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Noise unveils advanced Luna Ring features amid menstrual health knowledge gaps
Mumbai: The latest survey by Noise, India’s leading smartwatch and connected lifestyle brand, reveals that 82 per cent of women recognize they have menstrual health issues, indicating high self-awareness. However, less than 7 per cent of women have received education about these issues, highlighting a significant gap in education and access to accurate information. This reflects the notable challenges faced by the women’s health industry, particularly in menstrual health. Many women struggle with irregular periods, PCOS, and other menstrual-related issues that often go unrecognized or unaddressed due to a lack of education and societal taboos. Additionally, these issues are often missed by traditional health trackers.
The survey with ~ 1200 women was conducted by the brand to better understand the current state of menstrual health education, the challenges women face, and to identify the gaps that need to be addressed.
Noise Survey’s Health Insights:
1 82 per cent of women recognize they have menstrual health issues, indicating high self-awareness, however, less than 7 per cent of women have been educated about these issues
2 26.3 per cent of women find it embarrassing to discuss menstrual issues with their families
3 68.1 per cent feel that men in their lives lack an understanding of menstrual health
4 71 per cent of women believe discussing menstruation is a taboo topic in college or the workplace
5 35 per cent of obese women have PCOS as an underlying concern
In response to these insights, Noise aims to bridge the gap in women’s health tracking by launching an advanced women’s health tracking feature to its flagship Luna Ring. Recognizing that menstrual health is a vital component of overall wellness, this latest update is designed to provide personalized menstrual health insights and predictions, catering to the diverse needs of women with varying menstrual patterns. By aiming to empower women with precise and actionable insights, this upgrade represents a significant step towards a holistic approach to wellness.
Key Features of the Latest Update Include:
1 Period and Symptom Tracker: Users can log their periods, track past cycles, and record various symptoms associated with their menstrual cycle. This includes logging period flow intensity, which helps Luna Ring to understand individual menstrual health better.
2 Smart Period Predictions: Leveraging user patterns, basal temperatures, SPO2 levels, and other biomarkers, Luna Ring offers smarter predictions about fertile days and upcoming periods. With continuous usage, Luna Ring’s predictions adapt to individual cycle changes, providing personalized insights.
3 Luna AI Assistance: Navigating menstrual health can be complex, and some questions might feel too private to ask. The Luna AI provides confidential and secure answers to common queries about menstrual cycles, ensuring users receive accurate information while maintaining their privacy.
Motherhood Hospitals, Gurgaon, senior consultant – obstetrics and gynecology Shweta Wazir said “Currently, about 14 to 25 per cent of women experience irregular menstrual cycles, significantly affecting their overall well-being. The advent of new-age, AI-driven lifestyle products represents a transformative shift in women’s health management. These tools empower women by providing precise, real-time data and personalized insights into their menstrual health. With accurate cycle tracking, symptom logging, and fertility predictions, women can better understand their bodies and make informed health decisions. This technological advancement cultivates greater control and confidence, allowing women to proactively manage their health and improve their quality of life.”
Commenting on the launch, Noise co-founder Amit Khatri said “With this new feature in our Luna Ring, we aim to support women in taking control of their health and achieving their best selves, acknowledging that a comprehensive approach to wellbeing must include focused attention on menstrual health. This initiative marks a significant step forward in our ongoing efforts to create a more inclusive and responsive health-tracking ecosystem in the industry.”
Luna Ring is an ideal wearable to augment daily performance with best-in-class features. With 98.2 per cent accuracy [validated by IIIT-Hyderabad and Olympics coaches] and a fighter jet-grade titanium body, and featuring a fighter jet-grade titanium body, the Luna Ring tracks over 70 body metrics. From activity and readiness to sleep quality, Luna Ring provides users with meaningful insights to unlock their full potential.
More than just a smart ring, the Luna Ring embodies a philosophy of self-discovery, encouraging users to rise to brilliance by understanding their bodies and overcoming challenges. Seamlessly integrating technology into a minimal yet meaningful form factor, Luna Ring transforms data into actionable intelligence for a productive lifestyle. Recently, the brand has also brought the power of Artificial Intelligence and stress-tracking features to Luna Ring to elevate it as a personalized all-time health companion. Moreover, Noise acquired the AI-powered women’s wellness platform SocialBoat to enhance Luna Ring’s advanced health and fitness metrics and accelerate its innovation trajectory in the smart rings space.
