Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai Police files Chargesheet against Reputed Builder Chandru Raheja

-       Wadia’s had contracted Raheja’s with 1,70,656 square feet of land to build commercial building ‘Ivory Towers’

-       Leading Consumer Mall ‘Hypercity’ got built over the same piece of land

MUMBAI, October 29, 2013: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai police has filed a chargesheet against noted builder Chandru Raheja and his two sons for allegedly cheating industrialist Nusli Wadia for crores of rupees in a property deal.  Joint police commissioner Himanshu Roy confirmed that the chargesheet has been filed.

Senior Police Inspector Dinesh Patil said Mr Wadia filed the complaint in 2008 claiming that Raheja caused him huge losses.

In 1995, Mr. Wadia, as the administrator of the estate of the late E.F. Dinshaw, entered into an agreement with Rahejas for development of the lands in Malad to construct an eight-floor commercial building called Ivory Towers.

Accordingly, Raheja was given 1,70,656 square feet of land for development. The accused were supposed to construct property called Ivory Towers and sell to “third parties”. Raheja was also to transfer 12% of the sale proceeds to Wadia, PI Joshi said.

In the event of not developing the property, the agreement also stipulated that Raheja was supposed to have paid Rs 3.75 crores to as minimum guarantee amount.

However, Ivory Towers was not built. Instead the Rahejas transferred about Rs. 3.89 crore in Mr. Wadia’s bank account, claiming to be the 12% share of Ivory Tower which was never built.

Police Inspector Joshi stated in the chargesheet that Rahejas have cooked up nine documents called “Release Deeds” to represent that the Wadia relinquished his rights over the land.

Further, instead of constructing Ivory Towers, Rahejas built a mall called ‘Hypercity’ in 2006. Then Rahejas transferred the mall to their own company, Hypercity Retail India Pvt. Ltd., keeping the administrator in the dark.

Inspector Joshi explained that the Rahejas indulged in illegal breach of trust and caused loss to Wadia to the tune of several crores of rupees.

Hence, the chargesheet has been filed against Chandru Raheja and his sons Neel and Ravi.

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DMAi Announces 3rd Edition of International Convention

12 Conference streams over 3 days with 100+ speakers & sessions ; at New Delhi from Jan 22-24, 2014

October 29, New Delhi: Come January 2014, New Delhi will witness the finest of marketing minds coming together to participate in 100+ sessions which will decipher the code to make marketing smarter. Delegates will have access to the latest marketing trends, tools, global best practices, case studies for engaging audiences across Traditional & Digital: Social, Mobile, Web, Search, Rich media, Emails in an omni channel ever evolving marketing landscape.

With the success of its previous 2 editions in Mumbai that witnessed enthusiastic participation of 500 top marketing practitioners from India & afar the DMAi is determined to create an even bigger & better show.

Announcing the launch of the 3rd edition of the International DMAi Convention, Shelly Singh, COO –DMAi said, “With majority of the Fortune 500 & top 1000 Indian companies having their head offices in Delhi the audiences are concentrated. With the convention having expanded manifold, to address a wider audience, it was only logical for us to meet the long-standing demands from the marketing & advertising fraternity in Delhi. With a very formidable advisory board, the convention experience has been redesigned from scratch to be the breeding ground for innovation. It will deliver the place to be for strategic thinking and peer to peer interaction”

Participating in curating the mega opus 3^rd edition of the International DMAi Convention 2014 are leaders from Adobe, EMC, Starwoods, CNH, HCL, IBM, Motorola, Oberoi, Borges, Aravato, NIIT, Yatra, Religare, Airtel, SVG Media, Percept Limited, HSBC, Reliance, Red bull, Abott, M & C Saatchi, ICICI, Urja, Synergy, Merck, Dynaflex, HP, Saatchi, Monster, MRM Worldwide, Bacardi, PVM Grp, Direxions, Accenture, Citi, Makemytrip, Godfrey Phillips, Infiniti Retail, Aimia, UTI, Tata AIG, Kotak Mahindra, Raymond, Select Direct, Ad Magnet, Hansa Cequity, HDFC Life, Tata Trent, Tribal DDB & RAPP India, Star TV, Ogilvy One, Shoppers Stop & Octane.

Winnifred Knight, Global Marketing Leader & member Governing Board DMAi expands, “The agenda at the convention will cover three action packed days, from January 22nd-24th, 2014. On offer are twelve conference streams, three open houses, five concurrent tracks each day, a strategic summit for the C-Suite, six keynotes, three debates, Masterclasses, an expo and an awards program. I am certain the international DM fraternity will be delighted to see India come of age on result-driven accountable marketing.”

