Round up March 2015 - ABCI Comfest 54th Annual Awards

Newsletter of Association Of Business Communicators of India

March 2015

ABCI

ComFest

54th Annual Awards

About the Association

Like many great organizations ABCI was started by a group of visionaries who wanted to make a difference in their profession. Initially christened as "Indian Association of Industrial Editors (IAIE)", it was the first organization for professional communicators in India started way back in 1956. IAIE was formed under the Society Act, 1860, of the Charity Commissioner, Mumbai.

Mr. Victor Paranjoti, the then Chief Public Relations Officer, ACC, was the Founder President and Mr. P. R. Gupta was the first Vice President of the Association along with Mr. Jerboy Joseph who were the Founder Members of IAIE. The association was rechristened in 1980 to "Association of Business Communicators of India (ABCI)" during the Presidential tenure of Mr. John Monteiro who was working in the Communications Department of L&T. It was at that time ABCI got aligned to the International Association of Business Communicators; hence the name change was inevitable.

The Association of Business Communicators of India (ABCI) is the only Association in India recognizing and rewarding excellence in Business Communications. The Annual Awards Nite has been a Gallantry Function in the Corporate Circle in Mumbai, in which ABCI had felicitated many stalwarts from the profession of Communications. With a view to benchmark the Professionalism into Business Communications, ABCI has launched an Accreditation Programme wherein the Senior Communication Professionals, purely on Merit were awarded Fellowship of the Brains Trust. It was for the first time that an Accreditation Programme, for communication fraternity had taken place and ABCI was the one who pioneered it in India. The Association has members list featuring names like Tata Steel, Larsen & Toubro, SAIL, Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, Glaxo, Pfizer, Aditya Birla Group, Bharat Petroleum, ONGC, Indian Oil, Reserve Bank of India, SBI, Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, IDBI, NABARD, Union Bank, Hindustan Unilever etc.

From 2004 ABCI has been headed by Mr. Yogesh Joshi, who is one of the Senior Communication Professionals in India and coincidentally the 25th President of ABCI. Under his Presidential tenure, ABCI has shown unprecedented growth and has become highly active in the Business Communications & P R fraternity across India.

This year, ABCI receive 1202 nominations from 32 categories, means, an average of 37 nominations from each category. Also ABCI nominations are non-repetitive in nature, which means you can't file a table calendar in to wall calendar category and vice versa. Interesting to note, that ABCI has received these nominations without a single newspaper advertisement. It is, therefore, commendable to receive so many nominations without any support from any of the Media.

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Message from President

Footprints, even in the figurative sense, are always a great way of measuring progress. As President of ABCI, I feel a tinge of pride whenever I look back at our own passage across the years. ABCI has taken great strides in its unique mission. Its journey has been undeniably impressive, whether seen from a holistic perspective or a year-on-year basis. For instance, in calendar year 2013, ABCI received no less than 1202 nominations (as against 1126 in the previous year, i.e. 2012). We had a total of 79 participant organizations, many of them industry leaders. I suppose ABCI is already experiencing “Achche Din”.

As we are speaking of numbers, I must point out that ComFest marks another milestone in our Journey. In the past, we had presented stalwarts from the industry through ComFest, the ABCI stage. Dr. J. J. Irani, Director, Tata Sons, Dr. Narendra Jadhav, Member, Planning Commission, Government of India, Mr. Sam Pitroda, Chairman, National Knowledge Commission, Mr. Roger Pereira, The Man who repositioned Singapore on Global Map are to name a few.

Members would understand why this year's ComFest is being held 3 months later than usual. The state assembly elections had prompted us to defer the event. The ABCI committee will organise another grand event in the fourth quarter of 2015, when we expect an even greater participation. It will be an event of celebrating the decade of Elite Awards. Happy to state, that it was ABCI, who first introduced Elite Awards for Communication Professionals from India and abroad, covering all streams of Business Communications like Advertising, Business Media, Cartoons and Caricatures, Photography, PR, Radio Broadcast Media and Web Media, thereby trying to bring all facets of Communication Industry under one roof and expanding the association’s horizon.

The signs of Economy revival are encouraging Professional Bodies. Corporate India is witnessing a new vitality in the economy. The change in India's leadership has triggered a wave of enthusiasm and optimism.

The 'Make-In-India' campaign is expected to open the FDI floodgates. The stock markets seem to be applauding with indices touching record highs. And if market pundits and economists are to be believed, this is just the beginning. However, I expect the role of Communication Professional would be more challenging and excelling to a newer heights in the near future.

Join us as we celebrate excellence in corporate communication.

