Avinash Pandey COO ABP News
Avinash Pandey COO, ABP News
Coming soon...
Darshana Shah Chief Marketing Officer
Darshana Shah Chief Marketing Officer, Aditya Birla Health Insurance
Darshana Shah has overall 19 plus years of rich experience in marketing, brand & communication. She started her career in 1996 in IT education sector and post that forayed in Retail for last 15 years. She joined Aditya Birla Health Insurance in Jan 2016 as Chief Marketing Officer and will drive the key agendas of Product Marketing, Channel and Customer Management, Digital Marketing and Corporate Communications.
Prior to joining Aditya Birla Health Insurance, Darshana was with Hypercity Retail as Sr. Vice President - Marketing and Visual Merchandising. In this role Darshana was a part of the leadership team and “customer custodian” of Brand Hypercity, leading the marketing, CRM, analytics, visual merchandising and digital marketing functions. Prior to her stint with Hypercity Retail, Darshana has worked with organizations such as Reliance Retail, Future Group and Shoppers Stop.
Darshana has done her Bachelor in Science from Mithibai College and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management Studies from NMIMS. She has crazy affinity for beaches, and If not at work she is travelling to some new country as she is a long bucket list and loves meeting people from different culture.
Gaurav Mehta Chief Marketing Officer
Gaurav Mehta Chief Marketing Officer, Girnarsoft (Cardekho, Gaadi.Com, Zigwheels)
Gaurav Mehta is the Chief Marketing Officer of GirnarSoft, parent company of category leading consumer internet brands like CarDekho, Gaadi, Zigwheels, BikeDekho, Oto.com (Indonesia) amongst others. In his previous employment, Gaurav was Chief Marketing Officer – South Asia for OLX. With a forte in branding and marketing he drove OLX to become among the most trusted and admired brands of the country. He was one of the first few employees to have joined OLX, and has led marketing initiatives that are responsible for OLX becoming a market leader in a short span of time.
A post graduate in Brand Management and Media Planning from MICA, Gaurav has diverse experience spanning 15 years, which includes 8.5 years as a leading digital business expert in companies such as Yahoo and OLX. An analytics and research driven marketer, Gaurav has been in the mobile marketing space since 2008, and has also showcased his entrepreneurial streak with his company, BrandDNA, a branding and marketing consultancy.
Under his leadership, OLX emerged as the top ten searched terms by Google Zeitgeist in 2013 and 2014. He was also felicitated with the ‘Marketer of the Year’ award at the second edition of Exchange4Media Indian Marketing Awards in 2015 and Power Profile by LinkedIn in 2016.
He is an avid reader with interest in the field of politics, economics, and history. He is also a trained horse rider and skier.
Giridhar Seetharam Chief Marketing Officer
Giridhar Seetharam Chief Marketing Officer, Mahindra Holidays
Career Summary 20 years of successful delivery across multiple functions (marketing, sales, business strategy), multiple geographies (India, South East Asia, global) & multiple teams (country, regional & global). Stewarding global and local brands worth a Billion dollars across Asia Pacific in key leadership roles over the last 6 years.
Career History
Education XLRI Jamshedpur Diploma in Business Management, Marketing & Sales, 1996 - 1997
National Institute of Technology Karnataka Bachelor in Engineering, Mechanical, 1990 - 1994
Jaikishin Chhaproo Head-Media & PR
Jaikishin Chhaproo Head-Media & PR-ITC Limited
Coming soon
Kartik Kalla EVP & National Head- Programming, Marketing, Audacity
Kartik Kalla EVP & National Head- Programming, Marketing, Audacity, Radio City
Malay Dixit Chief Communication Officer
Malini Agarwal Founder & Creative Director
Manoj Gursahani Chairman
Manoj Gursahani Chairman, US India Investors Forum ( USIIF )
Nina Jaipuria Business Head – Kids Entertainment Cluster
Nina Jaipuria Business Head – Kids Entertainment Cluster, Viacom 18
Parag Agarwal Head - Global Marketing and NPD
Parag Agarwal Head - Global Marketing and NPD, Hero MotoCorp Ltd
Pramesh Arya Group Head - Marketing, APMEA Region
Pramesh Arya Group Head - Marketing, APMEA Region at Apollo Tyres Ltd
Ronita Mitra Founder & Chief Strategist
Ronita Mitra Founder & Chief Strategist, Brand Eagle Consulting
Swati Mohan Business Head
Swati Mohan Business Head, National Geographic & Fox Networks Group, India
Sunita G.R. Head of Marketing
Sunita G.R. Head of Marketing-Facebook
Viral Oza CMO
Viral Oza CMO, Lodha Group
Zoya Pandey Head - Marketing Excellence
Zoya Pandey Head - Marketing Excellence, Abbott Healthcare Pvt. Ltd.
Abhijit Bhattacharya Head of Marketing (India)- Consumer Products
Ankit Desai Head – Media & Digital Marketing, India & Global Centre of Excellence
Ankit Desai Head – Media & Digital Marketing, India & Global Centre of Excellence, Marico Limited
Ankit is a media professional who has worked in various profiles in media across the publisher, media agency, broadcaster & the advertiser domains.
