Category Archives: News

Extraordinary Ordinary People: Roopesh Raj – the continuous metamorphosis of a gentle soul

February 20, 2022 by thebengali

Obituary for Roopesh Raj, renowned Pune-based journalist, columnist, mentor and family man. Includes tributes from family, friends and colleagues. #roopeshraj #journalist #Pune #writer #subeditor #thebengali

Categories: Family, Journalism, Learning, Media, News, Pune, Self, Society • Tags: Cornelius Mascarenhas, Dubai, Emirates247, existentialism, Geetanjali Katyayan, Hindustan Times, India, journalism, journalists, Manjiri Damle, Mohan Sinha, ninety9words, Pune, Rahul Chandawarkar, Roger Dragonette, Rohan Pandit, Roopesh Raj, Sanjay Mukherjee, Sanjay Pendse, Sherna Gandhy, Society, sub, subeditor, Sudheer Gaikwad, svengali, thebengali, Times of India, Vitthal Mavinkurve

Extraordinary Ordinary People: Tushar Uchil – the passing of an Instructional Design legend

September 30, 2021 by thebengali

Obituary on Tushar Uchil, Pune and Mumbai-based Writer, Instructional Designer and Design mentor.

Categories: eLearning, Learning, News, People, Pune, Training • Tags: Brainvisa, eLearning, India, Instructional Designer, Learning, Mumbai, Nitin Agarwal, Nupur Avantika, Pune, Sanjay Mukherjee, Supam Maheshwari, thebengali, Tushar Uchil, Vikas Agarwal

Experts advocate robust evidence-based study to establish use of ivermectin against COVID19

May 19, 2021 by thebengali

Interview with Dr Sandeep Khurana (Professor of Medicine at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine) and Dr Saurabh Mehandru (Principal Investigator, Laboratory of Mucosal Immunology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai), on the need for a proper study to establish possible use of ivermectin in treatment of COVID-19.

Categories: Healthcare, Media, News, Science & Technology • Tags: COVID-19, Dr Sandeep Khurana, Dr Saurabh Mehandru, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Goa, healthcare, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, India, ivermectin, New York, prophylaxis, Pune, research, SARS Cov2, symptoms, thebengali, treatment, treatment guidelines

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Photograph of Pune-based guitar maestro, Derek Julien, in concert.

Guitar legend Derek Julien checks out at 70

April 25, 2021 by thebengali

Renowned Pune-based musician, Derek Julien, passed away at Jehangir Hospital, Pune, due to post-COVID pneumonia. He was 70.

Categories: Journalism, Music, News, People, Pune, The Arts • Tags: Airwave, Azure Hades, blues, blues musician, COVID, COVID-19, Derek Julien, guitar, guitar legend, India, Jazz, Mumbai, musician, obituary, Pune, Roger Dragonette, thebengali, Waterfront

Good Morning World: Here’s how I select the media I follow

April 3, 2020 by thebengali

Good Morning World: Here’s how I select the media I follow. #media #news #views #India #coronavirus #theprint #governmentofIndia #governmentofMaharashtra #maharashtra #WHO #shekhargupta #cuttheclutter #faizanmustafa #legalawareness #goodmorningworld #thebengali

Categories: Culture, Journalism, Learning, Media, News, People, Pune, Self, Society, Work • Tags: India, Media, News Channels, Pune, Self, Social Media, Society, thebengali, TV, Work

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“In Next 5 Years, “Learning” Will Be Tightly Integrated with Talent Development Strategy of Organisations”

November 15, 2017 by thebengali

Interview with Instructional Designer and learning professional, Nupur Avantika

Categories: eLearning, Learning, News, People, Training, Work • Tags: AR, eLearning, gamification, Indecomm Global Services, India, Learning, Mobile Learning, Nupur Avantika, Performance, Pune, Sanjay Mukherjee, Technology, thebengali, Training, Virtual Reality, VR

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“VR, Gaming Are Exciting, But We Must Handle Them With Care (For Cabin Crew Training)”

November 10, 2017 by thebengali

Anna Mellberg Karlsson is Chief Cabin Safety and CRM Instructor at Novair, Sweden. A well known and respected cabin crew training professional, Anna is also the moderator of the Cabin Crew Conference stream at the European Aviation Training Symposium (EATS), organised by Halldale Media’s CAT Magazine. In this interview on the eve of EATS 2017 in Berlin, Anna provides some candid insights into what it takes to be a cabin crew, current challenges in cabin crew recruitment, the changing profile […]

Categories: Aviation, eLearning, Learning, Media, News, People, Training • Tags: Anna Mellberg Karlsson, Aviation, AviationTraining, Berlin, Cabin Crew, Chief Strategy Advisor, EATS2017, European Aviation Training Symposium, Germany, Halldale Media, Mixed Reality, Novair, Peak Pacific, Sanjay Mukherjee, Sweden, thebengali, Virtual Reality

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“You Can’t Just Throw Technology At A Training Problem – You Have to Have Curriculum, You Have to Have Instructional Design”

November 10, 2017 by thebengali

31 October 2017, EATS2017, Estrel Convention Centre, Berlin: He is the ‘Editor in Chief’ of Halldale Media’s iconic aviation industry magazines – Civil Aviation Training (CAT Magazine) and Military & Simulation Training (MS&T). Unassuming and rather publicity shy for a famous industry trade journalist, Christopher Lehman is a whole lot more than an aviation journalist. Epitomising the competency and professional performance focus that CAT and MS&T espouse in all their editorial content and conference programs, Chris is a first among […]

Categories: Aviation, eLearning, Journalism, Media, News, People, Training • Tags: Aviation, AviationTraining, Berlin, CAT Magazine, Christopher Lehman, EATS2017, European Aviation Training Symposium, FRAes, Germany, Halldale Media, Instructional Design, MS&T, Technology

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myDartpfeil: A German Tech Take on A Popular British Pub Game

November 9, 2017 by thebengali

So Dutchman Michael van Gerwen has won the World Series of Darts for the third year in a row. On Sunday (November 5), he beat Gary Anderson of Scotland 11-6 in Glasgow, at the packed Braehead Arena. Rewind a little bit to Berlin last week, and that’s when I discovered that Darts has a World Series (should have occurred to me already). How did I catch on? Well, it was all thanks to a 23-year-old entrepreneur, Timm Bange. Timm is […]

Categories: Entrepreneur, Media, News, People, Science & Technology, Work • Tags: Berlin, Darts, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, Gary Anderson, Germany, Lukas Haas, Michael van Gerwen, myDartpfeil, Technology, Timm Bange, World Series of Darts

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