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Volume 4 | Issue 30 August 8, 2014 Premium accessories brand, Tumi, now at Quest Tumi organised the official launch of its outlet at CESC Properties’ Quest Mall on 31 st July 2014. Sanjiv Goenka and Preeti Goenka attended the launch. Other celebrity guests included Madhu Neotia, Indrani Dasgupta, Shaun Kenworthy and Pinky Kenworthy. The event was hosted by Ratul and Komal Sood. Finger food was served by Glob- al Kitchens while Ciroc had organised a special cocktail counter for the event. Sanjay Kapoor, the owner of Genesis Luxury, was present to greet the guests. Tumi is an international brand of premium travel, business and lifestyle accessories. Its design excel- lence appeals to the world’s most sophisticated and demanding consumers who choose only the best in- ternational brands to complement their unique life- styles. The brand is sold in 200 stores from New York to Paris to London and Tokyo, as well as the world’s top department and specialty stores and travel retail in more than 65 countries. Tumi’s success over the past three decades can be traced to its continual focus on its founding principles of design excellence, func- tional superiority, technical innovation, best-in-class quality and outstanding customer service. Preeti and Sanjiv Goenka with the city glitterati at the Tumi launch
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Volume 4 | Issue 30 August 8, 2014
Premium accessories brand, Tumi, now at Quest
Tumi organised the official launch of its outlet at CESC Properties’ Quest Mall on 31st July 2014. Sanjiv Goenka and Preeti Goenka attended the launch. Other celebrity guests included Madhu Neotia, Indrani Dasgupta, Shaun Kenworthy and Pinky Kenworthy. The event was hosted by Ratul and Komal Sood. Finger food was served by Glob-al Kitchens while Ciroc had organised a special cocktail counter for the event. Sanjay Kapoor, the owner of Genesis Luxury, was present to greet the guests. Tumi is an international brand of premium travel,
business and lifestyle accessories. Its design excel-lence appeals to the world’s most sophisticated and demanding consumers who choose only the best in-ternational brands to complement their unique life-styles. The brand is sold in 200 stores from New York to Paris to London and Tokyo, as well as the world’s top department and specialty stores and travel retail in more than 65 countries. Tumi’s success over the past three decades can be traced to its continual focus on its founding principles of design excellence, func-tional superiority, technical innovation, best-in-class quality and outstanding customer service.
Preeti and Sanjiv Goenka with the city glitterati at the Tumi launch
On 1st August 2014, CESC held a communications meeting at Indian Management Institute (IMI), Kolkata. The meet was an initiative taken to im-prove internal communication, based on the feed-back received. Although this was the second meet being held, the concept was fairly new and an ex-cited buzz was palpable throughout the auditori-um. The meeting began with Aniruddha Basu, Manging Director—CESC, and Goutam Ray, ED—HR & Admin, CESC, establishing an informal mood, and encouraging free flowing conversa-tions. They also spoke about the direction that
the company aims to take this year, that is, transfor-mation. In every sector, the company is looking to transform itself to be better, be it distribution, com-munication, customer relations or employee interac-tion. The meet continued with employees putting forth their points regarding the Performance Management System which were readily answered. Some enthusi-astic participants brought up certain customer related issues which they thought needed to be discussed. An overall interactive, informal occasion, CESC hopes to organise more of such events.
CESC organizes communications meet
CESC’s mobile units spread safety awareness
CESC recently inaugurated two special purpose mobile display branding units to educate and in-form consumers on the importance of safety. The vans were flagged off from CESC House by Sanjoy Chakraborti, Executive Director-Generation and Abhijit Bose, Executive Director-Distribution (Technical). The vans are decked in jazzy designs and have in-stantly caught the attention of consumers. People across Kolkata city have been spotted capturing the billboards on their phone cameras. Both the vans are criss-crossing CESC’s entire 567 sq. km licensed area. Their journey will culminate at Sci-ence City on 9th August 2014, the date on which CESC will be celebrating Safety Day. Given below are some reactions from excited consumers about CESC’s latest initiative: Arti Aney, PhD student: “CESC’s effort is praiseworthy. Safety is a very tricky issue and most of us don’t know the nuances of electrical safety. We are glad that CESC came out on their own and tried to educate us.” Priyobrata Chatterjee, lawyer: “In London, I have seen how people are warned against in-stalling switchboards that are easily accessible
inside toilets. They are always installed above the normal access point. I am glad that CESC has tak-en this major public service initiative that I am sure will save many hundred lives. Commendable!” Snehalata Samaddar, homemaker: “It’s tough to make kids understand why they should not touch switchboards, which they consider fancy playthings! When the huge mobile billboards were parked in front of my home, I could talk to them quite persuasively about the consequences. I think they will stay away from switchboards for some time to come!” Rajat Bose, businessman: “When most compa-nies try to lure their consumers into buying their products, here is one organisation that is actually spending money to make consumers understand the importance of staying alive. I am overwhelmed by this initiative. It’s a wonderful gesture from CESC.” Amit Panja, auto-rickshaw driver: “Though these moving vans create traffic problems, I think it’s the first time that I have seen a message that I truly loved. Safety is the most underrated and oft-ignored aspect of life. We only realise its im-portance when we receive a sudden electrical shock.”
