Month: November 2020

BluPrints printers manufactured and provided by Aadharshila Mobility Solutions facilitated an enhanced payment collection process for Essel Vidyut Vitaran Pvt. Ltd. and Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. by allowing them to implement on-the-spot customer payments. Essel Vidyut Vitaran Pvt. Ltd and Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. provide utilities services to urban and rural areas in Bihar and U.P. respectively, and employ agents to go door-to-door to collect payments from customers. Trained agents use Android machines to create applications that calculate payment amounts and are then paired to our BluPrints Eco Model 2-inch Bluetooth printers. Agents on the ground input customer payments into the Andriod application that are immediately updated on the server for the company’s records. Then the agent prints a receipt using the Aadharshila wireless handheld printers that serves as the customer’s record of the transaction. The combination of the printer and the Android application thus acts as a POS system that improves record keeping for the customer as well as the company. This project was tremendously successful as it exponentially increased the number on-the-spot collections, provided real time information on collections and created a database of transactions that can be analyzed for customer payment patterns. Our arrangement with Essel Vidyut Vitaran Pvt. Ltd. and Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. helped to improve their billing capacity by allowing for immediate monetary gain and eliminating issues arising from miscommunication regarding customers’ late payments.

Aadharshila Mobility Solutions has added a new and exclusive model to its BluPrints range of Bluetooth Mobile Receipt Printers specifically catering to the FIN-Tech Sector. Aadharshila has formalized its tie-up with a major bank for the exclusive supply of MARC Printers, which has complete technical compatibility with the bank’s Award-Winning mobile application – MARC.

The mobile application MARC (which works on Android & Symbian based phones) was developed using which payment receipts can be generated on BluPrint – handheld Bluetooth Printers. The application allows collection executives to view cases allotted to them on their mobile phones. The front end of MARC let’s executive perform a number of operations. They are issued unique login credentials, which are validated by CAPS over GPRS. Once logged in, executives can view financial and demographic details of a customer, update a customer’s contact details, update follow up with customer in the form of trails, update payment details of a customer transaction, generate payment receipts on a paired Bluetooth printer, and even push an SMS and email confirmation about the payment to the customer.
ICICI Bank and its technology partner Nucleus Software introduced MARC, a mobile-based Automation of Receipts on Collection Activities Processing System (CAPS), a solution that allows customers to make payment anytime, anywhere while eliminating the need for hand-written receipts. This mobile-based software has been implemented on Android and Symbian OS. It updates transaction details, generates payment receipts on a paired blue-tooth printer, and pushes SMS and e-mail confirmations of transactions to the customer. The system enables straight-through processing and tracks payment on a real-time basis and has resulted in considerable cost savings by freeing up over 200 bank employees involved in physical receipt issuance and reconciliation and manual updating of receipt details into core systems. It has been implemented at 500 locations with 1500 channel partners. 

Rajasthan DigiFest is a 2-day mega-event organized for startups by the Department of IT&C, Government of Rajasthan, attracting thousands of emerging entrepreneurs, investors, business leaders, and aspiring student entrepreneurs.In addition to high-quality panel discussions, a showcase of curated tech innovations, workshops and mentoring clinics, DigiFest in Udaipur had  major highlights:

• Investor Connect: Showcase of 6 Qrated startups to investor partners of the GoR’s iStart program

The 6 startups that presented were selected from the 1st batch of the Government of Rajasthan’s Qrate program for startups.

Managed by Applyifi, Qrate is a unique program that assists startups to sharpen their business plans and investor pitch decks and then connects them to potential investors and customers. Under the program, startups are first assessed on various parameters of business and provided with the Applyifi scorecard and assessment report on their strengths and weaknesses. Based on the scorecard, startups undergo a comprehensive 1-month skill-building program with customized mentoring and expert advice. Once the startups are ready, they are presented to relevant investors and/or customers.

Participating startups get the iStart and QRate cards, which provide them access to several benefits and offers from the Department of IT&C, Government of Rajasthan and partners. All startups start with the basis iStart card but will move up the ladder – bronze, silver, gold and signature card – as their scores improve. Depending on their QRate score, Startups will be eligible for a tiered structure of online and offline benefits, including via partners.

From over 200 applications received since the recent launch of the Qrate program, startups are being shortlisted for the first batch of the skill building program starting on the 22nd of Dec, 2017. The 6 startups that were invited to pitch to investors at the Rajasthan DigiFest are from those shortlisted for the 1st batch of the Qrate skill-building program.

The presenting startups went through a comprehensive workshop to sharpen their pitch decks and rehearse their presentations to investors.

