OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERTISE IN LEADERSHIP ROLES ACROSS A&R, CREATIVE CONTENT AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT.
Have grown the ranks in the business of media and entertainment, an area I am extremely passionate about. Have held leadership roles with proven and established organisations , India and globally.
A sharp and proven business acumen and a keen eye for winning content , discovering and launching music talent in India have been my core strengths. Some of the biggest names and IPs in the Indian music business have been my contribution over the years.
My areas of specialisations over the years have been:
*Content- Across music, television, radio & films.
*Sharp acumen for growth riders.
*Brand development & partnerships.
*Exceptional track record in launching a number of India’s biggest music names today.
*Strong communication and leadership skills.
*Ensuring profitable streams within stipulated timelines & costs.
*Extremely well connected in the entertainment and media industry.
* Mentoring Musicians over the years.
EXECUTIVE HIGHLIGHTS.
Built a solid track record of success, leading start ups, turnarounds and setting new divisions and revenue models.
Was brought by Universal Music Group’s global CEO Mr Max Hole to turnaround a long time dormant UMG arm in India in 2008.
Brought in by the MD of 9X Media, Mr Pradeep Guha to create new disruptive music content, a new music label SpotLampe, brand partnerships and new revenue streams for primary channels of the network.
Brought in by the Ex President of The Times of India Group, Mr Arun Arora to launch Times Music. Was core management team and led its content for ten years, firmly positioning it as a leader in its space.
Started the new talent acquisitions division for the Star TV Network that totally turn around the way its prime channels, Star Plus, Channel V, Star Sports and Life OK would create new disruptive content and hunt down actors , writers and musicians for its prime channels.
CAREER HISTORY & ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
9X MEDIA (9XM, 9X0, 9X TASHAN, 9X JHAKAAS, 9X JALWA, SPOTLAMPE)
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT- CREATIVE CONTENT & NEW BUSINESS.
November 16- Present.
My core responsibilities here are to :
Create disruptive new content for its prime channels,
Bring in new and established music talent to the network,
Set up its music label, SpotlampE.
Content creation and partnerships for the revenue and brand management team,
Creating and developing new IPs for the network.
Working closely with all arms of the network to achieve a common goal and targets.
SENIOR ADVISORY CONSULTANT.
AUDIOBOOM.
2015-16
Audioboom head quartered in London, is a spoken word news and entertainment platform. Consulted with them in creating Indian content, media partnerships across entertainment and operations to set up its Indian arm in 2015. Led business development and media partnerships across radio, newspapers, digital platforms and celebrities.
STAR TV NETWORK.
VICE PRESIDENT- CONTENT.
2013-2015.
Responsibilities here included creating disruptive content in music and bringing in new and established talent to the network, actors, writers, musicians from India and beyond. I worked closely with all prime channels of the network.
UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP.
VICE PRESIDENT- CONTENT.
2008-2011
Actively worked with the UMG London headquarters in London, to restructure the content arm of the India office, its content development and acquisitions. Within a few months, established Universal in India as one of the most proactive players in launching new talent, creating new edgy content, multiple alliances and setting up new content markets in Punjab and Bengal.
RELIANCE ENTERTAINMENT.
BUSINESS HEAD- MUSIC CONTENT .
2007-2008.
Headed content for its new arm Big Music, partnerships with multiple artistes, labels, international licensing, talent management and movie music.
THE TIMES OF INDIA GROUP- TIMES MUSIC.
ASST. VICE PRESIDENT & HEAD OF CONTENT.
1997- 2007
Created from scratch a very innovative and successful music label that went on to lead the country in mainstream clutter breaking commercial and niche music, globally , across multiple genres. Radically changed the way spiritual music was heard and perceived. Created a massive global market for its music with multiple global licensing deals and led the company for ten years at its global representation at Midem, Cannes. Created and led massively super successful IPs like The War of DJs for nearly a decade.
Partnered with the groups’ multiple properties like Filmfare awards, Femina Miss India contest, Zoom & Radio Mirchi to maximise potential and growth.
