Category: Press Release

The legal drama witnesses a thumping twist, only on Suits Season 3

The thunder strikes with the arrival of old nemesis whose only goal is to complicate the Pearson Darby negotiations and puts Harvey and Scottie on opposite sides once again. Meanwhile, in the process of recruiting a new hire Louis finds himself in Sheila’s crosshairs, whereas, Mike and Rachel find themselves in Jessica’s crosshairs. The real deal breaker is when Ava Hessington hires Travis Tanner to handles her malpractice suit against the firm. Grabbing hold of this opportunity, Travis intentionally rekindles his rivalry with Harvey and he deposes him and Donna Mike finds himself in a quandary with Rachel. And when Jessica finds out about them she wants something from Rachel and tells Mike to ask her.

One exclusive block is dedicated for KG COZY homes consist of 252 flats ranging from 610 – 620 sft. in a stilt + 14 floor building. With essential comforts in a compact package of 1 BHK & 2 BHK homes, this one is the ideal choice for bachelors, young couple or elders/retired who want a home that caters to their individual needs. Packed with all the essentials for a modern day lifestyle, these homes are a perfect blend of functionality and aesthetics. All these flats are well-lit and ventilated and excellent investment opportunity at affordable prices. In fact 2 BHK flats are available at 1 BHK prices with no floor rise charges, no premium charges, no hidden cost, with full transparency and construction completed up to basement level.

October 15, 2013
KG Launches Comfortable, affordable and compact homes starting at Rs. 30 lakhs

Chennai’s most innovative and leading real estate developers with over 33 years of experience, 140 completed projects in Chennai & Kochi and with over 5000 satisfied customers, today announced the launch of KG COZY Homes in KG Signature City, Mogappair – just 5 minutes from Anna Nagar. Now, customers can buy a 2 BHK flat for just Rs. 30 lakhs and enjoy all the benefits of Anna Nagar for just one fifth of the cost and also use all latest amenities including indoor/outdoor games, swimming pool, Meditation room/Multi-purpose/Aerobics Hall, Children’s Playroom, Library cum browsing facility, Terrace party area, jogging track, beauty salon, gym, creche in a 20,000 sft. Club House.

One exclusive block is dedicated for KG COZY homes consist of 252 flats ranging from 610 – 620 sft. in a stilt + 14 floor building. With essential comforts in a compact package of 1 BHK & 2 BHK homes, this one is the ideal choice for bachelors, young couple or elders/retired who want a home that caters to their individual needs. Packed with all the essentials for a modern day lifestyle, these homes are a perfect blend of functionality and aesthetics. All these flats are well-lit and ventilated and excellent investment opportunity at affordable prices. In fact 2 BHK flats are available at 1 BHK prices with no floor rise charges, no premium charges, no hidden cost, with full transparency and construction completed up to basement level.

October 15, 2013
Unlocking Indias potential to build a more sustainable tomorrow

The CII-ITC’s 8th Sustainability Summit held in New Delhi saw the release of a new report on ‘How India Innovates: The promise of sustainable and inclusive innovation.’ As economic growth rates go down and global climate temperatures go up, innovation has become nothing short of a necessity. India, too, has declared 2010-2020 as the Decade of Innovation.

Under the framework of Indo-German bilateral cooperation the Umbrella Programme for the Promotion of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) funded by the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), GIZ India has partnered with CII-ITC-CESD to strengthen sustainable and inclusive innovations and to support the dissemination of knowledge and the scaling up of successful SI2.

As part of this partnership GIZ and CII-ITC-CESD have conducted this study with the objective to provide the innovation eco-system with information on how business in India innovates and the promise it sees in Sustainable & Inclusive Innovation.

According to the report, 79% companies in India innovate with radical solutions while 71% innovate with incremental or radical solutions. Companies have also identified exploiting green growth opportunities and reducing environmental impacts as other important factors to innovate. However, the bottom-of-pyramid market is still not an important driver for companies to innovate.

According to Ms. Seema Arora, Executive Director, CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development, awareness on sustainability issues has come a long way in the 30 years since the Brundtland Commission, with leading companies taking proactive steps towards building a more secure, sustainable and equitable future. She adds, “Regardless of whether it is called climate change, responsible business or CSR; the message today is clear – sustainable business is here to stay and industry must change the way it operates.”

