Mumbai: One of Disney?s most popular family movies ever ?The Jungle Book?, loved the world over for its memorable music (who says bears can?t sing!), thrilling adventures and unforgettable characters comes to Disney Channel on April 21, 2012 at 11 am.

Little Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves in the Indian jungle is happy just enjoying the ?Bare Necessities? with his buddies, especially happy-go-lucky bear Baloo. However, the vicious tiger, Shere Khan decides that the ?man-cub? must be eliminated because of the threat he will pose to tigers once he grows into a man. So the wise panther Bagheera sets out to return him to the ?man village?, where he will be safe.

The exciting journey through the jungle holds many dangers and surprises. After falling out of the coils of a hungry hypnotic python named Kaa and falling in with a herd of military elephants, the ?man-cub? meets the carefree bear named Baloo who teaches Mowgli the song ?The Bare Necessities? of life and the true meaning of friendship. Other musical highlights include, ?I Wan?na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)?, by Jazzy King Louie and the hepcat monkeys, the sneaky ?Trust in Me? by Kaa and ?That?s What Friends are For??

Be a part of the adventure with Mowgli and his friends on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at ????11 a.m. on Disney Channel.

Mumbai: GPJ India, the wholly owned subsidiary of GPJ Worldwide, the world?s #1 ranked experience marketing agency has announced its foray into communciation marketing with a strategic focus to target the right audience with the launch of its new Audience Marketing Division. This is in line with its aggressive growth plans as part of its 10th year celebrations in India market.

Speaking about the new division, Mr. Rasheed Sait, Country General Manager, GPJ India said, ?Our top priority is to help our clients articulate their message to the right target audience and create, develop, and deliver winning campaigns that are actionable and provide measurable results. Getting the right target audience for our clients and delivery of the right message therefore is very critical which we are sure the Audience Marketing Division will address. We also believe that we can adapt the best practises of our global offices and become a One Stop service provider for experience marketing in India. ?

The Audience Marketing team consists of young & experienced professionals having wide experience in the field of Integrated Marketing Services. The team have specialized resources for audience / lead marketing programs, registration and database management.

?We have often heard clients asking for a 360 degree approach to events. Getting the right audience and a convenient registration process is another point of concern for most clients. GPJ strives to address these issues by a continuous evaluation process and constant improvement by applying the learning from past performances. We are also bringing in the digital method of registration and using cutting edge technology to give the customer a registration experience like none other, ?added Rasheed.

?We are also looking to expand the team with senior strategic and planning people from the industry to strengthen the team,? added Rasheed.

GPJ is India?s leading experience marketing agency, built on a reputation of sound strategic thinking and innovative experience marketing solutions that has led to winning many industry and best practice awards.
The Audience Marketing Services includes Audience Marketing for events, Onsite Registration Management, Response Management, Lead Generation, Lead Validation, Registration Micro site, Website development & Maintenance & Post event analytics

About George P Johnson, India GPJ India is a subsidiary of GPJ WW, the world?s #1 ranked experience marketing agency. GPJ India, established in 2002, is one of India?s leading experience marketing agencies, built on a reputation of sound strategic thinking and innovative experience marketing solutions that has led to wining many industry and best practice awards. The company is HQ in Bangalore with branches in Mumbai and Delhi.

Strategy, Audience Marketing, Creative, Digital, and Event Production forms GPJ India?s core service suite. A highly experienced team, headed by Rasheed Sait (CGM) , delivers over 400 events annually for blue chip clients in IT, Automotive, Consumer electronics, Telecom and Healthcare sectors.

Mumbai: Zee Jagran - India?s First Wellness Channel ?that has carved a niche as a television channel which offers a fine blend of Physical, Psychological & Spiritual Wellness, has now taken up the challenge to enrich the lives of teenagers. Continuing its tradition of enriching the lives of its viewers, Zee Jagran is launching a unique program called ?The Balancing Act?. Spearheaded and anchored by India?s ace Yogacharya and Mind Therapist, Pratishtha Sharma, ?The Balancing Act? is a talk-show targeted at the youth especially teenagers and their parents and primarily addresses issues and problems related to this sensitive age i.e. teenage. The program gains more relevance because of the ever increasing issues that the teenagers of today?s generation are faced with. ?The Balancing Act? will be aired on every Saturday & Sunday at 7:30 PM, starting 14th April 2012.

?The Balancing Act? is designed to identify and address the age-old and new challenges faced by teenagers and offers practical and highly doable solutions. Some of their major problems ? like increasing competition and parent?s expectations from the growing children besides new age issues like ?Mobile and Internet? - will be taken up and tackled during the program, and it will also have teenagers as live audience along with a distinguished panel of experts. Today, teenagers are far more restless and confused as compared to earlier which is leading to a plethora of psychological and mental ailments like depression, anxiety neurosis, etc. Some of the common issues which will be taken up during the course of the program are Severed Parent-Child Relationships, Unstable Teacher-Student Relationships, Peer Group Rivalry, Infatuation, Labelling Children, Sibling Rivalry, Examination Pressure, Depression, Adolescent Smoking & Drinking, Over Exposure to New Age media (Internet Etc.) and early exposure to Techno Gadgets (i-phones, i-pods, mobiles etc.)

