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Fifty nine (59) years old Ramanjit Singh Oberoi, Head – Credit Control, AP Securitas Group has once again defied his age and upheld that age is just a number. He has participated in the Boston Marathon on 15 April 2019 with around 30000 runners, and finished the 26 mile (42 Kms) run in three hours and forty minutes. He believes that everything is achievable, if one pursues one’s passion single mindedly. “I discovered running rather late in life when almost people are slowing down. But I saw how it made me feel – I feel free and doubly alive. When I am on the road, in the hills, I start singing. It’s the most enjoyable part of my life, I will not give it up,” said Mr. Oberoi. “An Individual’s pursuit of excellence needs to be encouraged and supported. We at APS are deeply involved in Raman’s journey of marathons. We find more and more members of the APS family taking part in shorter runs. It is not uncommon to see people talking of building stamina and adopting a healthier life style. His strenuous hard work also inspires us to imbibe this indomitable spirit in our work place and become a better professional and service Provider “ – Anil Puri CMD, APS Group Now at the age of 59, he has an enviable track record of huge successes in various marathons. His unbounded energy and enthusiasm found inspiration in the APS environment and he ran his first half-marathon at the age of 55. He has participated in 23 half-marathons and 3 full-marathons before qualifying for the Boston Marathon 2019 (USA). Raman reflects and embodies the indomitable spirit of a ‘Security Man.’ Anil Puri, CMD – AP Securitas, celebrated the achievement, and felicitated Raman at a grand party thrown in his honour.  

IndiaNivesh is one of the leading financial service conglomerates in India which is into various aspects of investment banking and consulting business. It plans to emerge as a dynamic, customer-centric and progressive financial group in the country with pan India presence. Having its head office in Mumbai, IndiaNivesh is growing with eight regional offices and 29 branch offices across India. Business challenge IndiaNivesh required eradication of forged attendance data and manual attendance process, as security is a crucial aspect for them. It has been a tedious task for them to streamline and manage attendance data of all employees accurately and perform calculation of error-free salary. Integrating their existing payroll software with the time-attendance software was challenging. Offered solution Matrix offered COSEC Time-Attendance solution with web based architecture, that can help IndiaNivesh in connecting all its regional and branch offices to their head office in Mumbai. Matrix COSEC time-attendance software can get easily integrated with existing payroll software, and hence it can also help the company in automatic salary calculation. Result Real-time attendance of all employees at a centralized location. Integration with its existing payroll software. Ease of implementation using the existing infrastructure. Fraudulent time-keeping is completely eliminated. Accurate in/ out time of each employee. Live monitoring of in/ out timing. Generation of time-attendance and access control reports and charts for all branches. Improved overall productivity of the organization. Continuous operations with excellent service support. Products COSEC Door FOP: Optical fingerprint based door controller for access control and time-attendance. COSEC Door CAS: Card based door controller for access control and time-attendance. COSEC Panel: Site controller to manage multiple door controllers and advanced access control features. COSEC LE Platform: Application server platform for 1000 Users and expandable up to one million users. COSEC LE TAM: Comprehensive time-attendance and leave management module for COSEC LE platform. COSEC LE ACM: Comprehensive access control module for COSEC LE platform.  

NEC Technologies India (NECTI), a leading player in the integration of IT and network technologies, has been awarded a contract as the master system integrator for installing CCTV surveillance and traffic management systems in Gurugram City. Under the project, selected locations in Gurugram will be fitted with a variety of CCTV cameras to perform traffic enforcement and general surveillance across 115 sectors of Gurugram and Manesar. The project was awarded in March 2019 and is expected to be implemented within this year. To support the implementation of a comprehensively integrated video surveillance system, NECTI will set up IP-based outdoor security cameras across various identified locations in the city. The video surveillance system from NEC will help in enforcing traffic discipline through the use of AI-based analytics software such as automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) and red light violation detection (RLVD). The system will monitor traffic junctions and other sensitive areas to identify traffic offenders and issue alarms. Subsequent e-challans (electronic fines) can be issued to offenders who are captured flouting traffic rules with the help of these systems. In the first phase of the project, approximately 1,200 high definition (HD) and ultra high definition (UHD) cameras are expected to be deployed in over 200 traffic junctions, sending video feeds to monitoring centers 24 hours a day. The project will utilize the dedicated optical fiber backbone currently being laid out by the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) using robust ring network topology. Cameras deployed in key selected locations will be equipped with facial recognition technology featuring NeoFace Watch, NEC’s flagship facial recognition software platform, to identify persons of interest and other suspicious elements to support law enforcement efforts. Commenting on the occasion, Takayuki Inaba, Managing Director, NEC Technologies India said, “Gurugram, one of Delhi’s major satellite cities, is host to many leading brands and representatives from across the world, and is widely acknowledged as a finance and technology hub. We are honored to be awarded this project and contribute to Gurugram’s smart city ambitions. NEC aims to leverage our global expertise while bringing cutting edge technologies and established best-practices to Gurugram as a master system integrator. We are looking forward to working closely with the Gurugram Municipal Development Authority to create a better society and a safer environment for its residents.” The Gurugram Municipal Development Authority added, “The current population of Gurugram is estimated to be close to 2.5 million and is expected to grow rapidly over the next few years. We need to constantly aim and strive to work towards enhancing public welfare, and NEC’s leading position in the field of public safety is paramount behind our decision to work with them. We are hopeful that the successful implementation of this project will propel Gurugram into an attractive city to live, work and visit.” NEC brings more than 100 years of expertise in technological innovation to provide solutions for empowering people, businesses and society. Headquartered in Japan, NEC started operations in India in the 1950s, accelerating its growth through the expansion of business to global markets. NEC in India expanded its business from telecommunications to public safety, logistics, transportation, retail, finance, unified communication and IT platforms, serving across governments, businesses as well as individuals. With its Centre of Excellence for analytics platform solutions, big data, biometrics, mobile and retail, NEC in India offers innovative new services and solutions for India and global markets.

