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The debut edition of Echoes of Earth’s 3-city tour celebrated local ecosystems and its conservation via music, art, conversations and collaborations

  • The first stop of the 3-city tour was Jayamahal Mahal Palace in Bangalore before heading to Mumbai’s Mehboob Studios and 1AQ in Delhi
  • The British nu jazz collective, The Cinematic Orchestra also toured alongside Echoes across the three cities

NEW DELHI and MUMBAI, India and BANGALORE, India, April 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Conservation stories and lore from the unexplored ecosystems of Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi were brought to life last weekend by India’s greenest music festival, Echoes of Earth, in its 3-city concert India tour. The festival took over the metro cities along with the British nu jazz collective, The Cinematic Orchestra, to celebrate local ecosystems and their conservation via vehicles of music, in each city across a span of three days – 14th, 15th and 16th April 2023.

Extending the theme ‘Circle of Life’, the tour offered a glimpse of the unparalleled Echoes experience in each city while highlighting their unique ecosystems and the importance in living in symbiosis with the natural world through engaging storytelling sessions, informative panel discussions, photo exhibits, sustainable installations, artistic workshops and curated food and flea markets for attendees to indulge in. By collaborating with its conservation and knowledge partner WWF India, as well as content partners such as Roundglass Sustain and Mongabay India, along with the Ministry of Mumbai’s Magic, Echoes of Earth was able to enhance the overall experience by incorporating insightful and credible information.

The tour started on 14th April in Bangalore’s iconic Jayamahal Palace, where Bangaloreans (re)discovered the Keres (lakes) and Kuntes (ponds) their city is home to, in a new light via an engaging discussion with prominent experts like Dr Subramanya (Ornithologist & Scientist), Usha Rajagopalan (Writer & Lake Conservationist), Sandesh Khadur (National Geographic fellow and wildlife filmmaker) and more. The discussion also stressed the need to conserve urban lakes and their rich biodiversity. Furthermore, Vikram Sridhar (Performance Storyteller & Theatre Practitioner) highlighted the vital role of diverse art forms like channapatna, kinhal, and kalamkari in conservation and preservation. At the same time, he drew the attendees into the conservation lores from rescue and rehabilitation incidents through an immersive storytelling session.

Moreover, the endeavour to bring Bangaloreans closer to the ecosystem they are an intrinsic part of also translated into a larger-than-life sustainable stage, which focused on the nearly-threatened bird species, the Oriental Darter (Anhinga Melanogaster). And culminating the evening on this stage was a mesmerising musical performance by The Cinematic Orchestra. Opening for the collective were Nush Lewis and Premik, who captivated the attendees with their soulful tunes and powerful electronic beats.

Taking the tour to Mehboob Studios in Mumbai on 15th April, Echoes celebrated the city’s magical coastlines that house the rich mangrove ecosystem and its inhabitants via a discussion in association with WWF India with speakers like Malhar Kalambe (Environmentalist & Founder of Beach Please) and Dr Sheetal Pachpande (Deputy Director – Projects of Mangrove Foundation), amongst others. Meanwhile, Freishia B (Co-founder of Carter Cleanup), Ganesh Nakhawa (Director at Karanja Fishing Co-operative Society), Prachi Shevgaonkar (Climate Entrepreneur and the founder of Cool The Globe App), and more engaged Mumbaikars in an immersive workshop about the city’s rich biodiversity and how they can contribute in its preservation in association with Ministry of Mumbai’s Magic. 

Likewise, the Mumbai stage was sustainably designed to bring attention to the migratory bird Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) and was christened ‘Flamingo’ in the same light. Opening on this stage were Sijya, who moved the audiences with her untamed synth layers and Sahil Vasudevan, who moved the audience with his unique blend of modern piano and electronica sounds. And the Cinematic Orchestra brought the evening to a close with their truly enthralling performance.

The last stop of the tour was Delhi’s 1AQ on 16th April. Here, speakers like Rohan Chakravorty (Cartoonist, Illustrator & Creator of Green Humour), Chetan Agarwal (Conservationist and Environment Analyst) and Neha Sinha (Conservation Biologist, Author & Newspaper Columnist) spotlighted the capital city’s beautiful and thriving urban jungle ecosystem as well as emphasised the need to protect its diverse bird species in an engaging discussion. At the same time, Niharika Rajput (Wildlife Artist & National Geographic Explorer) conducted a workshop on ‘Art for Conservation’, where attendees hand-crafted house sparrows while learning their significance in the ecosystem.

