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  • IKEA India elevates Nivedeeta Moirangthem to country communications manager

    IKEA India elevates Nivedeeta Moirangthem to country communications manager

    Mumbai: Ingka Group-owned IKEA India on Wednesday announced the elevation of Nivedeeta Moirangthem as the country communications manager to lead its total communications portfolio including public relations, public affairs and co-worker communication and represent the retail entity as a spokesperson and as an external representative for all Ingka entities in India. She will be a part of the IKEA India management team and report to CEO and chief sustainability officer (CSO), Peter Betzel.

    In her new role, Moirangthem will work closely with the business and key stakeholders to support IKEA India’s ambitious India expansion plans. She will also be closely involved with transformation initiatives as IKEA continues its digital transformation journey towards establishing itself as an omnichannel retailer, the company said in a statement. Moirangthem and team will continue to strengthen the communication agenda and IKEA’s positioning in India, it added.

    Moirangthem commands 23 years of experience in corporate communications & PR, advertising, internal communications, stakeholder engagement, and supply chain communication in the South Asia region. She has been associated with IKEA for close to 20 years. In her previous assignment, she has worked with McCann Erickson India.

    “I am excited to take up the new role and to be able to contribute further to build a loved, meaningful and successful IKEA in India,” Moirangthem said. “There is so much potential left to explore, connects to build and milestones to celebrate and this we do together, always with our IKEA values as the guiding star. It has been a deep learning experience during these tough times that we all are in, both professionally and personally.”

  • 2021 PR and Communications Aces awards winners announced

    2021 PR and Communications Aces awards winners announced

    Mumbai: The winners of the first edition of the PR and Communication Aces 2021 were announced here on Friday.

    The coveted awards aim to highlight some of the rising stars of the industry, and celebrate their fantastic achievements. The awards recognise the best communication professionals under the age of 35.

    The initiative by Indiantelevision.com group was co-powered by Kaizzen, and Public Relations Professionals of India (PRPOI) were the community partners. The winners were announced virtually on Friday.

    The winners were selected by an esteemed jury consisting of noted public relations professionals and experts from across various brands and agencies. These included : Hill+Knowlton Strategies CEO Abhishek Gulyani, Talentedge CEO Abhinav Upadhyay, PRSI national president Dr Ajit Pathak, Communicate India founder and CEO Akshaara Lalwani, Tata Motors, general manager corporate communications, Ashmita Pillay, Indiantelevision.com group founder, CEO and editor-in-chief Anil Wanvari, Wadhwani Foundation executive vice president –global marketing, Atul Raja, HUL, head-communications, sustainability, nutrition and special projects, Deepa Dey, Perfect Relations founding partner and group chairman, Diilip Cherian, OnePlus, India, head of corporate communications Ishita Grover, Godrej group head-corporate affairs, Ishteyaque Amjad, Dainik Bhaskar group, chief marketing officer, Kaacon Sethi, Blue Dart chief marketing officer, Ketan Kulkarni, ZEE head corporate brand and communications, Parag Darade, Sequoia vice president and head communications Payal Banerjee,  Axis Bank, head-corporate communications, Piyali Reddy, Visa, head corporate communications, India and South Asia, Prasanna Kotian, Jio, vice president, corporate communications, Rohit Dubey, Amazon Prime Video, head communications, Sonia Huria, Nucleus, managing partner, Tarunjeet Rattan, Weber Shandwick, chief executive officer, Valerie Pinto, Spotify, head of communications, India, Vasundhara Mudgil, and India Today group, chief marketing officer, Vivek Malhotra.

    Here are the winners of the first edition of PR and Communication Aces Awards :

    BookMyShow

    Supraja Srinivasan

    Ruder Finn India

    Mehak Arora

    2020 MSL Mumbai

    Shahnawaz Khan

    Hill+Knowlton Strategies

    Megha Behl

    Wizikey

    Archit Mahajan

    Value360 Communications

    Akansha Dua

    MyGlamm

    Mahima Misra

    Current Global

    Switzel Fernandes

    Udacity

    Ritika Pradhan

    ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED

    Amrita Ray

    ITW Playworx

    Namrata Aswani

    AirAsia (India) Limited

    Divya Kumar

    Star & Disney India

    Richa Anand

    Airbnb Inc

    simran Kodesia

    Star Squared PR

    Santoshini Tudu

    SHL

    Niyaatii Swami

    MXP Media India Limited (MX Player)

    Janaki Shaher

    Value 360 Communications

    Eshant Arora

    Reliance Brands Ltd.

