According to Mr. A. Rajkumar, Country General Manager (DSC), Fujifilm India, “X10 is the latest camera launched by Fujifilm. The design and choice of materials are meant to anticipate your heart’s every desire and enhance your enjoyment of photography. With the FUJIFILM X10 as your companion every moment of every day, the adventure goes on. The camera has latest technology of today’s time and fits perfectly for Indian market. This camera is a value for their hard earn money. ”

About FUJIFILM
FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation, Tokyo, Japan brings continuous innovation and leading-edge products to a broad spectrum of industries, including electronic imaging, photofinishing equipment, medical systems, life sciences, graphic arts, flat panel display materials, and office products, based on a vast portfolio of digital, optical, fine chemical and thin film coating technologies. The company was among the top 20 companies around the world granted U.S. patents in 2009, employs more than 70,000 people worldwide and in the year ended March 31, 2010, had global revenues of $23.5 billion. FUJIFILM is committed to environmental stewardship and good corporate citizenship. For more information, please visit www.fujifilm.com. For more information on FUJIFILM India, please visit www.fujifilm.in.

The global competition will have teams from 14 European countries and the Asia/Pacific region compete for a top place in the challenge. This year’s international final will be held in April 2012 in Poland, the home country of last year’s winners. The winning team will receive an around-the-world ticket and a travel voucher worth €1,000.

Commenting on the ‘Henkel Innovation Challenge’, Jeremy Hunter, President, Henkel Group, India said: “The Henkel Innovation Challenge helps identify the most innovative ideas that may range from process, product or packaging. It not only awards the best innovations, but also offers young talented minds an opportunity to be mentored by experienced Henkel managers, who act as advisors guiding and coaching the shortlisted teams.”

“This challenge has given international exposure to several young innovators in the previous years. Such has been Henkel’s association with these young innovators that several of them have chosen their career paths with the company after this enriching experience through the mentorship.”

the last four years, winners were from Europe with Spain leading at the first year’s challenge. In the second year, the team from Netherlands was declared the winner based on their revolutionary concept of Persilair, which is a small bottle of ecological friendly gas connected to a washing machine which makes it possible to wash clothes without using water. For the third year, the German team won accolades with an innovative concept of a cleaning product entitled, ‘Terra BioNet’, which works as a biodegradable surface coating that cleans all kinds of surfaces through the use of long-lasting bacteria, thus replacing the need for regular cleaning. Last year, the team from Poland won the challenge by making a powerful case for ‘Persil Oxygen’, which ensures that laundry gets done with no noise and with total ecological compatibility while hanging in the wardrobe in a clothes bag.

As part of the challenge, students from any discipline will partner up in teams of two, to develop a concept for a product under a Henkel brand.

Students interested in business, innovation and who want to pit themselves against other students on an international level must register at www.henkelchallenge.com by December 12, 2011.

Photo material is available at http://www.henkel.com/press

The site also offers a press dossier with a wide range of information concerning the “Henkel Innovation Challenge”, plus photos and details relating to the competitions held in previous years.

Further information on recruitment and careers at Henkel can be found at www.henkel.com/careers
Henkel operates worldwide with leading brands and technologies in three business areas: Laundry & Home Care, Cosmetics/Toiletries and Adhesive Technologies. Founded in 1876, Henkel holds globally leading market positions both in the consumer and industrial businesses with well-known brands such as Persil, Schwarzkopf and Loctite. Henkel employs about 48,000 people and reported sales of 15,092 million euros and adjusted operating profit of 1,862 million euros in fiscal 2010. Henkel’s preferred shares are listed in the German stock index DAX and the company ranks among the Fortune Global 500.

“We couldn’t have asked for a better time to unveil our new line of contextual product offerings. A global forum like AdTech, which is being hosted in New Delhi for the first time ever, will serve as our launch pad to foray into the Indian online advertising arena” said Karan Gupta, the recently appointed MD of Affinity India. Having been associated with Digital Law & Kenneth prior to his current appointment, Gupta has handled brand duties for clientele that include Skoda, Renault, ITC Ltd., Aircel, Lodha Group, ICICI Bank, HCC Ltd, JP Morgan Asset, Force India F1 .

