The Embedded Design Team at Aadharshila achieved a major milestone by releasing an upgraded design of its BluPrints series from ARM7 Processor Based on NXP2388 Microcontroller, to a state-of-the-art refurbished, highly optimized, futuristic, more reliable and faster Micro Controller architecture of Cortex Core M3. The new design drive was initiated at the end of previous FY, targetted for release at the end of the first quarter, in the company’s continuous efforts to optimize its hardware designs and tackle obsolescence. ​ The ARM Cortex-M3 processor is the industry-leading 32-bit processor for highly deterministic real-time applications, specifically for high-performance low-cost platforms for a broad range of devices including microcontrollers, automotive body systems, industrial control systems and wireless networking and sensors.  The new design of BluPrints series is deterministic with low latency, making it particularly applicable to real-time field applications such as Bluetooth / Handheld Thermal Portable Printers. Cortex M-3 has smaller basic core, reducing chances of failure and increasing speed. Integrated with the core are system peripherals, such as the interrupt controller, bus matrix, and an integrated sleep mode with the option of an integral eight-region Memory Protection Unit. ​ In comparison to the previous hardware base, the upgraded Electronic design offers a much superior alternative, enabling tomorrow’s embedded applications by delivering more features in the same cost range, increasing connectivity, better code reuse, and improved energy efficiency. The upgraded BluPrints hardware platform delivers outstanding computational performance and exceptional system response to events while meeting the challenges of low dynamic and static power constraints. The processor is highly configurable enabling a wide range of implementations from those requiring memory protection and powerful trace technology to cost sensitive devices requiring minimal area.  

BluPrints launched its latest model in its series of Mini Portable Printers – AEM2USB.
In-Built Libraries of USB Printer-Class render this mini printer a class amongst amonst other handheld print devices. The unique feature in this product is that not only can it directly print via the USB Port of any mobile phone, tab, desktop or laptop, but also, can be rendered competely wireless by an adding a standard Bluetooth/Wi-Fi Dongle, and yest show the same printing capability. Bluprint’s technical team have also developed Windows and Android Drivers and SDKs for the direct printing of Standard documents via a PC to this miniature USB Printer. Since most of the implementation of USB Printer-Class is via Intensive Software Source Code burned into the Device as Firmware, the product’s price has purposely not been loaded. Thus the team has finally released a truly indigenous USB Printer that is priced aggressively to take Chinese Competition head-on.

As a major offering for the retail sector, Aadharshila recently released its 2 Inch Wireless Handheld Printer with Auto-Cutter. The speciality of this model is that, using 2 sets of Motor-Driven Blades, it can render an automatic full or partial cut to a paper once a receipt is printed. This feature offers considerable time saving to cashiers in busy retail environments, where long queues do not allow cashiers to manually tear the receipts from printer. Currently, the base cards for USB, Bluetooth and WIFI printers with Autocutters are released and are being used as Built-in Panel Printers in ATM Machines.

Bluprints has launched its latest 3 inch USB-Bluetooth Printer Model AEM3BT with a very sleek look and efficient feature-set that includes a 2600MAH Battery, Multilingual Print capability via USB and Bluetooth, fast speed and rugged design. Targetted specifically towards the massive market of Sales and Distribution of Food Companies such as Nestle, Balaji Wafers and Paper-Boat, this new printer is very well equipped to meet the demands of High-quality, Efficient Wireless Printing in dusty environments and lack of power backup facilities by Distribution field-force.

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.

Ms Kavita Aggarwal, CEO & Founder of BluPrints has bee invited to speak at t the 4th Edition of empoWer. empoWer is India’s First Tech Accelerator for Women Entrepreneurs

empoWer 2019 will be supporting 15 women entrepreneurs in the technology space through a 3-day Bootcamp, out of which 10 selected startups will go on to be a part of the 4-week accelerator program. Indian Clearing Corporation Limited (ICCL), a wholly owned subsidiary of BSE Ltd. (BSE), is the industry sponsor for the program.

Speaking at the 4th Edition Delhi Launch on the Topic – The technological curve: how its impacting the startup ecosystem in this age she will be joined by feloow industry leaders

• ​Joy Devgourev Sharma, Head Investment, GoMassive
• Prajakt Raut, Founder of Applyifi & The Growth Labs

About empoWer –

Established in 2016, empoWer is India’s 1st tech accelerator for women entrepreneurs. We started with a hypothesis, in 2016, that it is a program/ecosystem much needed for women entrepreneurs; and the response received in the form of applications from across India, and repeated feedback from many quarters to expand the cohort size, or hosting multiple cohorts in the year is a major validation for us.

Over the past 3 years, 65 women entrepreneurs have been a part of 4 cohorts, and 1 bootcamp. Each cohort is a 6-week accelerator program comprising 15 women entrepreneurs selected from a PAN-India application pool. We have disbursed INR 2.1 Cr in grants, and post-program, a large majority of startups have raised further funding amounting a cumulative of ~ INR 32 Crores. We help startups scale by providing mentorship, industry connects, peer network, investor meets through a  2 months accelerator program, followed by a 1-year support program.

Kavita Aggarwal Singh, CEO & Founder BluPrints was presented with the prestigious HCFI Shashi Bala Excellence Award on 20th October 2019 for her contribution as leading women entrepreneur of a proud Make in India company an innovative mobility solution. 

The award was presented to her by Union Secretary of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Radheyshyam Julaniya (IAS) & Dr K K Aggarwal, Padma Shri Awardee & President of HCFI- Heart Care Foundation of India at Perfect Health Mela (18-20 Oct 2019) a one-of-its-kind event organized by the Heart Care Foundation of India (HCFI) held every year with a mission to generate all- round awareness on health.

BluPrints Smart Thermal Printer range is widely used in health tech sector to support health camps, instant prescriptions & report generation to name a few.