The Sessions at the DMAi International Convention are critically balanced between knowledge and its implications for business. A focus for the agenda is how technology meets creativity and what it takes to be a step ahead in the race. Methodologies of new age marketing strategies will also be covered, outlining tangible steps on the Road to ROI, Harnessing Big Data that can be put to use, Understanding Social & Mobile Measurement Parameters, Generating Increasing Returns, Creating New Revenue Streams, Generating Quality Leads, Using Digital Currency and several Win-Back optimization techniques will be explored at the convention.

To view Convention details, please visit

http://www.dmai.co/

About DMAi

As an apex, non-profitable body, DMAi, since 1992, aims to bring about collective action for advancing & protecting Data Driven Marketing and Advertising. DMAi is an active Member of the International Federation of DMA's (IFDMA), In recent times, the DMAi has successfully conducted two annual global convention drawing participation from over 100 companies from India & afar.

DMAi also sets stage for learning opportunities & intra vertical networking forums like-Day Learning Events called Masterclasses, peer to peer networking forums like the UNWIND, the CxO power brunch after golf and the CxO Roundtable.

As a platform for motivation the DMAi has established a credible Awards & Recognition program with industry participation. The DMAi Awards instituted in alliance with the DMA International ECHO Awards aim at providing global recognition for response driven and result oriented marketing. The Hall of fame awards felicitates individuals with lifetime awards for their noteworthy contribution.

As the key to making marketing relevant and provide sustained customer engagement DMAi advocates for creating industry standards for ethical conduct and effective self-regulation of the Data driven, Marketing & Advertising community.

For more information, please contact –

Rachana Chowdhary |  +91-9619776084 | rachana@mediavalueworks.com

Sudiksha Singhal |  +918285603924 | secretary@dmai.co

Citec India Hosts Energy Ambassador 'Pentti Itkonen' To Promote Green Technologies in India

EnergyVaasa, the largest energy cluster in the Nordic countries, chose the 25 year old, engineering student Pentti Itkonen as the Energy Ambassador.

In a press conference held on 18^th October at Citec’s premises at Navi Mumbai, Pentti Itkonen spoke about his interesting global journey from Kittilä in Northern Finland to Norway, USA, Ecuador, Brazil, Spain, Thailand and India. Pentii is spending a week at each of the chosen countries thereby meeting and influencing the key stakeholders of renewable and green technologies.

India was selected of all the locations Citec had on offer for the Energy Ambassador’s visit. This was a natural choice, as Citec started up operations in India almost 10 years ago and currently employs almost 400 in India, with offices in Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai. This makes India the second largest Citec company in terms of amount of employees.

In this journey, Pentii Itkonen could experience a project where experts from many countries work together to come up with the best solutions to the customer’s needs. Thus, Itkonen became specifically more acquainted with one of Waste-to-Energy power plant projects designed by Citec. In this project, the customer is from Switzerland and the plant is built in the UK.

Pentti Itkonen comments: “It’s amazing to be in Incredible India, I have to admit that this has probably been the destination I’ve been looking forward to the most. The people at Mumbai office have welcomed me with fascinating Hindu ceremonies and I was honoured to start off my week like that. It was interesting to discover how Citec is working globally and specially the Indian operations. We also discussed over a certain waste-to-energy project.”

One of the highlights of Itkonen’s visit was on October 16th, when Mr. Alexander Stubb, Finland’s Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade met with Citec’s senior management – Mr. Martin Strand, CEO, Mr, Nasir Mulani, Managing Director India, Mr Arun Tyagarajan, Director Citec India and the Energy Ambassador in Mumbai. 

The same day, a business delegation organised by Finpro visited Citec at Mumbai, which included top level company representatives from Indo-Finnish companies. Citec presented the company’s competence, its global offering as well as its top-class industry references.

“In an agro-based country like India, Bio-power has a growing demand. Nevertheless, solar and wind power are also areas where the future is heading towards. Citec is also working on such projects.  Aiming for a cleaner environment, we are proud to support the Energy Ambassador campaign”, says Mr. Nasir Mulani.

CustomerLab along with CII present Legendary Masterclasses of John Kotter and Daniel Pink in Mumbai

-          To register for the full day session of  Leading Change, please visit http://imgyan.com/dl/index_ns.html

-          To register for the full day session of DRIVE, please visit http://imgyan.com/ns/drive_motivation/

Bangalore, October 17, 2013- CustomerLab,a leading consulting company in association with some of the leading minds of the world, along with CII, today announced organizing two unique master classes of the world recognized industry stalwart John Kotter and Daniel Pink at The Leela, Mumbai  on November 20 and 22 respectively.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. M Muneer, CEO  of CustomerLab and author of Capitalising on Customers said, “India today is at the cusp of building  on a global framework. It’s imperative for the Indian business Leaders to recognize and revisit their value proposition and value chain in view of the constantly changing competitive advantages and volatility in the market. The era of blindly imitating the West and hoping for growth within domestic market is over. The time is now for leading the change and driving breakthrough results. It is in this respect that we are bringing these two masterclasses to help Indian leaders become change masters.”

