Infosys BPO was recognised for its established business continuity processes and the ability to sustain this over a period of time besides integrating the same with its organizational strategy. Infosys BPO is the first Indian company to have been conferred this prestigious award.

"We are pleased to receive this award. The award validates our effective incorporation of business continuity practices as a critical element in the services we offer” said Amitabh Chaudhry, CEO and MD, Infosys BPO.

Asia Business Continuity Awards aims to propel growth and advancement in the field of business continuity, as well as to recognize the achievements of individuals and organizations in the industry

The awards were evaluated on criteria such as organizational philosophy, commitment, implementation, innovation, adherence to best practices and creation of awareness about business continuity within the organisation.

The 2nd Asia Business Continuity Awards were judged by an international panel of judges who are respected professionals in the industry and have extensive experience in the field of business continuity.

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About Asia Business Continuity Awards (ABCA):

ABCA is organized by Business Continuity Planning Asia (BCP Asia) Pte Ltd, the leading company in consultancy, training and coaching services in business continuity, disaster recovery and crisis management. Being a first in Asia Pacific, the ABCA is a major initiative that aims to propel the growth and advancement in the field of business continuity, as well as to accolade the achievements of individuals and organizations in the industry. ABCA grants the highest possible honor in Asia Pacific as a recognition and acknowledgement of individuals and organizations for their efforts in business continuity.

About Infosys BPO

Infosys BPO Ltd. ( www.infosys.com/bpo ), the Business Process Outsourcing subsidiary of Infosys Technologies, was set up in April 2002. Today, it is ranked among the leading BPO companies in India by NASSCOM, Dataquest, the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals, Red Herring, FAO Today, NelsonHall, and others. Infosys BPO focuses on integrated end-to-end outsourcing and delivers transformational benefits to its clients through reduced costs, ongoing productivity improvements, and process reengineering. Infosys BPO operates in India, Czech Republic, China, Philippines,Poland, Bangkok and Mexico and employs 17,534 people. It closed FY 2007-08 with revenues of $250.3 million.

About Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Infosys (NASDAQ: INFY - News) defines, designs and delivers IT-enabled business solutions that help Global 2000 companies win in a Flat World. These solutions focus on providing strategic differentiation and operational superiority to clients. With Infosys, clients are assured of a transparent business partner, world-class processes, speed of execution and the power to stretch their IT budget by leveraging the Global Delivery Model that Infosys pioneered. Infosys has over 100,000 employees in over 50 offices worldwide. Infosys is part of the NASDAQ-100 Index. For more information, visit www.infosys.com.

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The winners of the NCPEDP – Shell Helen Keller Awards 2008 are as follows:

Best Employers: a) Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd.; b) IBM India Pvt. Ltd.; c) ITC Welcom Group; d) Mphasis an EDS Company; e) Noida Deaf Society; g) Pepsi Co India Holdings Pvt. Ltd.

Role Models (Disabled persons): a) Atul Ranjan Sahay (Jharkhand); b) Hari Raghvan (Mumbai); c) S. Amuthashanthy (Madurai); d) Shivani Gupta (Delhi)

Role Models (Non–disabled role model supporter of increased employment opportunities for disabled people): a) Dr. Radhika Khanna and b) Shilpi Kapoor from Mumbai.

The felicitation ceremony will be held on 2nd December, on the eve of World Disability Day in New Delhi.

Every year, NCPEDP gives awards under the following 3 categories:

Category A: Disabled persons from within and outside the disability sector who have been active as ambassadors of the cause of employment for disabled people and are a positive role model for others.

Category B: Non- disabled role model supporter of increased employment opportunities for disabled people. Individuals from within the disability sector or outside who have contributed substantially to the cause of promoting employment opportunities for disabled people over an extended period of time.

Category C: Companies /organisations/ institutions who share our vision and through their policies and practices demonstrate their belief in equal rights and gainful employment for persons with disabilities.

The Nation salutes all these role models. Their detailed profiles are enclosed. If you have any further questions about them or about the award process, please do get in touch with us.

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About Helen Keller Awards:

NCPEDP conducted a survey of Indian private and public corporations, included in Business India’s Super 100 list of 1998. Needless to say, the findings of the survey were extremely disappointing. This survey undertaken in 1999, revealed that the private sector employed a mere 0.28 percent people with disabilities, while the public sector employed 0.54 percent. Multinational corporations had hired only 0.05 percent disabled people in India. This led to the institution of the NCPEDP – Shell Helen Keller Awards in 1999. Over a period of time these awards have received incredible support and recognition from the concerned sectors.

About National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP):

National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (N.C.P.E.D.P.) was registered as a Trust in 1996, with a Board of Management which has representation from industry, N.G.O.s, disabled people and international agencies. N.C.P.E.D.P. stresses the need to move away from traditionally held views of charity and welfare to those of productivity and empowerment of disabled people.

Operational efficiency of container terminal is the key factor controlling cost of vessel operation. With speedier turn-around at the terminal, the costs for shipping lines are substantially minimized.

“The berth productivity at GTI has been growing consistently and today we have set yet another benchmark,” commented Arvind Bhatnagar, CEO. “Kudos to the commitment and dedication of the GTI’ans, who strive each day to achieve excellence!”

"We are committed to delivering efficient and valuable service to our customers at optimum costs,” said Prakash Tulsiani, COO. “This national record is a step forward in ensuring customer delight and long term partnership.”

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Gateway Terminals India Pvt. Ltd

Gateway Terminals India (GTI), part of APM Terminals’ Global Terminal Network, is a Joint Venture between APM Terminals and CONCOR. The facility, India’s largest container terminal, is an exemplary model of successful Public/Private Partnership and terminal operation efficiency. GTI is strategically located at Nhava Sheva (Mumbai), India’s premier gateway port, serving the commercial and financial hub of Mumbai.

www.gatewayterminals.com

APM Terminals

APM Terminals is a leading global container terminal owner and operator providing world-class service to over 60 shipping lines with a Global Terminal Network of more than 50 terminals in 31 countries and on five continents. APM Terminals is a member of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group of Denmark and is headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands.

www.apmterminals.com

Container Corporation of India Ltd, CONCOR

CONCOR, a Government of India undertaking under the Ministry of Railways, is the largest provider of containerized rail transport in India, operating a network of more than 58 Inland Container Depots (ICDs).

www.concorindia.com

Additionally, NETGEAR’s GSM7224R outperformed competing switches from HP and Linksys, a division of Cisco, in separate tests for the “Tolly Verified” (TV) validation program, results of which are also available at: http://www.tolly.com/DocDetail.aspx?DocNumber=208323.

Said Kevin Tolly, CEO of The Tolly Group, “NETGEAR’s Fully Managed business switching portfolio offers a wide range of products for the network edge and aggregation. These switches can be managed via a standard command line interface or via a Web-based GUI, offering a wide range of Layer 2 and Layer 3 features. In a recent test conducted by Tolly Group, engineers showed NETGEAR Fully Managed switches outperformed competitive HP and Linksys switches in performance, scalability, features and functions.

“Also, when today’s enterprise network architects look for LAN access technology they want products and solutions that not only interoperate seamlessly with existing hardware, but are also future-proofed. In configurations where multi-vendor networks are deployed, interoperability is essential in order to ensure that products deliver the applications and business enabling features in a single network infrastructure. NETGEAR Fully Managed switches implement features and functions based on standards, and are thereby interoperable with other vendors.”

The Tolly Group’s thorough evaluation of NETGEAR’s GSM7224R and GSM7352S examined the switches as aggregation or edge switches for interoperability with a switch commonly found anchoring the core of business networks. Key interoperability features were tested using several Layer 1, Layer 2 and Layer 3 features such as 10/100/1000 BASE-T Auto-Negotiation, Spanning Tree Protocol support and Link Aggregation protocols, as well as IP Static Routing. The results showed that both switches successfully demonstrated interoperability with these features, ensuring that the network would be adaptable to changing conditions and maintain support for business-critical applications.