While describing Affinity’s efforts in the Indian sphere, Gupta said “Affinity’s ‘fresher approach’ is aimed at giving newer methodologies to enhance what Advertisers/Publishers set out to do – advertise and/or monetize in the Indian online space. Our overall efforts are driven towards finding that one ‘sweet spot’ in between that allows for brands and web properties to co-exist and maximize their profits from their interactions with each other.”

Affinity will provide Advertisers with means to effectively boost their existing digital marketing strategies that encompass a myriad of marketing objectives – ‘Brand to Performance’, using contextual ad units that give their brand added visibility within contextually relevant spheres. Publishers, on the other hand, will be able to traverse the spectrum of ‘Monetization to Retention’ using revenue models and innovative ad units that increase user-interactivity while monetizing web inventory; thereby enhancing their overall page value.

John Lee, CEO Affinity said, “The backbone of Affinity has always been its ‘fresher approach to contextual advertising’; and that will stay true of Affinity India as well.”

About Affinity:

Founded in 2006, Affinity is a high-performance, contextual online advertising network which is a subsidiary of Hostway Corporation, a global leader in providing services over the internet, and one of the three largest independent hosting providers in the world. Affinity has been in the business of powering technology that finds the right context for over 75,000 brands across the globe to initiate talking points. These talking points culminate into traffic, leads, sales, downloads, conversions, engagement et al. depending on each brand’s marketing objective.

Affinity’s Ad Platform enables brands to contextually break-the-ice with their target audience by serving more than 30 Billion ad impressions each month. This is achieved through exclusive contextual ad distribution on Affinity’s network of 25,000+ partner syndication channels & in-house web properties. These represent a potent mix of Search, Toolbars, In-Text, In-Image, Display, Domain Parking, and other contextual traffic channels from across North America, Western Europe, India, and South-East Asia & Australia. For more information, visit www.affinity.com.

Bangalore : 5 April 2011; SGBS Trust today announced that Mr. KN Satish is undertaking a 290 KM cycling Challenge to spread awareness and raise funds for Unnati. The Challenge will be flagged off from Unnati Center, NGEF Layout, Sadanandnagar, Bangalore on April 15th 2011, at 0530 AM. The Cycling Challenge is spread over 2 days, 15th and 16th April, with an overnight halt at Mysore, and will pass by various towns, villages along the Bangalore – Ooty Road. The Cyclist will be supported by 2 Support Vehicles through the route, to enable canvassing, distributing application forms and pamplets on Unnati.

This cycling challenge hopes to touch a chord in the life of youth who live enroute Bengaluru to Ooty. “Learn, earn and stand tall” is the motto of Unnati which he feels is highly relevant in the life of all youth.

KN Satish, hails from Bangalore, works in Dubai, and considers it his life mission to support empowering causes around the world. Satish has cycled 500 Kms in Vietnam to benefit Charities CamKids(Cambodia) and Children of Vietnam, to trekking the Simien mountain range in Ethiopia for the cause of Gulf for Good, and now is gearing up for this cycling challenge to raise funds and create awareness for UNNATI.

More details of this cycling challenge is found at http://cyclingforunnati.weebly.com

Noted Cine and TV personality, Sihi Kahi Chandru is joining the Cycling Challenge at Mandya, and will cycle from there in support of Unnati.

The next batch of training at Unnati begins on 30th April 2011. Applications forms are available at the Unnati center in Bangalore, and will also be distributed along the way. It is hoped that this cycling challenge will encourage more people to come forward and benefit from the Unnati program, and help themselves change their lives forever.

About Unnati

Unnati is a vocational training program aimed at enabling and empowering youngsters from families that are below the poverty line. This 70 day program equips unemployed youth (of 18 years or more) with vocational skills and life-skills that ensures employment with reputed organizations at the end of the training program. Currently, the training is offered in 9 chosen vocations – retail sales, field sales, guest care (hotels), guest care (offices), industrial tailoring, Industrial painting, data entry (for BPO), security services and car driving.

In addition to imparting knowledge and skill sets in these vocations, Unnati trains the youth in life skills, communication, spoken English, values and basic computer usage. Special attention is given to inculcating personal and community values in the youth.

