WB Honours 2013 recognises leading properties and individuals in the field of washroom design and innovation
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WB Honours 2013
recognises leading properties and individuals in the field of washroom design
and innovation.
At a glittering function held this evening
at Trident, Nariman Point, Mumbai, 10 prominent personalities and organisations
were presented with the WB Honours 2013 - a unique recognition for excellence in the field of washroom design and
development. The event was held amidst the best of innovators, designers
and achievers from various areas of the washroom industry who gathered together
for a unique cause.
WB Honours is
an event that aims to recognise achievements made across the country in
technology, innovations in design and maintenance in this important area of
almost any building or property. Putting the focus on subjects like
environment-friendly washrooms, efficient washrooms, technologically-driven
washrooms and other spectra in this space, WB Honours has been instituted to
bring forth steady advancements made by hotels, airports, designers and
professionals from the world of architecture and design.
WB Honours is an initiative of
Gnosis Services Pvt. Ltd.’s flagship magazine, Washrooms and Beyond - a publication dedicated to addressing the
importance of washrooms and bringing into focus every aspect involved in it.
The first edition of the event was held
in 2011 at JW Mariott, Mumbai to mark the first anniversary of Washrooms and Beyond. In its second
year, WB Honours was held at Taj Land’s End, Mumbai, on October 5th,
2012.
This year, the third edition of the
event was held at Trident, Nariman Point, Mumbai, on October 5th,
2013.
At
the event, WB Honours 2013 were presented to the following recipients:
1. Delhi Tourism
and Transportation Development Corporation (DTTDC) for the category ‘Development of Model Public Washrooms by State
Government’. Mr. Nitesh B.
Bole, Manager-Sales Mumbai from
J.C. Decaux Advertising India Pvt. Ltd. received the honour on behalf of
DTTDC.
2.
Department of Industrial Design, SPA, New Delhi for the category ‘Innovation in Public Washroom
Design’. Prof. Manoj
Mathur, Head - Department of Industrial Design, School of Planning and
Architecture; along with Prof. Parag Anand, Associate Professor and Ms. Aditi
Singh, Faculty, received the
Honour on behalf of School of
Planning and Architecture.
3.
PVR Director’s Cut for the category ‘Efficient Bathrooms at Building Complexes’.
Mr.
Sameep Pathak, Regional General Manager, PVR Ltd. received the
honour on behalf of Pvr Director’s Cut.
4
Delhi International Airport (P) Ltd. for the category ‘Intelligent Washroom Design at
Airports’. Mr. Manmohan Awasthi, Head – Project Finance, GMR Group, received the honour on behalf of Delhi International Airport (P) Ltd.
5
Mr. Sudhakaran Nair, President of the Indian Plumbing Association, and Managing Director of Essenco India, for the category ‘Special Contribution to Plumbing Design and
Development’. Mr.
B.S.A Narayan, Founder Director, Potential Service Consultants, Technical
Advisor for Maple Hydraulics Consultants and Vice-President, Indian Plumbing Association,
received the award on behalf of Mr. Sudhakaran Nair.
6
Fort Chanwa Luni, Jodhpur for the category ‘Washroom Restoration in Heritage Building’. Mr. K.D. Singh,
General Manager, Fort Chanwa, Luni received
the honour on behalf of Fort Chanwa, Luni.
7
Technology Driven Washrooms was supported by
Dornbracht India Pvt. Ltd.
Trident, Hyderabad received the honour for the
category ‘Technology Driven Washrooms’. Ms.
Rabitha Thannooran, Sales Manager; and Mr. Harshad Makasare, Assistant Sales
Manager, The Oberoi Group, received the award on behalf of Trident, Hyderabad.
8
Sukoon, The Eco Luxury Houseboat for the category ‘Green Washrooms’. Ms. Purnima,
Manager-Sales, Sukoon, The Eco-Luxury Houseboat, received the honour on behalf of Sukoon,
The Eco-Luxury Houseboat.
9
Unique Interior
Design in Hotel Washroom was supported by Dornbracht
India Pvt. Ltd.
Le Meridien, New Delhi was honoured for the category ‘Unique Interior Design in Hotel
Washrooms’. Mr. Tarun Thakral, COO, Le Meridien, New
Delhi received
the honour on behalf of Le
Meridien, New Delhi.
10
Mr. S.G. Deolalikar, Chairman Emeritus,
Indian Plumbing Association, received the WB Lifetime Achievement Award.
After the honours were presented, the awardees of all
ten categories took centre stage for a group photograph. After this, the Washrooms and Beyond (October-December) 2013
Anniversary issue was released by Mr. S.G. Deolalikar, on behalf of all the
recipients.
The event also witnessed the unveiling of Kitchen Ideas - the newest magazine in
the portfolio of Gnosis Services Pvt. Ltd. Kitchen
Ideas is a quarterly B2B magazine that focuses entirely on the field of
kitchen design and pays keen attention to the elements of the space, including
appliances, materials, technology, plumbing and sustainability. Mr. Nadir
Cassamo, Designer and Owner of Leiken – a
Portuguese distribution company for designer kitchen and furniture products was
also present at the event to witness the unveiling of Kitchen Ideas.
Commenting on the third edition of WB Honours, Ms. Sheital Shetty, Publisher, Gnosis
Services Pvt. Ltd., said, “It gives us immense pleasure to honour and
felicitate individuals and properties that have contributed significantly in
the growth and development of the washroom industry. Since the institution of
WB Honours, we have observed an increasing realisation of the need to develop
efficient, eco friendly and functional washrooms in any facility. WB Honours is
a recognition for good work done in this field, which is now an important part
of any interior design project.”
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