    Ashna Bahl

    National Geographic

    Saachi Dhillon

    2020:MSL

    Kuheli Ray

    Amazon Prime Video

    Himalee Shah

    Viacom18

    Gayatri Sanjiv Kolte

    Ruder Finn Asia

    Sanya Kundra

    Ruder Finn Asia

    Lakshmi Kumari

    Weber Shandwick

    Sanskriti Parihar

    Adfactors PR Pvt. Ltd.

    Karan Jodhani

    Ruder Finn Asia

    ISHA Goel

    Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.

    Anshul Raj

    WordsWork LLP

    Manvi Kapila

    Adfactors PR

    Aaron Dias

    IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company Ltd

    Bushra Shaikh

    Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India

    Meghna Bharat

    Adfactors PR

    Srishti Taneja

    Think Ink Communications

    Asmeeta Gidwani

    Edelweiss Mutual Fund

    Mahak Choudhary

    Communicate India

    Natasha Dsouza

    Sony Pictures Networks India

    Krutika Shailesh Ganatra

    Madchatter Brand Solutions

    Rachna Baruah

    Viacom18 Media Pvt. Ltd

    Aakruti Mehta

    PR Professionals

    Prerna Dalakoti

    Star Sports

    Rohan Dsouza

    Ruder Finn India

    Moumita Majumdar

    The Leela Palace New Delhi

    Srishti Mehra

    Kairo5 Marcom

    Nitisha Anand

    Glad U Came

    Maddie Amrutkar

    AvianWE

    SHREYA MALIK

    El Sol Strategic Consultants

    Sanjana Samuel

    Ruder Finn Asia

    Yukti Patney

    Fiserv

    Richa Chopra

    Ketchum Sampark Pvt Ltd

    Adreesh Bhattacharya

    PR24x7

    Neha gour

    Linkedin

    Deepu Nair

    For more details: https://www.indiantelevision.com/events/prandcommunicationaces

  • Carl Pei’s Nothing appoints Megha Vishwanath to lead communications in India

    Carl Pei’s Nothing appoints Megha Vishwanath to lead communications in India

    New Delhi : One Plus co-founder Carl Pei’s new consumer technology company Nothing has roped in former technology journalist Megha Vishwanath as public relations manager for its India operations.

    In her new role at Nothing, Vishwanath will lead communications and influencer engagement in the region, the company announced on Thursday.

    “I am thrilled to welcome Megha to the Nothing family as we build our team in India. With her background in journalism combined with a deep understanding of technology in India, she will play an integral part in driving our regional communications strategy,” said Nothing India vice-president & general manager Manu Sharma.

    The forward-thinking consumer tech brand was announced in January 2021 to lead the way for the launch of an ecosystem of smart devices that are uniquely designed, quality engineered and simple to use.  

    “I am excited to be a part of Nothing’s journey and its vision of a seamless digital future. Nothing has ambitious plans for the India market and the world,” said Megha Vishwanath.

    A business journalist, Vishwanath has also worked as a television anchor and news producer. She joined Nothing from CNBC-TV18 India where she was the assistant editor and anchor. As the tech lead, she was also responsible for producing and anchoring some of the channel’s marquee shows like Tech Toyz, Startup Street and India’s longest running programme on entrepreneurship Young Turks.

  • Goafest Creative Abby jury chairs announced for Integrated, OOH/Ambient, Branded Content and Public Relations

    Goafest Creative Abby jury chairs announced for Integrated, OOH/Ambient, Branded Content and Public Relations

    MUMBAI  The Awards Governing Council of Goafest 2016 has declared the jury chairs for Integrated, OOH/Ambient, Branded Content and Public Relations. DDB Mudra chairman and CCO Sonal Dabral will chair the OOH/Ambient Jury of Creative Abby,  J. Walter Thompson  CCO Senthil Kumar will chair the integrated category.  Reliance Broadcast Network  CEO Tarunl Katial will be jury chair for the  branded content category while Madison PR  CEO Paresh Chaudhury will chair the Public Relations category.

