Speaking on the occasion of winning the awards, BM Munjal, Chairman of the Hero Group said, Vicky.in team is doing a wonderful job with these Auto Expo awards. So far there is no parameter for the companies, who are displaying their products at the Auto Expo, to know where they stand, in comparison to others. We are proud that Hero Ignitor has won the Vicky.in People’s choice “Best Bike at Auto Expo 2012″ award.”

Hyundai Motor India (HMIL) Director (Sales and Marketing) Arvind Saxena said, we are very delighted to get the Vicky.in People’s choice “Best Unveiling at Auto Expo 2012″ award for the new Sonata. The award has made us even more proud of the Sonata.”

Karthick Annamalai, Co-founder of Vicky.in said, “2011 was not a favourite year for car and bike manufacturers, yet they turned out with spirit and shown some incredible automotives at 2012 Auto Expo. It was difficult to sort through all, but Vicky.in has chosen the best among them. With these awards, customer have conveyed Auto Expo is not meant to witness the new launches but for planning their future cars and bikes”

List of winners under various categories:

1) Best Debut at Auto Expo 2012 – Renault Pulse
2) Best Unveiling at Auto Expo 2012 – Hyundai Sonata
3) Best Four Wheeler Stall at Auto Expo 2012 – Audi
4) Best Bike at Auto Expo 2012 – Hero Ignitor
5) Best Scooter at Auto Expo 2012 – Suzuki Swish
6) Best Two wheeler Concept at Auto Expo 2012 – Yamaha Ray
7) Best Two wheeler Stall at Auto Expo 2012 – Royal Enfield

Lucky customers who guessed the winners right at Vicky.in People’s choice awards received exclusive gifts from Vicky.in. Vicky.in People’s choice Auto Expo Awardees were crowned at 2012 Auto Expo in Delhi.

Other recipients of Vicky.in People’s choice awards include -

Mr. Rajiv Mitra (Head – Corporate Communications,Renault India),
Mr.Atul Gupta (Vice President – Sales & mktg at Suzuki Motorcycle India),
Mr. Daiji Matsuoka (Head – Marketing & Communication Yamaha India)
Mr. Sachin Chauhan (Deputy GM – Marketing, Royal Enfield)

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About Vicky.in

Vicky.in (www.vicky.in) is India’s popular online destination for buying new cars and bikes. Vicky.in which offers complete buying experience reaches over 4 million Indians customers every month. Vicky.in/shopping launched in 2011 is already the India’s No1 E-Commerce Store for automotive accessories. Vicky.in is the online partner for many manufacturers including Bajaj Auto to sell their merchandises. Vicky.in is owned by Annap Interactive Solutions Pvt Ltd which also runs 600024.com (Leading Tamil Entertainment cum E-Commerce Portal) & CellBharat.com (Mobile Price Comparison Portal)

About 2012 Auto Expo

The 11th Auto Expo 2012, jointly organized by Automotive Component Manufacturers Association (ACMA), Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), is scheduled from 5-11 January 2012 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India. The Auto Expo 2012 is the biggest platform of the India automobile industry, covering over 1, 15,000 square meters. Around 1500 participants from 24 countries are taking part in the show with a massive surge of overseas participation and a strong presence of Indian manufacturers.

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It was the founder, Sri P.D.Hinduja’s vision to build a world-class, affordable hospital where fellow Indians can get treatment at par with international standards. Late Smt Lalita G. Hinduja, his eldest daughter-in-law, spent 30 years nurturing this vision. She created a culture of compassion and care amongst the employees, weaving them into a family. Her daughter Mrs Usha Raheja said, “It is the parivaar values inculcated at the Hospital which make people go beyond the call of duty to deliver affordable personalized care.”

Ms. Vinoo Hinduja, spoke about the unique approach the Hospital has pursued for which direction has been given by her father Sri. S.P.Hinduja, Chairman, Hinduja Group. She emphasized that Hinduja Hospital is quality healthcare for all: “We continue to achieve this through adaptation of new technology, accreditation and upgradation of employee skills, hence creating an experience not just a service. This award is another stepping stone in our relentless pursuit of excellence.”

Mr Pramod Lele, CEO, Hinduja Hospital said, “At Hinduja Hospital, this is double celebration. This December, we are in the midst of our diamond jubilee celebrations. This award will be a great motivation for the 2,000 strong workforce at Hinduja Hospital.” He attributed the achievement to the strong sense of purpose laid by the founder of the Hospital, Sri Parmanand Hinduja, to serve the community.

The Hinduja Hospital has led with state of the art technology and quality systems. From being the first hospital in South Asia to install gamma knife; first hospital to have got a College of American Pathologists (CAP) accreditation for it’s laboratory; ISO 27001 certification for the hospital’s IT division and a ISO 9002 certification for Quality Management System, Hinduja Hospital has many firsts to its credit.

The ICICI Lombard & CNBC TV18 India Healthcare Awards, in its second year, had more than 4,000 hospitals and healthcare providers participating. The winners were selected after a rigorous process involving all stakeholders – industry experts, general physicians, hospital administrators and patients. Collectively, the consumer ratings and doctors’ ratings on facility assessment data were shared with the jury to arrive at the final winners. This multi stage research process was conducted by IMRB, India’s leading research agency. Last year, the same award was conferred to AIIMS.

The esteemed jury that helped select India’s finest healthcare providers comprised Mr. Kewal Handa Managing Director – Pfizer Limited, D G Shah – Secretary General, Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance & Co-Chairman, National Pharmaceuticals Committee, FICCI, Dr. S K Sarin -Director – Indian Medical Council, Mr. Vaidheesh A- Managing Director Johnson & Johnson Medical India and Dr. Ramakant Panda –Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Asian Heart Hospital.

About Hinduja Hospital:
Hinduja Hospital, part of the Hinduja Group, is an ultramodern tertiary care hospital with a Medical Research Centre in collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Boston. World class infrastructure has been created to provide highest quality of patient care. The hospital has an In Patient facility of 381 beds, to be extended to 600 beds. The P. D. Hinduja Hospital was the first multi disciplinary tertiary care hospital to have been awarded the prestigious ISO 9002 Certification for Quality Management System. The Hospital was also awarded the prestigious ‘Golden Peacock Global Award for Philanthropy in Emerging Economies 2006.’ It is also the first hospital to be honored with the IMC Ramkrishna Bajaj National Quality Award for 2007.

