MAX DESIGN AWARDS 2016-17 Students Edition

After a whopping response over the last two years, Max Fashion is back with the third edition of Max Design Awards, a definitive platform to recognize and reward the budding Fashion Designers. The property created by Max, gives final year fashion design students a chance to showcase their best and reach out to the fashion world through their creations.

Max Fashion, being a design-driven company, is looking to support and celebrate new and upcoming fashion talents. Max Design Awards has seen a huge success since its inception with growing number of fashion design enthusiasts showcasing their creativity and taking the level of the competition to new heights. Last year the competition attracted more than 200 entries over 40 design colleges across the country. The third edition is a continuous effort to reward the young aspiring fashion designers and provide them a platform to springboard their fashion design careers!

The esteemed jury for Max Design Awards 2016-17 includes Fashion Designers Ms. Priyadarshini Rao, Mr. Varun Bahl and Mr. Nachiket Barve along with Executive Director Max Fashion Mr. Vasanth Kumar, Vice President Design Max Fashion Ms. Kamakshi Kaul and Project Head Mr. Marc Robinson.

Registration for the award programme is open. Check here to register –

http://www.maxdesignawards.com/participate.html

Who can sign up?

Final year Fashion Design students from selected and or accredited fashion designing institutes of India.

How do you participate?

The theme for the Max Design Awards 2016-17 is "The Dark Side"

Step 1: Select any one category – Men's wear or Women's wear. Prepare a mood board of your interpretation of the main theme.

Step 2: Based on your mood board, prepare two sketches.
- One sketch for prêt
- One sketch for Couture
Both sketches need to fall under any one category (men's wear or women's wear) selected by you.

Step 3: Prepare a 150 word count brief on your collection. Outline your colour pallet, fabrics, style, patterns, etc. for each of the designs

Step 4: Register yourself on www.maxdesignawards.com and file in your application OR apply by emailing high resolution scans of your sketches, mood board, along with a 150 word count brief on your interpretation of the theme “The Dark Side”. Email at maxdesignawards@gmail.com

Last Date for receiving the Entries/application is 16th February 2017

Step 5: It is mandatory to send the physical docket (Mood board, Both sketches and write up with fabric swatches to –

Krupa Kini/ Ranganathan V

Lifestyle international private limited

Max Retail division

77 degree town centre,

Building no.3 east wing

5th floor, Off old airport road

Yemalur P.O. Bangalore - 560037

Last Date for receiving the physical docket of the Entries/application is 20th February 2017

Sunburn Statement - David Guetta - Mumbai + New Delhi + Hyderabad ON

Regarding the Mumbai Show Harindra Singh, Managing Director & Chairman, Percept Limited, “We regret the cancellation of the Sunburn Arena with David Guetta this evening. We are happy to add that we have succeeded to reschedule the event for Sunday, January 15th 2017 between 1100 hrs - 1600 hrs at the same venue i.e. Jio Gardens, BKC. We are complying with all the regulatory requirements as prescribed by the authorities. The current tickets will be valid for the rescheduled show on Sunday. We regret any inconvenience caused and are grateful to all our fans for their love and support. We would like to thank David Guetta,  his team and also all the regulatory bodies for their support and agreeing to reschedule the show at such short notice.”

Regarding the New Delhi + Hyderabad Shows- Karan Singh, CEO, Sunburn, "The David Guetta Sunburn Arena show in New Delhi on the 15th and Hyderabad on the 14th will take place as originally planned. The venue for New Delhi is Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium while the venue for Hyderabad is Hitex Exhibition Center. " 

The official Twitter handle of Hyderabad police posted , "Welcome to Hyderabad David Guetta. Look forward to hosting you tomorrow. @cyberabadpolice committed to ensure a glitch free event as always."

