Category: Press Release

Cartoon Network celebrates superhero Kriss birthday with Pune kids on Childrens Day

MUMBAI: For the first time ever, Cartoon Network celebrated the birthday of super student and super hero Kris from Roll No. 21 on November 14! In addition to all the on-air hoopla, Kris made his birthday extra special by celebrating it with some of India’s less fortunate kids.
The children of Pune’s Bhartiya Samaj Seva Kendra (BSSK) were treated to a double surprise and party when Cartoon Network not only celebrated Kris’s birthday but also Children’s Day with them. The event brought a million watt smile to the faces of these young children, who deserve all the happiness.

Over 50 children were seen having a ball of a time watching Roll No. 21 episodes, playing games, winning special prizes and dancing. However, the highlight of the day was when Kris put up a stellar performance and involved kids in it! The event climaxed with the kids cutting Kris’s birthday cake and receiving photographs with their favourite superhero.

Krishna Desai, Sr. Director & Network Head – Kids, South Asia, Turner International India Pvt. Ltd. said, “We are excited to be celebrating the birthday of Kris from Cartoon Network India’s first originally animated series – Roll No. 21! Throughout the years, our aim has always been to give kids the ultimate experience by entertaining them on TV and beyond. By associating with Bhartiya Samaj Seva Kendra in Pune we hope to make Children’s Day special for these children and give them a memory to cherish with their favourite superhero.”

“We are very excited to have Cartoon Network celebrate Kris’s birthday with the children at BSSK on the occasion of Children’s Day. Kris brings an adventure for the children in their routine lives. It portrays a story to feel safe from the evil, to differentiate between good and bad, captures their imagination and thoughts to enjoy and have fun. Kris lights up a smile to every child’s face,” said Maina Shetty, Assistant Director, Bharatiya Samaj Seva Kendra.

Kids can also join in the celebrations of Children’s Day and Kris’s birthday by tuning in to Cartoon Network on November 14 from 12pm onwards for back-to-back Roll No. 21 episodes, movies and specials!

November 13, 2013
Senior Citizen Awards Episode II

MUMBAI: CNN-IBN, in partnership with Paranjape Schemes Construction Limited announces the first edition of Senior Citizen Awards – The Unstoppables, to acknowledge the indomitable spirit of the senior citizens who have made a significant contribution to society. The second episode of Senior Citizen Awards features the inspirational stories of Keepu Tsering, who has pledged to save her community from extinction by ensuring that she gives children of the Lepcha community in Sikkim a good education, hope and confidence to achieve greater heights; Merzaban Patel, a 63-year-old hockey coach who has trained Olympians and now dreams of building an academy where players can be trained professionally; Girish Bhardwaj, who started a social movement to connect people from different villages by constructing low-cost suspension bridges; and Chandrashekhar Sankuratri, who after losing his wife and kids in a tragic plane crash, started a school and later an eye hospital for the underprivileged in his village in Andhra Pradesh.

Watch the first episode of Senior Citizen Awards on Sat, 16th Nov @ 1:30 PM and repeat telecast on 7.30 PM only on CNN-IBN.

November 13, 2013
Westland Ltd Launched Author Aditi Kumar Mathurs Book Titled Soldier & Spice

MUMBAI: Leading publication house, Westland Ltd launched Aditi Kumar Mathur’s debut novel “Soldier & Spice- An Army Wife’s Life” today at Olive Bar & Kitchen, Bandra today.

In conversation with the author at the launch was actor and activist Gul Panag, who also interacted with the other attendees and media. Much like the protagonist in the book, Aditi regaled her audience with hilarious anecdotes of real life situations that she encountered as a newly-wed army wife.

Categorized under the Genre of fiction the Release Type is Original, priced at Rs 250, it features a Binding Paperback. Imprinted by Westland Ltd it runs with a Page Extent of 264 pp.
About The Book- For Pia, regular life is a thing of the past. She is now an Army wife. From ‘just Pia’ to an Aunty, a memsaab and – her favourite words in the whole wide world – Mrs Pia Arjun Mehra. At twenty-six, Pia finds herself having to suddenly be more ‘lady-like’; focus on themed ladies’ meets, high teas and welfare functions; and deal with long (unexpected) separations from her husband, extraordinary challenges, a little heartache, and, well, growing up.

