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Virtual debut of Facilities Show India concludes successfully, engages industry professionals

– An expo by Informa Markets in India In Partnership with International Facilities Management Association for the Facilities Management Products and Services industry

MUMBAI, India, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Facilities Show India, the UK originated ‘Facilities Show’ by Informa Markets concluded its debut virtual edition on a high note. The Virtual expo witnessed a footfall of 2155 buyers from 17 countries namely USA, UK, Canada, China, South Korea, UAE to name a few. The expo acted as a global hub for facilities management (FM) supplier industry and field service management professionals while introducing the buyer community to innovations, solutions and ideas within the sector and connecting them with industry connoisseurs. Moreover, the virtual conference alongside the expo brought together local and global thought leaders and experts to share their insights on various pertinent areas regarding organisational culture, Business Continuity, Workplace transformation, Employee wellbeing among other areas

The inauguration of the Facilities Show India Virtual Expo was marked by the presence of  Mr. Mahender Singh R, Director, International Facility Management Association, India and South East Asia, Mr. Yogesh Mudras, MD, Informa Markets India, Mr. Chris Edwards, Group Director, Informa UK and  Mr. Pankaj Jain, Group Director and Digital Head, Informa Markets India.  

Speaking on the successful debut of the virtual edition of Facilities Show India, Mr. Yogesh Mudras, Managing Director, Informa Markets in India said, “The Indian FM industry is in the midst of rapid growth in the end-user industries, which has led to the significant growth of commercial activities in metropolitan cities such as Delhi /NCR, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai, and Bengaluru. The industry today, faces a big challenge, that is, availability of specialists, semi-skilled and unskilled manpower. The supply of professionals that are capable of handling large scale infrastructure projects is still relatively low in India especially when it comes to technical services. Also, With the post-Covid-19 ‘new normal’ necessitating facilities management to deliver unprecedented quality, and consistency than ever before, there is a compelling need for the widespread adoption of smart building technologies. With such a growing demand, putting up a virtual show for the industry was the need of the hour. It is just one of the many endeavours from Informa Markets in India to focus on the importance of the FM industry and to modernize business operations. The show also successfully attempted to bridge the knowledge gap by presenting a conference for the FM industry touching upon topics that need attention and have not been highlighted in the past.”

Speaking at the inaugural function, Mahender Singh R, Director, IFMA India and  South East Asia observed,  “IFMA India carries its global vision of giving importance to education in facility management as a basic fundamental requirement in creating robust and knowledgeable workforce that will help create the infrastructure and management of workplaces in the days to come. India as a developing nation needs professionals in great numbers who will adopt global standards of facility management and help build and maintain healthy green environments and spaces.  FM today serves new value proposition driven by technology and innovation and is emerging as a career of choice rather than chance.”

Key Speakers at the conference included Mr. Sandeep Sethi, Managing Director, Corporate Solutions – West Asia, JLL; Mr. Mahantesh Mali, Sr. VP – Real Estate Operations, Nucleus Office Parks, Blackstone Portfolio Company; Mr. Sumeet Sharma , Global Contracts Director, Workplace services at Capgemini group; Mr. Aman Dutta, Partner EY Consulting,  Dr. Shalini Lal – Organizational Consultant; Mr. Parthajeet Sarma,  Workplace transformation specialist, Workplace Evolutionaries (WE) Hub Lead, Chevening scholar; Mr. Arunjot Singh Bhalla Managing Director India, RSP Architects Planners Engineers; Mr. Keith Monteiro- Senior Vice President, Reliance Industries Ltd among others. 

The power packed conference sessions saw several key takeaways and dealt with  different aspects of The Future of Work , Building Employee Experience and Organizational Culture through Workplace transformation, Business Continuity, How FM will be delivered in the new world,  Healthcare: New ways of working, health and wellness at the workplace, The changing face of work and workplace design, Technology -Reinventing for the Future of Facilities, Leading and Developing Emerging FMs, FM Specialisation -Exploring Changes and Innovations.