NETGEAR’s GSM7224R was also tested separately for its Layer 2, zero-loss, bidirectional throughput, feature set and functionalities in comparison to HP’s ProCurve Switch 2824 and Linksys’ SGE2000. The NETGEAR GSM7224R was “Tolly Verified” for offering superior scalability, a broader feature set, and reduced energy consumption – with a better overall value in terms of cost-of-ownership. The GSM7224R was noted for costing half as much as HP’s switch to deliver a Gigabit of throughput, while also using 13-38% less energy than the HP and Linksys units tested.

“We’re extremely pleased with recent test results by The Tolly Group as they’re validating our strong commitment and successful execution in developing industry leading switches for the SMB market,” stated Sanjay Kumar, director of product marketing for switching products at NETGEAR. “SMB adoption is based on myriad factors from reliable high-end performance and advanced features to manageability and affordability. We’re very proud of our GSM series switches as they embody these criteria and interoperate with a switch often found at the core of business networks. That, combined with the fact that we’re outpacing the competition in all the important areas, will help us reach an even greater number of end customers looking for optimum, scalable switching solutions.”

About the ProSafe Fully Managed 10/100/1000 Switches
NETGEAR’s ProSafe Gigabit GSM series switches deliver maximum throughput and flexibility at the edge of the network, in the backbone of growing networks or for bandwidth-hungry file and application servers. The full wire-speed, non-blocking design with Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching functionalities ensure reliable network segmentation and routing between VLANs while providing robust security, Quality of Service, and advanced management features.

24-Port Gigabit L2 Managed Switch with Static Routing (GSM7224R)

• Auto-sensing 24 10/100/1000 Mbps Interfaces for high-density copper connectivity
• Flexible fiber connectivity enabled through four combination Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
• Layer 2 Management Features with 32 static routes for faster speeds and more effective bandwidth management
• Access Control Lists (ACL) provide robust security while L2-L4 based QoS provides enhanced traffic management and prioritization
• Easy-to-Use Management Interface Options with standard CLI and Web-based GUI

48-Port Gigabit L3 Managed Stackable Switch (GSM7352S)

• Auto-Sensing forty eight 10/100/1000 Mbps Interfaces for high-density copper connectivity
• Hot-Swappable eight SFP Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces provide optional fiber connectivity
• Advanced enterprise class routing features i.e. RIP, OSPF, VRRP, ECMP
• High-speed dedicated stacking ports with 48Gbps stacking capacity per switch
• Up to four ten Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces
• Robust security features include 802.1x, ACL, Storm Control, SSLv3, SSH, or SNMP v3
• Advanced QoS with 802.1p, Diffserv and ingress rate limiting

NETGEAR’s ProSafe switches are backed by a lifetime warranty and 24/7 technical support. The GSM7224R and GSM7352S are available via two national distributors - Rashi Peripherals and Ingram Micro. More information on NETGEAR’s GSM series switches can be viewed at: http://netgear.com/Products/Switches/FullyManaged10_100_1000Switches.aspx

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About NETGEAR, Inc.
NETGEAR (NASDAQGM: NTGR) designs innovative, branded technology solutions that address the specific networking, storage, and security needs of small- to medium-sized businesses and home users. The company offers an end-to-end networking product portfolio to enable users to share Internet access, peripherals, files, multimedia content, and applications among multiple computers and other Internet-enabled devices. Products are built on a variety of proven technologies such as wireless, Ethernet and powerline, with a focus on reliability and ease-of-use. NETGEAR products are sold in over 29,000 retail locations around the globe, and via more than 41,000 value-added resellers. The company’s headquarters are in San Jose, Calif., with additional offices in 19 countries. NETGEAR is an ENERGY STAR® partner. More information is available by visiting www.netgear.com

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 for NETGEAR, Inc.:
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Specifically, statements concerning the expected performance characteristics, specifications, market acceptance, market growth, specific uses, user feedback and market position of NETGEAR’s products and technology are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Safe Harbor. These statements are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the following: the actual price, performance and ease of use of NETGEAR’s products may not meet the price, performance and ease of use requirements of customers; product performance may be adversely affected by real world operating conditions; failure of products may under certain circumstances cause permanent loss of end user data new viruses or Internet threats may develop that challenge the effectiveness of security features in NETGEAR's products; the ability of NETGEAR to market and sell its products and technology; the impact and pricing of competing products; and the introduction of alternative technological solutions. Further information on potential risk factors that could affect NETGEAR and its business are detailed in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, those risks and uncertainties listed in the section entitled "Part II - Item 1A. Risk Factors," pages 31 through 44, in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 28, 2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 7, 2008. NETGEAR undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Commenting on this highest level of competence and expertise certification, Mr. Senthil Kumar, Vice President and Partner of India Operations for BWIR said, "This reflects our commitment to deliver end-to-end web based business solutions to our customers across the world. The certification reflects the people capability faith we repose in our employees and help us raise the delivery standards and meet customer expectations”.

Adding to this, Mr. Vasant Bennett, President and Managing Partner of BWIR said, “The Gold Partner Certification is a mark of excellence and recognition of BWIR's commitment to providing leading-edge solutions and assuring the highest levels of quality and service to all our clients; and forms part of our core strategy to set the benchmark as a leading global player in the engineering and business software solutions domain”

This status has boosted our business plan; the current business trend requires companies to be both solution providers and expert advisers.

BWIR has achieved Web Development specialization in Custom Solutions Competency which is primarily for partners who develop with Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio Tools for Office, Microsoft SQL Server, Windows Server 2008, Microsoft BizTalk Server, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Web Development focuses on delivering Web-enabled deployment solutions required in organizations that wish to operate and transact through the Internet using Visual Studio, ASP.NET, IIS, Windows Server 2003, and SQL Server. The Business Process and Integration Competency is designed for technology partners with proven expertise in deploying business to business solutions, Enterprise Application Integration(EAI), business process integration and management.

Established in 2003, The Microsoft Partner Program recognizes the expertise and rewards for the impact the partners create in the technology marketplace, and delivers tools and resources to help businesses become profitable regardless of its size or focus.

For more information, visit www.BWIR.com

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About Barry-Wehmiller International Resources

Established in 1900s, Barry-Wehmiller International Resources is a 100% subsidiary of USD 1.1 Billion Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc., and has been providing a comprehensive basket of services ranging from Enterprise solutions, Engineering services and IT consulting to manufacturing companies all over the world. BWIR in India has positioned itself as pioneer in the creation and development of solutions integrating the key elements of Enterprise Consulting, Engineering and Information Technology. BWIR’s focus is to provide world class, cost effective solutions to its customer.

The categories and the winners in each category were as under:

Category: Flat Mailing:

Gold winner:

Country: Norway

Agency: Fredag reklamebyra A.S.

Title: With too much work on the brain

Client: Norway Post

Category: Dimensional Mailing:

Gold winner:

Country: Norway

Agency: Fredag reklamebyra A.S.

Title: Kill a myth today

Client: Norway Post

Category: Direct Response – print, flyers, postcards

Gold winner:

Country: Norway

Agency: Fredag reklamebyra A.S.

Title: Beautiful body, early harvest

Client: V & S, Norway (agent for Lindemans wines)

Category: Other media, alternative media and field marketing

Gold winner:

Country: Belgium

Agency: DVN

Title: The sidewalk chalk project

Client: The Mobile School

Category: Integrated solutions & loyalty schemes

Gold winner:

Country: Norway

Agency: Fredag reklamebyra A.S.

Title: Ladies & Gentleman – Start your engines

Client: YX- Nordic oil company

Category: Internet/ Interactive media & telemarketing

Gold winner:

Country: UK

Agency: TMW.

Title: TSB Insurance

Client: Llyods TSB

Fredag from Norway walked away with the maximum awards winning 4 Golds, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze. TMW from UK won 1 Gold, 2 Silvers and 1 Bronze. Belgium won 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze. Some of the award winners here had also won at the Echo’s.

Direxions Marketing Solutions Pvt. Ltd, from India picked up a Bronze in the category – Other media/ Alternate media for the creative work done for IRIS, a school outreach programme.

The Forum also took up a case study on sourcing and sustaining donors for an UN Agency in these times of economic downturn. The attendees were formed into groups and each group was given over one and a half days to address the case including identifying the right set of donors, the creative strategies to make them give and ways to leverage new age media like DTH,DRTV, e-mail and mobile marketing for sustaining donations. The groups came out with some very innovative and powerful creative strategies to address this issue of getting donations in an economic crisis. The results will be shared with the UN Agency for implementation.

