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Hindustan Times
2 days ago
- Business
- Hindustan Times
Can Student-Led Startups Help Solve India's Social Challenges? Nasscom Foundation and Ciena Think They Can
When Nasscom Foundation joined hands with Ciena, the vision was bold: to create a structured ecosystem where college students could not just learn about innovation but lead it—through real-world problem-solving, guided mentorship, and technology-backed solutions aimed at societal good. That vision took shape as TechForChange, a program that has since become one of the most promising launchpads for youth-led social innovation. Can Student-Led Startups Help Solve India's Social Challenges? Nasscom Foundation and Ciena Think They Can 'Social innovation needs to be more than an afterthought—it must be the lens through which our youth approach technology,' says Jyoti Sharma, CEO of Nasscom Foundation. 'TechForChange was built to provide them with the structure, support, and space to do just that.' Spanning 18 months, the program serves as what the Foundation describes as a 'geek playground'—a place where experimentation is encouraged, failure is part of the process, and learning leads to lasting change. Through a four-stage model—Ideation, Product Development, Business Model Development and Startup Incubation—students from institutions like IIT Delhi, Jamia Millia Islamia, and DTU build impactful ventures with hands-on training in AI, machine learning, design thinking, and business modeling. But beyond skill-building, TechForChange addresses one of the biggest gaps in India's social innovation ecosystem: early-stage support. Each cohort sees the top five teams receive seed funding of ₹5-6 lakh, enabling them to transition from prototype to product. 'We believe in tech with a conscience—technology that serves not just commerce, but community,' says Vineet Vohra, Vice President Software Development at Ciena India. 'Programs like TechForChange don't just support innovation, they support inclusion.' That inclusion is visible not only in the program's focus on rural challenges, education, agriculture, and health—but also in its commitment to gender diversity, with 30% women participants in its latest cohort. Turning Ideas into Impact Take the story of Shivam Gupta, for instance. Armed with a drone-based idea to support defense and agriculture sectors, he credits TechForChange for helping him navigate product development, investor pitching, and startup registration. Today, his venture House Technologies is not just an idea, but a registered company with seed capital and a growing impact footprint. Stories like his illustrate the program's broader mission: to translate academic potential into market-ready social innovation. At InnovateX, the program's annual showcase, student teams present their solutions to experts, ecosystem leaders, and policymakers—gaining both visibility and validation. Previous participants have developed AI-driven learning tools for visually impaired students, low-cost robotics for sanitation, and mobile-first healthcare tools for underserved communities. Filling Critical Gaps in India's Innovation Ecosystem India's grassroots innovation story is compelling—but not without gaps. Over 65% of rural areas still lack reliable internet, with rural penetration at just 35% as of early 2025 (TRAI). Despite PMGDISHA certifying over 47.8 million individuals, only 38% of households have a digitally literate member (NSS 78th Round, 2022). Moreover, early-stage social enterprises often struggle to attract commercial capital, making philanthropic and corporate-backed incubation programs like TechForChange critical to their survival. By providing a blend of mentorship, funding, and ecosystem access, TechForChange enables student entrepreneurs to overcome hurdles that typically halt progress at the ideation stage. It also complements India's national priorities—from Digital India and Startup India to its commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals. With an emphasis on building scalable, tech-led solutions for real-world problems, the program supports the vision of a Viksit Bharat by 2047. What's Next? A New Generation of Changemakers With 16 startups already launched and hundreds of students trained, the ripple effect is just beginning. Alumni are going on to raise additional funding, partner with NGOs, and build solutions that impact communities far beyond their college campuses. 'We're not just nurturing startups—we're nurturing responsibility,' says Vineet. 'These students are the future architects of equitable, tech-driven development in India.' As more corporates look to contribute meaningfully to social progress, TechForChange offers a powerful blueprint—a model where technology, mentorship, and purpose converge to shape the next generation of changemakers. 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Yahoo
6 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Ciena Announces Reporting Date and Web Broadcast for Fiscal Third Quarter 2025 Results
