India, 29th August, 2025 – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced plans to exhibit a wide variety of Honda mobility products, including motorcycles, automobiles, power products and aircraft, as well as related technologies and concept models at the Japan Mobility Show 2025 (Press days: October 29 – 30, Public days: October 31 – November 9, 2025).

Honda is planning to share more information about the exhibit in stages leading up to the start of the show. Today, Honda unveiled the concept of the Honda booth and some of the models that will be included in the exhibit, and introduced the outline of Honda exhibits for the “Main Programs” to be organized by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. (JAMA).

 Honda to exhibit a wide variety of mobility products and technologies for land, sea and skies created by “The Power of Dreams.”

Since its founding, Honda has always been driven by the dreams of Honda associates and creating mobility products using its original technologies and ideas. As a comprehensive mobility company, Honda continues to take on challenges to augment possibilities for people and society through its mobility products and services.

At the Japan Mobility Show 2025, Honda will exhibit a wide variety of its mobility products for land — mostly automobiles and motorcycles — as well as mobility products for the sea and skies, which represent Honda dreams realized with its latest technologies.

The exhibit will include Honda 0 Series EV models, scheduled for global market introduction in 2026, as well as motorcycle and automobile models which are already on the market. In addition, Honda will bring back the full-size interior mockup of the HondaJet Elite II light business jet, which was exhibited at the Japan Mobility Show 2023, welcoming visitors to step into the mockup to experience the spacious interior of HondaJet.

The Honda booth is designed to enable the visitors to experience dream-inspiring mobility products Honda created with its original technologies and ideas while being driven by its own dreams. The complete list of items to be included in the Honda exhibit will be shared toward the end of September, via news release and the Honda Japan Mobility Show 2025 special website.

• Automobiles:
  Honda 0 Saloon Prototype – Japan premiere
  The Honda 0 Saloon, the flagship model of the Honda 0 Series, is based on the newly developed dedicated EV architecture and will feature a number of next-generation technologies that embody the “Thin, Light, and Wise” development approach of the Honda 0 Series.
•  Honda 0 SUV Prototype – Japan premiere
  The Honda 0 SUV Prototype is the prototype of a mid-size EV SUV, which will be the first Honda 0 Series model to be launched to market. By applying the “Thin, Light, and Wise” approach to an SUV, the interior space was further increased, and a spacious cabin was achieved with an outstandingly clear and unrestricted field of view and great flexibility.

Motorcycles:
■ CUV e: – Production model
The Honda CUV e: is a Class-2 category*1 electric personal commuter powered by Honda Mobile Power Pack e: swappable battery.

■ Rebel 1100 S Edition Dual Clutch Transmission – Production model
Honda Rebel 1100 is a large-size cruiser model equipped with a dual clutch transmission.

Other Honda mobility products:
■ HondaJet Elite II – Full-size interior mockup
HondaJet Elite II is a light business jet that realizes the ultimate ownership experience and comfort, with enhanced performance over the HondaJet Elite and the further pursuit of functional beauty.

■ Honda BF350 Large-size Outboard Motor – Production model
Honda BF350 is a flagship model of Honda outboard motors, which combines high power and fuel efficiency while featuring simple and clean styling that suits any boat.

■ Honda to exhibit within the “Main Programs” organized by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. (JAMA)
・Tokyo Future Tour 2035 – Excited about the future of mobility –
The Tokyo Future Tour 2035 program is designed to inspire excitement about the future of Japan including how mobility products and services will play important roles in society. Visitors can experience near-future technologies and how such technologies will change people’s daily lives 10 years from now.

Honda is planning to exhibit multiple items including the Miimo Series robotic lawn mower models and the UNI-ONE personal mobility device that enables the user to move in all directions simply by shifting their body weight while sitting.

・Mobility Culture Program – Excited about mobility products themselves –
The Mobility Culture Program, that could not be realized anywhere but the Japan Mobility Show, will focus on various forms of mobility products and the stories behind them — mainly with cars and motorcycles that have long been deeply rooted in people’s daily lives and have continued to bring excitement to many people.

