The Nominations

Blues is all about choosing the deserved one. The nominations under the ‘know your candidate’ received so far are

(please note: a candidate not nominated so far may still be nominated by the ‘ online nomination process’ ).

The Best Debut:

Navin Singh – 2 votes

Piyush Jain, “This cool hip Mustardian lives by the spirit of WILL DO attitude. Superfast with his work, he has created all the wonderful graphs and icons for the Brand Trust Report.”

Indira Dutta,” Witty and at times Irritating but none the less an energy booster of the team, Navin is indeed a pleasure to work with, With an attitude of ‘never give up’ he has brought a freshness in the team.”

Rakesh Pillai – 2 votes

Piyush Jain,”The BD executive bluebytes has oodles of self confidence which saw him getting his first account which was also the highest paid client for bluebytes. Within a short time, Rakesh has  already imbibed all the that bluebytes stands for.”

Ganesh Dhuri – 1 vote

Piyush Jain,” This media monitoring executive from bluebytes represents the new face of bluebytes operations. A BSc IT graduate, Ganesh has brought in rapid changes in the way bluebytes tracks the online media and have set new benchmarks. Apart from his regular responsibilities, Ganesh also trains new comers in operations- that itself talks a lot for a newcomer himself.”

Gauri Vartak – 3 votes

Pournima Surve Pawar,” Showed the competence and using all her expertise performing better day by day. Its been a  pleasure to work with her.”

Subhash Pais,” Cool and calm under pressure bringing about a good balance in the team.”

Wayne Ferraro,”Gauri Vartak resourceful & committed. She has taken client servicing & Media relations by the scruff of the neck and achieved tremendous success. She has also taken on the role of mentoring the interns with tremendous ease.”

Deepika Sethi – 4 votes

Piyush Jain,” This assistant manager from HR has been successfully able to give the much required space and identity to HR. She also has the ability to take on the given task with full gusto and take it to its logical end. If you happen to bump into her, you will be greeted by a 1000 watt smile on her face.”

Parthiv Kamani,” She is been able to fill in staff vacancies much faster than done earlier.”

Gopu Ramamurthy,”Learning speed is good.”

Ganesh Chopade – 1 vote

Ishani,”Very good with his work and Great support for Pune team.”

Anish George – 2 votes

Sarla Samuel,”This youngster from the very beginning has stood in great stead be it for the challenging, the tedious and  unending job of Vibrant Gujarat Perception audit with 120 plus top companies from across the country and MNCs sitting in India and Gujarat. It has been an exemplary effort and a feat  unusual.”

Alisha Sehgal – 1 vote

Prateek Shah,”The girl has the ideas and knows how to execute them! Blue Online couldn’t have asked for a better person! Fills the team with life even though she sits far away from the others :).”

Raman – 1 vote

Anuja Shah,”This is for his dedication and hard work towards Mustard and Trust pulse. Enthusiasm to turn around Mustard. Truly deserves it.”

Sachin Bhosle – 1 vote

Gaurav Chhirara,” For Trust Research Advisory.”

Best Turnaround of the year:

Bhushan Bharambe – 2 votes

Piyush Jain, “Staying under the shadow for a long time, Bhushan has come into his own this year. Leading the software team and developing breakthrough solutions, Bhushan has been a revelation for bluebytes. The new platform of software he is working on will change the landscape of media monitoring and analysis completely.”

Vivek Kangath – 5 votes

Dhananjaya Kulkarani,”Excellent media contacts with Bangalore and Kerala media. handled many events, interactions, Press Conferences single handedly at the 11th hour. Gives comfortlevel to the client as well as to the client servicing teams. Most of the clients also appreciated his capabilities. Vivek is the Most trusted brand in Blue Family.”

Flovie Martins,”I think all will agree with me when I say that Vivek has never let them down in terms of handling any event or any other client activities in Bangalore. He has mentioned his media contacts exceptionally well which comes handy for any last minute media activity. Besides he has never shown his stress as being a one-man-show and will always have a friendly and approachable attitude.”

Gopu Ramamurthy,”Proved himself in many circumstances.”

Anuja Shah – 1 vote

Parthiv Kamani,” Besides handling 2 Accounts,  Anuja make presentations – plans & reviews – and able to deliver them to the clients. Also, been able to help for NBD pitches.”

Pournima Surve Pawar – 3 votes

Subhash Pais, “Going from Network Associate to a full fledged client servicing resource successfully handling clients like Sil, Gowardhan and Aegis Media”

Wayne Ferraro,”Pournima should I say more… Honestly she has shown commitment beyond her normal role and bounced back from a personal family loss to be there & make the Gowardhan event a success her dedication and hard work have ensured that she has made the transition from just a media executive to a well rounded PR professional her hunger to succeed and craving for knowledge make her an ideal candidate.”

Saurabh Narvekar – 1 vote

Kalpesh Shah,”It was not much long enough when he worked under the shadows of his peers and superiors, all his work being subject to cross check and he struggled that people take him seriously. It was the ultra fast speed with which he completed his jobs that made team like ours to cross check his work regarding accuracy. Saurabh has steadily converted his strength of speed to his advantage while maintaining accuracy to the effect that he is now individually responsible for collections of Blue Lotus but also for the weekly and monthly MIS to be sent to Team Leaders, preparation of presentation to be made by accounts at TL offsite, etc. and is always ready to take up new challenges. BTW no one is spared from his friendly attitude.”

Sachin Bhosle – 5 votes

Piyush Jain,”Sachin truly embodies the definition of turnaround. Those amongst us who knew him from the past would truly endorse the magnitude of change that Sachin has managed in himself this year. Leading India’s largest on ground corporate study in terms of number of datapoints, Sachin has shown tremendous resilience, commitment and dedication.”