Headquartered in Bangalore in a 22,000 sqft state-of-the-art facility, Unnati has impacted the lives of more than 1500 youth through a program that not only trains them in their vocation but also works on their communication skills, life skills and computer literacy. Unnati centers are also present at Mysore, Sirsi, Pune, Ulhasnagar and Ahmedabad.

Unnati’s program is a 70 day training schedule where candidates are interviewed and based on their aptitude and interest, their vocation is selected. Entire program is provided free of cost including training, lodging, food and transportation. Unnati also helps students get a job at the end of the 70 day training with an average pay of Rs.6,000/- per month.

Through its Vision 2020, Unnati hopes to change the lives of 1 Million youth across India, by the year 2020.

About SGBS Trust:

SGBS was formed in1978 and incorporated as a trust in 1993 by a group of like-minded individuals who wanted to make a difference to society, through music, education and social activities. In order to achieve this objective, SGBS Trust rolled out the following programs:
SHIKSHA: Shiksha was initiated to provide financial support for school education who but for the support would have discontinued schooling. The fee towards education is paid directly to the school. The Shiksha program currently supports over 360 children every year. Preference is given to children of widows.
UNNATI: Vocational training and employment for underprivileged youth above 18years of age.
UTSAV: Preserving Indian traditions, and promoting art and culture. Gokulashtami is the time of the year when Bangalore comes alive with resounding performances from known names in vocal, instrumental and traditional dance forms as part of Utsav celebrations at Unnati Auditorium.
SAMSTHA: Funeral Services assistance to everyone

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19^th January, Pune:: International Baby products can now be ordered to your door stop anywhere in India,  thanks to the online shopping portal www.firstcry.com that was recently launched. The site hosts a wide range of baby products catering to new born babies to even 15+ years of age. They even have products for the benefit of expecting and new mothers.

FirstCry.com makes available products ranging from toys, clothing, toiletries, feeding accessories, stationary, medicinal accessories, diapers etc from 100+ Indian and International brands. The site promises high quality products at affordable rates with customer satisfaction as their main motto. FirstCry plans to offer more than 4000 SKUs by the end of year and is already the largest online eCommerce portal for babies and kids products.

Says Supam Maheshwari, the founder of this initiative, “My inspiration for FirstCry came from my agonizing experience of getting every single item for my daughter on the way back from frequent business trips abroad.  The quality expectations were difficult to be met in India, and even though the international products were being launched in India, convenient availability and affordability were always a pain point. The FirstCry goal is to provide respite to parents tired of finding good brand/quality baby products, & wasting their time waiting in store lines and traffic. Online ordering with free home delivery and providing the best possible prices with huge variety including large number of international brands, enables the parents to end their search and just order online to spend more quality time with their families.”

According to Supam, around 25 million babies are born every year in India. Considering, even 20% of babies are born to parents who would spend annually a conservative figure of Rs. 5000 on baby products (diapers, lotions, strollers etc) per baby, the market size is 2500+ crores and this is just for new born babies alone. And if one includes all babies/kids from 0-10 years, the market size is pretty staggering Rs 25,000 crores and rapidly growing. Due to overall economic boom across industries, there are a growing number of parents who are travelling abroad & getting international exposure, and with increasing income, they would certainly like to provide international quality products for their babies/kids. With all these facts and the desire to quickly build a large consumer brand, FirstCry was born.

About the Company: FirstCry.com is Asia’s Largest Online Portal for Baby Products and Toys. They have over 4000+ items over 100 top International and Indian brands like Mattel, Ben10, Pigeon, Funskool, Hotwheels, Nuby, Farlin, Medela, Pampers, Disney, Barbie, Gerber, Zapak, Mee Mee and so on.
FirstCry.com has a mission to provide best of the products/brands at the lowest prices with great online shopping experience, free shipping and best possible customer service. Their benchmark is to provide customers the stores shopping experience online, without the hassles of driving around the town locating a shop and then a place to park your vehicles. Their sourcing team works with 150+ vendors internationally, nationally to source the best products/brands at the most affordable prices. All items originate from their warehouse and have been sourced from authorized representatives or manufacturers.

