|
MUMBAI:
India's leading business news channel, NDTV Profit, in association
with Car India and Bike India will celebrate the New Year with the
best design, unmatched technology, style and performance in the
automobile industry in the third edition of ‘NDTV Profit- Car
India and Bike India Awards 2008’.
This
year, the awards will be presented in a ceremony at the Hamsadhwani
Theatre, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, on January 10, 2008 to coincide
with the biggest festival of Indian Automobile Industry ‘Auto
Expo 2008’. Prominent personalities from the automobile sector
will attend this event, including leaders from the auto industry,
ancillary industry and design houses.
Among
twenty-nine award categories this year, the top awards are Car of
the Year and Motorcycle of the Year, which will be awarded to the
best car and bike of the year, respectively.
There
are seven awards each in both Car and Bike categories. The awards
in the Car category are: Car of the Year; Small Car of the Year
(Hyundai i10, Chevrolet Spark); Mid Size Car of the Year (Mahindra-Renault
Logan, Maruti Suzuki SX4); Executive Car of the Year (BMW 3-series,
Volkswagen Passat, Nisan Teana); Premium Luxury Car of the Year
(BMW 5-series, Audi A6, Volvo S80.6); SUV of the Year and Car Maker
of the Year.
The
awards in the Bike category include: Motorcycle of the Year; Bike
of the Year - upto 125cc (Bajaj XCD125, TVS Flame); Bike of the
Year - upto 160cc (TVS Apache, Hero Honda Hunk); Bike of the Year
- 160 to 250cc (Bajaj 220DTS-FI); Scooter of the Year (Suzuki Access,
Kinetic Flyte, Bajaj Krystal), Design of the Year and Bike Maker
of the Year (Hero Honda, Bajaj Auto, TVS Motors Co.)
Also
up for the grabs are two special Viewer’s Choice awards: NDTV
Profit Viewer’s Choice awards and ICICI Viewer’s Choice
awards for both Car and Bike categories respectively.
Keeping
in mind the new trends in the Indian Auto Industry this year some
new categories have been inducted into the awards, these include
the Technology Pack, the Imported Pack, the Green Awards and the
Automotive Component Manufacturer of the Year.
Shivnath
Thukral, Managing Editor of NDTV Profit said, "With its past
two editions, the NDTV Profit- CNB Awards has established itself
as one of country’s most coveted automobile honors. We are
going to host this award ceremony this year at the Auto Expo 2008
in New Delhi, where distinguished industry leaders will evaluate,
choose and recognize excellence in automobiles, based on key parameters
like design and performance."
To
ensure a free and fair selection process, two separate juries have
been formed for the Car category and the Bike category and each
car and bike nominated for these prestigious awards are tried and
tested by the esteemed jury members before announcing their final
verdict.
The
jury in the Car category includes, Dr V Sumantran, formerly with
Tata Motors; Aspi Bhatena, Car India; Rayomand Banajee, a prolific
racing driver; Raj Nayak, NDTV Media; H S Billimoria, NextGen Publishing;
former ace rallyist Sam Katgara; Pawan Sabharwal, Subros Auto Air-conditioning
Systems; Siddharth Vinayak Patankar, NDTV; Kranti Sambhav, NDTV;
John Sootheran, Emap UK; Auto Expert Rajiv Saharia; Amit Chhangani,
NextGen Publishing.
Jury
members for the bike category include, Dr V Sumantran; Aspi Bhatena,
Bike India; Rayomand Banajee; Sam Katgara; Siddharth Vinayak Patankar,
NDTV; Kranti Sambhav, NDTV; John Sootheran; Rajiv Saharia; Amit
Chhangani and Bunny Punia, Bike India.
|
