• Brand Building Strategies
• Tools for External & Internal Communications
• Events
• Newsletters
• Others
• Media Relations (Print, Electronic & Web)
• Corporate related
• Financial
• HR
• Marketing
• Product related Launch, Reviews
• Design Support
• Editorial Support
• Crisis Communications
• Perception Audit
• Web Development
• Advertisement Support

Experience:
Present and Past clients include:

1. WiMax Forum

2. Bharat Exhibitions

3. Sage Software India Pvt. Ltd.

4. Wesley Clover Solutions Pvt. Ltd

5. Automation Industry Association (AIA)

6. 1219 Consultants

7. Wood Barn India

8. ACT

9. Tej Gyan Foundation

10. Centre for Media Studies

11. Automation Industry Association (AIA)

12. Flying Fish Theatre Company

13. Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association (TEMA)

14. Medical Transcription Forum

15. Supercom Memories Pvt Ltd (Simmtronics)

16. Carzonrent India Pvt Ltd

17. Telenity Software

18. Dawnay Day Hotels

19. Max India

20. International Management Institute (IMI)

21. Institute of Integrated Learning in Management (Lodi Road)

22. Institute of Integrated Learning in Management (NOIDA)

23. Kuoni Academy of Travel

24. Namtech Business School

25. GE Consumer and Industrial

26. AIDC Solutions Inc

27. Portal Software

28. Giesecke & Devrient

29. Insight Computech

30. Thunderbird Industries

31. SAL Marketing (Autobahn)

32. Mindahuf Limited

33. Bajaj Capital (Investors India)

34. SOPEXA

35. JR Herbal Care India Pvt Ltd

36. Durian Imported Furnitures

37. Diamond Hut

38. Manthan Kala Academy

39. Revival Healthcare and Research Centre

40. Westside Clinic

41. Drs Ashok & Anita Gupta

42. Anshu Modi (Fashion Designor)

43. Neox Fitness Solutions – Hoggan Healthcare

44. Eminence Organics

45. CDMA Development Group (CDG)

The agency has two partners:
Rajesh Prothi, Partner, Head of Strategic Direction

§ Ogilvy PR (August 2001- 15th August 2002); Head of technology practice at Ogilvy PR (2001-02) & was responsible for handling brands such as Nokia, 3Com, CommWorks, SDI, Baan, NeoMagic, Intelsat & Rockwell. Prior to working with Ogilvy he was responsible for 3Com’s web initiatives in India

§ Editor `Communication World’ for over 4 years (1996-2000) and has also worked with `Business India’, `Observer of Business & Politics’ & `Financial Express’ . At Media Transasia- was also part of core team which created the ‘Techies Award’ brand

§ Author of ‘Tryst with time’ for J&K Bank

§ Authored a chapter titled `Discontent and Militancy in J&K: A Fiscal Aspect’ for ‘Burning Issues in Jammu & Kashmir Politics’

§ Rajesh has been a journalist for over 14 years & continues to write for various international publications.

§ Rajesh is a Post Graduate in `Mass Communications & Journalism’ with specialization in `brand building strategies

Abhinav Sood, Partner, Head of Operations, Media Relations & Networking

§ Abhinav has over 13 years of working experience with 9 years in core Corporate & Media Communications, prior to which he was in the hospitality business

§ Before becoming a part of ConnectComm, he worked for Ogilvy PR where he was part of the technology team on CommWorks (a 3Com Company), Rockwell Automation, Nokia etc..

§ Prior to joining Ogilvy PR, he worked with `Positive Communications’, as Manager Accounts. Abhinav has worked for various clients like `LinkedWith Gmbh`, `Quality Council of India’, `Weitnauer’, `Airtel (Bharti Group Company)’, `Mitsubishi Electrics’, `Skyweb International’, Bentley, Blackberrys, `Indian Tea Association’ and Standard Chartered Bank and Pearl Academy of Fashion on PR/exhibition campaigns

§ A Post Graduate Diploma holder in Business Management from International Management Institute (IMI), Abhinav also has post graduate diploma’s in Advertising & Marketing from Bhartiya Vidhya Bhawan, Global Sales & Marketing from NIS & Journalism & Mass Communication from IGNOU. He has done Computers from NIIT and an advanced German language diploma in Business Communication from Max Mueller Bhawan

We offer clients a complete range of public relations services. We are, in essence, a management consultancy that specializes in providing both internal and external solutions to communications challenges. Our range of services includes:

Strategic Support
• Reputation research and program development
• Messaging and positioning
• Market evangelism
• Crisis & issue management
• Corporate governance counsel

Media
• Media relations
• Spokesperson training
• Press conferences
• Media tours
• News releases
• One-on-one interviews

Editorial Services
• Press materials
• Brochures, Newsletters, magazines
• White papers and articles
• Speech writing
• Case studies

Integrated Marketing
• Collateral development – concept, design, printing
• Presentation development
• Market audits
• Web promotions
• Brand development

Financial and Investor Communications
• IPO management
• Secondary offer/ listings
• Value based positioning
• Investor outreach
• Market intelligence
• Financial media outreach
• Collateral development

Special Events
• Road shows
• Product launches
• Product placements
• Seminars and conferences
• Trade shows

Online (Screengrab):
Screengrab is Weber Shandwick’s Interactive, Social and Emerging Media practice. Team members work with clients to put their messages at the epicenter of today’s digital lifestyle. They develop attention-grabbing content that engages, informs, entertains and rallies people; is authentic and passion-igniting; and encourages discussion and word-of-mouth influence.