AMITABH BACHCHAN CORPORATION LIMITED.
HEAD- MUSIC CONTENT.
1996-1997
Big B was the music arm of ABCL which went on to release super successful film and non film music. Worked with Mr Bachchan closely on prominent projects and was the content curator for the Miss World contest brought into India for the very first time in 1996 by ABCL.
TIPS FILMS.
CHIEF MARKETING AND CONTENT MANAGER.
1992-1995
Worked on all aspects of movie and music production and its marketing. Am responsible for spearheading and leading to success, some of the country’s biggest musical hits in my tenure there.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor of Commerce from the Mumbai University.
Diploma in Media and Communications from Xaviers Institute, Mumbai. Degree in Interior Designing from L.S. Raheja college of Architecture, Mumbai.
18 years of work-experience in Corporate Strategy, Business Planning, Consumer Insights & Analytics across industries in marquee organizations.
As a part of the top management team in South Asia, shaped strategy and drove key business decisions in the entrepreneurial initiatives of Discovery Network in India.
Recommended the strategy for Discovery Kids’ channel (DKids) relaunch which zoomed ~500% since then. Created and executing strategic plan for further growth of DKids and DTamil Channel.
Pioneered the use of Data Analytics in Star TV Network as a means for identifying key opportunity areas for organic growth and cutting costs. Recommended (1) strategy to increase the network share by plugging-in consumer and content whitespaces, (2) strategy to increase rural penetration (new channel) and (3) closure of Channel V as a Youth Entertainment Channel.
Conceptualized cloud-based database as a first step towards big data platform that aimed to integrate various data sources for better measurement (viewership), content feedback and advertiser metrics in addition to reducing data extraction time by 90%. Led the creation of mobile app for bringing all this data graphically to everyone’s fingertip for quick decision making across functions.
As a part of Chairman’s office at RIL, program managed the Strategy & execution for Content acquisition for Jio.
At Times Internet, evaluated business plans, recommended cost saving (USD 10 Mn) and value creation measures (Additional revenue ~ USD 5 Mn) that included rejig of Auto (Zigwheels) and shutting down of unprofitable businesses –Email and Shopping. Evaluated multiple potential equity investments. Was a founding member of TLabs, a mentorship based Startup Accelerator by Times Group. Closed funding for 10 startups in Batch 1 & 2.
He has taught Film Studies for the past 23 years now.
Apart from that he was the Deputy Director of SIMC for nine years. During the concerned period the Institute was ranked among the top 10 Institutes offering a PG programme in Mass Communication, by various publications every year.
Also, he was the Director of SCMC for 10 years. During the concerned period the Centre was ranked as India’s Best Mass Communication College by the annual India Today-Nielsen surveys for five consecutive years (2013-’17).
He has also taught at FTII, IIMC, Sophia College for Women as well as at the various Film Appreciation Courses organised by NFAI.
Ecommerce Digital Marketing | Strategy, Planning and Execution |
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– Ex Yatra | TimesInternet | MakeMyTrip | Sapient
– 13 years of professional experience with Digital
Marketing, strategy, planning and execution and top-industry tools and
resources including agency management
– Social Influencer: 26K+ Followers on Linkedin,
Featured in the top 100 most followed SEO experts on Twitter for 2016,
currently have 56K Followers @pravinsindia http://lnkd.in/eFRZMQV
– Owner of One of the largest Marketing Pro Group
on Linkedin https://goo.gl/Ya5fLB with 2.3 Lac members
– Experienced in creating, managing and empowering
teams to achieve business goals.
– Know how to develop and implement long term and
short term Marketing strategies (Web and App)
– Specialize in devising distinctive strategies to
narrow down focus on ROI
– Proven expertise and innovations and
feet-on-the-street Internet Marketing techniques to turbo charge customer
retention & acquisition.
