Power Brands

01/09/2026

Exactly 24 years ago today, together with the doyen of , , we announced* our intent to bring corporatisation to the Bengal film industry.

Three months later, Yashji and Dr. Arindam Chaudhuri our founder, along with a few others, met Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, then Chief Minister of West Bengal, with a proposal to corporatise the industry and build a fully functional Film City in the state (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/yash-chopras-mantra-for-ailing-bengali-cinema/articleshow/29788296.cms? , Yash Chopra's mantra for ailing Bengali cinema https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/showbiz-tonic-for-tollywood/cid/1080312 and https://m.rediff.com/entertai/2002/nov/30ficci.htm)

We had studied the economics of a Film City. It became a passion project.

After some years, the idea fizzled out. Part of the reason, was our group’s critical coverage of the CPM in The Sunday Indian, and their determined battle against IIPM, through the offices of the then HRD minister of the Congress.

But dreams don’t die. They wait.

Today, Planman Motion Pictures — which has produced 9 critically acclaimed films winning 5 National Awards and 4 Filmfare Awards, and, which runs the much appreciated Power Brands Bollywood Film Journalists’ Awards— is picking up that effort again. We want to help create a world-class Film City once more. Indian cinema needs more than the handful of options it has today.

Hope this time it works.

More details soon.



* https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/from-bollywood-a-bail-out-prop-yash-chopra-scripts-chamber-fired-initiative-for-tollygunge-studio-turnaround/cid/1254675

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01/09/2026

Dr. Arindam Chaudhuri requests you to forward the PDF of this book freely to your WhatsApp contacts and groups so that the thoughts & ideas contained in this book reaches & benefits as many people as possible.

20/08/2026

REPUBLIC WORLD: Power Brands Institute of Entrepreneurship, with Make Your Own Destiny (MYOD) under Planman Group, today launched The Paris–Switzerland–Shanghai Global Management Program. Designed for aspiring entrepreneurs, next-generation leaders and professionals aged 18+, it offers a strong alternative to conventional degrees.
Being marketed as “For a paper degree join a B-School or college, for real life-changing education join the world-class program of PBIoE”; The program combines a 50-credit online curriculum—10 courses from 200+ offerings, six Business Strategy Game simulations, and 75 live corporate lectures—with an 18-day residency in Delhi, Paris & France, Switzerland and Shanghai.
It is the first program ever to be launched globally where participants earn three Professional Certifications from three different FT Top-10 European business schools (Global Entrepreneurship & Business; AI and the Future of Management; Chinese Economy Immersion), apart from six Masterclass Certifications from the Delhi residency, the Roaring Lions Memento, and a final Business & Entrepreneurship Certification after a two-month internship or entrepreneurial pitch.

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9-Month Blended Learning with Online Education, Live Lectures & Immersion in Europe and China

20/08/2026

MID-DAY: Power Brands Institute of Entrepreneurship (PBIoE) launched the 12 Day, 3 country, 2 continent; “London, Paris, Shanghai Global Leadership & Strategic Vision Program” for Owners and Leaders.

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It is a global management development program for entrepreneurs & business leaders-designed as a complete leadership and strategic vision reboot for your company. The program priced at Rs15.25 lac leads to

3 PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS from 3 FT TOP-10 RANKED EUROPEAN BUSINESS SCHOOLS with 36 hours of world-class learning inside this B-Schools along with Chinese Corporate Visit & Global Networking Opportunities.
The first 3 Days are held in London including the LIVE LONG LEAD STRONG certification workshop with Dr. Arindam Chaudhuri & a Stanford scientist, integrating India-centric leadership lessons with NECTAR: The Science of Happiness & Longevity. Participants also attend the Annual Power Brands London International Forum for Equality & Global Sports & Entertainment for Equality Awards-an elite gathering of global icons, with Nobel Laureates, Presidents & Prime Ministers in attendance.

