Alia Bhatt titled as Maharashtra’s Most Stylish Next Gen Superstar and Siddharth Malhotra as the Most Stylish Actor at Lokmat Maharashtra’s Most Stylish Awards 2017

Mumbai, November 14, 2017: Sai Estate Consultants presented second edition of Lokmat Maharashtra’s Most Stylish Awards 2017 in Mumbai on November 14th. This award felicitated the most stylish people from various spheres of life including youth icons, industry leaders and achievers of today.

The evening witnessed high quotient of glamour and entertainment glitterati.

·         Kajol received Lokmat Maharashtra's Most Stylish  Glamour Icon

·         Karan Johar received Lokmat Maharashtra's Most Stylish Power Icon

·         Rohit Shetty received Lokmat Maharashtra's Most Stylish Star Entertainer

·         Sushant Singh Rajput and Ananya Birla received Lokmat Maharashtra's Most Stylish Youth Icon

·         Sai Tamhankar received Lokmat Maharashtra's Most Stylish Diva

·         Sonalee Kulkarni received Lokmat Maharashtra's Most Stylish Actress

·         Ankush Chaudhari received Lokmat Maharashtra's Most Stylish Actor

·         Avadhoot Gupte received Lokmat Maharashtra's Most Stylish Singer

·         Nitesh Tiwari and Aswini Iyer Tiwari received Lokmat Maharashtra's Most Stylish Filmmaker

·         Chetan Bhagat received Lokmat Maharashtra’s Most Stylish Author

·         Ashwini Bhide and Brijesh Singh received Lokmat Maharashtra's Most Stylish Bureaucrat

·         Manish Paul received Lokmat Maharashtra's Most Stylish Host

·         Dr. Vijay Chatorikar received Lokmat Maharashtra's Most Stylish Astrologer

·         Dr. Vijay Dahiphale Lokmat Maharashtra's Most Stylish Doctor

·         Pankaja Munde received Lokmat Maharashtra's Most Stylish Politician

·         Punit Goenka received Lokmat Maharashtra's Most Stylish Media Baron

·         Pragya Modi received Lokmat Maharashtra's Most Stylish Budding Entrepreneur

·         Akash Bhojwani received Lokmat Maharashtra's Most Stylish Entrepreneur in Food Business

·         Sameer Meghe received Lokmat Maharashtra's Most Stylish Upcoming Politician

·         Nikhil and Elina Meswani Lokmat Maharashtra’s Most Stylish Industrialists

The awards were given away by renowned personalities like Jackie Shroff, Shatrughan Sinha, Divya Dutta, AmrutaFadnavis, AshutoshGowarikaramongst others.

Commenting on the occasion,Mr. Rishi Darda, Joint Managing & Editorial Director, Lokmat Media Group, said, “After receiving an overwhelming response for the 1st edition, we are extremely delighted to host the 2nd edition of Lokmat’s iconic property to honor the renowned luminaries. We are privileged to have unique gathering of stalwarts from the world of entertainment, fashion, politics and business amongst others all gathered on one stage facilitated by Lokmat. I personally congratulate all winners and thank all sponsors and partners ofLokmat Maharashtra’s Most Stylish Awards.”

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Amit Wadhwani, Director, Sai Estate Consultants Chembur Pvt Ltd said, “Lokmat, the largest newspaper of the state has continuously come up with initiatives tapping different spheres of life. We are extremely delighted with our association with them for Lokmat Maharashtra’s Most Stylish Awards which not only represents Lokmat group but the vivid culture of the state and the whole of Maharashtra itself. It is an honor to be a part of such group who has made relentless efforts to recognized achievers in various walks of life. This is our first successful association; we look forward to associate further.”