– Track record of contributing improvement of
quality of traffic through devising unique web strategies and process
optimization
– Skilled at optimizing digital marketing campaign
performance through micro tracking, multi facet analyzing and devising tailor
made solutions.
– Experienced with managing large scale annual
paid search marketing budgets.
– Strong ability to influence key stakeholders
through knowledge sharing, lead projects, work autonomously and collaboratively
as SME
– Creative capability to see the bigger picture
while giving attention to detail.
– Digital Marketing Blogger contributes to
Shivarkar.com.
Specialties: Entire Digital Marketing Expertise
with proven performance : Marketing, Mobile, App, Display,
Remarketing/Retargeting, Programmatic, SEO, SEM, SMM, PPC, Social Media,
Affiliates, Analytics and Audience Targeting, Brand building and promotion,
campaign management
After completing a degree in computer science and pursuing post graduate courses in Mathematics and Japanese, He moved towards filmmaking by choice. He joined FTII Pune in 1991 for a 3 year cinematography course which got completed in 1994. Since 1995 he has been professionally active in Mumbai. His years of participation in the Indian Media and Entertainment Industry have also coincided with the tectonic shifts that our industry has been witnessing over the past two decades. Having an unconventional approach – both in thinking and practice with an ability to quickly learn and adapt have been my core strengths.
As a result, 3 of the films that he has worked on got National Award whereas 1 got nominated as the official entry into Oscars from India. He would consider himself fortunate that he could become part of some of the key projects which became cornerstones of future trends in an industry which remains forever compelled to reinvent itself. In 2014 he started a social enterprise called Cinevidya with a purpose to spread audio visual content creation skills amidst children at grassroot level all over India.
* Has done more than 1000 TVCs for some of the top indian as well as international brands; mainly known for feature films “Khosla ka Ghosla”; “Chillar Party” and “The Good Road”.
A management graduate from UC- Berkeley, Hitesh is a true left and right-brain professional. He has been involved in versatile roles throughout his career. Ranging from website communication strategy, design and UI and visitor level analytics at Levi Strauss, to best in class engagement practices with MakeMyTrip.com. His spread of responsibilities have helped him hone his skills in performance marketing, integrated communication and engagement strategy for a brand. In his current role as Chief Marketing Officer at India’s premiere beauty portal – Nykaa.com, He spearhead’s digital, main line and customer relationship marketing – controlling 20% P&L at organisation level.
Chhitra Subramaniam is a Creative Producer, Content Development & Production Executive whose career spans Cinema, Television and Advertising having worked in Ram Gopal Varma’s Factory, Percept Picture Company, Viacom18, Turner International & Wiz Films.
She is the Senior Vice President at Kross Pictures.
Her Advertising career in Client servicing was nurtured at Rediffusion, & Ogilvy.
Chhitra then took a long motherhood sabbatical after which she started work in Films as EP with Sanjay Bhansali.
Chhitra has been part of over 24 films, many hours of TV content and
in the journey Chhitra has worked with celebrated directors like, Meghna Gulzar, Ram Gopal Varma, Shoojit Sircar, Anurag Kashyap, Madhur Bhandarkar, Priyadarshan, Nagesh Kuknoor, Sooni Taraporewala, Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury amongst others.
En route, she collaborated with Mrs. Jaya Bachchan on a commemorative documentary on Amitabh Bachchan’s 60th birthday.
She was awarded for her contribution to the film “Hanuman“ the first successful animation feature in India.
Her passion remains running her Animal shelter “ Samovila Foundation, travelling , taking long walks , dancing , listening to stories and cooking
Archana Aggarwal is a passionate media advocate with 20+ years of media experience. She has worked across multiple brands at both media agencies and advertiser. Her last assignment was Country Media Manager, P&G where she spent 8+ years and has now been with Airtel for last 3+ years as VP, Media. She was instrumental in P&G winning their first Cannes in India in 2006 post which they won many prestigious international awards for the Gillette Shave India Movement. She also led media for the high decibel launch of 4G and Payments Bank in India. She identified ideas like Sim sampling with Economic Times, Roshandan and Google countdown clock.