Concur Technologies Wins CIO CHOICE 2017 Honor & Recognition in Travel and Expense category

Mumbai, India – Jan 13, 2017 – Amidst a gathering of 400+ CIOs and ICT Business Leaders Concur Technologies has been recognized with CIO CHOICE 2017 Honor & Recognition Title in the Travel and Expense category. They were awarded at the exclusive Red Carpet Night wherein CIO CHOICE celebrated its 5th Anniversary, the only independent ICT Vendor Recognition platform – Voice of CIOs in India.

This marquee 5th Annual CIO CHOICE Recognition landmark event, focusing on companies based or operating in India, was by far the most competitive in its history this year as well, with the highest number of nominations and entry submissions to date with a distinguished CIO Advisory. More than 200 entries were received this year, from a wide array of public and private ICT Vendor companies, both Large as well as Small & Medium Enterprises and from a variety of geographic regions in India.

Winners of CIO CHOICE 2017 were determined by an independent CIO voting survey from across the country on product performance, customer satisfaction and continued customer service. It is a recognition and validation that CIOs can trust because it is ‘By the CIO and for the CIO’. It offers the CIO community an authentic aid to finding and considering the most preferred and stable products, services and solutions. Having earned the honor to wear the CIO CHOICE logo, ICT vendors will be enjoying new media campaigns and amplified CIO exposure resulting in increased sales.

CIO CHOICE 2017 Honor & Recognitions were presented in 52 categories, recognizing 28 distinct ICT Brands.

Travel and expense is the second largest controllable spend for companies, after payrolls. Concur offers a comprehensive end-to-end solution that automates travel and expense management, as well as vendor invoice processing. The vast portfolio of online solutions from Concur can help companies, with frequent employee travel, closely manage policies and reduce costs associated with travel and expense.

“We are honored to receive this recognition from the CIO community as it validates the value of service we provide to business and our esteemed clients” said Mr. Anukumar Ramesh, Marketing Director, Concur Technologies, India. “It is a matter of great pride that CIOs and our partners have voted us. This recognition showcases our expertise in T&E management as well as our strength and leadership in the sector” he added.

“By being voted by CIOs Concur Technologies has proven their expertise in T&E technology areas. This places them among the top percentile of enterprise ICT vendors in India.” said Anoop Mathur President at Centre of Recognition & Excellence. “When CIOs look for an ICT partner to meet their business challenges, choosing a company that has ‘THE TRUST’ of CIO Choice Logo is an intelligent move. It is a set of CIO endorsed ICT brands with successful deployments at their customer ends.”

KPMG is the knowledge partner for CIO CHOICE 2017.

Bollywood fans bid 2016 goodbye with favourite movie stars|Star Screen Awards

New Year’s Eve was a Bollywood party right at home for 71.4 million Indian TV viewers who tuned in to watch the last Hindi movie award show of 2016. The ‘Star Screen Awards’ gave Star Plus a whopping 1.6x rise in Primetime weekend viewership compared to previous weeks in December. Zapr Media Labs tracks viewership for the show which gripped viewers up till the very last hour of the year.

Using cutting edge TV-to-Mobile mapping technology, we identified these viewers and profiled their award show consumption in 2016. Our insights reveal an audience segment who tuned into almost every major Hindi movie award show aired on Television.  

Hourly viewership breakdown of the telecast shows drastic rise from the first to the second hour as Box office hits like Pink and Udta Punjab bagged several award categories. 24.7 million viewers tuned in between 8:00 PM and 9:00 PM. The number rose to 38.1 million viewers between 9:00 PM and 10:00 PM.

The rest of the telecast received highly consistent viewership maintaining 38 million viewers until the show ended.

Our viewership overlap studies at Zapr Media Labs show that significant percentages of Star Screen Awards viewers previously consumed other Bollywood award shows on Television.

33.4% watched IIFA Awards on Colors, 27.2% watched Guild Film Awards on Sony TV and 30.7% watched the Sansui Colors Stardust Awards.

Since these viewers diligently followed Hindi stars across major award shows, we were curious to know the actual shows and movies that interest them. So we profiled the Television consumption patterns of Star Screen Awards viewers and shortlisted their Top Five most watched Hindi Movies and Entertainment shows in the month of December 2016.  