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World Architectural Travel announces tour ‘Time among the Maya – Mexico’

Dates-January 27^th to February 9^th,  2018

World Architecture Travel (WAT), an international network for architectural tours now brings to you a unique travel experience to Mexico from October 28^th to November 10^th, 2017.  The tour is designed, and planned integrating architecture, design, art, and culture metamorphosing into a memorable 360 degrees experience. The tours are interspersed with a blend of explorations, interactions, lectures, a peek into the lesser known, escapades and much more that stimulates, enlightens and exhilarates. The team of professionals and travelers are bound by the common thread of our intense love and passion for traveling, places and people. The tour features some of the architectural marvels in the region namely Chichen Itza, Cuernavaca, Merida, Puebla, Tulum Ruins among others.  

Ancient Mexico, the land of the Mayan civilization, was a highly evolved society, evident from archeological finds as early as 2500 B.C or earlier. Teotihuacan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a city believed to have been established around 100B.C and lasted until the 8th century A.D, is architecturally and anthropologically significant, being one of the largest cities of that period, in its complex multi-residential, multi-floor residential compounds, pyramids and shrines built to accommodate a population of 125,000 or more of multi-ethnic groups. Itza and Toltec invaders occupied and influenced the art and architecture of the Mayans.

Schele and Freidel in ‘A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya’ write,

“To the Maya, the world was alive and imbued with a sacredness that was especially concentrated at special points, like caves and mountains. The principal pattern of power points had been established by the Gods when the cosmos was created. Within this matrix of sacred landscape, human beings built communities that both merged with the God-generated patterns and created a second human-made matrix of power points. The two systems were perceived to be complementary…. Thus, as Kings built and rebuilt temples on the same spot over centuries, the sanctums within became even more sacred…. There were rituals which contained the accumulated power of objects, people and places when they were no longer in active use. And conversely, when the community became convinced that the power was gone from their city and ruling dynasties, they just walked away.”

Mexico City, just about 40 km from the ruins of Teotihuacan, today is a chaotic metropolis with over 21 million inhabitants living in high density within a volcanic valley. Citing, Daniel Rauchwerger, ‘The Mexican Moment: The rise of Architecture’s latest Design Capital’, Architecture, and a unique cuisine, is what draws visitors to this city today. Challenges for architects and planners are abundant here but a strong sense of appetite for updated architecture is felt almost everywhere here, and a rare and exciting energy to act, change, move and create as it nourishes architectural education and innovation within and attracts international firms at the same time.

‘Me-Mo’, short for Mexican Moment, is a term invented by local architects. Local Architectural firms like Jose Castillo’s Arquitectura911sc, Productora, young architects like Frida Escobedo along with a host of brilliant designers like Tatiana Bilbao, Fernando Romero, Alberto Kalach, Enrique Norten, Issac Broid are creating a wonderfully new Mexico that the Modernist movement architect and designers like Luis Barragan, Felix Candela, Pedro Ramirez Vasquez, Mario Pani and others paved in the recent past. Mexico City is proving to the world how the present and the past can lead to a promising future through all the chaos and problems of a developing country but with a respect and sensitivity toward its culture and history.

About World Architecture Travel (WAT):

World Architecture Travel (WAT) a unique travel portal that explores architecture & culture is supported by The World Architecture Festival (WAF) the annual festival and awards ceremony for the architecture industry dedicated to celebrating and sharing architectural excellence from across the globe. WAT supported by WAF has inked a strategic brand alliance to offer a host of benefits to architectural travelers. WAT reaches out to individuals with a passion for architecture, urban design and culture, travels to places of modern architecture, unexplored places, a well planned places experience of contemporary architecture. Through city walks, culture trails and academic discussion are organized with a team of experienced architects, historians and academicians.  Our passionate teams of planners bind in local architecture, building culture, current architecture developments, and urban design as part of your travel experience.