Kumbh Mela – one of world’s largest spiritual gatherings and a mass Hindu pilgrimage of faith – is a highly revered religious event where Hindus gather to bathe in a holy river. The spectacular fair displays uniqueness of the Hindu tradition, culture and historical significance. There are four normal Kumbh Melas, which are held periodically in every three years at Allahabad (Prayagraj), Haridwar, Nashik, and Ujjain. At any given place, the Kumbh Mela is held every 12 years.   The recently held event at Prayagraj is Ardh Kumbh Mela which is held every six years at Hardwar and Prayagraj. The Allhabad Ardh Kumbh Mela, held from 15 January to 4 March 2019, is claimed to be one of the most successfully organised mega event of this calibre – especially in terms of safety and security. A massive 39 sq. km of land area was turned into a temporary city, constructed by nearly 20,000 workers, to provide shelter to millions of pilgrims, sages and ascetics. The whole area had an arrangement of 1 lakh makeshift urinals, and 40,000 LED lights were installed to brighten the ceremony.  Challenges Managing and ensuring safety and security of people in lakhs was not an easy task. Safe movement of pilgrims, monitoring of crowd and dispersals through gates at such a large scale were some key challenges, and hence the concerned authorities planned to implement several security measures considering factors like the expanse of area, number of people, vulnerable spots and methods of security arrangement. There were arrangements of four Police Lines with 40 Police Thanas, three Mahila Thanas, and 62 Police outposts. The authority also employed Jal Police with 3 units along the river stretch, and one Mounted Police Line to ensure seamless pilgrim movement by the river front and in other crucial religious spots. Monitoring that massive crowd in millions to prevent stampede and like disasters also required cutting edge security solutions such as integrated CCTV surveillance system (ICCC). Solution by CP PLUS Collaborating with the UP Police, CP PLUS installed a total of 1,135 CCTV cameras covering 268 vulnerable locations of the expansive 39 sq. kms of area. An Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) was set up, which included 2 sub-command and control centres with 4 video monitoring cells and 20 video wall cubes, well-connected to installed CCTV cameras. The integrated ICCC surveillance solution by CP PLUS helped in the monitoring of crowd activities and provided round the clock surveillance of the entire expanse, preventing any unfortunate occurrences. The ICCC unit was manned by 120 monitoring operators and 30 call centre operators, making the execution of this mammoth-size project by CP PLUS a roaring success. CP PLUS meticulously combined some of the latest surveillance solutions for the event – Video analytics and real-time video analysis for crowd management. Real-time detection and alert algorithm for overcrowded spaces. Automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) system for parking sites. Vehicle detection by vehicle colour/ license plate and date time combinations. Variable message display (VMD) boards. Real-time information dissemination containing warnings, traffic advice, route guidance and emergency messages. Text and graphic based messages display. Integrated traffic management system. The impact With the given safety and security measures, Ardh Kumbh Mela Prayagraj 2019 went on for more than 20 days with reportage of zero mishap. The operators of the integrated command and control centre remotely helped authorities by making live feeds of the vulnerable areas readily available, enabling early alarm mechanism, and providing complete control on the crowd movement with the police personnel. Director General – UP Police, O.P. Singh applauded the efforts of the police personnel and CP PLUS, and said, “We employed all kinds of modern surveillance technologies to make this Kumbh Mela a huge success. Simultaneously, forces – ATS and NSG – were on duty to prevent terrorist’s acts an/ or any other criminal or unpleasant incidents in the fair. Commandos monitored the event via choppers and worked in collaboration with the surveillance provider. For us, it was crucial to maintain safety of the people at the most vulnerable spots without intervening in the fair rituals. We received tremendous support from the designated surveillance teams who enabled us in monitoring such a massive crowd as per our requirement with zero mishap count.”  