Sharing her thoughts on the event, Ms Arora, states, “The Centre is pivotal in spearheading the sustainability agenda in the country in that it was created by the industry itself. And the Summit is the realisation of the fact that by bringing civil society, government and industry together on one platform, we can truly succeed in co-creating a more sustainable India.”

The Prime Minister’s Office set up the National Innovation Council with a mandate to substantially enhance the innovation ecosystem in India. The Council has developed a roadmap that would, among other things, create State Innovation Councils and innovation clusters. CII is a member of the National Innovation Council and is helping set up innovation clusters in a couple of sectors.

October 15, 2013
DY Works creates AVANSE a new education financing entity from Dewan Housing Finance Corporations

Dewan Housing Finance Corporation, the flagship entity of the Wadhawan Enterprises has roped in DY Works, India’s largest brand strategy and brand design firm to create a brand for their new foray into the educational loan category – AVANSE. Realizing that education lies at the core of the development and growth of an individual, and consequently, of society, Avanse becomes a natural extension of the core ideology of the group.

From conceptualizing the brand positioning to naming and designing its brand world, DY Works partnered with DHFL for their brand needs at every step.

The Brand essence that DY Works arrived at through an intensive study of the education sector and the culture of young students and parents is “Redefine Karma”. It positions the idea in the societal context that constantly reinforces boundaries, and where such factors as caste were previously markers of discrimination in education. In fact today, financial agency has becoming the essential differentiating factor. Talking about the brand, Alpana Parida, President DY Works, observed, that in this context, “the educational loan becomes the key element, the gateway to an enlightened future with the power to redefine a student’s future karma. It positions the young Indian student as a game changer, a pioneer who can dream of an education without being trapped by monetary limitations”. The idea conveyed by the baseline – “Aspire without Boundaries” – foregrounds money not as an impediment to progress, but as an enabler. Emphasizing the importance of the insight behind the brand essence, Runjhun Pacholi, GM – Strategy who worked on the brand’s strategy, remarked that “the differentiating factor about AVANSE’s positioning is that instead of basing itself on just functional benefits like interest rates or convenience, it brings out the deep emotional aspect of responsibility and self-reliance where the student is able to take control of their future without worrying about financial impediments. The brand therefore becomes a tool for them to move beyond all kinds of boundaries – geographical, economical and socio-cultural”

Both the brand name and identity leverage the theme of unhindered progress. AVANSE comes from the French word ‘Avancer’ meaning ‘The one who advances’. The symbol is created to represent the brand as a forward, upward moving arrow and complements the intent of the company.

Speaking about the project, Imran Patel, Senior creative group head who created the identity, remarked “Through AVANSE, the idea was to manifest the power of education as a catalyst. We felt this identity would empower both students and parents to dream bigger and higher. It’s an opportunity for parents to provide their child with a blueprint for success and make him self-reliant and the means for a student to pave their own way to accomplish their dreams.”

Observing the importance of the engagement, Benoy Joseph, Head of Marketing, Avanse said “We were looking for a brand identity that would create a strong impact and establish affinity for the brand as a trustworthy entity with all the new age qualities that makes it a preferred and convenient choice for the consumer. When DY Works presented the idea to us, which positioned it as a fresh, contemporary brand, we knew it met all our requirements.” Avanse brings an entire new facet to the Dewan housing corporation’s vision of progress through financial empowerment.

October 15, 2013
Griphin India bags Whateo contract for Nelson Mandelas

‘Mindset’ Network, a non-profit South African Organization has recently appointed Griphin, a quick films agency from India to create a Whateo for its organization’s re-launch.

Predominantly a marketing tool, a Whateo works on the same lines as an explainer video or an animated online quick film; further enhanced with the expertise of story-telling, film making and marketing.

Mindset Network was extremely impressed and touched by the ‘Silence of Hunger’ Whateo created by Griphin for Bhookh.com, India, the Worlds 1st dotcom NGO and it was in succession of the same that the South African Organization commissioned Griphin to spearhead and kick-start their re-launch campaign with a Whateo.

