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  • Dia Mirza is brand ambassador for Swachh Bharat Mission

    Dia Mirza is brand ambassador for Swachh Bharat Mission

    NEW DELHI: Actor and conservationist Dia Mirza has been named brand ambassador for Swachh Bharat’s youth based Swachh Saathi (student internship) program.

    “Swachh Bharat is amongst the most important initiatives taken up by the government and I believe that the Swachh Saathi program will be an extremely important part of our dream to realize a clean, healthy and environmentally conscious youth and country,” she said after accepting the honour.

    Under the Swachh Saathi programme, more than 2,000 interns would be enrolled to coordinate with around 10,000 schools across the country and ensure that all students in these schools take the pledge for Clean India.

    “Dia is a youth icon and has been an active campaigner for Swachh Bharat. We felt that she would be the best person to help us reach out to more youngsters. Our aim is to make it a viral youth led movement,” said Swachh Bharat Mission director Praveen Prakash.

    “Over the years I have tried to engage as many minds as possible to understand that our planet and our country need the immediate involvement of all its citizens, so that we can take responsibility and make our world a better place to live in,” added Mirza.

    In its letter, the Urban Development Minstry wants Dia Mirza to take part in awareness campaigns, participation in community cleaning activities, and takking to the youth to keep their environment clean. She has also been requested to do a few videos to encourage the young to join the programme.

  • 92.7 BIG FM to create water conservation awareness this World Environment Day

    92.7 BIG FM to create water conservation awareness this World Environment Day

    MUMBAI: 92.7 BIG FM has long been at the forefront of addressing social issues through its on-air and on-ground campaigns. Continuing its endeavor of underscoring yet another rampant social problem, 92.7 BIG FM is encouraging participation from children to helm its environment awareness drive on the occasion of World Environment Day 2016. As a part of the drive last year, 92.7 BIG FM entered the Limca Book of Records with 12500+ entries. This year too, the radio network aims to go a notch higher by widening the scale of the drive in a bid to break its previous record.

    Amplifying its reach nationwide, 92.7 BIG FM will conduct a national drive on June 5 at 6:30 AM across its 45 stations to create awareness among children below 15 years of age through a painting competition. Aiming to execute this simultaneously across locations, the FM network will target participation by over 15000 kids. Leveraging on the network’s reach, this initiative aims at not only educating the future generation, but also their families and listeners about the significance of water conservation.

    The competition will require children to express the importance and implications of water conservation through art. To register for the drive, children can send in their entries at www.927bigfm.com/savewater or SMS BIG PANI to 55454.

    Speaking on the initiative, a spokesperson from 92.7 BIG FM said, “Being a mass oriented platform that is at the forefront of underscoring social issues, we aim to motivate people to contribute towards planet earth. As part of the campaign, it is only fitting that our painting competition is being driven by children – the bright future generation. On behalf of 92.7 BIG FM, we sincerely urge all our listeners to show their support in whatever capacity they can.”

    92.7 BIG FM’s nation-wide water conservation awareness initiative will be backed by an extensive on-air, on-ground and digital promotion campaign.

    Additionally, in Mumbai, 92.7 BIG FM is going the extra mile to address the water scarcity faced by Maharashtra by joining hands with noted social activist- Mayank Gandhi and Fulora Foundation. Extending a helping hand towards Mumbai for Maharashtra initiative, Bollywood actor Kunal Kapoor’s crowd-funding platform ‘Ketto’ is raising funds to help the water stressed regions of Beed District. So far, Mumbai Big FM listeners have contributed INR 13 lacs through fulora.ketto.org.

  • 92.7 BIG FM to create water conservation awareness this World Environment Day

    92.7 BIG FM to create water conservation awareness this World Environment Day

    MUMBAI: 92.7 BIG FM has long been at the forefront of addressing social issues through its on-air and on-ground campaigns. Continuing its endeavor of underscoring yet another rampant social problem, 92.7 BIG FM is encouraging participation from children to helm its environment awareness drive on the occasion of World Environment Day 2016. As a part of the drive last year, 92.7 BIG FM entered the Limca Book of Records with 12500+ entries. This year too, the radio network aims to go a notch higher by widening the scale of the drive in a bid to break its previous record.

