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NDTV Car & Bike Awards ready to roll out 9th edition

The awards ceremony will be held in Delhi on January 13, and will once again honour the best cars and bikes in the country

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NDTV Car & Bike Awards ready to roll out 9th edition

NDTV Car & Bike Awards ready to roll out 9th edition

The awards ceremony will be held in Delhi on January 13, and will once again honour the best cars and bikes in the country

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | January 9, 2014

ndtv-cnba-2014The NDTV Car & Bike Awards are back with their 9th edition, scheduled to be held at the Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi on Monday, January 13, 2014. Presented by Mobil1, the awards will once again honour the best cars and bikes in the country and give recognition to the minds and the efforts behind their success.

The NDTV Car & Bike Awards have emerged as the most credible automobile industry awards that have created a niche for themselves in the sector and among automobile aficionados. The 9th edition will felicitate 35 most deserving winners across various categories. A new category has been introduced, the 'CNB Visioneer Award', that will acknowledge outstanding contribution to the Indian automobile industry.

Announcing the 9th edition of the awards, Siddharth Vinayak Patankar, Editor - Auto & Head - Automobile Programming at NDTV said, "It has been quite a journey and I am very proud that we have now completed 10 years of CNB on the NDTV Network. The fact that the CNB awards are now recognised as most credible across the automobile industry is a matter of great pride for us at NDTV. We are very happy with the anticipation around this year's edition, and I cannot wait to find out who will be going home with the coveted trophies on awards night.”

Patankar added, “The 9th edition will once again establish a set of credible winners, chosen by an eminent jury comprising the best names in the business. I am equally excited as always by the annual Viewers' Choice category. The hundreds of thousands of votes as always represent our most valued viewers and what they believe are the best products of the year.”

Car and Two-Wheeler of the Year awards will take the top honours while the CNB Viewers' Choice Awards give viewers the exciting opportunity to vote for their favourite car and bike nominees and stand a chance to take the year's hottest wheels home. The CNB Viewers' Choice category has already received over 20,000 votes through online and mobile messages and the numbers are growing every hour.

To ensure a foolproof and fair selection process, each Jury member assesses and awards each nominee in complete isolation from the other jurors. Each car and bike nominated is driven, evaluated and tested by the Jury along with a detailed research on each nominee's specifications; its market performance and its immediate competition also being provided to them. Tabulators at Ernst and Young monitor the entire process.

The Jury includes Adil Jal Darukhanawala, Editor-in-Chief, Zeegnation; Aditya Patel, one of India's brightest young racers; Dilip Chhabria, an internationally acclaimed automobile designer; Dhruv Behl, Founder and Managing Editor of AutoX; Gul Panag, known as much for being an auto enthusiast and biker as her silver-screen avatar; Jens Meiners, based in Germany and in New York, is one of the foremost international motor journalists; Kamlesh Patel, former rallyist and automobile enthusiast; Karun Chandhok, India's youngest Formula One driver; Kushan Mitra, Managing Editor, Digital and New Projects of The Pioneer newspaper; Dr V Sumantran, currently Non-executive Vice-Chairman at Ashok Leyland; and Siddharth Vinayak Patankar; Editor - Auto & Head - Automobile Programming, NDTV.

The awards also recognise marketing, advertising and communication efforts of the players with the CNB-AAA Awards. The categories in this include Best PR & Communications Team, Best Integrated Campaign, Best TV Commercial Two-Wheeler & Four-Wheeler categories and Brand Ambassador of the Year.

The CNB AAA Awards Jury includes Raj Kamle, Managing Partner, StrawberryFrog, Vinod G Nair, Managing Director & CEO, Clea PR, Sam Balsara, CMD, Madison Communications, Shruti Verma Singh, Consulting Editor, NDTV, and Siddharth Vinayak Patankar; Editor - Auto & Head - Automobile Programming, NDTV.

Categories for the 9th edition:

NOMINEES FOR CAR SEGMENT

NOMINEES FOR TWO-WHEELER SEGMENT

NOMINEES FOR GENERAL AWARDS CATEGORIES

AWARDS CATEGORIES: CNB-AAA AWARDS

o    Entry Hatchback of the Yearo    Subcompact Sedan of the Year

o    Midsize Sedan of the Year

o    Entry Premium Car of the Year

o    Performance Car of the Year

o    Sports Car of the Year

o    Super Car of the Year

o    Import Car of the Year

o    Sub-Compact SUV of the Year

o    Compact SUV of the Year

o    Premium SUV of the Year

o    MUV of the Year

o    CNB Viewers' Choice - Car of the Year (Public Voting Now On)

o    Car Manufacturer of the Year

o    NDTV Car of the Year

o    Motorcycle of the Year upto 110cco    Motorcycle of the Year upto 160cc

o    Motorcycle of the Year upto 500cc

o    Motorcycle of the Year upto 1000cc

o    Motorcycle of the Year above 1000cc

o    Scooter of the Year

o    CNB Viewers' Choice - Two Wheeler of the Year (Public Voting Now On)

o    Two Wheeler Manufacturer of the Year

o    NDTV Two-Wheeler of the Year

o    Automotive Technology of the Yearo    NDTV Green Award

o    Design of the Year

o    CNB Visioneer Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Indian Automobile Industry

o    Automotive Man of the Year

o    Mobil1 Motorsport Award

o    Creative Television Commercial of the Year (4 Wheeler)o    Creative Television Commercial of the Year (2 Wheeler)

o    Best Integrated Campaign of the Year

o    Best PR & Communications Team of the Year

o    Brand Ambassador of the Year

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