Day: September 25, 2026

Community-voted recognition follows Eventus Security’s three wins at the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards 2026 Eventus Security, a globally trusted Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP), has been named the 2026 Community Choice Winner in the Cybersecurity Service Provider of the Year category, following the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards announced earlier this year. The recognition reflects the strong support the company has received from customers, partners and the global cybersecurity community through community voting. Eventus Security delivers 24×7 managed security services through its Cyber Defense Centers, combining AI-powered technology, threat intelligence and human expertise. Its capabilities include SOC-as-a-Service, Managed XDR, Digital Forensics and Incident Response, Threat Intelligence, Offensive Security, Cloud Security, and Governance, Risk and Compliance services. The company supports enterprises across sectors including banking and financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, telecommunications and critical infrastructure, helping them improve threat visibility, accelerate incident response and strengthen their overall security posture. “This recognition is particularly meaningful because it reflects the support of the cybersecurity community,” said Sunil Sapra, Co-Founder, Eventus Security, “We are grateful to our customers, partners, employees and industry peers who supported us. Their confidence strengthens our commitment to delivering intelligence-led security operations and measurable outcomes that help organisations improve cyber resilience.” The Community Choice recognition is determined through public voting within each category. It recognizes nominees that receive the strongest support from customers, partners, industry peers and members of the wider cybersecurity community. This recognition follows Eventus Security’s success at the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards in March 2026, when the company secured wins across all three categories in which it was nominated: Together, these recognitions reflect Eventus Security’s growing industry presence and its continued evolution as an AI-driven, platform-led managed security services provider. “Congratulations to Eventus Security on being named a Community Choice Winner in the Cybersecurity Service Provider of the Year category of the 2026 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards,” said Holger Schulze, Founder of Cybersecurity Insiders and organiser of the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards, “This recognition reflects the strong support Eventus Security has earned from customers, partners, peers and members of the cybersecurity community. We are pleased to recognise this achievement and the company’s contribution to the cybersecurity industry.” The Community Choice recognition adds to a strong year for Eventus Security as the company continues to strengthen its managed security capabilities, expand its presence across international markets and earn recognition from leading global cybersecurity award programmes. Eventus Security is a globally trusted Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) delivering AI-driven, intelligence-led cybersecurity services. Through its proprietary security operations platform and 24×7 Cyber Defense Centers, Eventus Security helps organisations detect threats faster, respond more effectively and strengthen cyber resilience. Its services include SOC-as-a-Service, Managed XDR, Threat Intelligence, Digital Forensics and Incident Response, Offensive Security, Cloud Security, and Governance, Risk and Compliance.

