Harsh Sheth steps up at MSL India

MUMBAI: Harsh Sheth has pressed the accelerator at MSL India. The corporate communications specialist has been elevated to associate vice president, marking the latest pit stop in a steady, well-timed climb through India’s healthcare and pharma PR lanes.
Sheth is no stranger to the MSL garage. His latest promotion comes after a two-year stint as group head and an earlier innings as associate director, roles that saw him juggle reputations, crises and clients with equal dexterity. In total, he has spent over four years in his current MSL avatar—long enough to know where the levers of influence sit.
Before returning to MSL, Sheth briefly detoured to Spag as associate account director, and earlier to Roche as partner – corporate affairs and communications, where he handled the full alphabet soup of internal and external communications: employer branding, crisis management, social media, KOL engagement and leadership counsel. Calm under pressure appears to be a recurring theme.
His résumé is quite well stacked with sojourns at India’s healthcare communications ecosystem. From corporate communications at Glenmark Pharmaceuticals to account manager at Adfactors PR, and an earlier managerial role at MSL India itself, Sheth has built a reputation for mixing strategic thinking with media nous. The journey began even earlier at Prime Communiqué and Viraat Technology Labs, cutting his teeth on account management and business development.
An MBA by training and a healthcare communicator by practice, Sheth now finds himself at the senior table just as clients demand sharper narratives and steadier hands. For MSL India, it is a safe bet on institutional memory. For Sheth, it is another rung climbed—quietly, efficiently, and without dropping the baton.
In the race for influence, this is one promotion that did not come out of the blue—and will not be the last.