    Dabral  has over two decades of experience in advertising industry and has curated many winning campaigns for major local, regional and multinational brands.  He began his career in Lintas and after a brief stint in Mudra Delhi, went on to have an extremely successful stint at Ogilvy Mumbai. He then went on to head Ogilvy in Malaysia and make it one of the top creative offices in the region.   Thereafter, as the chairman and ECD of Ogilvy Singapore, he helped the agency become the hottest agency in the region and the no.1 creative office of the WPP global network. In 2007 he led the agency for it to become the third highest awarded agency in the world at Cannes Lions. He is a prolific winner in most of the regional and international award shows like Cannes, Clio, D & AD, One Show, LIA, Andy Awards, AdFest, Spikes etc,

    Kumar has been celebrated in India and recognized globally for the ability to amplify deep local insights into simple ideas that solve complicated marketing challenges. He has won India’s first and second Film Gold Lions at The Cannes Lions International Festival in 2009.  His ideas have helped build several brands in India including: Levi’s, Nike, Google, Ford, etc. Kumar can be spotted in several creative books under the classifications of writer, creative director, designer, photographer and film maker. His work has risen beyond successful marketing case studies to mine over 100 international creative awards.

    Katial is at the helm of one of India’s youngest media houses and is considered to be one of the most successful executives in the Indian media industry. A stint in adverting followed by over a decade of experience in broadcast with brands like Star and Sony and now Reliance Broadcast, Katial has successfully led high decibel launches of industry tent poles and has always been able to rightly tap the consumer’s pulse. Other significant achievements in Katial’s cap include being voted the NewsCorp Achiever for Asia and being included among the best in the ‘India Today 30 on 30’ list. He was also part of the team that won the first Media Gold at Cannes.

    Chaudhry has over 24 years of brand communication and reputation management experience across industries and key global markets and is also founder president of the “Indian Forum Of  Corporate Communicators” (IFCC).   Chaudhry’s last assignment was as group president -corporate communications, Reliance Industries, prior to which he was head of communications at HUL and communications leader, Unilever South Asia.  From building the corporate brand of Ranbaxy in North America, Europe and India, to aligning regional communication country teams to bring alive ‘the transition to one Unilever brand’ and driving the corporate name change from “HLL” to “HUL”, to putting together systems and processes for effective global (internal and external) communications at RIL, Chaudhry has led communications for many iconic and tentpole campaigns in India.

     

  • Goafest Creative Abby jury chairs announced for Integrated, OOH/Ambient, Branded Content and Public Relations

    Goafest Creative Abby jury chairs announced for Integrated, OOH/Ambient, Branded Content and Public Relations

    MUMBAI  The Awards Governing Council of Goafest 2016 has declared the jury chairs for Integrated, OOH/Ambient, Branded Content and Public Relations. DDB Mudra chairman and CCO Sonal Dabral will chair the OOH/Ambient Jury of Creative Abby,  J. Walter Thompson  CCO Senthil Kumar will chair the integrated category.  Reliance Broadcast Network  CEO Tarunl Katial will be jury chair for the  branded content category while Madison PR  CEO Paresh Chaudhury will chair the Public Relations category.

    Dabral  has over two decades of experience in advertising industry and has curated many winning campaigns for major local, regional and multinational brands.  He began his career in Lintas and after a brief stint in Mudra Delhi, went on to have an extremely successful stint at Ogilvy Mumbai. He then went on to head Ogilvy in Malaysia and make it one of the top creative offices in the region.   Thereafter, as the chairman and ECD of Ogilvy Singapore, he helped the agency become the hottest agency in the region and the no.1 creative office of the WPP global network. In 2007 he led the agency for it to become the third highest awarded agency in the world at Cannes Lions. He is a prolific winner in most of the regional and international award shows like Cannes, Clio, D & AD, One Show, LIA, Andy Awards, AdFest, Spikes etc,

    Kumar has been celebrated in India and recognized globally for the ability to amplify deep local insights into simple ideas that solve complicated marketing challenges. He has won India’s first and second Film Gold Lions at The Cannes Lions International Festival in 2009.  His ideas have helped build several brands in India including: Levi’s, Nike, Google, Ford, etc. Kumar can be spotted in several creative books under the classifications of writer, creative director, designer, photographer and film maker. His work has risen beyond successful marketing case studies to mine over 100 international creative awards.