The next 6 days are held in France & Paris including 24 hours of academic learning at two FT Top-10 European Business Schools. During this phase participants earn two certifications in

Leading People & Organizations through AI-Driven Change
Emotional Intelligence & Human-Centered Leadership
In the last phase participants spend 3 days in Shanghai and Study Chinese Economy Immersion: Growth, Innovation & Corporate Practice at another FT Top-10 European Business School, combined with exposure to China’s innovation and business ecosystem.

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PBIoE launches a global leadership program across London, Paris and Shanghai, combining executive learning and networking.

20/08/2026

THE PRINT: New Delhi [India], August 12: Power Brands Institute of Entrepreneurship, with Make Your Own Destiny (MYOD) under Planman Group, today launched The 7 Day “Swiss Finish Program– Global Leadership and Savoir-Faire Winter School” (Fees: ₹9.75 lac). The program is targeted at school students from class 9th to 12th. Previous group initiatives including seminars, workshops, and national debate competitions, have impacted and benefited thousands of school participants in past.

It also launched the “London, Paris, Shanghai Global Leadership & Strategic Vision Program” of 12 days with three global certifications from 3 of FT Top 10 ranked European B-Schools (Fees: ₹15.25 lac) for Industry Leaders & Owners. The Previous Power Brands Global Programs in London, Las Vegas & Dubai for industry leaders have had participation from more than 1,000 Founders, CEOs, Presidents & Directors; while the Indian Executive Programs/ Workshops & Summits of Power Brands and Planman Group have benefited more than 5000 leaders of India Inc.

These programs are the shorter versions of its flagship The Paris-Switzerland-Shanghai Global Management Program– designed for aspiring entrepreneurs, next-generation leaders and professionals aged 18+, which offers a strong alternative to conventional degrees.

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VMPL New Delhi [India], August 12: Power Brands Institute of Entrepreneurship, with Make Your Own Destiny (MYOD) under Planman Group, today launched The 7 Day “Swiss Finish Program– Global Leadership and Savoir-Faire Winter School” (Fees: ₹9.75 lac). The program is targeted at school student...

11/08/2026

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3 Days including the LIVE LONG LEAD STRONG certification workshop with Dr. Arindam Chaudhuri & a Stanford scientist, integrating India-centric leadership lessons with NECTAR: The Science of Happiness & Longevity.

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• Emotional Intelligence & Human-Centered Leadership

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Spend 3 days and Study Chinese Economy Immersion: Growth, Innovation & Corporate Practice at another FT Top-10 European Business School, combined with exposure to China’s innovation and business ecosystem.

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but develop the vision to lead what comes next.

11/08/2026

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GLOBAL LEADERSHIP & SAVOIR-FAIRE WINTER SCHOOL

What if your child could experience Switzerland not just as a tourist—but as a young global leader?

Designed exclusively for students of Classes 9–12, the 7-Day Swiss Finish Program by Power Brands Institute of Entrepreneurship (PBIoE) combines leadership, personality development, communication, etiquette, cultural intelligence and real-life skills.

🇨🇭 7 DAYS IN SWITZERLAND
🎓 INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATE from a Top-Ranked Swiss Finish School
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✨ PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT & EXECUTIVE PRESENCE
🤝 INTERNATIONAL ETIQUETTE & SOCIAL GRACE
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THE SWISS EXPERIENCE

• Immersive leadership workshop
• Convocation + Power Brands Institute of Entrepreneurship Certificate in Global Leadership & Future Readiness
• Swiss corporate & cultural immersion
• Academic learning at a Top-Ranked Swiss Finish School
• Trip to Jungfraujoch — The Top of Europe
• Swiss cultural experiences + time to explore Geneva
• 4/5-star hotel accommodation, meals and local transportation
• International airfare from Delhi and return
• Visa assistance and faculty supervision

This is not simply about collecting another certificate.

