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  • magicpin names Pranay Gupta as VP, growth & business development

    magicpin names Pranay Gupta as VP, growth & business development

    MUMBAI: Homegrown savings app magicpin has appointed Pranay Gupta as the new vice president of growth and business development. His appointment comes on the heels of other key strategic additions to the leadership team of magicpin. 

    Gupta will be responsible for building ecosystem partnerships for driving magicpin’s growth, the company said in a statement. 

    Gupta was the co-founder of 91 Springboard and is well-networked in the technology ecosystem. A graduate of IIM Ahmedabad and IIT-Delhi, he has decades of experience as an entrepreneur and investor.

    On his new role, Pranay Gupta stated, “magicpin is a fantastic platform that lets consumers save, while driving growth for its 150K+ merchants. I am eager to join the team and build partnerships that take magicpin’s massive savings network to many more consumers.”

    magicpin co-founder and CEO Anshoo Sharma said, “We are excited to welcome Pranay to the magicpin family. He brings a lot of experience, expertise, and valuable insights to the position, and we look forward to him playing a key role in the company’s next phase of growth.”

  • India Today Group appoints Khyati Shah as AVP marketing & alliances, TV

    India Today Group appoints Khyati Shah as AVP marketing & alliances, TV

    Mumbai: India Today Group has announced the appointment of Khyati Shah as assistant vice president – marketing and alliances, TV.  She will be based at the Noida office and report to India Today Group’s chief marketing officer Vivek Malhotra, it said in a statement.

    Khyati joins the group from Star India Network, where she was the AVP for marketing & content for Star Utsav. Her previous stints include Dainik Bhaskar Group, International Flavours & Fragrances, ICICI Prudential, Ogilvy & Mather, Grey Worldwide, Triton Communications, and Publicis.

    She brings with her more than 17 years of experience in brand management, digital marketing, content marketing, advertising, campaign management and brand solutions.

    She is a post-graduate in advertising and PR from Welingkar institute and, additionally, in digital business strategy. Khyati is a bachelor of commerce from Mumbai University.

  • Zenith onboards Priyanka Kapur as vice president

    Zenith onboards Priyanka Kapur as vice president

    Mumbai: Zenith India on Tuesday appointed Priyanka Kapur as vice president to lead its Nestlé business. She will be responsible for media planning, relationship management, and supervising the complete and integrated offering for the client. Her key focus will be on strategy, digital transformation, data, analytics, implementation, and buying.

    A postgraduate from NMIMS, Kapur has over 18 years of rich experience in media and marketing. Her last assignment was with Lodestar UM for almost ten years as connections lead for its key client Coca-Cola. Her role involved spearheading the strategic planning product across portfolio brands and crafting solutions, connecting brands to consumers. She was also responsible for research and insights and remained updated on the latest consumer trends to build them seamlessly into solutions for brands.

    Kapur has also worked as a marketer with NDTV, led new business development at Balaji Telefilms, and as a media planner on some prestigious accounts like Tata Motors and Zodiac.

    Zenith India CEO Jai Lala said, “I am delighted to have Priyanka on board. Priyanka’s diverse work experience in the field of media and strategic approach towards the business will help provide impactful and effective solutions to our clients, in an evolving media landscape.”

    Priyanka Kapur said, “I am excited about Zenith’s unique ROI plus and digital-first approach that delivers maximum business results for clients. Also, I am delighted to be part of Publicis Groupe and look forward to the PowerOfOne advantage.”

  • MSL appoints Shashanka Nanda as vice president North & West of 20:20 MSL

    MSL appoints Shashanka Nanda as vice president North & West of 20:20 MSL

    MUMBAI: MSL, Publicis Groupe’s exclusive strategic communications firm, Monday announced the appointment of Shashanka Nanda as vice president, north and west at 20:20 MSL, based in Delhi NCR. With over two decades of experience, Nanda brings deep knowledge of integrated communications, leading multi-stakeholder campaigns across verticals including technology, automotive, aviation, and infrastructure across public and private sectors. Prior to this appointment, he held the position of vice president and technology lead at Edelman, India.