Honda is planning to exhibit the McLaren Honda MP4/4, which established the then-record for most wins in a single season of the FIA*2 Formula One (F1) World Championship – 15 wins in 16 races – and won the double crown of the Constructors’ and Drivers’ titles in 1998. The Honda exhibit will also include multiple motorcycle models, such as the NSR 500, which captured the championship in the 500cc class of the FIM*3 Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix in 1994.
・Startup Future Factory – Excited about mobility business –
The Startup Future Factory program will bring together cutting-edge technologies and unique ideas of startup companies which will shape the future of mobility, showcasing co-creation activities toward next-generation businesses in the mobility industry.

Honda is planning to set up a booth dedicated to the Honda IGNITION program, a new business creation program of Honda, which encourages Honda associates to apply their unique technologies and ideas to solve societal issues and create new value for people and society.
・Out of KidZania in Japan Mobility Show
This collaborative program with KidZania, which operates facilities that offer kids realistic role-play opportunities for career and social experiences, will enable visitors in grades 1 to 6 to have fun experiencing various careers related to the mobility industry.

Honda is planning to offer interactive content through which visitors will have fun learning about the mechanical structure of Honda UNI-ONE and drafting new business proposals for the utilization of UNI-ONE.

JAMA is planning to share more details about each of these programs and exhibits from September onward.

India-wide release, 26 August 2025: As India advances toward its vision of becoming a $10 trillion economy by 2047, the demand for scalable, future-ready skilling infrastructure has never been so urgent. Addressing this, QWR (Question What’s Real), a leading homegrown deep-tech XR startup, today launched VRone.Pro, an enterprise-grade, standalone 6DoF virtual reality headset fully designed and manufactured in India. VRone.Pro offers a powerful alternative to the over-priced international XR solutions enhancing workforce training, industrial skilling and healthcare simulations. The headset is purpose-built to address India’s widening skills gap, across 14,000+ ITIs, polytechnic institutes and vocational certification programs.

Equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 Gen 1 chipset, 4K-level dual displays (1058 PPI at 90Hz), pancake lenses, and proprietary hand tracking. Despite its powerful specs, it weighs only 350g in an ergonomic frame ensuring comfort during prolonged, high-intensity use. It also features open deployment architecture, free from ecosystem lock-ins and is backed by QWR’s pan-India service support network.

The product builds on QWR’s multi-year expertise in immersive computing, following the successful adoption of VRone.Edu, now deployed in K–12 environments across 19 Indian states and VRone.PC, its tethered headset for gaming and advanced simulation. With VRone.Pro, the company now directly addresses a longstanding gap: the lack of affordable, high-performance VR hardware that meets the rigorous demands of real-world job training.

“With rising global tariffs and the USA trade policies, the global XR hardware supply chain is undergoing a volatile, post-China reset. India can emerge as a credible alternative by building strong production capabilities. QWR is preparing for this paradigm shift. We’re already building a pipeline of advanced manufacturing, planning export compliance and working with ecosystem partners to scale globally. Our vision goes beyond India and VRone.Pro is just the beginning,” says Suraj Aiar, Founder of QWR.

QWR has taken a contrarian, data-backed approach in a global landscape that pushes high-cost Mixed Reality headsets. For every 1000 XR apps built globally, only a few are MR-specific. The overwhelming demand remains VR-first, particularly in serious use cases such as skilling, training, education, and simulations, where fully immersive modules dominate adoption. Sectors like automotive, oil and gas, and manufacturing are shifting towards digital twins, adopting VR-based SOP training to reduce training costs, boost productivity, and improve safety. VRone.Pro directly addresses this with a solution that’s reliable, accessible and ready for scale.

“VRone.Pro is built on clear market insights rather than industry trends. By avoiding unnecessary sensors and mixed reality features, we’ve focused on delivering a streamlined, purpose-built headset. This is where our last mover advantage helped us,” Suraj said. “VRone.Pro is just what’s needed to solve real problems for mass adoption. By enabling real-world simulation at scale, VRone.Pro will bridge India’s skill-employability gap and support the nation’s ambition to become a global manufacturing hub.”