Flovie Martins,”I feel Sachin also fits the bill for this category for the efforts put in the Brand Trust Report. Working round the clock to compile the report coupled with travelling and co-coordinating at various levels, he’s done a fabulous job. Never losing confidence, he always was spotted with a smile, tired but still smiling. Not everyone can do that.”

Gaurav Chhirara,”The researcher.”

Prateek Shah – 1 vote

Karthik – 1 vote

Prateek Shah,”There was once a guy who kept all quiet and spoke very softly . Well he is still the same but what amazing work he does! Hard working, never say no and there all the time!”

Indira Dutta – 1 vote

Anuja Shah,” For keeping Mustard alive.”

Priya – 1 vote

Anuja Shah,”For keeping Mustard alive.”

Sarla Samuel – 1 vote

 

Award for Creativity:

Bhushan Bharambe – 2 votes

Flovie Martins,”Dunno much about softwares, but if he is responsible for the running of that awesum software that blue bytes runs on he is doing a fabulous job.”

Sachin Bhosle – 6 votes

Pournima Surve Pawar,”I am not completely aware about his efforts in  the brand trust survey but by seeing the book yesterday I believe that this award should go to him to reward his efforts.”

Parthiv Kamani,”For Brix & Trust Research Advisory.”

Anuja Shah,”For making Trust Pulse a reality.”

Gopu Ramamurthy,”Best creative is The Brand Trust Report.”

Parth Rana – 1 vote

Prateek Shah,”He’s made his debut but his creativity makes him a better contender for this! A guy who does Online PR and is super with his designs and ideas as well!”

Kedarnath Tadkod – 1 vote

Gaurav Chhirara,”For the press release-The Brand Trust Report.”

Spirit Of Entrepreneurship:

Irfan Chaudhary – 10 votes

Piyush Jain, “Irfan has been leading the sales of bluebytes and has been very enterprising in developing relations in the PR and Corp comm community. This has helped him win many accounts for bluebytes.”

Subhash Pais, “Irfan ‘DJ’ Chowdhury – The DJ stands for Dhadhakti Jawani and for the burning hot new businesses he keeps bringing in.”

Flovie Martins,”Obviously for the business he is bringing to Bytes. He has some awesome contacts which comes handy to the TLs for NBD. He is also jovial and shares a good rappo with entire Team blue.”

Wayne Ferraro,”He seems to be on steroids the way he is churning in business from one win to the other.”

Dhanjayay Kulkarni – 2 votes

Kiran Joshi,”Dhananjay Kulkarni as he defied the boundaries by taking responsibility of entire network team, apart from exploring business in Bangalore and Hyderabad.”

Archana Tomar – 3 votes

Flovie Martins,”The super man of Print. Juggling between client serving and NBD, not to mention the ‘tuff nuts to crack’ team members, who are constantly giving her a hard time. She does it all. She’s a risk taker, go getter, extreme extrovert in a good way and has all the energies in the world to juggle ten task together swiftly.”

Gopu Ramamurthy.”Can see the fast track of Delhi.”

Sachin Bhosle – 2 votes

Prateek Shah,”This guy deserves it more than anybody else, doesn’t just get better. What passion, what determination, and so many hours of work, work and more work to achieve the unimaginable!”

Gaurav Chhirara,”For heading two great agencies.”

Debaditya – 1 vote

Anjua Shah,”One man wearing many hats.”

Team Spirit:

Mustard Communications – 4 votes

Piyush Jain,”While the whole world was partying hard on Christmas eve and New Year, this bunch of fanatics were busy creating and designing the TRUST REPORT. Never say die attitude and spirit of camaraderie truly gets them going and so number of nights spent in the office (at times 4 nights at a stretch) comes as just a way of life.Right from designing dossiers to creating Fun at Blue Lotus, Mustard has been involved in all.”

Flovie Martins,”Kudos to the team members for sweating it out for the last couple of months but never losing their cool. After non-stop sleepless nights they would still manage to mingle with other colleagues and take part in all the laugh, giggles and madness we share. Clap Clap!!!…:)”

Blue Chip – 1 vote

Kiran Joshi, “Blue chip as it’s the most reliable team.”

Blue Brix – 5 votes

Subhash Pais,” For the fantastic products developed and for bringing out the Brand Trust Report and for being the team most capable of consuming the maximum amount of ‘spirits’ at any party.”

Flovie Martins,”Following their TL’s footsteps, they put in every effort to complete the BTR on time and passed with flying colors too.”

Gopu Ramamurthy,”Achievement of The Brand Trust Report.”

Gaurav Chhirara,” Achievement of The Brand Trust Report.”

Blue Saints – 1 vote

Blue Online – 1 vote

Prateek Shah,”They sit in three cities, all haven’t met each other, and still they work each day with such amazing proficiency and gusto, that it is hard to tell whether they are a 10 year old team that works out of the same office or part of a company that’s just few months old and bring together everything they have to make the name shine!”

Blutterflies – 1 vote

Anuja Shah,” For the team bonding, consistency in client servicing to BL’s oldest clients, least attrition level in the team.”

Blue Print – 1 vote

I 9 Communications – 1 vote

Wayne Ferraro,”While it may seem like I am beating my own drum I nominate the i9 team. And while everyone may say that we haven’t reinvented the wheel or achieved great success monetarily the fact is that this category was never about money in team i9 I have a bunch of guys that are willing to stick their necks and cover up for each other. There is a very strong fiber that runs through every person in this team. Prepared for any eventuality I am happy to say that we have a team that is able to demonstrate and add value and even though there may be an odd slip-up we bounce back stronger.”