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Ajay Dang Head – Marketing, Home Care & Media Godrej Consumer Products Limited
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Amit Syngle President – Sales, Marketing & Technology, Asian Paints
Anantha Nayak Head Consumer Healthcare Cipla ltd.
Arijit Ray Co-Founder & Managing Partner Paperboat Brandworks
Arijit is a proven Marketing and Advertising Professional with 24 years of experience across various roles with leading Multi-national agencies like Rediffusion Y&R, McCann Erickson, Dentsu, DDB Mudra, Saatchi& Saatchi. Arijit started his entrepreneurial journey with Paperboat Brand works recently after he moved on from Dentsu Communications. Where he lead the agency over 2 years as CEO and oversaw its journey to acquire 14 new businesses, expand across geographies and become the fastest growing agency of the Dentsu Network, globally. His Dentsu stint came after an equally successful 4 year tenure with DDB Mudra West as President & Head. He and his team steered the office into the largest, most profitable & awarded agency in the country. On the back of aggressive new business wins of 22 brands, organic growth across key relationships and recognition across platforms that honour creativity and effectiveness, like Cannes, EFFIES and GOA Fest, 3 years in a row.
His other noteworthy association was a 11 year innings with Rediffusion Y&R across New Delhi & Kolkata. During his 2 1Ž2 year innings at Kolkata, he turned a lesser known Kolkata operation into one of the most profitable and awarded operation, winning 5 of the top 6 brands there.
Some of the salient client portfolios, he has worked on are United Airlines, Canon Copiers, Emirates, Sony Ericsson, Economic Times, Lonely Planet, Union Bank, L&T, Philips, Electrolux, Bajaj, Maruti Suzuki, Renault, Reliance Communications, AirTel, Gillette, Fanta, Nescafe, Sony Pix, ICICI, Toyota, TVS, Panasonic, Castrol.
Arijit was featured in Business Standard in 2010 in the Frontrunner section that tracks young achievers in Corporate India. In 2012.he was one of the few leaders to be profiled by Brand Equity, the advertising and marketing supplement of Economic Times.
Bobby Pawar Managing Director, Chief Creative Officer Publicis Worldwide - South Asia
Engineering college dropout. English Lit. grad. Purveyor of f-bombs. Lazy writer. Lazy.Period. Bobby’sgot into the business by accident. You might say his journey into advertising is like a blind date that led to a marriage.The relationship has lasted 23 years and divorce isn’t on the cards.
By all means, advertising has been good to Bobby. He got to put his creative fingerprints on some of the world’sbest-known brands.
At Publicis, Bobby and his planning partner, ParthaSinha, have created some of most talked about work on the agency’s biggest brands. They have also revved up Publicis’s new business engine, making the agency one of the fastest growing in the country.
Before joining Publicis, he was the Chief Creative Officer at JWT, where he made a marked difference to the creative product.
Prior to that he spent 4 years as the Chief Creative Officer of the DDB Mudra Group. He was instrumentalin transforming the agency into, arguably, one of the hottest creative shops in the country.
Besides India, Bobby has plied his craft in the US, as a Creative Director at Ogilvy, New York and Group Creative Director at BBDO, Chicago.
For a guy who almost flunked math, his stats are not bad. He has racked-up over 400 local and international awards, in both creative as well as effectiveness shows. He was Campaign Asia’s Creative Person of the Year (2011) for India and South Asia. Today he is ranked amongst the 5 most influential and creative people in Indian advertising, by the Economic Times.
Delna Avari Head of Marketing and Services Tata Motors
Ms. Delna Avari joined Tata Administrative Services (TAS) in 2001 and has held several positions in Tata Motors before her current assignment as Head of Marketing Communication and Services. In this role she is responsible for the creation of the brand and positioning strategy for the passenger vehicle portfolio comprising 12 brands including new brands Zica, Hexa, Bolt & Zest and indigenous powertrain Revotron & Revotorq. She oversees the development of a value- based brand & product portfolio strategy to enable decision-making on future investment. Ms. Avari is responsible for building centers of excellence for consumer insight, digital, media planning, visual merchandize and retail design technology. In addition, she is also on the Board of Concorde Motors, a subsidiary of Tata Motors as the Director. She has held a number of management positions with Tata Motors as Head (Nano Product Group), Vice President at Tata Motors Thailand, Area Manager – Europe and Marketing Manager (Light Commercial Vehicles). Her experience spans the 3 sub-continents of India, Europe and ASEAN managing relationships with over 12 nationalities. Her strong business leadership background has been built through experience in setting up greenfield projects, turning around weak operations and exiting certain markets. Ms. Avari has completed her Fulbright Fellowship at Tepper School of Management, Carnegie Mellon University in 2010. She holds a Bachelors’ degree in Economics from Mumbai University and a Masters’ degree in Management (PGDBM) from Xavier Institute of Management. She serves on gender diversity as well as marketing councils including the first Facebook India Client council and has been recently featured in IMPACT's ‘50 Most Influential Women in Indian Media, Advertising & Marketing List’ as well.