Ssumier S Pasricha an Indian actor and comedian , known for creating viral videos in which he plays the character of ‘Pammi Aunty’. Starred in TV soaps documentaries and Theatre musicals. Ssumier has worked across different mediums and has tasted success in the industry over the years. Not just confined to Comedy Ssumier has raised his voice for various Social issues like Cancer , Aids , Women Safety ,Women Empowerment & Homosexuality….
Ssumier’s USP lies in the fact that he can connect with his audiences on a very personal level owing to the funny and real life experiences that he creates through his videos. His slice of life content based on his observation of daily life scenarios leaves people in splits and has attracted love from people of almost all ages, genders and countries who often refer to him as their Stress buster, Aunt Agony, Aunty-Depressent , Aunty-Preneur and a digital friend.
Honoured at House of Commons ,United Kingdom Parliament for his Contribution To British Punjabi Culture , to the Youth Icon of India by INDIA Today and Entertainer of the Year Awardin USA.. Ssumier Pasricha Has Won Numerous Awards around the globe for this Digital Content… his Latest achievement is From TIMES NOW ,POWER BRAND Digital Media TrendSetter Award 2019… Today Ssumier enjoys the popularity in every Possible country especially amongst Punjabi community and has become the Power Brand PAMMI AUNTY with who’s unique style of marketing every possible brand wants to collaborate with.
Awards World Wide
| Year | Awards |
| 2019 | TimesNow Power Brand Digital Media Trendsetter Award |
| 2018 | Best Comedian in a Web Series – IWM Digital Awards |
| 2018 | DIGIXX Star Entertainer Award 2018 |
| 2018 | Person of the Year – Content Award at VDOnxt Awards[32] |
| 2017 | Best Internet Sensation Award – Nickelodeon ka Digital Star – Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards[33] |
| 2017 | Honoured by House of Commons UK for contribution to Indian British society & culture[34] |
| 2017 | Elite Magazine 25 of Delhi’s most Influential entrepreneurs |
| 2017 | Icon of the year by India Today[35] |
| 2017 | Best Actor – Rajdhani Ratn Award[36] |
| 2017 | Marketing Influencer of the Year Award by InkSpell |
| 2017 | NBC Newsmakers Achievers Award – Best Actor Comedy[37] |
| 2017 | Talentrack Awards – Best Actor Comedy[38] |
| 2017 | Jordan Tourism Board Award[39] |
| 2016 | Humour King of the year – Outlook social media awards[40][41] |
| 2016 | Entertainer of the year – DissDash U.S.A [42] |
As a marketer at fbb, she gets to work on an exciting role of building this young brand. The brand is 10
years young and it has grown by leaps and bounds especially in the past 3 years. They’re associated with
prime properties like IPL and Miss India which further creates an exhilarating experience. Their objective
is to democratize fashion in India and They’re actively doing so.
Prior to joining fbb she has worked across FMCG and Beauty & Personal Care Industry for almost 12
years across roles in Category development, Brand & Marketing and Research.
Pranab Punj is the Chief Marketing Officer for Kinsane Entertainment Inc. As a seasoned marketing professional with 16 years of global experience in building brands for the media, entertainment, and digital industry, Pranab leads the efforts to take Kinsane’s fun characters to kids across the world.
Before Kinsane, Pranab was Vice President – Global Marketing at Vserv, managing its brand and driving communications, research, events and digital marketing. Earlier, as Director of Digital Media at Viacom 18, he led marketing and the web business for regional language channels and brands, such as Nickelodeon, VH1, and Comedy Central. Pranab was instrumental in building the digital media business of Turner Broadcasting Systems from scratch. He also spearheaded the launch of India’s top online gaming portal and award-winning brand Zapak across platforms.