    Amplifying its reach nationwide, 92.7 BIG FM will conduct a national drive on June 5 at 6:30 AM across its 45 stations to create awareness among children below 15 years of age through a painting competition. Aiming to execute this simultaneously across locations, the FM network will target participation by over 15000 kids. Leveraging on the network’s reach, this initiative aims at not only educating the future generation, but also their families and listeners about the significance of water conservation.

    The competition will require children to express the importance and implications of water conservation through art. To register for the drive, children can send in their entries at www.927bigfm.com/savewater or SMS BIG PANI to 55454.

    Speaking on the initiative, a spokesperson from 92.7 BIG FM said, “Being a mass oriented platform that is at the forefront of underscoring social issues, we aim to motivate people to contribute towards planet earth. As part of the campaign, it is only fitting that our painting competition is being driven by children – the bright future generation. On behalf of 92.7 BIG FM, we sincerely urge all our listeners to show their support in whatever capacity they can.”

    92.7 BIG FM’s nation-wide water conservation awareness initiative will be backed by an extensive on-air, on-ground and digital promotion campaign.

    Additionally, in Mumbai, 92.7 BIG FM is going the extra mile to address the water scarcity faced by Maharashtra by joining hands with noted social activist- Mayank Gandhi and Fulora Foundation. Extending a helping hand towards Mumbai for Maharashtra initiative, Bollywood actor Kunal Kapoor’s crowd-funding platform ‘Ketto’ is raising funds to help the water stressed regions of Beed District. So far, Mumbai Big FM listeners have contributed INR 13 lacs through fulora.ketto.org.

  • UrbanClap launches campaign addressing LGBTQ issues

    UrbanClap launches campaign addressing LGBTQ issues

    MUMBAI: Augmenting its reputation as a firm supporter of equality for all, UrbanClap launched ‘LGBT’ campaign championing its cause for the greater good of the community as well as the society. Known for its stance on social issues like women empowerment & education, UrbanClap strongly felt the need to come out in support of the LGBT community in India, promoting their right to love anyone they want – irrespective of Caste, Creed, Religion, or Gender. With this campaign, UrbanClap supports the right to love anyone you choose.

    As part of this campaign, UrbanClap has tied up with a Delhi-based startup agency called Ufaan, which has worked on a number of social films in the past. Together, they have launched a short film titled ‘Show your Love with Pride’, which portrays a father’s struggle to accept his daughter’s relationship with another woman. With her supportive mother, the daughter proves to her father that her love is genuine, via a photoshoot organized by UrbanClap. The photos of his daughter makes him realize the dynamics of modern day relationships and reminds him of the barriers he had to counter in his interfaith marriage. This realization leads him to believe that love has no boundaries and finally accepts his daughter’s relationship.

    Commenting on this empowering initiative, Abhiraj Bhal, Co-founder, UrbanClap said, “We at UrbanClap are a simple bunch of people. We believe that everyone should have the right to love whoever they want to as it’s the most basic human right. We firmly stand with the LGBT community in India as they fight for their equal rights in the eyes of law, or society. Our past efforts with the NAZ foundation, and this film, are very small gestures towards furthering the cause of the LGBT community.”

    The social film is an attempt to make people realize that love has no boundaries and should be accepted without judgment.

    To further the impact of this campaign, UrbanClap is offering to sponsor 5 photoshoots across the country for any same sex couple who wish to opt for this service. They can easily reach out to the team at UrbanClap through its Facebook or Twitter channels. UrbanClap promises to maintain all confidentiality if that is what the participants wish for.

  • UrbanClap launches campaign addressing LGBTQ issues

    UrbanClap launches campaign addressing LGBTQ issues

    MUMBAI: Augmenting its reputation as a firm supporter of equality for all, UrbanClap launched ‘LGBT’ campaign championing its cause for the greater good of the community as well as the society. Known for its stance on social issues like women empowerment & education, UrbanClap strongly felt the need to come out in support of the LGBT community in India, promoting their right to love anyone they want – irrespective of Caste, Creed, Religion, or Gender. With this campaign, UrbanClap supports the right to love anyone you choose.