As quoted by Griphin’s Founder, Jay Sutaria “It is a great feat for us to have caught the eye and attention of a noble organization such as Mindset Network; which is founded and promoted by Mr. Nelson Mandela’s Foundation. Further to which it is an honor to have been given this opportunity to associate with the same! The entire re-branding strategy of Mindset hinges largely upon the Whateo we create. This is a very special project indeed!”

Shaili Sutaria, Creative Director, Griphin says,”It is a challenge to clearly & distinctly communicate with a consumer in a world filled with information overdose! Every Whateo is an explainer video aimed at successfully explaining a concept through illustration, animation & entertainment within 2 minutes. At Griphin we pay special attention to driving ‘every point of communication home’. Mindset has approached us with a very noble mission. They are a non-profit organization and are one of the most trusted providers of quality educational resources, information and support to communities in South Africa. Mindset and Griphin together hope to communicate and motivate all the children of South Africa through an easy, comprehensive and endearing Whateo to take education in Africa to the next level.”

SILENCE OF HUNGER by Bhookh.com

October 14, 2013
Discovery Channel sifts the ultimate man-made marvel in Worlds top 5

Discovery Channel, India’s favourite factual entertainment network, goes on a global hunt for the ultimate engineering geniuses. Bringing the greatest man-made machines, from super plane and trains to mega factories built to an unimaginable scale. WORLD’S TOP 5 will pit these super machines against each other, measuring them in five major categories, to reveal the very best of the best.

Starting 21st October, 2013, the ten-part series, WORLD’S TOP 5, premieres every Monday to Friday at 8PM, only on Discovery Channel.

With the help of scientific experts from across the world, audiences are treated to spectacular visuals and unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to these life-changing technological titans. Find out how a train without wheels reaches world-beating speeds, or what powers the world’s fastest cars. A panel of expert judges tests, analyses and rates each machine in five categories; all the while, revealing the secrets of their innovative success.

WORLD’S TOP 5 will shine the spotlight on the top 5 super cars – pitting the fastest against the most powerful, and the Al Anabi Dragster with an explosive accelerator against the ultimate racing gems. While each is a marvel of engineering, which one will lead in the five key automotive categories? Which will be crowned the world’s Ultimate Super Car? In mega factories, NASA, the hub of USA’s Space Program,will go head-to-head with the world’s largest oil refinery, India’s Reliance Factory, among other engineering giants. The expert panel will enter the premises; rate each mega factory on five industrial categories, and countdown to the ultimate winner.

Find out who takes the lead on WORLD’S TOP 5 starting Monday, 21st October, 2013, at 8PM only on Discovery Channel.

Highlights from the series: Super Planes: World’s Top 5 shines the spotlight on the world’s greatest mechanical marvels and pits them against each other to reveal the very best of the best. Some of the Super Planes featured in the episode : Ukraine’s monster mover – the Antonov 225; French giant double-decker – the Airbus A380; America’s high altitude spy plane – the Global Hawk; The Eurofighter Typhoon– the world’s most manoeuvrable jet fighter – and the backbone of the US military – the Lockheed C5 Galaxy.

Super Trains: French super high-speed double decker – the TGV Duplex; Japan’s tilting record-breaker – the aerodynamic N700 Bullet; North America’s mega-load bearer – the QNSL; China’s floating vision of the future – the Maglev – and the death-defying mountain climber that spans two countries – the Qingzang train.

Earthmovers: The TakrafBaggar – a goliath of an excavator; Enormous earthworm – the Crossrail Tunnel Borer; The supercomputer mega-digger – the Komatsu WA 1200; The CAT 8750 – a walking mega-mover – and its smaller, but just as impressive, cousin the CAT 797F – the world’s biggest dumper truck. Each is a monster machine in its own right.

Mega Ships: The Mighty Servant 1 – a heavy-lifting transporter like no other; The Allure of the Seas – the world’s biggest Cruise Liner; TI Europe – a vast double-hulled oil tanker; The Ebba Maersk – the world’s biggest container ship and the world’s deadliest warship – the USS GHW Bush. Each is a titan of the seas. But how will they fare in head-to-head battles in five key nautical categories?

