Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Canvera Digital Technologies Private Limited
Friday, October 02, 2009 04:14 PM IST (10:44 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Entertainment, Fashion; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Information technology, Media & entertainment, Publishing & printing; Technology
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Better Photography's Annual Contest Goes Online with Canvera.com
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Friday, October 02, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Canvera.com, India's fastest growing online photography company has been chosen to be the online partner for the fifth edition of the Better Photography Photographer of the 2009 Awards. Published by Infomedia18 Ltd, Better Photography has been the leading photography magazine in India and South Asia for over twelve years now. The contest has been conducted successfully for four years now and has seen zealous participation from photographers across the country.
Considering the increase of internet penetration in India, the use of an online medium was a natural extension of the contest. In addition to sending physical copies of photographs, entrants can upload their entries at www.canvera.com/betterphotography. Participants need to go through a simple online registration process and depending upon their interest and eligibility, they can decide to upload their entries in one of many categories!
Once registered, participants can login any number of times before the last date to upload photographs till their maximum image limits are exhausted. The contest is open to citizens of India (including Non Resident Indians) and winners will be selected by a panel of judges appointed by Better Photography.
"We are very excited about being the online partner for this contest. Our relationship with Better Photography goes back to the foundation days of Canvera and this alliance has further strengthened our partnership," said Dr. Dhiraj Kacker CEO & Co-Founder of Canvera. K Madhavan Pillai, editor of Better Photography said "Canvera has world-class technology expertise in this domain and it was an easy choice to allow them to become the online face of the contest. With the increased use of internet in India we hope to reach a much wider audience this year with this initiative."
Rules, regulations and other information about the contest can be found online at www.canvera.com/betterphotography
ABOUT CANVERA
Canvera is India's fastest growing online digital photography company. Canvera's main client base consists of professional photographers who use Canvera's award winning photobooks for everything from weddings and birthday parties to corporate events and model portfolios. Canvera has serviced the needs of professional photographers in more than 200 cities and towns across the India. Canvera won the Asia Pacific and Japan wide Best Photobook award two years in a row at HP Digital Print Awards 2008 & 2009. The company is setting new standards for the photography industry by being the first branded player in what has so far been a highly fragmented market. As a branded player, Canvera stands behind the quality of its products and has also therefore implicitly made a commitment to ongoing innovation. Started in late 2007 Canvera is headquartered out of Bangalore and was founded by Dr. Dhiraj Kacker (CEO) and Peeyush Rai (CTO) who have previously worked at numerous successful startups in Silicon Valley. Canvera is financially backed by Footprint Ventures (www.footprintventures.com), DFJ (www.dfj.com) and Mumbai Angels (www.mumbaiangels.com)
ABOUT BETTER PHOTOGRAPHY
Better Photography has been the leading photography magazine in India and South Asia for over twelve years now. It is published by Infomedia18 Ltd, one of India's best publishing houses. The magazine's primary audience includes serious enthusiasts and amateurs and covers a wide variety of content. Basic and advanced level techniques, reviews of latest cameras and photography gadgets along with interviews with the most reputed photographers from around the world forms the core of the content of Better Photography. As a hobbyist magazine, the priority is education in the art and science of photography.
ABOUT INFOMEDIA18 LIMITED
Informedia18 [BSE: 509069; NSE: INFOMEDIA], the printing and publishing arm of Network18 is one of the leading publishers of business publications in the country. Its stable includes a number of leading publications like Overdrive, Chip, Better Photography, Better Interiors and AV Max. Apart from these, it also publishes a large number of business to business publications and Yellow Pages. Infomedia18 is also the India partner of Alibaba.com, the world's largest business to business trading platform.
CONTACT DETAILS
Ankur Talwar, Goodword Media Serives Pvt. Ltd., +91 9811804811, +91 (11) 40600913, ankur.goodword@gmail.com
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ENTERTAINMENT, FASHION, MARKETING, IT, MEDIA, PUBLISHING, TECHNOLOGY
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