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About Direxions

Direxions Marketing Solutions Pvt. Ltd. is in the field of Relationship Marketing services in India. The company offers clients a comprehensive range of services in from Relationship Marketing strategy, creative, campaign management, data centre services, data analysis, member service helpdesk, events and promotions, rewards and partnership services, interactive services, training, and fulfilment.

Leena Basrur, Managing Director of Direxions Marketing Solutions Pvt. Ltd. is also on the board of the InterDirect network. Direxions has been providing direct marketing, loyalty and BTL solutions to organisations like ABP, Bharat Petroleum, BNP Paribas, Colgate, DLF, Deutsche Bank, Hindustan Unilever, ICICI Bank, Raymond, Tata Steel.

Note to the editor:

For more information please contact M.S.Ashok, VP, Direxions Marketing Solutions Pvt. Ltd. on 9322293000.

By winning coveted CES honors across a broad range of technologies and product categories, Samsung once again displays why it is a worldwide leader in innovation. Samsung’s award-winners include eight mobile phones, seven mobile phone accessories, six HDTVs, two laser printers, four digital cameras, two digital camcorders, an LCD Desktop monitor, a professional display video wall solution, an Ultra Mobile PC, a front loading washing machine, two LCD panels, a solid state drive and an application processor, in addition to other product innovations. All of Samsung's award-winning products will be on display during the 2009 International CES, January 8-11, 2009, in Samsung booth 11033 in the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, as well as in the Innovations Pavilion.

"Samsung strives to consistently lead the consumer electronics industry in product design and engineering innovation. We are extremely pleased that 46 of our products, in a variety of categories, have been recognized by the Consumer Electronics Association judges," said D.J. Oh, president and CEO, Samsung Electronics America, Inc. "These prestigious awards reinforce Samsung's ongoing efforts to introduce the most groundbreaking technologies and products that enrich the lives of consumers in the U.S. market.”

As a leader in consumer electronics, technology, and design innovation, Samsung's commitment to research and development across all product categories allows the company to continue to bring the latest advancements in product technology and design to consumers. The company invested $6.29 billion in overall research and development in 2007 and projects to sustain that level of investment in the future. Samsung will continue to introduce new and innovative technologies throughout all product lines in 2009, including enhanced user interfaces with touch screen devices, messaging devices with QWERTY keyboards, higher megapixel camera phones, smaller and lighter laser printers, advanced HDTV technologies, and an increase in eco-friendly products.

As a widely renowned consumer technology awards program that began in 1976, the prestigious Innovations Design and Engineering Awards recognize achievements in product design and engineering. It is sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) ®, the producer of the International CES, the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow, and endorsed by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), the voice of industrial design, committed to advancing the profession through education, information, community and advocacy.

The Innovations entries are judged based on the following criteria:

Engineering qualities, based on technical specs and materials used

Aesthetic and design qualities, using photos provided

The product’s intended use/function and user value

Unique/novel features that consumers would find attractive

Products chosen as Innovations Honorees reflect innovative design and engineering. Examples may include the first time various technologies are combined in a single product or dramatic enhancements to previous product designs.

Innovations 2009 Design and Engineering honoree products are featured on www.CESweb.org/Innovations, which lists product categories, as well as each product name, manufacturer information, designer, description, photo and URL.

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About Samsung Electronics America

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (SEA), based in Ridgefield Park, NJ, is a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. The company markets a broad range of award-winning consumer electronics, information systems, and home appliance products, as well as oversees all of Samsung’s North American operations including Samsung Telecommunications America, LP, Samsung Semiconductor Inc., Samsung Electronics Canada, Inc. and Samsung Electronics Mexico, Inc.As a result of its commitment to innovation and unique design, the company was ranked #6 in the Electronics Industry segment in Fortune Magazine’s “Most Admired Companies 2008,” and named as one of Fast Company’s “Fast 50 Most Innovative Companies of 2008.” Among popular BusinessWeek rankings, the company ranked #26 in the publication’s “Most Innovative Companies of 2008” and #21 in the “100 Best Global Brands” for 2007. Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd. is also a top patent holder, ranking second overall in the U.S. in 2007. Please visit www.samsung.com for more information.

About Samsung Electronics Company

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2007 consolidated sales of US$105 billion. Employing approximately 150,000 people in 134 offices in 62 countries, the company consists of five main business units: Digital Media Business, LCD Business, Semiconductor Business, Telecommunication Business and Digital Appliance Business. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com.

About CEA

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) unites 2,200 companies within the consumer technology industry. Members tap into valuable and innovative members-only resources:unparalleled market research, networking opportunities with business advocates and leaders, up-to-date educational programs and technical training, exposure in extensive promotional programs, and representation from the voice of the industry, CEA, promoting and advancing member needs and interests. Find CEA online at www.CE.org.

"We sent three set of every instrument since these rigorous tests cause physical and functional deformation. This is a usual practice among the companies applying for a CE mark. To the laboratory scientists' surprise, not even a single level monitoring system was harmed during the test. The first instrument itself passed and endured all tests, the other ones were sent back to us," exclaimed Ashwin Palshikar, Chief Marketing Officer of Sapcon Instruments. "It is a great news for our customers and we will carry on our uncompromising pursuit of excellence in our products and services."

Sapcon Instruments' Ashwin Palshikar also told the press that the company has always been taking utmost care of the users of these instruments by ensuring their safety. "We were always committed to supplying instruments that are reliable even in acute temperature and pressure conditions. For a company, nothing is more important than its human capital. And we always knew this premises, " Mr. Palshikar said.

Maintaining quality standards and delivering products that are safe and reliable to use has traditionally been seen as a domain of only a handful of countries. "Not many recognize the Indian industrial sector as the most quality conscious and standard compliant. Hope we change this dogma, Ashwin said. "Many thought that for an Indian company, quality is more of a burden rather than an opportunity to compete with the best. Things are now changing, and changing for good."

Sapcon is learnt to be going big on signing up with industrial distributors in Europe, Australia and Americas. CE mark approval, for the company is one big achievement that remove all barriers for Sapcon's entry in these markets.

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Sapcon Instruments is a fast growing process control and automation company focusing on level sensing and speed monitoring solutions. Sapcon creates develops and markets level sensors, transmitters, indicators and switches for industrial clients all over the world.

Established in 1983, Sapcon has been the preferred choice of custom made sensors and switches for level monitoring. The company also has a separate custom electronics manufacturing wing for OEM manufacturing which caters to the OEM requirements where level probes, level related electronics and circuitry are needed. Sapcon has a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in India which offers low cost level sensing solutions to clients worldwide marketed directly as well as through a stout distribution channels with partners in 12 countries.

Since the past four years, Sorento has been consistently winning at this platform. In fact this year, Sorento’s tally is the highest among Indian healthcare agencies participating in the awards.

The Finalist entries short listed for the awards are as follows.

1. Piramal Healthcare’s skin-lightening cream Melalite 15: Subtly done, it shows a very fair face of a woman with just one dark spot on the nose. On closer inspection one realises it’s the original skin colour, beneath the nose stud commonly worn by Indian woman.

2.Wockhardt Oncology’s initiative for World Cancer Day: The poster shows a baby pacifier (the one that’s put in the mouth). But instead of a mouthpiece, it is attached to a lighted cigarette. A stark and simple message egging people to give children a smoke-free childhood.

3. Wockhardt’s Friends of Vitiligo: A poster was created to promote the website friendsofvitiligo.com. Vitiligo is a disease marked by white patches on skin. The poster showed a black keyboard with random buttons in white. All about finding friends on line.