Yogesh Joshi President, ABCI

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ComFest

ABCI had organised ComFest on “Statutory goes Strategic� on 27th February 2015 at Presidential Ball Room, Hotel Taj President, Mumbai. It was well attended by many PR and Communications Executives from reputed Organisations. Mr. Yogesh Joshi, President, ABCI made the opening remarks and welcome note.

Conclave Theme :

Statutory goes Strategic Boardroom brains in recent times have been abuzz with new ideas. As India Inc. readies itself for its yearly financial assessment, communication professionals are busy reviewing their strategies.

The best minds in the business are exploring new ways to project their company's organizational and financial health. Yesterday's ideas are being discarded for a more dynamic statement. That which was just an annual routine, is now an impressive and engaging document, even if matter-of-factly. And all this is happening without breaking any rules! Presenting - the annual report in a new strategic avatar.

This statutory document now has the power to inspire and sustain the confidence of all stakeholders and it travels beyond the immediate circle of shareholders. It is no longer a document conveying accounting figures. It now reflects in vivid color and graphics, the aspirations of the organization. Often regarded as a marriage between a balance sheet and a corporate brochure it communicates facts & figures along with a promise and the vision of the organization.

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About Speakers Shankar Jaganathan ABCI ComFest's first speaker was Mr. Shankar Jaganathan he explained how and when the first ever Annual Report came into existence. He even explained the beginning of Annual Reports in India.

Annual Reports value is not for those from whom perception is created but from those who shape the reality by analyzing it in depth and bringing about some value to it.

According Mr. Shankar Jaganathan good Annual Report needs thought and efforts & good planning, it should be balanced by way of sharing both good and bad news, it has to be educational by sharing new thoughts and insight.

Mr. Shankar Jaganathan explained the difference between Communication and Reporting .

Mr. Pravin Ujjain Mr. Pravin Ujjain was the second speaker for ComFest. He shared his experience with the audience. According to him Annual Report has lot of power. He explained the Annual Report of an Indian Company & even he showed the global standing of an Indian Annual Report.

He also explained the riding options for the Annual Report sojourn. According to him there are three options e.g.

Compliance Driven, Prudence Driven and Experience Driven. He explained the importance of Annual Report on Social Media.

Mr Shashwat DC Mr Shashwat DC is well-known as the blogger-editor of SustainabilityZero.com and founder-editor of online consultancy GreenIT India. Mr. Shashwat DC explain in detail about what is the Communication Sustainability.

According Mr. Shahshwat people have realised that sustainability is not a fashionable term that was for a long time.

It also has Business Imperative where they can look at how they can increase the principle within their own business and reducing cost and also to make themselves to look much better in term of as an Organization , to it’s stockholders .

The Presentation is uploaded on website

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Chief Guest Speech

I am very happy and proud to be here today. The Association of Business Communicators of India has evolved into one of the country's largest and most prestigious communication bodies. This platform of the ABCI Annual Awards has seen so many luminaries of communication, and so many stalwarts that it is truly an honour for me to stand here today. I am happy to be here for another and more personal reason.

The driving force behind the rapid rise of ABCI, the change agent who has transformed ABCI and brought into international limelight is a personal friend of mine - and I am sure he is a personal friend of many of you here - Mr. Yogesh Joshi, President of ABCI.

Mr. H. M. Nerurkar I find that many communicators today are not editors of magazines – they are Chairman - TRL Krosaki assemblers of inputs. All that they do is aggregate the inputs they receive from different Refractories Ltd sources. I ask where is the communicator who has his own point of view? If all that you do is collate inputs from your network in Delhi, Kolkatta, and Chennai, I am afraid a software programmecould perhaps do your job more efficiently and at less cost. I expect communicators to draw up a plan to take the management view forward. After all, a true communicator is the conductor of an orchestra.

He should be able to weave together inputs from various elements to create his own score.

I would urge professional communicators to step out of their comfort zone. Be adventurous, be bold and explore new terrain. Many communicators today do exactly what their predecessors have done. This is of no significance in the historical scheme of things. You need to do more than what has been done before, and for that you need to possess the courage to step out of what you have been doing all along.

I am not being disparaging about any of you. I personally know many of you, and I am confident that you are doing a great job. My comments are about the great mass of communicators, and I am specifically addressing the large number of youngsters who are churned out batch after batch by communication colleges. I think the profession needs original thinkers - not re-write artists. So my advice to all of you - do not be content with only designing the vehicles of communication, also think about what cargo those vehicles will carry.

