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Palo Alto Networks to acquire AI infra firm Portkey; valuation may double to $140 millionCybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks is acquiring AI infrastructure startup Portkey to bolster its defences for autonomous AI systems. Th...
Palo Alto Networks acquires Portkey; Tim Cook on Apple's India growthPalo Alto Networks is acquiring Portkey, doubling the AI infrastructure startup's valuation. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
BITS Pilani receives $1 mn endowment for female scholarships and innovation from US alumnusBITS Pilani, an Institute of Eminence, received a USD 1 million endowment from alumnus Brij Bhushan, founder of Reston Consulting Group. Th...
BITS Pilani alumnus Pankaj Patel contributes $1 million towards $100 million Endowment FundPankaj Patel, a BITS Pilani alumnus and founder of Nile, has donated US $1 million to the institute's Endowment Fund. This contribution aim...
BITS Pilani alumni pledge $15 million towards the institute’s goal of raising $100 million endowmentBITS Pilani has secured $2.5 million in pledges from alumni Prem Jain, M Sreenivasa Reddy, and Preetish Nijhawan, bringing their endowment ...
Warning for Bengaluru techies: BITS Pilani alum reveals high rent, traffic, hair loss, alcohol among top concernsA BITS Pilani alumnus recently sparked a conversation on X (formerly Twitter) about the challenges faced by tech professionals in Bengaluru...
Eruditus cofounder Chaitanya Kalipatnapu pledges over $1 million to spearhead BITS Pilani Endowment FundThis pledge not only propels the initiative forward but also sets a precedent for alumni engagement and contribution, the institute said in...
BITS Pilani alumnus Pratul Shroff pledges Rs 8.3 crore to institute’s endowment fundBITS Pilani alumnus Pratul Shroff, of the 1971 batch, has pledged $1 million to his alma mater's endowment fund. Shroff, a philanthropist a...
Home decor startup Vaaree raises $4 million in round led by Peak XV’s accelerator programme SurgeInvestors in the round include Peer Capital, All In Capital and Better Capital. The new funding will be used to accelerate hiring and enhan...
Engineering colleges and B-schools see spike in funding from alumni“Till 2016-2017, the institute used to raise an average of Rs 1 crore per year. Now, it has gone up to Rs 32 crore in 2022-23. Funding has ...
BITS Pilani announces the largest alumni donation in its historyThe 40,000 sq.ft. facility will include innovation labs in technology & hardware and co-working spaces. The innovation centre will also be ...
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank appoints Sriram Srinivasan as head of digital bankingHe has a rich experience of over 26 years, having worked extensively in Japan, India, Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam and China markets at th...
ClearTax appoints PayPal-owned Simility's Ravi Sandepudi as entrepreneur-in-residenceIn this role, Sandepudi will drive efforts to build an SME-centric suite of offerings while also leading the startup's fintech initiatives.
Collegedunia clocks annual revenue of Rs 73 crore in FY20The startup said it managed to maintain 30% quarterly revenue growth in the second quarter of the ongoing financial year.
Bhimaraya Metri takes charge as a director of IIM NagpurDr Metri has taken over from L S Murty, who was the director of IIM Nagpur from 2017 to 2020. Prior to joining IIM Nagpur, Dr Metri served ...
Tata Comm board appoints Amur Swaminathan Lakshminarayanan as MD and CEOThe appointment comes following resignation of Vinod Kumar from the post in July. Prior to joining Tata Communications, Lakshminarayanan wa...
Paytm invests in TapChief, a platform to seek advice from industry professionalsThis is the Noida based Paytm's fifth investment after Jugnoo, Loginext, Expressbees and Cleartax.
Red Bus's Phanindra Sama searching for an office space in BengaluruWhen Phanindra Sama put up a Facebook post indicating that he was on the hunt for new office, everyone assumed that it was for a new ventur...
UTV's Ronnie Screwvala backs lingerie site Zivame founded by BITS Pilani alumnusUTV founder and entrepreneur Ronnie Screwvala is leading a $6 million investment into Zivame, a lingerie e-commerce startup.
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Sudhir Narang, CEO of Tulip IT Services, is completely hands on with technology. The ex-BITS Pilani alumnus’ entire home has Wi-Fi connecti...