Tag: Anirban Roy

  • Mamaearth and Swiggy Instamart unite to #GoGreen this World Environment Day

    Mamaearth and Swiggy Instamart unite to #GoGreen this World Environment Day

    Mumbai: Mamaearth, a brand for toxin-free and natural personal care products, is thrilled to announce its partnership with Swiggy Instamart for a special sampling activity in Delhi NCR in observance of World Environment Day.

    Through this initiative, Mamaearth will include complimentary seed samples with close to 30,000 orders delivered through Swiggy Instamart on World Environment Day. This joint effort represents more than just a campaign; it stands as a testament to both brands’ commitment to environmental stewardship and sustainability. The brand believes in the power of small yet impactful actions, aiming to inspire new age consumers to begin their sustainability journey right from the comfort of their homes. Ultimately, it envisions a future where every home nurtures a thriving garden, every individual embraces an eco-conscious and sustainable lifestyle, and together, we co-create a world where harmony between humanity and nature prevails. Mamaearth chose to collaborate with Swiggy Instamart to leverage their extensive reach and engage a wide audience, promoting sustainability and eco-conscious living on a larger scale.

    The brand believes that goodness starts with the small choices we make every day, and this reflects in the choices the brand has made with its products and initiative like plant goodness where every order made on the website results in a tree being planted on behalf of the consumer. This initiative aims to promote afforestation, support farmer livelihoods, and foster sustainable coexistence with nature. The brand has been on a constant endeavour to serve consumers and society and make the world a better place.

    Honasa Consumer Ltd EVP and CMO Anuja Mishra commented, “At Mamaearth, we believe in the power of doing good to drive meaningful change. Through our partnership with Swiggy Instamart on World Environment Day, we are excited to engage with our consumers and encourage them to join us in our mission to plant goodness and make a difference for the planet. Beyond the immediate act of planting seeds, we aspire to ignite a sense of empowerment that these small activities can create for the collective good.”

    Talking about the initiative, Swiggy Instamart VP – category, growth & revenue Anirban Roy said- “We are excited to partner with Mamaearth on this meaningful initiative for World Environment Day. By including complimentary seed samples with 30,000 orders through Swiggy Instamart, we aim to inspire our consumers to take small but impactful steps towards sustainability. This collaboration not only highlights our shared commitment to environmental stewardship but also empowers our customers to contribute to a greener future right from their homes. Together, we believe we can make a significant difference in promoting eco-conscious lifestyles and nurturing a more sustainable planet.”

    The brand launched the plant goodness initiative with an ambition to plant 1M trees by 2025 and has already planted six lakh trees. In collaboration with an NGO and farmers for agroforestry, these trees have been planted in farmlands across Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. The saplings planted are fruit- bearing trees that help farmers increase income opportunities with the produce from these trees. The agroforestry approach doesn’t use the entire agricultural land, and the farmers continue to do their farming along with creating an orchard. This helps in creating carbon sinks in agricultural fields, thus moving towards the target of ‘Net Zero Carbon’. The brand has also created positive environmental changes, including the sequestration of 250,000 tons of carbon and the production of 500,000 tons of oxygen each year, while greening 3,500 acres of land.

  • Leo Burnett India onboards Anirban Roy as chief strategy officer

    Leo Burnett India onboards Anirban Roy as chief strategy officer

    Mumbai: Leo Burnett India, part of  Publicis Groupe India has strengthened its senior leadership team by appointing Anirban Roy as chief strategy officer. Anirban will report to Leo Burnett – South Asia, CEO Amitesh Rao. The appointment comes from the agency’s unprecedented growth and success in India.

    Commenting on the announcement, Leo Burnett, South Asia CEO Amitesh Rao shared, “The appointment of Anirban is a significant milestone for the agency as it brings together cohesive strategic leadership to Leo Burnett which will play a critical role in our growth ambitions. Anirban brings a wealth of experience, great leadership acumen and a tenacious commitment to excellence which will not only benefit our existing brand partners but help us drive our new business growth plans. He has a proven track record of success, and I am sure that given our diverse set of brands, partnered with his expertise, will set the bar high for the future.”

