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pTron India unveils new logo to redefine corporate brand identity
Mumbai: pTron India has unveiled a new brand logo and announced a new bold and futuristic brand identity that will be strengthening the vision of its brand to reach consumers across the value chain of economy, mainstream and premium segments.
The new logo marks the birth of a new pTron both inside and out, which is a modern interpretation of brand’s classic ‘P’ insignia carrying the same passion and zeal to keep making technology accessible to all, said the brand in a statement.
“This new visual identity is in line with the brand’s overall mission, which will be carried out across packaging, branding, and marketing communications. The logo perfectly compliments with the product packaging, providing fresh energy and vibrancy to multiple touch-points,” it added.
These new changes come at a time when the company is also evolving its product offering and services to cater to the youth in major cities of India.
Commenting on the insight behind the new identity, pTron founder and CEO Ameen Khwaja said, “Over the last three years, we did something which is vibrant, connecting, reliable, and of course, gives a sense of being aspirational. Throughout the journey, we have remained true to our core values, even as we continually transform to keep pace with the changing needs of our end consumers.”
“While our name remains the same, our logo & packing have changed significantly to better represent who we are and better connect with our consumers. With our wide Online and offline presence and an extensive Made in India range, we intend to be the preferred choice of the Indian youth looking for tech-savvy gadgets across income-classes. Our belief #BeLoudBeProud lends new meaning to our core purpose of accelerating access to affordable and innovative products,” he added.
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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.
