Mangaluru: Niveus Solutions Pvt. Ltd., an award-winning Google Cloud partner on Thursday inaugurated its largest office in the country here in Mangaluru.
Sprawling across 16,000 sq. ft, with a seating capacity of 210 staff, it is the largest office of the company in India. The company has around 300 employees working from various locations in India and Singapore.
Speaking after the inauguration of the new office, actor Rakshith Shetty said he was surprised to see Mangaluru and Udupi becoming base for a global cloud engineering organization such as Niveus. He said there was lot of untapped potential in the region, be it in technology, medicine, or even arts. When the talent gets access to the right infrastructure, there was no limit to what they could achieve, he said.
Niveus CEO Suyog Shetty said the organization has seen tremendous growth in business and operations in recent times, registering an over 300% growth year on year. The Mangaluru office offers opportunities to software professionals in the region where the immense pool of talent is available from the education hub. The setup is another key step to attracting and retaining the best of talents in the region, he said.
Niveus has been empowering industry leaders, including top private banks and leading asset management companies, and customers to leverage cloud technologies and harness the power of cloud services to build resilient infrastructures that scale. It recently expanded to the ASEAN region, setting up a hub in Singapore and onboarding new customers.
Niveus was funded in 2013 by Suyog Shetty, Rashmi George, Roshan Bava, and Mohsin Khan.
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New Delhi: UPSC coach turned politician Avadh Ojha’s interview with BBC News Hindi was abruptly halted on Thursday at the Aam Aadmi party’s office in New Delhi, as reported by Newslaundry.com.
Ojha, known for his decade-long tenure teaching UPSC aspirants in Delhi before transitioning to YouTube coaching, had reportedly been in talks with both the BJP and Congress. However, his decision to join AAP came amid reports that he was denied Lok Sabha tickets by the other parties.
The interview took a sudden turn when BBC reporter Anshul Singh posed a question about Ojha's past public praise for political rivals, including BJP leader and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, as well as Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, notably for his Bharat Jodo Yatra. Singh questioned if Ojha would continue to commend such leaders now that he was a part of AAP.
Ojha began responding, emphasizing that appreciating others reflects a positive mindset. He cited cricketer Sachin Tendulkar’s admiration for Brian Lara as an example of healthy respect across competitive boundaries. However, before Ojha could continue his talk, a voice off-camera came in between, saying, “I had told you not to ask any ulta-seedha (odd) question. Stop this.”
The reporter challenged the individual off camera, asserting that his question was neither objectionable nor unusual. Turning to Ojha, Singh asked, “Sir, have I asked any objectionable question?”
Ojha replied, “Bhaiyya (brother) dekho, I will tell you. The party will decide the line. This is what these people will decide,” before removing his lapel microphone.
In the video uploaded by BBC News Hindi, the description revealed that AAP functionaries had intervened and stopped the interview.
In the interview, Ojha revealed that he joined politics to work for education and uplift the education sector.
“I have been in the coaching field for the last 25 years. I have observed the problems faced by students and the education sector, students are unaware about the crucial role education plays in their lives. Hence if you wish to fulfill your objectives, you should be in an ideology, a party and a government,” he said referring to a scene in the movie three idiots, where Chaturlingam, a studious character in the movie is also stressed about education emphasizing his move to join politics.
He highlighted that his primary ideology is to serve the education sector and that if issues surrounding the education sector are corrected then there is no much need to stress about other issues.
When asked why he chose AAP after reportedly seeking tickets from the BJP and Congress and claims of an offer from the BSP, Ojha explained, “When you choose a party, it’s also about respect. AAP reached out to me, showing respect and asking me to work with them for the betterment of education. That’s why I joined them.”