IndiaTales nominated for Tata NEN Hottest Startup Awards

IndiaTales, a new age media and entertainment company, has been nominated across industries for TATA NEN Hottest Startups - India's first ever people's choice awards. Hottest Startups will identify, showcase and support the highest-potential young companies in India.

IndiaTales with a mission to be a leading Entertainment Company in India that focuses on taking Indian Culture & Folklore to Global Audiences is getting a tremendous voting response. The company has been amongst the popular names like The Loot, Tutorvista, Pagalguy.com, Webyantra. 

The Awards are a result of the combined efforts of TATA and the National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN), a non-profit organization, to recognise and support high-impact startups - young companies, that innovate, solve hard problems, grow fast and create jobs.

Targeting 800 to 1000 nominations, from all sectors and across all geographies - Hottest Startups will uncover and showcase the largest number of high-potential startups in India.

The open voting process, combined with expert review, provides a chance for everyone to help choose the winners. Five Companies with most votes at midnight India time on December 22, 2008 will be declared winners.  Winners receive a combination of business support and publicity. To support IndiaTales please send an SMS to 56767 with the message HOT <space> 349 and to vote online log on Competition Website: www.hotteststartups.in

On the nomination, says, Nalin Singh, Managing Director, "This is our desire to provide a product that has never been experienced in India before and in many ways, never in the world. Also, the need to provide returns to shareholders and create enough value for them while keeping employees constantly engaged." 
Talking about IndiaTales, Nalin adds, "The company's deep experience in outsourcing and project management has reduced / shortened Production Project Cycles to less than one year for animation in an industry where Projects usually take three years to materialize. We are substantially different in Go - To - Market Approach, Time To Market and Cost."

IndiaTales brings in Global Animation Best Practices bringing in Big Name Stars as voices in its movies, focused Marketing and Merchandising strategies with Strategic Partners, developing Strong Distribution Channels and innovative Risk Mitigation strategies. The quality of animation produced is of international standards and has never been produced before in India. The various animation styles incorporated in the movie include some that have never been done in animation history before like, Kerala Mural Art, Indian oil painting which is unique to IndiaTales

About IndiaTales Media Pvt Ltd
IndiaTales is a young, aggressive company established with a mission to take Indian folklore and culture to a global audience. Led by a world class team of experienced Indian executives and global directors, it is providing disruptive processes to lower the cost and production time while leveraging world class marketing and outsourcing skills. 

India Tales has established a philanthropic commitment to our nation, local community and employees.  Portions of project profits is committed to Charity at a national level for pilgrims at Sabrimala, the establishment of a community for disabled artists in Kerala,  center of India Tales artistic expertise and the entire artistic team for five years after release of the movie. For more details log on to www.indiatales.com

Tata NEN Hottest Startup Awards:
A result of the combined efforts of TATA, a rapidly growing business group in India with significant international operations, and the National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN), a non-profit organization, and India's leader in entrepreneurship education.

In addition, two leading venture capital firms, Seedfund and Helion, have partnered with TATA NEN Hottest Startups, to lend their expertise. HT Mint will provide ongoing analysis and special coverage, as the Official Print Media Partner.