Bharti Foundation contributes over Rs 3 crores for relief operations

New Delhi, September 10, 2008: Bharti Foundation, the philanthropy arm of Bharti Enterprises that provides free education to thousands of underprivileged children by running and managing schools under the Satya Bharti schools programme, today made a contribution of over Rs 3 crores to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund for supporting the government’s relief work in flood affected areas of Bihar and Assam. The cheque was given today to the Hon'ble Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, by Rakesh Bharti Mittal, Vice Chairman of Bharti Enterprises and Co-Chairman, Bharti Foundation.

Mr. Rakesh Bharti Mittal, said, “The recent floods in Bihar and Assam have affected millions of people and the devastation has been truly unfortunate. In this difficult moment for the affected people in the two states, Bharti Foundation would like to support the Government’s relief efforts in a humble but meaningful way, by making a contribution to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund.”

Thousands of employees from across the Bharti Group had volunteered to donate one day’s salary to support the efforts of the Government in undertaking relief measures in the flood affected areas. This amount has been matched in equal by all Bharti companies and Bharti Enterprises.

About Bharti Foundation

Bharti Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Bharti Enterprises was set up in 2000, with a vision to help underprivileged children and young people of our country realize their potential. For over eight years, the Foundation has been creating and supporting programs that bring about sustainable improvement in the field of education. Bharti Foundation implements education programs in the field of both primary and higher education. Under the Satya Bharti School program, Bharti Foundation will set up 500 Satya Bharti Primary Schools and 50 Senior Secondary cum Vocational Training Schools in villages across India.

The school program is being implemented through two models – the first being Bharti Foundation setting up its own schools in rural areas and the second being a Public Private Partnership model under which the Foundation is adopting Government Primary schools. Currently 161 Satya Bharti Primary Schools are operational across the states of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh with more than 15,000 children and over 560 teachers. By 2010 Bharti Foundation aims to reach out to more than 2,00,000 underprivileged children across the country on an ongoing basis.

In addition to the above, Bharti Foundation has also initiated and set up Bharti Computer Centres and Bharti Library and Activity Centres across the country. In order to provide education and training opportunities to young people and develop future leaders and entrepreneurs, Bharti Foundation has set up the Bharti School of Telecommunication Technology and Management at IIT Delhi and partnered with IIT, Bombay to set up the Bharti Centre for Communication. The Bharti Scholarship and Mentorship program has also been instituted to support academically brilliant students from financially weak backgrounds.



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Bharti Airtel Introduces New Payment Options to Purchase iPhone 3G

NEW DELHI - September 07, 2008 - Bharti Airtel today announced the launch of Equal Monthly Installment (EMI) options for customers who want to purchase Apple iPhone 3G. Bharti Airtel, in partnership with VISA, will offer easy financing options for all VISA cardholders of ICICI bank, HDFC bank, SBI Cards and Citibank.

“Our partnership with VISA will provide a new opportunity for consumers who aspire to own the revolutionary iPhone 3G,” said, Sanjay Gupta, Chief Marketing Officer, Mobile Services, Bharti Airtel. “The EMI options have been designed to make it simple, convenient and affordable to purchase iPhone 3G. We are confident that initiatives such as these will further widen the market of iPhone 3G in India.”

VISA card holders of ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, SBI Cards and Citibank intending to purchase iPhone 3G can visit select Airtel Relationship Centres for more details regarding the EMI options. SBI Card holders can call 39020202 or 1800 180 1290 (if calling from BSNL/MTNL line) within 10 days of purchasing iPhone 3G to benefit from the EMI options. Citibank card holders should contact Citibank Customer Care and request for EMI conversion.

