The prestigious LACP 2009 Vision Awards are the world's largest award programme for Annual Reports, organised by the League of American Communications Professionals (LACP), USA. The 2009 edition of the Awards had more than 4,000 entries from across the world. AICL was the only Indian communications consultancy to feature in these Awards. Read more at: www.lacp.com

The J&K Bank Annual Report 2008-09 titled 'Global Maladies' Local Remedies' highlighted the specific interventions made by J&K Bank to alleviate the situation of artisans in strife-torn Jammu & Kashmir, hit badly by the global slowdown. It represented the 'look-inward' strategy of the Bank, and at the same time broke new ground in corporate reporting practices of the 72-year-old Bank.
The report used a detailed case-study approach, with warm, realistic images of affected families, juxtaposed well with the Bank's brand colours and typography.
The report also won a Gold at the National Print Awards, India. See the report at: www.jkbank.net

The Strides Arcolab Limited Annual Report 2009 was designed to achieve two critical objectives. One, to position the company as a leader in the speciality pharma space. Two, to communicate the long-term effects of the business restructuring initiatives undertaken during the year.
The report was created with starkness as its theme - across colour, typography and tone. Thus the cover underplayed the superb results of the year, and the story unfolded on the inside pages through a simple yet powerful design treatment. See the report at: www.stridesarco.com

Arvind Agrawal, CEO, AICL was conferred the ‘National Level Best Young Entrepreneur Award’ in the Service Sector at the 15th National Level SME & Entrepreneurship Excellence Awards and Best Young Entrepreneur Awards by the SME Chamber of India and The India International Trade Centre in Mumbai. The award was presented to him by Mr. C.B. Bhave, Chairman, Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI).

Others present included Mr. Chandrakant Salunkhe, President, SME Chamber of India, Mr. Joseph Massey, MD, MCX Stock Exchange, Mr. Madhu Kannan, MD & CEO, Bombay Stock Exchange, Mr. Hemant Shah, Chairman & MD, Ackruti City Ltd.

The SME Chamber of India is a leading professional organisation working for the development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the country. It awarded in recognition of his pioneering contribution to the field of Investor Communications. He is one of India’s foremost practitioners of stakeholder-centric communication, working in the field for over 7 years. He has worked with over a hundred client companies in capacitating them to communicate their business objectives to investors and other stakeholders.

Arvind Agrawal, CEO of AICL, was featured on YourStory.in, an online portal which profiles some of the India's first generation young entrepreneurs.
To read more of the article, visit: http://www.yourstory.in/entrepreneurs/british-council-young-creative-entrepreneur/3935-yourstory-spoke-to-arvind-agarwal-founder-and-ceo-of-aicl-

The last few weeks have been good for us at Atherstone Investor Communications Limited, not just because we signed many exciting new projects, but also because a large number of our work was awarded at various prestigious events such as the Association of Business Communicators of India annual awards, the National Print Awards and the Remmy Awards by Times of India –Ascent. A big thank you for all the support and encouragement bestowed upon us during the year. We promise to continue creating excellent communication and hope to report many more awards in the future. Awards won include:

At the 49th Annual ABCI Awards:

* Gold for Prajay Engineers Syndicate Ltd. (2007-08 annual report)
* Silver for Shriram Transport Finance Company Ltd. (2007-08 annual report)
* Silver for J.K. Cement Ltd. (Corporate Brochure)
* Bronze for Sterling Biotech (2007 annual report)

At the Remmy Awards 2010:

Nominee for Asset Reconstruction Company (India) Ltd. in the Banking, Finance and Insurance industry (Recruitment campaign)

At the 4th National Print Awards:

* Gold for J&K Bank Ltd. (2008-09 annual report)
* Gold for Tilaknagar Industries Ltd. (2008-09 annual report)
* Bronze for Tara Jewels Pvt. Ltd. (Retail Catalogue)
* Bronze for Sir Padampat Singhania University (Annual report and magazine)

Arvind Agrawal, CEO - AICL, was conferred the Promising Business Communicator of the Year by the Association of Business Communicators of India (ABCI) at the recently held 49th ABCI Annual Awards in Mumbai. The award was presented to him by his Excellency Governor of Maharashtra Shri K. Sankaranarayanan and Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India Dr. Subir Gokarn. ABCI is India's premier body of communication professionals from amongst the largest companies in India and is in existence since 1956.

Arvind received this award for his remarkable contribution in the field of Investor Communications at the young age of 30. He has successfully pioneered the concept of a globally-benchmarked reporting communication for Indian companies. He is one of India's foremost practitioners of stakeholder-centric communication, working in the field for over 7 years. He has worked with over a hundred client companies to capacitate them to communicate their business objectives. He has led AICL to service such prestigious clients as Hindustan Unilever Limited, Punjab National Bank, Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, Axis Bank, Jammu & Kashmir Bank, Motilal Oswal, Crisil, UTV among many many others. Last year, Arvind was one of the two awardees of the 'Young Communications Entrepreneur' Award programme by British Council.

Other luminaries awarded for the event included:

Mr. R. K. Laxman (world-renowned cartoonist), awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Mr. M. V. Kamath (Former Chairman, Brasar Bharati), awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Mr. Senthil Chengalvarayan (President & Editorial Director, CNBC TV 18), awarded Excellence in Business Journalism.

Mr. P. R. Joshi (President, Corp. HR & Comm., Zydus Cadila Ltd), awarded the Communicator of the Decade.

Mr. Rajendra Darda (Honorable Minister for Industries, Government of Maharashtra and Former Editor-In-Charge Lokmat News Paper), awarded Excellence in Strategic Business Communication.

Mr. Manoj Shrivastava (IAS, Director General Information & Public Relations, Government of Madhya Pradesh), awarded the Communicator of the Year.

Mr. S. C. Kalia (Executive Director, Union Bank of India), awarded Excellence in Marketing & Brand Communications.