And highlighting the city’s native Sarus Cranes (Antigone antigone), the tallest flying bird in the world, was the sustainable stage where the Cinematic Orchestra concluded their tour with a captivating musical performance and a surprising collaboration with Khalid Ahamed (Lead singer of Pavraaz) with Sahil Vasudevan and Sijya opening for them.

Roshan Netalkar, Festival Director of Echoes of Earth, mentioned, “A host of ecosystems and wealth of biodiversity have made their homes in urban cities. And touring across Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi, we intended to support our audiences to re-connect and explore these local ecosystems that they are an integral part of but know very little about via an unforgettable Echoes experience.”

He further added, “At the same time, we strived to nurture a community of more evolved and conscious audiences to promote greener and cleaner art experiences to look forward to. We did this by harnessing the power of contemporary off-centre music and art to express ideas of sustainable change for generations to follow. The three days witnessed an incredible passion of over 6000 people who kept the ethos of Echoes alive, standing testament to the fact that the future of art and music in India is green.”

Besides this, 3-city concert tour was an unforgettable culinary journey, thanks to its collaboration with a handpicked list of food and beverage partners, including Brick Oven, Phobidden Fruit, Boss Burger, Mossant Craft Konnection, Blue Tokai, Good Flippin’ Burgers, True Falafel, Crusty Culture, Thai Mama, and T.OO.K, amongst others. At the same time, the flea market at the concert tour was a haven for shoppers. Attendees indulged in sustainable and ethically crafted fashion from Re Charka, a brand specialising in upcycled handwoven Kabir clothing. Besides this, Echoes and WWF merchandise products also offered unique and meaningful fashion choices. And adding a touch of artistic flair to the event was the renowned Lotus Child, curating instant personalised poetry for poetry connoisseurs, making it a truly immersive experience for the attendees.

This tour came after the successful fifth edition of Echoes of Earth on its home turf Bangalore last year. More than a music festival, its unique format provided a much-needed platform to showcase the efforts of local eco-warriors protecting and preserving local ecosystems in these cities and educate the audience about the same through interesting knowledge transfer activities. The festival has always been a much-needed step towards starting an inclusive sustainability dialogue with a call for responsible celebration through the lens of conservation and sustainability across the country starting off with these 3 metro cities.

About Echoes of Earth

Taglined “India’s greenest music festival”, Echoes of Earth is a multi-genre two-day event that celebrates the environment. Launched in 2016, it features stages and installations made from recycled and upcycled materials. No plastic or flex materials are used and a sapling is planted for every ticket sold.

Around 150 artists have performed across the festival’s four editions so far. The headliners have included international and Indian electronic acts such as Arjun Vagale, FKJ, Kohra and Mathame. Among the activities and attractions are the solar-powered Big Tree stage, a flea market selling organic and sustainable products, and music and wellness workshops.

Over the years, Echoes of Earth has won several live event industry awards including the 2019 EEMAX Global Award for Best Stage and Environmental Design and the 2020 WOW Asia Award for Festival of the Year – Art/Culture/Lifestyle. The festival, which was on hiatus in 2020 and 2021 owing to the pandemic, will return in December. The line-up will feature over 40 artists.

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Firstsource Partners with Typeface to Launch Agentic Marketing Services

New full-stack offering turns content operations into an agentic growth engine

NEW YORK and MUMBAI, India, April 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Firstsource Solutions Limited (NSE: FSL) (BSE: 532809), an RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group company, today announced the launch of a new offering — Agentic Marketing Services — in partnership with Typeface, the marketing orchestration engine for the world’s leading enterprises. The offering is designed to help enterprises move from marketing ambition to scale by transforming, implementing, and operating AI-native marketing systems. It transforms marketing operations into a scalable growth engine and delivers measurable top-line revenue growth beyond operational efficiency alone.