Pranab’s contribution in this area has been recognized through several awards, such as Top 100 Marketing Leaders, ‘Best Digital Marketing Professional’ at Mobbys, and ‘Digital Media Campaign of the Year’ at CMO Asia. He is on the jury of several noteworthy industry awards and events, such as E4M Ink Awards, DMA Content Marketer of the Year, and Government of Karnataka and IAMAI Mobile 10X Hackathons. Pranab is also a regular speaker at industry events such as DMAi, IAMAI, and IIT Kharagpur.
Pranab has a postgraduate degree in management from Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies. Pranab is a die-hard Batman fan, and he loves immersing himself in comics. If he were to look back at his 11-year-old self, his advice to himself would be to make the most of those carefree years – be curious, explore, have lots of fun, and read lots and lots of comics.
Nitin is VP and Head of User Acquisition for the premier OTT service Hotstar and has been with
them for 2 years now.
In his previous stint, he was Head of Marketing for ShopClues and led the marketplace’s hyper
growth in a hyper competitive market. Prior to joining ShopClues, Nitin bootstrapped a health
nutrition start-up, Health Raga and was instrumental in setting up its e-commerce channel.
He has over 10 years of experience working in diverse industry sectors such as automotive,
banking and consumer internet. Passionate about consumer insighting and brand building, he is
an astute marketer who brought his combined expertise in marketing, data analytics and
technology to his various roles.
Nitin has done MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur and B.Tech in Computer Science from JIIT Noida. He
enjoys travelling to islands and is an avid open water diver.
Efficient, innovative & results driven professional with 6+ years work experience in e-Commerce domain, handling Digital Marketing, Strategic Alliances & Partnerships
Executing successful Digital/Online Marketing campaigns for customer acquisition initiatives – Strategic Alliances & Partnerships, Affiliate Marketing, Mobile App Marketing, Re-targeting Specialize in building scalable products that provide compelling business value
Highly detail-oriented & execution focused with strong networking, mentoring and consensus-building skills
After completing a degree in computer science and pursuing post graduate courses in Mathematics and Japanese, He moved towards filmmaking by choice. He joined FTII Pune in 1991 for a 3 year cinematography course which got completed in 1994. Since 1995 he has been professionally active in Mumbai. His years of participation in the Indian Media and Entertainment Industry have also coincided with the tectonic shifts that our industry has been witnessing over the past two decades. Having an unconventional approach – both in thinking and practice with an ability to quickly learn and adapt have been my core strengths.
As a result, 3 of the films that he has worked on got National Award whereas 1 got nominated as the official entry into Oscars from India. He would consider himself fortunate that he could become part of some of the key projects which became cornerstones of future trends in an industry which remains forever compelled to reinvent itself. In 2014 he started a social enterprise called Cinevidya with a purpose to spread audio visual content creation skills amidst children at grassroot level all over India.
* Has done more than 1000 TVCs for some of the top indian as well as international brands; mainly known for feature films “Khosla ka Ghosla”; “Chillar Party” and “The Good Road”.
Debdatta is a former business journalist turned Content Marketer. She has worked with some of the biggest media brands in the country including The Hindu, Times Group and NDTV. She currently works as the Editor of Branded Content for Money Control, Network 18’s largest digital platform. She believes that in the current age of information technology, content is the king for any kind of marketing. Especially when it comes to effective ways of telling the story of brands and organisations.
Prabhjyot Singh is a Marketing professional with 15+ years of experience in the industry. His experience spans across sectors like media houses, e-commerce and digital agencies. Currently, he is the General Manager – Marketing & Digital, Strategic Planning, Events & Content at ShowBox – National 24×7 Music TV Channel.During his career, he has been responsible for the launch campaigns, media buying, budget allocation, overall growth of the companies, scaling up the e-commerce business through digital mediums, generating new revenue streams and strategic planning for the new business development. Worked on several expansion plans in entertainment media, digital, publishing, OTT.
OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERTISE IN LEADERSHIP ROLES ACROSS A&R, CREATIVE CONTENT AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT.
Have grown the ranks in the business of media and entertainment, an area I am extremely passionate about. Have held leadership roles with proven and established organisations , India and globally.
