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BharatPe introduces a special World Cup feature on its speaker devices
Mumbai: BharatPe, the fintech company, announced the launch of a special World Cup feature on BharatPe Speaker, transforming it into the ultimate cricket companion for its ten million-strong merchant community during the World Cup 2023. In addition to receiving real-time alerts for payments, merchants who opt for this exciting feature can now get access to live match updates, for all India matches, on their BharatPe Speakers, at no additional cost.
In line with the grandeur of this international cricketing event, the newly-introduced feature will provide real-time run updates, match results, and end-of-the-over summaries for the playing team, all within a single platform. Merchants have the option to receive score updates in their preferred language, either English or Hindi. Additionally, BharatPe Speakers will receive instant notifications for each critical wicket, ensuring that merchants are updated with every development of the fixture. The speakers will promptly share the latest match results as soon as they are announced, delivering the final verdict of each thrilling encounter to the merchants.
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UltraTech Cement appoints Jayant Dua as managing director
Dua will succeed K. C. Jhanwar after his term ends in December 2026
MUMBAI: UltraTech Cement, the flagship cement arm of the Aditya Birla Group, has elevated Jayant Dua as managing director, effective 1 April, 2026.
The company’s board also approved his appointment as additional director, managing director and key managerial personnel, effective 1 January, 2027, following the completion of the current managing director K C Jhanwar’s term on 31 December, 2026, according to a regulatory filing.
Dua will serve as managing director for a four-year term from 1 January, 2027 to 31 December, 2030.
A veteran executive with more than 37 years of professional experience, Dua joined the Aditya Birla Group’s cement business in 1996 and spent nearly a decade in various functional and leadership roles.
Over the past two decades, he has held several profit-and-loss and chief executive responsibilities across multiple group businesses, including insulators, insurance, Century Cement and the chlor-alkali segment. In 2023, he was elevated to lead the group’s renewables and textiles businesses.
Within the group, Dua has received several internal honours, including the chairman’s individual award for exceptional contribution in 2002, the outstanding leader award in 2009 and the leader of leaders recognition in 2022.
He holds an engineering degree from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, an MBA from International Management Institute and has completed the advanced management programme at Harvard Business School.