Available in seven-ring sizes and a range of five colours – Sunlit Gold, Rose Gold, Stardust Silver, Lunar Black, and Midnight Black – customers can now choose their preferred option from lunazone.com and select retail stores.
Brands
Tessolve lands a semiconductor veteran to drive its next big push
Ravi Kumar Chirugudu, who started his career at ISRO and has spent 35 years building chips and companies, joins the Bengaluru-based firm as president and chief operating officer
BENGALURU: Tessolve has never been shy about its ambitions. The Bengaluru-based engineering services firm already counts 18 of the world’s top 20 semiconductor companies among its clients, employs more than 3,500 engineers across 12 countries, and last year pocketed a $150m investment from TPG. Now it has hired the executive it believes can turn those assets into something bigger. Ravi Kumar Chirugudu, a 35-year semiconductor veteran who once built satellite payloads for ISRO and has since scaled engineering organisations across three continents, joins as president and chief operating officer, effective immediately.
THE MAN AND THE MANDATE
The appointment is, by any measure, a serious hire. Ravi Kumar Chirugudu comes to Tessolve after senior leadership stints at HCL Technologies, Altran and Wipro, where he managed large profit-and-loss portfolios and oversaw cross-regional teams. Over the course of his career, he has been instrumental in bringing more than 1,000 new products to market across the high-tech, energy and manufacturing verticals. Before the private sector claimed him, he began his working life as a scientist at the Indian Space Research Organisation, contributing to research and development in charge-coupled device technology and satellite payloads, a foundation that shaped everything that followed.
In his new role, he will lead Tessolve’s global growth strategy: expanding its engineering capabilities, deepening customer relationships and accelerating innovation across semiconductor and high-performance computing domains. The brief is broad, but the context is specific. Tessolve operates in the $550 billion global semiconductor market, and its recent moves, the acquisition of Germany’s Dream Chip Technologies and the TPG funding round, have sharpened both its reach and its expectations.
Srini Chinamilli, co-founder and chief executive of Tessolve, is characteristically direct about why Ravi Kumar Chirugudu was the choice:
“As we scale our global semiconductor and system engineering capabilities, Ravi’s appointment marks an important step forward. As global semiconductor demand continues to accelerate across industries, it is creating significant opportunities across the semiconductor lifecycle, from design, packaging, validation and systems integration. Ravi’s deep knowledge and leadership in this ecosystem brings the right mix of industry expertise, customer connect and execution capability, which will play a key role in strengthening our position as a trusted global engineering partner and reinforcing our market leadership.”
THE NEW ARRIVAL SPEAKS
Ravi Kumar Chirugudu, for his part, frames the move in terms of timing and culture, two factors that veteran executives tend to weigh as heavily as title or compensation:
“I am happy to join Tessolve at a time when the industry is rapidly evolving towards more complex, AI-driven systems. What stands out to me is its strong people-first culture and its commitment to bringing value to its customers. The strength of its global team, combined with its deep expertise in semiconductor innovation and next-generation product engineering, creates a solid foundation to build differentiated, scalable solutions. I look forward to working closely with the team to drive strategic growth and strengthen its role in shaping the global semiconductor ecosystem.”
The reference to AI-driven systems is not incidental. The semiconductor industry is in the midst of a structural reshaping, driven by the insatiable compute demands of artificial intelligence. For engineering services firms like Tessolve, which offers end-to-end capabilities from silicon design to packaged parts and invests in high-performance computing, high-speed interfaces, photonics and 5G, the moment is both an opportunity and a test. The company says it is well positioned to capture the next wave of industry growth. Ravi Kumar Chirugudu is now the person who has to prove it.
He came in from outer space, literally, and spent three decades learning how the semiconductor industry works from the inside out. Now Tessolve is betting that accumulated knowledge can help it cross the next frontier. In the $550 billion global chip market, the gap between ambition and execution is measured in engineering hours and leadership quality. Tessolve has just gone shopping for both.
