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Hans India
23-05-2025
- Business
- Hans India
Innovative programmes added to this academic year
Visakhapatnam: To meet corporate requirements and maintain international standards GITAM Deemed to be University School of Busi-ness (GSB) is offering several innovative UG and PG man-agement programmes from the 2025-26 academic year, in-formed GSB dean Raja P. Pappu here on Thursday. At a media conference, he briefed that the GSB is offering B. Com with Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA) qualifica-tion. It provides a structured path for individuals to become qualified accountants. The dean said that in addition to B. Com the GSB is also offering BBA (Financial Markets) pro-gramme in collaboration with the National Stock Exchange Academy, BBA (Business Analytics) programme with Bloomberg and NSE labs. The institution is offering MBA in Healthcare and Hospital Management, developed in response to the growing demand in India's healthcare sector. The two-year programme is co-delivered in collaboration with Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone (AMTZ) and the Academy of Hospital Administration (AHA). The curriculum includes a strong blend of core man-agement courses, healthcare-specific electives, immersion programmes, and internships. Students will benefit from ex-posure to hospital field visits, real-world case studies, group projects, and interactions with healthcare industry profession-als, Prof. Raja P. Pappu informed. The GSB dean said the GSB provides a world-class learning environment featuring smart classrooms, a dedicated Bloom-berg Lab, NSE Lab, analytics lab, and language labs. Students are also encouraged to participate in a wide array of extracur-ricular and club activities aimed at nurturing leadership, communication and entrepreneurial skills. The faculty com-prises experienced academicians and industry professionals committed to delivering a holistic and industry-ready educa-tion. The GSB launched the International Consulting Immersion Programme (ICIP) in partnership with the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW), USA and the University of Surrey, UK. Admission to all UG programmes will be based on perfor-mance in GAT-2025 conducted on 25th May in 44 cities in the country.
CBC
14-04-2025
- Business
- CBC
Infrastructure funding top of mind among Sask. urban municipalities
Social Sharing The cost of improving and building new local infrastructure — and who will pay for it — has become one of the focuses at this year's annual conference of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA). SUMA president Randy Goulden said the federal government's Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP) is already tapped out. "I've talked to so many municipalities, our members, these last few days very concerned because the program, it's allocated fully. There's nothing else coming out and it is essential that we get some funding," Goulden told media during a scrum on on Monday. WATCH| SUMA airing Sask. cities' key election issues: Infrastructure, interprovincial trade: SUMA airing Sask. cities' key election issues 6 hours ago Duration 3:50 The Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) is meeting this week for its annual convention. Jean-Marc Nadeau, CEO of SUMA, joined CBC Radio's The Morning Edition to discuss what issues matter to civic leaders this federal election. Goulden stressed that municipalities are not asking for handouts. She said they want to be partners with the federal and provincial governments. "We need those things so that our communities can continue to be sustainable and provide the jobs and the industry and the commerce to make our province healthy, but also to feed everything that the province has to do around health and education," Goulden said. Provincial political leaders respond Held in Saskatoon, this year's SUMA conference featured appearances from Premier Scott Moe and Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck. Moe agreed with Goulden, saying a new infrastructure program should be a priority for whoever forms government after this month's federal election. Moe said inflation has affected every municipality in the province. "We will need a new long-term stable infrastructure funding model so that municipalities can plan, and so that they can cost-share not only with the federal government, but with the provincial levels of government as well," Moe said. Beck said she agrees that the federal government needs to lend a hand, but also accused the provincial government of a lack of action. Beck said she's spoken to many urban officials at SUMA and at other events and heard the same complaint — that the funding the province provides to municipalities isn't enough. "[Municipalities] are responsible for about 60 per cent of the infrastructure in this province, but they have access to only less than $0.10, about $0.08 for every dollar. That is simply not a workable situation without support from other levels of government," Beck said. Moe touted his government's "record increase" in municipal revenue sharing as proof of how serious it takes the issue of infrastructure. In its 2025/2026 budget, the province boosted municipal revenue sharing by $22 million to a total of $362 million. That was a 6.3 per cent increase from the previous year's budget. Moe said that money is disbursed to municipalities with no strings attached and that makes it a "one-of-a-kind program." Goulden thanked the province for that increase. The SUMA president also urged the province to meet with municipalities as soon as the federal election is over to "hit the ground running" and ensure all levels of government are on the same page.