In the mysterious and grand world of Army wives, Pia learns that walking in high heels is okay as long as you don’t trip on combat boots. She learns that ‘civil’ is also a noun, that JCO and GOC are (very!) different, that snacks are ‘shown’ and WTF is better explained as Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Yes, it really is a new world!

Let this quirky, hilarious story of the first year of Pia’s Army-wife life show you that the spice to a soldier’s life is most definitely his better, very strong, bloody extremely elegant, never-cussing, witty, warm and passionate half, his Army wife.

About The Author- Aditi Mathur Kumar was born on February 14th and since then it has all been awkward for her. A book-hoarder, an ex-advertising girl, a once-upon-a-time blogger, a fanatical Army wife and a real-life social person, Aditi has now decided to write more. So far, so good.

November 13, 2013
Berlin School of Creative Leadership announces the Clear Channel Scholarship

MUMBAI: The Berlin School of Creative Leadership is proud to announce the ‘Clear Channel Scholarship for Leadership in Audio Innovation’.

The scholarship will provide full tuition support for a top creative executive to participate on the Berlin School’s prestigious part-time global EMBA program starting in March 2014.

Ideal candidates should be accomplished senior executives in the creative industries with a strong professional background and track record of creative excellence. Entries will be judged according to their overall profile and EMBA application, as well as their response to an additional Clear Channel Scholarship essay question.

Indian Ad Guru Piyush Pandey – a long-standing supporter of the Berlin School –is urging Indian audio creatives to apply. “This is a fantastic opportunity for a top Indian audio innovator” , says Piyush Pandey, Executive Chairman and Creative Director, South Asia Ogilvy & Mather, India. “The Berlin School offers tremendous value and inspiration to creative minds by emphasizing the importance of leadership as a key differentiator in driving creative excellence.”

Prashant Madan, Creative Director, Marketing & On Air Promotion, Disney-UTV India was the first recipient of the “Piyush Pandey Scholarship for Creative Leadership” and is receiving full tuition support to participate in the Berlin School of Creative Leadership EMBA Program that commenced this year in March 2013.

“We are proud to work with the Berlin School to award this scholarship to the audio industry’s next creative innovator,” said Bob Pittman, Clear Channel Chairman and CEO. “Joining forces with the Berlin School to drive education and awareness of the value that audio advertising offers is a key initiative for us, and the Berlin School is a perfect global partner to foster such training and development.”

Sheridan Johns, Director of the Berlin School, said the scholarship from Clear Channel adds a new dimension to the mix of students in the global EMBA program. “With the rise of social media in recent years, people tend to forget the bedrock and ubiquity of radio on the media and advertising landscape,” Johns said. “And – if the winner is from India – the Berlin School is able to help support leadership in the creative industries in India.”

November 13, 2013
VoxPopClothing.com launches a range of superhero T-shirts in time with Thors theatrical release

MUMBAI: All you Super hero lovers get ready to scream out loud and go crazy as now you can get a chance to sport a range of super hero t-shirts including Thor t-shirts in time for the theatrical release of the movie. These t-shirts are exclusively available on www.voxpopclothing.com. Get your adrenaline rush high wearing your favorite superhero T- Shirt, while you enjoy the Marvel flickat your nearest theatre.

VoxPopClothing.com is the authorized licensee for superhero t-shirts including Batman, Superman, Wonderwoman, Iron Man, Hulk and now Thor T-shirts. The brand designed t-shirts for Thor’s theatrical release keeping in mind the immense fan following the Super Hero has.

One of the THOR T-shirt has come out from a facebook contest which was run by VoxPopClothing.com in the month of September.

THOR T-Shirts are available at VoxPopClothing.com from 8th of Nov’13 onwards.
Login to VoxPopClothing.com while you start booking your tickets for the movie and grab a THOR T-Shirt to welcome back the mighty God!
Available @ VoxPopClothing.com from 8th Nov’13 onwards
Price Range: Rs.599/- to Rs.699/- only

November 12, 2013
NDTV pays tribute to the Sachin era – Thanks for the Memories

MUMBAI: As a tribute to cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar,NDTV will telecast a special chat show – ‘Thanks for the Memories’ on Tuesday 12 November. The show will see Dr. Prannoy Roy in conversation with Former India captain Sourav Ganguly and West Indian legend Brian Lara on the journey of the Master Blaster.