He started his career with Dainik Jagran as part of their national sales team. His next job with MindShare Fulcrum gave him exposure to cutting-edge work on media and in-particular digital with HUL’s portfolio of brands, after which he moved to NDTV to be part of the team which launched their general entertainment channel, NDTV Imagine, as part of the Marketing team.
He currently works with Marico Ltd. as Head – Media & Digital Marketing, India & Global Centre of Excellence with a portfolio spanning markets across the Middle East, Africa & Asia regions.
Gayatri Sundaram Head of Content and Experience at KidZania India
Gayatri Sundaram Head of Content and Experience, KidZania India
Gayatri Sundaram is an experimental and vibrant content marketing professional with 11+ years’ experience across the entertainment industry. In her role at KidZania India as Head of Content & Experience, she handled a key portfolio of driving customized experiences during the launch of two facilities in India [Mumbai and Delhi NCR].
Bringing along her experience of creating content across advertising, television and radio, it is not a surprise that she enjoys crafting high quality edutainment for families but also seamlessly integrating brand values and ethos. A firm believer in delivering meaningful yet thoroughly gratifying interactions through content, she works closely with strategic brand partners and operations at KidZania to drive results every day.
Geetanjali Chugh Kothari Associate Vice President - Marketing
Gerard Jayaranjan National Creative Director, Digital
Jaya Jamrani GM- Marketing
Karishma Pradhan Vice President & Head- Brand
Karishma is a financial and marketing communications professional, with over 13 years of experience, in credit, research, marketing and brand strategy. Her career has largely been focused on financial services where she has led and developed marketing and brand initiatives around customer segmentation, research, creative development, campaign management, campaign execution and evaluation.
She started her journey at ICICI Bank in the credit team and then moved into a variety of roles across product, research & rural marketing before joining the corporate market research team. Here she helped set up one of the most complex brand track studies for the Bank. She then went on to join the Corporate Brand team which saw her handle 360 degree campaigns and strategic projects. Her personal favourite is still the MySavings Rewards campaign, which went on to win the World Brand Congress – Brand Leadership Award in the BFSI sector.
Her next job was with Standard Chartered Bank which besides giving her great exposure in handling a global brand, also saw her manage marketing for the entire retail assets portfolio along with the digital assets and handle the BTL marketing events, across the country. She currently works with RBL Bank Ltd., as VP & Head- Brand and is responsible for bank-wide brand related initiatives and strategic projects. In addition she also drives engagement for the corporate clients.
She loves doodling, sarcasm and the mountains in equal measure. Be it paperbacks, newspaper inserts or carton packaging, she reads just about anything.
Navin Thakur Head of Marketing
Marketing professional with over 13 years of experience in Marketing & Branding with the brand like Relaince, Godrej, Mudra, Madison to name a few, has hands on experience in developing and implementing: Corporate Branding Strategy, Brand Architecture & Positioning, go-to-market strategies, Advertising Campaigns and Marketing plans. Rich experience in working with Real Estate, Power, Infrastructure, Metro, Manufacturing & Consumer Service companies. Heading marketing initiatives lead by digital media marketing, social media. An effective communicator with abilities in establishing beneficial relationships.
Have passion for sports, travelling and driving. Love listing songs and watching movies in free time.
Nikhil Venugopalan Head- Content
Nikhil Venugopalan Head- Content, Zee Digital
Pearl Shah Head of content (AVP- Marketing)
Pearl Shah Head of content (AVP- Marketing), Snapdeal
Premnath Unnikrishnan Head - Digital Marketing
Puneeth Bekal General Manager - Strategic Marketing Group
Raisa Kazi Vice President - Digital Marketing and Brand Strategy
Ranjeeta Tamang Head - Digital Marketing, Corporate Marketing
Rohan Khanna Vice President, Head Pricing and Customer Value Proposition
Rahul Adaniya Deputy Vice President - Marketing
Rahul Dhamdhere DGM Marketing
Rahul Dhamdhere DGM Marketing, Piramal Group
Sarah Aikara Deputy Manager, Marketing & Corporate Communications
Sarah Aikara Deputy Manager, Marketing & Corporate Communications, Blue Star Limited
Shailja Shah Purohit General Manager (Head Content)
Shawn Chandy Marketing Lead- Suiting
Sheetal Seth Asst. General Manager - Marketing
Shonali Shetty Head of Digital & Media Marketing
Shonali Shetty Head of Digital & Media Marketing, The Wadhwa Group
Sudeep Bansal Head of Digital Marketing
Sudeep Bansal Head of Digital Marketing, OLX
Sumit Verma DGM Marketing & Branding GP Petroleums Limited
Sumit Verma DGM Marketing & Branding, GP Petroleums Limited
Vandana Ramkrishna Vice President
Vamsi Murthy Rachakonda Associate Director - Brand Marketing
Vandana Ramkrishna Associate Director - Brand Marketing
Vishal Dwivedi Assistant Vice President - Marketing & Communication (Digital Marketing)
