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PGTI scouts for title sponsor as Aircel pulls out
MUMBAI: Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) is scouting for a title sponsor after telecom major Aircel pulled out of the deal.
Aircel has decided to focus completely on the Indian Premier League (IPL) where it sponsors the Chennai Super Kings team,. The company, thus, did not go ahead with the renewal of its title sponsorship deal with PGTI.
PGTI director Padamjit Singh Sandhu said, “We had a very healthy partnership with Aircel for three and a half years, but they have decided not to renew the deal.”
While Sandhu refused to reveal the financials of the sponsorship agreement, the three-year agreement is believed to be in the region of Rs 150 million.
An Aircel spokeswoman confirmed that the company was not renewing its sponsorship of PGTI without specifying any reason.
The telecom company, which has its roots in Chennai, had last year renewed its partnership with CSK for three more years.
Sandhu, however, affirmed that the professional golf body was in talks with three potential sponsors – two Indian business conglomerates and one MNC – to replace Aircel.
“I can’t say anything right now but we should be able to sign-up a sponsor in two months,” Sandhu asserted.
Sandhu also revealed that the PGTI has already signed-up two more partners which include a soft beverage partner and a magazine partner in Golf Plus. Without divulging the name of the soft drink partner, he hinted it’s between Pepsi and Coca -Cola.
Aircel had associated with Golf to engage with consumers from the higher income socio-economic category.
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Schneider Electric launches One Unit Mission for Women’s Day
Green Yodha 2.0 urges every Indian household to save one unit of electricity daily.
MUMBAI: Schneider Electric just flipped the switch on savings because this Women’s Day the brightest idea isn’t a new bulb, it’s turning one unit off. Schneider Electric launched the second phase of its Green Yodha initiative, ‘One Unit Mission’, on International Women’s Day 2026, calling on every Indian household to save at least one unit of electricity daily. The campaign was flagged off in Delhi by chief minister Rekha Gupta, actor and sustainability advocate Bhumi Pednekar, and other dignitaries.
Rekha Gupta said, “Delhi’s journey towards clean, resilient growth begins with how efficiently we use the energy we already have. Green Yodha 2.0 reminds us that every citizen is a stakeholder in India’s energy future, and saving one unit of power today is an act of nation-building for tomorrow.”
Schneider Electric India zone president, MD & CEO Deepak Sharma added, “India is entering a decade of unprecedented growth, and that growth will require enormous amounts of energy. The real challenge is not just how much power we produce, but how intelligently we use it. If every Indian household saves just one unit of electricity a day, the impact would be equivalent to planting billions of trees or taking millions of cars off the road.”
Schneider Electric India, vice president of marketing Rajat Abbi noted, “Sustainability becomes real when it is simple and measurable. The One Unit Mission is about turning awareness into everyday action.”
In FY 2023–24, India’s energy-efficiency programmes (PAT, UJALA, S&L, SLNP, CAFÉ) collectively saved 53.6 million tonnes of oil equivalent, avoided 321 million tonnes of CO₂ emissions, and reduced energy expenditure by Rs 2 lakh crore equivalent to nearly 6 per cent of national primary energy supply.
The initiative aligns with government efforts on efficient cooling, appliance standards and the Bureau of Energy Efficiency’s state-level SEEI FY 2024 framework, emphasising demand-side efficiency as a cost-effective complement to new generation capacity.
In a nation sprinting toward brighter, bigger tomorrows, Schneider isn’t selling more power, it’s quietly handing every household a daily superpower: the ability to save one unit and help light up a cleaner, more efficient future, one thoughtful switch at a time.