Parekh Integrated Services Pvt. Ltd (PISPL) is in the business of providing high-quality logistics services that give customers a competitive advantage in the Indian market. Established in 1981, PISPL is a one-stop shop logistics and supply chain service provider in India offering storage and distribution services, freight forwarding, transportation, information technology and cold chain management solutions, along with other value added services to multiple industry verticals. Challenges Parekh Integrated Services Pvt. Ltd (PISPL) has established their operation with more than 1,500 warehouses and distribution setups to cover all the major cities in India for their services. With this expansion, IT infrastructure equipment was procured, including IP video surveillance systems of different reputed brands from different vendors. Over a period, it became costly and difficult to manage different brands procured separately at different locations. Cost of operation also went up due to the technical expertise required for each individual system. PISPL was looking for a centralized solution, which can work with different reputed brands as well as give them a common control of all the video surveillance systems to reduce the technical manpower cost for different systems. Due to low bandwidth at some of the remote locations, PISPL was not able to secure video evidence at a central location. It was required for any kind of post analysis or dispute resolution. PISPL were looking for an occupancy control system in each warehouse/ storage area to manage and control the worker’s presence in sensitive areas. It was getting difficult to do it manually at each location with the increase in number of employees over the last few years. Solution offered Matrix provided video management software (VMS) as the centralized platform to monitor and manage all the cameras from a central location on a single platform, which led to reduction in operation cost. Matrix VMS supports all the camera models of major brands including ACTI, Samsung, SONY, Mobotix, Panasonic, Vivotek etc., along with ONVIF protocol. Using Matrix VMS solution, PISPL enabled the centralized schedule backup at an even lower bandwidth from all locations to the central location. This made it easy to go through the video evidence at a central location and resolve issues in a short time. Another issue of maintaining occupancy up to a certain limit in each zone was addressed by the Matrix VMS Crowd Management feature. All the entry/ exit points were covered with a camera to count number of heads passing through the points. From central control room, using Matrix Smart Client, security can monitor the total occupancy of an area and instruct the team accordingly. Why Matrix? Matrix VMS architecture supports centralized/ decentralized monitoring and management. Matrix VMS interoperable with most of the reputed brands. Possibility of scheduled backup at central location even at lower bandwidth. People counting feature to control zone occupancy Benefits Centralized control and management. Ease of use. Secure evidence. Improve productivity.  

Hikvision, the world’s leading supplier in innovative video surveillance products and solutions, has recently conducted the Hikvision Certified Security Associates (HCSA) Program in five different phases in five cities including Chandigarh (25-27 February), Ludhiana (28 February-2 March), Ahmedabad (7-8-9 March), Surat (14-15-16 March) and Ranchi (25-26-27 March). It got an overwhelming response from the young security professional community. The three day comprehensive HCSA Program included training sessions on optics basics, turbo HD analog solution, PTZ configuration, network basics, IP camera, NVR, fish eye camera, iVMS 4200 and smart functions and applications. The HCSA training program was conducted by the trainers Vinit Narvekar, Kishan Parakhiya and Amit Singh. The idea behind HCSA is to give hands on training and demonstration as a part of the training program. As part of this certification program a dedicated online examination and practical test was conducted after training sessions. “Hikvision has set the industry standard by offering professional video surveillance certification to validate video expertise under Hikvision Certified Security Associate (HCSA) program in India. This Hikvision certification program is specially designed for the security professionals. Besides, Hikvision provides meaningful endorsement to those, who succeed in the exam and become Hikvision Certified Professionals,” said Ashish P. Dhakan, MD & CEO, Prama Hikvision India Pvt. Ltd. The Hikvision Certified Security Associate (HCSA) level certification focuses on training participants in essential configurations, operations & maintenance of Hikvision video surveillance products and its features. It is designed for technical engineers, who have worked in the security industry for some years and have already gained knowledge and experience about security basics. The certification program is open to anyone looking at to gain expertise in video surveillance and total security solution. The trainee should have at least one- year of work experience in the security industry and be familiar with security basics. The successful batch of Hikvision Certified Security Associates (HCSA) Program participants will receive the HCSA certificates along with the enriching technology updates and product training experience. The next HCSA program schedule will be announced as per schedule on the Hikvision website.