According to Sandeep Sethi, MD, Corporate Solutions –West Asia, JLL, “Companies are being introspective and have reached an inflection point of view. There is an effort to do the right thing. Health and Safety are on the top of the agenda and organizations have felt the need to address both the physical and psychological security of employees. Sustainability and carbon neutrality  will be the other important features of workplaces. There would be the opportunity to redesign workplaces where we will see the Hub, Spoke and the Edge. The Hub would mean larger offices, Spoke the smaller satellite offices and the Edge would be to work from home.  Real estate requirements will take a year to settle down.  Office spaces may come up closer to apartments.”

On Building Employee Experience and organizational Culture through Workplace Transformation the panelists were of the view that the recent pandemic has taught them that ‘Employees do not  come to the workplace only for work, but for an experience they do not get elsewhere, that involves trust, togetherness, socialization and much more.’ 

Setting the tone for the session,  moderator Parthajeet Sarma observed, “It has often been said that an organisation’s employees are like its customers…its internal customers; keep them happy and they will keep your external customers happy. While concerted attempts have been made to design ‘experiences’ for customers, such that they keep coming back to ‘buy’ more, employees, in general, have not been so far looked at through the same lenses. The Covid 19 pandemic has driven home the fact that employees do not come to the workplace for ‘work’ anymore; but they come there for an ‘experience’ that they cannot get elsewhere; an experience that involves trust, camaraderie, socialization, and much more.

The work-‘place’ is today one part of an employee’s perception of work; and a very significant part. Workplaces need to be transformed to serve a greater purpose than ‘work’ alone, in a world where work and life gets integrated and are not seen anymore as two silos that needs to be ‘balanced’. A transformed workplace, when aligned with an organisation’s vision, can act as an exoskeleton of an organisation’s culture. A workplace, in the Covid era and beyond will need to serve as one of several touchpoints that an employee will experience in his or her day-to-day experience with the organisation. It needs to be blended with the overall and uniform experience that an organisation designs, for its employees, its first line of customers.”

The India Facility Management Market is anticipated to record a CAGR of 24%, over the forecast period (2020 – 2025). The growing emphasis on outsourcing of non-core operations and growth in the real estate sector is expected to drive the Indian market for facility management services. Along with this the government regulation on safety measures and environmental concerns to follow green practices is expected to drive the market. While, currently, the industry is highly fragmented and is dominated by unorganised small operators, with larger players increasingly acquiring smaller players, the industry is projected to become more organised in the coming years. Corporate offices like IT, BPO, and BFSI sectors are rapidly shifting towards outsourcing their services, thus, driving the industry growth in India. The industry is primarily concentrated in Tier 1 and metro cities. Pune and Mumbai are expected to witness significant growth within the industry. Globally, too, the industry is growing rapidly, driven by the rising outsourcing of services by companies. The industry is also being supported by the growing demand for integrated facilities management in the Asia Pacific region. The Asia Pacific region is also the fastest-growing region for the industry, driven by the growing economies like India and China. The rapidly rising population in these regions is also boosting the market growth.

About Informa Markets

Informa Markets creates platforms for industries and specialist markets to trade, innovate and grow. Our portfolio is comprised of more than 550 international B2B events and brands in markets including Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals, Infrastructure, Construction & Real Estate, Fashion & Apparel, Hospitality, Food & Beverage, and Health & Nutrition, among others. We provide customers and partners around the globe with opportunities to engage, experience and do business through face-to-face exhibitions, specialist digital content and actionable data solutions. As the world’s leading exhibitions organiser, we bring a diverse range of specialist markets to life, unlocking opportunities and helping them to thrive 365 days of the year.

For more information, please visit www.informamarkets.com

About Informa Markets and our business in India 

Informa Markets is owned by Informa PLC, a leading B2B information services group and the largest B2B Events organiser in the world.  Informa Markets in India (formerly UBM India) is India’s leading exhibition organizer, dedicated to help specialist markets and customer communities, domestically and around the world to trade, innovate and grow through exhibitions, digital content & services, and conferences & seminars. Every year, we hosts over 25 large scale exhibitions, 40 conferences, along with industry awards and trainings across the country; thereby enabling trade across multiple industry verticals. In India, Informa Markets has offices across Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai.