As of 2024, 44.49% of the youth is unemployed and much of the training infrastructure remains outdated. However, early adopters like Vedanta show how VR can improve memory retention, reduce training time and lower operational risk in high-stakes environments like mining. QWR’s VRone.Pro is built to scale such success stories by bringing immersive computing and technology to industries and institutions that need it the most. The headset comes with a 1-year manufacturer warranty, optional extended coverage, and AMC support. It is now available to order across the country via QWR’s direct sales, channel partners, and select overseas markets. Deployment support and developer resources are available both online and offline.

MUMBAI, 25th August 2025: Sportz Interactive (SI), a global leader in sports technology and fan engagement, hosted the final of its 2025 Hackathon today, unveiling a range of GenAI-powered solutions designed to redefine the future of digital fan engagement. The annual event, held at SI’s Mumbai headquarters, brought together talent from across the company to develop cutting-edge ideas addressing complex challenges in the sports industry.

Seventeen teams competed with concepts aimed at creating deeply personalised and interactive fan experiences – all developed within just 48 hours ahead of the finale presentations. Highlights included an AI-powered content management system that streamlines publishing while reducing costs, an automated design and calendar assistant that transforms sports data into campaign-ready media, and an AI “factory” capable of turning text prompts into playable mini-games in minutes. Other innovations showcased an intelligent cricket platform for real-time coverage and a plug-and-play trivia widget for digital platforms that taps into proprietary sports data to deliver real-time, personalised and context-aware trivia. After multiple rounds, five standout teams advanced to the finale.

Adding to the festive atmosphere, the day’s finale opened with a spirited performance by The SIgnature, SI’s in-house band, whose renditions of popular tunes set the stage for the presentations.

A distinguished panel of judges, including Jake Lush McCrum (CEO, Rajasthan Royals), Binda Dey (Group CMO, Knight Riders Sports), Jatin Sapru (sports broadcaster), and Nikhil Raghavan (Partner, Marathon Edge), joined SI’s leaders Arvind Iyengar (Chairman) and Siddharth Raman (CEO) in evaluating the finalists.

“This year’s Hackathon was a testament to the incredible talent within our industry and a clear signal that GenAI is the key to unlocking the future of fan engagement,” said Siddharth Raman, CEO of Sportz Interactive. “The solutions presented today were more than just concepts; they were a direct look at the future of how sports organisations can connect with their audiences in smarter and more meaningful ways. We are empowering our teams to lead the charge in this new era of sports technology.”

India , 25th August 2025: As India accelerates its digital onboarding of financial customers, it also faces an invisible threat – synthetic identity fraud powered by deepfakes. A 700% rise in such attacks in 2023 alone has prompted security experts and fintech leaders to urge for immediate reinforcement of India’s Video KYC protocols. OnGrid, a leading digital trust platform, is sounding the alarm and offering a tech-forward solution that not only meets compliance but actively prevents identity spoofing.

“The future of financial fraud is synthetic. Without native deepfake detection and anti-spoofing layers, companies are only protecting themselves on paper—not in practice,” said Vaibhav Yadav, Product Head at OnGrid.

Deepfake technology has become commoditized, with over 2,000 facial manipulation tools, 1,000 voice-cloning apps, and dozens of KYC bypass kits available on underground markets. These tools allow imposters to masquerade as legitimate users, create synthetic identities, or launch replay attacks often with little technical expertise required. What once took expertise and resources can now be executed in minutes at negligible cost.

Despite RBI’s digital push, gaps remain: no regulatory definition of deepfake fraud, no mandatory reporting of spoofing incidents, and underinvestment in anti-spoofing infrastructure.

OnGrid’s Smart Video KYC directly addresses this challenge by embedding:

● Active and passive liveness detection

● Real-time facial and voice-video synchronization checks

● AI anomaly detection in biometrics

● Device and geolocation audit trails

“Anti-spoofing must be embedded at the protocol level, not just layered on top as a cosmetic add-on,” said Vivek Kumar, Product Manager at OnGrid.

OnGrid is urging regulators to classify synthetic identity fraud, mandate anti-spoofing in Video KYC, and enable sector-wide threat intelligence sharing. Initiatives like OnGrid’s advanced deepfake & spoof-resistant video KYC demonstrate that robust defenses are possible, if institutions are willing to invest ahead of the threat curve.