The CESC team won the 39th edition of the prestigious hockey tournament organised by the All India Electricity Sports Control Board. The tournament had 13 top teams from across India com-peting for the trophy. In the finals, CESC beat the Punjab State Board team in a keenly contested match played at the Kurukshetra University grounds in Haryana. The match-winning goal was scored by CESC’s Edmond Kerketta. Anil Praful Ekka was the captain of the CESC team, which regained the trophy after a four-year hiatus.
CESC lifts winner’s trophy at hockey tournament
A paper on “Best practices in deployment of a state-of-the art datacenter”, written by Pallab Ganguly, Assistant Manager of CESC’s CIS (Corporate Information Systems) department, has been accepted at Interop Delhi (http://www.ubmindia.in/interop-Delhi/), among India’s most prestigious technology events. Mr Ganguly presented the paper to a distin-guished audience on 25th July 2014 in Delhi.
CIS’ Assistant Manager recognised at Interop Delhi
Saregama remembers Kishore Kumar on 85th birth anniversary
Saregama India released an infograph-ic commemorating the legend-ary singer Kishore Kumar on his 85th birth anniversary on 4thAugust 2014. A man who donned many hats, Kishore was one of the most versatile performers in the history of Indian cinema. In the infographic(click here to view), the major aspects of Kishore’s life and career are covered in alphabetical order. From A, which stands for Amitabh Bachchan, to Z, for Ziddi, his first film as singer, the infographic provides an in-depth view of Kishoreda, as he was affectionately known. Many anecdotes about his eccen-tricities and quotes from his peers find mention in the infographic. Some of his interesting films, such as Chalti Ka
Naam Gaadi and Jhumroo, are covered. His family history, childhood and siblings are also featured. In addition to this, there are numbers and statistics to demon-strate the sheer volume and variety of his formidable body of work.
Born into the now illustrious Ganguly family in Khandwa, a town in Madhya Pradesh, Kishore was recognized as a special talent at quite an early age. Although his elder brother Ashok Kumar was an established actor by the time Kishore became associated with films, he slowly came into his own—first as a play-back singer, and then as an actor, director, musician, scriptwriter and stage performer. Besides singing for himself in many films, Kishore lent his voice extensive-ly to superstars Dev Anand, Rajesh Khanna
and Amitabh Bachchan. In an age when film heroes and comic actors were considered two different enti-ties, he introduced the concept of the comic hero in Indian cinema. The company has already come out with infographics on other legendary figures in Indian music, such as RD Burman, M Balamuralikrishna and Mohd Rafi. In an age where viral is the mantra, these infographics are the best way to interact with music aficionados. Avinash Mudaliar, head of Internet Services and Prod-ucts at Saregama, had this to say, “Kishore Kumar spans generations and personifies many aspects of Hin-di cinema to a lot of people. His 85th birth anniversary is a major event and a cause for celebration. With this infographic, we have attempted to bring this information in an exciting format to the Internet genera-tion.” You can also find the infographic on Saregama’s Facebook page.
Saregama remembers Kishore Kumar on 85th birth anniversary (contd.)
IMI journal clocks highest sales among peers
Global Business Review (GBR), the widely circulated management journal that is published by IMI, in association with Sage Publications, clocked sales of Rs 36.99 lakh in FY2013-14. About 44% of the gross sales were generated from Sage Publications’ UK website (www.uk.sagepub.com) from where premier management institutions worldwide download the journal every quarter. In fact, the academic publishing industry recognises GBR as the highest grossing management jour-nal published from India. The graph below gives the geographical spread of GBR’s institutional subscriber base.
The GBR editorial board, which is headed by Dr Arindam Banik, Director-IMI Kolkata and Dis-tinguished Professor, IMI Delhi, expects to clock over Rs 50 lakh in revenues by the end of the current financial year. The GBR’s excellent editorial quality and wide readership has helped raise the profile of the IMIs significantly. A Thomson-Reuters listing is also expected soon. The listing will lead to not only wider circulation and visibility for GBR, but also ensure article con-tributions from a larger base of management experts from around the globe.
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Spencer’s launches e-wellness portal
It was a remarkable achievement for Quest Mall when it recorded more than a million in footfalls in July 2014. Quest Mall, which has completed 9 months of operations, reached footfall of a million within a month for the first time. In the month of July, the festival of Eid created quite a buzz and the footfalls crossed one lakh over the weekend itself. The QUEST Kids initiative too helped in successfully driving the footfalls. Every store saw a double folded jump in their monthly business because of the end-of-season sale.
Quest records a million footfalls in July
Spencer’s has launched an e-wellness portal to raise health awareness among its employees. The portal is aimed at helping them lead a healthier life and achieve better work-life balance, thus ena-bling increased productivity. The portal is availa-ble to all employees and family members of Spen-cer’s Retail Ltd at Grade F and above. The portal has been developed in collaboration with ICICI Lombard. It features an eminent and highly regarded panel of doctors, specialists, nu-tritionists and dieticians. Other key features of the portal include:
Online service offerings like “Ask a Doctor/
Specialist/Nutritionist” and live chat with doc-tors. The “Ask a Doctor” service can also be used through a mobile Android app developed by healthcaremagic.com
General awareness on wellness through aware-ness mailers, WHO (World Health Organisa-tion) calendar mailers, newsletters on healthy living, tip of the day, forthcoming health events, health calculators and SMS tips
Each employee receives a unique user lD and password. They can access the information through the My Spencer’s HR portal. They can also create separate profiles for their family members
