MUMBAI: Hinduja Global Solutions, a leading provider of business process outsourcing services, has made two significant additions to its senior management team of North America and one major addition to its global leadership team. This is in line with the organization?s aggressive growth targets and increased focus on the United States and Canada.

Chris Lord joins as the Senior Vice President, Global Sales Strategy and Sales Operations. His primary responsibility is to ensure that all the geographical sales teams at HGS have the best and optimized sales support by leveraging HGS? global capabilities, best practices, assets, collaterals and IP. With over 25 years of IT and BPO services experience at the leadership level with such firms as Wipro, Accenture, EDS, and Xerox in India, Philippines, Europe, USA and Canada, Chris has proven transformational expertise in sales strategy and execution.

Steve Sacks joins HGS as the Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development with a mandate to meet the aggressive revenue growth targets of HGS in the North American markets. He has over 20 years of sales experience in the BPO Industry with few of the leading names such as EDS, Accenture, Teleperformance, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, and Ernst & Young where he managed the domestic, nearshore and the offshore outsourcing business partnerships.

Jaime Nunez joins as Senior Vice President, Operations and IT for HGS USA. With an overall experience of 25 years, he has recently served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer for a leading BPO provider, where he led the global transformation of the company?s core business resulting in Operational and IT excellence. Prior to that, he worked with the Citi Group as the Managing Director of Global Customer Service and Client Delivery for call centers across the US, South America, and Europe as well as Asia including China, The Philippines and India.

Commenting on these additions to his leadership team, Partha DeSarkar, Global CEO of HGS, said, ?We have been bullish on North America for quite some time now. Our growth in this region has been good. We are leveraging the synergies from our acquisition in Canada. We bring our right-shore model to the clients in the US and Canada. I expect to see good traction in the coming months. With their exhaustive experience, Chris, Steve and Jaime are the best people to handle this growth.?

New Delhi, June 19, 2013: Boring Brands, India?s largest start-up marketing company has added HealthKart.com to its clientele. HealthKart has chosen Boring Brands to promote its brands ? HealthKart.com and HealthKartPlus in the Indian market.

HealthKart.com is an online health and fitness store and is heralded as a pioneer in its field. Boring Brands will look into HealthKart?s communication needs across India. It will assist HealthKart.com with a suite of corporate communication services including thought leadership, media engagement among others. Boring Brands strives to bring innovative solutions to HealthKart?s vision of spreading healthcare awareness and empowering consumers.

Prashant Tandon, Co-founder, HealthKart.com said ?Boring Brands brings a lot of fresh perspective to PR activities. The expertise and bouquet of new ideas that they bring to the plate is suited to our vision and company objectives .We are delighted to be associated with them.?

?We?re excited by the prospect of assisting HealthKart with its market positioning and growth aspirations. Our team of pro-active members is looking forward to exploit new opportunities for HealthKart?s rapidly expanding services?, said Anshul Sushil, Co-founder, Boring Brands.

The start-up marketing company will add value to not just HealthKart but the entire portfolio for HealthKart which comprises of HealthKartPlus, the information service and medicine application and HealthKart Fit, the first offline store from HealthKart.

Mumbai, June 21, 2013: ?Direct Your Own Film? a seminar organised here by Reliance AIMS-Animation Infotainment & Media School, a Reliance Entertainment group company saw an overwhelming attendance at the one day event that had no entry fee. The seminar was held at Reliance AIMS, Andheri West centre. Popular Bollywood blockbusters were taken as reference point to enlighten the audience about the nuances of film direction. The section/talk on the technicalities involved in directing a movie turned out to be the highlight of this event. At the end of the day, the organizers of this seminar were largely successful in driving home the fact that a career in film direction will be a fruitful option.

The Direct your Own Film Seminar comprised largely of 12th pass students, who got an opportunity to interact and learn from the who?s who of the industry that included Mr. Vikram Vetturi, Director of Krishna aur Kans and the popular animated TV series Shaktimaan. By envisioning the exciting world of Film making/direction, most of the students attending the event expressed their desire to pursue it as a profession.

Mr.Vikram Vetturi, Ace Film Director said, "I felt honoured and humbled to be a part of such a unique seminar that sought to create awareness about film direction and help students understand the challenges that lie in this field. A movie director is like the captain of a ship. It?s under his command that the entire process of film making moves ahead and takes a concrete shape. Directing a film will not only help you unleash your creative abilities but will also give you an in-depth understanding of both pre and post production areas of film-making that is technically driven and exigent."

MUMBAI: CNN International today announced a new slate of programming focused on the empowerment of young girls around the world with the premiere of critically-acclaimed film ?Girl Rising? and launch of ?A Girl?s World,? a distinctive new series chronicling the lives of seven girls in seven countries.

?Girl Rising?, filmed before the well-known girls? education campaigner Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban on her way home from school in Pakistan?s Swat Valley, follows several girls across the globe as they pursue an education. Like Malala, these girls ? who come from Afghanistan, Egypt, Ethiopia, Haiti, Nepal, Peru and Sierra Leone ? fight to overcome impossible odds to realize their dreams. Directed by Academy Award nominee Richard E. Robbins, the two-hour film features voice performances by Academy Award winners Cate Blanchett (Haiti), Anne Hathaway (Afghanistan) and Meryl Streep (Ethiopia), in addition to Salma Hayek (Peru), Chlo? Moretz (Egypt), Selena Gomez (Sierra Leone) and Kerry Washington (Nepal). ?Girl Rising? airs on CNN International on Saturday, June 22 and Sunday, June 23.