The Zapr ad-tech platform enables Brands and advertisers to identify Bollywood movie buffs and viewers of specific Hindi Entertainment shows by their content consumption patterns. These viewers comprise niche interest groups in the Zapr audience pool, much like Facebook interest groups with high potential for brand engagement.

Zapr geographically maps out viewers at highly granular levels like states, cities, towns and even smaller localities. The Star Screen awards had the largest number of viewers located in Maharashtra – 10.3 million viewers. Uttar Pradesh followed closely with 9.9 million viewers. Gujarat had 6.8 million viewers. West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh made it to Top Five with very close margins of 4.5 and 4.2 million viewers respectively.

Indian Paints Industry to grow to INR 70, 875 Cr by 2019 – 2020

The 28th Indian Paint Conference will witness congregation of the paint industry stalwarts

The theme for this 3-day conference is Varnam 2017- ‘Where Paint Meets Technology’

Mumbai, 6th January, 2017: Indian Paint Association (IPA), the apex body of the Indian paint industry today announced the commencement of the 28th biennial   Indian Paint Conference from January 6-8, 2017 in Bengaluru. Taking inspiration from the IT Capital of India, the conference theme ‘Varnam - Where Paint Meets Technology’ is based on leveraging technology for the paints industry. At the pre-conference media briefing, the IPA governing body members discussed the to-be launched report on the Indian Paint Market - “Size & Future of coating industry” compiled by Nielsen Corporation.

Key highlights of report:

• The Indian paint market which was around INR 40,300 crores in 2014-15 is expected to reach INR 70, 875 crores by 2019-2020
• The decorative paint market is expected to witness CAGR of 12.7%
• The industrial paint market is expected to witness CAGR of 9.5%

• The split of the decorative paint market to industrial market is around 75-25 (Decorative Paint market size in India was INR 30,385 crores and the Industrial Paint was INR 9,915 crores in FY 2014-15)
• The industry has grown at a CAGR of 12.9% from 2011-12 to 2014-15 in terms of value
• For FY 2014-15, per capita consumption of paint in India was estimated at 3.34 Kg
• High growth is witnessed for
• Exterior and Interior emulsions in the decorative paints category
• Auto refinish and Powder coatings in the industrial paints category

Speaking on this occasion, Mr. Jalaj Dani, President, IPA said, “The Indian paint industry is on a growth trajectory. This biennial conference provides an ideal and common platform for industry discussions on providing differentiated customer experience, opportunities, challenges, market trends and best practices”

“This three-day conference will witness participation from a large number of paint manufactures and raw material vendors. There will be power packed sessions on a wide range of topics including GST, Skill development, Automation, Digital Transformation, Innovations and so on, which will be deliberated and moderated by renowned experts” he added.

The conference will be inaugurated by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Karnataka Shri. Siddaramaiah and Shri R.V. Deshpande, Hon’ble Minister for Commerce and Industries, Government of Karnataka.

The Indian paints industry has been growing at a rapid pace over the years. However the growth hasn’t been accompanied by supply of adequate skilled talent. IPA has been working closely with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to bridge the talent gap. Recently, IPA signed a MoU with NSDC under which it will train three lakh painters over the next three years.

END OF SEASON SALE ARRIVES AT INORBIT MALL, Vashi

~Indulge in some serious shopping with Flat 50% off on some of the best brands~

Vashi, January, 2017: The much awaited ‘End of Season Sale’ has arrived at Inorbit Mall, Vashi. The weekend of 6^th & 7^th January 2017, Inorbit mall invites you to explore some of the best national and international brands that will offer incredible discounts. The shopping extravaganza promises a Flat 50% of on major categories like Men’s formal and casual wear, Sportswear, Women’s ethnic wear, Women’s Western wear, and accessories.

The end of season sale has something for everyone. No one goes empty handed. The annual sale offers genuine discounts on some of the best brands. Be it apparel, accessories or footwear, you name it and you get it. It is time to begin the new year with some serious shopping. Get ready to fill your shopping bags by indulging in some exhaustive shopping.  