Rooted in experiential learning and innovation, Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), a leading AACSB-accredited business school in India, successfully inaugurated its Centre of Excellence on AI recently, marking a significant step in strengthening the institute’s focus on artificial intelligence, experiential learning, innovation and technology-driven education. The inauguration of the AI Centre of Excellence brought together 400+ participants, primarily students and faculty members, under the vision Learn. Build. Deploy. Innovate. The event was graced by advisory board members Neeraj Gehani, Global Product Director, Dunnhumby; Varoon Govil, Executive Director, MSCI Inc.; and Dr. Saumendra Mohanty, Consultant, ValueFirst (a Tanla Company), and highlighted the institute’s continued efforts to foster hands-on learning, experimentation, and the practical application of emerging technologies. As part of the programme, participants underwent a structured learning programme designed to build a strong foundation in AI and modern development workflows. The programme covered AI Fundamentals, the Generative AI ecosystem, Google AI Studio, Google Antigravity, Google Cloud Credits and resources, and live project development and deployment. Through hands-on activities, interactive learning and project development exercises, participants gained practical exposure to AI tools and technologies and learnt how to take their ideas from concept to working solutions. Participants explored key problem areas including MedTech, FinTech, EdTech and Open Innovation, identifying real-world challenges where AI and emerging technologies could create meaningful impact. The open-ended format encouraged teams to think creatively, collaborate and develop innovative, scalable solutions. Emphasising the importance of such experiential learning initiatives, Dr. Prabina Rajib, Director, BIMTECH said, “Ideas are only the beginning of innovation. What matters is the ability to take an idea, test it, build it and create something that can address a real problem. The Centre of Excellence on AI marks an important step in strengthening BIMTECH’s commitment to technology-driven and experiential learning. Our aim is to equip students and the wider academic community with the capabilities to learn, build and innovate in an increasingly AI-driven world.” Participants turned their ideas into AI-powered applications, automation tools and innovative prototypes designed to address practical challenges. The solutions ranged from personalised stock and mutual fund management to applications focused on personal health and care. These projects demonstrated how AI can move beyond experimentation to enable practical and scalable solutions for challenges faced by individuals, organisations and society. The event also saw participants showcase the solutions they had developed, demonstrating their learning, creativity, teamwork and technical execution. The winning teams were recognised for their innovation, impact, technical execution and overall quality of their solutions. Rank 1 – Wroom Wroom: Kartik Saxena, Kritika Digari, Kumari Shachi, Bhavna Mittal, Rank 2 – LOSER CORE: Bhavya Rawat, Rank 3 – CARPIEDEM: Sakshi Jaiswal, Ruchi Yadav, Rishita Agarwal, Surabhi Singh, Ranjan Kumar Singh. The top-performing teams were recognised with cash prizes and other accolades for their innovative solutions. All participating students and participants were also awarded certificates in recognition of their involvement and contribution to the programme. The inauguration of the Centre of Excellence on AI reinforces BIMTECH’s continued focus on building a future-ready academic community through experiential learning, industry collaborations, workshops, hackathons, research and student-led projects. By creating platforms where emerging technologies can be explored and ideas can be developed into practical solutions, BIMTECH continues to strengthen the connection between classroom learning, innovation and real-world application.

Shakti Leekha Ventures Incorporates as a Private Limited Company, Closing Phase One of a Five-Year Journey Building and Globalising Indian Brands The practitioner-led growth advisory now scales its proprietary RASTA™ growth operating system and Sarthy service model to help global brands enter India and Indian businesses scale at home and abroad. Shakti Leekha Ventures (SLV) recently announced its incorporation as a private limited company, a structural step that marks the close of the firm’s first phase and the start of a scaled second chapter. Over five years, SLV has moved from a founder-led advisory into an institution-grade growth partner – and the conversion to a private limited company formalises that transition. The firm has spent that first phase inside the growth stories of Indian brands rather than beside them. SLV has been part of journeys from the earliest 0-to-1 build, through Series A investment, into unicorn scale, and on to the repositioning and transformation that carries an Indian brand into global markets. That range – startup to scale-up to global – is the firm’s distinguishing credential. Two proprietary offerings anchor the next phase RASTA™ – SLV’s growth operating system, an operating spine for leadership teams across Research, Analysis, Strategy, Tactics and Action, engineered to translate ambition into measurable execution. Sarthy – The service model through which SLV embeds alongside client teams, staying through execution rather than delivering a report and exiting. In FY 2026-27, SLV intends to scale both offerings. The firm is entering engagements with two kinds of client – global brands seeking a credible, well-executed entry into India, and Indian businesses looking to scale at home and expand into global markets. In both cases the mandate is the same – transformation that is designed, owned and delivered, not merely advised. Shakti Leekha Ventures is a Mumbai-based, practitioner-led growth and commercial-transformation advisory firm operating under the promise ‘Delivering Business Ambition into Reality’ and the strapline ‘Practitioners, not paper tigers.’ The firm partners with global brands entering India and Indian businesses scaling at home and abroad, through its proprietary RASTA™ growth operating system and Sarthy service model. SLV’s work spans growth strategy and go-to-market design, turnaround and transformation, India entry and global expansion, and investor readiness across the startup-to-scale-up lifecycle.