About the Founder: Supam Maheshwari is the chief founder of FirstCry.com. He brings in a wide array of experience from companies like Vivendi and Pepsi and the self-founded Brainvisa. Supam is an Engineer and an MBA from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad. Supam had earlier co-founded an elearning company ‘Brainvisa’, which was the fastest growing and one of the most profitable companies in elearning space. After successfully running it for 8 years with a 450 staff strength, he sold it to an American company in 2007.

‘Spectaculicious House (Creative Commons Only)’ – Sound Tamasha Releases Its First Compilation of Spectaculicious Electronic Beats under a Creative Commons License

New Delhi, India, September 28, 2010: Sound Tamasha announces the Creative Commons release of its first compilation of exclusively produced spicy electronic tunes that will be published under the title “Sound Tamasha – Spectaculicious House (Creative Commons Only)” on the 16th of October 2010.

The Line Up for the Official Release Party starting at 6 PM on the 16th of October in New Delhi’s Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan is André Gardeja (Freizeitglauben / Berlin), B.L.O.T. (Qilla Records / New Delhi), and Vipul Angirish (Wind Horse Records / New Delhi). To create an atmosphere of true spectacle Yo Sato (Tokyo) and Thiruda (Avinash Kumar / B.L.O.T.) will bring the space alive with their unique visual performances. There will also be a huge After Show Party with the artists in a venue to be announced.

Berlin, Bangalore, Chennai, Goa, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi, Pune, Shillong – these are among the locations where the Sound Tamasha organises some of the most memorable music experiences. With media features in Sleek Magazine, Groove, Rolling Stone Magazine, Resident Advisor, Posivision Magazine, TimeOut, Big M, and countless Indian newspapers, the vision of Sound Tamasha has created much attention for intercultural collaborations in the electronic music scene.

The series of Sound Tamasha events culminated in this first compilation, in which a small selection of spectaculicious beats from artists who collaborated in the project during the last two years is presented to a world-wide audience. The featured artists are 22ROCKETS, Hamza, Sedat Altinok, B.L.O.T., Vipul Angirish, Andre Wakko, Tiago Oudman, and Ricardo Ferreira.

Compilation Overview

· Official Title: Sound Tamasha – Spectaculicious House (Creative Commons Only)
· Contents: Six spectaculicious house tracks and one long DJ mix
· Creative Commons Release Date: 16/10/2010
· Availability:
· The Creative Commons version of the album can be downloaded starting from 16/10/2010 from http://www.sound-tamasha.com/pages/releases.html (two minutes samples of each track can already be heard there)
· The album is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License that allows everybody to freely download the music and share it with their friends
· Commercial CD versions are distributed via Sound Tamasha and can also be ordered from CDBaby.com worldwide

About Sound Tamasha
Sound Tamasha is an intercultural platform for music that promotes the exchange of determined artists from the Asian and European music scenes. Including musicians, DJs, performers, and other creative minds, the driving spirit of the collaboration is to connect across cultures through different forms of musical expressions. While often electronic music lies at the heart of the Sound Tamasha events, the Sound Tamasha Family reaches out to creative minds from diverse musical and visual practices.

About Culture Must
The original initiator behind Sound Tamasha is Culture Must, the division of the intercultural solutions provider Knowledge Must that makes you experience the Arts and Beyond. Connecting musicians, performers, designers, painters, writers, film makers, photographers, and other artists, Culture Must creates a platform that cultivates and promotes intercultural collaborations. As people convey their thoughts and feelings in many forms of expression, Culture Must is host to incarnate creativity beyond established patterns.

Learn More
Please learn more about Sound Tamasha and Culture Must on the following website www.sound-tamasha.com and contact Peter Braun at press@knowledge-must.com or via phone: +91-98-10990766.
Embrace Diversity!