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Commenting on the awards, Karthick Annamalai, Co-founder of vicky.in said “With the Indian Automotive industry evolving, customer have become more informed and matured. They wish to appreciate or criticize every new cars coming into the market. With Vicky.in People’s choice awards customers can now make their voice heard far beyond their local communities and let the manufacturers know their choices”

Vignesh Annamalai, CEO of Vicky.in added, “the star of the award is going to be the special award called “Best diesel car of the year”. To neutralise the raising gasoline prices car makers introduced slew of diesel cars in the market in 2011. Now the diesel car starts at Rs4lakhs and goes upto Rs1crore.”

Customers can vote for their favourite vehicle under each category and win attractive prizes including gift hampers autographed by their favourite manufacturer. Vicky.in People’s choice Car and Bike Awards will be presented at 2012 Auto Expo in Delhi

About Vicky.in

Vicky.in – part of Annap Interactive Solutions based in Chennai which runs few of the finest web’s best loved publications and offers web 2.0 consultancy services.. Our group
portals includes vicky.in, cellbharat.com and 600024.com. Vicky.in reaches millions of customers every month and has become the mouthpiece of digital auto industry in India. Vicky.in contributes for auto section of leading publications such as Hindustan Times, Rediff.com, Dainik Bhaskar, Eenadu, Vikadan and OneIndia group portals. Vickyconnect of vicky.in is the India’s first social networking site for car and bike lovers. Vicky.in/shopping is India’s first online store for car and bike accessories.

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Karthick,
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Representatives at Lokmat Media Pvt Limited said, “We would like to congratulate Vritti i-Media on this significant achievement. We appreciate the efforts put in by Vritti’s team to use innovative technology to create some excitement among our audience. The advertising campaign we have run with Vritti’s network has helped us increase our readership base for Lokmat Newspaper. We have witnessed an increased volume of sales at campaign locations along with good brand penetration and recall. We look forward to a sustained association with Vritti i-Media going forward”
Since 2005, The Outdoor Advertising Awards (OAA) have been celebrating the achievements of media planners, concessionaries, printers, creative agencies and brands who have added a new dimension to the Indian OOH industry. The OAA honor those who have contributed to contemporizing, energizing and leveraging the possibilities in OOH for best effect. In its seventh edition, OAC 2011 was conceptualized around the theme, ‘Think Tomorrow’. The event brought together industry stalwarts to discuss the opportunities ahead and the best course of action to move the outdoor advertising industry forward as a whole. Headed by Mr. Shashi Sinha – CEO – Lodestar Universal India, the eminent jury at OAC 2011 consisted of leading media planners and brand managers from corporate like Mcdonalds India, Madison Media, Milestone Brandcom and ICICI to name a few.

Vritti i-media uses a very innovative approach to help brands market their products to the rural audiences of Maharashtra. They have tied up with MSRTC to set up their ‘audio advertising network’ also called ‘Digitalworld’ across 85 locations in Maharashtra on prominent MSRTC owned ST bus stands. The USP of advertising through this medium is that the entire network is managed by Vritti’s backend system via a control room which ensures 100% uptime guarantee and dynamic messaging ie. The message can be changed at any time, easily.
This medium is fast emerging as the most engaging and cost effective medium to reach out to the rural audience as compared to hoardings or other traditional media like newspapers and television.

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The ‘Best Trading Technology Vendor’ award is given to businesses that have demonstrated a track record of delivering the best technology to the industry. Omnesys bagged this award by showcasing how their innovative products have set them apart from their competitors.

The ‘Best Algorithmic Trading Technology Vendor’ award is given to a company that offers the best algorithmic trading solutions. Omnesys bagged this award by successfully demonstrating that it is ahead of competition in terms of its technology and the range of services that are offered to its clients.

The awards are organized by TradeTech after discussions and polling among customers who use trading technologies for accessing stock markets, commodity and currency exchanges in India.

Said Shrikant Pandit, Managing Director of Omnesys, “We are honored to have our software chosen by our customers as the best trading platform. Omnesys is the leading provider of this trading technology software and these awards reinforces the customer view that Omnesys NEST is the best software available in the market’’

Omnesys is an empanelled vendor on exchanges throughout India. Its trading solution NEST is used by leading brokerage houses both in India and the UAE. A fully integrated online trading system for multi-asset products, NEST provides easy access to trading for clients such as sub-brokers and individual investors.

About Omnesys
Omnesys Technologies Pvt. Ltd is a leading provider of Order Management Systems and a Algorithmic trading platform provider. Omnesys products are used extensively by institutions, exchanges, brokers, traders and prop trading desks all over the world. As a leading low latency, high frequency trading platform Omnesys NEST provides significant liquidity, market making opportunities and arbitrage opportunities across various asset classes and in multiple venues.

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Aditya Birla Group’s president for corporate communications Dr Pragnya Ram will be inducted in to the PR Hall of Fame during the the award presentation to be held at the PRCI global convention at Chandigarh on Thursday, says PRCI in a press release.

Mr. Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Chief Minister, Haryana, Mr. Badal, Dy. Chief Minister, Punjab, Mr. Sewa Singh Keshwan, Minister for Education, Punjab, Mr. Prakash CV, Founder & CEO, GRADATIM, Singapore, Mr. Scott Slessor, Consul General of Canada will give away the Awards.

The Awardees in different categories are:

1) Corporate Leadership of the Year
Mr.Gaurav Gupta, IAS, Managing Director, KSRTC, Bangalore
2) Good Governance and Public Administration
Dr. Krishna Kumar Khandelwal, IAS
Addl. Principal Secretary, Govt. of Haryana,
Information & PR and Principal Secretary to CM
3) Business Communication School of the Year 2011
1.National – EMDI – Institute of Media Communication, Mumbai
2. International – LUISS GUIDO CARLI University Rome-Italy
4) Young Visionary
Mr. Vikram Kelkar, Director International Business Development
Hexagon Nutrition Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
5) Business Excellence in HR
Dr. VIZIA SARADHI, Director HR, Hindustan Petroleum, Mumbai
6) Business Excellence in PR
Dr. Shashikanth Shukla, Former Faculty Hindu Makhanlal University, Bhopal
7) PR. Agency of the Year 2011
“Concept PR”, Mumbai
Organization of the Year PR Excellence
M/s Association of Business Communicators of India(ABCI), Mumbai
9) Corporate Citizen of the Year 2011
Mr. Rajendra Saboo, Chandigarh
10) NGO of the Year 2011
Vishranthi (Old Age Home), Bangalore
11) Communicator of the Year 2011
Mr. Abhijit Sarkar, Director Corporate Communications, Sahara Parivar
12) Social Leadership
Ms. Renu Kakkar, Vice President – Communications
Apeejay Surrendar group, Kolkata
13) Media Personality of the Year
Mr. J. Gopi Krishnan – The Poineer – New Delhi

