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  • ZEEL gets MIB’s nod to transfer digital publishing business to Rapidcube

    ZEEL gets MIB’s nod to transfer digital publishing business to Rapidcube

    New Delhi: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) has received the approval from the ministry of information and broadcasting for the transfer of the digital publishing business division to Rapidcube Technologies.

    The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade has also granted its approval for the same.

    The company’s board had already given the go-ahead for the transfer of the Digital Publishing Business Division of the Company to Rapidcube through a Business Transfer Agreement last year on 17 December. Established this year, Rapidcube is a private company limited by shares and is the wholly owned subsidiary of Zee Media Corporation Limited.

    “The company has received the approval from the ministry of information and broadcasting and department for promotion of industry and internal trade, as required under the press note four of 2019 dated 18 September, 2019 and the provisions of Foreign Exchange Management Act, 2000,” it said in a BSE filing.

  • Fullerton India appoints Meehiir Desai as head of marketing

    Fullerton India appoints Meehiir Desai as head of marketing

    Mumbai: Fullerton India, an investment and credit company (NBFC-ICC), on Friday announced the appointment of Meehiir Desai as its head of marketing. Desai will lead the marketing and corporate communications functions of the organization and will be reporting to Fullerton India’s chief business officer Ajay Pareek, the company said.

    Desai has over 16 years of extensive experience in brand management, media outreach (digital and offline), and corporate communications. He served in companies across different domains such Fino Payments Bank, Sony Pictures Networks, Times Global Broadcasting Company, Network 18, and HDFC Bank. He resumes his corporate journey after a brief entrepreneurial stint.

    Fullerton India’s CEO & MD Shantanu Mitra said, “On behalf of the Fullerton India family, we are proud to welcome Meehiir to the team. He brings the right blend of experience to represent our Brand to our stakeholders. We are certain that he will head the Marketing and Communications division with ease and strengthen Fullerton India’s presence across the country.”

    On his appointment, Desai said, “I am delighted to join Fullerton India and excited to head the Marketing and Communication function. I look forward to supporting in strategizing, executing and contributing to the growth of the brand and the organization’s vision and values.”

  • Nippon TV elevates Yoshikuni Sugiyama as new president

    New Delhi: Nippon TV, Japan’s leading multiplatform entertainment powerhouse has elevated its representative director and operating officer Yoshikuni Sugiyama to the role of president and senior executive operating officer.

    He replaces Yoshinobu Kosugi who will be taking the new position of vice chairman and senior executive operating officer of Nippon TV. “President Sugiyama will report to vice chairman and senior executive operating officer Yoshinobu Kosugi and chairman and CEO Yoshio Okubo,” it said in a statement.

    Having had significant growth in its international business, Keiichi Sawa, currently operating officer responsible for Nippon TV’s Global Business Development, which includes International Business Development (IBD), has been promoted to Board Director and operating officer for that division. 

    Board Director Sawa will be responsible for Business Development and Real Estate. He will report to President Sugiyama.

    Nippon TV’s recent scripted format Mother was recently ranked #1 in the Top 10 Traveling Asian Scripted Formats, and Nippon TV also ranked for the first time in the Top Exporter of Asian Unscripted Formats 2020-2021, achieving the third position. The global sales of Mute it!, Sokkuri Sweets, BLOCK OUT, Pharaoh!, Old Enough! and other unscripted formats led to this position, as per the data provided by K7 Media in May 2021.

  • India Inc and Republic TV join hands to present IGF-London ’21

    Mumbai: India Inc and Republic Media Network have come together to broadcast the coveted India Global Forum’s (IGF) flagship event from 29 June to 1 July. IGF, organised from London as a hybrid event, will bring together the premier political and business leaders to set the vision and ambition for the post-pandemic world. It will highlight the theme of ‘Future Now – Radical Actions for the Post-Pandemic Ara’.

    The event will host 200-plus high-profile speakers and participants from over 50 countries across the globe.

    A high-powered lineup of eminent speakers includes senior Indian cabinet ministers Dr S Jaishankar (External Affairs), Nirmala Sitharaman (Finance), and Piyush Goyal (Commerce), Nitin Gadkari (Transport), and Smriti Irani (Women, Textiles). Senior ministers and former leaders from the UK have also endorsed their participation – UK chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak, UK first secretary of state and secretary of state for foreign, commonwealth and development affairs Dominic Raab, UK home secretary Priti Patel, Institute for Global Change ED & former UK PM, Tony Blair have also signed on the roster. 

     

    Michael Bloomberg (Entrepreneur; climate change activist and New York’s ex-mayor), World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and General David H. Petraeus (KKR Global Institute ex-CIA Director), and Isha Foundation founder Sadhguru are also part of the star-studded line-up.
     

    In keeping with the #FutureNow central theme, the sessions of the forum have been broadly divided across the sessions including climate action, digital future, global business, economic recovery, health & health-tech, securing supply chains, and global leadership.

    A series of power-packed sessions will cover every aspect of India’s ubiquitous role in ensuring the ‘build back better’ goals of the world’s leading economies are in harmony with India’s growth ambitions.
     

