MUMBAI: CNBC-TV18, India?s no. 1 business medium, in association with MCX, a state-of-the-art electronic commodity futures exchange, present India?s most distinguished awards for financial excellence - the CFO Awards 2010 on October 27, 2010 in Mumbai. These awards seek to recognize the wizards of the financial world who have not only demonstrated excellence through their sheer knowledge, vision and acumen but also driven their businesses on a global platform. This is the league of individuals who have managed India‘s global aspirations with such precision that they are now India?s ambassadors to the world.

This year the theme of ?CFO Awards 2010? is ?celebrating the men and women behind India‘s resilience?. The awards will honour the spirit of achievement by recognizing the contribution of such individuals to Brand INDIA. These individuals have made India a force to reckon with by capitalizing on opportunities and identifying growth options which has helped sustain the financial slowdown. They have also demonstrated the skills of being the real champions of India?s fast evolving CFO community by striving hard to make India a global business hub. These global financial leaders through their efficiency and excellence in financial deliverables have laid the foundation of emerging India, transforming it to become the next superpower.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Udayan Mukherjee, Managing Editor, CNBC-TV18 said, ?India has evolved as a global financial hub only due to the persistence of certain expertised individuals who have build empires that are inherently strong, resilient in face of crisis and nimble enough to move and capitalize opportunities. These wizards and their companies have not only contributed to India?s strong GDP numbers but also led the massive bull rally. We, at CNBC-TV18, feel proud and honoured to award such eminent financial experts.?

The winners of the above category of awards are going to be selected through a robust and comprehensive judging process, based on a combination of criteria powered by CNBC Research and CNBC-TV18 editorial. CNBC Research in the first stage involved short-listing of India?s best businesses using quantitative techniques. The second stage consisted of presenting these shortlisted companies to an eminent jury panel who along with CNBC-TV18 editorial, assessed candidates through a unique judging process based on a combination of criteria including financial performance, creativity and innovation. The jury comprised of renowned experts in their respective fields such as Mr. Deepak Parekh, Chairman, HDFC; Mr. Y. S Deosthalee, CFO, Larsen & Toubro Limited; Ms. Shikha Sharma, MD & CEO, Axis Bank; Mr. Bharat Doshi, Ex. Director, Mahindra & Mahindra and Mr. Uday kotak, Ex. VC and MD, Kotak Mahindra Bank. The candidates were also evaluated on their ability to create short-term advantage, long-term value, a competitive edge, and the demonstration of leadership in the business community. The final stage includes a process wherein the grand jury armed with the detailed dossiers comprising facts and figures for the nominations along with the quantitative analysis debated to arrive at the final winners in each category.

MUMBAI: Ogilvy Mumbai has recently created a new campaign for Amul Macho?s innerwear.

"The task was to up the imagery of Amul Macho and make it young and youthful. We thought it would be nice to have a cool, easy-does-it attitude for the brand as opposed to the rugged, high-testerone positioning that most other innerwear brands have. Saif, who has recently been signed on, has a similar persona so we wanted to make the most of it.

The creative thought of ‘Bade aaram se‘ captures both the comfort the garments offer by way of fabric, feel and design. As well as the effortlessness of the ‘Amul Macho Life‘."

MUMBAI: Chuck Noland is a Fed-Ex manager who demands that everything must be on time and travels the world to make sure punctuality is on top of everything else. He has a girlfriend, Kelly, with whom he is deeply in love with and family he hardly sees. When work intrudes on Christmas Eve, Chuck has a quick gift exchange in the car and kisses Kelly goodbye. He boards a delivery plane going overseas which gets caught in a horrendous storm and crashes into the Pacific. The sole survivor Chuck washes up on a remote island along with several Fed-Ex packages that he must use for supplies. With limited luxury, he adapts to the island over the course of 1,500 nights. When Chuck finally sees his chance he rafts out on the ocean and fortunately is spotted. After a bittersweet welcome-back reception, Chuck finds Kelly has married another man and has children. But he is missing more than her. For all his life his objective was work. For four years, it was survival. Now Chuck is compelled to live.

Cast Away is a 2000 drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks. Critics had said that by focusing on one man in one setting, Cast Away takes considerable risks, but ultimately it succeeded. Tom Hanks is excellent in the role, and the movie‘s themes make it larger than a simple physical survivor story.

Hanks was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 73rd Academy Awards for his critically acclaimed performance.
 

