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Adbhoot pulls out all the stops, gives bus stand a bridal makeover in 3D
MUMBAI: Ever waited at a bus stop and wished for something more exciting than just another late arrival? Well, brace yourselves, Mumbaikars! Adbhoot just turned your mundane commute into a sparkling bridal affair. Forget plain old advertising—this is literally putting jewels on a bus stand! Intrigued?
In a creative blitz, Adbhoot, the brainchild behind JGP Jewellers’ branding, has unveiled an extravagant 3D bus stop installation right opposite Plaza Cinema, Dadar West. Launched in March 2025, this head-turning, first-of-its-kind display boldly promotes JGP Jewellers’ exclusive wedding jewellery range, the dazzling ‘Shrungar Collection’.
Designed to stun passersby into pausing their frantic rush, the installation transforms an ordinary bus shelter into a glamorous jewellery showcase featuring oversized 3D replicas of intricate bridal pieces. And as if oversized shiny jewellery wasn’t enough to stop traffic, the display also illuminates beautifully in the evenings. Who needs streetlights when you have sparkling diamonds?
Adbhoot founder & creative director Vaibhav Pandit said, “It’s all about being original, and we’re fortunate to have a client that embraces bold creative ideas. Our objective was to highlight the ‘Shrungar Collection’ in a distinctive and innovative manner, and our team has successfully achieved that. We extend our gratitude to the talented artists at Signpost who crafted the stunning 3D jewellery props, as well as our client for allowing us the creative freedom to bring this vision to life.”
Echoing the excitement, JGP Jewellers creative director Sanika Pednekar added, “We wanted to capture and showcase the rich beauty of our traditional wedding jewellery, and Adbhoot’s concept brought that vision to life. By designing a bus stop display that mirrors our in-store jewellery showcases, complete with 3D replicas, they have created a visually striking invitation for brides-to-be to explore our wedding collection. The final result is breathtaking and perfectly timed for the wedding season.”
JGP Jewellers’ ‘Shrungar Collection’ is available exclusively across their stores in Maharashtra and Goa. So, brides-to-be, why window-shop when you can bus-stop-shop?
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Samsung certifies 1,000 Maharashtra students in AI and coding
The South Korean electronics giant marks its first large-scale skilling push in the state, with women making up nearly half the national programme’s enrolment
PUNE: Samsung has put 1,000 students in Maharashtra through a certified training programme in artificial intelligence and coding, the largest such drive the South Korean electronics company has run in the state and a signal that corporate India’s skilling ambitions are moving well beyond the boardroom brochure.
The certifications were awarded under Samsung Innovation Campus (SIC), the company’s flagship corporate social responsibility programme, which launched in India in 2022 with the stated aim of democratising access to future-technology education. The 1,000 graduates were drawn from four institutions: 127 from Savitribai Phule Pune University, 373 from Pimpri Chinchwad University, 250 from D.Y. Patil University’s Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology and 250 from Anjuman-I-Islam’s Kalsekar Technical Campus. All completed training in either AI or coding and programming, the two disciplines Samsung has identified as the critical pillars of the digital economy.
The programme does not stop at technical training. Soft-skills development and career-readiness modules are baked into the curriculum, a deliberate attempt to close the gap between what universities teach and what employers actually want.
“India’s digital growth story will ultimately be shaped by the quality of its talent pipeline,” said Shubham Mukherjee, head of CSR and corporate communications at Samsung Southwest Asia. “As technologies like AI move from the periphery to the core of industries, skilling must evolve from basic training to building real-world capability. This milestone in Maharashtra reflects how industry and academia can come together to create a future-ready workforce that is both globally competitive and locally relevant.”
The Maharashtra drive sits within a rapidly scaling national effort. Samsung Innovation Campus trained 20,000 young people across India in 2025, hitting its stated target for the year. Women account for 48 per cent of national enrolments, a figure the company cites as evidence of its push for an inclusive technology ecosystem. The programme is implemented in partnership with the Electronics Sector Skills Council of India and the Telecom Sector Skill Council.
Samsung, which is marking 30 years in India this year, runs SIC alongside two other initiatives, Samsung Solve for Tomorrow and Samsung DOST, as part of a broader effort to build what it calls a generation of innovators with both the technical depth and the problem-solving mindset to thrive in a fast-moving digital world.
A thousand certified students is a tidy headline. Whether they find jobs that match their new skills is the harder question, and the one that will ultimately determine whether corporate skilling programmes like this one are genuine pipelines or well-photographed gestures.