It is about building CONFIDENCE.
Developing LEADERSHIP.
Learning SAVOIR-FAIRE.
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And gaining INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE to become a future-ready global citizen.

The group’s global exposure initiatives have reached more than 25,000 students, entrepreneurs and business executives over the past 25 years.

💎 PROGRAM FEE: ₹7.75 LAKH
ONLY 40 SEATS.

For students who want more than conventional education—and parents who believe real-world exposure can shape extraordinary futures.

03/08/2026

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3 Professional Certifications from 3 FT Top-10 Ranked European Business Schools | 6 Masterclass Certifications | 54 Hours of World-Class Learning | Global MNC Visits | 3 Nights in Delhi | 6 Nights in Paris & France | 5 Nights in Switzerland | 4 Nights in Shanghai | Certificate in Global Management & Entrepreneurship

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28/07/2026

Power Brands Institute of Entrepreneurship ( ) India Initiatives include the Power Brands Bharatiya Manavata Vikas Puraskar ( ), Power Brands Bollywood Film Journalists’ Awards ( ) & The Power Brands Fitness, Lifestyle & Longevity Awards ( ).

Estd. in 2017, was created as World Class Finishing School for students as well as India Inc., by consolidating all Education, Research, Corporate Consulting, Training & Development, and EDP activities of Planman Consulting with the Brand Research, and R&R activities of Power Brands and create a mega platform globally for current and future Indian Leaders to come together, network, learn and get recognised.

Post the establishment of IoE in India, the Media and Films division in association with Planman Motion Pictures created the Power Brands Bollywood Film Journalists’ Awards — India’s first completely honest and transparent Open Ballot Bollywood Awards with voting done by renowned film critics and votes of each judge displayed online for anyone to calculate. Apart from the National Film Awards, BFJA is the only award where awardees are thus declared much before the award ceremony and the awards are given to the winners irrespective of their presence at the ceremony. The ceremony also celebrates fitness, lifestyle and longevity with the FLLA where known celebrities and influencers are awarded for their commitment to Fitness & Lifestyle to promote Longevity. From Vidya Balan to Rajkumar Rao to Pankaj Tripathi to Shabana Azmi to Boman Irani to Neena Gupta to Ali Faizal to Sanjay Khan to Manoj Kumar to Maushami Chatterjee have personally received their BFJA Power Brands Roaring Lions, while icons like Malaika Arora, Sushmita Sen, Raveena Tandon have taken home the FLLA Power Brands Roaring Lions.

Since 2017, IoE also took over the prestigious research & jury based Bharatiya Manavata Vikas Puraskar the an unmatched legacy of honouring champions of social upliftment in the areas of health, education, employment, human development, art, culture & science.

These Power Brands programs have always had a huge participation from Indian Corporate leaders and have since honoured luminaries like:

Bharatiya Manavata vikas Puraskar winners 2018 of ₹50,000 each

1. Dr. Bibek Debroy (Economist, Academician & Educationist)
2. Bezwada Wilson (National Convernor and founding member of the Safai Karamchari Andolan, an anti human scavenging campaign all across the coutry)
3. Anita Ahuja (Social entrepreneur working on eradication of plastic waste), environmentalist, writer, artist & designer)
4. Shabana Azmi (Actor, Humanist, Human Rights & Peace Activist)
5. Nandita Das (Actor, Director, Author, Public Speaker, Columnist & Human Rights Activist)
6. Give India (India’s largest and most trustworthy giving platform for donors)
7. Dr. Pravin Patkar (Founder-Director of Prerana, an NGO that works in the red-light districts of Mumbai to protect children vulnerable to commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking)
8. Dr. Uma Tuli (Founder of Amar Jyoti Charitable Trust, who is an academician, an educationist, a social worker, a rehabilitation professional and a sports woman)
9. Pramila Nesargi (Noted Advocate, an educationist, and well-known women rights activist)
10. Dr. Lenin Raghuvanshi (Dalit Rights Activist & founding member of People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights, a Varanasi-based NGO)
11. Ashutosh (Eminent Indian Journalist, Author, Political Activist & Founder of Satya Hindi YouTube Channel)
12. Yuvraj Singh (International Cricketer & Founder of the Yuvraj Singh Foundation, an NGO that especially works with Cancer survivors)
13. Flavia Agnes (co-founder of MAJLIS, an NGO which provides quality legal services to women and children)