For further details, please visit – https://www.informamarkets.com/en/regions/asia/India.html

About IFMA

IFMA India brings educational, informational and networking services, programs and benefits to help meet the growing demand for the facility management market. IFMA has local chapter networking groups in Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, and Mumbai and employees Bengaluru-based staff who liaises directly with the association’s global headquarters staff in the United States. Whether you have years of experience as a facility manager or new to the profession, you will find valuable opportunities to grow your career and business through IFMA. www.ifma.org

For any media queries please contact:   

Roshni Mitra – roshni.mitra@informa.com

Mili Lalwani – mili.lalwani@informa.com

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Fulfilling PM Modi’s Dream of Atmanirbhar Bharat: India’s AI Writing Startup Kreativespace Incubated at IIT Kharagpur

  1. Kreativespace, an Indian AI-powered writing platform founded by Vinet Kakadea, has been incubated at IIT Kharagpur and recognized by SVNIT University, Ministry of Education under Bodhan AI Conclave also through the NVIDIA Inception Program, AWS Startup Program, and DPIIT under Startup India.
  2. The platform unifies 8 AI-powered writing tools, along with AI Humanizer and Message AI feature being the latest addition into a single ecosystem, so you can generate and refine content all in one place.
  3. The company reports more than 50,000+ signed-up users, 75,000+ anonymous users, and roughly 100,000 monthly website visitors, positioning itself as the only Indian company operating at scale in the global AI writing market.

SURAT, India, June 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Kreativespace, an AI-powered writing platform, is building out its position as the only homegrown alternative in a market long dominated by international tools such as Grammarly and QuillBot. Founded by Vinet Kakadea and incubated at IIT Kharagpur, the company has aligned its growth with the broader push behind Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Atmanirbhar Bharat (Self-Reliant India) initiative, which encourages indigenous technology development capable of competing on a global scale.

Kreativespace Incubated at IIT Kharagpur

As AI adoption accelerates across India’s education, research, and enterprise sectors, Kreativespace is among a small group of Indian startups building writing technology designed to compete directly with established international platforms.

Kreativespace’s progress has been recognized by several institutions central to India’s startup and technology ecosystem. The company has been incubated at IIT Kharagpur, selected under SSIP 2.0 through SVNIT University, and chosen by the Ministry of Education to present its work at the Bodhan AI Conclave. It has also been accepted into the NVIDIA Inception Program and the AWS Startup Program, and holds DPIIT recognition under the Startup India initiative.

Where many writing-tool users rely on separate subscriptions for content generation to refinement for grammar correction, paraphrasing, plagiarism checking, citation generation, and editing, Kreativespace brings these functions into a single platform as a super-app for AI writing tools. The company says its approach centers on affordability and accessibility alongside performance, aiming to make advanced AI writing assistance available to a wider range of users regardless of geography or budget.

The idea for Kreativespace took shape while founder Vinet Kakadea was studying at New York University and Marymount University in the United States, where he experienced firsthand how students, researchers, and professionals often need multiple paid subscriptions to cover writing-related tasks. That fragmented experience led him to build a super-app offering each of these capabilities together, at a more accessible price point.

Kreativespace combines 8 AI-powered writing tools with AI Humanizer and Message AI feature being the latest addition, allowing users to generate, rewrite, refine, and humanize content without moving between separate platforms. The product is available via web platform, mobile apps on the App Store and Google Play, browser extensions for Chrome, Mozilla, and Edge, and a Google Docs add-on.

Vinet Kakadea, Founder of Kreativespace, said, “Kreativespace’s vision is to digitalize the entire Indian education ecosystem to support PM Modi’s Atmanirbhar Bharat scheme.”