    MSL South Asia CEO Amit Misra said, “Shashanka is an accomplished professional. His depth of experience will add strategic value across our diverse client portfolio. As a strategic thinker and team player, his knowledge of the communication environment will be complementary to our operations. I am confident that he will be a great asset to our teams and I look forward to working closely with him.”

    “We are delighted to have Shashanka join our team,” said 20:20 MSL MD Viju George. “With his deep expertise in the technology sector, he will be a terrific addition to our leadership team as we continue to focus on expanding our bouquet of services and up-scaling our offerings.”

    During the course of his career, Nanda has advised global corporations, start-ups, not for profits and governments on developing and executing effective communication strategies. A few clients that he has managed include organizations such as Microsoft, HP, TrendMicro, Oracle, Hitachi Data Systems, Airbus, GMR, Maruti Suzuki, the ministry of renewable energy, government of India, the government of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, and  the World Bank, among others.

  • CarDekho empowers Product and Tech leadership teams

    CarDekho empowers Product and Tech leadership teams

    MUMBAI:  The CarDekho Group has fortified its leadership team through five engineering and product leadership appointments at their Gurgaon office.

    Sandeep Singh and Mayank Kapoor joined as vice presidents – Engineering, Manjeet Dahiya is vice president – Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Sciences, Dharmesh Gandhi joined as vice president – Products, and Aditya Kumar as vice president – Product Strategy and Analytics. They will all report directly to CarDekho Group’s chief product & technology officer, Vivek Srivastava.

    On the new appointments, CarDekho Group chief product & technology officer Vivek Srivastava said, “Customer delight and innovation are at the core of CarDekho. We are aggressively strengthening our product and tech teams to build world class technology products. We are strategically getting the right talent to achieve our vision of CarDekho. We welcome Sandeep Singh, Mayank Kapoor, Manjeet Dahiya, Dharmesh Gandhi, and Aditya Kumar to the CarDekho group.  Their experience and ability in anticipating market dynamics to create new products and segments will help us drive innovation at a higher velocity.”

    Sandeep Singh has 14 years of experience in building deep technology and highly scalable products. He possesses a unique combination of technical, business and analytical skills and has a rich experience of working in technology companies where he has built products from scratch. In the past, he has led products, grown teams and scaled up user base by hundreds of millions of users. Earlier, he was with Walmart Global Tech as director of Engineering in San Francisco. Sandeep is also a former entrepreneur and has also worked with Yahoo, AT&T and is an IIT Kanpur alumnus.

    Mayank Kapoor has more than a decade long experience in building and managing technology products. An engineering graduate from IIT Delhi and an MBA holder from MIT Sloan, Mayank has worked with Reliance Jio as VP, Engineering, where he led Cloud Consumer Products, Services and Cloud Platform. He has also worked at Apple, Amazon and Alstom Power. Mayank is highly experienced in engineering leadership, business expansion and project execution. He has developed large-scale products that are used by millions of people across the globe.

    With over 14 years of experience, Manjeet Dahiya is an expert in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Sciences. Before joining CarDekho he was the Head of Data Science and Machine Learning at Airtel Digital. Manjeet is skilled in studying data and deriving qualitative results from it that can help in forming result-oriented strategies by the company. Manjeet is a PhD in Computer Science from IIT Delhi and BTech from IIT Kanpur.

    Dharmesh Gandhi has over 16 years of experience in product management, marketing and engineering roles for e-commerce, digital advertising, video and smartphone products. Dharmesh has previously worked in product leadership roles at Rentomojo, Uber, Amazon and Cisco, where he took products from concept to market, covering aspects of monetization, product design, customer development and marketing. Dharmesh is an IIM Bangalore and IIT Kanpur alumnus.

    An IIM Ahmedabad and IIT Kanpur alumnus, Aditya Kumar has 13 years of experience in business strategy, data strategy, and operations strategy. Aditya was a co-founder of CliffJumper Technologies where he built a proximity marketing and sales platform for SMBs. He specializes in conducting research and building strategy with a data-led approach. Aditya has also worked with Gartner, IDG Ventures and A.T. Kearney.

