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Tech Mahindra Chess League teams up with Google Cloud for Season 3
MUMBAI: The Tech Mahindra Global Chess League (GCL), in partnership with FIDE, has joined hands with Google Cloud to serve up real-time player performance analysis for Season 3, turning the ancient game into a modern spectator sport.
Scheduled for 13–24 December in India, the world’s first franchise-based chess league will now fuse its heritage of strategy with cutting-edge technology. Using Google Cloud’s advanced infrastructure and Tech Mahindra’s AI and ML dashboards, fans can follow real-time insights into every move while broadcasters deliver smarter, more engaging coverage.
“Each season, we strive to elevate the experience for fans and players by leveraging advanced digital technologies,” said Tech Mahindra Global Chess League, chairperson, Peeyush Dubey. “Our partnership with Google Cloud ensures that Season 3 sets new standards for innovation in global sports.”
Alongside the live action, fans and partners will also be able to join creative tournaments and interactive fan zones, adding collaboration and innovation to the mix. Multilingual commentary and expanded global broadcasts aim to make this season the most accessible and inclusive yet.
The league, unique for its mixed-team format where male and female players compete side by side, has already redefined how professional chess is played and viewed. With AI, data analytics and smart broadcasting now in play, Season 3 promises to be not just a contest of kings and queens, but of codes and clouds too.
Because in this game, it is not only about who makes the winning move, but how millions get to watch it happen in real time.
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UltraTech Cement appoints Jayant Dua as managing director
Dua will succeed K. C. Jhanwar after his term ends in December 2026
MUMBAI: UltraTech Cement, the flagship cement arm of the Aditya Birla Group, has elevated Jayant Dua as managing director, effective 1 April, 2026.
The company’s board also approved his appointment as additional director, managing director and key managerial personnel, effective 1 January, 2027, following the completion of the current managing director K C Jhanwar’s term on 31 December, 2026, according to a regulatory filing.
Dua will serve as managing director for a four-year term from 1 January, 2027 to 31 December, 2030.
A veteran executive with more than 37 years of professional experience, Dua joined the Aditya Birla Group’s cement business in 1996 and spent nearly a decade in various functional and leadership roles.
Over the past two decades, he has held several profit-and-loss and chief executive responsibilities across multiple group businesses, including insulators, insurance, Century Cement and the chlor-alkali segment. In 2023, he was elevated to lead the group’s renewables and textiles businesses.
Within the group, Dua has received several internal honours, including the chairman’s individual award for exceptional contribution in 2002, the outstanding leader award in 2009 and the leader of leaders recognition in 2022.
He holds an engineering degree from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, an MBA from International Management Institute and has completed the advanced management programme at Harvard Business School.