Mumbai, August 22, 2025: Yotta Data Services, India’s leading sovereign AI, sovereign cloud infrastructure and platform services provider, today announced its foray into the media and entertainment technology space with the launch of Urja and Sudarshan — two enterprise-grade, cloud-native platforms built for India’s Media and Entertainment industry & other sectors with a substantial focus on content. The platforms will be hosted on Yotta’s sovereign, hyperscale cloud infrastructure, ensuring low latency, data privacy and security.

The Indian media and content industry is experiencing a profound shift, fueled by changing audience consumption habits, the challenge of capturing and retaining viewer attention, and the increasing use of digital innovations to navigate cost pressures and enhance monetization. Yotta’s foray into the media and technology sector positions content platforms on an accelerated path toward digital transformation. By leveraging advanced cloud-native solutions, these platforms can swiftly adopt and adapt to emerging trends, respond faster to market demands, and optimize operational efficiency. This transformation not only streamlines content creation, management, and distribution but also unlocks new monetization opportunities. Ultimately, Yotta’s innovation serves as a catalyst for sustained digital growth, empowering media businesses to scale rapidly and stay competitive in an ever-evolving landscape.

Accessible via a web-interface & apps, Yotta’s platforms support the entire media creation and distribution journey – from CGI rendering, video production, media storage, distribution and monetization – of varied types of content. It allows users to choose a pay-as-you-use model for access to high-performance processing and storage capacity.

Announcing the launch, Sunil Gupta, Co-Founder, MD & CEO of Yotta Data Services, said “The future of media will be intelligent, decentralized, and sovereign — and India must be at the forefront. With Urja and Sudarshan, we’re delivering platforms that break down long-standing barriers, provide the flexibility to process and distribute content at scale, and give creators both freedom and control over their work. This is more than technology; it’s the foundation of a new media ecosystem where India’s stories can reach the world with speed, security, and impact, enabling creators to focus entirely on their true craft — telling extraordinary stories.

By steering the transformation toward a fully digital-ready media and entertainment industry, Yotta is empowering India’s creative sector — the world’s content powerhouse — to not only lead on the global stage but also to unlock its full monetization potential, driving sustained growth for the creative economy.”

Speaking on the new foray, Sashisekhar Panda, Business Head of Cloud & Media Services, Yotta Data Services, said, “At Yotta, we strongly believed that technology should be tailor-made to India’s unique needs. We’ve been the leaders in building sovereign cloud infrastructure, and our entry into the media and entertainment space is a natural extension of that mission. With Urja and Sudarshan, we’re solving real bottlenecks that creators and distributors face every day, making the process easier, faster, and more secure.

I’m excited about what this means for India’s creative economy – we’re not just providing platforms, we’re reshaping the way India creates, shares, and celebrates its stories.”

Urja is India’s first fully cloud-native Renderfarm-as-a-Service platform designed to process and render complex 3D generated graphics, visuals and effects quickly. Powered by Yotta’s advanced GPU-powered infrastructure, it provides creators, visual effects and animation studios, AEC content houses, Experience Centers, Industrial CAD related content, R&D labs, gaming developers with the final output without the need for expensive on-premises hardware or technical overhead. It also offers compatibility with leading 3D design tools and plugins and supports seamless I/O workflows. Urja is available in both prepaid (web-based) and postpaid (bare metal) consumption models.

Sudarshan, on the other hand, is India’s first end-to-end, cloud-based Media Asset Management (MAM) and Online Video Platform (OVP) solution. It enables users to store, organize, stream, distribute, and monetize all types of content – videos, music, podcasts, and articles.

Sudarshan’s MAM platform allows users to efficiently manage media assets via metadata tagging, AI-assisted search, workflow automation, and team collaboration tools. Users can access these through a centralized dashboard that helps streamline production pipelines and reduce time-to-publish for content teams.

Sudarshan’s OVP platform helps content owners launch their own branded OTT service across all platforms. It also allows users to monitor real-time audience engagement, content performance, and app usage using advanced video analytics and intelligence solutions. These insights not only give usage statistics but also allow for targeted advertisements and promotions and boost engagement.