HANOVER, Md., August 06, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ciena® Corporation (NYSE: CIEN), the global leader in high-speed connectivity, expects to announce its fiscal third quarter financial results on Thursday, September 4, 2025 before the open of the financial markets. The press release will be available on Ciena's website at In conjunction with the announcement, Ciena will post an additional set of supporting materials to the Quarterly Results page of the Investor Relations section of its website. Ciena's management will then host a live audio web broadcast beginning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern accessible via Rebroadcast Information For those listeners unable to participate in the live web broadcast, an archived version of the conference call will be available shortly following the conclusion of the live call in the Events & Presentations section of the Investor Relations section of Ciena's website. About Ciena Ciena is the global leader in high-speed connectivity. We build the world's most adaptive networks to support exponential growth in bandwidth demand. By harnessing the power of our networking systems, components, automation software, and services, Ciena revolutionizes data transmission and network management. With unparalleled expertise and innovation, we empower our customers, partners, and communities to thrive in the AI era. For updates on Ciena, follow us on LinkedIn and X, or visit the Ciena Insights webpage and Ciena website. View source version on Contacts Press Contact:Jamie MoodyCiena Corporation+1 (410) 694-5761pr@ Investor Contact:Gregg LampfCiena Corporation+1 (410) 694-5700ir@ Error al recuperar los datos Inicia sesión para acceder a tu cartera de valores Error al recuperar los datos Error al recuperar los datos Error al recuperar los datos Error al recuperar los datos
Business Wire
6 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
Ciena Announces Reporting Date and Web Broadcast for Fiscal Third Quarter 2025 Results
HANOVER, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ciena ® Corporation (NYSE: CIEN), the global leader in high-speed connectivity, expects to announce its fiscal third quarter financial results on Thursday, September 4, 2025 before the open of the financial markets. The press release will be available on Ciena's website at In conjunction with the announcement, Ciena will post an additional set of supporting materials to the Quarterly Results page of the Investor Relations section of its website. Ciena's management will then host a live audio web broadcast beginning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern accessible via Rebroadcast Information For those listeners unable to participate in the live web broadcast, an archived version of the conference call will be available shortly following the conclusion of the live call in the Events & Presentations section of the Investor Relations section of Ciena's website. About Ciena Ciena is the global leader in high-speed connectivity. We build the world's most adaptive networks to support exponential growth in bandwidth demand. By harnessing the power of our networking systems, components, automation software, and services, Ciena revolutionizes data transmission and network management. With unparalleled expertise and innovation, we empower our customers, partners, and communities to thrive in the AI era. For updates on Ciena, follow us on LinkedIn and X, or visit the Ciena Insights webpage and Ciena website.
Zawya
23-07-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Ciena accelerates sustainable network transformation in line with UAE and Saudi Arabia's green ambitions
Dubai/Riyadh – Amid a surge in AI applications and network traffic, Ciena® (NYSE: CIEN), the global leader in high-speed connectivity, is driving sustainable innovation, circular practices, and efficiencies across its supply chain and operations, supporting the demand for high-performing, low-carbon networks in the Middle East and helping the region's Net Zero targets and Vision 2030 goals. Ciena's latest Sustainability Report spotlights innovations enabling network operators to reduce energy, waste, and material use while meeting increasing network capacity and performance needs. By focusing on these core areas, Ciena is driving meaningful progress and contributing to global and regional efforts to combat climate change. 'Leading hyperscale and cloud providers have made significant investments to launch data centers in Saudi Arabia to securely store content, run workloads and offer higher speeds for customers. This year alone, over $10 billion has been pledged for data center build outs in the country,' said James Crawshaw, practice leader, Omdia. Both the UAE and KSA have been accelerating their ambitions to become regional data centre powerhouses. Meanwhile, other local data centers in Ajman and Abu Dhabi will support burgeoning AI workloads. These developments require the network to scale sustainably to meet the needs of AI data center hubs. 'Ciena is at the forefront of creating modern architectures and implementing network optimizations to ensure our customers can maintain peak capacity and support evolving connectivity needs,' said Virginie Hollebecque, Vice President and Leader of Europe, Middle East and Africa at Ciena. 