Gaurav Suri Senior Executive Vice President Head - Marketing @gawruv
Gaurav Suri Senior Executive Vice President Head - Marketing
Gaurav Suri provides leadership to the marketing and communication functions for the UTI Asset Management Company Ltd. His other responsibilities include Brand building, Channel and Product marketing, Training, MIS and Analytics. He also drives other emergent channels like Internet, the Contact Centre and technology led strategic initiatives like M Commerce within the organization.
His previous assignment was as Director Marketing and Product Development, Metlife. Having worked with a variety of companies such as FMCG Majors (Danone group and Perfetti Van Melle} and the Insurance industry, he has over 21 years of diverse experience.
After completing his Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical} from Regional Engineering College, Bhopal he went on to earn his MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur. Twitter Handle: @gawruv LinkedIn Connect: https://in.linkedin.com/in/gaurav-suri-b017a8
Malay Dikshit Chief Communications OfficerTata Sky
Malay Dikshit Chief Communications OfficerTata Sky
Manashi Guha VP Marketing ( Consumer Divison - L'Oreal Paris, Garnier & Maybelline NY) L'Oréal India
Manashi Guha VP Marketing ( Consumer Divison - L'Oreal Paris, Garnier & Maybelline NY)L'Oréal India
Praveen Tripathi CEO, Magic 9 Media & Consumer Knowledge pvt Ltd
Sandeep Kulhalli Sr.VPRetail & Marketing Tanishq
Sandeep Kulhalli Sr.VPs Retail & Marketing Tanishq
Sandeep Kulhalli, is a BSc., (Chemistry) from Fergusson College, Pune and has completed his Post Graduate in Management from Symbiosis, Pune(1982). Most of his working experience has been in Sales & Marketing. He started work Sales Executive at Electronica Sales &Service,Mumbai, for 3 years, followed by a Marketing stint at Khimline Pumps Ltd, as marketing Executive for another 3 years. He then joined as Area Sales Manager with Titan Industries Ltd, in 1988, and handled Sales Operations in MP and Vidharbha, later moved to Calcutta as ASM, WB and NE launched Timex in the East as Sales Manager, and completed the stint, as Sales Manager for Titan, for East Region from 1994, handled the North Region as Regional Manager, for all business.
He moved to Corp office at Bangalore, in 2004, as Business Head-Customer Service, later Headed the Retailing Business Group for the Watches Div, subsequently headed International Business for the Co, and now as Sr.Vice President-Retail & Marketing-Jewellery Division and manage the Flagship Brand Tanishq for India and Overseas, as well as Goldplus and Zoya Retail Brands.