Yotta offers both services through a pay-as-you-grow model, which helps content owners across media and entertainment companies, marketing enterprises, broadcasters, educational institutions, multiple system operators, lifestyle brands, and houses of worship enhance ad revenue and engage viewers more effectively, ultimately leading to higher returns on investment. For viewers, the platform follows a subscription-based model that offers personalized content recommendations and a user-friendly interface with AI-driven navigation.

Mumbai, August 12, 2025: Cactus Partners (CPL), an early-growth venture capital fund, has led a USD 7 million Series A round in Brandworks Technologies Pvt. Ltd., one of India’s fast-growing electronics design-led manufacturing company that transforms ideas into market-ready products. This marks CPL’s eleventh investment and its third in the manufacturing sector.

Brandworks Technologies is a next-generation electronics R&D and manufacturing player, delivering innovations across AI hardware, IoT solutions, advanced audio systems, charging technologies, financial devices, surveillance systems, and renewable energy products. Partnering with leading global chip companies, Brandworks co-creates cutting-edge solutions with a focus on design excellence, manufacturing precision, and customer success.

With this funding, Brandworks will expand and upgrade its R&D centers, build partnerships and customer relationships in key international markets, and invest in next-generation product platforms with an emphasis on performance, sustainability, and global standards. The company will also scale manufacturing through new high-efficiency production lines and strengthen its innovation engine by hiring top engineering, design, and operations talent.

“This fundraise is fuel for a much larger mission — to make Brandworks a global leader in electronics R&D and manufacturing. We’re here to prove that world-class innovation can be imagined, designed, and built in India, and delivered to the world,” said Ishwar Kumhar, Co-Founder, Brandworks Technologies.

Echoing this sentiment, Nikita Kumawat, Co-Founder of Brandworks, added that they are truly delighted to partner with Cactus Partners. “Their proactive support and thoughtful involvement have been instrumental for us. As a founder-focused fund with deep expertise in the sector, Cactus Partners brings invaluable insight and commitment to helping entrepreneurial ventures like ours succeed. We greatly appreciate their partnership and look forward to achieving new milestones together,” she said.

Amit Sharma, General Partner at Cactus Partners, commented on the transaction, saying, “We are very excited to partner with Brandworks. The way Ishwar and Nikita have built this business so far is truly commendable. The robust and consistent growth, while maintaining healthy economics, is a testament to their impeccable execution. Electronics manufacturing as an industry is expected to grow at a healthy pace in the foreseeable future, thanks to the “Make in India” initiatives and changing supply chains and geopolitics. High quality and well-managed companies, such as Brandworks, are well poised to grow at a significantly faster pace than the industry. Brandworks has built the business in a very capital-efficient manner so far, and the capital infusion will further accelerate the growth curve. We look forward to working closely with the Brandworks team and support them with strategic resources in addition to capital.”

So far, CPL has backed companies such as Lohum, Indigrid, Intangles, Kapture, Vitraya, AMPM, Auric, Parkmate, Ananant Systems, and Rubix (exited). With this strategic partnership, Brandworks and Cactus Partners are set to accelerate India’s position on the global electronics innovation and manufacturing map.

Hitachi Vantara Announces Virtual Storage Platform One’s Availability on Google Cloud Marketplace to Strengthen Hybrid Cloud Data Management

India, 5th August 2025 – Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. ,announced new capabilities for Virtual Storage Platform One Software-Defined Storage (VSP One SDS), now available on Google Cloud Marketplace. The new capabilities bring enterprise features to the public cloud, including two-way asynchronous replication, thin provisioning and advanced data compression. These enhanced features provide enterprises with greater flexibility, data efficiencies, enhanced disaster recovery options and simplified data mobility across on-premises and cloud environments.

As hybrid cloud deployment architectures grow, organizations increasingly combine public and private clouds to meet evolving business needs. According to a 2025 cloud adoption report, nearly 80% of companies now use multiple public clouds and 60% operate several private clouds, highlighting the rising need for consistency and control in complex infrastructures. As AI significantly increases the data storage requirements for businesses, recent industry research shows that 47% of IT and security leaders struggle with limited visibility across hybrid environments – making it more challenging to manage risk and maintain control.