  • Mamaearth onboards Avinash Dhagat as VP- Operations

    Mamaearth onboards Avinash Dhagat as VP- Operations

    Mumbai: FMCG brand Mamaearth has appointed Avinash Dhagat as vice president, operations. In his new role, he will be leading the operations and supply chain for the brand.

    Dhagat is a seasoned professional with over 15 years of experience across automotive and FMCG sectors, most recently as head of supply chain at Loreal India’s consumer division. Over the years he has gained in depth understanding of Demand & Supply Planning, Inventory Management & Customer Service, in India and GCC markets. After graduating from NIT, Warangal, he pursued his master’s in supply chain and Logistics. With his pragmatic approach, he has been instrumental in making supply chain processes coherent and orderly, said the company on Tuesday.

    Talking about his new role, Dhagat said, “Mamaearth has displayed disruptive growth over the last four years and has displayed exceptional abilities in managing supply chain processes with scale up. It is extremely exciting to be a part of a brand which is on the upheaval, both on how to keep pace with the scale up and introducing newer practices to make the processes even more efficient in this journey. I look forward to working with the fastest growing brand in India and becoming a part of every household in the years to come.”

    Mamaearth co-founder and CEO Varun Alagh said, “I am delighted to welcome Avinash as vice president, operations. Avinash’s experience combined with his commercial and planning expertise over the last decade in FMCG, will help make Mamaearth supply chain processes more systematic and streamlined. We wish him great success in his new role.”

    Dhagat will be based out of the Gurgaon office. The appointment comes on the heels of other critical and strategic additions to the leadership team of Mamaearth. 

  • Cognizant onboards Rashmi Vasisht as VP – Corporate Communications

    Cognizant onboards Rashmi Vasisht as VP – Corporate Communications

    MUMBAI: IT giant Cognizant has announced the appointment of Rashmi Vasisht as vice president Corporate Communications.

    Prior to this, Vasisht held the position of Corporate Communications Lead for Apple India where she implemented robust communication strategies and communication mandates to promote the company’s reputation and amplify its brand value.

    With over two decades of experience in leading corporate communications, media relations, digital marketing and public affairs, Vashisht said she is ‘committed to a more sustainable, socially responsible world’.

    Recognised for delivering transformational campaigns for major technology, hospitality and healthcare brands, she has worked cross-functionally in complex global conglomerates and delivered in challenging scenarios. She has also been part of organizations like Office of the New York State Attorney General, The Leela Palaces-Hotels and Resorts, Apple India and others. 

  • ASCI secretary-general Manisha Kapoor named VP, ICAS executive committee

    ASCI secretary-general Manisha Kapoor named VP, ICAS executive committee

    Mumbai: Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) general secretary Manisha Kapoor has been appointed to the executive committee of the International Council for Advertising Self-Regulation (ICAS). She will be one of the four vice-presidents on the executive committee. Set up by the European Advertising Standards Alliance in 2008, ICAS is a global platform of self-regulatory organisations (SROs).

    Until April this year, ASCI served on the executive committee as a member for a two-year term. Now, Kapoor will play a leadership role  on the committee till 2023.

    In her role as part of the ICAS leadership team, she will take forward the agenda of self-regulation globally. Some priority areas of ICAS for the next couple of years are:

    ●        To promote advertising self-regulation as an optimal mechanism for consumer protection

    ●        To strengthen ICAS as a global alliance

    ●        To facilitate knowledge sharing among SROs to establish best practices

    ●        To support emerging SROs across the globe

    ●        To monitor global trends in the advertising ecosystem that impact self-regulation

    ●        Work closely with established and emerging digital platforms to make the online space more transparent and fairer for consumers

    Kapoor said, “This appointment is  a recognition of ASCI’s growing global standing  and influence in the narrative of responsible advertising, as well as the importance of Indian advertising industry itself at a global level. This offers us a chance to  exchange learnings and best practices. With the Indian advertising industry evolving fast and  digitalisation boosting growth, ASCI’s leadership of  the ICAS executive committee will add  new perspectives to the agenda of responsible advertising.”