About Kreativespace

Kreativespace with the Motto of Making Writing Accessible for Everyone: Kreativespace is an AI-powered writing platform built to make AI writing tools accessible, affordable, and effective for students, researchers, educators, professionals, content creators, startups, and enterprises. Founded by Vinet Kakadea, the company is incubated at IIT Kharagpur and has been recognized by AWS Startup Program, the NVIDIA Inception Program, and DPIIT under Startup India. For more information, visit kreativespace.com.

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Santokbaa Humanitarian Award 2026 Marks 20 Years of Compassion and Service

SURAT, India, June 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Santokbaa Humanitarian Award 2026, instituted by Shree Ramkrishna Knowledge Foundation (SRKKF), the philanthropic arm of Shree Ramkrishna Exports (SRK), marked 20 years of honouring individuals who have made a lasting difference through compassion, service and leadership. The awards were presented recently in Surat.

This year’s Santokbaa Humanitarian Award was conferred on Padma Shri Dr. Gullapalli N. Rao, renowned Indian ophthalmologist and Founder-Chair of the LV Prasad Eye Institute, and Padma Shri Smt. Reema Nanavaty, development worker and Director of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA). Their work has touched millions of lives through healthcare, empowerment and community development.

In a significant addition this year, SRKKF introduced the Social Entrepreneur Award to recognise leaders who combine business excellence with measurable social impact. The inaugural award was presented to Shri Srikanth Bolla, Founder of Bollant Industries, a sustainable manufacturing company known for disability-inclusive employment and environmentally responsible practices.

The event was graced by Chief Guest Shri Harivansh Narayan Singh, Hon’ble Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha and Guests of Honour Shri Harsh Sanghavi, Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat; along with several other distinguished personalities.

Established in 2006 by Shri Govind Dholakia, Founder & Chairman Emeritus of Shree Ramkrishna Exports Pvt. Ltd. and SRKKF, the award reflects the legacy of compassion and selfless values embodied by his mother, Santokbaa. Over the past two decades, it has become a platform to honour individuals whose lives and work continue to inspire society.

The awardees are selected through a rigorous and transparent process led by an independent jury comprising leaders from diverse fields. The 2026 jury included Shri Govindan Rangarajan, Director, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru; Shri A.S. Kiran Kumar, Former Chairman, ISRO; Admiral R. Hari Kumar (Retd.), Former Chief of the Indian Navy; Shri Rishabh Shroff, Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas; and Shri Shreyans Dholakia, Entrepreneur and Brand Custodian, SRK.

Addressing the gathering, Chief Guest Shri Harivansh Narayan Singh said that the SRK Foundation is carrying forward Santokbaa’s legacy to the next generation by celebrating service, sacrifice and compassion over wealth or fame. He added that the family’s effort to connect this legacy with social entrepreneurship reflects the values of nation-building.

Shri Harsh Sanghavi said the Santokbaa Award reminds us that true achievement lies not only in personal success, but in bringing light and happiness to others. Shri Govind Dholakia said his mother Santokbaa spent her life guided by truth, love and compassion, and that her values continue to inspire the family’s work. He added that the award’s 20-year journey is a tribute to changemakers whose efforts have strengthened communities across the country.

Speaking on the honour, Dr. Gullapalli N. Rao said it was a privilege to receive the recognition on behalf of all those working to expand access to quality eye care. He said restoring sight restores dignity and opportunity, and praised SRK’s world-class operational systems. Smt. Reema Nanavaty said the award belonged to the millions of women whose resilience and entrepreneurial spirit continue to inspire SEWA’s mission. She noted that when women are empowered, they become agents of change for their families and communities. Shri Srikanth Bolla said his journey has shown that limitations often exist more in perception than reality, and that the award is a reminder that with the right support, every individual can contribute meaningfully to society.