Investors were genuinely impressed with the startups, and the quality of their presentations. Anil Joshi remarked “I was pleasantly surprised. We typically don’t see such high-quality pitches at startup events.”.

While the presenting startups have yet to go through the skill-building program, 4 out of the 6 startups are now engaged with the investors for further evaluation.

Vasundhara Raje, the Honourable Chief Minister of Rajasthan is an ardent supporter of entrepreneurship and innovation and has made time to attend all the previous editions of the hackathon, DigiFest and other major startup events organized by the Government of Rajasthan. At the Udaipur DigiFest, she gave the first set of Qrate cards to select startups.

Startups that presented to investors during Rajasthan DigiFest – Udaipur 2nd-3rd Dec, 2017

‘BluPrints provides innovative mobility solutions for the governments and businesses.’

Their range of 20 highly software and design-intensive intelligent hardware products currently serve over 400 customers across 7 market verticals including BFSI, retail, logistics, healthcare, and parking.

Unlike off-the-shelf products, Blueprint products are custom-created for Indian conditions and requirements. For example, their e-challan reader for Government traffic departments has the ability to read the driver license, accept payments as well as print challans. And they were able to offer those at 1/3rd the price of competing brands.

BluPrints is led by Kavita Aggarwal, an electronics graduate from Delhi University. She also has an MBA from University of Leeds (UK) and has experienced in core R&D in embedded systems.

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BluPrints (Aadharshila Mobility Solutions Pvt. Ltd.) attended the Tie Global Summit 2018 in association with IStart  Rajasthan, as a Sponsor of the Large Scale Event, held in Mumbai at the JW Mariott (Sahar), on the 21^st and 22^nd of February, 2018.

IStart Rajasthan is a flagship initiative by the Government of Rajasthan that aims to facilitate innovation and help Startups in order to build an ecosystem for easy access to knowledge interchange and funding.

BluPrints was one of the 6 selected startups that got an opportunity to showcase their ideas to the investor partners of the Government of Rajasthan’s iStart programme. Our company was selected from the first batch of GoR’s Qrate programme, managed by Applyifi, and received our Qrate Card from Vasundhara Raje, the Honourable Chief Minister of Rajasthan in December 2017.

Following up on the same initiative, Istart Programme invited BluPrints to attend and present our Pitch Deck to several Potential Investors at the Tie Global Summit in Feb, 2018 in Mumbai.

Our Founder, Kavita Aggarwal attended the event and met not only several potential investors and partners but interacted and presented before several successful entrepreneurs, industry leaders, leading investors (VCs, PE, Angels & Banks), senior corporate professionals and academia.

A highlight of the event was a talk by Bollywood superstar, Salman Khan, who spoke to start-ups and Industry leaders about his company “Being Human” and his entrepreneurship journey; all the way from idea conceptualization, to pilot run, from collaborations, sales, distribution, to the donation of its profits towards charity.

BluPrints (Aadharshila Mobility Solutions Pvt. Ltd.) was one of the 6 selected startups chosen by Applify to present to Zonestartups during the Fintegrate Zone 2018- one of India’s biggest FinTech conclave on 1^st March 2018 at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) office in Mumbai.

Part of the Ryerson Futures network, which operates accelerator programs across the globe, Zone Startups India network includes several large accelerators, corporate partners, investors, industry leaders, and mentors. They offer practical strategic and tactical guidance for startups for scale-up, and consulting services to large corporates to help them adopt new technologies and fresh ideas and innovations brought forth by startups.

The founder & CEO of BluPrints, Kavita Aggarwal was invited on 1^st March 2018 to Zonestartups in Mumbai, to present the company and her entrepreneurial journey in front of Mr. Ajay Ramasubramaniam (Director) and Mr. Gokul KS (Program Director) of Zonestartups India.

The presentation sessions were part of Fintegrate Zone 2018, a fin-tech Event, a series of conferences, exhibitions, and presentations, focusing on the future of technology in BFSI Sectors within India and the world.

Kavita presented BluPrints handheld thermal receipt printers as a key enabler of on-the-spot bill generation for cash collection services and debt recovery services offered by large banks and NBFCs in India. Adding immense value in the online and on-the-spot reconciliation of collected cash to financial institutions BluPrints’ Bluetooth Mobile printers find large-scale acceptance in this sector. The company and the founder were also lauded by Zonestartups for being a unique company offering hardware level innovations and designing and manufacturing devices tailor-made for India, and practicing Make In India.

GST Compliances now become easier with, for meeting the new GST Compliance of issuing and printing  E-Way Bills for bulk inter-state trade.