    As part of this campaign, UrbanClap has tied up with a Delhi-based startup agency called Ufaan, which has worked on a number of social films in the past. Together, they have launched a short film titled ‘Show your Love with Pride’, which portrays a father’s struggle to accept his daughter’s relationship with another woman. With her supportive mother, the daughter proves to her father that her love is genuine, via a photoshoot organized by UrbanClap. The photos of his daughter makes him realize the dynamics of modern day relationships and reminds him of the barriers he had to counter in his interfaith marriage. This realization leads him to believe that love has no boundaries and finally accepts his daughter’s relationship.

    Commenting on this empowering initiative, Abhiraj Bhal, Co-founder, UrbanClap said, “We at UrbanClap are a simple bunch of people. We believe that everyone should have the right to love whoever they want to as it’s the most basic human right. We firmly stand with the LGBT community in India as they fight for their equal rights in the eyes of law, or society. Our past efforts with the NAZ foundation, and this film, are very small gestures towards furthering the cause of the LGBT community.”

    The social film is an attempt to make people realize that love has no boundaries and should be accepted without judgment.

    To further the impact of this campaign, UrbanClap is offering to sponsor 5 photoshoots across the country for any same sex couple who wish to opt for this service. They can easily reach out to the team at UrbanClap through its Facebook or Twitter channels. UrbanClap promises to maintain all confidentiality if that is what the participants wish for.

  • Dentsu Aegis Network reaches out to 2500 children on ‘One Day For Change’

    Dentsu Aegis Network reaches out to 2500 children on ‘One Day For Change’

    MUMBAI: Dentsu Aegis Network organised the third edition of its corporate social responsibility programme, ‘One Day For Change’, on June 3, 2016.

    With children playing the central role in the programme this year, the India chapter of this global initiative successfully reached out to as many as 2500 children across the country. An estimated 1,500 Dentsu Aegis Network employees across offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai, and Kochi were engaged to execute the project, “Champions For Children”.

    In India, the key focus of the ‘One Day For Change’ (ODFC) programme was held across four categories – digital, education, health and entertainment.

    As part of the digital push, the network’s Delhi office visited Kushi Rainbow Girls Home to donate laptops and conduct sessions on excel & IT skills. Meanwhile, the employees also visited the Earth Saviours Foundation and interacted with more than 300 mentally challenged children.

    In Mumbai, Dentsu Aegis Network touched the lives of 1100 kids across nine child welfare organisations. It is pertinent to note here that the Dentsu Aegis Network employees also created a Fun Fair for more than 200 children suffering from various forms of cancer to entertain them all through the day. The event was attended by none other than Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, the chief guest for the day at the Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel.

    The company also arranged an educational excursion for 100 underprivileged children, supported by Umang Foundation, to Nehru Science Centre, Worli. Additionally, the group set-up a dental health check-up camp at Madras Wadi, a slum area near Worli, where 300 children turned up for the event.

    The network was sub-divided into teams of 20-50 in Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore and Kochi. Each team visited a particular child welfare shelter to execute a variety of creative workshops.
    Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai also tied up with various hospitals and NGOs to organise a blood donation drive for kids with Thalassemia and Cancer. Over 250 bottles of blood were donated by Dentsu Aegis Network staff across all regions.

    Ashish Bhasin, Chairman & CEO South Asia Dentsu Aegis Network said, “One Day For Change is extremely important to us at Dentsu Aegis Network. It gives all our employees an opportunity to give back to the society, as a team. More important than what we volunteer in kind and cash is the time we all volunteer together. We hope to continue many of these activities throughout the year. It really feels good, as a team, to be able to do our bit.”

    One Day For Change is an annual social commitment by the Dentsu Aegis Network, where employees from each of the countries are encouraged to go out and volunteer on the same day.

    Last year, over 800 employees volunteered in India contributing 2,200 staff hours. While the final numbers are still trickling in, it is estimated that in 2016 in India 1,500 employees volunteered over 6000 staff hours for the One Day for Change initiative.