Super Cars: Thrust SSC – the world’s fastest car; The most powerful road car every built – the Bugatti Veyron; Explosive accelerator – the Al Anabi Dragster; The ultimate in racing cars – the F1 McLaren Mercedes and the Tesla Roadster – the electric car that’s re-writing the rulebook. Each is a giant of engineering. But how will they fare in head-to-head battles in five key automotive categories?

October 14, 2013
ZyXEL Launches UAG4100 Unified Dual-radio Access Gateway

A world-class networking company that provides innovative, reliable Internet solutions for customers ranging from telecommunications service providers, small- and medium-sized businesses to home users, today introduces ZyXEL UAG4100 Unified Access Gateway–a new hospitality gateway that delivers best-in-class services and achieves high customer satisfaction for businesses in the hospitality industry. Upon the success deploying N4100 in over 8,000 hotels worldwide, the ZyXEL UAG4100 provides an advanced gateway with larger scalability to help generate revenues.

Nowadays people are used to enjoy Internet connection anytime, anywhere, and a majority of them often carry more than one mobile device around. Most of the existing networking infrastructures in hospitality environments cannot catch this trend, resulting in intermittent connection and customer complaints.

The UAG4100 supports dual radio frequencies, 2.4GHz and 5GHz, to serve two times of users than legacy Wi-Fi gateways. The design of dual radio automatically switches to 5GHz when 2.4GHz band is fully occupied, and digests traffic flow to avoid unstable data transmission due to the shortage of bandwidth. The UAG4100 also adopts a management platform that can handle up to 300 wired or wireless users simultaneously while prioritizing the bandwidth usage of each account. It ensures Internet connection quality, prevents bandwidth abuse and therefore increases customer satisfaction with better Internet surfing experience.

The UAG4100 Unified Access Gateway helps hospitality businesses confronting the regulatory compliance challenges by recording user account information, MAC addresses, source and destination IPs, etc. for government auditing if requested.More and more governments are seriously requiring publicly accessible Internet services to record online traffics with regulations like the widely known EU Data Retention Directive (2006/24/EC). It requires businesses to retain Internet usage records for a certain period of time. Hospitality businesses need to comply with these data retention regulations to avoid legal fines and regulatory penalties; but this can become a significant burden for the owners if they do not have the right equipment.

The UAG4100 takes advantage of embedded billing functions, and premise owners can utilize it to generate optimal access privileges to customers. Billing features include Web portal authentication, user-agreement login and RADIUS server authentication. The ZyXEL UAG4100 further supports SMS ticketing feature that passes the username and password required for logging into the mobile devices owned by a particular user. Subscribers can conveniently keep the information on their devices while preventing the risk of losing printed tickets.

In order to cover larger venues, more access points are to be deployed. To the venue owners, accomplishing deployments quickly without affecting business operations is the biggest concern. Integrated with a WLAN controller, the UAG4100 helps installation of access points without pre-configuration. When a UAG4100 establishes connection with access points, the settings will be applied to each access point immediately, and Wi-Fi monitoring as well as management can be centrally performed via the UAG4100. It eliminates the hassles that would have come with Wi-Fi deployments.

October 14, 2013
Infosys Named a Leader in Gartners Magic Quadrant for SAP Application Management Services

Infosys, a global leader in consulting and technology, today announced that it was positioned as a ‘Leader’ in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for SAP Application Management Services, Worldwide, 2013. Authored by Gilbert van der Heiden, Frances Karamouzis, Ruby Jivan and Ian Marriott, the Magic Quadrant compares and evaluates vendor capabilities for providing multi-year SAP Application Management services among 18 providers across a broad range of SAP Application Management services and across multiple SAP solutions.

According to Gartner, ‘Leaders’ are performing well today, gaining traction and mind share in the market; they have a clear vision of market direction, are helping clients beyond product road maps, and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market.”

Highlights

This positioning recognizes Infosys for its ability to execute and completeness of vision. Evaluation criteria for this Magic Quadrant:

· Ability to Execute: IT Services providers are evaluated on the quality and efficacy of their processes, systems, methods or procedures that enable IT performance to be competitive, efficient and effective, and to positively impact revenue, retention and reputation.