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About Sorento Healthcare Communications:

Sorento Healthcare is one of the leading healthcare agency in India started a decade ago, with expertise in the specialized area of Healthcare communications addressing the needs of Pharmaceutical, OTC and Social Marketing Healthcare clients. The agency today has most of the reputed MNC and Indian healthcare clients in its roster, serviced by a 48 member team with senior team members individually having more than average 15years experience in this domain specific communication area. The agency is led by Susan Josi and Sangeeta Barde as Managing Partners. To strengthen its presence in the OTC healthcare field the agency is in an alliance with Nicholas Hall and Co. UK, and represent them as a local partner in India. The agency has always believed in communicating science in the most alluring and interesting manner and as a proof to its creative leadership in this field, the agency has won GLOBAL AWARDS for some outstanding communication. www.sorentohealth.com

About The Global Awards:

The Global Awards are recognized as the only awards dedicated to excellence in healthcare communications on an international basis. The mission of The Global Awards is to lift the perception of creativity above clever headlines and smart design, and to explore the feelings and emotions transmitted between a message’s creator and its recipient. The intellectual and emotional achievement of communication transcends the barriers of distance, language and culture. The Global Awards honor this profound connection. www.theglobalawards.com

The NEC Express5800/A1160 features state of the art NEC server technology with an up-to-4-box-capable building block structure powered by the Intel(R) Xeon(R) X7460 processor and high speed interconnect "HSI technology." The server combines both the

high-scalability and high performance that are required in mission critical systems.

Rajiv Bhalla, Country Head- Marketing, NEC India, said, “This industry-leading benchmark was achieved with Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 and SQL Server(R) 2008 running on the server hardware, which served as the database server, and NEC's innovative Enterprise Modular Storage D3-10 functioning as the database storage system. This reflects on the NEC’s capability and stature as an industry leader.”

NEC's achievement of this world-record benchmark with its new NEC Express5800 Scalable HA Server has solidified its industry-leading performance. Drawing from NEC's rich heritage in mainframe computing, the NEC Express5800 Scalable HA Server also has the reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS) features required to meet the increasing demands of business-critical applications. NEC is committed to providing mission critical database system solutions with NEC Express5800 Scalable HA Server products, their advanced performance and rich RAS features.

Performance Results

Throughput : 1,400.00 tpsE

Price/Performance : $1,190.24 USD/tpsE

Availability Date : December 31, 2008

Measured System

Database Server : NEC Express5800/A1160

Processor : Intel (R)Xeon(R) processor X7460 (2.66GHz/16MB L3 cache)

Number of processors : 12

Number of processor cores enabled : 64

Number of processor threads enabled : 64

System Memory : 384GB

Data Storage : NEC Storage D3-10

OS : Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Datacenter x64 Edition

Database : Microsoft(R) SQL Server 2008(R) Enterprise x64 Edition

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About NEC Corporation

NEC Corporation is one of the world's leading providers of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of a diversified global base of customers. NEC delivers tailored solutions in the key fields of

computer, networking and electron devices, by integrating its technical strengths in IT and Networks, and by providing advanced semiconductor solutions through NEC Electronics Corporation. The NEC Group employs more than 150,000 people worldwide.

Information and specifications shown here are subject to change without notice. NEC is a registered trademark of NEC Corporation. Intel and Xeon are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft, Windows Server and SQL Server are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. TPC Benchmark, TPC-E and tpsE are trademarks of the Transaction Processing Performance Council.

(C)2008 NEC Corporation. All rights reserved.

Notes

(1) TPC-E is a new-generation industry-standard benchmark that is designed to be broadly representative of modern OLTP systems. The benchmark simulates a brokerage firm with customers, accounts and holdings, where customers trade stocks and monitor their accounts and the market.

(2) Product reference to a model in the North American market. A 3-box configuration was used in this benchmark.

(3) Source: Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC). http://www.tpc.org

As of November 06, 2008: NEC Express 5800/A1160, 1,400.00 tpsE, $1,190. 24 USD/tpsE, Availability Date December 31, 2008; IBM System x3950 M2 1250.00 tpsE, $1,311.26 USD/tpsE, Availability Date: August 30, 2008.

Both Availability Dates are those for the North American Market.

Carazoo is an automobile portal that is fast gaining in popularity and visitors. Over the last three months, the portal has notched up over 3 million page views and nearly 10,000 registered users. Carazoo has already made an impact on the car buying populace with its highly interactive website that gives users a virtual ‘touch and feel’ experience for over 300 car models. This portal has directly assisted over 300 new and used car sales and has had indirectly influenced buying of over 1000 cars in a period of three months.

Carazoo is a widely known and successful designer and developer of various automotive online stores for dealers across India. Carazoo has successfully designed and launched an online store for Sagar Automobiles (www.sagarauto.com) a premium Maruti car dealer in Bangalore, highlighting 360° car animations. Carazoo also designed and developed www.nbsmahindra.com for NBS International Ltd. (a 100 % subsidiary of Mahindra & Mahindra) a leading Mahindra and Renault dealership in Mumbai, showcasing the NBS showrooms and workshop in Mumbai using 360° views and animations.

Pankaj Patel, VP – India, Logix Microsystems said “Logix is a well established provider of rich interactive media to various car dealers in the U.S for over a decade. I want to bring the same technology to the Indian car market. It is time that the online market is explored and used to its full potential by vehicle manufacturers and car dealers in India. Carazoo is here to help and our success in the U.S market along with the successful launches of Sagar and NBS can vouch for the quality that we provide. Online marketing is the next step for automotive dealers in India and Carazoo knows the way.”

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About Carazoo.com

Carazoo.com is India’s First & Only Car Portal with Interactive Animations. Carazoo is a division of Logix Microsystems Limited, a BSE/NSE listed IT company, which is the world’s largest supplier of rich media interactive automotive animations and images. It offers a vast range of automotive solutions to US and Indian Car Dealers. Logix is a recent recipient of the Deloitte Technology Fast500 Asia Pacific 2008 Award, which recognizes the fastest growing 500 companies in the Asia Pacific region.

Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai’s Team Progenie – Smita Arora, Rohit Menon & Arpit Baid, emerged as winners from more than 150 teams from various B Schools all across India. Team Progenie won the coveted top – cash prize of Rs. 80,000 and an opportunity to present their Business Plan to Seedfund, the sponsors at their office in Mumbai, for a possible funding of up to Rs. 30 million.

The competition was held across 4 stages. It started with an executive summary and then moved on to the complete Business Plan. At the second stage, the 20 teams were each provided with a mentor – and experienced person from the industry. Team Progenie had Mr. Sandeep Manudhane as their mentor. Mr. Sandeep Manudhane is the Chief Mentor, PROTON Business School and CMD and founder of PT Education.

5 teams were invited to IIM Indore for the last two stages. Team Progenie from Great Lakes was competed with the other 4 teams - 2 from IIM Indore, and 1 each from ISB, Hyderabad and NITIE, Mumbai.

The Final stage was a boardroom discussion with Seedfund, NEN and DARE, who judged and declared Progeny team of Great Lakes Institute of Management as the winners.

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The NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge invites developers to build and submit original, pre-commercialized applications using dynamic positioning technology and NAVTEQ maps. The Global LBS Challenge is the premier event in the LBS industry, shining a spotlight on the industry’s most creative location-aware solutions for wireless devices. Semifinalists have benefited greatly from the resulting industry exposure and networking opportunities, with approximately 30% receiving funding or commercial contracts following their participation in the competition.

This year’s competition features sponsors representing an array of leading companies in the LBS space, contributing to a generous prize pool including cash, map and tool licenses, devices and/or developmental support to participants. Global Sponsors include deCarta, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson. Directions Media and GPS Business News are Media Sponsors.

Developers can choose to develop for one of the following official devices in the competition:

§ Nokia E71 – using S60 for Symbian OS™, S60 for the Java™ ME Platform or Python for S60

§ Samsung INNOV8 (i8510) – using S60 for Symbian OS. Samsung SDK Extensions for S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2, are available, including the two Samsung custom application programming interfaces (APIs) for G-Sensor and Optical Joystick;

§ Sony Ericsson C702 and C905 Cyber-shot™ phones – using the Java™ ME Platform or the new Project Capuchin technology, a Java API which defines a bridge between Flash Lite and Java ME.

In addition, deCarta provides all Global LBS Challenge participants with access to their Drill Down Server® geospatial software platform and web services. A beta release of their deCarta Mobile™ platform is available, a client/server architecture with a Java ME client API.

Last year marked the debut of the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge for the APAC region and resulted in the more registrations than the other two regions, Europe-Middle East-Africa (EMEA) and The Americas.

