{"id":11766,"date":"2018-07-02T17:25:10","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T17:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/?p=11766"},"modified":"2018-07-03T03:26:54","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T03:26:54","slug":"akshay-kumar-ganesh-venkatram-joins-harpic-as-the-sanitation-champion-with-its-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/?p=11766","title":{"rendered":"Akshay Kumar &#038; Ganesh Venkatram joins Harpic as the sanitation champion with its new\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 mission of\u00a0making \u2018Har Ghar Swachh\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><b><\/b><br \/>\n<i><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ganesh.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11771\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11771 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ganesh.jpg\" alt=\"ganesh\" width=\"317\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ganesh.jpg 317w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ganesh-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/a> \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div><strong><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0~Harpic\u2019s vision is to provide\u00a0<\/span>an access to clean and hygienic sanitation for every Indian~<\/i><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><i><\/i><br \/>\n<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Faceinews-Logo-Copy.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7654\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7654\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Faceinews-Logo-Copy.png\" alt=\"Faceinews Logo - Copy\" width=\"173\" height=\"43\" \/><\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Chennai,\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1686873084\"><span class=\"aQJ\">2 July 2018<\/span><\/span>:\u00a0Harpic, the leader in toilet cleaning category, today announced, Akshay Kumar as its brand ambassador to drive its new mission of\u00a0<i>\u2018Har Ghar Swachh\u2019<\/i>. Underlining its commitment to support sanitation and ODF initiatives, Harpic along with Akshay Kumar aims to provide universal access to clean toilets to each and every Indian and emphasize on the importance of maintaining a clean toilet.To further amplify its mission across the country, Harpic has additionally roped in rising star,\u00a0Ganesh Venkatram, known for his performance in critically acclaimed films like Abhiyum Naanum and Unnaipol Oruvan, where he worked alongside Kamal Haasan. Ganesh joins Akshay Kumar as the brand advocate for the southern markets for Harpic\u2019s \u2018<i>Har Ghar Swachh<\/i>\u2019 mission.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/aksay.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11772\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11772 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/aksay.jpg\" alt=\"aksay\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/aksay.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/aksay-284x158.jpg 284w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/aksay-128x72.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Harpic has been a pioneering toilet cleaning brand in India with undisputed market leadership within the specialist toilet cleaner category. The brand has consistently been rated amongst the most trusted homecare brands in the country with over 50 million households across urban and rural India trusting it for their every day sanitation needs. With the \u2018<i>Har Ghar Swachh\u2019<\/i>\u00a0mission, it is determined to ensure that every home can be cleaned and maintained with Harpic.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Akshay has been a strong supporter of the sanitation movement in India and has championed the social issue through his movies like\u2019 Toilet Ek Premkatha\u2019 which was instrumental in driving positive social change. He is also the Brand Ambassador of the Government\u2019s \u2018<i>Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan<\/i>\u2019. With the new mission, Akshay plays an evangelist to emphasize the need for taking care of toilets, maintaining them regularly and cleaning them to ensure a healthier living.<\/div>\n<div>Commenting on his association with the brand,\u00a0<b>Ganesh Venkatram<\/b>\u00a0said, \u201cAs a responsible citizen, it is our duty to adopt basic hygiene and sanitation habits so that we can live a healthier life and Harpic\u2019s \u2018<i>Har Ghar Swachh\u2019<\/i>\u00a0mission aims to inculcate this understanding and habit amongst every Indian today. It\u2019s a great honour and pride for me to collaborate with the brand and Akshay Kumar in this mission to ensure that every household in India has access to clean toilets.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Commenting on his association with the brand,\u00a0<b>Akshay Kumar<\/b>\u00a0said, \u201cIt\u2019s a privilege for me to join Harpic in its \u2018<i>Har Ghar Swachh\u2019<\/i>\u00a0mission to sensitize people on the need and significance of keeping their toilets clean and hygienic. We can no longer treat toilet as a stepchild of the home but consider it to be a source of pride and joy, hence I urge people to join us in this mission in making \u2018<i>Har Ghar<\/i>\u00a0Swachh\u2019.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>On the announcement,\u00a0<b>Sukhleen Aneja, CMO, Marketing Director, South Asia RB Hygiene Home<\/b>\u00a0said,\u00a0\u201cHarpic has been an expert in toilet cleaning for over 30 years now and has undertaken several initiatives to drive behaviour change towards driving transversal access to sanitation. Realising the need for educating consumers on the usage and maintenance of toilet, Harpic through its mission of \u2018<i>Har Ghar Swachh\u2019<\/i>\u00a0aims to sensitize people about basic\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">cleaning habits and ensure that every Indian household has access to clean toilets. Professionally and personally,\u00a0<\/span>Akshay has been a key influencer to drive the sanitation mission in India and it\u2019s an honour to have him as Harpic\u2019s brand advocate to amplify our mission along with Ganesh Venkatram for the south markets.\u00a0Harpic stands for expertise, trust, reliability and positive social change \u2013 Values true to Akshay and thus, the partnership between Harpic and Akshay is a natural extension of these values.\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">With Akshay, as the perfect evangelist, Harpic will continue to\u00a0<\/span>driving this positive social change\u2019.<\/div>\n<div><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">The association with Akshay will spin a holistic,\u00a0<\/span>multi touchpoint campaign that brings to life Harpic\u2019s superiority as a specialist toilet cleaner.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0~Harpic\u2019s vision is to provide\u00a0an access to clean and hygienic sanitation for every Indian~ Chennai,\u00a02 July 2018:\u00a0Harpic, the leader in toilet cleaning category, today announced, Akshay Kumar as its brand ambassador to drive its new mission [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11771,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-hopes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11766"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11773,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11766\/revisions\/11773"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}