ICICI Bank HDFC Bank SBI Cards Citibank
Tenure (Months) 9 12 3 6 12 6 12 24 3 6 9 12
EMI 8GB (Rs) 3444 2583 10333 5167 2583 5529 2945 1654 10680 5472 3738 2872
EMI 16GB(Rs) 4011 3008 12033 6017 3008 6438 3430 1926 12437 6372 4353 3344
Interest rate - - 14% 20%
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Pre closure fees 0% 0% 3% 3%
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iPhone 3G is priced at Rs 31,000 for 8GB and Rs 36,100 for 16GB version. The 16GB iPhone is available in two colours - black and white. Customers can purchase iPhone 3G from Airtel Relationship Centres across 65 cities. Airtel customers who wish to receive more information on iPhone 3G can log on to http://www.airtel.in/iphone3g.



About Bharti Airtel Limited:

Bharti Airtel Limited, a group company of Bharti Enterprises, is India’s leading integrated telecom services provider with an aggregate of 75 million customers. Bharti Airtel has been rated among the best performing companies in the world in the BusinessWeek IT 100 list 2007.

Bharti Airtel is structured into three strategic business units - Mobile services, Telemedia services and Enterprise services. The mobile business provides mobile & fixed wireless services using GSM technology across 23 telecom circles. The Telemedia business provides broadband & telephone services in 94 cities and is foraying into the IPTV and DTH segments. The Enterprise business provides end-to-end telecom solutions to corporate customers and national & international long distance services to carriers. All these services are provided under the Airtel brand. Airtel’s high-speed optic fibre network currently spans over 78,540 kms covering all the major cities in the country. The company has two international landing stations in Chennai that connects two submarine cable systems - i2i to Singapore and SEA-ME-WE-4 to Europe. For more information, visit www.bhartiairtel.in



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BPL Mobile chants ’Bappa Morya!’ with ‘GaneshChaturthi@Café’

Ring in the festive spirit with capsules of the movie

‘Bal Ganesh’ now available to BPL Mobile subscribers


Download ring tones of mantras, aartis, bhajans, shlokas, colorful Ashtavinayak and Bal Ganesh wallpapers, games and much more



Mumbai, September 5th, 2008: BPL Mobile, Mumbai’s leading mobile service provider, launched ‘GaneshChaturthi@Cafe’ on its WAP portal @Cafe, to add to the festive fervor and excitement. The hit animated movie “Bal Ganesh’ will also be available to BPL Mobile subscribers.


Broken into a mini movie, each one minute capsule of Bal Ganesh depicts the life and times of Lord Ganesh. Other festive wallpapers, ring tones, video’s among aartis and bhajans add to the excitement and reverence of the festival making it more relevant and enriching for children and the family alike.


With GaneshChaturthi@Cafe, BPL Mobile subscribers can download colorful Ashtavinayak and Bal Ganesh wallpapers, animations, exciting games, polytones and true tones of mantras, aartis, bhajans, shlokas, and even dedicate them to their loved ones. While callers can even dedicate pre-recorded Ganesh Chaturthi greetings, ringtones of Ganesh Chaturthi Songs can also be downloaded for free.


BPL Mobile subscribers can even enhance their knowledge of the history & significance of Lord Ganesha, know the exact rituals, learn recipe of modaks, download shlokas and gather their meaning as well.


With ‘Ganesh Apps@Cafe’, for Rs.49/ per application, BPL Mobile subscribers can now invoke the Vighnaharta‘s blessings to gain knowledge, wisdom and wealth every time they begin a new venture.

This festive season, BPL Mobile subscribers can decorate their mobile phones as well with colorful wallpapers, and slide shows of Shri Ganesha from the ‘Ganesha Calendar’ and ‘Ganesha Slide Show’.


Commenting on the very essence of presenting ‘GaneshChaturthi@Cafe’ on the BPL Mobile phone, Mr Sunzay Passari, VP - VAS and Devices said, “In an endeavor to provide the best of content to our subscribers, we have brought one of the most popular animated movie, Bal Ganesh to the mobile. With this service, our customers can now see mini clips of the movie on their BPL Mobile phone. This is just another step in our constant endeavor to provide our customers with great value added services.”


Striking a perfect harmony of devotion and excitement in the air, BPL Mobile also presents ‘Ganesh Games@Cafe’, a variety of games where one has to help Bal Ganesh cross hurdles and reach home safe, or keep an eye on the Laddoo that tempt the mice, etc. at Rs. 49 per download.