With its availability on Google Cloud Marketplace, VSP One empowers customers to deploy storage resources across cloud and on‑premises environments through a single management interface with no re-architecting required. New capabilities include thin provisioning and compression that can further reduce cloud storage costs by up to 40%, enabling customers to maximize efficiency and performance while minimizing overhead. Additionally, two-way asynchronous replication enhances disaster recovery strategies by allowing primary and secondary sites to operate as both source and target.

“Bringing VSP One to Google Cloud Marketplace will help customers quickly deploy, manage and grow the data management solution on Google Cloud’s trusted, global infrastructure,” said Dai Vu, managing director, Marketplace & ISV GTM Programs, Google Cloud. “Hitachi Vantara can now securely scale and support customers on their digital transformation journeys.”

VSP One offers enterprise-level availability to the public cloud, designed to support high service reliability and uptime that businesses of all sizes expect, especially when downtime or re-architecture costs are significant. VSP One is engineered for continuous availability, with a target of 99.999% uptime. This helps reduce costs while enabling native migration to and from any storage platform and cloud. It supports quicker recovery from unplanned outages and helps organizations maintain business continuity with greater confidence.

“Customers want the freedom to choose the right cloud for every workload and the assurance that their data will remain protected, available and easy to manage,” said Octavian Tanase, chief product officer, Hitachi Vantara. “With availability on Google Cloud Marketplace and the addition of two-way asynchronous replication, VSP One empowers our customers to easily streamline hybrid cloud operations while strengthening their resiliency posture.”

Opening new opportunities for Hitachi Vantara channel partners to support customers as they evolve their hybrid cloud strategies, this offering provides a more flexible, software-defined approach and deeper integration with Google Cloud. It gives partners new ways to address critical priorities like resiliency, security and sustainability, while helping customers improve operations, strengthen data protection and get more value from the infrastructure they already have.

The expansion to Google Cloud reflects Hitachi Vantara’s ongoing commitment to innovation across the VSP One platform. It builds on the recent launch of VSP 360, a unified data management software platform that simplifies the VSP One user experience and provides transparent insights into data and infrastructure.

July 26, 2025: In a landmark move to strengthen India’s national security architecture, the National Cyber Security Research Council (NCSRC) has been officially launched to counter the rapidly evolving threats in cyberspace. With a broad and ambitious vision to safeguard the nation’s digital infrastructure, the Council will drive cutting-edge research, develop protective technologies, and foster strategic collaboration with state and central government agencies.

The formation of the NCSRC comes at a crucial time, as India—one of the most connected nations globally—faces growing and complex cyber threats across governmental, military, and civilian networks. The Council will work in close coordination with agencies to identify vulnerabilities, conduct threat assessments, and implement robust defense strategies.

Under the visionary leadership of Dr. E. Khaliraj, Director of the NCSRC, the Council has already made remarkable strides in building national awareness and capacity. Dr. Khaliraj, a veteran cybersecurity strategist and educator, has led the Council in executing over 150 awareness and social impact programs across India. He is widely regarded for his commitment to democratizing cybersecurity knowledge and his efforts in bringing cyber literacy to grassroots communities. A strong advocate for ethical hacking, youth engagement, and technological innovation, Dr. Khaliraj has been instrumental in establishing more than 300 Cyber Resource Centres across the country. His long-term vision is to transform India into a global hub for cyber excellence, research, and resilience.

As part of this nationwide mission, the Council has launched Hackathon X, India’s largest and most prestigious Capture the Flag (CTF) competition in partnership with various government stakeholders. Held from July 25–27 in Bengaluru, Hackathon X invites young cybersecurity enthusiasts aged 18–35 to demonstrate their skills, solve real-world security challenges, and contribute to India’s cyber resilience.

The competition offers cash prizes of ₹1,00,000, ₹50,000, and ₹25,000, and is open to students pursuing computer science, cybersecurity, or related fields. Registration is open at https://hackathonx.in.

