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ABP’s Infocom 2014 to focus on entrepreneurship
KOLKATA: The 13th edition of Infocom, an ABP initiative, will commence from 4 December.
This year the focus of the three-day long conference will be on entrepreneurship. The conference will see sessions on entrepreneurs, young innovators, SME and young hackers in the information technology (IT) world.
Author Chetan Bhagat, Happiest Minds executive chairman Ashok Soota, Ambuja Neotia Group chairman Harshavardhan Neotia, Ericsson India global services MD Amitabh Ray, key officials of ABP Group along with many others are likely to be the key pull at Infocom 2014.
Kolkata-based content marketing strategy company, Fame Per Second, has been appointed for handling all the social media marketing campaigns including at Facebook, Twitter and the business page at LinkedIn among other platforms.
“The hashtag at Facebook and Twitter has been launched and we are in the process of launching the business age at LinkedIn. Through these pages, we aim to reach CIOs and CEOs and COO of IT, ITeS and related companies,” said Fame Per Second co-dreamer Sankha Acharya.
Driving IT awareness and envisioning organisations and individuals to be IT enabled has been of prime importance at Infocom over the years.
The event is expected to bring together more than 1,000 delegates, more than 60 speakers and a number of sponsoring companies.
Apart from this, more than 100 exhibitors from across the global IT domain would display their products and services.
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Kamlesh Singh receives Haldi Ghati Award from MMCF
India Today Group editor honoured for three decades of journalism at Udaipur ceremony.
MUMBAI- Kamlesh Singh just turned a lifetime of sharp words into a shiny shield because when journalism wakes up a society, even the Maharana of Mewar wants to pin a medal on it.
The Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation (MMCF) conferred its prestigious Haldi Ghati Award on Kamlesh Singh, a senior editor at the India Today Group, during a ceremony in Udaipur on 15 March 2026. The national award, instituted in 1981-82, recognises “work of permanent value that initiates an awakening in society through the medium of journalism.”
Singh, who leads several editorial initiatives including Aaj Tak Radio, the Teen Taal community and The Lallantop, was presented the honour by Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar, Managing Trustee of MMCF. The citation highlighted his three decades of contributions to Indian media, innovations in digital journalism, mentoring young reporters, and his popular podcast persona “Tau” on Teen Taal, which fosters thoughtful public discourse.
The Haldi Ghati Award, named after the historic Battle of Haldighati symbolising valour and resilience, is one of four national awards given annually by MMCF. Past recipients include Tavleen Singh, Piyush Pandey and Raj Chengappa.
Other honourees this year included Padma Vibhushan Pt Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Vedamurti Devvrat Rekhe, Treeman of India Marimuthu Yoganathan, Vir Chakra Capt Rizwan Malik, and US-based researcher Molly Emma Aitken, who received the Colonel James Tod Award for contributions to understanding Mewar’s spirit and values.
In an era where headlines often shout louder than substance, the MMCF quietly reminded everyone that real journalism isn’t about noise, it’s about the quiet, persistent work that stirs society awake, one thoughtful story at a time.