Acknowledging the fact that joys of festivities double up with mega prizes, BPL Mobile has exciting ways in which you can win big. More the number of downloads the user goes for, more the number of ‘modaks’ (points) he/ she collects allowing the user to redeem prizes. On 55789: For a few easy questions related to Ganesh Chaturthi; the Puja, rituals, significance of Lord Ganesha and the mythologies centered around him, callers with maximum score will be entitled to win exciting prizes.


About BPL Mobile

Having started its services in 1995, BPL Mobile distinguishes itself as the longest serving telecom brand in the country, currently operates in Mumbai, India and today serves over 1 million happy and satisfied subscribers. In the Voice and Data Mobile User Satisfaction Survey 2007, which assessed Cellular Mobile Services across all GSM and CDMA service providers, BPL Mobile emerged as the cellular service provider in Mumbai delivering the highest customer satisfaction. BPL Mobile is one of the very few cellular service providers nationally to have met all benchmarks on parameters set by TRAI and we stand alongside only two other operators across the country who surpassed the stiff 90% qualifying benchmark by TRAI. Being in the service industry and customer centricity being at the core, BPL Mobile also ranked #1 in Customer care. Since 2005 we have consistently excelled and led the pack for three years running, going to prove how well we understand customer service. We have consistently met and exceeded TRAI benchmarks according to the Report on the Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators, 2007. BPL Mobile also credits itself as the first operator in the country to offer GPRS/MMS, Caller Ring Tunes and also launch IN (Intelligent Network).


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C-DAC signs a Memorandum of Understanding with NIC to employ BOSS Linux for e-Governance applications

Key features of BOSS V 3.0 :

· Comprises 18 desktop Indian languages
· Bulk document converter
· GIMP: High-End Image Editor
· PDF Viewer which enables to edit documents
· RSS Feed Reader which can be used in websites to retrieve all the information in that website displayed
in Human Readable format.
· Bluetooth for short range communication
· Desktop sharing and Remote Desktop Connection

Mumbai, September 5, 2008: The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with National Informatics Center (NIC), to implement BOSS Linux on select eGovernance projects developed and maintained by NIC. The MoU was signed by Mr. M. R. Rajagopalan, Director, C-DAC, Chennai and Mr. T. A. Khan, DDG, NIC.
On this occasion CDAC also launched Bharat Operating Systems Solutions (BOSS) Linux software version 3.0 developed by NRCFOSS (National Resource Centre for Free/Open Source Software).
The scope of this strategic alliance between C-DAC and NIC is to implement the latest 3.0 version of BOSS Linux, developed by NRCFOSS, in selected eGovernance projects maintained by NIC. The latest 3.0 version of BOSS has a series of additional features such as GNOME, KDE desktop environment, Bulk Document Converter and supports 18 desktop Indian languages. The software is also endowed with Bluetooth for short range of communications along with salient features like RSS Feed Reader and PDF Viewer to edit documents.