    ICAS is a globally established organisation with members comprising national and regional SROs, associations and international industry associations representing advertisers, the media and creative agencies, all working to ensure that advertising and marketing communication is legal, honest and decent.

    The three other vice-presidents are one each from Canada, the USA and the World Federation of Advertisers. The ICAS president is from the United Kingdom.

  • Oppo VP-product Sumit Walia quits

    Oppo VP-product Sumit Walia quits

    NEW DELHI: Oppo India VP of product and marketing Sumit Walia has put down his papers. Walia joined the company last year April.

    Prior joining to Oppo India, Walia spent around nine-year stint at Samsung. He had joined the in 2010 as a product manager and left the organisation in 2019 as director.

    He has overall 15 years of experience and has worked with brands like Tata Tele Business Services, Huawei Technologies, LG Electronics, and Videocon Services. 

  • Venkaiah Naidu is NDA nominee for India’s vice-president

    NEW DELHI: Information and broadcasting minister M Venkaiah Naidu has been named as the ruling National Democratic Alliance’s candidate for becoming the vice-president of India. The opposition has already announced the senior politician Gopal Das Gandhi as its candidate.

    A Rajya Sabha member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Rajasthan (elected in May last year), Naidu is also the minister of housing and urban poverty alleviation.

    Born on 1 July 1949, Naidu began his career as a student leader in Andhra University in the early seventies. A senior member of the party, he has also been the national president from 2002 to 2004. Earlier, he was the union cabinet minister for rural development in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.

    He was elected as an MLA to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly twice from Udayagiri constituency in Nellore district, in 1978 and 1983. After having served in various organisational posts of the BJP at the state and national level, he was elected as a member of the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka in 1998. He has since been re-elected twice — in 2004 and 2010 — from Karnataka.

    He served as the party spokesperson from 1996 to 2000, bringing to the job his panache for quirky alliterations and similes. Unlike most politicians from southern India, Naidu made an effort to master Hindi, going on to address public rallies in northern India.

    After the NDA victory in the 1999 general elections, he became the union cabinet Minister for rural development in the government headed by Vajpayee. He was known for pushing for reforms in Rural development and for the many schemes introduced during this period such as the ‘Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana.

    He succeeded Jana Krishnamurthy as the National President of the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2002. On 28 January 2004, he was elected unopposed for a full three-year term. After the defeat of the BJP led NDA in the 2004 general elections, he resigned from his post on 18 October 2004 and was succeeded by L.K. Advani.

    However, he has remained in the forefront of the BJP as one of its senior vice-presidents and an important campaigner. Naidu raised special status to Andhra Pradesh issue in Rajya Sabha (as opposition member in February 2014) and demanded special category state status to AP. The then prime minister had agreed to it, though it was not included in the AP Reorganisation Act-2014.

    Following the victory of the BJP in the 2014 general elections, he has sworn as the Minister for Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs on 26 May 2014. Naidu is also involved with the Swarna Bharath Trust, a social service organisation founded by him in Nellore. The trust runs a school for poor, orphaned and special-needs children and imparts self-employment training programmes especially for women and youth.

    Born at Chavatapalem in the Nellore district, he completed schooling from V R High School, Nellore, and pursued his bachelor’s degree in politics and diplomatic studies from V R College. Later, he acquired a bachelor’s degree in law with a specialisation in international law from Andhra University College of Law, Visakhapatnam. He was a swayamsevak in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and joined Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad during his college days.He was elected as the president of the students union of colleges affiliated to the Andhra University. He came into spotlight for his prominent role in the Jai Andhra Movement of 1972. While K Venkata Ratnam led the movement from Vijayawada, Naidu took active part in the agitation in Nellore, until it was called off a year later.

    In 1974, he became the convener of the anti-corruption Jayaprakash Narayan Chhatra Sangharsh Samiti of Andhra Pradesh. He took to streets in protest against the emergency and was imprisoned. From 1977–80, he was president of its youth wing.