DR. K.R. SINGH “LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD”
Mr. Bunty Peer Bhoy – Group Chairman, MAA, Bangalore

Chanakya Special Awards:

1. Most Promising PR Person of the Year:
Ms. Madhu Joshi, Head PR & Marketing Novatel, Hyderabad

2. Most Promising PR Agency of the Year
“Core PR”, Chandigarh

3. Excellence in Electronic Communication, Media & Training
Mr. N.S. Ashok Kumar, Chairman, Dept. of Electronic Media
Bangalore University, Bangalore

The following are the PR persons entered into PRCI ´”Hall of Fame” 2011

1) Dr. Pragnya Ram- Adity Birla Mumbai
2) Mr. S. Ramesh Krishnan-Maruthi SUZUKI, India Ltd. New Delhi
3) Mr. Deepak Jolly – Coca-Cola Gurugoan, Haryana
4) Ms. Renuka Salwan – Bureau of Indian Standard Punjab
5) Mr. Kalidas – The Hindu Chennai
6) Mr. Jayaprakash Rao K -DRDO Bangalore
7) Rajyogini B.K. Usha – Brahmakumari Institution Mount Abu, Jaipur
Mr. Narahari – Texas Instruments Bangalore
9) Prof. Ujjwal Chowdary- ISB & M Poona
10) Prof. C. K. Sardana – Makhanlal University Bhopal
11)Mr. Romesh Kumar Mattoo – Suzlon Bangalore

Receives Awards for Best Referral Management Program

BANGALORE 16th February, – Global Talent Metrics, a leading provider of Hiring Technology and Assessment Tools, was awarded the distinguished ‘RASBIC – Awards’ for: ‘Best Referral Management Program’ at the World HRD Congress organized at Taj Lands End, Mumbai on Feb. 9, 2011.  GTM was recognized for its STAR™ Referral technology platform which enables companies automate their employees referral program from marketing screening hiring and communication across employee and referred candidates.

The RASBIC Award was received by Dr. Cabot Jaffee, Chairman and CEO Global Talent Metrics, in the presence of a distinguished gathering of industry leaders and HR professionals from over 60 countries.

“GTM is honored to be one of the few vendor companies to be awarded the RASBIC. It reflects our focus on bringing predictability and quality through innovation in hiring and recruitment practices and technology.  Our Referral tool has a proven record of reducing hiring costs and increasing employee loyalty.

This is our second RASBIC award in just the last 4 years of our presence in India and we are confident of many more accolades as corporate India adopts some of our innovative technology and tools” says Dr. Cabot Jaffee

About RASBIC Awards: RASBIC Awards recognize innovation and best practices in the hiring and recruitment-scape. This is the sixth year of the RASBIC Awards.

About STAR™ Referral: STAR™ Referral is an easy to use and easy to implement end to end employee referral management tool designed to help organizations automate their internal job referral program and leverage the power of marketing science and hiring technology.

STAR™ Referral is used by India’s largest BPO which employs over 35,000 employees. Over the last year it has increased referral hiring and contributed to 21% of the company’s overall hiring numbers and also reduced cost per hire by INR 3000 – 5000 within 12 months (2009-2010) of adopting STAR™ Referral.

About Global Talent Metrics: Global Talent Metrics (GTM) is a human resource information services company, dedicated to helping organizations and individuals make better hiring and selection decisions with greater confidence and control through process and technology innovation.

Global Talent Metrics product line - STAR™ is based on 30 years of scientific heritage. We believe hiring is not perfect, but it is a science and we can help employers significantly reduce the cost of wrong hires, promotions and selections. All our tools and data are validated and normalized for the Indian market.

Global Talent Metrics provides innovative hiring and recruitment solutions to some of the leading companies in the BPO, BFSI and IT Sectors.

For more information, visit www.stargtm.com.

Mumbai: Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company Limited (BSLAMC), one of the top five AMCs based on average Assets Under Management (AUM), has been adjudged the ‘Best Debt Fund House’ at the Outlook Money Awards 2010. BSLAMC was also adjudged the runner up for the ’Best Fund House’ award for the year 2010. The fund house was the winner of the ‘Best Fund House’ award for 2009.

Commenting on the stellar performance of the investment team, Mr. A Balasubramanian, CEO, Birla Sun Life AMC said, “We are delighted to receive these prestigious awards. The illustrious panel, has recognized our consistent track performance, commitment and the value addition to the investor. The Outlook Money awards are amongst the most prestigious awards for Mutual Funds in India.”

Birla Sun Life AMC has received numerous domestic and international recognitions for its business as well as investment performance. It was adjudged the best ‘Asset Management Company, India’ by the Asset magazine, Hong Kong, as a part of their Triple A investment Performance Awards 2010. A recognition that the AMC won for the second year in a row. BSLAMC was also awarded the Best \\\\\\\”Mixed Asset Group\\\\\\\” at the ET Now Lipper Fund Awards 2010.

Having registered strong growth for consecutive years, BSLAMC today has 104 own branches and over 2.3 million investor scheme accounts. It offers a wide range of investment solutions across asset classes for investors.

About Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company Ltd.

Established in 1994, Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company Limited (BSLAMC) is a joint venture between Aditya Birla Group, one of the largest Indian business house and Sun Life Financial Inc, leading international financial services organization from Canada.

BSLAMC is the 5^th largest asset management company in India with average domestic asset under management of Rs 57,689 crores, for the quarter ended December 31, 2010. An impressive mix of reach through 104 branches, wide range of product offerings across equity, debt, balanced as well as structured asset classes and strong investment performance has helped the Company garner over 2.3 Million investor scheme accounts. Known for its consistent investment performance, BSLAMC has received recognition from various institutes of international repute like Lipper and The Asset Magazine – Hong Kong.