    Leo Burnett, South Asia CCO, Publicis Groupe, South Asia & chairman Rajdeepak Das added, “What sets Leo Burnett India apart is our approach to creativity – which has always been rooted in people and purpose. Anirban’s appointment reinforces our commitment to our strategic approach to creativity. I would like to welcome Anirban to the Leo Burnett family.”

    Commenting on his appointment, Leo Burnett India chief strategy officer Anirban Roy said, “Leo Burnett is a remarkable brand which has steadily built a pool of top tier talent, creative momentum and has earned a reputation for doing award-winning work that moves the market. These ingredients, along with the stellar leadership team & the enviable client roster is what drew me to Leo Burnett. I am excited to see what we can do together to unlock fame and growth for the brands we serve.”

    Anirban is known for his ability to challenge the status quo & steer brands by keeping things simple yet impactful. He has worked for 21 years across some of the biggest organisations including Ogilvy, McCann and most recently Wieden & Kennedy where he served as head of strategy, India.

    During his career, he has steered brands such as  Amazon, Maggi, Jio 5G, Titan, BMW, Yum Foods, Coke, Sprite and Bingo! – to name a few. His writings have been published in WARC, Economic Times & The Drum. His work has brought in awards at Effies, Cannes, AMEs and D&AD. 

  • Wieden + Kennedy India onboards senior strategists – Tania Dey and Snigdha Bose

    Wieden + Kennedy India onboards senior strategists – Tania Dey and Snigdha Bose

    Mumbai: Over the past year, since Santosh Padhi took over as CCO and Ayesha Ghosh joined as President W+K India, the agency has opened up a Mumbai office and has made hires at the top level. Anirban Roy came on board as strategy head, Kapil Batra as NCD and Shreekant Srinivasan as Head of Delhi. The agency has been selective in signing up clients like Jio 5G, Clove Dental, Casio G Shock; campaigns for all of whom are in the making.

    Famously, the agency puts work above all else and to that end, their selectivity extends beyond the clients they sign-up, to their recruitment criteria.

    After a careful assessment of skills, values and cultural fit, Snigdha Bose and Tania Dey have been welcomed aboard the Delhi and Mumbai offices respectively.

    Dey has always been interested in the intersection of technology and human behaviour. They bring with them skills in customer experience roadmaps and building omnichannel brands.

    Bose has been a qualitative researcher, in which role she honed her understanding of the subconscious motivations that guide people’s decisions and behaviour. As a strategist, she has used these skills to craft brand solutions that people would feel a real need for and resonate with.

    Wieden + Kennedy India head of strategy Anirban Roy commented, “For the past year, we have been working towards onboarding the right kind of people and an eclectic mix of brands that we want to work with – so I am happy to have found Tania Dey & Snigdha Bose. They bring very different skills to the table which will add different colours to the strategic function. I am confident that they will influence both the creative output and the business outcome for our clients.”

    Wieden + Kennedy India president Ayesha Ghosh said, “W+K’s creative prowess is what it is because it is guided by depth. Talented people like Tania and Snigdha are the ones who dig deep while not being afraid to take intuitive leaps. With them on board, we feel further inspired and strengthened.”
     

  • Wieden + Kennedy India appoints Anirban Roy to lead strategic planning

    Wieden + Kennedy India appoints Anirban Roy to lead strategic planning

    Mumbai: Anirban Roy has joined Wieden + Kennedy India’s leadership team to head strategic planning for the Delhi and Mumbai offices. He will be operating out of the Mumbai office.

    Anirban’s exposure has been rich, having worked on several brands at various agencies and various cities. In his last role, he was head of strategic planning for McCann Worldgroup in Delhi. Prior to that, he worked at Ogilvy and Saatchi. He has worked in Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Manila, where he steered strategic conversations at Nestle, Yum Foods, BMW, Amazon, Coke, and Unilever, among others. He has also helped script the brand narrative for some of India’s unicorn start-ups like Licious & Flipkart.