Rush to Inorbit mall and grab the best before it is gone.

Details:

Date: 6^th to 7^th January 2017

Time: 10 am to 11pm

Bollywood Upcoming Films - 2017

Sr No	Film Name	Banner/ Produced by	Director	Release Date	Starcast
1	Irada	Irada Entertainment LLP	Aparna Singh	February 2017	Naseeruddin Shah Arshad Warsi Divya Dutta Sagarika Ghatge Sharad Kelkar
2	Machine	Jayantilal Gada (Pen) presents An AD Films (Haresh Patel) & Abbas Mustan Production Produced By - Haresh Patel, Pranay Chokshi, Abbas Mustan & Dhaval Jayantilal Gada	Abbas Mustan	March 2017	Mustafa and Kiara Advani
3	Sarkaar 3	Presented by Eros International Produced by: Allumbra Entertainment & Wave Cinemas	Ram Gopal Varma	17th March 2017	Amitabh Bachchan, Jackie Shroff, ManojBajpayee, Ronit Roy, YamiGautam and AmitSadh
4	Hindi Medium	Tseries and Maddock films presentation Produced by: Dinesh Vijan and Bhushan Kumar	Saket Chaudhary	31st March 2017	Irrfan Khan and Saba Qamar
5	Viceroy's House	Pathé, Reliance Entertainment, BBC Films, Ingenious and BFI presentation of a Bend It Films/Deepak Nayar Production in association with the FilmVast and Filmgate Films	Gurinder Chadha	3rd March 2017	Manish Dayal, Huma Qureshi, Om Puri
6	Atithii iin London	Banner: Panorama Studios Produced by: Kumar Mangat Pathak & Abhishek Pathak	Ashwni Dhir	Summer 2017	Kartik Aaryan, Paresh Rawal, Kriti Kharbanda, Tanvi Azmi, Sanjay Mishra
7	Raabta	Presented by Tseries and Maddock films Produced by: Dinesh Vijan and Bhushan Kumar	Dinesh Vijan	9th June 2017	Sushant Singh Rajput and KritiSanon
8	Haseena	Will Update	Apoorva Lakhia	July 2017	Shraddha Kapoor and SiddhantKapoor
9	Luv Ranjan’s next	Produced by Luv Films and Tseries Producers: Bhushan Kumar, Luv Ranjan &AnkurGarg	Luv Ranjan	18th August 2017	KartikAaryan, NushratBharucha and Sunny Singh
10	Baadshaho	Produced by Bhushan Kumar (Tseries) and Milan Luthria	Milan Luthria	1st September 2017	Ajay Devgn, EmraanHashmi, Vidyut Jammwal, Ileana Dcruz, Esha Gupta and Sanjay Mishra
11	Golmaal Again	ROHIT SHETTY PICTUREZ	Rohit Shetty	Diwali 2017	Ajay Devgn, Parineeti Chopra, Arshad Warsi, Shreyas Talpade, Kunal Khemu, Tusshar Kapoor
12	Aankhen 2	Banner: Gaurang Doshi Productions Pvt Ltd Producer: Gaurang Doshi	Anees Bazmee	Diwali 2017	Amitabh Bachchan, ArjunRampal, Anil Kapoor, Regina Cassandra and ArshadWarsi
13	Poster Boys	Sony Pictures Networks Productions, Sunny Sounds Pvt Ltd and Affluence Movies Pvt Ltd.	Shreyas Talpade	Mid -2017	Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol and ShreyasTalpade
14	Behen Hogi Teri	Presented by Oddball Motion Pictures Produced by Tony D’souza, Amul Vikas Mohan and NitinUpadhyaya	Ajay K Pannalal	2017	RajkummarRao, ShrutiHaasan, GautamGulati, HerryTangri and Gulshan Grover
15	Tadka	Will Update	Prakash Raj	2017	Nana Patekar, Shriya Saran, Ali Fazal & Taapsee Pannu