MUMBAI: It is said that playing is a basic right of every child. Would you then believe it if a research indicated that the biggest barriers to play are the parents themselves? 39% kids are not active outdoors. Infact, Outdoor Play is 3rd last on the list of daily activities for kids. Against 7.2 hours of studies, kids played outdoors just 36 mins on an average weekday.

These are just some of the findings from the 6-city research ? ?Play Life? undertaken by Nickelodeon, India?s leading kids? entertainment channel. As a part of Nestle Milky Bar powers ?Nickelodeon Let?s Just Play? co-powered by Surf Excel, a movement that inspires kids to lead an active, healthy lifestyle through the spirit of play; this research will help the channel to understand the play patterns of kids and barriers to outdoor play. With the insights from the
research, Nickelodeon hopes to bring about a change in the mindset of parents, teachers and other authority that influence the play habits of kids. Nickelodeon urges them to take notice and realize the negative impact of inactive life on children. ?Let?s Just Play? will drive home the messaging muc stronger this year not only to kids but their parents as well and encourage them to step out and get active.

Nina Elavia Jaipuria, Sr. Vice President & General Manager, Nickelodeon India, said ?The ?Play Life? Research has been an eye opener and has thrown up some startling insights. Outdoor play is clearly deprioritised in a kid?s life today. Through Let?s Just Play our world-wide movement, the endeavor at Nickelodeon will be to bring about an attitudinal change in the minds of parents, kids and the key stake holders who influence a child?s life into prioritizing outdoor play. Our effort would be to make outdoor play an important daily habit no matter what it takes; whether it is through sensitizing the key influencers to this burning issue or by restoring playgrounds where kids can play safely.?
 

MUMBAI: P9 integrated, a 360 degree entertainment marketing company of Percept Ltd has announced the promotion of its key people and new appointments at the senior level. Pritie S Jadhav has been promoted from the post of AVP ?Branding Entertainment to Vice President ? Branding Entertainment.

Pritie has been connected with P9 since June 2006 and she will continue to focus on structuring interesting brand associations to co-promote with films as well as in-film placements along with marketing films through tie-ups, in addition to other brand innovations. With a career spanning over 7 years in this industry, Jadhav has a vast experience in the entertainment and marketing industry.

Along with Jadhav‘s promotion, there are two other senior level promotions, where Mahesh Barve is promoted from DGM - Media to AVP - Media and Pravin Kale has been promoted from Sr. Manager - Institutional Sales to DGM - Institutional Sales. There have also been some other senior level appointments with Urvashi Mirchandani and Shama Sayed joining in as AVP - Business Development.

On the recent promotions in P9 integrated, Tejaswini Aparanji, COO, P9 Integrated said, ?We believe P9 Integrated is poised for the next phase of growth within the entertainment marketing space and are ecstatic to announce these promotions. P9 will continue to make landmark innovations under the collective experience and leadership of its team.?

On 18th October, P9 Integrated celebrated their sixth anniversary as a leader in entertainment marketing space . Just recently, P9 did a bouquet of successful brand associations with Anjaana Anjaani and Dabangg.

MUMBAI: RE/MAX Vision Realtor (A group company of Vision Advisory Services P Ltd), has organized a "Business Opportunity Seminar with RE/MAX?.

RE/MAX is world largest real estate Broking Company and its spread over 80 countries. Vision is the franchisee partner for Bhopal, Indore for Re MAX.

The objective of seminar was to introduce REMAX module to those interested professionals, who want to start their Career in Real Estate or want to enter in organized real estate business. As already initiated by state govt. that, soon there will be licensing in broker ship of real estate, RE/MAX Broker ship has its mileage over existing real Estate broker ship.

More than 50 professionals have participated in this seminar. Mr Pradeep Karambelkar, Managing Director, Vision Advisory was the main speaker along with Ms Shweta Mandlekar and Mr Jose Paul on the occasion. They have given the broad spectrum of Indore Real Estate market and need of organized broker ship with technology.

In shot spans of its presence in market, Vision Advisory is able to create its name in MP for not only for customer oriented services but also focused on adding products and innovations. We are among few who have launched FEE BASED ADVISORY MODULE in the market and getting reasonable response from the Investors.

Vision Advisory Services is educating professional people since last few months, in the lucrative business of real estate transactions in collaboration with Re/Max India.

Vision Advisory Services would appoint real estate agents and provide them with network, training, technology, real estate referral system and marketing support. Vision Advisory has been awarded with many felicitations by almost all major players of the Investment Industry.