“We are excited to continue expanding our presence with partners and developers in the Asia-Pacific region,” commented Marc Naddell, vice president, partner and developer programs, NAVTEQ. “The APAC region has proven to be rich with talented developers and entrepreneurs making it an ideal setting for the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge, and led in developer participation in 2008. We expect the APAC region to be a source of commercial-grade innovation and robust growth in location-based services in the years to come.”

Registration for the APAC region is open until Friday, February 13, 2009. The winners will be announced during an awards ceremony in Singapore during CommunicAsia on June 17, 2009. For more information on entries, eligibility, timelines and the official contest rules, please go to www.LBSChallenge.com.

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About the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge

First launched in 2003, the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge is a developer competition daring application developers around the world to build innovative location-based services (LBS) for mobile phones using dynamic positioning technology and NAVTEQ® maps. The Global LBS Challenge has become the premier event in the LBS industry and a global symbol of LBS innovation and opportunity. From wireless business applications to sports, travel and security, integrating the accuracy and richness of NAVTEQ digital map data facilitates the timely evolution of the next wave of LBS. For more information or to register for this year’s competition, go to www.LBSChallenge.com.

About NAVTEQ Network for Developers

NAVTEQ Network for Developers (NN4D) is a dynamic online web portal and community that provides developers and business partners with the technical and business support needed to build, showcase and launch the most innovative location-enabled solutions. Connect with the people, tools and resources you need to grow your business by visiting www.NN4D.com.

About NAVTEQ

NAVTEQ is a leading provider of comprehensive digital map information for automotive navigation systems, mobile navigation devices, Internet-based mapping applications, and government and business solutions. NAVTEQ creates the digital maps and map content that power navigation and location-based services solutions around the world. The Chicago-based company was founded in 1985 and has more than 3,800 employees located in 194 offices and in 42 countries.

NAVTEQ, NAVTEQ Network for Developers and Global LBS Challenge are trademarks in the U.S. and other countries. All rights reserved.

On the occasion, Mr. Rupert Patrick, Managing Director– Mexico, Global Travel Retail & Developing Markets, Beam Global Spirits & Wine said, “The Teacher’s Achievement Awards has consistently rewarded achievers over the years and motivated others towards excellence. At this 8th edition of the Teacher’s Achievement Awards, we are glad to recognize distinguished achievers from across fields.” He further added, “On behalf of Beam Global, I congratulate the winners and hope their contributions shall inspire others towards success as well.”

Since it’s inception in 2001, Teacher’s Achievement Awards have honored individuals whose actions have been an expression of genuine achievement. Every year Teacher’s recognize authentic, discerning and successful individuals who have earned recognition in the field of Business, Communication, Entertainment and Sports. Teacher’s also salutes the selfless pursuit of lifelong excellence with the Lifetime Achievement award.

This year’s award ceremony was hosted by the very talented Rahul Khanna & Mansi Scott. The 8th Teacher’s achievement awards witnessed a mélange of scintillating entertainment acts, starting with ‘Talking with Teacher’s, a chat show with renowned novelist Shobha De, acclaimed advertising guru, Prahlad Kakkar, versatile film actor Dia Mirza, celebrity hair stylist Adhuna Akhtar and P.R. Man Singh, manager of the victorious 1983 World Cup winning squad.

A special performance ‘Style at the Top’, by jazz maestro Louiz Banks accompanied by his son and ensemble giving a musical ode to planet earth, was much appreciated by the guests. The grand finale act was ‘Steps of Achievement’, a brilliant dance performance by Sandeep Soparkar accompanied by famous celebrities like Kitu Gidwani, Jesse Randhawa, Nethra Raghuman showcasing different dance styles over the decades as a salute to music & dance style icons.

Sanjeev Bhikchandani won the 8th Teacher’s Achievement Award in the Business category, Sunidhi Chauhan won the award in Entertainment (Music) category, Manish Arora won the award in Communication (Fashion) category & Abhinav Bindra won the award in Sports category. This year Teacher’s Achievement Awards bestow special honor to P.R. Man Singh for his immeasurable contribution to India’s victory in the 1983 Cricket World Cup, Anupam Kher, who won the Lifetime Achievement Award and Lalit Modi, who won the Achievement of the Year award.

The Teacher’s Achievement Awards night was attended by eminent personalities such as Dia Mirza, Monty Sharma, Vijender Kumar, Abhinav Bindra, Ramesh Sippy, Prasoon Joshi, Gautam Bhimani, Anumpam Kher, Kiran Kher, Kailash Kher, Shoba De and many more.

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About Teacher's Achievement Awards

The Teacher's Achievement Awards, instituted in 2001, recognizes and rewards individual excellence and exemplary action in diverse fields. With feats displaying the true spirit of human endeavor that have transformed the way we live. It has challenged our vision and inspired us to stand taller and look beyond the horizon.

Honouring the selfless pursuit of excellence that marks a true achiever, it is a salutation to the men and women who have gone that extra mile and will not stop. Because they see a new start at every corner, a new way to do things, that's what keeps them going.

The Teacher's Achievement Award seeks to honour the spirit of achievement in the following categories:

Business
Communication
Entertainment
Sports
Lifetime Achievement

The Advisory Board shortlists the nominees based on the stringent criteria laid down by the appointed process validators - KPMG. This list is then forwarded to the Jury, whose ratings are compiled to identify the winner in each category. This judging process is undertaken by KPMG.

The Teacher’s Achievement Awards are a salutation to the undying spirit of human endeavor soaring within true achievers. Now, in its eighth year, The Award continues in its pursuit of recognizing and rewarding individual excellence.

Harish Babu is also the Vice President of Event and Entertainment Management Association, South India.

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The Mobile Content Awards is an annual event that recognizes excellence in mobile content creation from companies across the globe. This year’s Mobile Content Awards judging panel was made up of 10 of the mobile content industry’s most recognized experts and most influential editors including Maarten Noyons, founder and CEO of the International Mobile Gaming Awards; Tim Green, executive editor, Mobile Entertainment; Justin Davis, editor in chief, Modojo; Kyle McInnes, editor in chief, QuicklyBored.com; and Hitotora Higashikuni, chairman of the Mobile Content Forum.

“South Korea is universally known to be the most connected country and a leader in wireless innovation and adoption. To be recognized by such an expert panel of judges in an event held in the most advanced wireless country in the world is strong affirmation of Hovr’s innovative approach to the social aspect of mobile content,” said Vipul Sawhney, CEO of Hovr. “Hovr will continue to innovate social gaming and enhance our customers’ mobile gaming experiences.”

Hovr offers players free ad-supported mobile games with the ability to engage in a social gaming community where users can find and interact with friends, compete and challenge each other in contests, participate in tournaments, message each other and build virtual avatars and goods. Hovr enjoys active participation by nearly 2 million registered users from over 190 countries, supporting more than 19 million mobile game downloads.

Consumer-oriented web sites, mobile portals and carriers worldwide are also offering their users direct access to hundreds of free, highly entertaining, engaging, ad-supported mobile games, all under their own brand through the company’s “Powered by Hovr” service, creating significant new revenue opportunities through enhanced entertainment choices for end users. Beyond free mobile games, the Powered by Hovr white label service offers cutting edge online and mobile social networking features. Hovr’s social networking tools provide a whole new way for community members to connect and interact around mobile game play and the sharing of mobile content.

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About Hovr

Hovr is a mobile media company that marries the needs of advertisers seeking to reach the important and growing mobile demographic with the desires of mobile users wanting entertaining content and applications on their mobile phones. Hovr provides users with free ad-supported mobile content such as high quality, fun-to-play mobile games. The Hovr MobileSpace social network lets users connect, compete and interact with their friends and other players in a compelling community environment. For more information visit www.hovr.com.

About Mobile Content 2008

The Mobile Content 2008 conference and awards are held to lead progress in the mobile content industry and facilitate networking with the aim of exchanging information on mobile content, the core of the new media generation, while honoring the outstanding mobile content production in Game, Music & Video, and Infotainment & Community. For more information please visit http://www.mobilecontent.co.kr/

Emantras was given accolade for its entry submission with the title - "Print Management: Best Practices in Printing".

“We are happy to have gained recognition that we are innovation leaders in e-learning, something all our customers have been aware of for a long time.” said Sesh Kumar, CEO, Emantras.

The Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Awards is presented annually by Brandon Hall Research, one of the leading research firms in training and development. Now in its fourteenth year, the Awards program showcases exceptional work in the use of learning technology.

“We are so impressed with the quality of this year’s winning entries,” said Brandon Hall, Ph.D., Chairman, Brandon Hall Awards program. Further adding, “These winners set the standard for what innovative learning looks like today.”

Entries were submitted in the categories of Best Custom Content, Best Innovation in Learning Technology, Best Learning Team, Best Results of a Learning Program, Best Use of Blended Learning, Best Use of Blogs, Wikis, and Other Content-Sharing Tools for Learning, Best Use of Games for Learning, Best Use of Mobile Learning, Best Use of Video for Learning, and Best Use of Virtual Worlds for Learning. A total of 246 entries were originally submitted. The entries were evaluated by independent judges around the world.

About Brandon Hall Research

Brandon Hall, Ph.D. is the CEO of Brandon Hall Research and author of the ground-breaking “Web-Based Training Cookbook.” Since 1992, Brandon Hall Research (www.brandon-hall.com.) has been providing independent research reports and expert advice on using technology in learning. Brandon Hall Research conducts the Awards program each year to recognize the best in innovative learning. To honor the Award winners Brandon Hall Research hosts the Awards ceremony and reception in conjunction with its Innovations in Learning Conference.

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About Emantras

Emantras is a leading digital education and performance improvement company. Emantras delivers comprehensive and versatile educational solutions with world-class training options to organizations seeking to excel in education, training and publishing. Emantras provides engaging and user-centric learning experiences that enable effective knowledge propagation through integrated digital and mobile solutions. Backed with years of experience combining learning techniques and technology, Emantras provides pioneering, reliable, and transparent solutions, on time and on budget. To learn more about the distinctive Emantras experience, please visit us at www.emantras.com.

Thrilled Chairman and Managing Director of Gitanjali Group, Mr. Mehul Choksi said, “It is a moment of great pride and honour for us to have been nominated as the Entrepreneur of the Year by the most eminent jury. Our high quality, designs and hard-working team have won us this acclaim. I am looking forward to winning the actual award.”

The Indian business community waits with bated breath for these awards.

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About Gitanjali Group

Gitanjali Gems Limited, a DTC sightholder, is one of the largest integrated diamond and jewellery manufacturers and retailers in India. Its operations include sourcing of rough diamonds from primary and secondary source suppliers in the international market, cutting and polishing the rough diamonds for export to its international markets, and the sale of diamond and other jewellery through GGL's retail operations in India, as well as in international markets.

GGL has recently been acknowledged as a super brand. Today GGL has more than 20 branded jewelry lines, 1,250 retail outlets and 35 franchise stores. In the

last few years it broke into the U.S. market, opened jewelry shops in China and began selling its brands in the Middle East. The company boasts a modern diamond processing plant and two jewelry-manufacturing units in Mumbai.

Gitanjali's growth has been remarkable. In the mid-1980s it produced just $7 million in annual revenue. The company went public in 2006 at $4.74 a share and hit a high of $12.43 last December before tumbling along with much of the Indian market. Recently it traded at $6.50, giving it a market capitalization of $555 million. Today the company is worth Rs 4500 crore.

The Company has diversified into the infrastructure space and is developing Special Economic Zones (SEZs) primarily for the Gems and Jewellery industry. The proposed sites for the SEZs are in Hyderabad, Panvel, Nagpur, Nasik, Nanded, Aurangabad and Kolkata. Further, Gitanjali has recently forayed into the Luxury retail business by launching its ‘Luxury Connexions (Lx)’ outlets housing global brands and world-class fashion stores.

The company has made a big splash in the luxury market. It has entered the lifestyle retailing aspects through its seven different formats i.e. Just Cuts (salon), Greggio(Silverware), Gitanjali Lifestyle, Bezel (watches), Gitanjali Jewellery, Gitanjali Fashion and Gitanjali Malls.

Other senior members who were felicitated were Mr. S.K. Khanna, Founder President, Ad Club, Hyderabad; Mr. I. Venkat, CEO of Nimmagadda Foundation and Director, Eenadu and Mr. P. Narendra, Director, Pragati Offset Printers.

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Public voting now begins on Changemakers.net to select one global winner who will get an opportunity to present at the next Youth Venture summit in the U.S. (Voting continues through November 11th, 2008.) The global winner will be announced on November 12, 2008.

Staples Youth Social Entrepreneur Competition had received entries from 521 young leaders from 61 countries. Each presented an idea or project showing how young people are creating innovative change around the world. The judges have selected fifteen outstanding finalists whose projects excel in innovation, social impact and sustainability and MAD is the only entry from India to be selected in the final fifteen.

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Make A Difference is a youth volunteer network that was conceived in the city of Cochin two and a half years back. We teach English to students at orphanages and thus empower them to have better career opportunities. Our volunteers are principally college students, who have a knack for teaching and have a very good command of the English language. Personality development and computer training also form an indirect part of the curriculum. Overtime we have expanded to the cities of Chennai and Pune in addition to Cochin. Currently, MAD has 300 volunteers in three cities teaching around 900 kids and is one of the fastest growing youth volunteer networks in India. MAD is a registered Society under the Travancore Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act, 1955.

MAD is going to expand to Hyderabad on the 15th of November and has a strong volunteer base in Bombay and Bangalore where MAD plans to start of by the next academic year.

Last announcement-Aakhiri Munadi is written and directed by an Ex.N.S.D student Ahsan Bakhsh. Who himself is also an actor. The Sony TV fame TV serial Amber Dhara was also written by him. Amber Dhara was the story of two sisters, who were born joined.

The film is produced by well Known Ad Company Graphisads and known film PR company H.S.Communication.

Aakhiri Munadi is shoot in Cities of Uttranchal like Almora & Haldwani. Film predicts the story of a messenger Puran Singh who has pride on his voice and his Drum (Nagara). People of the town had faith in the announcement made by Puran Singh and believe that whatever he says is true.

One day he came to know that Chairman of municipal, misused him and his voice. At the end of his last announcement he revealed the reality of the chairman to the people of the town and after his announcement the chairman was not seen anywhere in town.

The character of Puran Singh is played by Alok Kumar. Some other characters are played by Suresh sharma, Reeta Devi, D.N.Bhatt, Anil Ghindiyal etc.with camera man Narendra Ghindyal and music by Aslam Kaily.

River to River Italy film festival will be held from 5th to 11th December 2008. It will take place in Florence. 8th River to River, Italy film festival is a tribute to Raj Kappor. The people of Italy and Europe believes that Raj Kapoor is the Charlie Chaplin of 1950s decade.

The Jury of the festival is also from Bollywood feternity, like director Kunal kohili, Indra Kumar, R.Balki & director of recently hit film Golmaal Returns Rohit Shetty and director of festival Silvazia will be there too.

The USP of film is that it presents the culture and tradition of Himalayas which really hypnotizes the audience.

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A panel of senior Indian business executives and leading India-based knowledge management/intellectual capital experts found MindTree excelling in the area of Knowledge Management. In the MAKE study performance dimensions, MindTree was the top-ranked company in India in the following five performance dimensions:

- creating a corporate knowledge-driven culture

- developing knowledge workers through senior management leadership

- delivering knowledge-based products/solutions

- maximizing enterprise intellectual capital

- creating an environment for collaborative knowledge sharing

“We are delighted to be the Indian MAKE Award winner for the third consecutive year. We are particularly honored to be the top ranked in 5 out of 8 performance dimensions. The award underscores our strategic vision in building a strong knowledge-based environment that nurtures innovation and optimizes the value of intellectual capital,” said MindTree Chairman & Managing Director Ashok Soota.

MindTree’s Knowledge Management Function allows the firm to harness the knowledge and ideas of its people towards innovation, better service delivery, and organizational learning. MindTree’s approach to Knowledge Management is holistic and focused on building a knowledge ecosystem, which MindTree defines as four ‘spaces’ within which people interact to create value: physical space, virtual space, social space, and mind space. The key thrust areas of Knowledge Management in MindTree are innovation, collaboration and reuse. All these have been realized by deploying multiple platforms that impact people’s behavior, creativity and productivity

“Our knowledge strategy is differentiated in the industry by its completeness of vision and scope,” said MindTree Vice President and Chief Knowledge Officer Raj Datta. “In addition to deploying feature-rich technical platforms, we are differentiated by our focus on softer enablers like social networking, culture-building and creative thinking.”