Meryl Streep: "This film gives visual corroboration to knowledge we already have: Educating women and girls has the most optimistic, positive effects on families, communities, and economies worldwide. If to see it is to know it, this film delivers hope; reasonable, measurable, tangible hope that the world can be healed and helped to a better future!"

CNN Digital is offering special coverage of the film at www.CNN.com/girlrising, publishing open letters from influential women on the importance of education to empower girls around the world. CNN iReport, the network?s global participatory community, will invite readers to write their own letters. In addition, CNN.com/girlrising will highlight ways for the audience to take action and help girls? education in their own communities and around the world.

??Girl Rising? tells an incredibly important story that highlights the critical role education plays in the empowerment of young girls,? says Mike McCarthy, senior vice president of programming for CNN International. ?In ?A Girl?s World,? viewers get an intimate look at the unique challenges and opportunities this generation of girls face on a daily basis. Their stories are revealing, surprising and worth sharing with the world.?

?A Girl?s World? introduces seven new girls from Argentina, Germany, Hong Kong, Pakistan, South Africa, Turkey and the United States, all with untold ? yet familiar ? stories. ?A Girl?s World? explores education, culture, environment, community, faith and family through the eyes of these 16-year-old girls. Equipped with handheld cameras, these girls tell their stories in their own words, providing viewers with an inside look at their motivations, obstacles and dreams. While their lives might be different, they have much in common. ?A Girl?s World? culminates with a special week of programming on CNNI leading up to the United Nations-declared International Day of the Girl on October 11.

MUMBAI: The state of Maharashtra is all geared up to witness the biggest and the grandest T20 domestic cricket in India for the very first time. After the stupendous success of Jaipur Premier League Season 1 held in Rajasthan last year, the cricket extravaganza returns this year with double the excitement. All prominent cricketers from Rajasthan will be seen in action in the Jaipur Premier League (JPL) Season 2 set to start from June 28, 2013 to July 7,2013.

The six franchises have doled out more than Rs. 25 lakhs each to hire 12 cricketers in each team. The six teams in fray are Shree Tirupati Tigers, Lake City Panthers, Mewar Mustangs, Omkaama Lions, The Live Kangaroos and Balaji Rhinos. Every team has bid for the best players from a pool of 90 state players made available from RCA (Rajasthan Cricket Association). Prominent cricketers like Ashok Menaria (Rajasthan Royals fame U19 captain); Vineet Saxena, Rohit Jhalani and Rashmi Ranjan Parida (Ranji Stars of Rajasthan); Dishant Yagnik (Rajasthan Royals fame) and Pankaj Singh (Rajasthan Royals fame & India Test Series Player) will be some of the key players of the tournament. 15 league matches, 2 semi-finals and 1 mega final are scheduled to be held at Sinhagad Ground, Pune.

The star-cast of upcoming Bollywood film "Shortcut Romeo" - Neil Nitin Mukesh and Ameesha Patel were present for the JPL Season 2 launch event to add the glam factor to the tournament as well as promote their film on the same platform.

Mr. Prashant Mishra & Mr. Amit Singh of Woods Entertainment said, "JPL 1 was a super success. We had never expected the kind of response we got last year and the love and support of the audiences was exceptional. The bonding we have with JDCA (Jaipur District Cricket Association) is something special and extreme support has been extended from their end. We are glad and happy to continue this league forward and are looking for a grander show this year!"

Mr. Mahesh Chakankar, Director of Omkaama Productions stated, "I was very happy to see the way Prashant and Amit had executed JPL Season 1. I was very keen to collaborate with them for this 2nd edition and I am sure with the expertise and team Omkaama has, JPL 2 will be a much bigger and better tournament."

The format of the tournament will be the same as last years? and the squads have been finalized. With three weeks to go for JPL Season 2, this period will witness a lot of practice and the planning of strategies by the teams, as they prepare to go all out to win. The stage is indeed set for an extraordinary tournament.

News Nation, the latest national Hindi news channel on the block, has appointed Abhay Ojha as Senior Vice-President and National Head of Sales and Marketing. His portfolio also includes media research and media operations. Ojha will be based in Delhi and report to Shailesh Kumar, CEO, News Nation.

Ojha confirmed the development to BestMediaInfo.com.

In a career spanning 15 years, Ojha has headed the sales function in both National and Regional channels. Prior to joining News Nation, he was VP ? Sales with TV9 Group run by Hyderabad-based Associated Broadcasting Company (ABCL) where he spent close to one and a half years.

Ojha started his career with TV Today Network in February 1999 where he spent more than eight years and rose to become Senior Manager ? Ad Sales. He moved to IBN7 in 2007 and spent four years as AVP handling sales functions for IBN7. After working with National channels for over 12 years, Ojha moved to the regional space as National Sales Head at RBNL?s Big Magic, from where he went to TV9.