  • Dentsu Aegis Network reaches out to 2500 children on ‘One Day For Change’

    Dentsu Aegis Network reaches out to 2500 children on ‘One Day For Change’

    MUMBAI: Dentsu Aegis Network organised the third edition of its corporate social responsibility programme, ‘One Day For Change’, on June 3, 2016.

    With children playing the central role in the programme this year, the India chapter of this global initiative successfully reached out to as many as 2500 children across the country. An estimated 1,500 Dentsu Aegis Network employees across offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai, and Kochi were engaged to execute the project, “Champions For Children”.

    In India, the key focus of the ‘One Day For Change’ (ODFC) programme was held across four categories – digital, education, health and entertainment.

    As part of the digital push, the network’s Delhi office visited Kushi Rainbow Girls Home to donate laptops and conduct sessions on excel & IT skills. Meanwhile, the employees also visited the Earth Saviours Foundation and interacted with more than 300 mentally challenged children.

    In Mumbai, Dentsu Aegis Network touched the lives of 1100 kids across nine child welfare organisations. It is pertinent to note here that the Dentsu Aegis Network employees also created a Fun Fair for more than 200 children suffering from various forms of cancer to entertain them all through the day. The event was attended by none other than Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, the chief guest for the day at the Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel.

    The company also arranged an educational excursion for 100 underprivileged children, supported by Umang Foundation, to Nehru Science Centre, Worli. Additionally, the group set-up a dental health check-up camp at Madras Wadi, a slum area near Worli, where 300 children turned up for the event.

    The network was sub-divided into teams of 20-50 in Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore and Kochi. Each team visited a particular child welfare shelter to execute a variety of creative workshops.
    Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai also tied up with various hospitals and NGOs to organise a blood donation drive for kids with Thalassemia and Cancer. Over 250 bottles of blood were donated by Dentsu Aegis Network staff across all regions.

    Ashish Bhasin, Chairman & CEO South Asia Dentsu Aegis Network said, “One Day For Change is extremely important to us at Dentsu Aegis Network. It gives all our employees an opportunity to give back to the society, as a team. More important than what we volunteer in kind and cash is the time we all volunteer together. We hope to continue many of these activities throughout the year. It really feels good, as a team, to be able to do our bit.”

    One Day For Change is an annual social commitment by the Dentsu Aegis Network, where employees from each of the countries are encouraged to go out and volunteer on the same day.

    Last year, over 800 employees volunteered in India contributing 2,200 staff hours. While the final numbers are still trickling in, it is estimated that in 2016 in India 1,500 employees volunteered over 6000 staff hours for the One Day for Change initiative.

  • GroupM, Mindhsare and Gramener build data-driven visual solution for Times Now

    GroupM, Mindhsare and Gramener build data-driven visual solution for Times Now

    MUMBAI: Mindshare and GroupM have partnered with Gramener, a leading data visualization company to create data-driven visual solutions for actionable insights across the marketing & communications ecosystem.

    Data increasingly powers every element of the marketing mix –source of growth, consumer behavior, content creation, mix optimization and measurement. This partnership leverages GroupM & Mindshare’s strong customer reach and Gramener’s compelling visual analytics platform to create solutions that leverage dormant data assets and bring them alive through cutting edge visualization.

    The first project undertaken after the partnership was for the leading English news channel Times Now on May 19 2016, when the State election results were announced. The team put together a unique, real time visualization of historic and current data that helped Times Now stand out strongly in the news clutter and gave viewers a compelling Visual Data Journalism experience.

    Speaking about the data visualization products created especially for Times Now, the channel’s editor in chief Arnab Goswami said, “We were able to collate historic data dating back to the year of independence, and with the help of the Mindshare and Gramener team, we showed our viewers the latest trends and changing political scenario of the country, as the results of the latest State Elections were announced on May 19th 2016. Our reportage on the elections was holistic, and the data presentation helps the viewer understand our political environment better with the in depth analysis of our editorial team.The seamless workflow integration between the production teams of our news network and Gramener on a real time extremely fast paced election result day was a path breaker. I am absolutely delighted with this association.”