John Kotter (professor emeritus at Havard Business School) identifies eight steps for leading change successfully. He believes in continuous learning thereby emphasising numerous examples of the business managers and their corresponding implications in the age bracket of thirties, forties, fifties. Kotter recognizes immense potential amongst the average managers, who add on accumulating knowledge over the years. Leaders are not always born but trained.

Daniel Pink is a motivational coach, author of various bestsellers books. Pink’s master class will emphasise on the changing environment at the workplace, a whole new mind and the power of highly motivated resource in an organisation.Bringing in change in the culture helps build on organizational capabilities and competencies in the individual who forms the basis of family and organisations.

Masterclasses are branded training programmes, which position and broadcast the learning from the legendary personalities. Masterclasses are unique interactive sessions that are instrumental in helping bridge a strong bonding between the participant and the leadership. For the first time such master classes are being brought to Asia by CII and CustomerLab.

About CustomerLab Solutions:- www.customerlab.biz

CustomerLab is a boutique consulting company in partnership with a number of leading management gurus from around the world. It is a sister company of INNOVATIVE MEDIA, the leaders in seminars, workshops and knowledge management.

CUSTOMERLAB provides several patented tools of leading management and marketing gurus on a platter, direct from them. No other company in the world has such an offering! We have presence across the region in Asia Pacific and Middle East.

For More Information, please contact-

Nishikant –9960672518

nishi@customerlab.biz

WorldVentures Foundation Partners with

Good Shepherd Trust for Children in Zimbabwe

Marks First International Service Day in Region

Plano, TX – Oct.16, 2013–WorldVentures Foundation™, a subsidiary of WorldVentures, today announced that it aligned with the Good Shepherd Trust for Children in Zimbabwe to help its project, the Good Shepherd Children’s Home, of providing a safe refuge for orphaned and disadvantaged children in the Harare area. Together, the organizations helped to refurbish and paint the main house and three buildings on the property. This initiative was part of WorldVentures Foundation’s first “Service Day” in Zimbabwe.

“We hope through the collective efforts, we have made a real impact for the children and community of Zimbabwe,” Gwyneth Lloyd, Executive Director, WorldVentures Foundation said. “Nearly 100 volunteers spent over 500 hours in partnership with the Good Shepherd Trust for Children in Zimbabwe, marking the Foundation’s first international Service Day.”

What resulted was the “crowning achievement” for the Home, Nick Beer, Co-Founder and Trustee, the Good Shepherd Trust for Children in Zimbabwe said. “The Home looks splendid and is now a fitting place for young ladies, and a few young men, to grow to adulthood. All contributors should take immense pride in the results of their hard work.”

Through their work with the Home, Beer continued, the WorldVentures Foundation is furthering their mission of creating change on a global scale for children.

The Service Day in Zimbabwe is one of many efforts by the WorldVentures Foundation to support children, families and underprivileged communities throughout the world.  Other recent service projects have taken place in Mexico, Liberia and Guatemala.

About The WorldVentures Foundation:

Launched in 2010, the WorldVentures Foundation became the philanthropic arm of WorldVentures with a focus on positive global change for children. WorldVentures Independent Representatives and DreamTrips Members are inspired, serving and implementing sustainable economic and environmental solutions within communities around the world.WorldVentures Independent Representatives and DreamTrips Members are the volunteers and driving force behind the WorldVentures Foundation’s Service Days and global initiatives.

For inquiries, contact:

Hadas Sasson-Zitomer
Email: press@worldventures.com

The 2013 edition of the ground breaking High Level Forum on water and sanitation in Africa

 A platform for expanded business opportunities for investors

Ouagadougou - 16^th October 2013, November 21 to 23 High Level Forum on water and sanitation for all in Africa presents an unprecedented opportunity for potential investors in water, sanitation and affordable housing businesses in Africa. The forum assembles Heads of States, Finance Ministers, Water and Sanitation Ministers, investors and donors from southern countries and also from the north, private businesses and trade associations from Africa, and development practitioners with a focus on identifying business opportunities in the water and sanitation sector.

Africa is among the fastest growing regions of the world with an average growth of 5.6% per year. Africa is also fast gaining increasing access to international capital, meaning that the potential for investment and expansion in infrastructure is higher.