Sanjay Singal Head of Marketing – Foods Dabur India Limited
Sujit Ganguli Head - Brand & Corporate Communications, ICICI Bank
Veetika Deoras COO - Digital Vertical Vice President - Brand Marketing and Corporate Communication
Veetika leads two key portfolios at Tata Capital – Digital Business and Brand Marketing. As the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the Digital vertical, she is entrusted with the responsibility of the establishment and operations of the vertical as a profit centre, cutting across all the retail products and services. As the lead for Brand, her role includes strategic brand development, brand communication and brand-building. Additionally, she also oversees Internal Communication and drives the Public & Media relations strategy and function. Her role in Tata Capital also includes being part of the Operations Committee and Corporate Sustainability Committee. Veetika was a part of the core team that worked towards the formation of the Company, and subsequently went on to head the Brand Marketing and Corporate Communication for Tata Capital Limited, and its subsidiaries. She has been instrumental in setting up these functions at Tata Capital Limited and in creating and developing the ‘Tata Capital’ brand and its promise (‘We only do what’s right for you’), identity and strategy. Under Veetika, the Tata Capital brand has grown consistently, with award winning mass media campaigns and unique initiatives. Veetika is a TAS (Tata Administrative Services) officer working in the Tata Group for the last 13 years. Prior to Tata Capital Limited she has worked in the areas of Brand Strategy and Marketing in Tanishq, Titan Industries Limited and Tata Indicom, Tata Teleservices Limited. In her first year of assignment, she did short projects in varied companies and functions like – Human Resources in Group HR, Tata Sons; Operations at Tata Chemicals Limited; New Product Introduction at Tata Tea Limited (now Tata Global Beverages) and Corporate Social Responsibility at Tata Chemicals Limited.Veetika has done her schooling from Delhi Public School, Delhi, and is an Economics graduate from Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University and a MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi. She is a Fulbright Fellowship Programme scholar, and has attended executive programmes at the Carnegie Mellon University, and by the University of Michigan, NYU Stern School of Business and University of Cambridge. Her interests include – sports, travelling and reading.
Amit Kumar DGM - corporate Marketing Mother Dairy F&Y Pvt. Ltd.
Dhirendra Ukarde Brand Head Magicbricks NOW @dhirendrau
Dhirendra Ukarde Brand Head Magicbricks NOW
Dhirendra Ukarde is the brand head of Magicbricks NOW; India’s 1st Property Business TV Channel launched by Times Network. His inputs have proven to be extremely useful in not only the positioning of Magicbricks NOW but also in conceptualizing, planning and executing intensive campaigns to announce the channel across multiple markets and platforms. His insights have been instrumental in drafting key messages that iterate the channel ideology and bring out the USP of Magicbricks NOW.
In his previous role with Times Network, Dhirendra has shared his business acumen on ET NOW where he played a vital role that propelled the channel to become the No. 1 English business news channel in India.
Before being associated with Times Network, Dhirendra serviced some of the most iconic names in the world of media such as Zee Marathi, Radio Mirchi and Hindustan.
An Electronics & Telecommunication Engineer, Dhirendra completed his MBA in Marketing & Sales from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies and is passionate about world cinema.
Eeshita Ghosh Client Leader Maxus @EeshitaG
Eeshita Ghosh Client Leader Maxus
Self- inspired, always learning and passionate individual and I work because I love to work. Have spent almost 13 years in advertising-media planning and still counting. The last minute rush, short deadlines, and intense work pressure keeps me going and motivates me all the time. A voracious reader, physics graduate and communication specialist, my interests are widespread.
Have successfully launched many new products and services, e.g., Android One, YouTube offline, GOSF for Google India and work as a strategy specialist for multiple businesses and pitches.
Clients Worked On: Reckitt Benckiser, Dabur India Limited, Google India, S C Johnson, Wrigleys India, Akzonobel.
Mandar Keskar Head - Category ( Marketing ) Perfetti Van Melle
Moneesh Chakravarty Marketing Head (West) RED FM @moneeshc
Moneesh Chakravarty Marketing Head (West)) RED FM 93.5 (Digital Radio (Mumbai) Broadcasting Ltd.)
Pradnya Popade Asst. Director- Media and Communications Samsonite South Asia Pvt Ltd.
Driving holistic planning and buying for Samsonite, American Tourister, High Sierra, Lipault, Lavie (brand of Bagzone, a retail chain collaborated with Samsonite) and a distribution network titled as Periwinkle (Catering to premium brands like Accessorize & Wacoal). The role is to drive communication, media strategy, planning and buying across platforms such as Traditional Media / Digital / Social and PR, for India and Middle East regions.I have gathered comprehensive experience having spent 14 years as part of marketing communications and brand management professional, which covers the exposure attained in multiple media agencies and corporate environment. As part of the media agency, I have worked for longer stint on P&G business, in the capacity of buying head where I have spearheaded the entire annual buying strategy and actual negotiations for all TV media for two continuous years.For another couple of years, have handled media and communication strategy for Pampers, Healthcare, and Duracell as the Strategy Planning Director.Was the head of Implementation planning for all P&G brands almost for 3 years and thus, completed a full circle of strategy, planning and buying for almost all media.Prior to this, in the senior capacity, have worked on Tata Indicom, Tata Corporate, Colgate Palmolive, Reliance India Mobile etc. such prestigious accounts. Throughout my career, my constant endeavor has been to d build brands of higher stature with holistic communication planning.