While speaking about the program, Mr. Anil Anand, Zee Jagran - Business Head quotes famous author & psychotherapist/specialist in family therapy, Virginia Satir: ?Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves!!!? Hence it was thought to offer a solution driven platform to this young audience along with those who are a critical part of their environment ? parents, teachers, friends, siblings, etc. It?s a show targeted to provide some ?take home value for the teenage generation of the country!?

Zee Jagran along with India?s first women Yogacharya and Mind Therapist Pratishtha Sharma present the show The Balancing Act which brings together Teens, Parents and Teachers on a single platform where they can freely speak their heart out. The show will also have eminent guests to give their expert views and counsel the students. The main motto of the program is to help teenagers to reduce their tensions by counseling and providing solutions to the challenges they face in day-to-day life so that they can build a bright future for themselves and for the country as a whole.

Mumbai: Angry Brides, an initiative to raise awareness against dowry in India was launched earlier this year by Shaadi.com, the world?s largest matrimonial site. The anti-dowry game hosted on Shaadi.com?s Facebook page has received an incredible response from people around the world. Angry Brides, has been played by over 500,000 people in over 35 countries. What is even more remarkable is that over 200,000 of the total players are women. This strongly reflects the changing approach of women against the social evil of Dowry.

?We at Shaadi.com are encouraged by the overwhelming global response received by Angry Brides. We are now even more inspired to spread the message of non-tolerance to every single person that could be affected by dowry. We are, therefore, running a Facebook contest to spread further awareness about the nuisance of Dowry.?

The contest is open from 13th April - 6th May, 2012. Click http://on.fb.me/Ith8H8 to play Angry Brides and take a stand against dowry. Let?s make a difference.

MUMBAI: UTV continues its association with Goafest for the third straight year.

Bindass, UTV Stars, UTV Movies and UTV Action have lined up activities for the festival that kicks off on 19 April.

The channels will be present at the event across three days. Bindass will extend their relaunch campaign to the trade fraternity in Goa not only in the main Goafest venue (Zuri White Sands ? Varca beach) but will have a prominent presence in South Goa in the form of outdoor. Rain dance ? one of main properties Bindass has been taking up year-on-year - will also be supported by an innovative installation along with distribution of merchandise (flip flops and wayfarers).

UTV Movies plans to marry the core proposition of the channel ?Jeeyo Bollywood? (Bollywood Movies) and the core competency of this fest (creativity). In this zone one can come and either use their creativity and finish Bollywood dialogues in their own way and get a customised T-Shirt with their line and name on the T-shirt or play some fun Bollywood games (like trivia or dartboard) and win specially crafted minimalistic Bollywood T Shirts ? a kind of a T-shirt to be introduced into the market by UTV Movies at Goafest.

UTV Broadcasting head marketing Kunal Mukherjee said, "Goafest is one platform where the entire creative and media fraternity comes together making it the perfect opportunity for our network to interact with them. Having successfully established UTV as a brand at Goafest, we have made the network?s presence felt across the festival in the past two years. In the third year of our association with the festival we intend to bring in more fun and zest for all with thrilling brand activities like splendid parties, exhilarating water sports, rollicking rain dances, game kiosks and much more."

UTV Stars is sponsoring the media night party on 20 April which is followed by the media night awards. DJ Akhtar will perform at the event. Also, before entering, each delegate can have themselves photographed with Bollywood celebs (life size poster).

Mumbai: The United Nations Information Center for India and Bhutan hosted its 2nd Annual Young Changemakers Conclave in Mumbai in partnership with the US Consulate on 14th April 2012. The conclave was presented by Bindass.

Mr Peter Haas, US Consul General and Samyak Chakrabarty, Managing Director, Youth Media Group hosted the evening.

200 young individuals between the ages of 18 to 35 were selected from diverse backgrounds out of the 5000 who applied, to attend this day long event to discuss, deliberate and confer on a wide array of topics while engaging with current day leaders. The key focus point of the Conclave was "Role of Youth: Transforming Dialogue To Action".

Inspirational speakers from various domains of academia, sport, business, technology, politics, music, journalism/media, arts/literature, social change and film were be a part of the 2nd Annual Young Changemakers Conclave in Mumbai. This was followed by a Q&A session and concluded with a ‘Youth Leaders Dinner‘, with a Keynote Address by Anurag Singh Thakur of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Commenting on the Bindass Young Changemakers Conclave, Keith Alphonso, Business Head, Bindass said, "Bindass as an achiever brand aims to inspire and encompasses qualities like Grit, Style and Success and that‘s what the youth stand for. The youth today exist in an environment of Fragile Invincibility which is comprised of hyper competition across numerous opportunities in a country like India. Yet they are able to overcome the environment and succeed due to a constant spirit of ‘Can do‘. The new brand campaign of Bindass depicts this ‘Rest Less Do More‘ attitude. The Bindass young changemakers conclave was a great opportunity for the youngsters to connect and share their thoughts with eminent personalities on a common platform."

Samyak Chakrabarty, Managing Director, Electronic Youth Media Group and also the youngest CEO in India at 23, has conceptualized the idea of this conclave since its inception, he said, "The 2nd Annual Young Changemakers Conclave has been constituted to enable an interaction between diverse leaders and the next generation with the hope that this dialogue will lead to sustainable social change and awareness"

Also present on occasion was Ms Kiran Mehra Kerpelman, Director, United Nations Information Centre for India & Bhutan who has been recently appointed by UN Secretary General Mr Ban-Ki-Moon.