To monitor bulk trade, which majorly takes place through trucks – it was mandated under VAT that each such consignment shall be accompanied by a ‘Delivery Note’ which were issued from the VAT offices to the taxpayers. The taxpayer could upload the details of each transaction to the departmental ‘Server’ through the internet, and once uploaded the ‘Server’ would automatically generate a Delivery Note with a unique number, then this unique number could accompany the goods vehicle as a proof of having uploaded the transaction. Such a system would by itself ensure that once the Delivery Note is issued there could be no possibility of tax evasion.

The new E-way Bill process under GST now ensures that a taxpayer, prior to movement of goods via a conveyance, would inform each transaction’s details to the tax department, obtain an acknowledgment number for having thus informed, and then use this acknowledgment number as a valid document accompanying the truck. The idea is that the taxpayer is made to upload the details of each transaction to a common portal through the Internet, and once uploaded, the common portal would E-Way Bill System automatically generate a document is issued, it can be tracked and verified easily by any stakeholders.

Under the GST rules, it is mandatory for the transporter to have a physical copy of the E-way Bill in the event of interception of the conveyance by an officer authorized by the State. This is to verify the e-Way Bill or the e-Way Bill number in physical form for all inter-State and intra-State movement of goods.

Such a process requires the sellers to always equip their warehouses with proper internet connectivity and back office equipment such as Desktops and Printers so that the accounts staff can mail the online generated E-way Bill to the warehouse offices and they can take a printout each time a truck is being loaded and material dispatched.

With the advent of Portable Mini Thermal Receipt Printers, that can easily print via android mobiles, this problem can be easily overcome. This is a unique solution offered by BluPrints (Aadharshila Mobility Solutions Pvt. Ltd), through their E-Way Bill Thermal Receipt Printers. This solution allows the warehouse field- staff to receive the E-way Bill on their mobiles (via email) from their head offices, and using BluPrints’ Mobile App can convert the same into Legible Text along with QR Code that is then printed via Bluetooth technology wirelessly on the BluPrints’ AEM 3 Inch Thermal Receipt Printers. This is the Physical copy of E-way Bill handed over to the transporter carrying the consignment.

Such Innovations in Business Mobility through BluPrints help add immense value to businesses.

CM of Rajasthan Awards BluPrints (Aadharshila ) with Qrate Gold Card at Rajasthan IT Fest 2018 selecting us amongst the most promising technology companies into POS solutions.

Since passing years, Rajasthan IT Day has become a brand name for technological innovations, skill development and startup drive. The event has set a benchmark in the field of technology reformation for tech pundits and business connoisseurs. Government of Rajasthan has created this competitive platform so that IT experts can portray their expertise and skills.

The third edition of Rajasthan IT Day is taking place in the growing hub for startups & IT innovators- Jaipur. Envisaged as a four-day event this time, ‘Rajasthan IT Day 2018’ is being organized by the Department of Information Technology and Communications, Rajasthan.

In a transformational step towards digitalization & e-governance, Mohali introduces e-bills for its water consumers. BluPrints is proud to be a partner of this initiative. 

As a part of a pilot run of this initiative, the Department of Housing and Urban Development will extend this facility to residents of all urban estates across the state from May 2018.

The two-fold benefit of this initiative one at the customer end (in terms of ease of making payment) and second on the authority end (instant bill generation, updation of records, transparency in the process. This system is supposed to not only financially benefited the authority to increase their collections but also ensure timely payments & reduced miscommunication regarding late payments)

Senior Official leading this initiative stated that it would be of great help to the residents as they would be no more required to make rounds to government offices to deposit water bills. 

Sharing the details of the process, he mentioned employees of the authorities concerned on visiting the house would calculate the amount and deliver the electronically generated bill to the consumer by giving the print out with the help of a handy thermal printer (provided by BluPrints), which they would be carrying.

SMS regarding the delivery of the bill along with a unique link by visiting will be instantly sent across to the customer through which they can make the payment through the online gateway system.

BluPrints congratulates the authority for their progressive consumer-centric approach towards governances

BluPrints was recently invited to be showcased at a YPO Innovation Event held at Hyderabad on the 11th of May, 2018. The audience were chairmen and CEOs of eminent companies from the manufacturing, infrastructure, hospitality, education and real-estate & construction space, that are part of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) Hyderabad Chapter.

BluPrints was one of the 20 curated companies by The Growth Labs (www.thegrowthlabs.in) to be showcased at such this prestigious event that presented case studies in Technology led Innovations accross Robotics, AI, Blockchain, Augmented Reality, IoT and Embedded Systems

Hindustan Times, one of the highest circulated English dailies of the country has published a story headlined ‘Honouring shining stars of tech’ on Pg 03 of its lifestyle supplement, HT City, in the Jaipur edition on 26 May 2018.