RMAI Announces Flame Awards Asia and Leadership Awards 2016

Rural Marketing Association of India (RMAI) announced the winners of the 7th edition of Flame Awards Asia and Flame Leadership Awards 2016, during a gala evening on March 11, 2016 in New Delhi. Over 300 Business leaders, corporate, GOI & leading rural marketing agency representatives attended the presentation ceremony.

Vritti Solutions bagged maximum six golds, followed by four by PHD Media and three by JWT. Impact Communications topped the charts with 14 awards including 2 golds. Other Gold winners are Accenture Services, Apollo Tele Health Services, Ayurvet Ltd, Coromandel International Ltd, Grey RC&M, ICAR, MART, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmer Welfare, Netcore Solutions, OMD India, Smriti Television Media & Films Ltd.

Rural Development Academy of Bangladesh, Market Access Providers Ltd., Bangladesh and Lemon Pvt Ltd from Nepal won metals in overseas categories.

Commenting on the awards, S Siva Kumar, CEO ITC (ABD) and Jury Chair, Flame Awards Asia said “It was good to see the way technology was leveraged innovatively by several companies to reach out the rural consumers, as well as the depth of engagement with them to build brands across different categories.”

RMAI also felicitated Business leaders, industry professionals for their extraordinary contribution in Rural Marketing & development sector.

S Siva Kumar and RMAI office bearers presented Flame Leadership Awards 2016 to Arvind Sonmale, MD & CEO at SAFL; R S Sodhi, Managing Director of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (AMUL); Ram Mudholkar, President, DuPont South Asia and Regional Business Director, DuPont Crop Protection; Dalveer Singh, Head Experiential Marketing, APAC at GroupM; K S Bhatia, Founder, CEO, Pumpkart.com; C S Sadasivan, Chief Executive Marketing, J K Lakshmi Cement Ltd; Osama Manzar, Founder & Director, Digital Empowerment Foundation; Bhushan Chandorkar, DGM Market Activations, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd; Sharad Agarwal, Chief Executive Officer, Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust; Muntasir Bhuiyan, COO, Market Access Providers Limited, Bangladesh and Venkat Ram Vasantavada, President-Agribusiness, Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemical Corporation Ltd.

In his welcome address, Sanjay Kaul, President RMAI spoke about the renewed direction that RMAI has taken in terms of being more relevant to the changing needs of the industry. He also highlighted that all major new knowledge initiatives undertaken by RMAI in last two years stemmed from this need of “Rethinking Rural”. Commenting on Flame Awards Asia he said, “Flame Awards has now expanded its reach to immediate subcontinent thus enabling cross sharing of best practices among rural marketers operating in similar markets.”

Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) paper developed in collaboration with key stakeholders and KPMG was released during the event. Rahul Saigal, Group COO, Geometry Global & Encompass Network and SAP Task Force leader said, “RMAI is planning a voluntary accreditation process for members. This is directed towards ensuring further improve the quality of work we deliver as an industry.”

Event was managed by Event Crafter and presented by JCB and powered by Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. The award ceremony was followed by a cocktail & dinner.

 

S.No

Company

Category

Campaign Name

METAL

1

Vritti Solutions Ltd

Best use of technology  for rural reach

Syndicate bank Ludhiana Activity

BRONZE

2

Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Limited

Community  empowerment & development  initiative

Swasthya Bima Jagruti Abhiyan

BRONZE

3

Bajaj Auto Ltd

Consumer Engagement  @ retail

POWER KA NAYA NAAM "BAJAJ GENUINE PARTS"

BRONZE

4

Geometry Global India Pvt Ltd

Consumer Engagement  @ retail

Vodafone m-pesa - Project m-power

BRONZE

5

Indian Oil Corporation

Consumer Engagement  @ retail

XTRAPOWER  RURAL CARD

SILVER

6

PHD India

Digital & Technology  (Best digital campaign of the year)

Active Wheel- Lo Kar Lo Baat

GOLD

7

DIGITAL QUOTIENT

Digital & Technology  (Best digital campaign of the year)

Jubiliant Jivanjor Achievers’ Club

SILVER

8

OMD India

Direct Marketing  (Mobile & Digital)

Stayfree Stay Ahead Helpline

GOLD

9

GroupM Dialogue Factory

Direct Marketing  (One to One)

Greenlight  Sunking EID

BRONZE

10

Market Access Providers Ltd

Direct Marketing  (One to One)

DOVE Litmus Challenge

SILVER

11

WaterHealth  India

Direct Marketing  (One to One)

Unnati Campaign

SILVER

12

Impact Communications

Education and Awareness  imitative programme  for rural patient & practitioners.

GSK Ostocal Nanhe Champions

BRONZE

13

Impact Communications

Education and Awareness  imitative programme  for rural patient & practitioners.

Abbott Thyroid On wheels

GOLD

14

Hindustan Latex Family Planning promotion  trust

Education and Awareness  imitative programme  for rural patient & practitioners.

