Brands
Senco strikes gold with sparkling new store in Hazaribagh
MUMBAI- Hazaribagh is glittering a little brighter this week and it’s not just the winter sun. Senco Gold & Diamonds, one of India’s biggest names in fine jewellery, has opened its first-ever store in Hazaribagh, marking its expanding footprint across Jharkhand, where it now operates eight stores.
The new showroom, located on PTC Road near PTC Ground, Matwari, spans an impressive 5,500 sq. ft., and brings with it Senco’s trademark blend of traditional craftsmanship and contemporary design flair. Inside, customers will find everything from bridal finery to everyday adornments, with the brand’s hallmark collections Shagun, Aham, Everlite and 9kt taking centre stage.
What Senco has attempted with the Hazaribagh store is more than just retail expansion; it’s cultural curating. “Each region in India holds a distinct charm, and we try to capture that essence in the jewellery pieces we create inspired by the traditions and people of that area,” said Senco Gold & Diamonds director Joita Sen adding that the brand is delighted to bring its design legacy to the city.
The new outlet operates under Senco’s FOCO model (Franchise Owned, Company Operated) and is owned by Jagriti Sen and Samrat Chaudhuri, a partnership that aims to ensure the brand’s high standards remain uncompromised.
“We are very excited to share the unique Senco in-store experience with locals here,” said Chaudhuri, noting that the store aims to become part of the region’s jewellery traditions and family celebrations.
Senco Gold & Diamonds currently boasts over 192 stores across India, steadily strengthening its presence both domestically and internationally. The Hazaribagh launch is another glittering link in a chain that continues to shine brighter with every new region it steps into.
With its sweeping design catalogues, carefully curated collections, and a legacy trusted for generations, Senco’s arrival is set to make Hazaribagh sparkle, one handcrafted piece at a time.
Brands
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.