This Award comes on the heels of MindTree winning the Asian MAKE Award 2008. MindTree was also given the NASSCOM Innovation Award 2007 for its knowledge ecosystem earlier in the year.

Teleos, an independent knowledge management and intellectual capital research firm, administers the Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) program. The KNOW Network is a Web-based global community of organizations dedicated to achieving superior performance through benchmarking, networking and best practice knowledge sharing.

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About MindTree Limited

MindTree Limited is a global IT and R&D Services Company co-headquartered in the U.S. and India.With a passion for customer satisfaction, MindTree partners with its clients to create a transparent, value-based relationship.Our domain experts deliver business-enabling solutions by leveraging a consulting led, framework-based and IP-driven approach.MindTree’s IT Services business provides a range of services to CIOs across a variety of industry segments.Our R&D Services business works with Technology companies to help build innovative products by providing Product Realization services. MindTree has acquired an 80% equity stake in Aztecsoft Ltd., a global leader in outsourced product development and independent testing. The Company intends to complete the merger by April 2009.

MindTree was named among the Top 30 offshore service providers by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals and Fortune Magazine. Widely known for its focus on human capital development, MindTree has been consistently rated among the most admired employers by several industry surveys, including Hewitt Associates and Mercer/TNS, and is also the winner of the MAKE Award for knowledge management. MindTree has been selected as one of the Top 25 companies for good Corporate Governance practices.MindTree is publicly listed in India. Please visit us at www.mindtree.com.

Safe Harbor

Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects are forward-looking statements, which involve a number of risks, and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. We do not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by us or on our behalf.

The contest is open to engineering colleges across the country and students from all engineering disciplines are eligible to participate.

Participating teams need to send their solutions in the format given on the Innovation Challenge website before 16th November, 2008.

The short-listed teams would be invited to present their ideas/solutions at the Schneider R&D facility in Bangalore. The solutions will be evaluated by an elite panel of judges comprising of renowned professors from premier engineering institutions and distinguished experts from various functions of Schneider Electric viz. R&D, marketing & manufacturing.

The winning teams will be awarded a first prize of Rs. 1,00,000, 2nd Prize of Rs. 75,000 and 3rd Prize of Rs. 50,000.

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About Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric India Pvt. Ltd (SEI) in India is a 100% subsidiary of Schneider Electric Industries SAS, a global leader in the field of Electrical Distribution, Industrial Control & Automation.With sales more than Euros 13.7 billion and a strong force of 1,12,000 employees and market supremacy in over 190 countries worldwide, the company is well known for its unique vision, progressive management and above all for its exemplary Quality that redefines excellence. Schneider Electric entered India in 1963 through a first joint venture with Tata group. In the year 2000 Schneider Electric further consolidated its position in the Indian market by acquiring Crompton Greaves LV division and S&S Switchgear. In the year 2004, India witnessed Schneider Electric opening its first Global Technology Centre in Bangalore, India. With 480 employees working on product development, GTCI’s gamut of activities, include research in the fields of electro mechanical design and software development. The innovative products and technologies prepared at the centre are available in allmarkets across the globe. Tasks at the Bangalore Centre are accomplished in synchronization with Schneider Electric’s major Design & Development Centre in the field of Power Protection and Control, Industrial Automation and Installation Systems and Control.

For further details regarding the contest, visit www.schneider-electric.co.in/r&d/IC

For any queries, email anne.thomas@in.schneider-electric.com or call 080 41980000 Extn. 4625.

This award is to appreciate the close and continuous business cooperation of Finolex with Plasson Ltd. of Israel. The award is also recognition of the significant and direct contribution to the economic growth of Israel.

Prior to this award, under Mr Chhabria’s dynamic leadership Finolex has been recognised as one of the Hidden Champions of the World by World Link Magazine, published by World Economic Forum, Geneva, and has also been presented with awards like the Harvard Business School-&- Economic Times Award for the Best Corporate Performance, ‘Udyog Ratna Award’ from Delhi Telugu Academy, and many more.

Prior to this award, under Mr Chhabria’s dynamic leadership Finolex has been recognised as one of the Hidden Champions of the World by World Link Magazine, published by World Economic Forum, Geneva, and has also been presented with awards like the Harvard Business School-&- Economic Times Award for the Best Corporate Performance, ‘Udyog Ratna Award’ from Delhi Telugu Academy, and many more.

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The200 finalists are based in 16 countries/regions including China, India,Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Australiaand Vietnam.The names of the 200 companies short-listed as finalists for the "RedHerring 100 Asia 2008" will be found online athttp://herringresearch.com/eventspace/blgtrx_event_home/asia08/index.html

"The200 finalists we selected from across 16 countries and regions are all excellentcontenders," said Joel Dreyfuss, Editor-in-Chief of Red Herring."They are exceptionalcompanies who thrive on innovation and stronglydefinethe importantrole of technology in Asia’seconomy and throughout the world."

“iXiGO’s nomination for this prestigious award for the second year in arow is an acknowledgement of our strong track record of bringing market-leadinginnovations to life”, said Founder and CEO, Aloke Bajpai.

Thefinalists and winning companies will be celebrated at the Red Herring 100 Asiaevent in Hong Kong, on December 2-3,2008. Red Herring 100 Asiais anexclusive event honoring 100 cutting-edge private technology companies fromacross the Asia-Pacific region. Theevent brings together an elite roster of entrepreneurial and global ventureinvestment firms to showcase excellence in innovation. It features two days of keynote discussions,roundtable panels and intimate networking events designed for participants tomake connections and learn what it takes to achieve the best in business andtechnology in Asia.

Distinguishedspeakers on past Red Herring100 Asia include SeHyun Oh, Chairman of SK Telcom, JohnChen, Chairman of Sybase, RichardLi, Chairman of PCCW; Victor Koo, CEO of Youku.com(former President of Sohu.com); James Ding, Chairman of AsiaInfo, JohnHummelstad, Apac Director of Microsoft Venture and many others.

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About iXiGO.com

iXiGO.com ® isIndia’s leading online and mobile travel search engine based out of Gurgaon. iXiGO searches across multipleairlines,hotels, andbus bookingsites and finds thebest travel deals in India. Launched in June 2007 by an entrepreneurial team of young IITians and INSEAD MBAs, iXiGO.com has been recognized by NASSCOM asIndia’s Top-100 Innovator; BusinessToday and WSJ-Mint have named it amongIndia’s hottest startups for its unique market approach, product usability, and passionate management team. iXiGO is backed by BAF Spectrum, a Singapore-based seed-investment fund. For more information about iXiGO, visitwww.ixigo.com.

About Red Herring

Red Herring is a global media company uniting the world’s best high technology innovators, ventureinvestors and business decision makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine; an online daily technology news service; technology research, and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider’s access to the global innovation economy, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy. For more information, visitwww.redherring.com.

RMZ Millenia Business Park, Chennai, which is a LEED Gold pre-certified business park, is located off Old Mahabalipuram Road. With a built-up area of 2.2 million sq. ft. and spread across an area of more than 22 acres, RMZ Millenia is a perfect setting for IT & ITES businesses. RMZ Millenia annually saves Rs 130 Lakhs on energy and Rs 20 Lakhs on water, respectively. RMZ Millenia Business Park consumes 10% less energy & 30% less water when compared to conventional buildings in India.

The Project Team at RMZ Corp had focussed on several aspects pertaining to the design of the project such as energy efficiency, water efficiency, rain water harvesting, eco-friendly products/equipment, site ecology, more open area with greeneries to minimize the heat island effect, enhanced indoor air quality, reuse of soil within the building premises, parking bays with electric recharging points for hybrid cars, CFC free refrigerants, strategic waste management system to facilitate effective disposal and recycling, etc.

Speaking on the occasion, Ms Sonali Lalvani, Head – Marketing & Communication, RMZ Corp. said, “This is a proud moment for us. The Gold Certification award from the US Green Building Council for our RMZ Millenia Business Park reiterates our motto ‘Being the change’. We will strive to bring in a transformation in the real estate sector through our beliefs in sustainable design.”