Post 2019:
Bharatiya Manavata vikas Puraskar winners 2019 of ₹50,000 each

1. PRANAB MUKHEEJEE (was the Chief Guest and accepted the BMVP felicitation but requested to not present any monetary award).
2. ⁠Maneka Gandhi (Politician, Author, Animal & Human Rights Activist)
3. Mansi Pradhan (Women Rights Activist & Author)
4. Arunachalam Muruganantham (Social Entrepreneur & Women Rights Activist)
5. Dr. Sandeep Pandey (Teacher, Educationist, Social & Human Rights Activist)
6. Belinda Annie Irene Wright Obe (Tiger Conservationist & Wildlife Campaigner)
7. Laxmi Agarwal ( Acid Attack Survivor, Social Activist & Women Rights Activist)
8. Nafisa Ali Sodhi (Actor & Human Rights Activist, extensively working with HIV/AIDS patients from poor families)
9. ⁠Smile Foundation (Especially working towards empowerment of underprivileged children, youth & women)
10. Anu Aga (Corporate Leader & Philanthropist)

Some of the Non Monetary awards have gone to:

For the year 2022:

Dr. S.Y. Quraishi – The Chancellor of IILM University who presided over as
the Chief Guest was awarded the “Power Brands Dr. Malay Chaudhuri
Memorial Life Time Achievement Award for the Most Iconic Bureaucrat”.

Dr. P.K. Khosla– Chancellor, Shoolini University was awarded the “Dr.
Malay Chaudhuri Memorial Life Time Achievement Award Impacting Lives
through Education”.

Dr. J.K. Mitra – Former Dean, FMS Delhi University was awarded the “The
Dr. N. R. Chatterjee Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award for the Most
Influential B-School Dean”.

BMVP 2022:

SAKSHI JOSHI
RIJU JHUNJHUNWALA
INDER AHLUWALIA

BMVP 2023:

SAGARIKA GHOSE
JATIN DAS
RAJDEEP SARDESAI
ABHISAR SHARMA
DR DINESH KHULLAR
DR ROMMEL TICKOO

2023 DR MALAY CHAUDHURI
MEMORIAL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR IMPACTING LIVES THROUGH EDUCATION

MRS RATNA CHAUDHURI
FOUNDER REGISTRAR, IIPM

Dr. N. R. Chatterjee Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award for the Most
Influential B-School Dean

PROF. DR. M P GUPTA
FORMER DEAN, FMS, DELHI UNIVERSITY

A special monetary award for Fearless Voice of Bollywood of ₹1,00,00/- went to

Swara Bhasker.

The glorious past record of awards given under the aegis of BMVP (along with their categories) include:

- Award Name: Award for Contribution to Poetry in India
- Winner: Subhash Mukhopadhyayay
- Amount: Rs. 1,00,000
- Details: For his contribution to poetry in India.

- Award Name: Award for Commitment Towards Public Hygiene
- Winner: Dr. Bindeswar Pathak
- Amount: Rs. 1,00,000
- Details: In 2003, for making public hygiene easily accessible, eradicating manual labor, and practice in both rural and urban India.

- Award Name: Award for Showing Communal Harmony
- Winners: Dr. Veer Bhadra Mishra & Maulana Abdul Batin Normani
- Amount: Rs. 1,00,000 each
- Details: In 2006, for showing communal harmony and integration after the Varanasi blast in 2006.

