VSA Partners is a branding and marketing company. It has its headquarters in Chicago with offices in New York City and Detroit. The firm was founded in 1982 by Robert Vogele as Communication Design Group. Clients include IBM, Harley-Davidson, GE, Nike and Procter & Gamble among others.
Notable work
Notable projects include:
* Sappi Fine Paper — Off Register digital, video and print campaign
* Harley-Davidson — new product launch, consumer outreach; 2011 Blackline and Black Label Collection
* River North Dance Company — pro-bono rebranding campaign including new logo, rebranding of the dance company’s name to River North Dance Chicago, as well as new marketing materials, including stationery, sales and marketing collateral, direct mail and advertising
* Mohawk Superfine Paper — Mode of Transformation promotion book.
* CME Group — How the World Advances global integrated advertising campaign. Campaign includes TV, print, and online advertisements.
* Chicago 2016 Olympic bid and identity
* Cingular — brand identity and launch
Notable work
Notable projects include:
* Sappi Fine Paper — Off Register digital, video and print campaign
* Harley-Davidson — new product launch, consumer outreach; 2011 Blackline and Black Label Collection
* River North Dance Company — pro-bono rebranding campaign including new logo, rebranding of the dance company’s name to River North Dance Chicago, as well as new marketing materials, including stationery, sales and marketing collateral, direct mail and advertising
* Mohawk Superfine Paper — Mode of Transformation promotion book.
* CME Group — How the World Advances global integrated advertising campaign. Campaign includes TV, print, and online advertisements.
* Chicago 2016 Olympic bid and identity
* Cingular — brand identity and launch
Sarkes Sahag Mkrdichian Jr. Also known as JRGOLF (Born June 17, 1986) is an Armenian Professional Golfer currently playing on the Gateway Tour, Swingthought Tour, PGA Tour Qualifiers & 2016 Q school participant.
Early life
Mkrdichian was born in Park Ridge, Illinois parents both of Armenian descent (Father: Sarkes Hamazas Mkrdichian Sr. And Mother: Shenorig Mkrdichian). Mkrdichian played his first round of golf at the age of 9 (right handed). He played junior golf thought the Illinois Junior Golf Association, and High School Golf at Maine West High Schoo<nowiki/>l where Mkrdichian won the bull dog invite and many more tournaments. Mkrdichian's college career was cut short due to relocation to Phoenix, Arizona and attending ASU where the team did not allow walk ons. he joined the practice squad and later gave up his amateur status to play professional on the gateway tour.
Professional career
Mkrdichian is currently playing on the Gateway Tour and Qualifying for PGA events. Also Mkrdichian will be also participating in the 2016 Q school qualifying stages this fall. Mkrdichian 2016 season was concluded at the Valero Classic Qualifier due to family health concerns. Mkrdichian has been working the 2016 season mostly off the course to be closer to his family, but with his time off he has been working with training facility Exos, swing coach Michael Pinkey at Combine Golf. Sarkes is set to attend the 2016 John Deere Classic Qualifier, and start his 2016 season late than expected.
Early life
Mkrdichian was born in Park Ridge, Illinois parents both of Armenian descent (Father: Sarkes Hamazas Mkrdichian Sr. And Mother: Shenorig Mkrdichian). Mkrdichian played his first round of golf at the age of 9 (right handed). He played junior golf thought the Illinois Junior Golf Association, and High School Golf at Maine West High Schoo<nowiki/>l where Mkrdichian won the bull dog invite and many more tournaments. Mkrdichian's college career was cut short due to relocation to Phoenix, Arizona and attending ASU where the team did not allow walk ons. he joined the practice squad and later gave up his amateur status to play professional on the gateway tour.
Professional career
Mkrdichian is currently playing on the Gateway Tour and Qualifying for PGA events. Also Mkrdichian will be also participating in the 2016 Q school qualifying stages this fall. Mkrdichian 2016 season was concluded at the Valero Classic Qualifier due to family health concerns. Mkrdichian has been working the 2016 season mostly off the course to be closer to his family, but with his time off he has been working with training facility Exos, swing coach Michael Pinkey at Combine Golf. Sarkes is set to attend the 2016 John Deere Classic Qualifier, and start his 2016 season late than expected.
Mr. Prakash holds a bachelor's degree in Math and a PG in English. He had served in Union of Evangelical Students of India, a 50-year-old student movement working among post metric students of India spreading the gospel of Christ, for 13 plus years, as Editor of its official monthly Telugu magazine Vidyarthi Jwala. Since then he has been actively involved in the state both as writer and speaker defending Christian faith in different settings and participated in philosophical and rational debates sharing platforms with both Christian and non-Christian thinkers and leaders. In the past twenty years he spoke and debated on crucial issues like Casteism, Vaastu, Guruism, God and Science, Evolution or Creation, Clonning and Creator, Is the Bible historical?, How to Interpret the Bible?, The Uniqueness of Christ, The Resurrection of Christ, etc.
