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  • Six top creatives in India named to ADC 103rd Annual Awards Jury

    Six top creatives in India named to ADC 103rd Annual Awards Jury

    Mumbai: The One Club for Creativity has announced six leading creatives in India who will serve on the diverse global jury for the ADC 103rd Annual Awards, the world’s longest continuously-running global competition celebrating excellence in craft and innovation in all forms of design and advertising.

    Dimpy Bhalotia, photographer and creative director based in Mumbai, will serve as Jury President for the Photography discipline.

    Other ADC 103rd judges based in India are:

       Soumitro Ghosh, partner, Mathew and Ghosh Architects, Bengaluru (architecture/interior/environmental design)

       Anushka Sani, founder, CD, Thought Over Design, Mumbai (brand/communication design)

       Poornima Seetharaman, associate general manager, Take Two – Zynga, Bangalore (gaming)

       Sumitra Sengupta, ECD, FCB India, Gurugram (advertising)

       Juhi Vishnani, art director, November, Mumbai (typography)

    The complete ADC 103rd Annual Awards jury can be viewed here.

    Judging will finish in April 2024, with finalists announced in May. Gold, Silver and Bronze Cube winners will be announced at the ADC 103rd Annual Awards ceremony during Creative Week 2024 in New York, taking place 13-17 May.

    Entries can be submitted now, with fees increasing after each deadline period.  Regular deadline is 26 January 2024, with an extended deadline of 16 February 2024, and the final deadline is 1 March 2024.  

    New for 2024

    One notable change for the ADC 103rd Annual Awards is Best of Discipline honors will be awarded to brand-based work only. Entries for non-profit clients are no longer eligible.  

    This year will also mark the show’s first Best of Non-Profit award, presented for the top-scoring work from across all disciplines done for a non-profit client as voted by the entire jury.  Best of Non-Profit will receive the same points as a Best of Discipline winner.

    Other highlights for the ADC 103rd Annual Awards include:

    1   Rankings points – All awards will receive rankings points, multiple awards for the same work within a discipline will not be de-duped.

    2   Storytelling categories – Advertising discipline expanded with new categories for Storytelling in Humor and Drama genres.

    3   Continued partnership with creative community Working Not Working on event and content collaborations, as well as the special Freelancer of the Year award.

    4   ADC Members’ Choice Award, where freelance members of both The One Club and Working Not Working are invited to cast votes for their favorite entry amongst the year’s top-scoring works in all ADC Design disciplines.

    Tiered pricing

    A special tiered pricing structure makes it easier for smaller agencies, studios and freelancers to participate.  Larger agencies and brands pay the standard entry fee; smaller shops get a discount on entries (amount varies by discipline), and freelance creatives and one-person shops are eligible for an even greater reduction in their entry fee.

    Unlike for-profit awards shows, The One Club is a non-profit organization that puts revenue generated from awards entries into programs that serve the industry under the club’s four pillars: Education, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Gender Equality and Creative Development.  

    The One Club for Creativity – home of The One Show, ADC Annual Awards, Art Directors Club of Europe (ADCE), ONE Asia Awards, Type Directors Club and competition, TDC Ascenders, Young Guns, Young Ones Student Awards, Next Creative Leaders, ONE Screen Short Film Festival, and more – is the world’s foremost non-profit organisation whose mission is to support and celebrate the global creative community. Revenue generated from entries to its global awards shows goes back into the industry to fund programming under the organization’s four pillars: education, inclusion & diversity, gender equality, and creative development.

  • Paytm partners with Wipro for its payments bank business

    Paytm partners with Wipro for its payments bank business

    MUMBAI:  Paytm has joined hands with Wipro  to create the requisite technology infrastructure for its upcoming Payments Bank business.

    Wipro will be implementing the core banking solution for Paytm and also programme managing the integration of other key systems like the anti-money laundering solution and the regulatory reporting solution. Wipro will play a crucial role in helping Paytm interface its existing systems with the core banking solution. It will also put in place and manage the data centers for the Payment Bank in order to ensure smooth functioning of the new unit.

