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  • Pavan Kumar Allada to lead corporate strategy at Sun TV Network

    Pavan Kumar Allada to lead corporate strategy at Sun TV Network

    CHENNAI: Sun TV network has appointed Pavan Kumar Allada as head of corporate strategy, strengthening its leadership bench at a time when the southern broadcaster is sharpening its digital and growth ambitions.

    Allada joins from Disney Star, where he spent over ten years in key strategy roles at Star Sports. His remit spanned business planning, consumer insights, acquisitions, scheduling and partnerships. Most recently, he served as senior manager for content and acquisition strategy, consumer insights and scheduling, shaping programming and growth decisions for the network’s sports business.

    Earlier roles at Star Sports included business strategy and sales revenue planning, giving him a front-row seat to India’s booming sports broadcasting market.

    An MBA in marketing and strategy from IIM Lucknow and a BTech from IIT Madras, Allada also co-founded an entrepreneurial food venture, Gossip N Bite, early in his career.

    At Sun TV network, he will be responsible for driving corporate strategy, business growth initiatives and acquisition plays, while embedding consumer-first thinking into the company’s long-term plans. The move underscores Sun’s intent to fortify its position not just as a dominant regional broadcaster, but also as a player navigating the shifting media and digital consumption landscape.

  • Paytm hires ITC’s Varun Khullar as head of partnerships – payments bank

    Paytm hires ITC’s Varun Khullar as head of partnerships – payments bank

    MUMBAI: Paytm has hired former ITC executive Varun Khullar for its payments bank business. 

     

    Khullar will lead the partnerships division and will be responsible for building relationships with potential partners such as insurance companies, banks and non-banking financial institutions.

     

    Prior to joining Paytm, Khullar, an alumnus of IIT Madras and Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, worked with companies like Boston Scientific Corporation, McKinsey & Co and ITC. 

     

    Paytm vice president Amit Sinha said, “We are looking at building a robust leadership team for our Payments Bank business over the next three – four months. Varun’s professional career, his rich experience and demonstrated dynamism in an evolving business eco-system is the perfect combination for us at this juncture. We’re pleased to have him on board to head the partnerships division of our upcoming business.”

     

    Khullar added, “Paytm’s proposed Payments Bankis in sync with the national vision of a cashless economy with greater financial inclusion for all. It is indeed an honour to be a part of this vision. I’m thrilled to come on board at one of the fastest scaling m-commerce and payments platforms in the country and look forward to a mutually successful tenure at Paytm.”

     

    Khullar’s appointment comes three weeks after Paytm brought Amazon India’s Vikas Purohit on board in a similar leadership position for its Payments Bank. The company aims to recruit 3,000 people for the business and has also enlisted the services of management consulting majors, Ernst & Young and McKinsey& Co to help in the rollout.