Speaking on the launch of BOSS 3.0 version, Shri. S. Ramakrishnan, Director General, C-DAC said, "C-DAC is committed on developing software solutions that are technologically advanced, yet providing value to Indian user community. Our constant endeavor to increase the adoption of computing among a wide cross section of Indian users, especially those in government first time users and Indian language centric users. NRCFOSS has achieved another milestone by launching the advanced version of BOSS. The accessibility of BOSS V 3.0 in government organizations, SME's and educational institutions will further increase usability and help bridge the digital divide in India as the software can now support 18 desktop languages."
Signing the MOU with NIC, Mr. M R Rajagopalan, Director, C-DAC , Chennai said, " We have a long term commitment to develop software solutions which would aid eGovernance and bridge the digital divide in India. BOSS has received an overwhelming response in the market over the years. We look forward to sharing our rich expertise to build advanced solutions for various sectors of the economy. This MoU is a significant step in our e-governance initiatives in India and a ratification of our continued commitment to develop open source, with Linux."
Mr. T A Khan, DDG, NIC says, "We are happy to be associated with a prestigious organization like C-DAC. We are confident that their expertise will add great value to the eGovernance projects developed by us. This association is in line with our strategic vision to expand our capabilities in eGovernance. The MoU marks a step forward in further establishing our commitment to India ."
The MoU would encourage the procurement of Linux compatible devices for the use of e-Governance applications. NIC will identify suitable e-Governance applications for deployment of BOSS and utilize C-DAC's expertise in Linux software. C-DAC in turn would support telephonic, e-mail and portal delivery mechanism for the eGovernance program of NIC.
About C-DAC: Established in 1988, C DAC, the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing is an autonomous scientific society of the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of the Government of India. C DAC is primarily an R & D institution involved in the design, development and deployment of advanced Information Technology (IT) based solutions. In a little over a decade since inception, C-DAC has developed and supplied a range of high performance parallel computers, known as the PARAM series of supercomputers. C-DAC's development activities in this area have been mission oriented and driven by its mission objectives, both in technology and application developments.
About NIC: National Informatics Centre (NIC) of the Department of Information Technology is providing network backbone and e-Governance support to Central Government, State Governments, UT Administrations, Districts and other Government bodies. It offers a wide range of ICT services including Nationwide Communication Network for decentralised planning, improvement in Government services and wider transparency of national and local Governments. NIC assists in implementing Information Technology Projects, in close collaboration with Central and State Governments, in the areas of (a) Centrally sponsored schemes and Central sector schemes, (b) State sector and State sponsored projects, and (c) District Administration sponsored projects. NIC endeavours to ensure that the latest technology in all areas of IT is available to its users.



