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  • Good Relations consolidates India ops, appoints new COO

    MUMBAI: Public relations firm Good Relations (India) Pvt. Ltd. (GRI) has appointed Meenakshi Sachdev Varma as its chief operating officer, with immediate effect.
    Good Relations also announced several new business acquisitions in each of its offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and Kolkata.

     
     
    The Mumbai office has bagged the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Filmfare Awards and the forthcoming Pond’s Femina Miss India (PFMI). The agency will also handle UTV’s television content production division.

    GRI’s Bangalore operations recently bagged the WorldSpace account, Jockey and global technology companies Mysys and OPI (Outsource Partners International).

     
     
    While GRI, Delhi, recently added leading brands including Cartier, E-charge, Max Healthcare, Manna Studio Line and Deakin University and APSEMA to its portfolio. GRI Chennai has strengthened its position with the addition of global NGO World Vision and BPO player Prodapt Solutions.
     
     
    Varma, who has been a part of the industry for 15 years, has worked with some of the finest brands in the world, adding to her vast experience of servicing clients across sectors. Having worked earlier at Good Relations, she went on to head several prestigious organisations. She will be reporting to Good Relations chairman Anthony BM Good and will be responsible for the company’s all India operations as well as developing new areas of business, at the domestic as well as international level.

    “I am delighted to have Meenakshi on board once again and am confident that she will prove to be an able leader, guiding the company in fulfilling its mission – of excellence in service in all areas of Public Relations and corporate communications – with innovative PR programmes strategically tailored to meet the specific needs of individual clients as well as providing rewarding career paths to our employees so that working with us is both challenging and satisfying,” said Good.

     

  • Ogilvy PR Worldwide appoints Handa as national president for India ops

    MUMBAI: Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide (Ogilvy PR) has appointed Meenu Handa as national president, India. Handa will oversee and continue to expand Ogilvy PR’s national network.
     

     
    O&M CEO India and South Asia John Goodman said, “Meenu is a terrific talent, and we are very glad to have her on board. PR is a core component of our 360 degree Brand Stewardship strategy, and we are very optimistic about it’s future growth in India.”
     
     
    Handa comes to Ogilvy PR from IPAN where she worked for the past 15 years. She has worked extensively across various industry sectors for clients such as HLL, Posco, EDS, HCL Group, Allied Domecq, Swatch Group, Star TV, MTV and Boeing, and various industry associations.
     
     
    “I look forward to working with Ogilvy PR, which is one of the very few agencies offering integrated communications. It fits well with the current approach to PR by both, brands and businesses. They realise that the strategic role of PR is critical to their success,” said Handa.

    Handa’s strengths lie in the area of crisis communications, issues management, advocacy, corporate positioning and marketing communications.