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  • Rediffusion Sunshine will be the corporate social responsibility advisory and services division headed by Dhunji S.Wadia

    Rediffusion Sunshine unveiled; to focus on social sector communication

    By A Correspondent

     

    Rediffusion Y & R has tied up with Asset CSR team (ACT), a specialized CSR company that helps companies plan and implement effective CSR programmes.

     

    Founded by Sanjay M Lal, ex Co founder and CEO of Percept D’Mark, in partnership with advertising Industry veteran, Pankaj Arora, ACT is India’s first & exclusive CSR Marketing Communications Agency – a thought to reporting enterprise in the corporate social responsibility domain.

     

    Dhunji S. Wadia

    Commenting on the development, group President, Rediffusion Y&R, Dhunji Wadia, said, “I am really looking forward to this purposeful venture. There are very few communications companies in India that have specialized team to help companies plan and implement effective CSR programmes. More and more companies are looking for partners to achieve impactful and sustainable results.  We feel there is a big opportunity. I am very happy to associate with ACT to develop meaningful communication for social issues.”

     

     

    Sanjay M Lal

    Commenting on the development Sanjay M Lal, Founder & Director of ACT says, “We initiated this journey with a vision to bring about a paradigm shift in creating impactful & measurable social change in our country. This change cannot be brought alone and we are extremely glad Rediffusion Y&R welcomed our association with open arms to support our social mission.”

     

     

    Pankaj Arora

    Pankaj Arora, Co-Founder & Director, ACT says “Our strength lies in deep diving & understanding the Issues & accordingly amplifying the Cause. Our strategic focus will always remain on “doing good” for the Underprivileged. We have worked closely with Rediffusion Y &R. They have a fine, young team & some very talented people.”

     

  • Imagine a world without your daily newspaper. You can’t, and that’s the point. Print will endure, no matter what.

    The Anchor: 7 reasons print will never die (despite declining readership figures)

    By Pankaj Arora

     

    #1 Akhbar mein likha hai toh kuchh toh sahi hoga:

    People believe in the written/printed word over television. Huge debates happen around what is read. Depending on the news and its impact as well as the personal points of view, layered by the individuals’ leanings, great discussions at the ground level take place on any event. However, the final word on the subject is based on what is reported.

     

    #2 Bijli kahaan hai bhai:

    Power is a major issue in most parts of India. Even within the top 10 cities, not all have 24-hour of electricity. And it is not necessary that they will have electricity in the few precious minutes one has before setting out for the day. Mainline newspapers are read by the working people mostly in the morning. Most often, over the cup of morning tea.

     

    #3 Pura maamla hai kya?

    A basic desire to understand the issues in detail requires one to spend time and dwell on the reportage in depth. Different points of views of the different affected parties as well as the implications will help print stay relevant and around.

     

    #4 Ghar mein TV hai. Ek!

    Most families are a single-TV household. Unless there is a major event that has taken place, the content that is watched is what the whole family can see together. So crime and horror shows probably blank out the real issues. While news is watched, it is not preferred by the whole family. As a result, the first thing that most people do is wait for the paper to get a complete perspective.

     

    #5Special Discount! Sab se Sasta! Diwali Ka bumper offer! Sirf Lalaji Ki Dukaan mein.

    The boom in retail will continue to percolate down through India. With more and more malls coming up even in small towns the growth in Tier 2/3 towns will require local advertising. The housewife too, laps up the newspapers or its supplement to keep herself abreast of the great deals that are made available to her.

     

    #6 Bade Chowk mein aaj Morcha. Dehant ki khabar. Tuition Classes. Dance Masterji.

    Local news and issues are best covered through print and will encourage proliferation of local editions as is evident for the last five years.

     

    #7 Train/ Bus mein:

    During travel most of the time is used constructively to catch up on the news. As travel times keep increasing, the need will only increase.

     

    Pankaj Arora is National Planning Director at Triton Communications

     

  • Triton Communications has appointed Pankaj Arora as their National Planning Director, in a clear shift from the traditional approach, wherein a planning head has been a planner for the better part of his career if not all of it

    Triton takes the business approach to planning

    By A Correspondent

     

    Triton Communications has appointed Pankaj Arora as their National Planning Director, in a clear shift from the traditional approach, wherein a planning head has been a planner for the better part of his career if not all of it.

     

    Reaffirming the move, Renton D’Sousa – CEO & National Creative Director, Triton Communications said “One of my key focus areas is to enhance resources in the knowledge domain to enable the best end product. In my view a planning head needs to have been a senior business head to provide business insights for effective brand solutions. All with the aim to provide the right inputs to the creative for an insight laden end product. We need to redefine planning as a line function that will strategize for brand business building. Pankaj’s vast experience on the business of advertising along with his flair for strategic initiatives is the right fit for my vision”.

     

    Mr Arora has spent over two decades in advertising. He moves on to head planning from his current role of Executive Director- Triton Mumbai. Prior to joining Triton he has been with Lintas, Contract, Grey and Publicis.

     

    On his new role Mr Arora said, “When I started out it was all about the USP. With changing times, it evolved to the SMP (single minded proposition). Today with product parity across categories and intangible differentiators dwindling by the day, it boils down to the insight based creative that can make or mend a brand. It is my firm belief that the core of every planning activity is the immersion of client, category and consumer. Planning models merely revolve around this fact. A good planner reads between the reams of data and researches. But a planner with a business experience can unearth the insight that will lead to an effective end product and benefit the client in the market place.”