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All - new i20 to be revealed at the Paris Motor Show

New Delhi, September 3rd 2008: Six new Hyundai models will make their international debut at this year`s Paris "Mondial de l`automobile". Hyundai Motor Company will use this event to showcase several production - ready vehicles designed and built for Europe, as well as demonstrate its `green` credentials with two innovative concepts, the eye-catching Coupe show – car and the premium sedan Genesis. Taking centre stage for its World Premiere will be the all-new i20 sub - compact, set to become a best-seller in the European Hyundai range. Also debuting will be the i20 blue concept, the latest model in Hyundai`s i-blue range of advanced low emissions concepts. Alongside the eye-catching i20 will be the luxurious seven-seat ix55 sports utility vehicle, and Hyundai`s eco-friendly Santa Fe as Petrol-Electric Hybrid concept. All-new i20 The all-new i20 sub- compact, due to be launched in Europe towards the end of 2008, will be a highly significant addition to the new generation of Hyundai vehicles identified by the `i` prefix. Designed at Hyundai`s European Design Centre in Russelsheim, Germany, the chic new five-door i20 rides on a longer wheelbase than its predecessor model, the Getz, giving the i20 an athletic stance and spacious interior architecture. Featuring Hyundai`s distinctive design motifs – a bold chrome-topped grille flanked by piercing teardrop headlamps at the front and striking stacked rear light clusters – the i20`s modern lines are further strengthened by neat detailing, including colour-co-ordinated bumpers, sills and wing mirror. The well-packaged interior boasts generous levels of standard equipment.
Kun Hee Ahn. President for Hyundai Motor Europe commented, "The i20 was designed and engineered to meet European tastes and needs. It was built on an entirely new platform and much of the ride and handling development took place on European roads, which has created a firm and agile drive. At HME, we are confident the i20 will succeed in the fast paced sub compact sector, as it offers much more in terms standard equipment, fuel economy, interior space and style than many of its competitors."The i20 will be manufactured at Hyundai Motor India`s manufacturing facility in Chennai, IndiaAbout HMIL Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Company, South Korea and is the second largest and the fastest growing car manufacturer in India. HMIL presently markets 30 variants of passenger cars across segments. The Santro in the B segment, the Getz Prime and the i10 in the B+ segment, the Accent and the Verna in the C segment, the Sonata Embera in the E segment and the Tucson in the SUV segment.Hyundai Motor India, continuing its tradition of being the fastest growing passenger car manufacturer, registering total sales of 327,160 vehicles in the calendar year (CY) 2007, an increase of 9.2 percent over CY 2006. In the domestic market it clocked a growth of 7.6 percent as compared to 2006 with 200,412 units, while overseas sales grew by 11.8 percent, with exports of 126,748 units.HMIL’s fully integrated state-of-the-art manufacturing plant near Chennai boasts of the most advanced production, quality and testing capabilities in the country. In continuation of its commitment to provide the Indian customer with global technology, HMIL has set up its second plant, which produces an additional 300,000 units per annum, raising HMIL’s total production capacity to 600,000 units per annum.HMIL is investing to expand capacity in line with its positioning as HMC’s global export hub for compact cars. Apart from expansion of production capacity, HMIL plans to expand its dealer network, which will be increased from 230 to 300 this year. The year 2007 has been a significant year for Hyundai Motor India. It achieved a significant milestone by rolling out the fastest 400,000th export car. Hyundai exports to over 90 countries globally; even as it plans to continue its thrust in existing export markets, it is gearing up to step up its foray into new markets. The year just ended also saw Hyundai Motor India attaining other milestones with the launch of the i10 and yet another path-breaking record in its young journey by rolling out the fastest 1,500,000th car. Hyundai’s new model i10 which made its global debut here in India in October, 2007 made a clean sweep of all the ‘Car of the Year 2008’ awards from the leading automotive magazines and TV channels like BS Motoring, CNBC-TV18 AutoCar, NDTV Profit Car & Bike India and Overdrive magazine. The i10 is also the choice of the discerning automotive media of the country as they conferred the prestigious ‘Indian Car of the Year’ (ICOTY) award to the i10 as well. The i10 bagged these awards on the basis of excellence in build quality, handling, driver comfort, safety and ride quality.The Santro and the Accent also received the ‘TNS Voice of the Customer - 2008’ award for the Premium Compact Car (Santro) and the Entry Mid size Car (Accent). In March 2008 it achieved yet another milestone by rolling out the fastest 500,000th export car.Last year, the Hyundai Verna bagged some of the most prestigious awards starting with the title of "Car of the Year 2007" by India`s leading automotive publication – Overdrive, the “Best Mid-size Car of the Year” award by the NDTV Profit Car & Bike India Awards 2007, the “Best Value for Money Car” by the CNBC Autocar Auto awards and ‘Performance Car of the Year 2007’ from Business Standard Motoring.Hyundai cars have been a favorite at all awards ceremonies and have always been winning awards. Our models like Sonata Embera won the ‘Executive Car of The Year 2006’ award from Business Standard Motoring Magazine and NDTV Profit Car & Bike India declared the Tucson as the ‘SUV of The Year 2006’. Not only this, HMIL has also been awarded the benchmark ISO 14001 certification for its sustainable environment management practices.For further information contact:VAnand Hyundai Motor India Ltd. email: anandv@hmil.net Aparna Srivastava IPAN email: aparna.srivastava@ipan.com

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UFO Moviez Ltd, the world’s largest digital cinema network