Africa’s growth is largely constrained by poor infrastructure. A study conducted by the African Development Bank estimated that the total cost of bridging Africa’s infrastructure gap over the next decade will be about $93 million a year.

In 1980, Africa’s urban population was estimated at 28%. By 2008 it had risen to 40% and projected to reach 50% by 2030.

This rapid urbanization rate has created demand for more infrastructure including housing, water and sanitation systems. To spur the growth, many African governments have strengthened their legal frameworks, policy and strategy regimes, anti-corruption policies, and the quality of their human capital.

In 2000, it was estimated that 59 million households had $5000 or more income above which they start spending roughly 50% on non-food items. By 2014, this figure is expected to increase to 106 million households. Thus many more Africans are prepared to exchange cash for quality service especially in water, sanitation and housing.

Despite these positive trends, the water and sanitation sector has not yet received adequate investor attention in Africa. This state of affair is mostly but arguably attributed to the socialist focused development paradigm for the sector; water and sanitation services were branded as social services with strict governmental controls. This limited the business interest in the sector and led to over-reliance on government investment and charity.

Today about 400 million people living in Africa lack access to clean drinking water, while over 600 million people lack basic sanitation services. Several millions of children die from preventable water and sanitation-related illnesses every year. In Nigeria and Ethiopia for instance, about 97,000 and 33,000 children die every year of diarrheal diseases caused by poor drinking water and sanitation respectively. All the countries with larger economies in Africa including South Africa, Ghana, Sudan, Angola still lose thousands of children every year through water and sanitation-related illnesses.

This realization has triggered the call for a shift in the development orientation for Africa’s water and sanitation sector from social to the inclusion of more economic and financial models.

With focus on south-south cooperation for water and sanitation sector growth in Africa, the 2013 High Level Forum provides the platform for exploring business opportunities with potential partners from India, China, Turkey, Israel, Malaysia, Singapore, Brazil, Taiwan, Japan, not forgetting the continent’s traditional partners from the north. African investors can also explore opportunities outside the continent.

The event, organized by Water and Sanitation for Africa (WSA) in collaboration with the government of Côte d’Ivoire in Abidjan, with sessions like the High Level Panel of Heads of States in Africa and Finance Ministers Roundtable, for instance provides opportunities for direct access to an estimated 25 governments for closer business discussions. There are also opportunities for one-on-one meetings through the Business-to-business and business-to-government sessions. Visit for more information.

More information on investment opportunities Lincoln Opio: lincolnopio@wsafrica.org Tel: +226 74 48 56 59 More information on the High Level Forum 1.       Ali Dissa: hlf@wsafrica.org / alidissa@wsafrica.org Tel : +226 74 48 60 99 2.       The Event Manager hlf2013@wsafrica.org Tel: + 225 20 00 60 30 / +225 20 00 60 31 Media Contacts 1.       Yacine Traore: yacinetraore@wsafrica.org Tel: +226 74 48 54 49 2.       Emmanuel Addai: emmanueladdai@wsafrica.org        Tel: +226 78 89 83 91

Rovia Named ‘North America's Leading Travel Agency’ at 2013 World Travel Awards 

PLANO, TX, 15th October, 2013 - Rovia was named “North America's Leading Travel Agency” at the 2013 World Travel Awards in Antigua and Barbuda. World Travel Awards is one of the most prestigious awards programs in the global travel and tourism industry.

Rovia, a leading online travel agency, has three World Travel Awards nominations and two wins under its belt. The company’s comprehensive booking engine, featuring best-price assurance with its innovative RateShrinker technology, won Rovia the “World’s Leading Travel Booking Website” in 2012.

"It’s an honor to be named a winner in the World Travel Awards,” Rovia President Mike Putman said. “The fact that we’re recognized as North America’s Leading Travel Agency means we’re really continuing to raise the bar of excellence—and the travel industry is taking notice! This esteemed award shows we’re building greater awareness of our brand and is a testament to the level of engagement our Rovia team members have after adopting our new set of core values.”

World Travel Awards program, celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, recognizes brands that push the boundaries of industry excellence. The program is highly comprehensive, honoring several industry segments, such as “Airlines and Airports,” “Hotels and Resorts,” “Honeymoon Destinations,” and “Car Hire.”

About Rovia: Rovia is an award-winning online travel company with offices in South Carolina and Texas. With almost 30 years of experience in the travel industry, Rovia is quickly becoming the largest provider of curated group travel experiences in the world. The company annually produces and manages hundreds of unique pre-packaged experiences for groups numbering from a few dozen to a few thousand.

For inquiries, contact:
Hadas Sasson-Zitomer
Email: press@rovia.com

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