About Aditya Birla Financial Services Group (ABFSG)

The Aditya Birla Financial Services Group (ABFSG) has built a significant presence across its verticals, viz life insurance, asset management, NBFC, private equity, broking, wealth management & distribution and general insurance advisory services

The seven companies representing Aditya Birla Financial Services Group are Birla Sun Life Insurance Company Ltd., Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company Ltd., Aditya Birla Finance Ltd., Aditya Birla Capital Advisors Pvt. Ltd., Aditya Birla Money Ltd., Aditya Birla Money Mart Ltd, and Aditya Birla Insurance Brokers Ltd.

ABFSG is committed to being a leader and role model in a broad based and integrated financial services business. Its 7 lines of businesses, with about 5.5 million customers manages assets worth USD 20 billion approximately and prides itself for having a talent pool of over 15,000 committed employees. ABFSG has its wings spread across more than 500 cities in India through over 1600 points of presence and about 200,000 channel partners. This allows ABFSG to offer its customers virtually anything other than a savings or current account. With revenue of over USD 1.25 billion (in 2009-2010) ABFSG is a significant non bank player.

ABFSG is a part of Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd (ABNL), a USD 3.5 billion conglomerate having leadership position across its manufacturing as well as services sector businesses. ABNL is a part of the Aditya Birla Group, a USD 29 billion Indian business house operating in 27 countries across the globe.

About Sun Life Financial Inc.

Sun Life Financial is a leading international financial services organization providing a diverse range of protection and wealth accumulation products and services to individuals and corporate customers. Chartered in 1865, Sun Life Financial and its partners today have operations in key markets worldwide, including Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, India, China and Bermuda. As of September 30, 2010, the Sun Life Financial group of companies had total assets under management of $455 billion.

Sun Life Financial Inc. trades on the Toronto (TSX), New York (NYSE) and Philippine (PSE) stock exchanges under the ticker symbol SLF.

For further information contact –

Nishant Gehlot – 9702700333, nishantgehlot@birlasunlife.com
For details on Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company

For details on Outlook Money Awards, please visit – http://money.outlookindia.com/olmawards.aspx

For details on the Asset award , please visit – www.theasset.com

Statutory Details: Constitution: Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund (BSLMF) has been set up as a Trust under the Indian Trust Act, 1882. Sponsors: Aditya Birla Financial Services Private Limited and Sun Life (India) AMC Investments Inc. (liability restricted to seed corpus of 1 Lac). Trustee: Birla Sun Life Trustee Company Pvt. Ltd. Investment Manager: Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company Ltd.Risk Factors: Mutual Funds and securities investments are subject to market risks and there can be no assurance or guarantee that the objectives of the Scheme will be achieved. As with any investment in securities, the NAV of the Units issued under the Scheme may go up or down depending on the various factors and forces affecting capital markets and money markets. Past performance of the Sponsor / Investment Manager / Mutual Fund does not indicate the future performance of the Schemes and may not necessarily

provide a basis of comparison with other investments. The names of the Schemes do not, in any manner, indicate either the quality of the Schemes or their future prospects or returns. Unitholders in the schemes are not being offered any guaranteed/assured returns. Investors should read the Statement of Additional Information / Scheme Information Document/ Key Information Memorandum available at Investor Service Centers and with distributors carefully before investing.

iXiGO.com wins prestigious award at TiE Entrepreneurial Summit 2010
New Delhi, December 29th, 2010 – iXiGO.com has been named a winner of the TiE-Lumis Partners Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards 2010 at the recently concluded Entrepreneurial Summit (TES) 2010, one of the largest entrepreneurship symposium in Asia, held at the Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi. Currently in its 3rd year, the Excellence Awards are aimed to not only recognize the idea but also the effort, innovation and passion of the entrepreneurs who have braved the odds and made a mark with their start-ups.

Mr. Sridhar Iyengar, former Chairman-CEO, KPMG India and Chair, TES Steering Committee, presented the awards to iXiGO.com in attendance of all summit delegates at the awards ceremony. The award received 700+ submissions out of which 20 were shortlisted for screening and 6 companies were invited to present at the conference to decide the final winners. iXiGO.com won the award along with B2R Technologies and Canvera. Luminaries such as Pramod Bhasin, CEO of Genpact, Saurabh Srivastava, Chairman-Emeritus TiE-Delhi, and Rohit Bhayana Managing Partner at Lumis Partners formed a part of the jury and followed a fairly stringent evaluation process. Criteria used included the business understanding of the market vis-à-vis product placement, current clientele and potential pipeline, comparative positioning to the competitors, differentiators, value proposition, social impact, growth etc.

Speaking at the awards ceremony with his team, Aloke Bajpai, Founder-CEO, iXiGO.com said, “This is a very special moment for us since it validates the impact iXiGO.com is creating among consumers and in our ecosystem. It also reinforces our own entrepreneurial zeal and passion for building a world-class Internet business from India. We owe this award to our team of dedicated iXiGems without whose hard work achieving such a landmark would have been impossible.”

iXiGO.com empowers consumers by providing them the ability to search prices and availability across 100+ travel booking sites for flights (domestic and international), hotels (domestic & international), buses, deals etc. It is the fastest growing travel site in India and the largest travel search engine in India, expanding to Europe & other Asian geographies in 2011. iXiGO.com’s unique meta-search business model is helping millions of travelers save time and money on their travel & enhancing the overall efficiency of the online travel ecosystem.

About iXiGO.com:

iXiGO.com is South Asia’s leading online & mobile travel search engine based out of Gurgaon, India. iXiGO.com searches across multiple airlines, hotels, trains and bus booking sites to find the best travel deals. Launched in June 2007 by IIT, INSEAD and Amadeus alumni Aloke Bajpai, Rajnish Kumar and Dharmendra Yashovardhan, iXiGO.com has been recognized by NASSCOM as a Top-10 Emerging company in India & a Top-100 Innovator. BusinessToday and Wall Street Journal/Mint have named it among India’s 10 hottest startups in 2008 for its unique market approach, product usability, and passionate management team. iXiGO.com is backed by BAF Spectrum, a Singapore-based seed-investment fund. For more information about iXiGO.com, visit www.ixigo.com or m.ixigo.com (mobile).