UFO Moviez Ltd, the world’s largest digital cinema network, is the media initiative of the over USD 1 billion Apollo Group led by Mr. Onkar Singh Kanwar, Chairman and Managing Director, Apollo Group.
UFO Moviez, the path-breaking initiative, is spearheaded by founder directors Raaja Kanwar and Sanjay Gaikwad, professionals from the Media and Gaming Industry with rich and varied experience in Gaming, Technology, Television, Internet, Retail and Marketing. Set to revolutionize the way films are distributed and exhibited in India through its pioneering technology and infrastructure, UFO Moviez envisages a ‘FIRST DAY FIRST SHOW’ regime for film distributors and cinema owners across the country. The Company's strength lies in its innovative business approach, execution skills and focus on technology enabled business innovations.
Recently 3i, one of the worlds leading investment funds dealing in technology and innovative products took a strategic stake in UFO by investing Rs.1000 Million. The funds will be utilised to fuel UFO growth plans worldwide.
Today with over 1000 digital cinema installations, UFO has taken the Indian film industry by storm. Within a short span of one and a half years, the Company has become the worldwide market leader in its area of operations offering end-to-end digital cinema solutions and delivering films via satellite directly to theatres using a unique pay per show business model.
UFO is shortly being rolled out in UAE, Europe, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Mauritius, Nepal, Sri Lanka by the end of 2007 with 1000 installations
CORPORATE STRUCTURE
UFO Moviez Ltd., the holding company under which UFO operates, has two main subsidiaries namely,
UFO India Ltd. – Indian Operations
UFO International Ltd. based in Cyprus – International Operations for Europe and rest of the world.
AREA OF OPERATION – SATELLITE DELIVERY BASED DIGITAL CINEMA PLATFORM
UFO digital cinema offers complete end-to-end digital cinema solutions to the global film fraternity. It integrates the diversified sectors of producers, distributors and exhibitors into one cohesive unit even as it remains a pure infrastructure service provider but at the same time it ensures that it does not disturb any of the existing business models in the film industry.
UFO invests in the digital cinema equipment it provides to the theatres, coordinates with producers for the content, encodes, encrypts and delivers the content for the distributors. Thus all in all UFO provides the complete digital cinema platform to the film industry.
UFO adopted a unique business model wherein it took on the cost of the investment and provided the digital cinema system to theatres on a refundable deposit.
UFO charges usage-based fees. This essentially means there are no fixed overheads on the exhibitor or even the distributor. They pay only for the shows used by them.
UFO- THE JOURNEY SO FAR
More than 400,000 screenings till date using UFO technology
Delivering to cinemas first day first show directly via satellite
More than 375 films released in 12 different languages
UFO appointed as a member of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry’s core group on “Anti Piracy and Exhibition sectors”.
UFO invited to share the anti piracy features of its digital cinema technology at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), 3rd global congress on “Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy “in Geneva.
UFO recipient of the IIFA Innovation Award in Indian Cinema at Yorkshire in June 2007.
UFO only Indian company to be a Member of BASCAP, a high-powered body of the International Chamber of Commerce, Paris.
Recognizing UFO’s unique technology, its parent company Apollo International Limited has been made a Member of Global Growth Companies by the World Economic Forum.
UFO MOVIEZ LTD. Collaborators
DG2L Technologies, world leader in MPEG-4 based next generation media solutions provide UFO end-to-end digital Cinema Solutions and is supplying the digital cinema technology to UFO.
UFO has acquired a 51% stake in the digital cinema technology solution and now UFO plans to market the solution in other principal film markets of the world. With this acquisition UFO controls the high definition MPEG 4 worldwide
Hughes Escorts Communications Limited is the Indian joint venture of Hughes Network Systems (HNS). Hughes Network Systems Inc is a leading supplier of broadband satellite and wireless products, services & networks. It provides UFO with Satellite and Bandwidth Services.
Digital Projection International (DPI) manufactures and distributes an extensive and expanding line of ultra high-performance 3-chip and single-chip DLPT projection systems to UFO. It is the first Company to manufacture DLP projectors for Digital Cinema, it has tied up with technology giant Microsoft for Digital Cinema in USA. It also supplies projectors for OSCARs. The company has secured a prestigious contract from UK Films Corporation for Digital Cinema.
Panasonic Projection Systems, one of the world’s largest electronics products manufacturers, through their Indian Partner also supplies DLP projectors to UFO.
Prime Focus Ltd and Famous Studios Ltd, leading studios in Mumbai, provide content digitization services to UFO

UFO MOVIEZ LTD.
The key members of the UFO team are:
Mr. Onkar Singh Kanwar -- Chairman
Mr. Raaja Kanwar, Vice Chairman
Mr. Sanjay Gaikwad, Founder & Executive Director
Mr. Kapil Kumar Agarwal, Director
Management Team
Indian Operations
Mr. Rajesh Mishra, CEO - Indian Operations
Mr. Sanjay Chavan, Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Pankaj Jaysinh, COO Exhibition
Mr. Ashish Malushte, Vice President-Finance and Accounts
Mr. Deepak Ranjan, National Head - Ad Sales
International Operations
Mr. Vishnoo Patel, CEO- International Operations (ROTW))
Mr. Bruno Mertens – CEO Europe Operations
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FROPPER.COM WIDENS ECO GANPATI’S REACH TO TOUCH ALL PARTS OF MUMBAI

