SAMACHAR-AUGUST, 2022  
 
 
Submission on Draft New Drugs, Medical Devices and Cosmetic Bill, 2022
Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) submitted a set of recommendations on the draft New Drugs, Medical Devices and Cosmetic Bill, 2022 to the drugs regulation section of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on August 22, 2022. Among various other suggestions the submission mentioned that There should be an exemption on procuring a license for registered medical practitioners (RMP) from stocking and dispensing drugs at their clinics, solely for the purpose of treatment of their patients, and not for unregulated and mass consumption.
 
 
Logistics Industry Delegation Meet Senior Railways Officials
The Supply Chain and Logistics Committee of Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) organized an industry delegation meeting with the senior officials of the Indian Railways as a follow-up of the previous meeting (dated July 19, 2022) to take forward the committee's engagement with the Indian Railways regarding the Railways Aggregation Platform. In the meeting, chaired by Shri. B K Dadabhoy, AM (M&BD), industry representatives gave their suggestions and inputs to improve the platform addressing the issues in the current functioning of the platform.

Shri B K Dadabhoy, AM (M&BD), Indian Railways, and Shri Manoj Kumar Shrivastva, PED/TT(M), Indian Railways with Supply Chain and Logistics Committee members and industry Representatives at Rail Bhawan
 
 
Two Roundtables In Gurugram and Mumbai
Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) in collaboration with CleverTap organized two roundtables in Gurugram and in Mumbai on August 3 and August 24, 2022.
The topic of discussion of the first roundtable was, "Transforming the customer Journey-turning ordinary users into super fans." Among those who addressed this roundtable were Akshay Walia, Ferns N Petals; Anuj Malhotra, CleverTap; Debosmita Bhattacharya, Jagran New media; Gaurav Garg, Study IQ Education; Manuj Marg, MyUpchar; Milan Sachdeva, Asianet News; Nalini sain mahatme, Bata; Neeraj Mehta, ImmunifyMe; Nitin Pandey, Parentune.com; Nishit Kumar, Collegedunia.com, and Varun Saxena, Bolo Live.

Participants of the roundtable on August 3, 2022, at Gurugram

The main theme of discussion at the second roundtable organized in Mumbai was, "Decoding customers retention strategies". Among the key speakers of this roundtable were Namrata Singh, Regional Sales Director, CleverTap; Aakash Anand , Founder & CEO, IDAM House of Brands; Balakrishna Singh, Founder & CEO, Frenzi; Devesh Gangal, Country Marketing Manager, Borzo India; Garima Bhayana, Head of Nurturing, Early Salary; Harini Sivakuma, Founder & CEO, Earth Rhythm; Jasmeet Thind, Co-Founder, Coutloot; Karan Panjabi, Senior Vice President - Strategy, WOW Skin Science; Riyaz Khan, Co-Founder, goDutch; Shonali Shetty, Head - Growth Marketing, Godrej Capital, and Deepak Jayaram, CEO, Frenzi.

Participants of the roundtable on August 24, 2022, in Mumbai