| | NOVEMBER 20248It was announced that the S M Sehgal Foundation, SMSF, was accorded the 5th National Water Award 2024 by the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India. It received a special mention for best civil society category for outstanding efforts in water management.SMSF's Water Management Program- Focus areas are rainwater harvesting, replenishing of ground water, and reviving the traditional water bodies. The programme also targets safe drinking water access through innovative low-cost technologies and includes WASH behavior change.The awards ceremony took place at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. President Droupadi Murmu was the chief guest when the awards were presented by the top organizations across categories. The event was also attended by the state water ministers and secreties. Cabinet Minister C R Patil was also present on the occasion. "We received over 600 applications in nine categories", said the Secretary at the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Vini Mahajan. "A jury panel selected thirty-eight organizations for awards and special mentions".This week, SMSF was conferred a National Water Award in addition to receiving a Fortune Leadership Award in the 'Most Trusted NGO' category. The Trustee & CEO of SMSF, Anjali Makhija, dedicated the awards to the partners supporting on-the-ground interventions and the rural communities that place their trust in the foundation. She said this recognition will inspire the organization to further improve its efforts.Since its establishment, SMSF has been committed to transforming the lives of rural poor people in India by providing solutions to critical issues about food and water security. It has been working across thirteen states and more than 12,700 villages touching the lives of over 5.27 million individuals through social, economic, and environmental changes in the community. Yotta Data Services announced a collaboration with global tech giant Nvidia to bring six advanced artificial intelligence (AI) platform services under its 'Shakti Cloud' platform to accelerate AI adoption in India. The move was announced at the first edition of the Nvidia AI Summit in Mumbai. The state-of-the-art AI capabilities, available at competitive rates, will also be made accessible to businesses, researchers, and innovators.The new AI services will be delivered under a token-based system and a GPU seconds model to make AI more accessible across industries. According to Yotta's Co-Founder, CEO, and MD, Sunil Gupta, their AI solutions, built on Nvidia's technology, look towards addressing the barriers, thus enabling organizations to accelerate speed, flexibility, and scalability in AI development.The 'Shakti Cloud' platform has been designed with an orchestration layer and a self-service portal, which integrate Nvidia's AI Enterprise software with open-source tools and libraries. Indian AI innovators now have access to the powerful GPUs of Nvidia with a robust local solution that will enable them to pursue AI initiatives without relying on global infrastructure.Speaking about the democratization of AI through the coming together of Nvidia and Yotta where cutting-edge technology meets cloud infrastructure to accelerate fast development and deployment of AI solutions, Vice President, Enterprise and Cloud, at Nvidia said that Yotta is now operating its cloud regions across hyperscale data centre parks in Panvel, Navi Mumbai and Greater Noida, Delhi NCR. Besides, MeitY empaneled its homegrown hyperscale cloud platform 'Yntraa' as well, supporting large-scale government projects.Darshan Hiranandani, Co-Founder and Chairman at Yotta, while speaking of Shakti Cloud, said that it is putting India in the driver's seat for driving its AI future by unlocking cost-effective tools and computing power, reconfirming its hold as a genuine global tech leader. S M SEHGAL FOUNDATION WINS NATIONAL WATER AWARD AND FORTUNE LEADERSHIP AWARDYOTTA, NVIDIA INTRODUCE SIX NEW AI SERVICES FOR INDIAN FIRMSIN FOCUSIN FOCUS
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