As Sachin Tendulkar’s 24-year tryst with international cricket draws to a close, fellow legends Sourav Ganguly and Brian Lara will be seen discussing life after retirement for Sachin in this special show – ‘Thanks for the Memories’.

Speaking of Sachin Tendulkar’s achievements over the years, Brian Lara compares Sachin to sporting icons Michael Jordon and Mohammad Ali and says, “Tendulkar’s impact on cricket is similar to that of Jordon and Ali on their respective sports”. Sourav Ganguly adds that he “thinks Sachin has made the right decision to retire” and that “he deserves every bit of adulation that he has received. If this were in South Africa, Sachin wouldn’t have got half the adulation, but now he will go out on a high in Mumbai.”

Watch Prannoy Roy in conversation with Sourav Ganguly and Brian Lara as they remember the Nation’s Hero with Sachin’s most memorable moments on NDTV 24×7 at 9:30 pm on Tuesday 12 November, 2013.

November 12, 2013
Sahara Star Celebrates the festive spirit of Christmas

MUMBAI: Sahara Star, known for celebrating Christmas every year with great zest and joy, brought in the festive spirit by including their guests in their annual fruit mixing activity on 30th October ‘13 for their Christmas cake. The event involves guests creating the batter and letting it ferment with alcohol over a period of time.

The activity hosted by Sahara Star every year, saw excited guests adorning the chef’s hat and gloves working on the batter by adding berries, dry fruits and diced fruits to the mixture. The most essential step of the process brought on many smiles as the guests worked in tandem with the chefs to pourcopious amounts of wine, rum and whisky to soak the fruits.

This mixture will later be used to bake the Christmas Cake. Other Christmas celebrations at Sahara Star include a special Desert Buffet decoration on 14th December and a special Xmas goodies shop being set up from 17th December onwards at Earth Plate. A Ginger Bread house will be set along with the lighting of the Christmas tree in the lobby on 6th December with the attendance of VIP and internal guests. Traditional Christmas drinks Sangria and Glühwein will be served to all the guests as a welcome drink to mark the occasion. Christmas Carols will be sung and snacks with cocktails will be available for the guests at Zero Level.

Among other festivities, cookies and stalking filled with chocolates and jujubes will be placed in all rooms on 24th Dec and Christmas pudding with a shot of non-alcoholic Glühwein will be given to all guests on 25th evening. Carol singing and Good Fat White Santa will be there from the 21st-25th December at Earthplate.

November 12, 2013
‘Horror Story’ Premieres on Max, at 9PM 17th November

MUMBAI: Fear, terror, anxiety, panic, goose bumps and horror. Experience it all as MAX, the premium Hindi movies and special events channel brings to you the World television Premier of ‘HORROR STORY’ on Sunday, 17th November at 9PM and Friday, 22nd November at 9PM only on MAX.

HORROR STORY is a flick about seven friends – Sam alias Samrat, Magesh, Achint, Neel, Neena, Sonia and Magi who reunite after several years apart to celebrate the farewell of one of their friends, who is going abroad to pursue his career and fulfill his goals. The group soon learns about an abandoned hotel with strange stories around it. Much against warnings, they decide to spend a night at the hotel, and soon realize the mistake of their lives. Do they survive the horror?

Tune in to watch the spine chilling, hair-raising and scary movie of this year in the World Television Premiere of HORROR STORY on Sunday, 17th November at 9PM and Friday, 22nd November at 9PM only on MAX

November 12, 2013
Oogwave Brings Zero Email Initiative to India

MUMBAI: Thierry Breton, Chief Executive of Atos, launched the ‘zero email initiative’ in 2011. He advocated reducing internal emails by using improved communication applications and social media tools. Similarly, Ryan Holmes, chief executive of HootSuite, a social media management toolset described emails as “new pony express” and “an unproductively tool”. There is growing concern about emails reducing workplace productivity and Oogwave aims to finally address this problem in India.