For a few years, Mr. Prakash was on the national faculty of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, an international organisation committed to reach the thinkers and policy makers with God’s truth. He is the founder of Christian Thinkers Forum which aims to develop biblical thinking among Indian Christians and reasons for the Christian Hope before the skeptics, atheists and friends of other faiths. He is the Founder President of Spruha Foundation, a social service org that seeks to reach the marginalized and the underprivileged with Christian love in deed.
He is the author of “Bible Anweshana”, a Telugu booklet on How to Understand the Bible? He penned down innumerous articles on spiritual, social, scientific, philosophical and theological issues with regard to Human life and Christian faith in the past two decades.
He founded Christian Thinkers Forum (CTF) in 2005 in order to reach the thinkers and scholars in India with truth. Under the CTF banner he engaged in dialogue with Atheists like Dr. P.M. Bhargava, founder of CCMB, Hyderabad and Hindu Gurus like Swami Dayanada Saraswathi, a leading Bhagvadgita scholar from Rishikesh. He is also the Founder President of Spruha Foundation, a non-profitable organization committed to reach the poor and the needy in terms of educational, social, legal, medical and physical needs.
He is also a regular TV speaker who speaks on Rakshana TV, a Telugu Christian Satellite Channel, in Asalaina Prashna Sisalaina Javaabu with a global viewership of nearly 60 lakhs.
He worked as Asst. Professor in Christu Jayanthi Jubilee PG College, Guntur, teaching language and soft skills to MCA’s and MBA’s till recently. Now he is based at Guntur working for LOGOS Public School, a school with a Christian vision for education in India, for which he is the Founding Principal.
For a few years, Mr. Prakash was on the national faculty of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, an international organisation committed to reach the thinkers and policy makers with God’s truth. He is the founder of Christian Thinkers Forum which aims to develop biblical thinking among Indian Christians and reasons for the Christian Hope before the skeptics, atheists and friends of other faiths. He is the Founder President of Spruha Foundation, a social service org that seeks to reach the marginalized and the underprivileged with Christian love in deed.
He is the author of “Bible Anweshana”, a Telugu booklet on How to Understand the Bible? He penned down innumerous articles on spiritual, social, scientific, philosophical and theological issues with regard to Human life and Christian faith in the past two decades.
He founded Christian Thinkers Forum (CTF) in 2005 in order to reach the thinkers and scholars in India with truth. Under the CTF banner he engaged in dialogue with Atheists like Dr. P.M. Bhargava, founder of CCMB, Hyderabad and Hindu Gurus like Swami Dayanada Saraswathi, a leading Bhagvadgita scholar from Rishikesh. He is also the Founder President of Spruha Foundation, a non-profitable organization committed to reach the poor and the needy in terms of educational, social, legal, medical and physical needs.
He is also a regular TV speaker who speaks on Rakshana TV, a Telugu Christian Satellite Channel, in Asalaina Prashna Sisalaina Javaabu with a global viewership of nearly 60 lakhs.
He worked as Asst. Professor in Christu Jayanthi Jubilee PG College, Guntur, teaching language and soft skills to MCA’s and MBA’s till recently. Now he is based at Guntur working for LOGOS Public School, a school with a Christian vision for education in India, for which he is the Founding Principal.
Sobha City is an integrated township in Thrissur City of Kerala state of India. It was launched on May 13, 2007 on the Thrissur-Guruvayoor highway. The township is built on a area.
History
The land where Sobha City was situated earlier was a paddy field. Afterwards, Jos Alukka & Sons bought the land and reclaimed it for their new township. But it never materialised. So in 2007, Sobha Developers Limited bought the land and decided to build an integrated township called Sobha City. The group launched the township project in 2007 by investing Rs 850 crore and to be completed by May 2011. The first stage of the project was completed in 2012 in which Sobha Malachite, Sobha Lifestyle and Sobha Topaz were given to the customers. In the second stage, Sobha Sapphire, Sobha Jade and Sobha City Mall will be completed. The township project is the largest project by the Sobha Developers Limited till date.
Geography
The township is located in 55 acres of land in Puzhakkal, a suburb in Thrissur City. It is the first integrated township in Kerala state to build. It has a crescent shaped, man made lake covering with a 10 kilo metre walkway around the lake. On one side, it is covered by Puzhakkal River and an irrigation canal and on the other, paddy fields.
The township has 18 lakh sq ft of residential space and over five lakh sq ft of commercial space.