About TiE-Lumis Partners Awards:

TiE Delhi-NCR & Lumis Partners instituted the Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards in 2008 with the vision to recognize outstanding young companies that have the potential to transform into world leading organizations in the near future. The idea was to create a platform that will seek to promote such companies by combining the TiE network and mentoring support with Lumis Partners’ acumen in providing access to funding and board level coaching. In its 3rd year, TiE’s unique initiative aims to uncover some of the most innovative, sustainable and high potential companies. It seeks to engage not only with entrepreneurs but also with policy makers, in order to foster the spirit of entrepreneurship. TiE’s Delhi-NCR Chapter is among the largest and most vibrant across the vast TiE network. TiE Delhi-NCR conducts over 50 events every year covering aspects of entrepreneurship like funding and finance, marketing and sales, expanding into new geographies and business and organization management.

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Array Networks’ Sameena Ahmed Wins CFO of the Year Award
Recognized by Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal for outstanding leadership, insight and judgment

BANGALORE/ MUMBAI, India – December 2, 2010 – Array Networks Inc., a global leader in secure application delivery, today announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Sameena Ahmed, was named winner of the highly coveted Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal 2010 CFO of the Year Award. Ahmed was honored as the winner of this prestigious award in the large privately-held companies category based on her achievements in the last several years.

Ahmed joined Array Networks in 2004 and has played a significant role in the success and growth of the company. Under her leadership, the company achieved many milestones that include increasing revenues by over 700% over a six year period and achieving profitability for several years. She takes on more responsibilities than the typical CFO and manages legal, human resources, IT and corporate administration in addition to the traditional duties such as overseeing cost control, financial reporting and budgeting.

“This is a well-deserved honor and we could not be more proud of Sameena, whose keen insight and excellent leadership skills have enabled Array Networks to become the successful company we are today,” said Michael Zhao, CEO of Array Networks. “Her disciplined approach to financial management helped Array achieve higher levels of profitability, an essential component to our overall growth. As the ‘glue’ of the company, she has a positive, can-do attitude and collaborates exceptionally well with all her colleagues – always motivating others about any project. Sameena also has a high level of poise and dedication that allows her to find a clear target and execute a detailed plan to accomplish the goal at hand.“

The San Jose Business Journal award honors Silicon Valley’s top financial executives in six categories. Winners are selected by a panel of judges that included the deans of Santa Clara University and San Jose State University’s business schools and past award recipients.

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About Array Networks
Founded in 2000, Array Networks is a global leader in enterprise secure application delivery and universal access solutions for rapidly growing SSL VPN and application acceleration markets. More than 5000 customers worldwide – including enterprises, service providers, government and vertical organizations in healthcare, finance, insurance and education – rely on Array to provide anytime, anywhere secure and optimized access. Industry leaders including Deloitte, Gartner, Red Herring, and Frost and Sullivan have recognized Array as a market and technology leader. Website: www.arraynetworks.net

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CHANGE AGENTS PR for Array Networks Inc.
+91.80.41603144, +91.9901992978
Shubhendu.Nath@ChangeAgents.in

San Mateo, CA – Red Herring announced its Top 100 Asia Award in recognition of the leading private companies from Asia, celebrating these startups’ innovations and technologies across their respective industries.

Red Herring’s Top 100 Asia list has become a mark of distinction for identifying promising new companies and entrepreneurs. Red Herring editors were among the first to recognize that companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Skype, Salesforce.com, YouTube, and eBay would change the way we live and work.

“Choosing the companies with the strongest potential was by no means a small feat,” said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. “After rigorous contemplation and discussion, we narrowed our list down from hundreds of candidates from across Asia to the Top 100 Winners. We believe Vanuston Intelligence embodies the vision, drive and innovation that define a successful entrepreneurial venture. Vanuston Intelligence should be proud of its accomplishment, as the competition was very strong.”

Red Herring’s editorial staff evaluated the companies on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, management quality, strategy, and market penetration. This assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the track record and standing of startups relative to their sector peers, allowing Red Herring to see past the “buzz” and make the list a valuable instrument of discovery and advocacy for the most promising new business models in Asia.

RE/MAX India on an award winning spree Wins second Franchising Award in just 30 days

29th September 2010, New Delhi: RE/MAX India – a part of the world’s largest real estate network has added one more feather to its cap. The Delhi Headquartered Master Franchise has won the prestigious Master Franchisor of the Year in Real Estate at Franchise Plus awards 2010. With about 100 Brokerage Offices in just about a year, RE/MAX India has witnessed phenomenal growth across the length and breadth of the country and is growing every passing day.

On this occasion Mr Sam Chopra, Director, RE/MAX India said – “As a real estate franchising company our biggest strength is the Network Value proposition which facilitates more choice for the customer and reduces the turnaround time – as a result, we are able to position ourselves as a preferred marketing partner for many National & International Developers. In turn, any Franchise Partner who joins us enjoys unmatched inventory, nationwide network, world class training, most advanced real estate technology & the power of a global brand.”

Early this month, RE/MAX India was also awarded as the Startup of the Year at Franchise India & Zee Business Small Business awards in Mumbai for registering a 600 percent growth in the first year of its operations. The company is also continuously tying up with many Regional and National Developers including DLF, Omaxe, Earth Infra, Vigneshwara, Marg Properties, Unitech, Marg, Sahara Developers, Radhey Builders, City Square, Alliance Group and many more. Most of these tie-ups are Exclusive Mandates where a part of the Project is exclusively marketed by RE/MAX Network of Offices.

Mr. Chopra adds – One of our key USPs is the micro-enterprise model which helps us expand reach and penetrate more effectively in the real estate brokerage market which is universally local in nature. Our presence also helps us position ourselves to the level of Underwriters in terms of the deals / offering in the primary property market because of the tremendous intra-network referral opportunities. In just about an year we have been able to open about 5-10 offices in almost all the major cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Pune, Jaipur, Nagpur, Amritsar, Bhopal, Vadodara, Coimbatore, Vijaywada etc and that has helped us emerge as a Preferred Marketing Partner for many leading developers and we would continue to be as the network keeps growing.

RE/MAX is also planning to organize India’s first Realty Exchange for Brokers which will be a 14 day Industry Event covering different facets of the industry. This will also include a world class Real Estate Brokerage Education chapter to India’s first Developer to Broker Property Exposition.

About RE/MAX India

RE/MAX India, the 73rd country in the global network of RE/MAX international, is an initiative of Mr. Sam Chopra, to bring the best in the trade to the country. RE/MAX has played a pioneering role in organizing the unorganized Real Estate markets in various countries and the Indian franchisee also intends to do the same. After foraying in India in 2009, RE/MAX already has opened more than 100 Broker offices across 11 states in the country. Currently the company is aggressively expanding its network of Franchised Offices and Real Estate Agents across India.