Cost of Tour: Rs. 2, 50,000 (Inclusive of Travel, Stay in premium hotels, Food & Beverages and Expert Guidance)

For registrations contact: +91 9349033360. Visit: www.worldarchitecturetravel.com

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Overwhelming response to Dada J.P. Vaswani’s books at the 5 day Frankfurt Book Fair 2017

Gita Publishing House (GPH) of the Sadhu Vaswani Mission, Pune, participated in the Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) this year in October for a 5-day exhibition. It is the 4th year GPH, spearheaded by Managing Director Ms. Gulshan Dudani, has been present at this world famous and largest Book Fair. With each passing year GPH makes a leap in its outreach and inches itself closer to the goal of a Globally recognized and respected organization. An organization whose ultimate aim is to shine like the guiding star and lead its readers to embark on a path of 'Spirituality in Daily Life'. This is also the title of one of the popular books authored by Dada J. P. Vaswani. GPH is dedicated solely to spreading Beloved Dada's Message to the world through his simple writing which carries wisdom of his golden 100 years and beyond. 

2017 has been a momentous year for GPH as Dada J.P. Vaswani enters his Centenary Year. Many foreign language publishers who had heard about the 100-year-old Spiritual Master's writing, approached GPH at the fair for Rights, not only to publish books but also for E-book, digital and audio book distribution rights. Interests were received from representatives hailing from Israel, France, Czech Republic, Japan, Ukraine, Holland and Italy. When the whole world's communities have acknowledged the profound wisdom in Dada's writings, how could the Indian Publishing Houses not line up too. It was wonderful that most of the Indian Publishing Houses present at the FBF met with Ms. Dudani and finalized to sign for Dada's book rights for the new titles to be published in India in the immediate future. The power and depth in Dada's writing is like the sun's rays which shine through the thickest clouds to erase the darkness and induce positivity in the reader's daily life, giving them zest and strength to deal with challenges, pave way through roadblocks, detangle complicated situations, overcome hurdles in life and make them into kindred souls.

Since, the Fair was nearing November 25 (celebrated as International Meatless Day), there were many foreigners who have pledged to consume only vegetarian food for one day towards supporting the noble cause.

In all it was deemed a successful Fair for the humble and perseverant GPH with the grace and blessings of the well-wishers and readers. 

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Dia Mirza presents Dubai Real Estate Tycoon Awards

4^th November 2017, Mumbai: On the sidelines of the 3^rd Dubai Property Show being held in Mumbai from 3^rd to 5^th November at BKC, Dubai Land Department chose the city of Mumbai to conduct its first Real Estate Tycoon Awards.

The glittering awards ceremony was held at Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and was attended by some of the prominent personalities of Dubai real estate fraternity as well as key figures representing the Indian real estate industry. Bollywood Actor Dia Mirza was the special guest of the evening and presented many significant awards. Mr Laxman Pandurang Jagtap, MLA from Pune also graced the occasion as the Chief Guest at the ceremony. Actor and Producer Arbaaz Khan also made a guest appearance.

On the occasion Dia Mirza said, “It gives me immense pleasure to be part of the awards ceremony and I would like to thank Dubai Land Department for giving me this opportunity. Dubai has been a home away from home for many Indians offering a safe and secure abode. I congratulate the Dubai real estate industry for creating a world class destination”.

The Real Estate Tycoon Awards recognised and celebrated individuals and organisations from Dubai’s real estate industry who have, through their vision and leadership, elevated Dubai’s global standing as the leading real estate destination of the world. In all, there were seven categories which included: Vision, Innovation, Iconic, Ambition, Inspiration, Progressive and Recognition. A total of 40 awards were presented for various categories.

Dubai Land Department also recognized key members from CREDAI, the apex body of Private Real Estate Developers Associations for their exceptional contribution to Indian real estate. Their commitment and unstinted work in the direction of creating a more robust and transparent real estate environment for industry and public was appreciated.

Prominent dignitaries at the award ceremony included the likes of Mr. Boman Irani, Chairman and Managing Director of Rustomjee; Mr. Vipul Thakkar, Chairman, International Expo CREDAI; Mr. PNC Menon, Chairman, Sobha Group; Mr. Rizwan Sajan, Founder Danube Group and Danube Properties; Mr. Khalid Bin Kalban, CEO, Dubai Investments; Mr. Sudhakar Rao, Managing Director, Gemini Group; Mr. Sanjay Manchanda, CEO, Nakheel and Mr. Jaxay Shah, President of CREDAI and Managing Director of Savvy amongst many others.

