Newsletter - In FocusVolume 7 (May 2008 - December 2008)

Various Social initiatives taken by PBC™- STIP

PBC™- STIP has an unwritten partnership with the Delhi Traffic Police for regulating the traffic movement in the Nehru Place Greens area.

We have provided an air-cooled traffic booth with a public announcement system to the Delhi Traffic police to facilitate them in monitoring the traffic in the Nehru Place Greens area in a more effective manner, this is an ongoing activity wherein we have provided our traffic wardens also who regulate the traffic in the absence of the traffic policemen.

Our NGO - Nehru Place Greens Society also interacts with the local police and the traffic police in ensuring parking rules are followed and vehicles are not parked illegally in the area. Our wardens very tirelessly inform the police of the illegally parked vehicles and also help them in challenging the vehicles.

NPG Society has also been actively engaged with the authorities for the implementation of rain water harvesting in the Nehru Place Greens area.

• On 4th October 2008, Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) in coordination with PBC™- STIP conducted a workshop titled "India@75:Emerging Agenda" to develop a comprehensive vision for India@75 at the state level.
• On 28 th September 2008, Greenpeace Organisation conducted an awareness programme on Climate Change for all the employees of PBC™- STIP.
• We invited school children from Ahlcon International, Noida on 12th September 2008, to sensitize them on the various issues related to Environment & how each individual can take small steps to save our planet - "Earth" from the imminent dangers of Global Warming. As we feel that care for the environment has to be nurtured & taught to each child from the very beginning in order to create responsible corporate citizens for the future.
• PBC celebrated the World Environment Day on June 05, 2008. We invited Philips to set up a sale counter / stall at PBC to sell CFLs & to create awareness on Energy Efficient Lighting Solutions at our Business Centre for our clients, visitors and team members. All day long we had messages on Environmental and Climate change issues playing on our TFTs reiterating our commitment towards conservation of environment.
• PBC participated in the CanSupport's inaugural <>"Walk for Life-Stride against Cancer" on February 10, 2008 to create awareness on Cancer to public. The walk was flagged off by Mrs. Gursharan Kaur, wife of the Prime Minister of India.

Awards & Accolades

• Received G-Cube Shrishti Award for Good Green Governance on April 22nd 2008 from the Honorable Chief Minister of Delhi, Mrs. Sheila Dikshit.
• Received Special Jury Recommendation Award for "Innovative System Design in IAQ" from Bry-Air in 2008.

A Glance at the Recently held Art Exhibitions at PBC

To Celebrate Europe Day, for the first time in Delhi, PBC Art Gallery, the European Commission and the Embassy of Romania organized an exhibition of art works from the private collections of the European Union Ambassadors accredited to India at the PBC Art Gallery, Paharpur Business Centre, Nehru Place Greens, New Delhi.

Out of the twenty seven EU member countries, ten countries participated in this show with thirty-nine works of art. These were Czech Republic, European Commission, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, and United Kingdom.

The art works were in oil, water color, acrylic on paper, pencil on paper, oil on wood, lithograph and mixed media. The exhibition was inaugurated by H.E. Mrs. Daniele Smadja, Ambassador, Head of the Delegation of European Commission and H.E. Mr. Vasile Sofineti, Ambassador of Romania to India.

PBC Art Gallery organized "Girl Child" an Exhibition of Paintings by artist Deepa Nath on December 20, 2008 at 21, Nehru Place Greens, New Delhi. The Chief Guest on the occasion was Mrs. D. Purandeswari, Minister of State for Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development and Guest of Honor, Mrs. Shallu Jindal, A Noted Social Activist, Classical Dancer and Art Lover. The other eminent guests present on the occasion were Mr. M.M. Pallam Raju, Minister of State for Defence and Mrs. Renuka Chowdhury, Minister of State, Ministry of Women & Child Development.

A subject often lost in our society, Deepa has explored it with a fresh dimension after a highly successful show in Hyderabad. She has come to Delhi to present her Girl Child to art connoisseurs of Delhi. In her newest collection, she explored the perspective using the theme of childhood with its mingled innocence, confusion, joy, sadness and fragile expectations.

ConferenceSpa™

ConferenceSpa™ -a division of Paharpur Business Centre and Software Technology Incubator Park ( PBC™-STIP), provides the finest convention facilities in Delhi.

Located in the centralized and busiest commercial hub of South Delhi -Nehru Place Greens, ConferenceSpa™ offers elegant conference rooms with mountain quality fresh air in a business environment on "Plug & Play" basis. Equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, the centre is ideal for conducting all types of events -corporate meetings, professional presentations, group workshops, trainings, seminars, audio & video conferences, board meetings, product launches and private client meetings with seating capacities ranging from 5 to 80 conferees. Besides these, we also offer the perfect venue for conducting interviews and trainings.

Taking its base from the Office Space Concept of PBC™ -STIP wherein we provide "Plug & Play" facilities, ConferenceSpa™ makes everything available under one roof ranging from simple to Hi-Tech conferencing requirements.

Also termed as the "Oxygenated" or "Alert" conference, ConferenceSpa™ gives you an experience of attending a conference in the virgin mountains by maintaining the purest Indoor Air Quality at the centre.