Aditya Birla Minacs wins Best Operational Excellence Award at the CIOL-Dataquest Enterprise Awards 2010
MaxView, Minacs’ proprietary business intelligence application, enables stringent process efficiency

Bangalore, India, Sept. 21, 2010: Aditya Birla Minacs, a global business solutions company, won the Best Operational Excellence Award in the individual category at the CIOL-Dataquest Enterprise Awards 2010, held in Mumbai. Minacs’ MaxView Enterprise Dashboard and Business Intelligence innovation shone amongst 90 participants on a number of criteria driving operational excellence.

MaxView enables a single view interface for all processes that Minacs runs for clients. Its graphical dashboards, scorecards and analytical capabilities help identify deficient performers so that targeted coaching on specific areas can be used to optimise every process.

According to the jury, what spoke in favour of Aditya Birla Minacs, among the 90 participants for the CIOL-Dataquest Operational Excellence Award, was the implementation of MaxView helping clients to have a clear real-time snapshot to compare the performance of previous weeks, months and years. MaxView helps both internal business managers as well as clients with a clear real-time snapshot of operations, thereby helping businesses to take smart decisions.

Receiving the award, Mr. Kishore Raveendranathan, Associate Vice President – Information Systems, Aditya Birla Minacs, said, “MaxView’s win echoes Minacs’ values – an open and transparent system. This helped all our business units identify outliers and ensure maximum operational rigour delivering results constantly. This award reflects the hard work of the global IT team at Minacs who helped build MaxView.”

Mr. Milind Godbole, President – Asia Pacific, Aditya Birla Minacs said, “We are very proud to have  received this award for operational excellence from a reputed media house like Cybermedia. Our MaxView innovation creates the capacity for us to design processes that suit the specific requirements of each client, while maintaining a standardisation level that enables sustainable long term advantages for both our operations as well as business management. The right technology enables the balance of personalisation and standardisation of daily activities. Our IT team is helping us to drive this flexibility and enabling us to accommodate any needed scope or scale changes required for agile operations by adapting technology for business intelligence.”

Instituted in 2004, the CIOL-Dataquest Enterprise Awards recognise the excellence of CIOs in enabling their organisations become efficient and competitive. Leadership qualities, business-technology understanding, people orientation and performance through pioneering and innovating efforts are the pillars of the awards.

About Aditya Birla Minacs Worldwide Ltd. (Aditya Birla Minacs)

Aditya Birla Minacs is a leading business solutions company that partners with global corporations in the manufacturing, retail, telecom, technology, media and entertainment, banking, insurance, healthcare and public sectors. We leverage years of process, domain and technology expertise to deliver superior business value to clients with our seamless customer lifecycle, marketing, finance and accounting, procurement and IT solutions and services. Sixteen thousand Minacs experts across three continents and 32 centres spanning Canada, Germany, Hungary, India, Jamaica, Philippines, the UK and USA power our solutions through a global delivery model that helps our clients enhance revenues, profitability and customer service. (A subsidiary of Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd.)

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IndiaMART.com Turns Spotlight on MSMEs

• Receives massive number of nominations for IndiaMART Leaders of Tomorrow Awards
• Provides an apt platform to unique business ideas & success mantras of future business leaders

New Delhi, 17thSeptember, 2010:Providing a perfect platform for Indian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to showcase their strength, vigor and contribution to the economic growth, IndiaMART.com has turned the spotlight on these trailblazers through the IndiaMART Leaders of Tomorrow Awards 2010. This is evident from the huge response garnered for the nominations. With such a backdrop, the Awards Ceremony, scheduled for December 3, 2010, is slated to be one of the most sought-after in the recent times.

Sharing a panoramic view on the initiative, Mr. Dinesh Agarwal, Founder and CEO, IndiaMART.com, said, “Ours is a vibrant and thriving economy with immense contribution from MSMEs. Having already made efforts towards development of the entire sector, we are channelizing our energies towards bringing the path-breaking small businesses into limelight through these Awards. With full enthusiasm from MSMEs backing this endeavour, our commitment towards them has further got fortified.”

Alongside the nomination process, the show “IndiaMART Leaders of Tomorrow Awards 2010” on ET NOW is also making successful strides in featuring the innovative businesses which have outshone their competitors. This week, leading entrepreneurs from three different sectors were featured in the sixth episode of the show. Highlighting unique business ideas of new set of entrepreneurs, the episode showcased how Mr. Vikram Bahri set up Green Buildings India, a company that makes buildings with recycled material, Mr. Abhishek Sinha pioneered the use of mobile technology by setting up Eko India Financial Services to bring down the cost of networking significantly to reach out to un-banked urban as well as rural areas and Mr. Anil V Pise started his own company Raj Process Equipments & Systems Pvt. Ltd. with a view to provide turnkey solutions to variousindustries. With 18 inspiring stories shared till now, ‘IndiaMART Leaders of Tomorrow Awards 2010′ show on ET NOW promises to unfold even more intriguing stories of entrepreneurs as the show progresses further.

Several entrepreneurs have understood the significance of these Awards and given thumbs up to this initiative by IndiaMART.com and ET NOW. The entrepreneurs who have yet not nominated their companies, must register right away and capitalise on the opportunity.

About IndiaMART.com
IndiaMART.com is India’s largest online B2B marketplace connecting global buyers with suppliers through business directories, online product catalogs, buy-sell offers, industry specific marketplaces, printed media and trade shows participation.

Founded in 1996, the company has a pan-India presence in over 100 cities. With over 2000 employees located across 47 offices in the country, IndiaMART.com offers an extensive range of value-added products and services to its 10,00,000 registered members and nearly 5 million global buyers across various industries and verticals.

IndiaMART.com has won numerous awards over the years and has been widely covered by media such as CNBC, BBC, BusinessMoney, CNN, Businessworld, Economic Times, Financial Express, etc for its pioneering role in promoting SME business in the country. Its existing investors include Intel Capital and Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd (Times Group), India’s largest print media group. The Board of Directors at IndiaMART.com comprises of Mr. Deep Kalra, Founder and CEO of Makemytrip.com and Dr. Nachiket Mor, President, ICICI Foundation among others.

