The Maharashtra Mandal felicitated four prominent Maharashtrians for their contributions to society on the occasion of its 75th anniversary celebrations in London. Hon'ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra Mr. Vilarao Deshmukh, gave away the awards.
Mr. Sanjay Gaikwad alongwith Late Shri Baba Amte, Author Dr Yusuf Mohammad Pathan and Former captain of Indian cricket team Ajit Wadekar was amongst the nominees for the prestigious award.
Mr. Gaikwad was conferred upon with 'The Aryabhatt award' for his revolutionary contribution to the Indian Film Industry through UFO Moviez Digital Cinema Network.
A three part series on YouTube of Mr. Gaikwad in an exclusive interview with bollywood actress Sonali Kulkarni in 'So...Kool' telecast on STAR Maaza news channel. Enjoy the discussion with Mr. Gaikwad taking us back into time highlighting the various phases of his career and his plans for the future.
As they say “ When an idea becomes a whale, it’s difficult for anyone to hide it.” & we have to admit that we have become one, the world acknowledges it as the “NEXT BIG THING.”
A split 4 part of Mr. Rajesh Mishra's interview and insight on the revolution called UFO Digital Cinema on the series called 'THE NEXT BIG THING' on NDTV Good Times.
UFO Moviez was honoured with ‘Global Entrepolis @ Singapore Award 2007’ (GES Award) in Singapore today. Mr. Lee Hsien Loong, Hon’ble Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Republic of Singapore presented the Award to Mr. Raaja Kanwar, Vice Chairman, UFO Moviez and Mr. Sanjay Gaikwad, Founder and Executive Director, UFO Moviez.
The Global Entrepolis@Singapore Award, honoring the Technopreneur of the Year in the Asia-Pacific region, is co-organized by the Wall Street Journal Asia in association with the Global Entrepolis@Singapore.Amongst a record-breaking 265 entries from applicants in 16 countries and territories in the Asia-Pacific region this year, UFO Moviez was short listed as one of the 6 finalists and was eventually honored with the GES Award.
Exhilarated with the honor Mr. Raaja Kanwar, Vice Chairman – UFO Moviez said, “In less than two years, UFO Moviez has become the world’s largest satellite based digital cinema chain with over 1000 theatres receiving all movies First Day, First Show. This Award is a reaffirmation of what we have always believed in – empowering the global cinema industry digitally, while being environment friendly and also combating piracy. Very soon, UFO’s footprint will cover South East Asia including Singapore, UAE and Europe”.
Added Mr. Sanjay Gaikwad, Founder and Executive Director, UFO Moviez, “The challenge for us lay in introducing an untried and untested technology in India with no previous benchmarks. Not only just the technology part of it, we even had to invent a new pay per show business model which was unheard of in the Indian context. Thanks to the indomitable team UFO, we met squarely all the issues and made a resounding success of it”.
The selecting criteria for the GES Award included: demonstrating exploitation of technology in their business or products; having good potential to be a global leader/market leader; exhibiting growth in past years (e.g. operating profit, size, and market share); showing a sustainable business model and simultaneously be commercially viable.