Boat and Mobile Van ferries Good health

SILVER

15

Akshamaala  Solutions Pvt Ltd

Effective use of technology  in Agriculture  (Livestock Initiatives)

Potash 25 (Mosaic Fertiliser India Pvt Ltd)

BRONZE

16

Ministry of Agriculture  and Farmers Welfare

Effective use of technology  in Agriculture  (Livestock Initiatives)

Nowcast - Extreme Weather Alerts

BRONZE

17

Ministry of Agriculture  and Farmers Welfare

Effective use of technology  in Agriculture  (Livestock Initiatives)

Crop Insurance - An Integrated  IT Solution

GOLD

18

Impact Communications

Effective use of technology  in Agriculture  (Livestock Initiatives)

Apollo Har Kadam Mein Hai Dum

SILVER

19

MART

Farmer Connect (Contact programme/Initiative of the year)

Pi Abhiyan"Uttam Kheti Samridhh Kisan"

BRONZE

20

Grey RC&M

Farmer Connect (Contact programme/Initiative of the year)

Arjun Nova Farmer Connect Program

GOLD

21

Grey RC&M

Farmer Connect (Contact programme/Initiative of the year)

Mahindra Jashn Josh Ka

SILVER

22

Vision Force

Farmer Connect (Contact programme/Initiative of the year)

Krishi Mahotsav 2015 - Farmer Welfare & Agri Development Dept, Govt. of MP

SILVER

23

J Walter Thompson

In-Film Campaign of the Year

Suraj Ki Gullak (International Finance Corporation)

GOLD

24

Coromandel  International  Ltd

Innovative Lab to Farm model for farm profits

ROI campaign

GOLD

25

ICAR-Indian  Agricultural  Research Institute

Innovative Lab to Farm model for farm profits

From Lab to Land

GOLD

26

Rural Development  Academy, Bangladesh

Innovative Lab to Farm model for farm profits

Rural Women Led Seed Business

GOLD

27

Coromandel  International  Ltd

Integrated  Campaign of the Year

Promotion  of Organic manure usage - Godavari Gold

BRONZE

28

Vritti Solutions Ltd

Integrated  Campaign of the Year

Goodknight  Fastcard Pandharpur  Activity

GOLD

29

Lemon Pvt Ltd

Integrated  Campaign of the Year

Dabur Real School of Nepal 2015

SILVER

30

PHD India

Integrated  Campaign of the Year

Rin Career Ready Academy

SILVER

31

WaterHealth  India

Integrated  Campaign of the Year

Unnati Campaign

SILVER

32

J Walter Thompson

Last Mile Initative of the Year

Har Ghar Pachuchay  Suryoday: The Second Sunrise (International Finance Corporation)

GOLD

33

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd

Last Mile Initative of the Year

PROJECT REACH

SILVER

34

ITC Ltd (ABD)

Last Mile Initative of the Year

PROJECT REACH (Choupal Haat)

SILVER

35

Usha International  Ltd

Last Mile Initative of the Year

Integrated  Rural Distribution

SILVER

36

Geometry Global India Pvt Ltd

Long Term Campaign of the Year

KHUSHIYON  KI DOLI

BRONZE

37

Market Access Providers Ltd

Long Term Campaign of the Year

Lifebuoy School of 5

GOLD

38

PHD India

Long Term Campaign of the Year

Kan Khajura Tesan

GOLD

39

Impact Communications

New on ground property of the year

Boost Race

BRONZE

40

J Walter Thompson

New on ground property of the year

Suryoday Quality Assured Solar Lights (International Finance Corporation)

BRONZE

41

Market Access Providers Ltd

New on ground property of the year

Odommo Jersey Design Contest

BRONZE

42

Smriti Television media and Films Pvt Ltd

New on ground property of the year

Maxima power Chellenge

GOLD

43

GroupM Dialogue Factory

New on ground property of the year

Greenlight  Sunking Ujaale Ki Udaan

SILVER

44

Impact Communications

OOH Campaign of the year

SC Johnson Blue Corridor

BRONZE

45

OMD India

Pharma & Health Innovation  in Rural reach

Stayfree Stay Ahead Helpline

BRONZE

46

Apollo Tele Health Services

Pharma & Health Innovation  in Rural reach

Himachal Pradesh Tele Health Services Program

GOLD

47

Impact Communications

Pharma & Health Innovation  in Rural reach

Abbott Thyroid on Wheels

SILVER

48

Impact Communications

Product Seeding

Cadbury Seeding

BRONZE

49

Impact Communications

Product Seeding

ENO Dhaba

BRONZE

50

PHD India

Promotion  and Activation (Brand Awareness)

Active Wheel- Lo Kar Lo Baat

BRONZE

51

Grey RC&M

Promotion  and Activation (Brand Awareness)

Mahindra Chota Chodo Bada Socho

GOLD

52

Vritti Solutions Ltd

Promotion  and Activation (Brand Awareness)

Goodknight  Fastcard Pandharpur  Activity

GOLD

53

Geometry Global India Pvt Ltd

Promotion  and Activation (Brand Awareness)

3 Roses - Godavari MahaPushkaram - 'Sip of Strength'

SILVER

54

GroupM Dialogue Factory

Promotion  and Activation (Sales Promotion)

Greenlight  Sunking EID

BRONZE

55

J Walter Thompson

Promotion  and Activation (Sales Promotion)

Mahindra Supro - Family bhi, Business bhi

GOLD

56

Vritti Solutions Ltd

Promotion  and Activation (Sales Promotion)

Emami Navratna - Nashik Kumbh Mela activity

SILVER

57

Anugrah Madison

Promotion  and Activation (Sampling&  Trial Generation)

MARICO-NIHAR SHANTI SARSO KESH TEL AND NIHAR SHANTI AMLA TEL

BRONZE

58

Vritti Solutions Ltd

Promotion  and Activation (Sampling&  Trial Generation)

Godrej No 1 - Nashik Kumbh Mela Activity

GOLD

59

Vritti Solutions Ltd

Promotion  and Activation (Sampling&  Trial Generation)

Iodex-Pandharpur Activity

GOLD

60

Anugrah Madison

Promotion  and Activation (Sampling&  Trial Generation)

Colgate-Karod Daant Calci Lock Campaign

SILVER

61

GroupM Dialogue Factory

Promotion  and Activation (Small Budget)

Greenlight  Sunking Ujaale Ki Udaan

BRONZE

 

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