    Speaking of his appointment, Roy said, “Very few people in their lifetime get to work in a place that’s revered for its irreverence & celebrated for being a ‘cathedral of creativity’. I am grateful to Ayesha and Paddy for this opportunity and feel lucky to be a part of this team that will write a new chapter for W+K India. Looking forward to the dance.”

    Commenting on the hire, W+K India president Ayesha Ghosh said, “With Anirban’s valuable perspective, we intend to steer the fundamental brand thinking and look forward to building lasting brand relationships. While we’ll always have room for brands that want to do short-term projects, the real test of an agency lies in building brands over years, like W+K has done with Indigo. Anirban has steered important brand conversations for many big MNC clients, as well as for start-ups, and in doing so, has helped them win Effie, Cannes, AME, Kyoorius, and D&AD awards. I’m really excited to see him at work at W+K.”

    W+K India CCO Santosh Padhi added, “Client, creative, account management, and strategic planning are the four key pillars of advertising that build and hold the foundation of a brand and help grow its business. I’m happy that we now have the fourth pillar in order, with Anirban, to help our brands grow stronger, bigger, and bolder.”

  • Business Today onboards Anirban Roy as online editor

    Business Today onboards Anirban Roy as online editor

    Mumbai: India Today Group-owned Business Today magazine is all set for a digital revamp. The Group also announced the appointment of Anirban Roy, formerly with The Wall Street Journal and Reuters, as Business Today’s online editor.

    Roy commands more than 20 years of experience in multi-media, multi-platform, and multi-language newsrooms across international and Indian media houses. Roy was the founding digital editor and news editor for The Wall Street Journal India, where he and his colleagues won the SOPA Award for Excellence in Multimedia News Presentation. Prior to that, he was India digital editor at Reuters. He has also been the Group editor for social platforms at Network18.

    “Business Today has always led the discourse on business journalism in India and now with its move towards a digital-first, multimedia-led coverage, it is poised to lead the way for storytelling in the digital age. I look forward to showcasing stories about India’s new economy and how it is being shaped by the ongoing tech revolution,” Roy said on his new role at the ITG.

    In another key announcement, the Group named leading financial journalist and anchor Aabha Bakaya as the co-host of its upcoming Business Today TV show.

    A career business journalist, Bakaya has more than 15 years of rich experience in financial news television at leading channels in the country. She was a consultant anchor at ET NOW, hosting its flagship “The Market” and “Closing Trades” shows. Bakaya was a founding team member at NDTV Profit and ET NOW. In a previous role, she anchored stock market opening and closing shows at Bloomberg TV. 

    “I look forward to being a part of the India Today family. I am thrilled to join the team at Business Today and bring my knowledge along with the expertise to cover the markets and decode important business news daily for the audience,” Bakaya said on her new role at the ITG.

    Ever since its inception in 1992, it has set new benchmarks in business reporting. Today, Business Today commands the highest readership among all business magazines in India.

    Last month, the India Today Group announced the appointment of Udayan Mukherjee, the country’s biggest and undisputed icon in business journalism, as its Global Business Editor and host of a daily business show premiering on India Today air from August 1.

    Earlier in July, the network named one of India’s most prominent magazine editors, Sourav Majumdar, as the new Editor of the Business Today Magazine, and Siddharth Zarabi, an award-winning journalist and former editor of Bloomberg TV, as the Managing Editor of Business Today TV.

  • Amazon Echo says experience everyday magic in new campaign

    Amazon Echo says experience everyday magic in new campaign

    MUMBAI: In today’s world, where people are worried that the growth of technology is drawing them apart, Amazon Echo’s new campaign aims to bring Indian families together with its smart speaker technology. The campaign stitches together an Indian family’s everyday situations that lead to small moments of everyday magic enabled by the Amazon Echo device.