    London headquartered India Inc Group, founder and CEO, Manoj Ladwa said, “This year’s India Global Forum brings with it a sense of urgency and impatience about the radical actions needed now to shape a post-pandemic World. It is where the big global issues of climate change, economic recovery, and opportunity, digital transformation, and tackling new age imperialist and fundamentalist threats get debated.”

    “This is the biggest and most impactful gathering on India’s globalisation anywhere in the World. It is where the enterprise of a business leader meets the power of a politician; the curiosity of a scientist meets the ingenuity of an engineer; the wisdom of experience meets the impatience of ambition. It is quite simply where India meets the world, and the world meets India. We are therefore thrilled by this partnership with Republic TV in India that will take the ideas and ambitions of the Forum to the widest possible audience,” he said.

    “At Republic, we see great potential in the coming together of two great democracies: the UK and India. We believe that with an exchange of ideas and collaboration of minds, this transformative relationship has a game-changing future,” MD and editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami said, whose Republic TV is the exclusive broadcast partner for IGF in India. “The purpose is to come together to ideate at this global forum on common geo-strategic, geo-political and economic interests. The level of discourse, the profile of the panels, and the global outlook of this forum is going to make it a remarkable event.”

  • Star Sports’ customer strategy and marketing lead Nupur Gadkari moves on

    Mumbai: Nupur Gadkari, the head – customer strategy and marketing at Star Sports, on Monday announced her departure from the organisation. She had been associated with the company since December 2018.

    As the lead, Nupur was at the forefront of the customer marketing and strategy across all sports (Cricket, Kabbadi, Tennis, Football, Badminton, Premier League, Formula One, Khelo India, etc), including various marketing initiatives for customers – agencies, brands, and advertisers for the channel.

    “Farewells are never easy. While a part of you bids goodbye, the other part often re-lives innumerable moments spent together as a team, delivering exceptional work,” she said in a LinkedIn post announcing her exit, “My super amazing, awesome team at #starsports gave me an unforgettable farewell. From bosses to super bosses. Peers to team members, everyone made an effort to look the part and enthusiastically participate in a ‘Boy Band’ Theme. The evening was filled with fun and laughter, a ‘How well do we know Nupur’ quiz, videos, and messages from people I’ve worked with on some amazing projects.”

    Nupur is a creative marketing professional with close to 14 years of experience in the field. Before Star Sports, her professional stints include Castrol (BP), Mattel, IMG Worldwide, Ernst & Young, and Percept.

  • Symphony Ltd. announces Amit Kumar as new ED and Group CEO

    New Delhi: Symphony Limited on Tuesday announced the appointment of Amit Kumar as executive director (ED) and Group chief executive officer (CEO) of the Company, effective 2 August.

    With over 18 years of work experience, Kumar was previously associated with GE, PwC, Shapoorji Pallonji, EY, and KPMG. He also co‐founded an analytics-focused start‐up and ran it for three years. He currently works with KPMG as a Partner with a focus on the Consumer Products sector and specialises in Business Transformation and Profitability Improvement.

    Amit Kumar expressed his gratitude and said, “I thank the board of Symphony for giving me this opportunity. I look forward to leading the company through the next phase of its growth journey, take brand Symphony to new heights and help create long‐term value for all its shareholders and stakeholders.”

    Welcoming the new ED and Group CEO on board, Symphony’s chairman and managing director Achal Bakeri said, “We are delighted to have Amit Kumar join us as executive director and Group CEO of Symphony. He has nearly 18 years of experience with corporate and consulting sectors, had his tech start‐up, and has been a business transformation and profitability improvement specialist with three of the Big Four accounting/consulting firms.”
     

  • Eupheus Learning appoints Kapil Chanana as Chief Growth Officer

    New Delhi: Eupheus Learning on Monday appointed Kapil Chanana as the chief growth officer for the company.

    Chanana previously served as director marketing activations, Coca-Cola India and South-West Asia from 2011 to 2021. He has more than 25 years of experience in the FMCG, Education, and Advertising sectors.

    Eupheus Learning co-founder and managing director Sarvesh Shrivastava said, “We are thrilled to have Kapil lead our growth mandate. He is a unique blend of marketing and operational excellence with an exceptional record of innovation and growth. Kapil’s extensive experience in consumer marketing, education marketing, and advertising in the past and his impressive track record and passion for customers make him the ideal choice to lead the explosive growth mandate.”

    On his new role, Chanana said, “I’m excited to be a part of Team Eupheus at a time when the fundamentals of marketing are experiencing a great transformation – from interruption to engagement model. And while every brand narrative is unique, the consumers or customers need to be engaged well for the narrative to be well received. Which leads to sustainable and profitable business growth.”

    Weighing in on the effects of the ongoing pandemic on children’s learning, he further said, “The pandemic induced tussle between on-line and off-line learning is an incomplete story. What is important is a bridge between at-school and at-home learning. A child needs to be engaged differently to imbibe holistic education, skills, and values which we hope for our future generations. And I look forward to leveraging this moment to deliver even more value to our stakeholders.”

    Set in 2017, Eupheus Learning is an education technology firm in the K-12 space, intending to bring 21st-century learning solutions from all across the globe.