Array Networks Inc, is investing $20 million in India. The investment will be largely in setting up and running Array Center for Technology Innovation (ACTI) focused on product innovation and design center, as well as augmentation of highly skilled research and technical manpower. Array Networks aims to increase its manpower by 500% by the end of 2019. Fiscal 2018 saw a promising YoY growth of 40% in the India market. The major chunk of this impressive growth came from the government, BFSI, aviation, media and education verticals. With this investment Array Networks will ‘Design in India’ by developing innovative, cutting-edge technology solutions from India for all its global requirements. Michael Zhao, President and CEO of Array Networks was in New Delhi to make these announcements at a press conference. Exhibiting confidence in the Indian market and enthusiasm for the company’s recent growth in the region, Mr Zhao said, “India is one of the fastest growing regions for Array Networks, and we are excited to see the growth momentum our India team has been able to achieve under the leadership of Shibu Paul. We are aiming to address larger and strategically important customers in the region and add to our skilled technical manpower to drive even more growth. The key to our continued success will remain in our ability to be nimble yet provide leading-edge technology solutions that truly benefit our customers.” Array Networks envisages a progressive growth and ROI from its technology research center and expects to increase its high-skilled technical workforce for the lab by 5x. The lab will help Array Networks design custom made solutions for global customers and enable the company to launch new products in shorter timelines. Apart from the ACTI, Array Networks also intends to set up an advanced repair center for customers in the region. “With a strong recognition of current Indian market dynamics, Array Networks aims to focus the team’s expert knowledge on tapping into the right resources at the right time,” said Shibu Paul, Vice President of International Sales for Array Networks, “Our goal is to bring about a paradigm shift in terms of planning, approach and implementation of Array’s products and solutions in India and the extended region by making use of our state-of-the-art technology.” Array is a network functions platform company that combines the best attributes of dedicated hardware, virtualization and software-centric computing to create an environment that provides guaranteed performance for virtual networking and security functions.    

Videonetics, the world-leading visual computing platform development company, has been honored with the prestigious award ‘Indian Original Equipment Manufacturer of the Year’ by Finest India Skill Talent (FIST) Awards 2019, for their outstanding growth coupled with designing and delivering indigenous innovations in the country. Initiated by Fire & Security Association of India (FSAI), the FIST Awards recognize extraordinary contribution of organizations and individuals in the field of security, safety, firefighting and emergency response. The gala award night was attended by stakeholders, decision makers and policymakers from the industry fraternity. Paneled by an esteemed jury comprising industry stalwarts, the award was adjudged using a robust rating scale and evaluated on key criteria such as competitive advantage, size, innovation capabilities, and management effectiveness. Expressing on the achievement, Dr. Tinku Acharya, Fellow IEEE, Founder & MD, Videonetics said, “We are extremely grateful to receive this award from FIST. This recognition validates our drive for high performance, innovations, differentiation and global scalability. We will continue to invest in R&D to generate Indian intellectual properties with a patriotic mission to minimize our dependency on foreign technologies.” Avinash Trivedi, VP – Business Development, Videonetics commented, “We are thankful to FSAI for acknowledging our contribution and efforts with the FIST award. At Videonetics, we’ve always strived to bring more value to our partners, integrators and customers. I would like to dedicate this award to them for their dedication, commitment and excellent contribution to the growth of Videonetics.”

UBM-Informa, a leading B2B information services group and the largest B2B event’s organiser globally, witnessed its first Walkathon in India – Walk the World 2019 as a fund raising activity. The organisation’s flagship annual charity event was held at the stretch of South Mumbai’s – Queen’s Necklace at Marine Drive on 20th March 2019. The walkathon was a successful experience that witnessed 83% participation from team members in UBM-Informa covering an aggregate distance of 2200 Kms to support and raise funds for the education of the beneficiaries of NGO – Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled. Similar walks simultaneously took place in Delhi, Chennai and Bengaluru. Each year, Walk the World encourages, and involves colleagues from every Informa office around the globe to participate in the walkathon in an iconic part of their city to raise funds for a charity of their choice. With participation from offices in more than 20 countries across the globe, Walk the World (WtW) covered more than the length of the earth’s equator and walked an aggregate of 60,000 kms (the actual length of the equator is 40,075 kms). Globally, the locations for the venue of the walkathons varied from the Central Park in New York City, to the River Thames in London and the Great Wall of China in Beijing. Speaking on the maiden Walk the World in India post the merger of UBM-INFORMA, Yogesh Mudras, Managing Director, UBM India said, “As a team of 200 plus, we are extremely proud to have completed our first walkathon which witnessed a 100 percent participation with so much dynamism and high spiritedness while supporting a noble cause. Through this large-scale outdoor fund raising activity – Walk the World, we raised an amount of INR 20,18,500 in order to aid the youth who are a part of the NGO Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled. The funds will be utilised for their further education and to create opportunities for them to keep pace with the rest of the society.” The best WtW campaign will be judged and invited to walk at the London Walk in June 2019. Last year, over 96 percent participants including team members, celebrities, select clients and vendors thoroughly enjoyed WtW and felt proud to be a part of it.