    Speaking on the association, Paytm Payments Bank  CEO Designate Shinini Kumar said, “Technology is an integral part of the value proposition we seek to create for customers of our upcoming bank and we are happy to announce that we will be partnering with Wipro. They have a demonstrated track record in banking technology in India that will be important in ensuring that our innovative solutions are integrated with core banking systems in a compliant and secure manner, creating the right platform for service delivery at large scale. We are a young and agile organization and the Wipro team has demonstrated the agility and flexibility that will be necessary to make this partnership meaningful.”

     Wipro Limited India & Middle East Markets president Soumitro Ghosh also added, “Paytm is making steady strides towards its larger vision of financial inclusion in the country. Its Payments Bank is another step in this direction and we are happy to partner with them in their endeavor.”

  • Paytm partners with Wipro for its payments bank business

    Paytm partners with Wipro for its payments bank business

    MUMBAI:  Paytm has joined hands with Wipro  to create the requisite technology infrastructure for its upcoming Payments Bank business.

    Wipro will be implementing the core banking solution for Paytm and also programme managing the integration of other key systems like the anti-money laundering solution and the regulatory reporting solution. Wipro will play a crucial role in helping Paytm interface its existing systems with the core banking solution. It will also put in place and manage the data centers for the Payment Bank in order to ensure smooth functioning of the new unit.

    Speaking on the association, Paytm Payments Bank  CEO Designate Shinini Kumar said, “Technology is an integral part of the value proposition we seek to create for customers of our upcoming bank and we are happy to announce that we will be partnering with Wipro. They have a demonstrated track record in banking technology in India that will be important in ensuring that our innovative solutions are integrated with core banking systems in a compliant and secure manner, creating the right platform for service delivery at large scale. We are a young and agile organization and the Wipro team has demonstrated the agility and flexibility that will be necessary to make this partnership meaningful.”

     Wipro Limited India & Middle East Markets president Soumitro Ghosh also added, “Paytm is making steady strides towards its larger vision of financial inclusion in the country. Its Payments Bank is another step in this direction and we are happy to partner with them in their endeavor.”

  • Den Networks and Wipro join hands for enhancing customer experience

    Den Networks and Wipro join hands for enhancing customer experience

    MUMBAI: Multi system operator (MSO) Den Networks is not only expanding its business, but with that is looking at enhancing customer experience as well. And with this, the MSO has entered into a strategic partnership with information technology giant Wipro. The alliance aims at accelerating Den Networks’ evolution from being a B2B organisation to a B2C one.       

     

    The strategic partnership will empower Den Networks’ customers with seamless connectivity and integration. Through this decade-long alliance, the MSO will be able to provide its customers, local cable operators (LCOs) and partners with real time efficient services, thereby ensuring continuous engagement and zero downtime. The initiative will also help Den Networks to streamline the deployment of its next generation services and provide quicker service activation, accurate rating and billing and excellent customer service.

     

     “As the industry continuously evolves, it is imperative to drive innovations for an enhanced customer experience. This initiative will help us connect better with our customers, and meet operators’ demand for quicker and accurate dissemination of a variety of services, thereby driving increased loyalty, adoption and efficiency. We are looking at automating our backend processes as a part of this deal, to provide a seamless subscriber experience and build customer loyalty,” said Den Networks COO M.G. Azhar.

     

    According to the agreement, Den Networks can offer SMS and BSS user friendly solutions, which allows cable operators to deliver more personalised and sophisticated services to cable and broadband subscribers at sharply improved delivery time.

     

    “We are delighted to be chosen as a strategic partner for Den. Wipro will leverage its extensive experience in business and technology transformation, combined with platform-driven integrated delivery of IT to ensure we deliver a robust, flexible and scalable infrastructure to help Den do business better,” added Wipro Infotech chief executive Soumitro Ghosh.

     

     

    The cloud based platform will use a highly extendible patented model that consolidates all subscriber, product, service and infrastructure based operational data, allowing operators to reliably and rapidly create and manage a wider range of residential and business products that deliver increased operational efficiency and a greater user experience.

     

    “This partnership will enable both the companies to meet the changing needs of the customer, providing them with more choices and market solutions, using a blend of onboard and cloud-based distributed analytics. Our user-centric architecture and expertise in the broadband & cable space will help DEN Networks engage with customers at a deeper level,” concluded Wipro senior vice president and business head-global communications Anil K. Jain.