Car and Bike awards

Actor and motorbike enthusiast John Abraham was named Brand Ambassador of the Year by internationally renowned Car India and Bike India magazines at their annual awards function held in Bombay on January 13, 2011, as per a press release sent to Parsiana by Marzbaan Jesumani, publisher, Next Gen Publishing.

The Bike of the Year award went to the Bajaj Pulsar 135 LS and the Volkswagen Vento was declared the Car of the Year at the Car India and Bike India Awards 2011. Deepak Parekh, chairman, Housing Development and Finance Corporation (HDFC) Limited and Hoshang Billimoria, chief executive officer of Next Gen Publishing handed over the bike award to S. Sridhar, president, motorcycle unit, Bajaj Auto Limited, while Parekh along with Ramesh Suri, chairman, Subros Limited did the honors for Neeraj Garg director and Lutz Kothe, head of marketing and public relations of Volkswagen Passenger Cars.

Top: Car of the Year Award (from L) Ramesh Suri, Neeraj Garg and Lutz Kothe; Bike Award (from l) Deepak Parekh, Hoshang Billimoria and S. Sridhar

Next Gen Publishing, promoted by the Shapoorji Pallonji Group and HDFC Limited, has completed six successful years in the field of special interest publishing spearheaded by Billimoria, the man behind the success of Tata Infomedia Limited from 1991 to 2004, states the press release. The company handles a bouquet of media activities including print, digital and events. It publishes other magazines as well, such as Commercial Vehicle, Smart Photography, The Ideal Home and Garden, Computer Active and Mother and Baby, the press release notes.