Over the past 20 years, the Santokbaa Humanitarian Award has honoured 20 of India’s most distinguished humanitarian and social leaders, including Shri Ratan Tata, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Dr. Sudha Murty, Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla, Shri Shiv Nadar, Dr. Abhay Bang and Dr. Rani Bang, Dr. Verghese Kurien, Shri Kailash Satyarthi and Shri A.S. Kiran Kumar. With the introduction of the Social Entrepreneurship Award in 2026, the milestone celebration reaffirmed the importance of empathy, service and purposeful leadership in building a better future.

About Santokbaa Humanitarian Award:

Over the past 20 years, the Santokbaa Humanitarian Award has honoured 19 of India’s most distinguished humanitarian and social leaders, including Shri Ratan Tata, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Dr. Sudha Murty, Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla, Shri Shiv Nadar, Dr. Abhay Bang and Dr. Rani Bang, Dr. Verghese Kurien, Shri Kailash Satyarthi and Shri A.S. Kiran Kumar, among other eminent personalities. In 2026, SRKKF also instituted the Santokbaa Social Entrepreneurship Award, with Shri Srikanth Bolla becoming its inaugural recipient.

As the Santokbaa Humanitarian Award completed a remarkable 20-year journey, the milestone celebration reaffirmed the enduring importance of empathy, service and purposeful leadership in shaping a better future. The journey endures, contributing to nation-building through compassion, innovation and service to humanity.

For more information, visit: https://srk.foundation/honours

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Osstem Implant Accelerates Innovation in India with ‘Denall TV’, a Digital Dental Education Hub

  • Over the past two years since its launch in April 2024, Denall TV has become a core platform for digital dental education in India.
  • Opened a dedicated Denall Studio in India in July 2025, strengthening live hands-on and professional training programs.
  • Supporting the professional growth of clinicians through practical content, including ‘Master Courses’ and ‘Product Reviews’.

NEW DELHI and MUMBAI, India, June 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Osstem Implant announced that its specialized dental education platform for the Indian market, ‘Denall TV’ (https://in.denall.com), is gaining significant traction among local practitioners, establishing itself as a vital hub for digital dental education in India.

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  •  Building a Comprehensive Digital Clinical Education Environment

Since launching its first content in April 2024, Denall TV has continuously evolved to meet the needs of Indian clinicians. To provide more immersive and high-quality education, Osstem Implant established a dedicated Denall Studio in India in July 2025. This facility has enabled the creation of a systematic digital clinical education environment, overcoming geographical limitations for dentists across the country.

  • Providing High-Quality, Practice-Oriented Clinical Content

The platform focuses on promoting ‘Digital Dentistry’ through specialized ‘Digital Surgery’ education and providing accurate product information. Denall TV consistently uploads essential clinical content, including: Live Hands-on sessions, Practical Master Courses, Expert product reviews featuring items such as the T2 Plus and 122 Taper KIT, helping clinicians make informed decisions for their practices.

  • Strengthening Trust as a Strategic Education Partner

Professional clinical courses have become a major topic of interest among local medical professionals. Notably, the ‘Implant System Introduction’ lecture has surpassed 25,000 views, proving the platform’s high influence. This achievement signifies that Osstem Implant has successfully established itself as a trusted education partner in the Indian market, going beyond its role as a manufacturer.

  • Bridging Global Trends and Improving Educational Accessibility

Osstem Implant connects local practitioners with global academic networks. The platform provides timely content from global academic events such as the ‘2026 Osstem World Meeting in Bangkok’, sharing the latest implant trends and technological advancements with the Indian dental community. By offering online access, Denall TV effectively bridges the educational gap for dentists in regions where offline seminars are difficult to attend.

An official from Osstem Implant India stated, “Denall TV serves as a key bridge, delivering world-class clinical knowledge to local dentists. We will continue to strengthen our real-time interactive webinars to provide deeper clinical insights.” The official added, “We are committed to driving both the quantitative and qualitative growth of the Indian dental implant market through the continued provision of high-quality educational content.”

Moving forward, Osstem Implant plans to enhance its B2C PR strategies centered around the Denall TV platform and lead the popularization of digital dental treatment in India through close communication with local practitioners.

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