Minacs Named as Finalist in 2012 Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service

TORONTO, Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Aditya Birla Minacs, a global business solutions company (subsidiary of Aditya Birla Nuvo), has been named as a finalist in three categories in the sixth annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, and will ultimately be a Gold, Silver, or Bronze Stevie Award winner in each of the following categories:

• Contact Center of the Year (over 100 seats)
• Sales Turnaround of the Year
• Young Customer Service Professional of the Year

The awards are presented by the Stevie® Awards, which organizes several of the world's leading business awards shows including the prestigious International Business Awards. Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word "crowned," the final results will be announced during a gala banquet on Monday, February 27 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. Finalists from the U.S.A. and several other nations are expected to attend.  

"On behalf of the Minacs' executive team, I extend hearty congratulations to our Moncton, New Brunswick site for their achievements over the past year and for spearheading these nominations. While knowing that we're providing exceptional service to our clients is its own reward, it is always very gratifying to be recognized by one's peers in the industry," said Anil Bhalla, President, Operations, North America and Europe. 

More than 1,000 entries from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted to this year's competition, an increase of almost 30% over 2011. Finalists were determined by the average scores of 93 professionals worldwide, acting as preliminary judges. Entries were considered in 27 categories for customer service professionals, including Contact Center of the Year, Award for Innovation in Customer Service, and Customer Service Department of the Year; 38 categories for sales professionals, ranging from Senior Sales Executive of the Year to Sales Training or Coaching Program of the Year to Sales Department of the Year; and categories to recognize new products and services and solution providers. 

More than 100 members of seven specialized judging committees will determine Stevie Award placements from among the Finalists during final judging, to take place January 30 - February 10.  

"We're delighted to kick off our celebration of the 10th year of the Stevie Awards movement with the 2012 Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, which will be the first program in which we'll bestow Silver and Bronze Stevie Awards," said Michael Gallagher, president and founder of the Stevie Awards. "It's gratifying and inspiring to have received so many remarkable entries for this year's competition. I know the final judges have a tough task ahead of them to determine the Stevie Award placements."

Details about the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service and the list of Finalists in all categories are available at www.stevieawards.com/sales. 

About Aditya Birla Minacs Worldwide Ltd.
Aditya Birla Minacs is a leading business solutions company that partners with global corporations in the manufacturing, retail, telecom, technology, media and entertainment, banking, insurance, healthcare and public sectors. We leverage years of process, domain and technology expertise to deliver superior business value to clients with our seamless Customer Lifecycle, Marketing, Finance and Accounting, Procurement and IT solutions and services. 20,500 Minacs experts across 3 continents and 36 centers spanning Canada, Germany, Hungary, India, Jamaica, Philippines, the UK and USA power our solutions through a global delivery model that helps our clients enhance revenues, profitability and customer service. Visit www.minacs.adityabirla.com for more information.

About The Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about The Stevie Awards at www.stevieawards.com.

Sponsors and supporters of the 6th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service include American Support, Coloredge Los Angeles * New York, Competence Call Center, SDL and ValueSelling Associates.

Safe Harbor
Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects are forward-looking statements, which involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. We may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in our filings with the regulators in India and to our reports to shareholders. We do not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by us or on our behalf.

For further information, please contact:
Joanne Morrison
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