Next Gen Publishing Ltd.

New Delhi, May 25, 2005: Next Gen Publishing Ltd., a Forbes Group (India's oldest surviving business group) and HDFC Ltd. enterprise, today announced the launch of 'Forbes Yellow Pages' (FYP) for New Delhi. FYP will be a unique, multi-format Business Directory, specially customized to serve the needs of the business community in and around New Delhi / NCR region. The announcement was made by Mr. Hoshang Billimoria, CEO, Next Gen Publishing Ltd. at a Press Conference in the city today.

FYP will be an attractive, easy to use, comprehensive and well-produced directory of large, medium and small businesses in New Delhi. The information carried in FYP will be available in four colour, print and CD versions, as well as through Mobile and online too. Bookings for the first edition open today.

FYP New Delhi has been conceptualized after carrying out in-depth market research among advertisers and consumers about their needs and experiences. It will have the following unique features:

Colour - Will be the first four colour Yellow Pages in New Delhi / NCR region.
24X7 tele-information service - Information on categories or companies can be procured by anyone on designated telephone lines.
Information on Mobile -In a feature which will be introduced soon, anyone will be able to access the Information in Forbes Yellow Pages through their mobiles. This will be done by both SMS and WAP. The same process will ensure that an advertiser gets an alert when his name is accessed.
CD - The information of the book will also be available in a CD which will be distributed free among corporates and other companies.
Website [www.fyp.in] - An easy to use state-of-the-art website with an intelligent search engine and many more innovative features and advertising options.
Innovative advertising schemesfor most cost effective reach.
Heritage-Forbes Yellow Pages is a product from Next Gen Publishing, a company backed by two of the most respected and trusted names in Indian Business, Forbes and HDFC.

Earlier this month, Next Gen had launched their Forbes Yellow Pages for Ahmedabad which has already recived overwhelming response within the first three weeks.

FYP is the first business product of Next Gen Publishing, headed and managed by CEO, Mr. Hoshang Billimoria (former Vice Chairman and Managing Director Tata Infomedia Limited), who has over 14 years experience in the publishing and printing industry. Mr. Billimoria was responsible for starting the Directory and Magazine publishing business at Tata Infomedia Limited, where he was instrumental in the Company's turnaround from a loss making printing company to a successful publishing company. During his tenure, several special interest magazines in the B2B and B2C space were launched and they became leaders in their respective categories. Also, the Yellow Pages Directories that were introduced in twelve cities became huge successes.

Commenting on the launch, Mr. Hoshang Billimoria, CEO, NGPL said, "We are delighted to launch our first FYP directory for New Delhi, a city which has always been in the forefront for innovative ways of business growth. We are confident that our users will find the specially customized offering that we are launching in New Delhi, extremely beneficial and advertisers will support it whole-heartedly."

Next Gen Publishing Ltd. has been jointly setup by The Forbes Group (India's oldest surviving business group,) and HDFC Limited which has been established to offer the best in the field of print publishing, through niche / special interest magazines and other print products. NGPL plans to become a leading content generation company. The Board of Directors of NGPL includes Mr. Nawshir Khurody (former Chairman, Tata Infomedia Limited, former Managing Director, Voltas Ltd. & Chairman NGPL), Mr. K. C. Mehra (Deputy Chairman and Managing Director, Forbes Gokak Limited), Mr. Keki Mistry (Managing Director, HDFC Limited) and Mr. R N Jha (former Director, LIC).

Baburajan K / Gaurvi Bhasin
Madison PR, New Delhi
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