Shashi Tharoor New Web Site Launched
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COMA, Singapore based design agency, is engaged as communication design consultant for Shashi Tharoor’s office.
Indian Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor has launched a new web site—http://tharoor.in to replace two previous sites.
The new site, created by COMA, offers simple access to information and connection to Tharoor, who was elected in May, and his office. A key function is to promote open and transparent governance and to help people seeking to address their concerns. The web site is, hence, kept simple to navigate to encourage participation and to create an open communication channel between Tharoor and his constituents.
Previously, Tharoor had two web sites: his personal site, which included interviews, his biography and information on his books; and a campaign site, which played a pivotal role in his election to India’s Parliament for the Thiruvananthapuram constituency in Kerala in May 2009. With Tharoor’s new political responsibilities, it became evident that a new portal was needed to combine the two ponderous sites into one with good information architecture that will serve to fulfill his campaign promises. COMA, with its forte in user interface design and communication design, was approached to create a web site with clarity and easy accessibility to information and services.
Tharoor, a well-known humanitarian and writer—currently also serves as the Indian Minister of State for External Affairs. Previously, he served as the United Nations Under-Secretary General for Communications and Public Information. In 2006, he was nominated by India to succeed Kofi Annan as U.N. Secretary-General, a position that ultimately went to Ban Ki-moon of South Korea. Tharoor’s United Nations career began in 1978 in Singapore. He was assigned as Head of the UNHCR office in Singapore (1981–1984) during the peak of the Vietnamese “boat people” crisis.
COMA is a design agency founded in 2009 in Singapore with a focus on using design strategically to achieve business success for clients. COMA’s expertise encompasses communication design, identity & brand design, interactive media, and information architecture and design.
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