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  • Official Team Partner of Delhi Capitals, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad

    Kotak partners 6 cricket teams, launches MyTeam cards

    By A Correspondent

     

    Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd (Kotak) has announced that it is the official partner of six IPL cricket teams – Delhi Capitals, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad, and has launched MyTeam Debit and Credit Cards.

     

    Said Uday Kotak, Managing Director & CEO, Kotak Mahindra Bank: “Undoubtedly cricket is at India’s heart and is keenly followed by millions of fans. I count myself as one among them. This year, due to the unique circumstances, the excitement and interest in the cricketing events are at another level altogether. In this context, I am delighted to announce that Kotak is partnering six power-packed teams and launching MyTeam Debit and Credit Cards. Indian cricket fans can now carry a memento of their favourite team in their pocket and flaunt their loyalties at every swipe.”

     

     

  • An eminent nine-member Jury, led by Mr. Dilip Shanghvi, selected the 17 finalists

    Uday Shankar among 17 finalists for EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award

    By A Correspondent

     

    EY, the global professional services organisation, announced the selection of 17 of the country’s most exceptional entrepreneurs as finalists for the 18th Entrepreneur of the Yearâ„¢ – India 2016. The finalists have been selected from among 250 outstanding nominations and will be felicitated at a grand celebratory Awards Banquet to be held on 24 February in New Delhi.

     

    Together, these 17 finalists have combined revenues of over INR 154,335 crore (USD 23.38 billion) and are providing employment to over 5.2 lakh people in India and globally.

     

    A distinguished nine-member independent Jury led by Dilip Shanghvi, Managing Director, Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries selected the finalists. Other Jury members include Subodh Bhargava, Chairman, Tata Communications; Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Executive Vice-Chairman, Info Edge (India) Limited; Naina Lal Kidwai, Chairman, Max Financial Services; Uday Kotak, Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Bank; Kalpana Morparia, Chief Executive Officer, JP Morgan Chase South Asia and India; Rishad Premji, Chief Strategy Officer, Wipro; Renuka Ramnath, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Multiples Alternate Asset Management and A Vellayan, Executive Chairman, Murugappa Group.

     

    Dilip Shanghvi, Jury Chairman and Managing Director, Sun Pharmaceuticals says, “Like previous years, this year’s finalists too represent extremely successful companies that have not only disrupted the industry with a new business model but have disrupted themselves to chart a new growth path. We need more entrepreneurs to propel our country’s growth and it is important to recognize such innovative entrepreneurs.”

     

    The finalists for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Yearâ„¢ 2016 India Awards are:

    – Ram Gopal Agarwal, Chairman, Dhanuka Agritech

    – Vishwavir Ahuja, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, RBL Bank

    – Hari Mohan Bangur, Managing Director, Shree Cement

    – R Dinesh, Managing Director, TVS Logistics Services

    – Dr Abhay Firodia, Chairman, Force Motors

    – Ajit Isaac, Chairman and Managing Director, Quess Corp

    – Girish Mathrubootham, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Freshdesk

    – Ravi Modi, Chairman and Managing Director, Vedant Fashions (Manyavar)

    – Vikas Oberoi, Chairman and Managing Director, Oberoi Realty

    – Darshan Patel, Chairman and Managing Director, Vini Cosmetics

    – M. P. Ramachandran, Chairman and Managing Director, Jyothy Laboratories

    – Vivek Chaand Sehgal, Chairman, Motherson Sumi Systems

    – Rashesh Shah, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Edelweiss Group

    – Uday Shankar, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Star India

    – Samprada Singh, Chairman Emeritus and Basudeo Narain Singh, Executive Chairman, Alkem Laboratories

    – Chandubhai Virani, Whole time Director, Balaji Wafers

     

    Nandan Nilekani will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his invaluable contribution to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which is a pioneering citizen identification program, unparalleled in scope and scale worldwide. As the Honorary Advisor to the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), he has also helped create the ecosystem for digital financial services in India. He has also played a major role in the growth of the Indian Information Technology industry and is a recipient of the Padma Bhushan, India’s third highest civilian honor, in 2009.

     

    Uday Kotak, Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Bank and winner of the World Entrepreneur Of The Year Award 2014 says, “I was delighted to be part of this Jury and impressed with the robustness of the process. This year’s Finalists truly define the India of today and tomorrow. What is really interesting is that we are seeing real-world businesses adopting digital and transforming themselves. My message to every entrepreneur in India is, “Go out there, build your dream and more importantly, build a business model that is sustainable over time.”

     

    Says Kalpana Morparia, CEO, JP Morgan Chase, South Asia and India, “What made the Jury process truly outstanding is the richness of the candidates. This year’s theme for the Awards – ‘Ideas, Innovation and Inspiration’, are the three ‘I’s that are driving India’s economy and many of the 2016 finalists embody this theme.  Looking beyond the digital services companies, what is phenomenal is that existing established businesses are disrupting their own models to keep pace with the digital economy.”

     

    The selection criterion included the nominee’s entrepreneurial spirit, recent financial performance, strategic direction and global impact, product or service innovation, company leadership including personal integrity and risk-taking, values and key employee initiatives, and involvement with the community.