Relying on its deep expertise in public relations, the practice helps companies build relationships with audiences on the Web through innovative online campaigns and Web sites. It also combines online grassroots techniques and Web technologies to amplify messages to audiences and to create consumer evangelists for brands. In addition, the team develops award-winning sites that help companies forge relationships with audiences to achieve their most important business goals.

Through the team’s expertise, clients can reach and retain audiences using a combination of Web and digital channels – online news media sites, general consumer and business-to-business Web sites, community forums, discussion boards, citizen-authored blogs, instant messaging, podcasting, cell phones, and PDAs.

Experience:

We work with some of the best names in the business. We have a strong base of 100 retainer clients Some of our major clients include names like McDonald’s, Unilever, Hero Honda Motors, Honda Siel Cars, P&G/Gillette, Sony India in the Consumer practice; Agilent Technologies, Hitachi GST, Progeon (Infosys) in the Technology practice; WHO-ORS Campaign (USAID), Apollo Clinics, Bristol Meyers Squibb, Mankind Pharma in the Healthcare practice; GE Money, IDBI Capital Market Services in the Corporate & Finance practice; American Airlines, Tourism Australia, KLM/Northwest Airlines in the Travel and Services practice among others.

Additional Information:

Corporate Voice | Weber Shandwick is the India joint venture of Weber Shandwick, a unit of The Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE: IPG). Weber Shandwick is the world’s largest public relations consultancy with presence in 75 countries in all major continents.

Since its inception in 1992, Corporate Voice | Weber Shandwick has played a leading role in the development of the public relations industry in India. We have grown to be one of the biggest consultancies in the local market, currently employing approximately 100 professional staff. In India, our cross-country network includes Regional Management Centres in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai, Representative Offices in Kolkata, Hyderabad, Pune, Chandigarh, Lucknow and Bhopal, and an expandable reach in cities like Bhubaneshwar and Ranchi.

Our unrelenting commitment to outstanding work for our clients has been recognized in local and international public relations awards – including winning the McDonald’s International Global Award for the best public relations launch program in India in 1997; the maximum coverage award for India in 2001 by LG Electronics, Korea; a Bronze Sabre Award for WHO ORS campaign in 2003, and winning the PR Week Asia Pacific Gold Award for the WHO ORS campaign in 2004.

We are the first agency in India to win the Asia Pacific PR Week Gold Award in 2005, first agency in India to win the 2007 United Nations Grand Award for outstanding achievement in public relations, and the first agency in India to win the IPRA Golden Award 2007.

Corporate Voice | Weber Shandwick is also a founder member of PRCAI (Public Relations Consultants Association of India), India’s only association of PR firms created with the objective of furthering the development of the PR industry in India.

Experience:
PR experience of about a decade, enables the consultant to offer end to end communication solutions to its clients in India and abroad. Currently handling accounts like: Sony India (BPP Division), Haier Mobile, Tanmiyat Group (UAE), Tufts University (USA), Radvision (HK), Reliance Industries and 28states.com (USA). Previously handled account: AHA, Tata Tiscon, GPI, Pashma, Indian Cancer Society, Legends of India, RPS Group, K Lal Magician etc

Additional Information:
The lineage factor is the most important claim to consultant’s own competence. The consultant had a long association with television news organizations and also had been actively involved to produce television programs in various categories like : travel, news, fashion, beauty, celebrity and food.

Print and television would be two broad target category groups. Media Relation is done on an hourly and day to day basis. With media relation associates spinning across all cities, in touch with every leading print publications and television channels. The job begins with researching on the industry to creating a strategic campaign to giving flesh to it through special stories, press releases, conferences, one to one meets, organizing feature stories or news items.

• Public Affairs & Govt. Relations
• Brand Building
• Corporate Reputation Management
• Investor Relations
• Crisis Management
• Corporate Social Responsibility Advisory
• Spokesperson Training
• Messaging Workshops
• Online PR Support
• Internal Communications
• Focused seminar, conferences services
• Business Intelligence, planning

Experience:

Established in 1992, Perfect Relations is today South Asia’s largest broad-spectrum advisory in the area of professional image management. This partner driven firm is regarded as a pioneer of public relations, public affairs in India and this region.

We have a presence in all major cities providing you with pan-india campaign impact:

• North: New Delhi, Gurgaon, Chandigarh, Jaipur
• East: Kolkata, Bhubhneshwar, Guwahati, Patna
• South: Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Goa, Trivandrum
• West: Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad
• Sri Lanka: Colombo

Additional information:

• Consumer goods:Coca Cola, Motorola mobile phones, Bausch & Lomb, Mattel, L’Oreal, Marico, Godrej, Avon, Dabur, Sony Corporation
• Corporate reputation management; Advocacy & Public affairs:Bayer, NCR, BHP Billiton, Diageo plc, European Aeronautics Defence & Space Company [EADS]; SabMiller; Godfrey Philips; Kanoria Chemicals; UNICEF
• Services sector:New Zealand Tourism, Air India, AFL, BBC Worldwide, Tata AIG, Franklin Templeton, Shoppers Stop, Metro Cash n Carry, Cairn India
• Automotive:Hindustan Motors, Fiat, Skoda
• Technology:Satyam Computer, Apple Computer, Spice Communications, Dassault systems, NCR, Ventura plc., ADP Inc., Dassault Systems, MTNL, Zte

As a full service PR & Communication advisory, we offer:

• Conceptualization
• Strategizing
• Implementation
• Monitoring & Measurement

People Power:
300 + people strong - resources to handle multi-locational projects. Our resource base nationally includes:

• People with specialist skills, domain knowledge of various industry categories including infrastructure development and experience of a wide spectrum of specialized communication projects
• Experienced professionals with deep understanding of the Indian political, economic & social environment
• Our multi-cultural people power with multilingual capabilities delivers focused regional communication