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‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’ to be promoted through shopping websites
NEW DELHI: Two shopping sites, Jabong.com and HomeShop 18 have tied up with ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag‘ starring Farhan Akhtar and Sonam Kapoor in its promotional exercises.
While Jabong.com will have an exclusive collection inspired by the movie, HomeShop 18 has contests where shoppers can win tickets to the film.
This is Jabong.com‘s second association with Bollywood, the first being with the blockbuster ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani‘.
The upcoming movie gets the adrenaline rushing and is all about passion, stimulus and zeal to win. Jabong.com sets ties to bring out the sportsman out of its audience. This exclusive movie merchandise for men and women is sporty, stylish and made for all weathers. Not only this, the ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag‘ collection on Jabong.com is a blend of the quirkiest designs and everything that a sportsman in every individual would hunt for!
The collection houses a range of exciting products like sports shoes, sports apparel, training equipment and sports accessories for men and woman. The collection is sporty and resonates with the determined and fighting spirit of the characters in the movie. This association was a conscious decision to bring the clout of fashion and style a step closer to customers.
Jabong.com co-founder Manu Kumar Jain said, “Just like how Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is a toast to the former Indian athlete, the exclusive movie merchandise on Jabong.com is our way to celebrate the spirit of sports! To give our consumers the widest choice possible, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag collection will have an assortment of around 70 brands and 1400 products.”
“Jabong.com assures its customers a steadfast fashion and style that is unmatchable and makes them stand out in the crowd.”
Jabong.com is also promoting the association on digital media and is coming up with contests for its fans and bloggers. The winners stand a chance to meet Farhan Akhtar, Jabong.com vouchers, couple movie tickets and CD‘s.
Through its association HomeShop18 would be giving away free movie tickets for the film which is a biopic on the former athlete Milkha Singh. HomeShop18 is also the media partner of ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag‘.
Commenting on this association, HomeShop18 founder and CEO Sundeep Malhotra said “We are pleased to be partnering with a big movie like ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag‘. With this tie-up we are reaching out to young Indians who believe in individuality and exude a cut-above-the-rest personality. HomeShop18 is the only brand to provide a virtual retail platform across TV, web and mobile. We are constantly evolving and taking steps to create a differentiated experience for our customers.”
Mr. Neeraj Joshi, Director Marketing Viacom 18, also commenting on the partnership, said “Partnering with a dynamic and trusted brand like HomeShop18 is our way of connecting with a wide spread audience. HomeShop18 reaches out to more than 3000 cities and with this exciting offer, people are bound to have a thrilling experience viewing this movie in the theatres.”
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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.
