Mumbai: Blossom Media Pvt Ltd, a research, advisory and media firm on emerging Muslim consumer market Thursday called for nominations from the Mumbai and suburbs based Muslims in terms of the most recalled names for the People's choice award.
"The award is unique as it is going to be happening for the first time in India and here it is the Muslim masses who will be nominating their favorite Muslim figures", Maulana Ubaidur Rahman Qasmi, Managing Director of Blossom Media said in a statement.
"Since this is for the first time that such concept is been coined, we have asked the People from Mumbai, Suburbs and India, through Facebook, Linkedin, Whatsapp and Muallim - the Muslim Lifestyle magazine, to nominate the Muslim figures of their choice", he said.
The Convener of the award committee and Director of Blossom Media, Ziaullah Nomani said they have asked people to keep the figures from Bollywood out of the nominations as they want the names of the people who work for the betterment of the community and the country on the ground level.
"The nominations for the People's Choice awards are open till 10th of January 2014. The winners will be announced in an event to be held in the last week of January 2014", he said.
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