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DKNY launches outlet in Mall of India, Noida
MUMBAI: DKNY, one of the leading New York based fashion brands today announced the opening of its store at the newly launched Mall of India in Noida. DKNY entered the Indian market in 2009 through an exclusive partnership agreement with DLF Brands. This is DKNY’s ninth store in India and fifth in the Delhi, NCR region. The store will be showcasing accessories from their Spring 2016 collection. The collection exemplifies DKNY’s vision of inspiring and empowering women to succeed on their own terms, keeping the character and attributes of New York City alive and pulsing in the design and creativity.
Speaking about the store opening DLF Brands MD and CEO Timmy Sarna said “DKNY has been one of the most loved fashion brands since its launch. We are very pleased to strengthen our operations in Delhi, NCR as it is a key market for the brand. The Spring 2016 collection has received an overwhelming response from our discerning patrons so far. With the opening of the ninth DKNY store in India, we are now a step closer to our target of opening 9 stores within a span of 7 years.”
DKNY has recently taken on a new creative direction. Designers Dao–Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne, both born and raised in New York City have come on board as Creative Directors for DKNY. They breathe the inspiration and restless energy from the city and they inspire to bring alive that spirit in the brand’s collection.
Spread over an area of 975 sq. ft., DKNY store at the Mall of India, Noida will showcase wallets, handbags and footwear from the Spring 2016 collection. The store is designed keeping in mind the international standards of clean lines and modern aesthetic that invite an intimate sense of discovery into DKNY’s new client retail experience. The products are priced at: Wallets – Rs. 5,950/- onwards; Handbags – Rs. 17,000/- onwards and Footwear – Rs. 8,950/- onwards
Inspired by the geometry seen on the streets of New York, the collection demonstrates the fun and eclectic international spirit of the city. The brand mark represents the journey of the modern DKNY woman. The DKNY Spring 2016 collection celebrates the minimalist, yet classically elegant, look of an urban uniform.
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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.
