Tag: Gaurav Tikoo

  • DEN Networks appoints Gaurav Tikoo as GM, Brand

    DEN Networks appoints Gaurav Tikoo as GM, Brand

    MUMBAI: DEN Networks has appointed Gaurav Tikoo as general manager, Brand to accelerate its transformation from a B2B business into a leading consumer facing digital cable and broadband company.

     

    Tikoo joins DEN from HCL Infosystems where he was the head of Global Marketing Mobility Solutions. Prior to HCL, he has worked with Samsung India Electronics as lead, marketing communications for its Home Appliances Division. He has previously been associated with companies like Radico Khaitan, Max New York Life Insurance and LG Electronics.

     

    Gaurav brings with him over a decade’s experience in the field of strategic brand management and establishing brand identities. He was instrumental in creating and managing HCL’s “ME” tablet brand globally. His work on ME tablets helped HCL win prestigious awards like Marketing Campaign of the Year, Emerging Brand, Best use of Social Media, Brand Excellence at the CMO Asia forum. He has also been conferred with the Star Youth Achiever award by the Global Youth Marketing Forum for his work at HCL.

     

    Commenting on the appointment DEN Networks chairman and managing director Sameer Manchanda said, “It is my pleasure to welcome Gaurav to the DEN team. DEN is at the cusp of a rapid evolution into a B2C company serving digital cable and high speed broadband to millions of Indians. We are very happy to have Gaurav on board to take charge of DEN’s transformation into a leading digital entertainment brand.”

  • Infectious adds HCL tablets to its client roster

    Infectious adds HCL tablets to its client roster

    MUMBAI: Advertising agency Infectious has been given the mandate of handling the creative communication of HCL’s ME tablet brand, for India as well as overseas.
    The brand will be serviced by the Mumbai branch of the agency.

     

    Commenting on this win, Infectious co-founder and director Ramanuj Shastry stated, “It’s a huge honour and responsibility to be given the creative duties of a legacy brand like HCL. We look forward to the task.”

     

    Infectious co-founder and director Nisha Singhania, added that the team is thrilled to be working on the HCL Tabs business and look forward to creating exciting work for the brand.

     

    On the association, HCL head marketing (mobility businesses) Gaurav Tikoo said, “Infectious has demonstrated very good understanding of our business and the consumer. We like its nimble, hands-on approach and look forward to the association.”

     

    Infectious was launched on April 1, 2013, by former Saatchi & Saatchi hands Ramanuj Shastry and Nisha Singhania.

  • HCL rolls ‘Change Begins with ME Tablet’ campaign

    MUMBAI: HCL has recently launched a new ad campaign for its product ME tablets, on the theme of the Brand’s philosophy of ‘change’.

    The new campaign titled ‘Change Begins with ME Tablet’ has been created by the Saatchi & Saatchi and directed by Rajay Singh.

    The ad portrays important moments in people’s lives and the changes brought by the HCL ME Tablets.

    In this commercial HCL ME Tablet is shown playing an important role in changing the way business is done by a carpet seller in Kashmir. Initially the carpet seller was solely dependent on people entering his shop. But ME Tablet now enables him to take his shop to the world and thus expand his business horizons.

    The commercial also shows how easy it becomes for the masses to find a job with a better access to job portals and enjoy latest music.

    Saatchi & Saatchi India CEO Matthew Seddon said, “Technology is changing every aspect of our consumers’ lives. In our very first work for HCL ME Tablets, we have demonstrated the positive effect ME Tablets can have in the lives of Indian consumer. I think our creative team and the Director have pulled together a stunning set of commercials, which will connect with our customers and continue to drive the phenomenal growth being enjoyed by ME Tablets.”

    HCL Infosystems Global Head – Mobility Marketing Gaurav Tikoo added, “We all live in an era of globalisation today. No distance seems far, no mission seems impossible. And all this is aided by the technological advances that have taken place around us. Our positioning for the entire range of ME Tablets is ‘Change Begins with ME’. We do believe that ME Tablet can be a catalyst that enables change for the Indian consumer on various social and individual levels. This particular thought has been beautifully captured by Saatchi & Saatchi in the latest ad campaign.”