Oogwave, an innovative new startup has taken up the mantle of eradicating the old world method of corporate emails. They have created a cloud based platform for businesses to share and communicate without emails. It helps you organize, create and share data with colleagues and clients. The data is universally accessible across all devices and the Oogwave app is available on iOS and android.

It has been estimated that managers spend between 5 to 20 hours a week just reading and writing emails. Some of the major productivity issues with emails are:-

· E-mails frequently lead to information overload

· Employees spend unnecessary time on routine communications like filtering incoming information and correspondence

· Email storage is a nightmare for CIOs/IT managers, who need to invest in additional storage capacity and reduplication technology

Commenting on the platform, Mr. Gaurav Jain, CEO, Oogwave said – “In the last 10 years, there’s been a dramatic shift in the way companies do business. All our business information is digitalized – easy to store, share and update. We work in a knowledge economy with a social media literate workforce. The young knowledge workers want to do meaningful work. We at Oogwave understand the change and believe that enterprise social networks are a far better way of encouraging collaboration and freeing businesses from the restraints of overflowing inboxes.”

The platform has already seen huge adoption in the US, the UK, Eastern Europe and South Africa, among other countries. Over 3,400 companies are using Oogwave globally. Oogwave is expecting 3 fold growth in its customer base over 10,000 in next 15 months.

About users of the platform, 72 per cent of customers are from professional services — knowledge-based companies where content and information is the inventory. Most of the customers use Oogwave for internal communication and to store and share content while around 22 per cent are using team task management too.

The company has attracted funding from TLab, a division of Times Internet Ltd. It is planning to go for another round of fund raising in the next eight months to fuel growth plans.

November 12, 2013
Miss India Earth 2013- Shobhita Dhulipala, supports the Unilever Pureit Protecting Lives Program

MUMBAI: Pureit, world’s largest selling water purifier brand from Hindustan Unilever Ltd has associated with Miss India Earth 2013, Shobhita Dhulipala to spread awareness about the importance of safe drinking water under its ‘Unilever Pureit Protecting Lives Program’. Integrated Village Development Program (IVDP) is Pureit’s key NGO partner in Tamil Nadu’s Krishnagiri district, where Shobhita spent a few days with the villagers to promote the cause of “Safe Drinking Water”. During her stay at Krishnagiri, Shobhita spoke to the villagers about the need for safe drinking water and also helped install Pureit water purifiers in many households in Thopdikupam village in Krishnagiri district.

Commenting on the initiative, Shobhita said, “I feel proud to be associated with ‘Unilever Pureit Protecting Lives Program’, a unique initiative that provides Pureit water purifiers to the poor through micro-financing, making safe drinking water a reality to these villagers through small installments. Besides providing safe drinking water, the program also creates job opportunities for the locals. Winning the Miss Earth crown will give me a global platform to reach out to NGOs around the world and mobilize support for the cause of ‘Safe Drinking Water’. With this initiative, together we can eradicate water borne diseases and look forward to a safer and healthier Earth. Thanks to Pureit & IVDP, I was able to educate villagers about the significance of safe drinking water and convince them to invest in a water purifier.”

Commenting on the impact of the Unilever Pureit Protecting Lives Program, IVDP Founder and Magsaysay Awardee- Mr. Kulandei Francis said, “United Nations had announced that everyone should get access to safe drinking water and that is when we decided to partner with Unilever Pureit to protect the lives of our people. Pureit is an ideal solution for us as it does not require electricity or running water; is extremely affordable and safe. Under this program, today over 95,000 households of IVDP members have access to safe drinking water through Pureit.”

“Every year, 2 million children around the world die of water borne diseases with 400,000 of these deaths occurring in India alone. Providing safe drinking water can save these lives. We are pleased that Shobhita has joined hands with ‘Unilever Pureit Protecting Lives Program’ which aims at making safe drinking water accessible to one and all,” said Mr. Badri Narayanan, GM (Water) at Hindustan Unilever.

Pureit has multiple variants in its portfolio namely: Pureit Intella (12 litres), Pureit Classic (14 litres), Pureit Classic (23 litres), Pureit Advanced (23 litres), Pureit Auto Fill (23 litres), Pureit Marvella OGT, Pureit Marvella UV and Pureit Marvella RO. Prices range from Rs.900 to 14,990. For more information, please visit www.pureitwater.com

November 12, 2013