I know I have asked for a lot. And you will be well within your rights to turn around and say - well if this is what the CEO expects from a communicator, then here is what the communicator expects from the CEO. I am sure I will not be in position to give an answer! But friends, I know you are professionals of great talent and commitment. If what I have suggested just now, provokes thought and initiates action, I am confident that all of you will be doing a service to the organizations you work for, to yourselves as individuals and most of all, to the noble profession you belong to.

God bless you all.

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(Excerpts from Chief Guest`s speech)

Elite Category Winners

Dr. Ram Tarneja, Life Time Achievement Award

Mr. R Nand Kumar, Fellowship of the Brains Trust of ABCI

Mr. Ram Mohan, Life Time Achievement Award

Mr. Pankaj Mudholkar, Communicator of the Year

Team Bank of Baroda winning the Champion of Champion Trophy

Team Indian Oil Corporation winning the Champion of Champion Trophy

MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR

Team Union Bank of India winning the Champion of Champion Trophy

Reserve Bank of India winning the Magazine of the Year Shield

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54th Annual Awards Result Rank

Company

Publication & Editor

Rank

SynerG Corporate Comm Watts up !!

(Havells)Vikas Johar Without Reserve R L Das Colleague Alok Tyagi Enerji Talk Corporate Communications

Gold

IDFC Limited

Silver

Life Insurance Corp. of India

Silver

Maxposure Media India Pvt Ltd

Bronze

Reserve Bank of India

Bronze

Union Bank of India

Cat 1 Internal Magazine Gold

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd

Silver

Maxposure Media Group

Silver

Reserve Bank of India

Bronze

State Bank of India

Bronze

Tata Power

Maxposure Media Group

Silver

Maxposure Media Group

Silver

Sri Shanmukhananda Fine Arts

Bronze

B’bay Stock Exch. Brok. Forum

Bronze

ACC Limited

IIFL

Silver

The Sanmar Group

Bronze

IOCL, Western Region

Asian Paints Limited

Silver

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd

Silver

Department of Sales Tax

Bronze

Novartis India Limited

Bronze

Clariant Chemicals (India) Ltd

Bronze

DDB Mudra Group

Spandan Asian Paints Corp Comm SynerG Corporate Communications Vikrikar darpan Swati Kale Novartis News Svetlana Pinto Compact Philips Abraham Hotstuff Pilloo Mullan

Cat 5 Indian language Publication Gold

Elixir Designs

Silver

Export - Import Bank of India

Silver

Tata Motors Ltd (Jamshed Plant)

Bronze

Bank of Baroda

Bronze

The Tata Power Company Ltd

Nawasa Pattern Elixir Design Agri-Export Advantage Research & Analysis Group Jhalak Amrita Singh Akshayam Dr Jawahar Karnavat Enerji Talk Corporate Communications

Cat 6 Bilingual Publications Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze

Maxposure Media Group

Shubh Yatra Vikas Johari Reserve Bank of India Without Reserve R L Das Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd Petro Plus Marianne Karmarkar IDBI Bank Limited Shree Vayam Edwin Fernandes Union Bank of India Union Dhara Dr Neera Prasad

Cat 7 New Publications Gold

CRISIL Limited

Silver

Summit Woods Pvt Ltd

Bronze

Bank of IndiaBOI

Bronze

Panipat Refinery (IndiaOil)

Crisil Year Book CRISIL Sumit Parivar Subodh Nemlekar Guiding Star Sartaj Shakeel Sarathi N Shiva Kumar

Cat 8 Wall Paper

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Gold

Uddyog

Silver

Tata Projects Limited

Silver

Life Insurance Corp. of India

Bronze

Elixir Designs

Bronze

Tata Chemicals

Gold

Advanced Graphic Systems

Silver

Johnson & Johnsons India

Silver

Asian Paints Limited

Bronze

Panipat Refinery (IndianOil)

Bronze

Tata Sky Limited

AGS Colour News AGS Marketing Team Johnson Times Wyatt Comm Pvt Ltd Spandan Asian Paints Corp Comm Sarathi N Shiva Kumar People Actve Sangram Chavan

Cat 11 Brochure Design IIFL Buzz Anil Mascarenhas Scribbles Sarda Jagan, Ramadevi Ravi, Shilpa Senthilkumar Indoil West Sabitha Natraj

Cat 4 Newsletter Gold

At IDFC BLAQ Yogakshema Corp Comm, LIC Mercedes Benz Vikas Johari Without Reserve R L Das Union Dhara Savita Savita Sharma

Cat 10 Newsletter Design Mercedes Benz Vikas Johari Credai Times Vikas Johari Shanmukha Radha Namboodiri Forum Views Dr. V. Aditya Srinivas Together For Communities R Nand Kumar

