Usha launches new heaters

Ludhiana: Usha International has strengthened its range of water and room heaters to meet the demand of consumers. Besides the existing range of water heaters, the company has introduced two new models “Usha Instano” and “Usha Quado” in its product range. Usha Instano instant water heaters are compact, sleek and energy efficient. This latest offering has a leak-proof single body tank and a brass fusible plug for added protection. It is priced from Rs 3,490 onwards. Usha Quado water heaters are equipped with vitreous enamel MS tank with 0.5 mm coating best suited for areas with hard or poor water quality. The range is loaded with six safety features and whirl-flow technology for faster heating and is priced from Rs 8,090 onwards. TNS

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Best brand award for Duke

Ludhiana: A lifestyle brand, Duke Fashions (India) Ltd, received the “CICU – Best Brand Award” in the Brand and Intellectual Property Rights Summit organised by the Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertakings (CICU) recently. The award was given to Kuntal Raj Jain, director, Duke Fashions (India) Limited, by Manpreet Singh Badal, Finance Minister, Punjab, along with Rakesh Kumar Verma, secretary, industries and commerce. Jain expressed his gratitude to the people, whom he gave credit for the award. He said, “I appreciate the invaluable contribution and cooperation of our channel partners, colleagues and employees, who have been our consistent source of inspiration in helping us achieve our business results and deliver best-in-class and qualitative products to local and global markets.” “It is imperative that we recognize today’s success as a milestone towards productivity, quality and innovation,” he added. TNS

Support for Bharti Foundation

Ludhiana: The Bharti family has decided to pledge 10 per cent of their wealth, including three per cent of their stake in the flagship group, Bharti Airtel, towards supporting activities of Bharti Foundation, a professionally managed philanthropic body. With this commitment, the Bharti Family envisions to significantly step up the scope and reach of Bharti Foundation’s activities and further enable it to develop and execute innovative models to support aspirations of country’s underprivileged, including students of Satya Bharti Schools. Set up in 2000, Bharti Foundation has grown in scale and stature. It has evolved well beyond customary cheque book philanthropy to design and implement innovative development models, particularly in the area of education. Led by a full time CEO and COO, the foundation’s team of over 200 professionals and 8,000 teachers, works across multiple programmes in the areas of education of 2,40,000 underprivileged children in the rural India. Announcing the commitment, Sunil Bharti Mittal, founder and chairman, Bharti Enterprises, and chairman, Bharti Foundation, said, “Today is a major milestone in the journey of the Bharti Family. Being first generation entrepreneurs, we feel absolutely privileged that this nation gave us an opportunity to imagine and build world-class businesses. Bharti’s DNA has always been about creating a deep positive impact on society through our businesses. We are proud to have contributed to the India’s growth story.” TNS