    Mindshare South Asia CEO Prshanth Kumar said, “To truly deliver on our philosophy of Adaptive Marketing, it is critical that Data is brought alive and put to best effect. Our partnership with Gramener will help us deliver this consistently and in a compelling fashion. We will announce our first joint product very soon”

    Gramener cofounder Naveen Gattu added,”We are excited by this partnership. It will help us untangle the data footprint and create powerful decision making tools for every marketing manager and executive.”

  • GroupM, Mindhsare and Gramener build data-driven visual solution for Times Now

    GroupM, Mindhsare and Gramener build data-driven visual solution for Times Now

    MUMBAI: Mindshare and GroupM have partnered with Gramener, a leading data visualization company to create data-driven visual solutions for actionable insights across the marketing & communications ecosystem.

    Data increasingly powers every element of the marketing mix –source of growth, consumer behavior, content creation, mix optimization and measurement. This partnership leverages GroupM & Mindshare’s strong customer reach and Gramener’s compelling visual analytics platform to create solutions that leverage dormant data assets and bring them alive through cutting edge visualization.

    The first project undertaken after the partnership was for the leading English news channel Times Now on May 19 2016, when the State election results were announced. The team put together a unique, real time visualization of historic and current data that helped Times Now stand out strongly in the news clutter and gave viewers a compelling Visual Data Journalism experience.

    Speaking about the data visualization products created especially for Times Now, the channel’s editor in chief Arnab Goswami said, “We were able to collate historic data dating back to the year of independence, and with the help of the Mindshare and Gramener team, we showed our viewers the latest trends and changing political scenario of the country, as the results of the latest State Elections were announced on May 19th 2016. Our reportage on the elections was holistic, and the data presentation helps the viewer understand our political environment better with the in depth analysis of our editorial team.The seamless workflow integration between the production teams of our news network and Gramener on a real time extremely fast paced election result day was a path breaker. I am absolutely delighted with this association.”

    Mindshare South Asia CEO Prshanth Kumar said, “To truly deliver on our philosophy of Adaptive Marketing, it is critical that Data is brought alive and put to best effect. Our partnership with Gramener will help us deliver this consistently and in a compelling fashion. We will announce our first joint product very soon”

    Gramener cofounder Naveen Gattu added,”We are excited by this partnership. It will help us untangle the data footprint and create powerful decision making tools for every marketing manager and executive.”

  • Ogilvy Mumbai’s Mahesh Gharat and Azazul Haque move to Ogilvy Bangalore as ECDs

    Ogilvy Mumbai’s Mahesh Gharat and Azazul Haque move to Ogilvy Bangalore as ECDs

    MUMBAI: Ogilvy Bangalore gets a creative shot in the arm with Mahesh Gharat and Azazul Haque, from the network’s Mumbai office. Gharat and Haque will head the Ogilvy Bangalore creative team in their new roles as Executive Creative Directors.

    With 38 years of work experience between them, the two bring to the table a legacy of experience across major brands, to an already thriving Bangalore team.

    Onthis shift, Ogilvy Sotuh president Poran Malani said, “Azaz and Mahesh, though highly experienced, are young at heart and their energy is highly infectious. It takes something special to excite an already charged up team, and Azaz and Mahesh have done exactly that.”

    Ogilvy India NCD Rajv Rao said, “Mahesh and Azaz are one of the rare breed of copy-art teams that’s hard to find today. They have lots of things in common including a crazy passion for clothes, shoes, and of course, advertising. They are fantastic team players and excellent captains. Ogilvy Bangalore, with some of the best brands in the country, is the perfect place for them to lead, inspire and make a huge impact”t.

    Mahesh has been with Ogilvy for 9 years and has worked on innumerable brands that include Rajasthan Tourism, Madhya Pradesh Tourism, Asian Paints, Bajaj, Star Plus (Satyamev Jayate), ICICI, Mattel, Spice Mobiles, WWF and Brooke Bond Red Label. For his work, he has been awarded more than 50 national and international awards that include Cannes Lions, Asia Pacific, New York Festival, AME and EFFIES. With creativity induced in every fibre of his body, he spends his free time pursuing his passion for painting and photography. Having worked on brands like Domino’s Pizza, Nestlé Maggi and Nescafe, Dabur, Maruti Suzuki, Havells and Nokia, Azaz comes with unbridled enthusiasm and a fresh perspective.