The Kingdom of Raigam, a well-known FMCG group in Sri Lanka has initiated to hold an award ceremony to appreciate the talents in Social Media and creativity in Video Productions. The ceremony will be named as “RAIGAM SoMe AWARDS 2019, –The Nation’s Social Media Excellence.

The organising committee proudly announces that the arrangements are made to stage the award ceremony on 11th January 2020, at Trace Expert City - Colombo.

Raigam Group of Companies has passed well over two decades in business and has established goodwill among Sri Lankans as a trustworthy corporate citizen which full fills various needs of its customers and also discharges social responsibilities generously. Raigam has a cordial relationship with media and the field of arts in Sri Lanka. Raigam Telees, the prominent Tele-award ceremony in Sri Lanka has now reached the fifteenth encounter.

No doubt that Social Media is the fastest channel of communication today and it has opened a platform to talented people to expose their creativity. And also it can make a significant impact on the society. Therefore a regulatory mechanism and an appreciation of good work have become needs of the day. Accordingly the Raigam decided to initiate this endeavour.

The new initiative, the Raigam SoMe Awards will certainly catch the market specially the new generation and the organizers are expecting to grant a giant and novelty experience to the local social media enthusiasts with the hard earned experience of one and a half decades in organising Raigam Telees, the tele-award ceremony for Sri Lankan television industry.

On behalf of The Kingdom of Raigam, it’s prominent brand in cosmetics, “Swetha Chandandeelepaya” will provide the financial strength as the main sponsors of this event.

Panel of Judges
The panel of judges consist of five members covering all aspects of media and talents. The panel will be chaired by Dr. Tudor Weerasinghe who is an academic and consultant in the relevant field, and the rest of the eminent members of the panel will be Mr. Dinidu Jagoda, Mr. Boodee Keerthisena, Mr. Jagath Wickramasinghe and Mr. Chaminda Gamage.

The Award Ceremony will consist of two main categories namely Social Media Awards and Video Awards there will be 35 awards in total. Winners will be appreciated with ceremonial trophies and cash prizes exceeding Rupees 1.5 Million.

Details of awards under each category;

• Social Media category 12 Awards
(List attached)

Winners of this category will be decided on poll conducted on the official website of Raigam SoMe Awards. Social Media users are encouraged to vote for their choices to select the most popular sites /pages.

• Video Category 23 Awards
(List attached)

Creative excellence under this category will be judged by the panel of judges. Winners of popular awards will be decided on the poll conducted on the official website of Raigam SoMe Awards. Further the view count of each video will also count as preferences to decide winners. Viewers of various video creations on web are invited to cast their vote for respective popular videos.

Entries and closing date

• Entries are now open and applications can be downloaded from following FB page and web sites: raigam.lk, raigatelees.lk, raigamtelees Facebook. Closing date will be 06th November 2019.

• Two application collection centres have formed at:
FOX Furniture Showroom - Horana Road, Kottawa. (oppersite Keells)
FOX Furniture Showroom – NO. 273/1, Orabipasha Road, Colombo 10