Legendary music director Ilaiyaraaja was recently nominated to Rajya Sabha, along with veteran athlete PT Usha, film screenwriter V Vijayendra Prasad and spiritual leader Veerendra Heggade.
Nasscom Foundation has set up a call centre to help women farmers scale up their business called the "DigiVaani Call Center". The project has been funded by Google through its philanthropic arm Google.org.
NSIC signed MoU with LG Electronics to set up a Centre of Excellence for MSME Sector In this endeavour, the LG Electronics and Electronics Sector Skills Council of India (ESSCI) will set up a "Centre of Excellence" at NSIC - Technical Services Centre.
The South Indian Bank has signed an agreement with Kerala's Forest and Wildlife Department to enable digital collection of payments at eco-tourism centres, Vanasree shops, mobile Vanasree units and eco-shops across the State, of Tamil Nadu.