Cat 3 Tabloids Gold

Publication & Editor

Cat 9 Magazine Design

Cat 2 External Magazine Gold

Company

Gold

Great Lakes Inst of Management

Silver

Indian Oil Corp Ltd

Bronze

NABARD

Corporate Brochure Great Lakes Inst of Management The 19th Indianoil Art Exh Mr. Shrikant Bapat Beyond Numbers PVS Suryakumar

Cat 12 Prestige Publications Gold

Dow Chemical Int Pvt Ltd

Silver

Indian Oil Corp Ltd

Silver

Western Railway

Bronze

ACC Limited

Bronze

IDFC Limited

Dow India Growth Book Public Affairs Team, DOW India The 19th Indianoil Art Exh Mr. Shrikant Bapat Retrieving History Sharat Chandrayan Brochure of Mobile Workshops R Nand Kumar Deepak Parekh the Ins Blder Arun Raste

Cat 13 Features (English) Gold

Union Bank of India

Silver

Reserve Bank of India

Silver

ACC Limited

Bronze

Hinduja Group

Bronze

Maxposure Media Group

Union Dhara Anurag Sarolia Without Reserve R L Das ACC Parivar R Nand Kumar Panorama Team Corp Comms Spiceroute Vikash Johari

Cat 14 Special Column (English) Gold

Maxposure Media Group

Silver

Union Bank of India

Silver

Western Railway

Bronze

ThyssenKrupp

Bronze

Canara Bank

Bronze

Reserve Bank of India

Spiceroute Vikash Johari Union Dhara Supriya Nadkarni Rail Darpan Sharat Chandrayan Uhde India "Up-to-date" Leroy Santos Shreyas S. Balasubramanian Without Reserve R L Das

Cat 15 Features (Language) Gold

Reserve Bank of India

Silver

Canara Bank

Silver

Bank of India

Bronze

Shriram Foundry Ltd

Bronze

AOJ Media Pvt Ltd

Without Reserve R L Das Canarajyoti R P Sharma Taarangan Sartaj Mohd Shakeel Setu Jiya Neeraj Zanvar Art of Jewellery Geetha Manoneeta

Cat 16 Special Column (Language) KanosaSanjay R Ghogare Innoways Internal Comm.

Yogakshema Corp Comm, LIC Road Safety Wallpaper Elixir Design 9 Golden Rules of Safety Hardik Vara

Gold

Bank of India

Silver

Union Bank of India

Silver

RBI (Rajbhasha Dept)

Bronze

Canara Bank

Bronze

IDBI Bank Limited

Taarangan Sartaj Mohd Shakeel Union Dhara Dr. Neera Prasad Bking Chintan Anuchintan K C Malpani Canarajyoti R P Sharma Vikas Prabha Anuradha Mahendra

54th Annual Awards Result Rank

Company

Publication & Editor

Rank

Company

Publication & Editor

Indian Oil Puja GuideMap Aloke Kumar Singh The Wockhardian Corp Comms Dept Vikas Prabha Dr Sunil Kumar Lahoti Shree Vayam Edwin Fernandes / Madhvi Without Reserve R L Das

Silver

Bank of India

Bronze

Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd

Bronze

Wockhardt

BOI Desk Calendar 2014 Publicity Dept, BOI, HO BPCL Desk Calendar 2014 Ronald Noronha Wockhardt Found Calendar Dr Huzaifa Khorakiwala

Cat 17 Headlines Gold

IOCL Ltd (Eastern Reg)

Silver

Wockhardt Limited

Silver

IDBI Bank Ltd

Bronze

IDBI Bank Ltd

Bronze

Reserve Bank of India

Cat 18 Photography Gold

Maxposure Media Group

Silver

Canara Bank

Silver

Novartis India Limited

Bronze

Export - Import Bank of India

Bronze

Reserve Bank of India

Spiceroute - Spicejet Vikas Johari Shreyas S. Balasubramanian Novartis News Svetlana Pinto Exim Bank Photo Contest 2013 Photo by RahulMazumdar Without Reserve R L Das

Cat 19 Photo Feature Gold

ACC

Silver

Western Railway

Silver

Reserve Bank of India

Bronze

Union Bank of India

Bronze

LIC of India

Bronze

Maxposure Media Group

ACC Parivar R Nand Kumar Rail Darpan Sharat Chandrayan Without Reserve R L Das Union Dhara Rajendra Prasad Yogakshema Corporate Communications City Walker Vikas Johari