For more information, please visit: www.indiamart.com/press-section& www.leaders.economictimes.com

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Infosys BPO wins CMO Asia Awards 2010 for Excellence in Branding & Marketing
Over 150 companies participated in these awards from across Asia

Bangalore, India – September 9, 2010: Infosys BPO, the business process outsourcing subsidiary of Infosys Technologies, today announced that it has won the CMO Asia Awards 2010 for Excellence in Branding & Marketing. This award recognizes organizations for their branding, client and employee level communication initiatives. Infosys BPO has been acknowledged for excellence in driving thought leadership and for showcasing a strong relationship with analysts, media and other key influencers.

Infosys BPO continued to add value to its clients by enhancing client efficiencies, end-customer experience, cost competitiveness and return on investments. The company’s focus was on helping its clients look good in front their customers and other stakeholders. Infosys BPO added new clients, opened up new delivery centres and acquired McCamish Systems, emerging as a trusted partner.

Speaking about the award, Purnima Menon, Head, Marketing, Infosys BPO said, “We are delighted to have received this award, which resonates our commitment to marketing excellence. All our marketing initiatives are focussed on creating a differentiation in the market place, by driving thought leadership as well as supporting the sales engine. We continue to focus on enhancing stakeholder experience through innovative initiatives which will take Infosys BPO to the next level, in business leadership and customer delight.”

CMO Asia Awards are awarded in partnership with the CMO Council and hosted by the World Brand Congress and recognize organizations for their branding, client and employee level communication initiatives. The awards are judged by an independent, hi-calibre jury of professionals from across Asia.

About CMO Asia Awards:

The CMO Asia Awards are first of its kind accolades recognizing Organizations, Chief Marketing Officers, Professors from the Greatest B-Schools of Asia and HR Professional who have shown leadership in their respective fields combined with consistent Innovation and Strategic Marketing. The awards are judged by an independent, hi-caliber jury of professionals from across Asia in the following categories: Marketing Professional of the Year, Brand Excellence Award, Creative Professional of the Year, Media Professional of the Year, Lifetime Achievement Award, CEO of the Year, Agency of the Year, Campaign of the Year, Popular News Channel of the Year etc. The countries which are participating in the CMO Asia Awards are Australia, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Oman, Philippines, Qatar, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Taiwan, Turkey and UAE. CMO Council and Marketing Institute of Singapore are the Strategic Partners. The Wall Street Journal is the Official Business Newspaper.

About Infosys BPO:

Infosys BPO Ltd. (www.infosys.com/bpo), the Business Process Outsourcing subsidiary of Infosys Technologies, was set up in April 2002. 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, the Czech Republic, China, the Philippines, Poland, Thailand, Mexico, USA and Brazil and as on June 30, 2010 employed approximately18, 600 people. It closed FY 2009-10 with revenues of $352.1 million.

About Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Infosys (NASDAQ: INFY) 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. As on June 30, 2010, the Infosys group employed about 114,800 employees in over 50 offices worldwide. Infosys is part of the NASDAQ-100 Index and The Global Dow. For more information, visit www.infosys.com.

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Aptech Ltd. bags 3 awards in Vietnam
Wins Best IT Trainer Award for the 8th year in a row

Mumbai, India, July 26, 2010 / IndiaPRLine / — Aptech Ltd. a global leader in learning solutions has been conferred ICT Gold Medal & Top ICT Training Cup for leading the IT training and education domain in Vietnam for the 8th consecutive year by the Ho Chi Minh Computer Association (HCA), Vietnam – the first IT association in Vietnam. It has been awarded 4 stars for the ICT Gold Medal Awards for the recognition based on its sales of business in the calendar year 2009 which amounts to USD 13.65 Million for Aptech-Vietnam.

It has also won an award in the best ICT product category by PC World Vietnam for its outstanding contribution to IT training and education domain in the country. This award was given on basis of the readers votes, Aptech won the majority of 45%, followed by Nhat Nghe (Vietnam Local Player) 18% and NIIT 14%.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Ninad Karpe, CEO & Managing Director, Aptech Ltd., said, “This award is an appreciation of Aptech’s effort to provide Quality IT training in Vietnam. It is a true honour as it imparts recognition of our cutting edge Technology Curriculum, Quality Systems and Processes and Innovative Methodology. We have always endeavored to impart the best of industry relevant training to students across the globe and feel proud to see graduates from Aptech engaged by top IT companies in Vietnam. Going forward we plan to open up a total of 50 centres in Vietnam by 2010 – 2011. ”

For the calendar year ended December 2009, Aptech-Vietnam, recorded total billing: USD 13.78 Million higher than any other vocational training institute in Vietnam.  Talking about the Aptech’s venture into Vietnam, it started with 2 IT Education Centres under its flagship brand, Aptech Computer Education (ACE), IT & Computer training brand, it has scaled up the Vietnam operations to 44 Centres, offering 32 centres of Aptech Computer Education, 9 centres of Arena Animation, the animation & multimedia training brand and 3 centres of N- Power, Hardware and Networking training brand.

Aptech has been present in Vietnam since 1999 and is ranked as the No.1 IT & multimedia training institute and enjoys the largest market share in the country.

Today, Aptech has its presence in major cities of Vietnam like Cantho, Camau, Quy Nhon, Vin City, Hue, Danang, Hai Phong besides Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Aptech’s curriculum is translated into Vietnamese to reach across wider audiences.

About Aptech Ltd.

Aptech commenced its IT education & training business in 1986 and has trained over 5 million students – globally. Aptech is an ISO 9001:2000 organization and the first IT Training and Education company to get this certification for Education Support Services in 1993.

Aptech is a Learning Solutions company with two main streams of businesses – Individual training and Corporate Learning Services. Under Individual Training, Aptech offers career and professional training in IT (Aptech Computer Education), Animation & Multimedia (Arena Animation); Certified Hardware & Networking Training (N-Power) and Aviation & Hospitality Training (Avalon Academy). Corporate Learning Services includes Content Development (Aptech Learning Services) & Training & Assessment Solutions for Corporates & Institutions (Aptech Training Solutions & ATTEST).

For further information on Aptech Limited please do visit our website at www.aptech-worldwide.com.

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Suresh Menon – documentary and short film maker – will direct a Tamil feature film using the latest state-of-the-art Digital Hi-Definition technology

Suresh Menon, the well known documentary and short film maker, is all set to do a tamil feature film using the latest state-of-the-art Digital Hi-Definition technology. The script is complete in all respects and pre-production activities are expected to commence soon.

