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Intex launches ‘digi pay’ campaign
MUMBAI: In the present time of demonetisation, when everyone is trying to get themselves equipped with the digital economy, Intex Technologies, one of the leading Indian mobile handset and consumer durables company, taking a cue from the current scenario launches a pan-India Digital Payments Awareness campaign showing businesses and consumers on how they can start with cashless transactions using online and mobile methods. This noble initiative to educate consumers was kick-started from Varanasi in the country’s biggest state, Uttar Pradesh.
The pan-India education drive is aimed at giving financial literacy to consumers to make them comfortable with the new & evolving digital or cashless transactions. For this, at all Intex Smart World stores in the city, there will be trained professionals who will via live in-store demonstrations give small sessions on what is digital payment, how to use new payment modes for daily purposes and will assist people in getting started.
“Intex has always made efforts towards consumer convenience and experience. Cashless transaction is the future and high street is the place where both consumers and sellers are facing crisis. We are trying to help the consumer in getting digital ready and solve the problem of lull market in the high street right now, caused by demonetization. This is a time for all businesses to come together and find innovative ways to bring about the cashless revolution. Intex Smart World has immense presence in UP state and so thought of beginning this initiative from the most populous state and will be driving it throughout the country,” stated Intex Technologies Head- Retail Vishal Malik.
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Practo names Cijo George as vice president of artificial intelligence
New vice president of artificial intelligence to mine healthcare data and sharpen care delivery
BENGALURU: India’s healthtech race just picked up speed. Practo has appointed Cijo George as vice president of artificial intelligence, tasking him with wiring AI deep into the company’s sprawling healthcare platform.
George will steer AI strategy and execution, embedding machine intelligence across care navigation, doctor-facing tools and overall platform intelligence. He will work across product, engineering and clinical teams to rewire how patients search for and access care — and how doctors deliver treatment with greater consistency and precision.
He reports directly to Shashank ND, co-founder and chief executive officer.
Shashank ND said years of building healthcare data across patients, providers and treatment outcomes had laid the foundation for more advanced AI applications. Artificial intelligence, he added, can unlock the value of that data to improve patient outcomes and equip doctors with actionable insights. He described George’s experience in building production-grade AI systems as closely aligned with Practo’s long-term vision.
George brings nearly two decades of experience spanning machine learning, AI platforms and product engineering. Most recently at Observe.AI, he led work on large-scale AI systems deployed by global enterprises. Before that, at Belong.co, he drove platform and AI initiatives focused on search and personalisation in the HR technology space. He also worked with the Advanced Technology Group at NetApp, contributing to machine-learning and data-science projects for distributed systems.
An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Science with a master’s degree in high performance computing, George said the chance to apply AI to directly improve patient experience and clinical delivery drew him to the role. Practo’s scale and its extensive longitudinal healthcare data, he added, offer significant room for innovation.
The move comes as digital health platforms double down on artificial intelligence to boost patient engagement, streamline provider workflows and sharpen decision-making. For Practo, the prescription is clear: turn data into diagnosis, and algorithms into advantage.