    Katial is at the helm of one of India’s youngest media houses and is considered to be one of the most successful executives in the Indian media industry. A stint in adverting followed by over a decade of experience in broadcast with brands like Star and Sony and now Reliance Broadcast, Katial has successfully led high decibel launches of industry tent poles and has always been able to rightly tap the consumer’s pulse. Other significant achievements in Katial’s cap include being voted the NewsCorp Achiever for Asia and being included among the best in the ‘India Today 30 on 30’ list. He was also part of the team that won the first Media Gold at Cannes.

    Chaudhry has over 24 years of brand communication and reputation management experience across industries and key global markets and is also founder president of the “Indian Forum Of  Corporate Communicators” (IFCC).   Chaudhry’s last assignment was as group president -corporate communications, Reliance Industries, prior to which he was head of communications at HUL and communications leader, Unilever South Asia.  From building the corporate brand of Ranbaxy in North America, Europe and India, to aligning regional communication country teams to bring alive ‘the transition to one Unilever brand’ and driving the corporate name change from “HLL” to “HUL”, to putting together systems and processes for effective global (internal and external) communications at RIL, Chaudhry has led communications for many iconic and tentpole campaigns in India.

     

  • Hero Cycles appoints Rohit Sharma as chief communications officer

    Hero Cycles appoints Rohit Sharma as chief communications officer

    MUMBAI:  Hero Cycles announced another senior level executive appointment of Rohit Sharmaas as Chief Communications Officer. His core responsibility is leading and driving all communications for the Hero Cycles group and thereby heading and managing the Public Relations and Corporate Communications functions as well.

     

    According to Pankaj Munjal, CMD, Hero Cycles MD Pankaj Munjal said, “We extend a warm welcome to Rohit Sharma. He joins us as an integral part of our key marketing team. We value the space we occupy in the collective consciousness of the Indian people and amongst our well-wishers. Hero Cycles is fast growing into a brand which stands for quality, friendliness and health. I am sure that Rohit will help develop our reputation capital at all levels and for multiple audience sets simultaneously. I wish Rohit Sharmaall the best in his new innings with us.”

     

    Commenting on his appointment Sharma said, “In my role as the CCO, my endeavour would be to create a brands which people would like to spend their time with and make a part of their everyday lives. I believe that Hero Cycles is a strong culture brand which is both timeless and age agnostic. It represents a free-spirit which and is loved both by the masses as well as the classes. As part of the kaleidoscope of the mother brand Hero, UT and FireFoxbrands hold immense potential and promise. I look forward to assisting our CMD, Mr. Pankaj Munjal in all international and domestic acquisitions as well as entrepreneurial projects which would help further expand the groups’ business and reach across the country and the globe.”

  • Puja festival – A great platform for brands to engage

    Puja festival – A great platform for brands to engage

    MUMBAI: Many brands are planning to use the puja festival at various pandals to engage with the consumers. The product range can be as wide as possible. Starting from soya bean nuggets to aerated products brands can make use of this huge platform as a great place for engaging and delivering experiences to the worshippers who will throng in huge numbers across several pandals especially in East and North India. Brands must leverage this opportunity as they are able to address a wide spectrum of audience from kids to adults to elderly people; and thus helping brands to deliver that extra mile through brand experience. Let’s examine how brands can enrich themselves and establish a strong connect with the audience at the various pandals.

     

    Relevant Brand Connect: The essence of the brand should be captured with firsthand experience. Vijayadhsami is the most auspicious day for most parents to make their kids learn and start their beginning to step into the educational world. This is a brilliant opportunity for writing instrument brands to connect with tomorrow’s audience. Catch them young to stay connected with your brand. People especially in the East are avid travelers and sincerely make use of their LTA to visit new holiday spots. Travel and tourism brands should try and explore it to the maximum advantage by capturing some of the tourist spots in the most dramatic manner to bring them closer to the brand.

