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On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, Mahindra Group Chairperson Anand Mahindra shared on X (Twitter), “By some remarkable coincidence, our founders received our company’s incorporation certificate on the date of October 2nd, 1945. We celebrate this day—across the Group—as our Founders’ Day. We say our horoscope is intertwined with the Nation’s destiny. But we also say that the Mahatma’s values were about upholding humanity and hence global. And as we spread our wings, we will never forget that our date of birth commits us - unshakeably - to those values…”
RPG Group Chairperson Harsh Goenka shared a video of Lata Mangeshkar singing the bhajan ‘Vaishnav Jan To Tene Kahiye’. He wrote on X (Twitter), “I remember asking Lata ji, “Didi, which is your favourite bhajan?” She replied “Wahi jo Gandhiji ko bhi bahut pasand tha!” #GandhiJayanti.”
On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, RPG Group Chairperson Harsh Goenka also reshared the picture of the letter that Mahatma Gandhi wrote to German dictator Adolf Hitler in 1939 to prevent World War II. The picture was uploaded by the account Indian Pictures in History on X (Twitter)
OYO Rooms Founder Ritesh Agarwal was revealed as a ‘shark’, who will be part of the panel of judges/investors on the popular reality TV show Shark Tank India Season 3 alongside Aman Gupta, Anupam Mittal, Namita Thapar, Vineeta Singh and Peyush Bansal. Agarwal, the youngest and newest shark, wrote on X (Twitter), “Shark Tank India made entrepreneurship a household conversation and I am excited to be a small part of Season 3 and support more entrepreneurs emerging out of every corner of India.”
Upgrad Co-founder Ronnie Screwvala shared the news of his NGO Swades Foundation was honoured with the Mahatma Award by Mahatma Foundation “for addressing the urgent need for decent work and economic growth (SDG 8) & promoting social good at grassroots level”
Ronnie Screwvala shared the teaser of Kangana Ranaut starrer ‘Tejas’, which was released on Gandhi Jayanti. The trailer for the film will be released on Indian Air Force Day on October 8. Notably, the film is being produced by Ronnie Screwvala’s RSVP Movies
Biocon Chairperson and MD Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw reshared PM Narendra Modi’s post on X (Twitter) calling it a “great conversation on discipline & fitness”. The original video shows PM Modi interacting with Ankit Baiyanpuria, a fitness influencer who joined the Swachh Bharat Mission
Ola Founder and CEO Bhavish Aggarwal reshared a video, where an Ola Electric scooter can be seen zipping through a water logged street, where the water is almost waist-deep