The event was graced by Dr. A. K. Anil Kumar, Director, ISRO, who will deliver the keynote address, and Dr. Pranab Mohanty, IPS, Director General of Police, Cyber Command, Government of Karnataka, who will attend as the special guest.

“Cybersecurity is no longer a siloed concern—it is central to national security, scientific advancement, and our daily digital lives. The establishment of the National Cyber Security Research Council is a giant step toward protecting India’s digital future.” He went on to say, “With world becoming one place now the responsible leaned lot but look at Space security & cyber security closely in sync with national & financial security. With record digital transactions taking place in India data security will play a huge role going forward.”
— Dr. A. K. Anil Kumar, Director, ISRO

“The rising sophistication of cybercrime demands an equally strategic and technological counterforce. Hackathon X is not just a competition—it is a mission-critical platform to identify, empower and elevate India’s cybersecurity warriors.”
— Dr. Pranab Mohanty, IPS, Director General of Police, Cyber Command, Government of Karnataka

As India takes a bold step forward in cyber defense, the National Cyber Security Research Council and Hackathon X embody a united vision: to secure the nation’s digital frontier and inspire the next generation of cyber defenders. The event also had active participation from DR M N Thippesawmy Principal AIT, Sh S Mariswamy IPS, DR M Mahadeva & A R Krishnamurthy (both from PVP Trust) & Jayaram Shivanasadra Govindaiah Head NCSRC KN.

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New Delhi, July 22, 2025 – Ultraviolette, a global innovator with presence across ten European nations, is at the forefront of future-ready electric vehicle platforms and advanced battery technology. Through its bold spirit that defies convention, the brand continues to elevate its engineering excellence with time by creating products that are not just advanced but set new benchmarks in electric performance, whilst keeping riders at the cutting edge of technology and performance with every ride.

Ultraviolette captivated its customers in the year 2024 with the first phase of evolution in the form of the F77 MACH 2. This evolution focussed on safety features such as Traction Control, Dynamic Stability Control (UVDSC), 10 levels of Regenerative Braking, Hill-Hold Assist, Violette A.I., and more. Now, with insights of over 8 million km of on-road riding data, Ultraviolette takes a bold leap forward and introduces the next phase of evolution- the ‘GEN3 Powertrain Firmware’ and the ‘Ballistic+’ performance enhancement.

Narayan Subramaniam, CEO s Co-founder of Ultraviolette, stated “For decades, vehicles, gadgets, and consumer electronics have followed a familiar trajectory where they start strong, but degrade over time. While others may practice planned obsolescence, we believe in the opposite paradigm where technology evolves and gets better with time. At Ultraviolette, we envision how a machine could learn from you, evolve with you, and unlock more power the longer you own it.”

Ballistic+ is a high-engaging riding experience meticulously engineered to ignite adrenaline and redefine electric performance. At the core of achieving Ballistic+ is Violette A.I.- Ultraviolette’s connected intelligence system both on and off the F77 motorcycles. Violette A.I. is not just a passive riding system but also actively analyses real-world riding data collected across the world including riding patterns, throttle inputs, diverse ride scenarios and more.

“At the heart of every F77 is our Vehicle Control Unit, a powerful onboard intelligence system that captures over 3,000 data points in real time. These are continuously analysed by Violette A.I., which interprets, learns and evolves to optimize performance and deliver smarter, more

responsive system updates. Through this seamless integration of advanced hardware and intelligence, we uncovered new possibilities to extract even greater performance from the battery and drivetrain systems. Our architecture proved its capability through rigorous fine-tuning, from the VCU to the motor and motor controller, ultimately resulting in our new Gen3 Powertrain Firmware. This is a breakthrough in electric performance, based on precision engineering, and intelligent evolution”, said Niraj Rajmohan, CTO s Co-founder of Ultraviolette.

All existing F77 customers will benefit from their machines becoming more enhanced. This entails that all F77 motorcycle owners can now avail the Gen3 Powertrain Firmware at no additional cost. Ballistic+ is backwards-compatible and ensures every customer enjoys peak performance, regardless of when they joined the Ultraviolette ecosystem. Ultraviolette’s mission has been to relentlessly push boundaries across futuristic design, elevated performance, and advanced technologies.