· Completeness of Vision: IT services providers are evaluated on their ability to convincingly articulate logical statements about current and future market direction, innovation, customer needs, and competitive forces.

October 14, 2013
Philips brings the goodness of Keratin to hair Appliances with its new KeraShine range

Philips India, a leading Health and Well-being company, today launched the first Keratin infused hair appliances range in India. Marketed under the brandname KeraShine, the new range of Keratin infused appliances will include amulti-styling brush -GlamStyler, aHair Straightener and a Hair Dryer.

Keratin, a fibrous protein, forms the main structural component of human hair. Infusion of Keratin rejuvenates and revitalizes hair, giving it a softer, silkier feel.The new KeraShine range offers a portfolio of quick styling appliances to create glamorous hairstyles at home, giving women the freedom to sport a new look every day. While the Keratin infused in the ceramic plates of the appliances smoothens hair by closing cuticles, ions reduce frizz and make hair dust repellent.

Highlighting the innovation in this product range, Mr. ADA Ratnam,President, Consumer Lifestyle,Philips India said “In India, healthy, shiny and soft hair is considered the epitome of a woman’s beauty. In today’s fast paced lifestyle, while women want to experiment with their hair styles, they have little time to care for their hair. Philips’ new KeraShine range not only gives women the freedom to style their hair fearlessly every day, it also protects their hair against pollution, keeping them soft and safe. ”

Consumer research conducted by Philipsreveals that dryness, pollution and hair fall are cited as the leading hair problems by 31, 41 and 40 percent women respectively. On the other hand, with constant exposure to international markets and changing dressing trends, women in Indiaarealso adopting versatile hairstyles and are experimenting with their looks. The Haircare appliances market has thus seen tremendous growth over the past few years, with an exceptionally high growth in multi-stylers. With a product range like KeraShine, Philips intends to empower women to style every day, while also caring for their hair.

Following the launch of the KeraShine range, Philips will also release10 Do-It-Yourself hairstylingvideos to help women create new hairstyles using theGlamStyler. This is a special marketing initiative keeping in mind the upcoming festive season. These videos will present a step-by-step hair-styling tutorial and will be hosted on Philips’ YouTube Channel.

The unique design of the Kerashine range, with its distinctive Black and Gold look, makes it the perfect gift for the festive season as well. The range includes three products to suit different styling needs:

October 14, 2013
Go Bananas at the Halloween Party for Kids at Funky Monkeys Play Center

Funky Monkeys Halloween Party is the place to be for kids on Thursday 31st October, 2013. With a host of games & prizes up for grabs, Funky Monkeys Play Center sets the mood with its festive Halloween decor, ‘Trick or Treat Goodies’, face painting and a host of Halloween party games.

Put on your party shoes and head to Funky Monkeys – an indoor play center exclusively designed for children aged 6 months to 10 years. Kids are bound to enjoy the specials, which include meeting the Funky Monkeys Mascot , a Feed the Pumpkin Game and an exciting Treasure Hunt in the Play Zones.

Children can also play “Dress Up” for the Fancy Dress contest and stand a chance to win prizes, candies and many more treats.

Funky Monkeys is a wonderful destination for the whole family. Parents can sit back and relax at the cafe while the kids Go Bananas in the two play zones. This Mumbai’s first indoor play center, offering hands-on discovery and learning through spontaneous play, while incorporating elements of fun and entertainment.

Open 7 days a week, Funky Monkeys also has a fully equipped cafe area overlooking the play zones, free WiFi, valet parking, kid friendly bathrooms, a first aid kit on site and adheres to all fire safety regulations.

An entry fee of Rs. 1,500 allows 1 child & 2 adults along with a snack box per child, ‘Trick or Treat’ bag & goodies and so much more fun for your child. Tickets must be purchased prior to the event.

Date: Thursday, 31st October 2013

Time: 4:00 PM to 7:30 PM

Ticket Price: Rs. 1500 (1 child + 2 adults, includes a snack box per child. ‘Trick or Treat’ bag & goodies, games & Prizes

October 14, 2013