~Ties-up with the Mayor to popularize the concept of artificial ponds~
~ Joins hands with Ruia College students for a post-Visarjan cleanliness drive ~
Fropper has always believed in taking up issues, which are pertinent to the India of today; and environment conservation is a huge concern. We introduced Eco Ganpati last year to create awareness about the effects of harmful chemicals on marine life, and we received such an overwhelming response that it made us believe that we were on the right track. In its second year, this initiative is our way of giving back to Mother Nature, and to unite the youth over a social cause, which affects their future. We request all devotees of Ganpati to be kind to the environment and visit www.ecoganpati.com to know more about how you can support the cause – Navin Mittal, Business Head – Fropper.comMumbai 1st September, 2008: Reiterating its social commitment this festive season, Fropper.com, People Group’s friendship & social networking site, is back with its unique Eco Ganpati initiative for the second year in a row. In order to highlight the importance of environmental friendly festivities and heightened civic responsibility during Ganesh Utsav, the portal has joined hands with the Mayor of Mumbai and the students of Ruia College to take the cause of Eco Ganpati to a wider audience. Fropper.com has also tied up with e-Coexist.com to promote the sales of eco-friendly Ganpatis.
Going by its indigenous mission of ‘social networking for a social cause’, Fropper.com has taken upon itself to educate the masses about the concept of artificial ponds, an initiative being fronted by the Mayor of Mumbai – Dr. Shubha Raul. Fropper.com will be promoting this initiative on its site www.ecoganpati.com and will also be providing details of various Mumbai locations where the ponds have been put up by BMC. The Mayor will also be participating in a special Eco- Ganpati pooja organized by Fropper.com at its Mumbai office in the first week of September.
A lot of families bring home Ganesh idols during the Ganpati festival; we have built artificial ponds across various locations in Mumbai for them to carry out the immersions. I request all Ganpati devotees to be environment conscious this year and encourage them to immerse their Ganpati idols in these artificial ponds instead of natural water bodies. It is every individual’s responsibility to conserve the environment…so let’s be responsible this Ganpati festival – Dr. Shuba Raul, Mayor of MumbaiIn addition to the tie-up with the Mayor, Fropper.com has reached out to college students and tied up with Ruia College for a post immersion cleanliness drive that the portal will be organizing on the 15th September at Girgaum Chowpatty. The cleanliness drive will see students, Fropper.com members and its employees come together in a bid to save the environment. With this drive, Fropper.com aims at taking an online initiative offline by providing key communities such as students and members an opportunity to support a cause they believe in.
Fropper.com will continue to emphasize the need of using idols made out of biodegradable materials like Shaadu (natural clay) and painted with natural colours like turmeric, multani mitti and geroo unlike the usual Plaster of Paris (POP) and toxic chemical dyes. Joining hands with e-Coexist.com, the social networking site is encouraging all devotees to celebrate this Ganesh Chaturthi the eco friendly way.

This is the second year of Fropper.com’s Eco Ganpati initiative; last year over 2000 signed an online petition to ban the use of POP in making Ganesh idols. The petition was then presented to the Mayor of Mumbai - Dr. Shubha Raul.

About Fropper.com
Fropper.com is India’s first friendship & social networking site and is a part of Anupam Mittal led People Group. Launched in 2003 with a vision of becoming the hangout place for Indians worldwide, Fropper.com has worked on a simple principle -No one’s a Stranger. Today, Fropper.com has more than 3.5 million members who use the platform to share, interact and connect with like-minded people & make new friends. With features such as Photo & Video Sharing, Blogging, Authenticated Groups, Personalized Zones etc., Fropper.com has become the preferred place for Indians from India & across the world to hang out & stay connected.

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