Suresh Menon had recently won two awards for his activities. He was awarded the ‘Digital Fimmaking Samrat’ award at the ‘All India Digital Film Makers Conference’ at Hyderabad on 11 April, 2010. His 30-minute short film ‘Muttham Katti Muttham’ was awarded the ‘Best Film for Concept & Story and Social Relevance’ by Mr. K. Anbazhagan, Finance Minister, Govt. of Tamilnadu on 19 June, 2010.

Suresh Menon is the founder of a highly educative community on Digital Film Making on the popular social networking site Orkut. The community titled ‘HD/HDV Film Making’ is known to benefit hundreds of serious digital film makers, and he uses this community to reach out and educate budding digital film makers worldwide.

Suresh Menon has been producing digital media since 1994, and is well known for his corporate films, compelling documentaries, gripping short films and commercials. His venture into the commercial film making arena is being welcomed by the industry.

Microsoft acknowledged the innovative 1KEY Agile BI Suite and honored MAIA Intelligence as an early adopter and aggressive promoter of key MS technologies

Mumbai, June 02, 2010: MAIA Intelligence, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner today announced that it has been honored with the Microsoft ISV Innovation Recognition. This recognition was given to MAIA Intelligence for its innovative business intelligence reporting analytics software 1KEY Agile BI Suite, developed on Microsoft technologies.

The ceremony which was held at the Microsoft ISV Day on May 27, 2010 at New Delhi was organized with an objective to bring together Software Industry luminaries to provide insights on business opportunities and industry trends with the intent of making the Indian software companies globally competitive.

MAIA Intelligence, a Microsoft ISV partner, throughout has been an early adopter and aggressive promoter of key Microsoft technologies like VS2008/.net framework, SQL Server 2008, BizTalk Adapter, Azure platform. The relationship has continued to grow and drive success for both companies because it effectively balances business and technology to deliver value to mutual customers.

Mr. Sanjay Mehta, CEO, MAIA Intelligence Pvt. Ltd. said, ‘through the close working relationship, we gain a clear understanding of Microsoft’s technology direction: what technologies and products Microsoft is investing in. At the same time, Microsoft gains a deeper understanding of technology and business requirements of mid-market companies and how leading ISVs are best packaging and delivering solutions that leverage Microsoft’s platform and technology to provide increased value and benefits to their markets.’

Commenting on this occasion, CA Ashwin Dedhia, Director – Solutions, MAIA Intelligence Pvt. Ltd. said, ‘MAIA Intelligence delivers the power of the Microsoft platform and its ability to transform the way people and organizations leverage technology. 1KEY BI, the reporting analysis solution developed by MAIA Intelligence helps customers leverage investments done in Microsoft Technologies, and empowers robust usage / deployments,’ he further added.

The event was targeted towards 100-120 CEOs of software product companies / startups in India. The CXO community audience was present from companies that are building software products/solutions for the Indian Market – the most critical thing that they will seek is deep industry insight from experts on new opportunity areas and trends in different verticals in India, where they can lay their bets on.

The keynote was delivered by Microsoft CEO – Steve Ballmer and the event included several other senior executives from the industry as speakers.

Wipro IDAM-in-a-RACK Solution wins Global Product Excellence 2010 Award

Bangalore, India, April 19, 2010: Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT), today announced that its Identity Access Management (IDAM) Solution called IDAM-in-a-Rack has been honored with  the Global Product Excellence Award 2010 in the ‘Identity Management Solution’ Category at an awards banquet held recently at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California.

The award instituted by Info Security Products Guide, world’s leading publication on security-related products and technologies, serve to recognize security and IT vendors with advanced, ground-breaking products and solutions that are helping set the bar higher in all areas of technologies.

This award comes as recognition to Wipro’s focus towards developing innovative solutions. ‘IDAM-in-a-Rack’ has been built by the Wipro Enterprise Security Solutions (ESS) team gleaned from Wipro’s experience in successful IDAM implementations for various global customers over the years. The solution’s architecture, market leadership, profitability and revenue growth were strong positives for the award.

“As cyber security threats continue to affect businesses worldwide, the protection of networks remains a critical requirement for any organization,” says Sana Madan, Executive Editor of Info Security Products Guide. “We are pleased to recognize Wipro’s IDAM-in-a-Rack as the winner in our 2010 Global Product Excellence in Identity Management Solution – Customer Trust Award.”

Acknowledging the award Prasenjit Saha, Vice President & Global Head, Enterprise Security Solutions, Wipro Technologies said “Behind this distinguished success is our relentless drive to deliver transformation. We believe this recognition from Info Security Products Guide is a clear validation to the fact that our solutions and services are gaining greater acceptance from existing and new customers.”

‘IDAM–in-a-Rack’, an innovative solution that is developed on top of market’s leading Identity Management (IDM) products that help customer to reduce the pain and risk of IDM deployment with respect to accuracy, timelines and costs. This solution is a result of Wipro’s continuous effort to develop innovative productized solutions that enhance business value and time benefit for its clients. The solution comes bundled with all required hardware, software, pre-built IDM configurations along with set of innovative Wipro IDM Frameworks.

Wipro IDM frameworks focuses on application integration challenges that customers today are facing and help them integrate applications faster and quick data migration for rapid RoI realization upto 30%-40% faster. This solution provides more predictability in IDM Implementations, and also gives customer an attractive managed services option that minimizes impact on the cash flow and eliminates the risk of a failed Identity Management implementation.

For more information on Wipro’s Enterprise Security Solutions visit: www.wipro.com/Security

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About Wipro Technologies

Wipro Technologies, a division of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) is the first PCMM Level 5 and SEI CMM Level 5 certified global IT services organization. Wipro Technologies was recently assessed at Level 5 for CMMI V 1.2 across offshore and onsite development centers. Wipro is one of the largest product engineering and support service providers worldwide. Wipro provides comprehensive research and development services, IT solutions and services, including systems integration, information systems outsourcing, package implementation, software application management, and datacenter managed services to corporations globally.

In the Indian market, Wipro is a leader in providing IT solutions and services for the corporate segment in India, offering system integration, network integration, software solutions and IT services.

Wipro also has a profitable presence in niche market segments of consumer products and lighting. In the Asia-Pacific and Middle East markets, Wipro provides IT solutions and services for global corporations. Wipro’s ADS’ are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and its equity shares are listed in India on the Stock Exchange – Mumbai, and the National Stock Exchange.

For more information, please visit our website at http://www.wipro.com/

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