Prashant Desai Sr Media Manager- India Mondelēz International
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Rahul Shah Head - Motorcycles & Brand Services ( Two Wheeler Sector) Mahindra & Mahindra
Rajshekhar Patil Creative Director TBWA India
Raj is helping to set up Media Arts Lab in India as creative lead. He was part of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s India launch, and the global Shot on iPhone 6 campaign.
Previously he was cd on Cadbury Celebrations and Asian Paints at Contract. He was part of BBH India’s start up team and spent four years at the agency.
He has a mix of international and Indian awards.
Sujata Dwibedy Head Business Development Omnicom Media Group @9Sujata
Sujata Dwibedy Head Business Development Omnicom Media Group
Media professional with nearly 17 years of experience. Currently in charge of the business growth and acquisitions at Omnicom Media group (OMD, PHD and Digital ).
A gold medalist in MBA, holds dual specialization in Marketing as well as HR .
Has had the privilege to be honed across all facets of media in the entire span of her career.
High-energy, result oriented leader who is hands on and proficient in media planning , media buying , brand strategy, syndicated media research , customized media research, innovation and integration. Driven to manage costs and establish strategic, mutually beneficial partnerships and relationships with clients , vendors and people.
Known to build and retain high performance teams by motivating skilled media professionals in the past assignments.
True belief on Media innovation: When it comes to innovation and integrations, it should always work in sync with the business objectives. True creativity in media actually should drive high ROI effectively .
Sujit Patil Vice President - Corporate Communications Godrej Industries
Sujit Patil is Vice President and Head Corporate Communications, Godrej Industries Limited and Associate companies. He drives corporate and brand PR and is responsible for building and sustaining the Group’s reputation across diverse stakeholders.. Under his leadership, Godrej won the prestigious Diamond SABRE Award South Asia 2015 - Company of the year and the IPRCCA 2015 Gold award for best use of PR for building corporate reputation. An instrumentation engineer, Sujit completed his MBA in Marketing and a Diploma in Advertising and PR. Over the years, he has won over 150 national and international awards for internal and external communication and is a regular speaker at key industry conferences including the World Communication Forum, Davos. He is among the three globally accredited business communicators in India, certified by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). He is also the winner of the IABC International Gold Quill award, the only Indian communications professional to win this global accolade thrice. Sujit was recently appointed as the Chairman of the Mumbai chapter of Young Indians (Yi), an integral wing of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII).
Prior to joining Godrej, Sujit led Corporate Communications in Tata Chemicals Limited, a global Chemicals company with operations across four continents. He has also worked with Larsen and Toubro Limited and Emerson Process Management. Sujit has extensive experience in working across the communication spectrum including in global branding, sustainability and M&A.
He loves to travel, meet people, explore cultures and try different cuisines. He also enjoys farming, kickboxing and is an advocate of sparrow conservation.
Sumeli Chatterjee Head - Marketing, Media & Insights MTV India
Marketing to the youth will always be in fashion. Sumeli Chatterjee, head of marketing, media and insights for MTV India and MTV Indies, loves to sport this fashion in style. With a career that spans over a decade, Sumeli brings with her a rich experience across brand management, channel marketing, business strategy, portfolio management, sales planning and management consulting across several categories. At MTV India, she has been instrumental in driving MTV’s brand equity through several new properties/shows, awardwinning marketing concepts and the recent launch of MTV Indies as a platform to showcase independent sub-cultures. Thus, making MTV one of the most followed brands by the younger generation. She has also co-authored several MTV Insights Publications including MTV Power of One, MTV Age of Sinocence and most recently, MTV The Curious Minds studies and been speaker across several conferences in India and abroad.
A marketing and strategy specialist (MBA) from Indian Institute of Management, Indore, she started her career with Coca-Cola India where she has managed leading beverage brands - Thums Up and Maaza; and had also been a part of the core team responsible for New Product Development and Innovations. Post that, she had been associated with MarketGate Consulting, now a part of the Publicis Group, where she had successfully led client engagements across diverse sectors.
Tarun Jha Head Marketing, Skoda India
Vishal Malhan Vice President Pidilite Industries Limited