 

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Agentic AI is redefining how enterprises think about the customer lifecycle, and marketing content sits at the center of that transformation. Enterprises deploying AI-driven personalization are seeing up to 40% higher revenue compared to their peers. Content operations is both a growth lever and an efficiency play for CMOs: roughly 30% of CMO budgets go to content; approximately 55% of content work is manual — resizing, localization, brand compliance — while 90% of those manual workflows can be AI-enabled.

“At Firstsource, our approach has been about moving beyond traditional boundaries to build adaptive, intelligence-led ecosystems that deliver measurable outcomes. Content operations is now the most disrupted layer of the modern marketing stack, with Large Language Models reshaping the entire value chain — from ideation and production to governance and distribution — making it both the biggest near-term efficiency opportunity and the most exposed surface area in enterprise marketing,” said Ritesh Idnani, MD and Chief Executive Officer of Firstsource.

“CEOs and CMOs are not looking for a consultancy that hands off a roadmap or an agency that operates in silos — they want a partner who can transform, implement, and operate marketing systems end-to-end. By combining micro-segmentation, personalization, and deep industry context, we help clients build acquisition, engagement, and retention engines that are intelligent, compliant, and scalable. Typeface brings the AI technology to generate personalized, on-brand, compliant content at scale, and Firstsource brings deep experience in customer operations, especially in regulated industries like banking, financial services, healthcare, and retail. Together, we enable enterprises to plan, build, and run modern marketing — turning content operations into a compounding growth engine and delivering outcomes, not just effort.”

The partnership extends the capabilities announced with Typeface’s recent Marketing Orchestration Engine launch — bringing governed AI systems into full-stack marketing operations for regulated enterprises.

“AI only transforms marketing when it’s embedded into the workflows that drive real customer outcomes,” said Abhay Parasnis, Founder & CEO of Typeface. “Firstsource brings deep industry expertise and operational rigor in highly regulated environments. Together, we’re helping enterprises turn AI ambition into operational reality, embedding governed intelligence into the systems that power durable growth.” 

While Typeface provides the orchestration layer that unifies brand intelligence, AI agents, and enterprise systems, Firstsource brings the operational expertise and insights to enable effective decision making and implement and run these systems in complex, regulated environments. Together, they redesign how growth is driven — focusing on the moments, segments, and mechanisms that truly move the needle — enabling enterprises to shift from fragmented activity to scalable, revenue-led execution.

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“In retail, seasonality and micro-segmentation are where revenue is won or lost. Every peak moment demands thousands of personalized variants across marketing, service, and customer operations — and the retailers who get this right see real movement on acquisition, conversion, and retention, not just efficiency. What makes the Firstsource–Typeface offering different is that it is not another tool — it is an operating capability. Pairing agentic AI with embedded marketing operations is exactly what retailers need to move from broad campaigns to true lifecycle-driven engagement. For the industry, this is a meaningful step-change in how growth gets engineered.”

– Dave Kimbell, Ex-CEO Ulta Beauty; Firstsource Advisory Board Member

“Healthcare payers sit on a real paradox: a huge share of member communication is locked inside PHI and claims workflows where the rules are clear and rightly strict — but the biggest lever on affordability lives outside that envelope, in how payers engage members on wellness, prevention, plan literacy, and proactive disease management. That is a white-space opportunity the industry has barely touched. This is where marketing AI services can genuinely move the needle. With micro-segmentation and agentic content, payers can reach the right member with the right nudge at the right moment — entirely within compliant, non-PHI pathways — and shift the engagement model from acquisition and retention to lifelong wellness. That is how you make healthcare more affordable, improve member experience, and strengthen the economics of the plan at the same time. The Firstsource–Typeface offering is one of the few capabilities purpose-built to operate at that intersection of compliance, personalization, and outcomes.”

– Paul Sanford, Ex-EVP Operations, Cigna Group; Firstsource Advisory Board Member

About Firstsource

Firstsource Solutions Limited, an RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group company (NSE: FSL) (BSE: 532809), is a global intelligence partner to enterprises across healthcare, banking and financial services, communications, media, technology, retail, and utilities. Its inch-wide, mile-deep practitioners work collaboratively to reimagine business process management.

