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Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India brings excitement in the maiden round of BharatGP
Mumbai: Establishing a racing connection to embrace the vibrant culture of MotoGP in India, Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) has announced its nationwide digital MotoGP contest #HondaExcitesTheWorld to bring excitement and spark enthusiasm among customers, riders, and fans to come forth and join the lively Honda rider community.
Starting live from 24 August 2023, the announcement of the digital MotoGP contest arrives as India prepares to host its maiden 2023 MotoGP World Cup Championship race named the ‘Grand Prix of Bharat’ at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida from 22 to 24 September ’23.
Beyond the roaring engines and the adrenaline rush of racing, HMSI has introduced this unique contest to excite the world of enthusiasts. Anchored by the essence of uniting Honda customers nationwide, the digital MotoGP contest enables them to share their unique stories, showcase creativity, and dive deeper into the Honda brand’s ethos.
The contest series goes further, offering an extraordinary platform for participants to express their passion for motorcycles and the racing world, fostering a deep racing connection.
Commenting on the unique initiative for customers and enthusiasts, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India director – sales & marketing Yogesh Mathur said, “If Honda does not race, there is no Honda, this was a strong belief of our founder, Mr. Soichiro Honda. For us, motorsport is not just an event, it is an emotion that helps us bring out the best for the world. With the #HondaExcitesTheWorld “MotoGP™ Contest, we are strengthening the racing culture and inspiring riders all over the country to join our Honda rider community. We are excited to see the racing DNA embedded and the creativity of our customers. We look forward to gratifying the winners with exclusive MotoGP™ tickets and Honda branded merchandise. HMSI is targeting not only its existing customers but also sparking enthusiasm that reaches riders all over the country.”
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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.