Award Name: 2008 Surama Chowdhury Memorial International Award in Literature
- Award Name: Surama Chowdhury Memorial International Award in Literature
- Winners:
- Syed Mustafa Siraj (for his novel Aleek Manush)
- Atin Bandopadhyay (for his novel Neelkantha Pakhir Khonje)
- Abul Bashar (for his novel Phool Bou)
- Amount: Rs. 10,00,000 each
- Details: Joint winners in 2008.

2010 Manavata Vikas Award
- Award Name: Manavata Vikas Award
- Winners:
- Dr. Ashok Sanjay Guha (for his academic researches in economics)
- Swaminathan Anklesaria Aiyar (for his incisive columns)
- Gurcharan Das (for his people-centric management thoughts)
- Mahasweta Devi (for dedicating her life for the tribals, santals, adivasis)
- Medha Patkar (for her selfless contribution for the cause of the displaced people across India)
- Shuvaprasanna Bhattacharya (for his contribution in organizing the Bengali intelligentsia to restore democracy in Bengal)
- Sunanda Sanyal (for his lifetime contribution for the well-being of students and his participation in restoring democracy in Bengal)
- Amount: Rs. 5,00,000 each
- Details: In 2010.

Other 2010 Institutional or Organizational Awards
- Award Name: Award for Commitment in Providing Advanced Healthcare
- Winner: Belur Sramajibi Hospital
- Amount: Rs. 5,00,000
- Details: For its commitment in providing advanced healthcare to the poorest of the poor.
- Award Name: Award for Socio-Political Vision
- Winner: Pradip Bose
- Amount: Rs. 5,00,000
- Details: For his socio-political vision in predicting the fall of Stalinism everywhere and for joining the struggle to restore democracy everywhere.
- Award Name: Award for Incisive Writings in Economics
- Winner: Dr. Kaushik Basu
- Amount: Rs. 5,00,000 (he accepted the honor but did not take the cash)
- Details: For his incisive writings in economics.

2010 Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Award
- Award Name: Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Award
- Winners:
- Soumitra Chatterjee (for bringing to life various characters of Rabindranath through his acting in films or plays)
- Suchitra Mitra (for taking us into the mystical world of Rabindrasangeet)
- Dr. Tushar Kanjilal (for giving shape to the poet's rural economic vision)
- Selina Hossain (for depicting the contribution of Tagore in Bangla literature, notably through her novel Gayatri Sandhya)
- Amount: Rs. 1,00,000 each
- Details: In 2010.

2010 Barun Sengupta Memorial Award in Journalism
- Award Name: Barun Sengupta Memorial Award in Journalism
- Winners:
- Debarata Bandopadhyay
- Manas Ghosh
- Amount: Rs. 1,00,000 each
- Details: In 2010.

2009 Gour Kishore Ghosh Memorial Award in Literature
- Award Name: Gour Kishore Ghosh Memorial Award in Literature
- Winners:
- Sankha Ghosh
- Nirmalendu Gun
- Amount: Rs. 1,00,000 each
- Details: In 2009.

2010 Award for Excellence in Performing Arts
- Award Name: Award for Excellence in Performing Arts
- Winner: Kaushik Sen
- Amount: Rs. 1,00,000
- Details: In 2010.

2010 Award for Excellence in Journalism
- Award Name: Award for Excellence in Journalism
- Winners:
- Rabi Ranjan Chattopadhyay
- Pulak Narayan Dhar
- Dr. Bharat Jhunjhunwala
- J Gurumurthy
- Amount: Rs. 1,00,000 each
- Details: In 2010.

2010 Award for Excellence in Entrepreneurship
- Award Name: Award for Excellence in Entrepreneurship
- Winner: Y K Hamied
- Amount: Rs. 1,00,000
- Details: Awarded in 2010.

