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FICCI honors Namit Malhotra with award for outstanding contribution to M&E Industry
March 30, 2015Mumbai, 26 March 2015: Last night, Founder, Executive Chairman and Global CEO Namit Malhotra was honored by FICCI (Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry) for his outstanding contribution to Indian AVGC (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming & Comics) sector.
Namit was recognized at the FICCI BAF (Best Animated Frames) Awards evening held on the sidelines of FICCI FRAMES 2015, Asia's largest annual congregation of media and entertainment industry professionals. The 2000-strong crowd gathered by the lawns of the Renaissance Hotel comprising of the who’s who of the industry gave a standing ovation to Namit as he was presented the memento.
The citation referred to Namit as the ‘poster boy of Indian entrepreneurship in Hollywood’ and credited Prime Focus, among other things, as the ‘first truly Indian multinational company to make it big in the global media and entertainment landscape’.
In his acceptance speech Namit thanked FICCI and said that while he was personally ‘humbled’ by the recognition coming from the industry, he was exceptionally ‘proud’ of Prime Focus’ achievements over the years. He committed to continue doing everything within our collective power as Prime Focus to keep the flag of Indian AVGC sector flying high globally.
About Prime Focus Limited
Prime Focus Limited (PFL), a global leader in media and entertainment industry services employs over 5000 professionals in 16 cities across 4 continents and 7 time zones. We provide end-to-end creative services like visual effects, stereo 3D conversion, animation, post-production, Digital Intermediate (DI) and equipment rental, and technology solutions including the world’s first hybrid cloud-enabled Media ERP technology and cloud media services to Studios, Broadcast, Advertising and Media industries worldwide.
Prime Focus is behind path breaking technologies like CLEAR™ (Hybrid Cloud technology-enabled Media ERP platform), Primetime Emmy® award-winning DAX Digital Dailies® and View-D™ (stereoscopic 2D to 3D conversion). Leveraging our Global Digital Pipeline and pioneering delivery model WorldSourcing® we partner content creators at every stage of the process ensuring creative enablement, work flow efficiencies, cost optimization and new monetization opportunities.
Listed on the BSE and NSE of India, Prime Focus has operations in Bangalore, Beijing, Cape Town, Chandigarh, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Johannesburg, Kolkata, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, New York, Singapore, Toronto and Vancouver.
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Jose Kunnappally
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Prime Focus Limited
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jose.kunnappally@primefocus.com
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