his charity works, said that he does not believe in publicising charity and making a name out of it. Reportedly, he has donated a lot to the needy ones but has never made it official. 

A true story of a boy who faced hurdles academically but who cares when you are in love of what you do he topped the ace game of singing. Little did he know that one day he too will fulfil his dream of becoming an artist. Artist is a very loaded word it comes with significant responsibilities because you need to give your audiences something new something that connects with them every time you create your art & Nav accomplishes that every time he creates music. 

His journey started when he recorded his first song “Channa Mereya” on his phone & playfully uploaded on his Instagram page & instantly people double tapped hearts for him they loaded him with great positive responses & that motivated Nav to create more such videos & get them uploaded.  

He is a pure talented artist, not just a young lad who never liked studies but a millennial who believed in his talent, who himself recognized what he is & what he wanted to become in life.

When he missed support from his family, he never lost hope & kept going because he believed in his dream his passion his music, still in his ‘teens’ Nav is not just a singer but also a writer a composer & he proved his mettle by writing his 1st ever song “Maahive” in only 10 mins!! Wow, now that’s a sixer! He has already successfully written more than 200 songs. 

What will you call this talent? How did he manage to do that? Well, he literally saved every penny that his mother gives him to buy clothes & shoes, he never spent on them, he spends that money on recording his song. That is how his struggle has been. Started off with only about 600 followers & now has already reached 623k followers & still counting we are really not surprised for his fan following. 

He is definitely here to stay. Kudos to you boy for doing what you do because music not just takes a person to another world altogether but most importantly it connects with a person’s soul & if you can touch hearts with music who can do anything. 

Designer Sonali Jain from Mumbai showcases her collection at Indie Fashion & Lifestyle Confluence which was held in Dubai.  She was accoladed as Trendiest designer of 2019 by Bollywood Actress Prachi Desai. Her spring-summer collection consisted of design with modern silhouettes and trendiest colors which can be apt for any occasion in the scorching heat. 

Sonali Jain said I am fashion lover and I take inspiration from whatever fascinates me. I believe one should know how to carry whatever they wear. And i am grateful to receive this award on an international platform. 

The Show was organized by Tefla’s by Aseem Singh, and Lokesh Sharma was the show director.

By what seems like a cruel twist of fate, the grounding of the country’s largest airline coincided with provisional construction approval for India’s largest (by surface area) airport at Jewar in Noida. It may be recalled that the Allahabad court dismissed petitions filed by farmers and gave in-principle approval to commence the construction of Jewar International Airport, which is estimated to be built at a cost of USD 3.1 bn.

Naturally, the expectation is that just like any mega infrastructure project, this greenfield airport will give a major boost to the overall economic activity around Noida and Greater Noida region. Let’s take a closer look.

Economic Impact

Once completed, Jewar International Airport will not only ease traffic at Delhi’s IGI Airport but also create multiple job opportunities and give decent impetus to the property market in Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway. These markets have been reeling under tremendous pressure over the last three to four years, and require a fresh injection of opportunity and intent to overcome this slump. 

For an area to become end-user centric and liveable, a massive infrastructure project like Jewar International Airport can definitely make a huge difference. Such projects are invariably followed by more real estate developments including housing, commercial, hospitality, etc.

‘Real’ Benefits – Strictly Long-Term

All this sounds rosy enough, but investors, buyers and developers would be well-advised not to jump the bandwagon immediately. While a second international airport in NCR will certainly have a major impact on the real estate market in and around the region and the state of UP, the ‘real’ impact will become visible only in around 8-10 years.

Until there are visible signs of construction activity on Jewar International Airport, the potential of other real estate developments such as residential, commercial or retail will remain on hold. To be sure, developers who had hoped to cash in on this mega project when it was announced several years ago bought large land parcels in the vicinity.

However, they will refrain from launching residential or commercial projects in the immediate future, as the nearby areas including Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway still have more than enough existing inventory.

As per ANAROCK data, the total unsold stock in Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway collectively stands at 73,680 units as on Q1 2019 – nearly 41% of the total unsold stock in the whole of NCR. ANAROCK data also indicates that out of the total delayed units in NCR (approx. 2,10,200 units) launched in 2013 or before, Greater Noida has the maximum share of nearly 50% units worth close to INR 45,039 Cr.