The award ceremony was followed by Gala Dinner and performances by eminent singer, Sajili Saleem and Dubai stand-up comedian, Ali Al Sayed. 

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Orphaned child from Mumbai predicts 200 Cr Box Office Collections for Golmaal Again

Not in his wildest dreams had Sonu, an orphaned child, from Samajik Vikas Kendra Orphanage supported by Mukul Madhav Foundation, in Mumbai imagined that the prediction he made for Parineeti Chopra & Rohit Shetty would actually come true.

During a Meet & Greet event for Golmaal Again, the star cast comprising of Parineeti Chopra, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade, Kunal Khemu, Tabu, & director Rohit Shetty, was in for a treat with a surprise visit from orphanage children supported by Mukul Madhav Foundation – the CSR wing of Finolex Industries Ltd. in Mumbai.

While the little stars got to meet their heroes, dancing, singing, sharing flying kisses etc, one of the children came forward & decided to set a challenge for the cast. Young Sonu went up to the actors and challenged them to dance if they wanted their film to cross Rs. 200 crores.

What happened 3 days later, left us all surprised.

It may be a mere coincidence, but just 3 days later, the movie crossed the Rs.200 Crore mark! In an industry filled with competition, for a movie to cross Rs.200 crores is noteworthy! And what surprises us more is that a child from an orphanage not only stepped forward to propose the question but accurately predicted it 3 days before it happened!

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Biz Icon Manasi Kirloskar talks about the India-UK business relations at The House of Lords, UK Parliament

Manasi Kirloskar, Executive Director, Kirloskar Systems Ltd. had the privilege of giving a Special Address, at the House of Lords, UK Parliament on 27^th October, 2017, as a Distinguished Guest and Speaker at the 17^th annual London Global Convention of IOD (Institute of Directors, India) . She was talking on ‘Indo-UK Trade Relations’.

The Convention elicited an excellent response, and saw top professionals from policy makers, leading business houses as well as government authorities from across the globe gather on a single platform and address the august audience.

Manasi impressed the dignitaries with her powerful speech which she concluded impactfully, saying "To conclude, I would like to submit that whilst the  strong intent of both the Governments will definitely be a deciding factor for the future of economic relations between our nations, it will be the sincerity of intent and the strength of the people to people relations that will shape the determination of the Governments".

This Convention also offered a unique platform to discuss and debate some of the more persistent issues and challenges that Boardrooms are facing today, in order to improve effective governance.

Young Manasi Kirloskar as a dynamic business leader has been invited to prestigious forums to deliver talks on subjects ranging from - her challenges as a sole young heiress, her vision on carrying forward her 150-year-old family business legacy, on her new social non-profit start-up "Caring with Colour", on her learnings from her rigorous training at their Japanese Joint ventures and the Japanese way, etc.

Her start-up aims at changing the education paradigm at schools for the lesser privileged. The first pilot starts this month in Bangalore. 

That’s not all - Manasi has been winning prestigious business and leadership awards over the last two years for excellence and success in her business and entrepreneurial ventures.

Currently the Executive Director of Kirloskar Systems Ltd, Director, Toyota Tsusho Insurance Broker India Pvt Ltd, and Director, Kirloskar Technologies Ltd, she works at their Japanese joint venture after rigorous training there, has set up a real estate vertical and completed one large residential project as an entrepreneur.

In addition to her work commitments, young Manasi finds time to paint, which is her deepest passion. She is also a trained deep-sea diver, loves hiking, traveling, and hangs out with close friends and family.

