Mahindra Group honoured at W3 Global Awards for Digital Excellence

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Wins Best-in-Show award for mahindra.com and Silver for riseforgood.com

Mumbai, November 22, 2016:  The $17.8-billion Mahindra Group, a multinational federation of companies based in Mumbai, India recently won two prestigious awards at the 11th Annual W3 Global Awards for Digital Excellence.

The Mahindra Group website — mahindra.com — won the ‘Best-in-Show’ award while Mahindra’s ‘Rise for Good’ website — riseforgood.com — won in the silver category. The latter highlights the group’s social initiatives aimed at driving positive change in the communities where Mahindra operates and in society at large. The awards were adjudged by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (AIVA).

According to Mr. Karthik, Vice President-Corporate Brand, Mahindra & Mahindra, “The W3 global awards recognize the very best digital work in the industry. Winning these awards is an affirmation of the design and execution excellence of our websites. What makes this win more special is that Mahindra was one of only two entries from India that made it to the ‘Best-in-Show’ shortlist..”

The W3 awards honour creative excellence on the web, and recognise the creative and marketing professionals behind award-winning sites, videos and marketing programmes. These awards are sanctioned and judged by AIVA, an independent body consisting of 600+ members from 15 countries worldwide and comprising top-notch professionals from acclaimed media, interactive, advertising and marketing firms. Based on a 10-point scale, W3 received over 3,000 entries this year.