'As both the UAE and KSA accelerate their sustainability ambitions in line with global standards, Ciena is committed to meeting capacity demands while minimizing environmental impact. We are working with network operators to optimize optical network infrastructure and strategically support the evolution of AI data center hubs.' Ciena's WaveLogic 6 Extreme reduces power consumption per bit by 54%, enabling operators to scale sustainably. Earlier this year, e& UAE, deployed WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) on its optical network, boosting the network with ultra-high speed 400G client infrastructure connectivity, and supporting 10 Gb home services and wholesale and domestic business customer traffic with 100G and 400G requirements. Through Ciena's Adaptive Network vision, with programmable infrastructure and real-time telemetry data, advanced analytics, and AI, the network can constantly learn and improve efficiency, driving greater sustainability. Furthermore, its Blue Planet Intelligent Automation Portfolio and Navigator Network Control Suite deliver actionable insights, harnessing this real-time streaming telemetry data through open, industry-standard APIs. In addition to working with network operators to transform and scale their networks to optimize capacity and efficiency while reducing energy, Ciena supports circular practices. It is increasing the use of recycled plastics and using halogen-free printed circuit boards in its product design to reduce environmental impact. Its redesigned packaging now uses a minimum of 70% recycled content and to reduce emissions from both material use and shipping. About Ciena Ciena is the global leader in high-speed connectivity. We build the world's most adaptive networks to support exponential growth in bandwidth demand. By harnessing the power of our networking systems, components, automation software, and services, Ciena revolutionizes data transmission and network management. With unparalleled expertise and innovation, we empower our customers, partners, and communities to thrive in the AI era. Note to Ciena Investors You are encouraged to review the Investors section of our website, where we routinely post press releases, SEC filings, recent news, financial results, and other announcements. From time to time, we exclusively post material information to this website along with other disclosure channels that we use. This press release contains certain forward-looking statements that are based on our current expectations, forecasts, information, and assumptions. These statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results or outcomes may differ materially from those stated or implied, because of risks and uncertainties, including those detailed in our most recent annual and quarterly reports filed with the SEC. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding our expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies and can be identified by words such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "should," "will," and "would" or similar words. Ciena assumes no obligation to update the information included in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Fast Company
15-07-2025
- Business
- Fast Company
The CEO of Ciena on how AI is fueling a global subsea cable boom
PREMIUM Gary B. Smith breaks down how undersea infrastructure is scaling to keep up. [Images:; donfiore/Adobe Stock] BY Max Ufberg Listen to this Article More info 0:00 / 9:49 Under the ocean's surface lies the true backbone of the internet: an estimated 870,000 miles of submarine cables that ferry over 95% of global intercontinental data traffic across every major ocean. These cables are critical infrastructure, carrying everything from our daily video calls to multinational financial transactions, and they're facing new challenges as both technology and geopolitics reshape global connectivity. Few companies are more embedded in that infrastructure than Ciena, the 33-year-old networking firm behind much of the gear that keeps global data flowing. With over $4 billion in annual revenue and a multifaceted customer base, Ciena is now navigating a more turbulent era, one where AI and geopolitics increasingly shape what's built, and where. Fast Company spoke with Ciena CEO Gary B. Smith about how subsea networks are adapting to shifting global demands. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. What's changing right now about how subsea cables are being built and used? advertisement The super-early-rate deadline for Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies Awards is Friday, July 25, at 11:59 p.m. PT. Apply today. Subscribe to see the rest. Already Subscribed? Login. GET UNLIMITED ACCESS TO FAST COMPANY Enjoy the latest trends from the world-leading progressive business media brand just $1 Join for $1 Sign up for our weekly tech digest. SIGN UP This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Privacy Policy ABOUT THE AUTHOR Max Ufberg is a senior editor at Fast Company, overseeing the tech section. He has edited stories of all varieties, including the internal conflict plaguing the fact-checking site Snopes, MrBeast's financial connection to a Koch-funded nonprofit, and tech billionaires' controversial planned utopia in Solano County, California More Explore Topics Artificial Intelligence infrastructure Internet