     

    Right Brand Experience:  Give a proper structure to deliver the brand experience. For example an audio and television brand can create a mini auditorium to deliver great sound and picture clarity to give the consumer that original and natural experience at the venue. Brands like Dolby can really capitalise by educating and promoting their sound features with live demonstration and firsthand experience.

     

    Interactive engagement: Make use of the best of technology to make your consumer engagement interactive. Touch screens and use of apps will intrigue customers to take maximum advantage. With so many Pandals located at various places, downloading of apps at the venue which gives you all information on various activities at various pandals will excite the consumers to download the information using their mobile. Some famous devotional songs can also be made available for downloading at the venue to bring in some emotional connect with the festival and the relevant brand.

     

    Relevant Target audience: You will witness people from all strata of the society queuing up at all pandals. So one need not worry about the brand fit to be present at the pandals. A mixed population can be reached with the relevant product and brand and thus giving you an immense opportunity for branding your product at various touch points.

     

    With the economy slow down and limited marketing budgets, I am sure most brands will use this platform to propagate their brands in the most engaging manner. What’s more with festivals like Puja becoming popular year after year it’s one of the best platforms for marketers to pump in money and increase their brand saliency.
    By Ganapathy Viswanathan, an independent communication consultant, in communication, branding and public relations.

  • Genesis Burson-Marsteller Announces Marketing & Talent Leadership Developments

    Genesis Burson-Marsteller Announces Marketing & Talent Leadership Developments

    GURGOAN: Genesis Burson-Marsteller, leader in integrated communications, specializing in public relations, public affairs, corporate responsibility, crisis communications and digital marketing, has announced the appointment of Deepshikha Dharmaraj, in a new leadership role, as Chief Marketing and Growth Initiatives Officer and Kavita Rao, joins the firm as Chief Talent Engagement Officer.

     

    A seasoned communications professional, Deepshikha Dharmaraj, who has been with the firm for 19 years, will focus on Genesis B-M’s Marketing and Growth Initiatives, which include new business development, partnerships, external communication and thought leadership in the industry. She will also continue to oversee the Genesis B-M Learning School, which is a one of its kind in the PR industry.

     

    An alumnus, Kavita Rao returns to Genesis Burson-Marsteller to lead the Talent function. Kavita has over 19 years of experience and until recently, she was the Global Head of Communications at HSBC Technology & Services where she spent close to nine years leading the development and deployment of the Communication strategy across multiple geographies. Kavita played a key role in the integration of the bank focusing on Change and Transformation Communication to support the priorities and achievement of HSBC’s changing business imperatives As Chief Talent Engagement Officer, Kavita will be responsible for developing and driving the People Strategy to attract, develop and maximize potential of the talent across the firm She will also provide strategic counsel to clients on internal communication campaigns, leveraging the experience she has gained in this area over the last decade. Speaking on her return to the firm, Kavita said, “Genesis Burson-Marsteller is a firm that puts its people at the heart of its strategy which is the key reason our people like to stay and grow with us, as well as have Alumni return to us as I have done. It’s wonderful to be back and I’m looking forward to contributing to the future growth of the organization.”

     

    Speaking on these appointments, Prema Sagar, Principal and Founder, Genesis Burson-Marsteller said, “At Genesis Burson-Marsteller, we are committed to investing in exceptional quality talent and by appointing Deepshikha and Kavita in their new roles, we are strengthening our Marketing and Talent functions. This will further accelerate our continuing growth story. Kavita’s vast experience will bolster our talent-building efforts, while with her experience and understanding of the communications industry in India, I believe Deepshikha is the right person to deliver the marketing and growth strategy for the firm.”

     

    Nikhil Dey, President, Public Relations said “Sheena Sharma, Chief Client Studio and Corporate Responsibility Officer who has spent over 19 years in the firm will focus and lead all executive communication trainings for our clients and the firm while she continues to be Mentor South. Kriti Makhija, Chief Financial and Compliance Officer, who has spent over 10 years at Genesis Burson-Marsteller ensures the financial health, compliance, governance and IT infrastructure of our business. We continue to grow and augment the backbone of the organization to reinforce the clients business.”