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SRM Tech and Zonar Partner to Expand

Telematics - enabled Insights to More Fleets

STAFF WRITER and AI to take telematics to of oil changes being driven by About Zonar
the next level in value,” added subjective metrics such as only
SRM Tech is proud to announce Anand Kashyap, Chief Executive a mileage reading, said Mike Founded in 2001, Zonar has
it’s strategic alliance with Zonar, a Officer at SRM Tech. “We Byington, Vice President and pioneered smart fleet management
pioneer in smart fleet management aim to help further Zonar’s General Manager of Aftermarket solutions throughout vocational,
solutions. The partnership will mission of enhancing the safety, and OEM Solutions at Zonar. pupil, mass transit and commercial
add AI and predictive analytics performance, and success of its “By partnering with SRM Tech, trucking industries. Zonar’s mission
capabilities to light-duty fleets’ customers by transforming the we’ll further enable fleets with is to enhance the safety, performance,
telematics, enabling actionable delivery of innovative insights a premium customer experience and success of our customers
data analytics for improved for commercial fleets around and dramatically increase uptimes by transforming the delivery of
vehicle uptime and increased the world. By extending new with proactive notifications innovative insights for commercial
aftermarket part sales. Using an services to thousands of fleets, we that allow time to act before fleets around the world. Zonar
AI-driven framework, SRM Tech will be accounting for millions potential breakdowns.” achieves this by helping fleets of
integrations allow aftermarket of vehicles, helping to ensure all sizes maximize the use of their
part suppliers to streamline The easy-to-use and plug- compliance, improve fuel and About SRM Tech assets with solutions dedicated to
operations to better serve their and-play Zonar LD transmits operational efficiency, and make SRM Technologies is a product improving compliance, efficiency,
customers’ uptime needs while light-duty vehicle data and use of predictive scheduling of engineering, enterprise digital maintenance, ridership visibility,
monetizing existing aftermarket diagnostics codes, improving parts and services with advanced & cloud transformation service safety, and tracking. Cloud-based
parts inventories more effectively. vehicle performance, efficiency, IoT, artificial intelligence, and provider. The company specializes services with open APIs drive Zonar’s
With predictive data analysis, and security. This transmission data analytics.” in helping enterprises shape smart fleet solutions by making it
suppliers can now anticipate provides the ideal point of their digital journey, modernize easy for fleet owners and managers
what part is needed at the right “Giving light-duty fleets applications, enable data-driven to stay connected to their fleets and
time. The integration leverages integration for SRM Tech to predictive insights that identify decisions, build, and deliver drivers and operators to dispatch.
data pulled from the Zonar capture meaningful fault data specific needs for the best time, intelligent embedded software Headquartered in Seattle and part
LD™, its light-duty telematics for suppliers to support their place, and parts for service, solutions. Headquartered in of the Continental family, Zonar
control unit (TCU), developed customers predictively. as opposed to an arbitrary Chennai, India, the company also has a Technology Development
in conjunction with its parent “This partnership exemplifies moment in time, is extremely has dedicated delivery and Center in downtown Seattle, a
company Continental, a leading our core philosophy, ideas@work, impactful on overall uptime and regional support centers in the regional office in Cincinnati, and a
connectivity solution provider. enabling predictive analytics profitability. Gone are the days USA and Japan. distribution center outside Atlanta.

Union budget 2022: a panel discussion

STAFF WRITER

The College of Management,
SRM Institute of Science and
Technology, Kattankulathur
campus and Triplicane Cultural
Academy, Chennai together
presented the Union Budget
2022 Panel Discussion on 4th
T.P Ganesan of February, 2022 between
memorial held 2.00 pm and 4.00 pm on virtual
at T.P Ganesan mode. The event was attended
by 540 participants including
auditorium students, faculties, research
STAFF WRITER scholars and administrative
staff from various universities.
On Feb. 2, 2022, with deep The event was organized by Dr.
and heartfelt condolences, P. Subashree Natarajan, Dean,
SRMIST’s staff marched to one College of Management and
of the most iconic premises on was coordinated by Dr. Kavitha A glimpse of the event is given below:
the campus named after Dr. T. Shanmugam, Associate Professor,
P Ganesan, to pay their tributes Dr. K. T. Vijay Karthigeyan, The Moderator of the panel tax and Corporate tax parity, provided by this Budget for
and say their final goodbye to Associate Professor, Dr. Maria discussion, R. Anand, Chartered the futuristic perspective of the next five years. Srikhant
his departed soul. SRMIST’s Evelyn Jucunda M., Assistant Accountant started the panel Climate and energy transitions Ganapathy, Chartered Accountant
officials addressed the gathering Professor and Dr. Vinitha K., discussion with the introduction in the Budget, to name a few. and Treasurer, Triplicane Cultural
and inaugurated the memorial Assistant Professor, College of to the Union Budget 2022 and The panellists, Mr. Pattabi Ram, Academy delivered the concluding
with gratitude and appreciation Management. its significant features. The Chartered Accountant, Mr. remarks for the event. Dr. K.T.
to his long fruitful journey in discussion spanned across P.S. Prabharakan, Chartered Vijay Karthigeyan, Associate
the history of SRM, asserting on With the warm welcome of the various highlights of the budget Accountant and Mr. Shine Jacob, Professor, College of Management
his role as a pillar and leader in Dean, College of Management, such as, Infrastructure of Indian Assistant Editor of Business proposed the Vote of Thanks.
the undeniable vital progress in the event proceeded with the Railways, seven engines of Gati Standard shed light on all the
the Institute since its inception. striking opening remarks of R. Shakthi Plan, new tax regime of topics and discussed them with Several questions were posed
Dr. Ganesan will always be K. Raghavan, Former Director, digital virtual asset, educational great detail. The panellists also by the participants of the event
missed and his memory shall CBI and President of Triplicane budget that is exceeding 1 lakh discussed about the conceptual which were answered by the
be immortalized. Cultural Academy, Chennai. crore for the first time, Personal picture and the opportunity panellists in an excellent way.