Premium accessories brand, Tumi, now at Quest

Volume 4 | Issue 30
August 8, 2014
Premium accessories brand, Tumi, now at Quest
Preeti and Sanjiv Goenka with the city glitterati at the Tumi launch
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 Global 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 excellence appeals to the world’s most sophisticated and
demanding consumers who choose only the best international brands to complement their unique lifestyles. 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, functional superiority, technical innovation, best-in-class
quality and outstanding customer service.
CESC organizes communications meet
On 1st August 2014, CESC held a communications
meeting at Indian Management Institute (IMI),
Kolkata. The meet was an initiative taken to improve internal communication, based on the feedback received. Although this was the second meet
being held, the concept was fairly new and an excited buzz was palpable throughout the auditorium. The meeting began with Aniruddha Basu,
Manging Director—CESC, and Goutam Ray, ED—
HR & Admin, CESC, establishing an informal
mood, and encouraging free flowing conversations. They also spoke about the direction that
the company aims to take this year, that is, transformation. In every sector, the company is looking to
transform itself to be better, be it distribution, communication, customer relations or employee interaction.
The meet continued with employees putting forth
their points regarding the Performance Management
System which were readily answered. Some enthusiastic 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’s mobile units spread safety awareness
CESC recently inaugurated two special purpose
mobile display branding units to educate and inform 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 instantly 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 Science 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 installing switchboards that are easily accessible
inside toilets. They are always installed above the
normal access point. I am glad that CESC has taken 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 companies 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 oftignored aspect of life. We only realise its importance when we receive a sudden electrical
shock.”
CESC lifts winner’s trophy at hockey tournament
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 competing 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.
CIS’ Assistant Manager recognised at Interop Delhi
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 distinguished audience on 25th July 2014 in Delhi.
Saregama remembers Kishore Kumar on 85th birth anniversary
Saregama India released an infographic
commemorating
the
legendary 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 eccentricities 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 demonstrate 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 playback singer, and then as an actor, director,
musician, scriptwriter and stage performer.
Besides singing for himself in many
films, Kishore lent his voice extensively to superstars Dev Anand, Rajesh Khanna
Saregama remembers Kishore Kumar on 85th birth anniversary
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and Amitabh Bachchan. In an age when film heroes and comic actors were considered two different entities, 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 Products at Saregama, had this to say, “Kishore Kumar spans generations and personifies many aspects of Hindi 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 generation.”
You can also find the infographic on Saregama’s Facebook page.
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 journal 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 Distinguished 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 contributions from a larger base of management experts from around the globe.
Spencer’s launches e-wellness portal
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 enabling increased productivity. The portal is available to all employees and family members of Spencer’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, nutritionists and dieticians. Other key features of the
portal include:
 Online service offerings like “Ask a Doctor/
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
Specialist/Nutritionist” and live chat with doctors.
The “Ask a Doctor” service can also be used
through a mobile Android app developed
by healthcaremagic.com
General awareness on wellness through awareness mailers, WHO (World Health Organisation) 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
Quest records a million footfalls in July
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.
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Au Bon Pain
Neeti Biyani
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Corporate HR
Saumyapriya Hajra
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CESC, CESC New Initiatives and NPCL
Shaswat Ghoshal
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CESC Properties & Quest
Srishti Goel
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Firstsource
Sarika Rath
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HML
Sheeja
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IMI (Bhubaneswar, Kolkata & Delhi)
Shamayita Dutta Chaudhuri
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Open Media
Geetika Verma
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PCBL
Reena Singh
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Saregama
SF Karim (East), Seema Mukherjee (West)
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Spencer’s Retail
Malini Chakraborty, Opal Nicola Ireland
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