     

    The winners will be announced across several categories, while the national winner will represent India at the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year (WEOY) awards in Monte Carlo from 8-11 June 2017.

     

    Rajiv Memani, Chairman, EY India, says, “What strikes me about our 2016 Finalists is how they have acquired tremendous scale and size from what were clearly modest beginnings. A strong focus on the customer and a business model based on innovative products and services for niche markets have enabled them to create a lasting impact. Also, reliance on technology and a bold vision for the future has helped them scale up rapidly.”

     

    Says Farokh Balsara, Partner and EOY India Program Leader, “Entrepreneurs have the power to impact our lives. Their unyielding drive to seize the power of transformative ideas creates jobs, energizes markets, builds wealth and spurs economic growth around the world. We salute their passion and insight that make them different and exceptional. Our EOY 2016 India finalists are a rare group of individuals who with their disruptive ideas and incredible innovation are inspiring a whole new generation of entrepreneurs.”

     

    Zarin Daruwala, Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered and sponsor of the EOY 2016 India Awards says, “We are delighted to sponsor The EY awards, which captures and celebrates the spirit behind India’s economic resurgence – the Indian entrepreneur.  Never before in our history have we seen ideas and innovation spur on with such zeal, whether it is in the exciting world of start-ups with technology as the centrepiece of business ideas, or conventional business which are reshaping themselves by using technology to unleash the full potential of their products and services.  India, today, has the third highest number of Unicorns globally, with two of them in the top 20, and the IITs rank fourth across all institutes in producing billion dollar start-up entrepreneurs. The lasting impact is in the manifold ways entrepreneurship touches and changes lives: creating employment, raising health and education standards, and ushering in a stable and progressive society.  With the government encouraging new entrepreneurship through ‘StartupIndia’ and the success stories already scripted, India is becoming the crucible of ideas, ambition and entrepreneurial spirit.”

     

    The past winners of the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year India Awards  include Vinita and Nilesh Gupta (Lupin Limited), Dr. Cyrus S. Poonawalla (Serum Institute of India), Uday Kotak (Kotak Mahindra Bank), Adi Godrej (Godrej Group), Rahul Bhatia (Interglobe Enterprises), Dilip Shanghvi (Sun Pharmaceuticals),  Anand G Mahindra (Mahindra Group), Anil Agarwal (Vedanta Resources), Tulsi Tanti (Suzlon Energy), Kumar Mangalam Birla (Aditya Birla Group), Sunil Bharti Mittal (Bharti Group), Ratan Tata (Tata Group), N.R Narayana Murthy (Infosys), Brijmohan Lall Munjal (Hero Group), (Mukesh  Ambani (Reliance Industries), and Subhash Chandra (Zee Telefilms).

     

  • The high profile event was attended by industry leaders like Deepak Parikh, Uday Kotak, Gautam Adani to name a few

    Interbrand unveils new identity for Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas

    By A Correspondent

     

    Legal services firm, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (a successor firm of the erstwhile Amarchand and Mangaldas and Suresh A Shroff and Company) unveiled a fresh brand positioning and identity for the firm, at its first Founder’s Day celebration.

     

    The high profile event was attended by industry leaders like Deepak Parikh, Uday Kotak, Gautam Adani to name a few.

     

    Cyril Shroff

    Speaking at the event, Cyril Shroff, Managing Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas said, “Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas is like a start-up with a hundred year old history. So, while we are unveiling a new identity and fresh thinking today, the values and the principles that we have internalized are over a hundred years old. In many respects therefore, this new identity is like taking those same values into a new dawn.”

     

     

    Ashish Mishra

    The identity has been designed by Interbrand. Ashish Mishra, MD, Interbrand India, said, “As Interbrand India, we are committed to helping the best Indian brands navigate their ambitions to become the best global brands. We are delighted to be entering into a long term partnership with Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas which is the country’s top law firm and has the potential to emerge as a strong global brand too. As a matter of fact, through the project, the new vision for the brand has already been articulated. And it is to emerge as the top law firm from Asia by 2025.”

     

    To express this position, the identity draws from demand drivers that are considered most compelling in client choice – heritage, knowledge, expertise and relationships. The identity builds on these factors symbolically: The ring of gold is a symbol of unity and infinity. Gold as a color embodies tradition, brilliance and success. Wisdom, integrity dignity and ambition are qualities that are represented by the color, violet.  While the orange in “C” stands for warmth and friendship.

     

    The identity makes use of an interesting concept of ligatures, or letters that are joined to form shapes. Thus, C, A and M appear joined to each other within the golden ring, thereby symbolizing the tightly knit relationships both, within the firm and with clients.

     

    Apart from the play of letters and colors, the placement of the dot also reveals an element of surprise – the formation of an elephant within the circle. The elephant symbolizes strength, intelligence and longevity –the qualities of the firm that make it so valuable to clients. “And the fact that it is ‘hidden’ within the symbol implies intelligence and insightfulness – traits crucial for a law firm’s ability to see things that others don’t. That’s a hallmark we would want to build through experiential reinforcements for the brand going forward”, added Mishra.