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Max New York Life Insurance, one of the leading life insurance companies of India, today announced that it has crossed Rs. 3,000 crore in collected premium since January 2008 recording a growth of 61 per cent over the corresponding period last year.

Of this, first year premiums contributed Rs. 1,653 crore, while earnings from renewal premium stood at Rs 1,375 crore.

The company has also acquired more than 1 million policies since January 2008, and is ranked number four amongst private life insurers in terms of number of policies sold (YTD September).

Cisco® and Wipro Infotech, the India and Middle East IT Business of Wipro Limited, today announced the successful completion of Wipro''s full procurement suite of RosettaNet PIPs implementation at Cisco offices in India.

This successful B2B procurement suite integration allows sales teams from Cisco and Wipro to access real-time information on pricing and product catalog update, configuration and ordering processes, order status update and shipment notification.

The B2B integration between Cisco and Wipro procurement systems has resulted in multiple benefits:

Savvion®, the trailblazing business process management (BPM) company, today announced the opening of a new software development and R&D centre in Coimbatore.

The Coimbatore centre is Savvion''s second software development centre in India and will complement its present center in Mumbai.

India''s leader in technical communication training, documentation outsourcing and knowledge publishing - The Writers Block (TWB) has added another dimension to its industry-leading portfolio of training with its release of training on Patent Writing.

TWB Patent Writing training will be available in two forms: to individuals wanting to be employed in the burgeoning LPO/ KPO sector with the TWB Fundamental Certification in Patent Writing and customized training for TWB''s corporate customers.

Palador, the undisputed leader in the World Cinema category with over 1,000 of the best and most awarded films, is all set to make its presence felt at the 39th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) by screening four movies from its extensive library.

"In the Mood for Love", "Fallen Angels", "Happy Together" will be showcased under Cinema of the World section as part of Wong Kar Wai Retrospective while "Floating Clouds" by (Mikio Naruse) has been short listed under IFFI Goa Film Treasures. IFFI 2008 will take place in Goa from November 23 to December 2 this year.

College of Fire Technology (CFT), the country''s only institute to offer degree course in the field of fire, safety and disaster management recently renamed its three year degree course as B Sc (Fire and Safety) after availing permission from Gujarat University.

The change of name will provide wide spectrum to students for further opportunities in the field of fire, safety and disaster management.

Max New York Life Insurance was today awarded the ''CII -Exim Bank Commendation Certificate for Strong Commitment to Excel'' for the year 2008.

The award, which is jointly instituted by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Export Import Bank of India (EXIM) is one of the most premium award for Business Excellence in the country.

Max New York Life is also the first life insurance company in India to be commended with this certification for its business excellence efforts.

D. Light Design today announced it has secured Series A financing led by Nexus India Capital, along with Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Garage Technology Ventures, Mahindra and Mahindra, and social funds Acumen Fund and Gray Matters Capital.

The same team of investors provided seed funding for D. Light when it was founded over a year ago with the mission to bring clean, safe, and affordable light to 1.6 billion people living without electricity.

Canon India Pvt. Limited, India''s No 1.complete digital imaging company today announced the pre Diwali launch of 85 new state-of-the-art digital imaging products.

This is Canon''s biggest product launch ever in India with the maximum number as well as the widest range of products being introduced on the same platform.

Pond''s, a brand synonymous with skincare the world over launched in a spectacular event for the first time ever it''s very own ''the Beauty Council ..... Expertise with experience.

The Ponds Beauty Council represents a set of empowered women who are experts in their respective fields that span beauty, grooming, films, fashion, media, cosmetology and who have now come together to support Ponds in it''s effort to usher in a new era of change for Indian women all across the country.