2010 Award for Excellence in Healthcare
- Award Name: Award for Excellence in Healthcare
- Winner: Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty of Narayana Health
- Amount: Rs. 1,00,000
- Details: Awarded in 2010.
- Winner - Phanigopal Bhattacharya of Sramajibi Hospital
- Amount - Rs. 1,00,000
- Details - Awarded in 2010.

2010 Award for Excellence in Social Contribution
- Award Name: Award for Excellence in Social Contribution
- Winner: Swami Haripadananda Maharaj
- Amount: Rs. 1,00,000
- Details: Awarded in 2010.

2010 Award for Excellence in Practising Education
- Award Name: Award for Excellence in Practising Education
- Winner: Syed Nurul Islam Midya
- Amount: Rs. 1,00,000
- Details: Awarded in 2010.

2010 Award for Excellence in Football
- Winner: Baichung Bhutia
- Amount - Rs. 1,00,000
- Details - Awarded in 2010

2010 Rabindranath Tagore International Peace Prize
- Award Name: Rabindranath Tagore International Peace Prize
- Winner: Irom Chanu Sharmila
- Amount: Rs. 51,00,000 plus gold medal
- Details: Awarded in 2010.

2010 Rabindranath Tagore Memorial International Prize in Literature/Economics/Management
- Award Name: Rabindranath Tagore Memorial International Prize in Literature/Economics/Management
- Winners Ramapada Chowdhury Rs. 1,00,000,00
- Details: The award was set up as an Alternate to Nobel Prize

Chief Guest: Professor Mohan Munasinghe is the only Sri Lankan to be recognized as a Nobel Laureate. He shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore for his work as Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He is a renowned physicist, engineer, and economist

Guest of Honour: Lord Meghnad Desai

2011 Bharatiya Manavata Vikas Puraskar
- Award Name: Bharatiya Manavata Vikas Puraskar
- Winners:
- Binayak Sen (for commitment towards social justice, humanity, and human rights, and working for the tribals)
- Ilina Sen (for social justice and humanity)
- Prakash Kaur (for contribution to the society in upholding the value of girl child by adopting 60 abandoned girl children)
- Dr. Kiran Bedi (for prison reforms and human rights)
- Justice V R Krishna Iyer (for judicial reforms)
- T N Seshan (for electoral reforms)
- Amount: Rs. 5,00,000 each
- Details: Awarded in 2011.

SURAMA CHOWDHURY MEMORIAL INTERNATIONAL AWARD IN LITERATURE 2011
- Winner: Late Akhtaruzzaman Ilias
- Amount: Rs. 10,00,000
- Details: For his novel - Chilekothar Sepai
- Winner: Imdadul Haq Milon
- Amount: Rs. 10,00,000
- Details: For his novel - Noorjahan
- Winner: Selina Hossain
- Amount: Rs. 10,00,000
- Details: For her novel - Gayatri Sandhya
- Winner: Prafulla Roy
- Amount: Rs. 10,00,000
- Details: For his novel - Keya Patar Nouko
- Winner: Sunil Gangopadhyay
- Amount: Rs. 10,00,000
- Details: For his novel - Shei Samay
- Winner: Samaresh Majumdar
- Amount: Rs. 10,00,000
- Details: For his trilogy of novels - Uttaradhikar-Kaalbela-Kalpurush

AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM 2012
- Winner: Ravindra Kumar
- Amount: Rs. 1,00,000
- Details: Editor & Managing Director, The Statesman. Donated back the cash prize for IIPM’s Rural Development activities.

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA MEMORIAL PRIZE 2012
- Winner: E Sreedharan
- Amount: Rs. 10,00,000
- Details: for his honesty, integrity and moral values and being an example for the youth of India

MICHAEL MADHUSUDAN DUTTA MEMORIAL PRIZE 2011
- Winner: Joy Goswami
- Amount: Rs. 1,00,000
- Details: awarded to commemorate 150 years of Meghnad Badh Kavya and to honor Joy Goswami for his contribution in poetry

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Make Your Own Destiny- MYOD
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