Media Contact
Mr. Peter Braun, Managing Director – Culture Must
peter.braun@culture-must.com, phone: +91-98-10990766

New Delhi Knowledge Must Consulting Private Limited
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New Delhi – 110064
India
Tel.: +91-(0)11-41752064
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STRAIGHTERLINE JOINS BALTIMORE CITY’S TECHNOLOGY INCUBATOR

BALTIMORE, MD (Sep 3, 2010) – StraighterLine, provider of online education solutions that allow students to take ultra-affordable online college courses for credit, announced today that they have moved their company headquarters to Baltimore City and joined the Emerging Technology Centers (ETC), the City’s technology incubator.

StraighterLine provides students a flexible and convenient start to college with high-quality, one-on-one tutor-supported and extremely affordable online general education distance learning courses, including College Algebra, Pre-Calculus, English Composition, Accounting, Economics and Business Statistics, with more planned. Students receive credit for completed StraighterLine courses when they enroll in any school in StraighterLine’s network of regionally accredited partner colleges or by enrolling in a college that awards credit for courses reviewed by the American Council on Education. The StraighterLine offerings reduce the cost of freshman year to under $40 a credit with individualized curriculum and 24/7 on-demand instructional guidance.

“We are thrilled to be in Baltimore City. We are growing our network of partner colleges and we look forward to adding many Baltimore area colleges,” says Burck Smith, CEO of StraighterLine. “Our courses let students reap the benefits of lower prices and greater flexibility enabled by online delivery.”

“We are excited that StraighterLine chose to locate in Baltimore City,” notes Ann Lansinger, President of ETC. “The technology community in Baltimore is growing rapidly and the entrepreneurial environment at the ETC is one that helps companies like StraighterLine move ahead as far and as fast as possible.”

Currently StraighterLine has 15 colleges in their partner network including Capella University, Fort Hays State University, Kaplan University, Western Governors University and WGU Indiana, several community colleges, and more. StraighterLine courses have been evaluated and recommended by the American Council on Education’s (ACE) Credit Recommendation Service and have met or exceeded the Distance Education and Training Council’s (DETC) standards for online course quality.

About StraighterLine

StraighterLine provides students with a new online option for obtaining required college credits from accredited colleges and universities. StraighterLine’s ultra-affordable online college courses are the first to include 24/7 live, on-demand instruction. StraighterLine offers various entry-level college courses with many more under development. There are no set due dates for StraighterLine courses and students may start at any time with monthly or up to six months of access. For more information, visit www.straighterline.com or call 202-507-7020 or 1-877-str8erline (1-877-787-8375).

About the ETC

The ETC, a venture of the Baltimore Development Corporation, is a non-profit business incubator focused on growing early-stage technology and biotechnology companies. The ETC promotes economic development, providing business, technical, and networking connections to help these companies grow and prosper – adding to both the job and tax base of Baltimore City. To date, ETC client companies have received over $865 million in funding and have been issued nearly 200 patents. Since 1999 ETC has provided assistance to 201 companies of which 71 are current companies. Eighty-three percent of its graduate clients are still in business.

Media Contact:
StraighterLine Online College Courses
Josef Katz
Website: http://www.straighterline.com
Email: jkatz@straighterline.c

ICFAI Universities strongly refute Thomson Financial Mergers and Acquisitions’ Report

Hyderabad, India, 11 August 2010 – Attention of Icfai Universities is drawn to the content of Thomson Financial Mergers and Acquisitions dated 6/8/2010 and also a Detailed Transaction Report (Priced):

We, on behalf of all the ICFAI Universities have to state as under:

Both the Web Pages and Detailed Transaction Report are full of in accuracies because of the following:

1: None of the ICFAI Universities are located at Hyderabad.

2: ICFAI Universities do not run schools at Elementary and Secondary Levels. (DTR Ref)

3: ICFAI Universities conduct only UG, PG and Doctoral programs under faculties of Management, Science & Technology, Law, Education and Humanities.

4: None of the ICFAI Universities have any deal with Everonn and did not even talk/ meet them.

5: ICFAI Universities do not run any separate Junior Colleges/ Technical Institutions.

Therefore, the contents in above two documents are factually incorrect, mischievous, and even possibly published with malafide intentions.

Our Stakeholders and Public in General are hereby informed that each one of the ICFAI University is set up by a designated Act of State Legislature and the respective State Government representatives are in the Board of Management in these Universities.