With operations across the US, UK, India, Philippines, Mexico, Romania, Trinidad & Tobago, South Africa, and Australia, Firstsource combines over twenty-five years of domain expertise with an agent-first delivery model to design, build, and operate intelligent enterprise operations. Through its Intelligence That Operates promise—powered by Kairos, the operating system that makes it real—the company unifies consulting, implementation, and operations into a single full-stack engagement and underwrites outcomes, not effort, turning deep domain intelligence into a compounding operational advantage for firms in the world’s most regulated industries. (www.firstsource.com)

About Typeface

Typeface is a marketing orchestration engine for the world’s leading enterprises, coordinating brand intelligence, AI agents, and enterprise systems across cross-channel marketing operations. Built for large organizations, Typeface combines shared brand intelligence, governed agent workflows, and deep enterprise integration at scale — connecting seamlessly with platforms like Salesforce, Microsoft, and Google — to help teams scale what works without sacrificing quality or control. Trusted by Fortune 500 companies, Typeface enables organizations to operationalize AI inside real marketing workflows, turning brand standards, approvals, and performance signals into coordinated systems that improve over time. Typeface is backed by Lightspeed, GV, Salesforce Ventures, Madrona, Menlo, and M12, and has been recognized by Fast Company, Gartner, TIME, LinkedIn, and Adweek as a leader in AI for marketing. Learn more at www.typeface.ai.

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Shaping Future-Ready School Leaders: Woxsen University Leads Design Thinking Initiative for Principals

HYDERABAD, India, April 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The School of Arts and Design at Woxsen University, in collaboration with the Public-School Principals’ Association (PSPA), conducted a Principal Leadership Programme on April 27, bringing together 30 principals from leading schools across Hyderabad for an immersive, design-led learning experience focused on rethinking leadership in contemporary education.

Participating institutions included Delhi Public School, Sloka International School (Tukkuguda), Jain Heritage Cambridge School, AVN Vida International School, CMR School (Medchal), and Gitanjali High School, among others. Designed as a hands-on, studio-based workshop, the programme moved beyond traditional formats, enabling participants to engage in collaborative problem-solving, systems thinking, and real-world leadership challenges.

The programme was delivered by Woxsen’s Centre for Learning Design (CLD) and the David Dunne Design Thinking Lab, and was guided by the university’s ERS (Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability) framework, reflecting an integrated and purpose-driven approach to leadership development.

Through guided design thinking exercises, principals explored new approaches to decision-making, innovation in school ecosystems, and building student-centric learning environments. The interactive format encouraged peer exchange and practical application, making the experience directly relevant to institutional leadership.

Rajendra Prasad, President of the PSPA, said, “The School Principals’ Leadership Workshop at Woxsen University was well organized and delivered with great impact. The sessions were highly engaging and insightful, and the programme received overwhelming positive feedback from participants for both its content and overall experience.”

Dr. Ashok Pandey, Member of the PSPA Leadership Team, shared, “An inspiring day at the picturesque Woxsen University campus, engaging with exceptional school leaders committed to designing the schools of tomorrow.” 

Dr. Adity Saxena, Dean, School of Arts & Design, said, “This programme is aligned with Woxsen’s core pillar of Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability, reinforcing our commitment to purpose-driven education. We see our role as bridging ideas, institutions, and impact in education, and we are grateful to PSPA and Rajendra Prasad for this meaningful collaboration.”

The initiative reflects Woxsen University’s commitment to strengthening the school education ecosystem in Telangana by building leadership capacity and fostering future-ready thinking among educators. Following the workshop, the PSPA leadership team engaged in a strategic discussion with Dr. Adity Saxena to explore future collaboration opportunities.

Building on the momentum of the programme, Woxsen University and PSPA are exploring the launch of a structured Principal Leadership Certificate Programme. The proposed initiative aims to institutionalize leadership development for school heads and further strengthen the region’s education ecosystem through sustained, practice-oriented engagement.