Yahoo
20-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Winnipeg Transit unveils first zero-emission fuel-cell bus
Winnipeg Transit unveiled its first zero emission bus on Wednesday. But while the city expects to receive dozens more zero-emission buses over the next few years, supply chain issues, budget pressures and looming tariff threats have thrown the city's plans to phase out its diesel fleet into doubt. Erin Cooke, manager of Transit's transition to zero-emission bus program, says the city will test two types of buses — hydrogen fuel cell and battery electric — in 40-foot and 60-foot sizes. The fuel cell bus the city received is the third such vehicle in service in Canada, Cooke said. "So we're cutting-edge right now, when it comes to technology, for testing this out," Cooke told reporters during a news conference at Transit's Osborne Street garage. "We do have other zero-emission buses that will be arriving this year, which will include the first 60-foot [electric] buses in Canada, as well as battery electric buses as well." The buses include a mix of fuel cell electric, which charge with hydrogen, and battery electric, which can be plugged into a charger. With $280 million from all three levels of government through the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program, the city expects to purchase a total of 90 zero-emission buses, including 70 battery electric and 20 fuel cell vehicles. Half of the 16 buses expected this year will be fuel cell, and the other half will be battery electric. Half will be 40 feet in length, and the other half will be 60 feet. The city expects to receive another 24 zero-emission buses next year. A 40-foot battery electric bus costs around $1.56 million, while a fuel cell bus costs about $1.9 million. A diesel bus costs approximately $900,000. Hydrogen buses can run for 24 hours, while battery electric buses can run for 10 to 15 hours. Fuel cell buses are entirely zero-emission, while battery-electric buses must include a small diesel generator to heat the battery in cold weather. The city participated in a pilot project to test four zero-emission buses from 2015 to 2018. Zero-emission plans scaled back The city has already scaled back its plans to purchase more zero-emission buses. It had planned to buy 100 buses with the funding from ICIP, but had to reduce its orders due to supply chain issues and cost pressures. The 2025 budget includes a directive to resume purchasing diesel buses in 2027. Public works chair Coun. Janice Lukes isn't sure the city will meet its goal of an all-electric fleet by 2045. "The city would love to have all electric buses, but unfortunately unless we have other level of government support, we won't be able to afford them," she said. Cooke says the city could still meet the target. "As long as we make choices sort of in the 2032 timeline … that target's is still totally achievable," she said. Josipa Petrunic with the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium says looming tariffs on U.S. imports from Canada could cut the number of electric buses the city can afford even further. "Buses get more expensive, and all of a sudden the city that has so much money can buy many fewer buses from what it planned," Petrunic said. There are currently 632 buses in the city's fleet. The city says the new buses will begin limited service in April, after the spring schedule change.
CBC
20-02-2025
- Automotive
- CBC
Winnipeg Transit unveils first zero-emission fuel-cell bus
Winnipeg Transit unveiled its first zero emission bus on Wednesday. But while the city expects to receive dozens more zero-emission buses over the next few years, supply chain issues, budget pressures and looming tariff threats have thrown the city's plans to phase out its diesel fleet into doubt. Erin Cooke, manager of Transit's transition to zero-emission bus program, says the city will test two types of buses — hydrogen fuel cell and battery electric — in 40-foot and 60-foot sizes. The fuel cell bus the city received is the third such vehicle in service in Canada, Cooke said. "So we're cutting-edge right now, when it comes to technology, for testing this out," Cooke told reporters during a news conference at Transit's Osborne Street garage. "We do have other zero-emission buses that will be arriving this year, which will include the first 60-foot [electric] buses in Canada, as well as battery electric buses as well." The buses include a mix of fuel cell electric, which charge with hydrogen, and battery electric, which can be plugged into a charger. With $280 million from all three levels of government through the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program, the city expects to purchase a total of 90 zero-emission buses, including 70 battery electric and 20 fuel cell vehicles. Half of the 16 buses expected this year will be fuel cell, and the other half will be battery electric. Half will be 40 feet in length, and the other half will be 60 feet. The city expects to receive another 24 zero-emission buses next year. A 40-foot battery electric bus costs around $1.56 million, while a fuel cell bus costs about $1.9 million. A diesel bus costs approximately $900,000. Hydrogen buses can run for 24 hours, while battery electric buses can run for 10 to 15 hours. Fuel cell buses are entirely zero-emission, while battery-electric buses must include a small diesel generator to heat the battery in cold weather. The city participated in a pilot project to test four zero-emission buses from 2015 to 2018. Zero-emission plans scaled back The city has already scaled back its plans to purchase more zero-emission buses. It had planned to buy 100 buses with the funding from ICIP, but had to reduce its orders due to supply chain issues and cost pressures. The 2025 budget includes a directive to resume purchasing diesel buses in 2027. Public works chair Coun. Janice Lukes isn't sure the city will meet its goal of an all-electric fleet by 2045. "The city would love to have all electric buses, but unfortunately unless we have other level of government support, we won't be able to afford them," she said. Cooke says the city could still meet the target. "As long as we make choices sort of in the 2032 timeline … that target's is still totally achievable," she said. Josipa Petrunic with the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium says looming tariffs on U.S. imports from Canada could cut the number of electric buses the city can afford even further. "Buses get more expensive, and all of a sudden the city that has so much money can buy many fewer buses from what it planned," Petrunic said. There are currently 632 buses in the city's fleet. The city says the new buses will begin limited service in April, after the spring schedule change. Winnipeg Transit's first zero-emissions bus arrives 40 minutes ago Duration 1:37 The first of Winnipeg Transit's new electric buses has arrived. The city expects to receive dozens of zero emission buses over the next two years. The city says the new buses will begin limited service in April, after the spring schedule change.