Villas and buildings
Sobha Malachite
Sobha Malachite contains 2 super luxury Villas with an area of 11.7 cents each. The total area of the project is 289 acres.
It has 173 row houses in total divided into two phases. Phase one has door number 1-100 and phase-2 has 101-173. The luxurious Villas are on both the corners of every row where they have an extended lawn along their house and are slightly larger in size.The Sobha office is located in Sobha Malachite. It has one common garden space with benches provided for seating. The Gardens are very well maintained on a regular basis. The security system is strong with 24/7 security guards present. The 173 ville has 21,000 square feet. This is a good place to stay but it feels like a village because of no sense of the builders. The architecture is according to the Mughal History of India. The president of the committee is from 18th century cartoon.
Sobha Lifestyle
Sobha Lifestyle contains 40 Super Luxury Villas in 4.582 acres with sylvan landscaping. It has 4BHK and 3BHK villas.
Sobha Topaz
Sobha Topaz contains 216 super luxury apartments in 26 storeys. It is divided into three towers. The project has an area of 3.35 acres. It is tallest residential building in Thrissur City and Thrissur District and second tallest in Kerala State.
Sobha Sapphire
Sobha Sapphire contains 216 super luxury apartments in 26 storeys which are spread across three towers.
Sobha Jade
Sobha Jade contains 216 super luxury apartments in 26 storeys which are spread across three towers. Completion is due in 2016.
Sobha City Mall
This is the first fully air conditioned mall in Thrissur City which will have 600,000 sq. feet of space for retailing, 7 screen multiplex, luxury business hotel, restaurants and food courts.
Famous residents
* Joy Alukkas, Managing Director of Joyalukkas
* Boby Chemmanur, Chairman and Managing Director of Boby Chemmanur International
* Kedarnath Managing Director of Bhima Jewellery
History
The land where Sobha City was situated earlier was a paddy field. Afterwards, Jos Alukka & Sons bought the land and reclaimed it for their new township. But it never materialised. So in 2007, Sobha Developers Limited bought the land and decided to build an integrated township called Sobha City. The group launched the township project in 2007 by investing Rs 850 crore and to be completed by May 2011. The first stage of the project was completed in 2012 in which Sobha Malachite, Sobha Lifestyle and Sobha Topaz were given to the customers. In the second stage, Sobha Sapphire, Sobha Jade and Sobha City Mall will be completed. The township project is the largest project by the Sobha Developers Limited till date.
Geography
The township is located in 55 acres of land in Puzhakkal, a suburb in Thrissur City. It is the first integrated township in Kerala state to build. It has a crescent shaped, man made lake covering with a 10 kilo metre walkway around the lake. On one side, it is covered by Puzhakkal River and an irrigation canal and on the other, paddy fields.
The township has 18 lakh sq ft of residential space and over five lakh sq ft of commercial space.
Villas and buildings
Sobha Malachite
Sobha Malachite contains 2 super luxury Villas with an area of 11.7 cents each. The total area of the project is 289 acres.
It has 173 row houses in total divided into two phases. Phase one has door number 1-100 and phase-2 has 101-173. The luxurious Villas are on both the corners of every row where they have an extended lawn along their house and are slightly larger in size.The Sobha office is located in Sobha Malachite. It has one common garden space with benches provided for seating. The Gardens are very well maintained on a regular basis. The security system is strong with 24/7 security guards present. The 173 ville has 21,000 square feet. This is a good place to stay but it feels like a village because of no sense of the builders. The architecture is according to the Mughal History of India. The president of the committee is from 18th century cartoon.
Sobha Lifestyle
Sobha Lifestyle contains 40 Super Luxury Villas in 4.582 acres with sylvan landscaping. It has 4BHK and 3BHK villas.
Sobha Topaz
Sobha Topaz contains 216 super luxury apartments in 26 storeys. It is divided into three towers. The project has an area of 3.35 acres. It is tallest residential building in Thrissur City and Thrissur District and second tallest in Kerala State.
Sobha Sapphire
Sobha Sapphire contains 216 super luxury apartments in 26 storeys which are spread across three towers.
Sobha Jade
Sobha Jade contains 216 super luxury apartments in 26 storeys which are spread across three towers. Completion is due in 2016.
Sobha City Mall
This is the first fully air conditioned mall in Thrissur City which will have 600,000 sq. feet of space for retailing, 7 screen multiplex, luxury business hotel, restaurants and food courts.
Famous residents
* Joy Alukkas, Managing Director of Joyalukkas
* Boby Chemmanur, Chairman and Managing Director of Boby Chemmanur International
* Kedarnath Managing Director of Bhima Jewellery