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Nimesh Dwivedi’s Debut book ‘MARKETING CHRONICLES’ presents a compendium of Global and local marketing insights from the pre-Smartphone and post-Smartphone eras

Consumer marketing and financial services veteran Nimish Dwivedi has released his first book ‘Marketing Chonicles’, a compendium of Global and local marketing insights from the pre-Smartphone and post-Smartphone eras. From a marketing professional, practitioner and observer, this compendium will be useful for all students of marketing and practitioners. Filled with concepts explained through real examples and cases, the book focuses on insights, interesting concepts and informative observations. The book covers a vast spectrum of marketing subjects from branding concepts to unique media strategies to segmentation to the power of measurement and metrics.

The book released by Notion Press has been created in two parts – Part 1 focuses on Pre Smart Phone Era insights and Part 2 on Post Smart Phone Era Insights. This is noteworthy because the entire marketing framework has undergone a tectonic shift after Smart Phones have become mainstream. All the old rules of branding do not exist or have got fundamentally recast. The “Chronicles” aspect is also important as each concept is linked to a particular year and mentions the brands and campaigns that were relevant during that year. Many of these memorable campaigns and brands may not be known to a whole new generation.

Few Insights from the book:

·         Take the evolution of the concept of conventional “Product Placement” to the evolved “Product Characterization”. Now think about 1999 –where the most feature rich phone was the “Nokia Communicator” and movies like The Saint starring Val Kilmer were popular. Indian audiences could not forget serials like “Wagle Ki Duniya” and a certain brand whose spokesperson was “Lalitaji.” The entire concept is explained using these examples which will help new age readers get a glimpse into that era.

·         Another unique concept in a world dominated by price offs and promotions is that of “Category Catalysts” and how in 2002 brands in various different categories like Gillette, Allen Solly, Add Gel pens and even Aquafresh toothbrushes became catalysts for their category.

·         Media planning in 2006 when customers were transforming from ‘passive viewers” to “enabled information seekers” and a totally different 360 degree view based media strategy that this entailed! Also what brands like BMW did during these early stages where the internet was about to become an integral part of our lives

·         The unique theory of “Customer Interaction Models” which is critical in the post Smartphone era. And how in 2009 Apple had already started harnessing this concept.

·         During the financial recession of 2009 how Japanese brands ranging from the 100 Yen Stores to fashion brands like Uniqlo harnessed the recession opportunity and emerged as winners

·         Human beings may or may not believe in afterlife. But do brands and categories have an afterlife? Laced with real and unique examples from 2009 and before, this is a unique perspective on not just the evolution and the death of brands but on their afterlife.

·         Can marketing metrics be adapted to measure an entire metropolis specially Mumbai which has seen the worst of flooding and other disasters? A 2010 perspective that only becomes more relevant with each passing year

·         Everyone knows about the 4Ps of marketing but in this rapidly changing world a Fifth P had strongly emerged by 2010. Read all about it in this book

·         The crucial importance of the First Impression Factor concept in building brands and establishing loyalty. Full of examples and experiences from 2016 and before. Read about this concept and imbibe it with ease in this book

·         In an era of sub segments, micro segmentation and the segment of one –is there any segment that has not been explored fully by marketers. That too in 2016. Yes. Read about it and then gear yourself up to explore its potential whichever business you are in!

The book is replete with many such concepts simplified through case studies without any complexity. Easy to read, easy to imbibe and easy to practice!

About the Author:

Nimish V. Dwivedi is a consumer marketing and financial services professional who has observed the changing and emerging landscape of marketing through living and working in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, UAE and Vietnam, besides always observing  India outside in. Having graduated with a marketing major from one of   India’s top business schools - Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Nimish has had the privilege of working with and learning from some of the best marketing professionals in the industry.

Starting his career fresh out of campuses an Executive Trainee at Asian Paints, Nimish has worked in senior leadership roles at Citibank, Standard Chartered, Paypal, Mashreq Bank and is currently the Business Director Cards and Payments at VP Bank - FE Credit based in Vietnam. Nimish has been able to practice and execute his marketing perspectives besides being a keen observer and an enthusiastic chronicler of the emerging marketing landscape specifically in India besides in various other parts of the world.

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