The U.S. Green Building Council is the nation's leading non-profit composed of corporations, builders, universities, government agencies, and non-profit organizations working together to transform the way buildings is designed, built and operated. Green buildings are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work. The LEED™ (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System is a voluntary third party rating system where credits are earned for satisfying specified green building criteria. Projects are evaluated within six environmental categories: Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy and Atmosphere, Materials and Resources, and Indoor Environmental Quality. Certified, Silver, Gold, and Platinum levels of green building certification are awarded based on the total credits earned.

RMZ Millenia Business Park, Chennai had earlier been awarded the prestigious LEED Pre-Certified Gold Rating (Core & Shell) Green Building in India for RMZ Millenia Business Park, Chennai in 2007. The LEED Pre-Certified Gold Rating to RMZ Millenia, which was India’s largest and first campus project, was awarded for the design aspects considered in the project. The business park, which is just two kms drive from Tidel Park and about 12 kms from the Airport, has a host of features such as a Coffee day Café, a Food Court, ATMs and other conveniences for the tenants in the buildings.

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About USGBC

The U.S. Green Building Council (www.usgbc.org) is the nation's leading non-profit composed of corporations, builders, universities, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations working together to transform the way buildings is designed, built and operated. Green buildings are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work. Since its founding in 1993, the Council has grown to more than 10,000 member companies and organizations, a 90-person professional staff, a broad portfolio of LEED® green building products and services, the industry's popular Green building International Conference and Expo (www.greenbuildexpo.org) and a network of over 70 local chapters, affiliates and organizing groups.

About LEED

The LEED™ (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System is a voluntary third party rating system where credits are earned for satisfying specified green building criteria. Projects are evaluated within six environmental categories: Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy and Atmosphere, Materials and Resources, and Indoor Environmental Quality. Certified, Silver, Gold, and Platinum levels of green building certification are awarded based on the total credits earned. The LEED standard has been adopted nationwide by federal agencies, state and local governments, and interested private companies as the industry standard of measurement for green building.

According to a recent Government survey conducted by Planning Commission, the Khadi industry that used to provide livelihood to over 850,000 people in India is in poor shape at present. There is deterioration in the variety of Khadi cloth as well

as in its quality. Spinners and weavers are not paid enough and they are losing their livelihood. MORALFIBRE is working with some of the very few well-run ‘Khadi’ producing organisations and work to ‘capacity – build’ them.

MORALFIBRE is set out to re-invent the old fabric making technology of hand spun hand woven fabric making and re- interpret its significance relevant to the twenty first century. By their non – government intervention, they create the new

generation of fabrics and take the industry to the next level. Today when the concerns about Global Warming and Climate Change are growing, MORALFIBRE is a unique way of fabric making, clean energy initiative. A purchase of MORALFIBRE

is a step towards creating a 'Carbon Neutral' and 'Zero Poverty World'.

Shailini Sheth Amin the founder of MORALFIBRE said, ‘The seeds of MORALFIBRE were planted in 2006. After living in England for over fifteen years, I moved back home to Ahmedabad, in Gujarat, India. I took the opportunity of some free time

to take a fresh look at a few of the organisations I was involved with in the past. The Khadi Shops set up by my late aunt, Smt Indumati Chamanlal, who was a freedom fighter and an ardent supporter of Mahatma Gandhi's 'Rachnatmak vikas

pravrutti'(action based programmes), was of particular interest. The first shop was started by her through the formation of a trust, in the 1930s.

Despite rapidly losing its reputation, I found that some consumers and designers, both in India and abroad, admire the hand-spun, hand-woven cloth for its rich texture, versatility and wearability. The fact that it is made with almost zero carbon

foot-print and is made instead by 'people's energy', makes this fabric unique.

With this vision we set up MORALFIBRE in 2007 to re-invent Khadi as the most environmentally friendly and socio-economically sustainable fabric and bring this technology to the next level. Our products are available across the globe through

our website www.moralfibre-fabrics.com. We work in a wholesale market and mainly with designers and businesses.

To be short-listed for this award by the prestigious jury of Ethical Fashion Forum in our second year of work in itself is a great honour.’ The award ceremony is held in London on 13th Nov.

Josie Nicholson of Ethical Fashion Forum said, ‘Congratulations on your achievements- the judges were inspired by your work.’

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The making of MORALFIBRE has two aspects to it. To develop environmentally friendly fabrics and clothing based on hand-spun, hand-woven techniques of fabric making and to make the process of fabric making socio–economically sustainable. MORALFIBRE is set up to ‘promote and sell’ the MORALFIBRE label of fabrics, furnishings and clothing, locally and globally in home and health markets. It uses natural materials like cotton, silk and wool, to the highest specifications and quality.

RMZ Millenia Business Park, Chennai, which is a LEED Gold pre-certified business park, is located off Old Mahabalipuram Road. With a built-up area of 2.2 million sq. ft. and spread across an area of more than 22 acres, RMZ Millenia is a perfect setting for IT & ITES businesses. RMZ Millenia annually saves Rs 130 Lakhs on energy and Rs 20 Lakhs on water by consuming 10% less energy & 30% less water when compared to conventional buildings in India.

LEED Certification of RMZ Millenia Business Park was based on a number of green design and construction features that positively impact the project itself and the broader community. These features include several aspects pertaining to the design such as energy efficiency, water efficiency, rain water harvesting, eco-friendly products and equipment, site ecology, more open area with greeneries to minimize the heat island effect, enhanced indoor air quality, reuse of soil within the building premises, parking bays with electric recharging points for hybrid cars, CFC free refrigerants, strategic waste management system to facilitate effective disposal and recycling, among other green features.

“RMZ Corp. is to be congratulated for achieving LEED Certification,” said Rick Fedrizzi, President, CEO, Founding Chair, U.S. Green Building Council. “The certification of RMZ Millenia Business Park, Chennai, sends a message that RMZ Corp. cares about the health of the building’s users and employees. Everyone’s comfort, safety and well-being will benefit from the fresh air and natural day light.”

"Green Building Congress 2008", an International Conference & Exhibition on Green Building Technologies, is the flagship event organized by Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) of CII -Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre. The event is being held from September 24 – 27, 2008 at The Grand Hyatt, Mumbai. With over 235 Million sq ft of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) registered green building foot print and over 315 green building registered projects in India, the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) of CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre is spearheading the Green Building Movement in India.

RMZ Corp. is the Co- Sponsor for the Green Building Congress and has also taken a booth at the event. The company is showcasing its Ecospace, Kolkata project as well as the features of RMZ Millenia Business Park, Chennai, at the Green Building Congress.

Speaking on the occasion, Ms Sonali Lalvani, Head – Marketing & Corporate Communications, RMZ Corp. said, “RMZ Corp. is committed to sustainable development. We reiterate the use of several Green Building techniques in our projects to reduce the overall impact of the built environment on the natural environment and human health. We at RMZ Corp. have always focused on reducing the environmental footprint, while enhancing performance. We wish to continue our commitment to green environment with our second Green project Ecospace, Kolkata, which is also a Green Building”.

RMZ Millenia Business Park, Chennai had earlier been awarded the prestigious LEED Pre-Certified Gold Rating (Core & Shell) Green Building in India for RMZ Millenia Business Park, Chennai in 2007. The LEED Pre-Certified Gold Rating to RMZ Millenia, which was India’s largest and first campus project, was awarded for the design aspects considered in the project. The business park, which is just two kms drive from Tidel Park and about 12 kms from the Airport, has a host of features such as a Coffee day Café, RMZ Corp. unique “Bay” Concept that has a Food Court, fine dining restaurants, a gym, Odyssey Book store, ATMs and other conveniences for the tenants in the buildings.

“We truly believe that the Green Building concept has transformed the way people perceive the real estate sector, not only in India, but also across the globe. Sustainable projects such as the Millenia, Chennai, are stepping stones towards building a better tomorrow for future generations. With RMZ Millenia Park in Chennai, we have actually managed to convert bricks, steel and mortar into gold,” signs off Lalvani.

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About USGBC

The U.S. Green Building Council (www.usgbc.org) is America’s leading non-profit composed of corporations, builders, universities, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations working together to transfor