    Conceptualised by Ogilvy Bangalore and directed by Aarthi Kakkad of Curious Films, the films tell the story of an Indian family where the father, mother and daughter encounters an endearing family moment that is relevant to a daily family setting. One film captures a sweet moment of the father being caught off guard by the mother and daughter secretly dancing to the tunes of a popular Bollywood song. While the other film encapsulates the traditional bond between a father and daughter.

    Ogilvy Mumbai executive creative director Neville Shah, “The simplicity of creative was broken down to one thing. How can the Echo be part of your everyday; like a family member. And since this is an extremely new category, familiarizing people with the use of the product is key.”

    “With the successful launch of Echo, Indian consumers have shown that they are more than ready to adopt new technologies which are relevant to them. The current campaign is continuation of our launch campaign about how Echo fits seamlessly in the lives of consumers and makes everyday moments special,” adds Amazon India director mass and brand marketing Ravi Desai.

    Ogilvy South senior vice president for head of planning Anirban Roy mentions, “The category is at a nascent stage and hence demonstrating relevant use cases of Amazon Echo was critical for us. We are trying to build the category and at the same time trying to create a positive disposition towards us.”

  • Ogilvy appoints Anirban Roy as head of planning for South

    Ogilvy appoints Anirban Roy as head of planning for South

    MUMBAI: Advertising agency Ogilvy India has appointed Anirban Roy as head of planning for Ogilvy South with immediate effect. Roy will move to Bengaluru.

    Ogilvy South president N Ramamoorthi says, “Anirban’s leadership of our planning group ticks two boxes for us. One, he is from within Ogilvy – so he’s not new to the culture of the agency. Two, he is that rare breed of planner who has worked on both brand and digital planning – both crucial to Ogilvy’s next chapter transformation.

    Roy was in Ogilvy Mumbai and comes with 15 years of work experience across mainline and digital in India and APAC (Singapore, Manila). He has led brands such as Fanta, Sprite, BMW, GSK, Tata Salt, Wild Stone, United Nations, Carlsberg, Huawei to name a few. 

    Ogilvy India chief strategy officer Prem Narayan mentions, “Anirban is a true Ogilvy all rounder. He has worked in our Delhi and Mumbai offices. Anirban is a great team player and is one of the finest leaders I have worked with. As Head of Planning, Anirban will partner N Ramamoorthi, Azaz, Kiran, Tithi and Mahesh. I am sure he will take Ogilvy South to greater heights.”

  • Tata Salt promotes fitness in women through digital campaign

    Tata Salt promotes fitness in women through digital campaign

    MUMBAI: Tata Salt Lite has associated with the sixth edition of Colors Pinkathon in Mumbai. The run encourages women to adopt and promote fitness and health while creating awareness for breast cancer, bone health, thyroid disorder and other issues relating to women’s health.

    Through the 10 km run, Tata Salt Lite reinstates the importance of taking control of one’s own health and nurturing oneself. As a part of the brand’s association with Colors Pinkathon, Tata has launched its #GoActive campaign through two digital films. The campaigns created by Ogilvy Mumbai inspire every woman, irrespective of her societal and financial status, to commit to an active lifestyle and take up running.

    Ogilvy Mumbai senior vice president planning Anirban Roy says, “No matter how you run, where you run, when you run and from what you run, we believe our work will inspire women to adopt an active lifestyle. In an age when most brands struggle to get past her attention wall, it is an honest effort by a brand that has been championing societal health and well-being for decades.”

    Tata Chemicals head marketing consumer products business Sagar Boke adds, “The first step in empowerment is taking control of one’s own health and nurturing oneself. By virtue of associating with Pinkathon, Tata Salt Lite seeks to motivate women to run for their health, regardless of what society dictates. Tata Salt Lite, a low sodium salt, is ideal for people who seek an active lifestyle. With the Pinkathon association, we not only hope to strengthen the brand’s health credentials but also create a strong emotional connect with its consumers.”