Cat 20 Illustration Gold

Maruti Suzuki India Limited

Silver

Genuus Brand Advisory Pvt Ltd

Bronze

Elexir Designs

Bronze

IOCL (MD), Eastern Region

Sustainability Report 2012-13 Wyatt Communications Pvt Ltd RBL Bank Calendar 2014 Genuus Creative Team Transforming Life IndianOil Puja Guide Map Aloke Kumar Singh

Cat 25 Social Responsibility Comm Gold

Child India Foundation

Silver

Western Railway

Silver

Chemplast Sanmar Ltd

Bronze

Tata Projects Ltd

Cat 26 Environment Communication Gold

The Tata Power Com Ltd

Silver

Bank of Baroda

Silver

IDBI Bank Limited

Bronze

ACC Limited

Bronze

IOC - Guwahati Refinery

Childline India FoundationCIF

Silver

HT Media Limited

Silver

Jubilant Foodworks Limited

Silver

Shree Cement Limited

Bronze

Havells India Limited

Bronze

Tata Motors

Bronze

UAE Exc and Fina Serv Ltd

Annual Report Childline India Foundation Annual Report Wyatt Comms Pvt. Ltd Annual Report Wyatt Comms Pvt. Ltd Annual Report Wyatt Comms Pvt. Ltd Annual Report Wyatt Comms Pvt. Ltd Annual Report Tata Motors Annual Report Ashok Cherian Koshy

Cat 22 Exhibition Collateral Gold

Bank of Baroda

Silver

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd

Bronze

Western Railway

Bank of Baroda-Exh Collaterals Bank of Baroda IndianOil Corporate profile Mr. Amresh Kapoor WR's Exhibition Collateral Sharat Chandrayan

Cat 23 Wall Calendar Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze

Wall Calendar 2014 HDFC Communications Bank of Baroda Wall Calendar 2014 Bank of Baroda Tata Motors Ltd (Jamshed Plant) Wall Calendar 2014 Amrita Singh Bank of India BOI Calendar 2014 Publicity Department Coromandel International Limited Wall Calendar 2014 Marina Bhanot

Gold

Elixir Designs

Unbox e-zine

Silver

Wockhardt Limited

Bronze

Bank of Baroda

Bronze

Mahindra & Mahindra

Wock-AheadCorp Comms Department BOB Marcom BOB (Meera Haridas) Mpower Rebecca Rexy & Sushma Edwankar

Cat 28 Multimedia CD ROM Gold

Tata Power Company Ltd

Silver

Asian Paints Limited

Gold

Tata Projects Ltd

Silver

Saint-Gobain India

Bronze

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd

Bronze

The Tata Power Compny Ltd

Silver

Central Bank of India

Our Values, Our Inspiration Table Calendar Kalikrishna & Team CC (2013) Table Calendar 2014 Corp Communications Dept

TPLnet Mailer Internal Comms Be Safe! Your Children Need You Medha Shanbhag Celebratig 37 yrs of Enri Lives Corporate Comms Twitter Meter Corporate Comms

Cat 30 Corporate Websites Gold

Vedanta Group

Silver

HDFC Limited

Bronze

IRA Pvt. Ltd.

www.vedantaresources.com Vedanta Group HDFC Website HDFC Communications IRA Corporate Website AGS Marketing Team

Cat 31 Corporate Intranet Gold

NABARD

Silver

Tata Projects Ltd

Bronze

Shriram Foundry Ltd

Bronze

CRISIL Limited

Corpt Brochure PVS Suryakumar Tata Projcts Ltd IntranetInternal Comms Setu - Library Jiya Neeraj Zanvar CRISIL Connect CRISIL

Cat 32 Corporate Film Gold

Bank of Baroda

Silver

IDBI Bank Ltd

Silver

Indian Oil Corp Ltd

Cat 24 Table Calendar Indian Oil Corporation Limited

Tata Power Club Dhwani Chandel & Ananya Mohanty Annual Report CD Asian Paints Corp Commns

Cat 29 Web Comm Online Campaign

HDFC Limited

Gold

Greenvolution The Tata Power Com Ltd BOB - Table Calendar 2014 Bank of Baroda Shree Vayam Edwin Fernandes ACC Sustai Deve Report 2013 R Nand Kumar World Environment Day AnjanaBaruah Sarmah

Cat 27 E-Zine

Cat 21 Annual Report Gold

Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) Child India Foundation WR's Social Resp Commun Sharat Chandrayan If the World of Nature Could Speak...

Chemplast Sanmar Ltd World Earth Day Internal Communications

Bronze Yaanus Films

BOB - Corporate AV BOB (Marketing Dept) "TARU" Zameen Par Krishnendu Banerjee IndianOil - A Vision...

Corp Comms Team, N Delhi All Cargo...

Ranadeep Bhat & Judhajit Bagchi

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