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  • YesMadam cuts down its commission rates to eight per cent

    YesMadam cuts down its commission rates to eight per cent

    Mumbai: YesMadam has announced the reduction in commission for its frontliners, i.e., service partners. A promise that they made on national TV that the goal is to charge zero commission – saw the progress with commission down to eight per cent from 15 per cent within just four months of featuring on Shark Tank.

    YesMadam currently offers different partnership programs to its partners, such as standard (20 per cent), gold (15 per cent) & diamond (12 per cent) with lower commissions, and extra benefits. However, their new flagship program, Platinum Partners, is all ready to revolutionize the industry with lowest commission ever witnessed at 8 per cent (by far the industry lowest) as compared to other large to small-sized home salons. Going an extra mile for their service partners, this program will bring all the advances of financial stability, increasing customer satisfaction, and improving the service quality.

    YesMadam co-founder Mayank Arya said, “This is a big moment for us and our partners. This fast-moving economy comes with inflation, and the frontliners are amongst the first set of people to take the heat of it. By setting a standard in the industry, we want to encourage other aggregators to come out and support the initiative for the people who are out in rain, cold & heat, and still boast a broad smile on their face. We are moving towards commission free model soon, while we keep the profitability status intact for all our stakeholders.”

    Adding to this initiative, YesMadam co-founder Akanksha Vishnoi said, “It is always a pleasure to see today’s women paving their own path and to be able to empower so many happy faces while adding to their success is a bliss in its own. The way we look at it is not just the joy of growing and excelling but appreciating the contributions and intent by giving back to the ever-evolving trusted community that is a constant part, above and beyond.”

    Founded in 2016 by Aditya & Mayank Arya, YesMadam has seen exceptional growth with a 250 per cent increase in revenue, while serving 50 plus cities in India. With workforce of 250 employees in Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru, the home salon startup got a four shark deal amounting to 1.5 crore and praises from the future headed industry leaders aka Shark Tank judges.

  • NDTV Prime presents ‘Face of India’ in association with Getty Images

    NDTV Prime presents ‘Face of India’ in association with Getty Images

     MUMBAI: NDTV Prime in association with Getty Images, the world leader in visual communication, announces Face of India, the search for India’s best amateur portrait photographer. It is a first of its kind contest that will provide a platform to identify and nurture raw photography talent in the country.

     Face of India is an amateur and enthusiast photography award, dedicated to shining a spotlight on upcoming non-professional and student photographers. It has one mission; to discover and celebrate portrait photography and photographers in India. The last date for sending entries to be a part of the contest is 30th November, 2015.

     The entries will be judged by a renowned jury consisting of Aditya Arya, known for his advertising photography work; Ravi Dhingra, a versatile lifestylephotographer and the festival director for the Delhi Photo Festival; Dinesh Khanna,  a photographer who has been extensively involved in creating images for advertising and editorial features; Sanjay Nanda, a graphic designer by profession but a passionate photographer along with a bevy of international photographers will be focussing their lens on exploring new talent.

     By participating in the ‘Face of India Portrait Photography Competition’, you stand a chance of becoming a “Contributing Photographer for Getty Images”, giving you access to the company’s industry-leading experts and an opportunity to take your photography to the next level.

    Speaking on the contest NDTV chairperson Prannoy Roy said, “NDTV is proud to be associated with Getty Images to extend a platform for amateur photographers to display their talent and to be recognised across India.  Photography has become an increasingly popular format across every age group and a camera is no longer limited to a DSLR. The regular smartphone has also become a part of us to pursue our passions to explore new photographic styles. We are confident that this contest will find some real hidden heroes who will capture their talent in photography’’ 

     Getty Images, India director and country head Nitin Lakhotia said, “Imagery is the most spoken global language of our time, with more people creating more imagery than ever before. As the world-leading creator and distributor of imagery, Getty Images has a team of experts developing and directing the top photographers in the world. Getty Images passionately believes in nurturing local talent and giving people the opportunity to tell stories from their own personal experience, so we are proud and excited to partner with NDTV to give India’s amateur photographers the platform to demonstrate and amplify their talent. We look forward to working with and developing the unique talent that comes through.”

     The competition is open for Indian nationals only from around the world. Portrait is the theme for the competition as they are more complex than just a beautiful face, or a well-staged family photograph. A skillfully captured portrait has the power to move us through its expression and mood. Portraits speak of happiness, sadness or reveal a distant thought within the subject’s glance, an untold story is heard.

  • A group show of fine art photographs for Uttarakhand Relief.

    A group show of fine art photographs for Uttarakhand Relief.

    MUMBAI: As part of leap foundation’s Uttarakhand Rehabilitation Initiatives, ‘United Uttarakhand Unveiled’ a group show of fine art photographs for Uttarakhand Relief was showcased at the Lado Art Nite which was presented by Leap Foundation & Wonderwall. The exhibition featured works of people like Aditya Arya, Ajay Rajgarhia, Amit Pasricha, Bonny Hazuria, Karan Khanna, Manoj Kumar Jain, Prarthana Modi, Raghu Rai, Saadiya Kochar, Sandeep Biswas, Sarika Dandona, Udit Kulshrestha and Vivek Singh.

    Leap Foundation is a non-profit organization supports the cause of Uttarakand was conceived by Mr. Anurag Sangal who attended the preview alongside Mr. Sushant Singh, highly acclaimed Indian film and television actor and television presenter. Sushant has been associated with the Leap Foundation since 30th June 2013, on being asked why he chose Leap Foundation he commentated, “There are around 3,400,000 NGO’s in our country. Every second day, almost all of us receive a call for help. Most of us can, and want to help.  But the dilemma we all face is – will my help reach the person in need?  I wanted to get involved directly. At a time when all the agencies were talking about ‘relief’, I came across this appeal, which spoke about rehabilitation. Not just building temporary shelters, but rebuilding lives.”


    Wonderwall  is dedicated to making photography an accessible form of art to the public at large and hopes to be instrumental in getting people to understand and develop people’s interest in fine art photograph.
    wonderwall.co.in is India’s first ecommerce website specializing in fine art photography and also organizes regular exhibitions in India & abroad, to target people who would like a tactile experience before they buy art.
    Sushant Singh has been known for his contribution towards the betterment of the society by the roles he chooses to play on-screen, he wanted very much to be directly involved with a cause of helping people,I was tired of sitting in my drawing room and cursing the system. I read the appeal, sent my contribution and spoke to Mr Anurag Sangal. I was convinced with his vision. It was time to act.I got associated with the organisation and have taken the onus of raising funds for the programs. As of now I am on the Board of Governors of the foundation and an active campaigner.


    The event was supported Trinitas – ‘Photography for Change Initiative’. Items on sale included ‘King, Commoner Citizen’, a coffee table photography book by Prashant Panjiar (courtesy: Indiapicture.com) and Kulwant Rai Collector’s Edition book titled ‘The Gandhi Collection’ with 15 rare Gandhi photographs (courtesy: India Photo Archive Foundation).
    It is known that in times of need everyone comes together to help and rebuild what has been destroyed, a similar act was seen on this event when a huge crowd of people came together to support the cause of rehabilitating & rebuilding Uttrakhand.