About Woxsen University, Hyderabad

Woxsen University, located in Hyderabad, is one of the first private universities in the state of Telangana, India. Renowned for its 200-acre state-of-the-art campus and infrastructure, Woxsen University offers new-age, disruptive programs in the fields of Business, Technology, Arts & Design, Architecture, Law, and Liberal Arts & Humanities. Woxsen also houses Asia’s largest Sports Infrastructure, spread over 60 acres. With 175 Global Partner Universities and a strong industry connect, Woxsen is recognized as one of the top universities for Academic Excellence and Global Edge. Woxsen has also secured the QS Business Masters World Ranking 2025, Rank #9 All India, Top 100 B-Schools by Times B-School Ranking 2025, Rank #6, Asia Pacific, Bloomberg Best B-School, and features in India’s Best B-Schools beyond IIMs by Dalal Street Investment Journal 2025, in 4th consecutive year. Woxsen is ranked as one of the Top Professional Colleges in India by Outlook I-CARE for its undergraduate programs, securing All India Rank 12 among the Top 130 BBA Private Institutes, All India Rank 20 among the Top 160 B.Tech Private Institutes, All India Rank 3 among the Top 25 Design Private Institutes, and All India Rank 3 among the Top 30 B. Arch Private Institutes.

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HarperCollins is proud to announce the publication of The Book of Daily Brilliance: 111 Days to Transformation by Pamela Puja Kirpalani

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Hardback | Non-Fiction/Self-Help | 140 pp | INR 399

Available wherever books are sold | Releasing on 24 April 2026

NEW DELHI, April 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — HarperCollins Publishers India is thrilled to announce the publication of The Book of Daily Brilliance: 111 Days to Transformation by Pamela Puja Kirpalani, a practical guide towards a spiritual and psychological transformation.

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ABOUT THE BOOK

Everyone in the world has good days and bad days. But what if there was a way to unleash one’s radiant self every day? Something simple yet profound—something the reader could reach for every day to centre themselves and remember what really matters.

The Book of Daily Brilliance is designed to speak to the heart and the highest self. Meant to be read over 111 days and covering topics that resonate with all—relationships, self-worth, love, pain, abundance, manifestation, surrender and much more—this daily reader will guide the one through a gentle yet powerful spiritual and psychological journey.

There is no fixed start date. No pressure to be perfect. If a day is skipped or there is a pause for a while, that is okay. All that’s needed to do is come back when it feels right. For those who choose to commit to the 111-day journey, the experience reveals the unfolding of a deeper truth within. 

So, take a deep breath. Open the page to Day 1 and let this be an invitation to return to oneself —one day, one page, one insight at a time.

Pamela Puja Kirpalani says, “One page can really just change the way you show up for your life. I wrote The Book of Daily Brilliance to be something you return to, not just read once — a daily pause that brings clarity, perspective and healing. In a fast-paced world, I believe even a single mindful page a day can create powerful inner psychological shifts. This 111 Daily Reader is my way of helping people reconnect with themselves— and if it helps someone feel more present, more grounded, and more like themselves, then it has done exactly what I hoped it would.”

Sachin Sharma, Publisher, HarperCollins India, says, The Book of Daily Brilliance offers a perfect pause amidst the busyness of life. Readers will appreciate how the book gently guides them through a journey of transformation—without any pressure—one step, one day at a time.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Pamela Puja Kirpalani is the Founder of Inner High Living and a distinguished thought leader in the world of behavioural psychology and neuro-behaviour. Her vision materialized as she started coaching individuals, couples and parents on achieving their goals initially using Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) as a modality. She is certified by ABNlp (Australian Board of Neuro-Linguistic Programming), IEMT (Integrated Eye Movement Technique) Practitioner, member of the APSS Singapore and the NLP Association of Singapore.

ABOUT HARPERCOLLINS INDIA

At HarperCollins Publishers India, we believe in telling the best stories and ensuring they reach the widest readership. We publish around 250 new books every year across 10 imprints, adding to a diverse catalogue of more than 2,000 titles across print and digital formats. Our authors include APJ Abdul Kalam, Agatha Christie, Amish Tripathi, Amitav Ghosh (Erasmus Prize 2024), Jhumpa Lahiri, Paulo Coelho, Raghuram Rajan, Sudha Murty, Ruskin Bond and many more.

HarperCollins India has been honoured with seven Publisher of the Year awards and proudly represents global publishers such as Harvard University Press, Lonely Planet, Oneworld, Nosy Crow, Usborne and National Geographic Children.

We have also been certified as a Great Place to Work for two consecutive years, a testament to our culture, creativity and people.

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