As per the provisions of each act, all important decisions need to be taken by The Board of Management with involvement of State Government representatives.

In view of the above clarifications, ICFAI Universities hereby refutes the Malafide Contents published in the Websites of Thomson Mergers and Acquisitions.

Authorized Signatory

Dr TRK Rao

Director – Corporate Communications Department

The Icfaian Foundation

#45, Nagarjuna Hills, Punjagutta Hyderabad -82

Ph: 23423142, 23430430, Fax: 23430461

“Fulcrum listed amongst the Top 10 Most Promising IT Services companies”

May 3, 2010: Siliconindia, the premier magazine for business and technology which is published from Fremont, California has announced in its March 2010 edition, ‘Top 10 most promising technology companies’ found or managed by Indians in the U.S.

According to the panel of experts at SiliconIndia, the Top 10 gems of the IT services industry were selected considering their unique business ideas as well as with the respect to their technology, adoption and market proposition. The experts have also noted that these companies have the momentum and will rise above the best.

The Top 10 List was selected from amongst the thousands of nominations received from companies in hot domains such as, business analytics, user centric software solutions, cloud-computing service providers and consulting.

Read more at http://www.siliconindia.com/magazine_articles/Siliconindia_Top_10_Most_Promising_IT_Services_Companies-ZIGT424541930.html

Fulcrum has developed rich, powerful business and consumer applications for companies in domains such as Financial Services, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail, Media and Manufacturing. In very short span, Fulcrum has built a strong customer base across different verticals. Some of the key clients include Fortune 500 organizations.

ECHOVME (Digital Marketing Consultancy) did an analysis of fan pages of both the Indian brands and considers the engagement strategy of Fastrack is more effective than the Ching’s Secret as the page is expected to grow faster and popular than the Ching’s Secret fan page. Sorav Jain the Thinker in Chief of Echovme says there are various factors that make fastrack better than Ching’s Secret and they are; “Fastrack is a consumer driven community whereas Ching’s Secret is a company broadcasting medium, the activities on fastrack is more youth friendly than the Ching’s Secret one, fastrack is more stronger technical and creative wise on comparison with the Ching’s Secret. On an average 200 to 300 people join the Ching’s secret fan page whereas; about 2000 people follow Fastrack on a daily basis. On an average approximately 60 fans likes the activity performed by Ching’s Secret with at least 40 fans commenting. In the Fastrack scenario as a minimum 1000 people like the activities posted or performed by Fastrack and more than 200 people actively comment and engage in the conversation.

The revolution has proved it is not the first who reaches the goal is achiever, it is how you reach and what you do to reach the heights prove your winning. More details on the qualities of fan pages are also available on Sorav Jain’s Social Media Blog

February, 2010 – Green Valley Christmas Trees® is the leading provider of first quality real Christmas trees in the nation and it has never taken that role lightly. This company strives for quality in every way, including being kind to the environment. The live Christmas tree farms are actually beautiful places that add to the splendor of the land because they create scenic green belts. The trees help to stabilize the soil of the area because they are in fact, grown on soil that does not support other crops. As the real Christmas trees are growing they help to support life by absorbing carbon dioxide and other gases and emitting fresh oxygen. And as expected, these luxurious fields of trees provide refuge for birds and other wildlife.

When a real Christmas tree is used to adorn our home for the holiday season something magical happens. Not only do we enjoy the sight, but we also enjoy the smell and feel of the live tree. This seems to fill the room if not the entire home with the fragrance and feel of Christmas. But afterward, we are left with a tree that must be disposed of. Unlike artificial trees, real trees are biodegradable, which makes them ideal for mulch. Many cities across the nation offer a free pick up service for discarded trees in order to use them in innovative ways.

Some parks are using the needles and mulch to line the pathways and many zoos have uses for the mulch. It has also been found that fishing can be improved by depositing discarded Christmas trees into ponds and lakes. The trees provide a habitat for the fish to hide in and to find food in.

Real Christmas trees have been recycled to create sand fences, which help keep the beaches from washing away. This helps to protect the delicate ecosystem. Tree fencing has also been used to protect the wetlands of Louisiana against erosion. In Illinois, discarded Christmas trees have been used to create nesting structures for herons and in Indiana, trees have been used to provide cover for birds, chipmunks, and other small wild animals in a rehabilitation site. In Burlington, Vermont, trees are even used to generate electricity.