In retrospect, it is clear that real estate activity in Greater Noida boomed on the back of hype around boosted connectivity to Yamuna Expressway, which passes through this region. Developers cashed on the connectivity hype and launched innumerable projects over the years. Simultaneously, they also launched projects in Greater Noida West – which are now stuck in various stages of non-completion.

Stuck Housing in NCR

Source: ANAROCK Research

Clearly, there is ample unsold or unfinished stock in these markets. Developers will not risk launching new residential projects until the previous stock is cleared or completed. Also, major land bank holders in and around the new airport – one of which is estimated to hold over 2,000-3,000 acres – are yet to find relief in the form of adequate funding.

Fast Forward – Distant Future Trends

Once operational, the Jewar airport will definitely be a game-changer – not just for Noida and Greater Noida markets but also the nearby hinterlands. Some of the major positive trends over the long term would include:

• Healthy end-users demand: Despite being more affordable than Gurgaon and Delhi, Greater Noida and the areas along Yamuna Expressway did not become end-user driven markets due to lacklustre infrastructure. The new airport will boost the region’s overall infrastructure and make it more liveable and active. As a result, more and more end-users will drive the property market in this region.

• Greater Noida & Yamuna Expressway – new affordable options for first-time home buyers: With increased connectivity and several infrastructure upgrades on the anvil, these two regions will see major realty developments in the times to come. The new airport will be a booster shot. These regions are more affordable than Gurgaon or Delhi, where prices sometimes skyrocket into peaks of unaffordability. First-time homebuyers are apt to focus on these areas – unlike before when investors drove these markets.

• Commercial activity to gain momentum: The new airport will not only increase housing demand but also lead to an uptick in commercial developments like office spaces and retail. In fact, office spaces which will eventually and inevitably proliferate along the region as rentals will be relatively cheaper than in Gurgaon and Delhi, without compromising on the purchasing power of the consumers they cater to.

• Steady long-term capital appreciation: Both Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway have seen high investor activity in the past few years. While these areas always looked promising for end-users, liveability was a challenge. As a result, several housing projects along the Expressway remained unoccupied and gained the unenviable moniker of ‘ghost towns’. With the new airport coming in, this market will attract more end-users and see steady, genuine capital appreciation rather than mere speculation.

• Boost to tourism in Mathura and Agra: The new airport will further boost tourism in cities like Mathura and Agra. These cities are already well-connected with the National Capital via the Yamuna Expressway. However, the new airport will further increase tourist footfalls. All this will eventually impact the real estate market positively. In the long-term, the airport will also act as a catalyst for Western UP’s real estate market.

A Final Word of Caution

Buyers will gradually begin to enter the real estate market in and around the Jewar International Airport region. It is imperative that they do a thorough check before buying properties. The areas along the Yamuna Expressway have been marred by multiple land litigations that have severely impacted buyers in the last few years. Before investing in the areas around the upcoming airport, it is important to establish how soon they will actually become inhabitable and liveable.

Author is Santhosh Kumar, VP, Anarock Property Consultant. Views expressed are personal.

Bhubaneswar: A dozen people sustained minor injuries and extensive damage was caused to civil, electrical and horticulture works at the IIT Bhubaneswar during severe cyclone `Fani’ that hit the State on May 4.

The institute had made prior arrangements for all essential services in the campus. The examinations of 3rd and 4th year students were rescheduled to 6th and 7th of this month. 

Prof. R. V. Raja Kumar, Director of the Institute while speaking on the super-cyclone said that, “The damage caused by FANI to the Institute is more than what was expected.”  Our team of meteorology research headed by Prof. U.C. Mohanty, School of Earth, Ocean and Climate Sciences also predicted the course of FANI using a hybrid of their own models and prevailing models used in practice and predicted the course of FANI. The prediction of our group coincided with those of IMD confirming consistency of the predictions, which are further proved to be consistent by public after observing the course of FANI.

We also scheduled admission for M.Tech courses by two schools on 4th & 5th of May 2019 and a number of candidates from Northern and Western India have arrived on 3rd and 4th May particularly to participate in the test. The Institute went ahead and conducted admissions to them. 