About Green Valley Christmas Trees®: Green Valley Christmas Trees® understands the joy of having a real Christmas tree in the home during the holiday season. The company has an impeccable reputable for quality and high standards. Green Valley advocates proper disposal and repurposing of their live Christmas trees in ways that will benefit the environment.

Contact Information:
Green Valley Christmas Trees®
www.GreenValleyChristmasTrees.com
530 Showers Dr
Suite 7122
Mountain View, CA 94040
Phone #: 888-488-7337

Mamba International, a Charlottesville, Virginia (USA) based sports representation agency dedicated to meeting the professional and personal needs of its high profile clientele through an extraordinary level of personal service, represents Mr. Devvarman internationally in all aspects of his professional tennis career. Mamba International has retained Percept Talent Management to market the #1 ranked tennis player in India throughout Asia with an emphasis on the Indian subcontinent.

Somdev Devvarman is the 24 year old tennis star who dazzled tennis lovers across the globe with his stellar performance at the Chennai Open held earlier this year in his hometown of Chennai, India. He was the first Indian player ever to reach to the championship match of this prestigious Association of Tennis Players (“ATP”) tournament. En route to the finals, Somdev defeated former world #1 Carlos Moya from Spain and Ivo Karlovic from Croatia (who is ranked among world’s top 25 players). Somdev entered the professional tennis circuit in June 2008 and this young sportsman has been creating Indian tennis history ever since. In just over a year, he reached his current world ranking of 131 on the ATP Tour world soaring past more than 650 world class players in the process. In his brief professional career, Somdev already has defeated twelve (12) players ranked in the top 100 in the world, including Marin Cilic, who was ranked 15th at the time Somdev defeated him. If Somdev continues to maximize his potential, as he did when he stunned audiences by winning four matches to break into the second round of the 2009 U.S. Open, it will not be long before he will be ranked among the top 50 players in the world! After making India proud with a vitally important and thrilling victory over South Africa in the Davis Cup tie in Johannesburg less than one month ago, Somdev is almost single-handedly breathing new life into professional tennis in India. This talented young man is popularly regarded as “The Fastest Player on the ATP Tour” and is quickly forging a special place in the hearts of Indian tennis fans everywhere. Strong, athletic and exceedingly humble, this budding sports icon is ready to take his home country by storm.

With over a decade of experience in the talent and celebrity management business, Percept has always believed in – “Support the Sportsman-Promote the Sport”. Various successful sporting associations ranging from the Shahrukh Khan’s Kolkatta Knight Riders to Yuvraj Singh and Sreesanth have formed the foundation of Percept Talent Management’s portfolio of premier Indian athletes. With Somdev on board, PTM will be able to promote an emerging icon of Indian tennis and raise the popularity of his sport to an even higher level among India’s 1.2 billion citizens.

Notes to Editor

About Percept Limited

Founded in 1984, Percept Limited, an entertainment, media and communications company, is at an enviable leadership position with a team of 1200 people and 62 offices in India and the Middle East and a capitalized billings of about INR 26.17 billion (FY’09).

Percept operates in 3 business domains –

Entertainment – which includes Content, Talent Management, Sports, Experiential & Entertainment Marketing.
Media – which includes Media Services, Out-of-Home and Digital Media.
Communications – which includes Advertising, Public Relations and IMC Consultancy.
About Percept Talent Management

Percept Talent Management (PTM) is a pioneer in the field of celebrity management in India with 10 years of specialized business experience in the industry. The company has maintained a leadership position among its peers ever since its inception. PTM’s core business is creating synergistic relationships between talent and corporate brands by providing extraordinary value to both parties.

PTM is in the business of identifying, grooming, promoting and managing talent so they obtain better opportunities in their core vocation and become more appealing as marketers of brands through endorsements, appearances, performances and other avenues of product promotion. PTM also works closely with brands trying to solve challenges, enhance promises or leverage opportunities by providing them with talent led or talent neutral solutions.