Though the GRID supply is yet to be restored to the Institute, we have quickly carried out repairs and started supplying skeletal electricity to all the sections in the campus from today afternoon onwards. The security at IIT Bhubaneswar along with housekeeping and maintenance team did a good job to ascertain the safety, security, sanitation for all those inside the campus. Thus the Institute sprang into action and restored normalcy in the campus from today onwards.

‘Indie Fashion & Lifestyle Confluence’ organized by Tefla’s at Hotel Al Habtoor Polo Resort, Dubai was a one-day confluence which celebrates acknowledges and awards the stalwarts within India’s Fashion, Jewellery, Lifestyle, and Entertainment segment.

A few eminent brands associated with the confluence were Asma Salman, Gagan Kumar, Bani Pasricha, Binal Shah, Sonali Jain, Soniya Saanchi Designs, Bushra Boumehdi, London College of Arts, Cleopatra. The gorgeous and versatile Bollywood actress Prachi Desai dazzled the ramp and Bollywood playback singer & India’s 1st Rawstar – Rituraj Mohanty performed live at the event. The actress felicitated the participating brands and individuals.

Aseem Singh, Director – Tefla’s & Organizer IFLC  said “We are very glad to take this initiative ahead and take our first edition on an international platform. With this, we encourage the budding designers to showcase their talent. IFLC is proud to announce that this edition was a grand success and we look at making this initiative a bigger.”

Show director and Fashion Show Choreographer Lokesh Sharma is on spree of winning laurels and bagging national and international shows. Lokesh recently did Shows such as Mrs India Queen of Substances. Bombay Times Fashion Week, Delhi Times Fashion Week and IFCL Dubai. And also got an award at Indie Fashion and Lifestyle Confluence  Dubai which was given to him by Prachi Desai. 

Lokesh is known for his creative ways of show direction and fashion choreography. 

It’s amazing to direct shows for prestigious brands also working with Designing Veterans as well as fresh talents as there is always a good scope of creativity and learning said Lokesh when asked about his views on the wards and bagging national and international shows continuously.

The Mrs. India Queen of Substance is the brainchild of Mrs. Ritika Vinay & Vinay Yadawa who also serves as Directors and is the only Registered pageant of India. The pageant in association with HCWA as their philanthropy partner promotes and focused on women empowerment. The pageant for married women exemplified beauty talent intelligence and compassion, a total of forty-three stunning women from different parts of the country & world participated in the pageant and displayed their talents in different fields and has shown best examples of women leadership. The pageant also awarded charity ambassadorship to work for not so fortunate sections of society.

The four day event at Dwarka was flagged off by Bollywood celebrity Mahima Choudhary, Kunal Kapoor  & the Grand Finale on 20th April was hosted by Aman Yatan Verma  with the talent round after mesmerising singing performance by  Pop  singer Sameer and singer, the eminent jury was Mr. Shard Kohli, Pammy Kaul, Dr. Varun Katyal, Dr. Aditi Bhatnagar, Dr. Prerna Taneja, Dr. Shishir &Mrs Shivani Sharma Followed by introduction, traditional and Evening wear Round.

The winners are in three different categories WINNER 2019 – Priyanka Jacob from Dubai,1st Runner Up –  Priya Mehta from Mumbai and 2nd Runner Up – Tie – Shweta Chopra From New Delhi &  Soumya Mishra from the USA.

In the CLASSIC Mrs. India 2019 Queen Of Substance, Winner 2019 – Dr. Sona Pungavkar from Mumbai, 1st Runner Up- Payal Seth from Agra and 2nd Runner Up – Shivali Biswal from Gurgaon.

We are here to give out a platform to people who really deserve to shine said Mr. Vinay Yadawa. 

Rachel Leigh Stacy won the Miss Glam World 2019, an event presented by Manappuram Finance Ltd and Mahindra, and organised by Pegasus. 
Contestants from 37 countries competed in the pageant which was held in Kerala, India.Reshma Nambiar who represented India won the first runner-up and Daria Shapovalova from Tatarstan won the second runner up. The event, hosted by Indian television anchor and actress Ranjini Haridas, was held at the Gokulam Convention Centre in Kochi.
Along with Miss Glam World  we do five more events and are the only beauty pageants which does not judge a women’s beauty with a bikini round, said Dr. Ajit Ravi, Chairman of Pegasus while talking about the event apart from the main title, various subtitles which were pre-judged before the Grand finale were also awarded.