A sharp and proven business acumen and a keen eye for winning content , discovering and launching music talent in India have been my core strengths. Some of the biggest names and IPs in the Indian music business have been my contribution over the years.
My areas of specialisations over the years have been:
*Content- Across music, television, radio & films.
*Sharp acumen for growth riders.
• Film Director
• Content Creator
• Film Marketing, Distribution & Sales Consultant
• Develop Strategies for Film Marketing & Release
• Trade & Studio Networking
• Script Analyser from Commercial Apect
• Chairman Events, IFTDA, Indian Film & TV Directors Association
• Written & Directed ‘7 HOURS TO GO’ (June 2016), ‘MICKEY VIRUS’ (Oct 2013) and Solid Patels (Unreleased)
21 years of experience in: Content Creation | Production | Filmed Marketing | Film Exploitation/Distribution | Film Programming | Content Acquisition | Cinema Management | Movie Promotions | Strategy Development | Developing Film, Production, Cinema Process and Systems | Cinema Tactical Marketing | Brand Building | Advertising | Cinema Launch | Corporate Communications | PR | Event Management | Visual Merchandising | Merchandise Development and Promotion
Archana is part of the leadership team at upGrad, which is a high-growth EdTech promoted by Ronnie Screwvala. It is positioned to be a disruptive leaders in EdTech and towards curating human capital to serve the future. The company has been awarded the ‘Best Tech for Education’ by IAMAI in 2019. upGrad also received the ‘Best Education Brands’ award by Economic Times and has made it to LinkedIn’s ‘Top 25 Start-ups’ two years in a row in 2018 and 2019.
Archana comes with over 18 years of professional experience with a strong focus on creativity, context and commercial goals spread across all mediums and formats of media : Print, Digital, Television & Live Events including CNBC TV 18 & The Economic Times. She is experienced at front ending brand outreach projects as well as managing seamless backend processes. Skilled to deliver original content and creative ideas, she has created and managed end-to-end content and communication marketing projects. Rich B2B experience, hands on working experience with SMEs and start-up eco-system globally, Archana has the distinguished career with highlights including being invited by the Rashtrapati Bhavan to curate Global Innovation roundtable and being part of international forums along with being the force and face of ET Digital Transformation Series in her past assignments. Highly networked professional with strong connects with industry influencers, academia and policy makers, she believes education and technology when combined has the potential to change the future and fortune of Bharat & India. She promotes learning for all and learning as a way of life to stay relevant amidst technological disruption and economic upheavals.
Ankit Mehrotra is a start-up and tech enthusiast with special interests in understanding customer behaviour across the web and mobile. He is the co-founder ofDineout, which is India’s Largest Dining Out Platform seating more than a million diners a month across 8000 restaurants in India. He is the winner of the Education UK Alumni Awards 2016 in which he received the Entrepreneur of the Year award. Additionally, Dineout won the TechRocketship Award and the India Emerging 20 Award, both by the Govt of UK & India in 2018. Before starting Dineout, he lived in London for 10 years and worked for 7 years with BNP Paribas, London, a top tier Investment Bank, in various divisions including Investment Banking & Wealth Management managing a portfolio of UHNWI. He is also a CFA charter holder since 2011.
A passionate consumer marketer and business enthusiast with 2 decades of experience across consumer goods sector with companies like Pepsico, Bayer, Nerolac & Currently working as Business Director – Luxury Grooming at Raymonds. He has played a key role in building PARK AVENUE as one of India’s foremost Male Grooming brands at Raymonds. Apart from consumer marketing, he loves watching movies in multiple languages
Vidyut Patra is Associate Vice President, Special Projects, WWM Group. Having joined Worldwide Media in 2013, Vidyut in his current role is responsible to extend the brand proposition of the titles and create monetizable original content (fiction & non-fiction) for TV & digital while overseeing all business operations and leading cross functional teams. With a deep understanding of creative businesses, his strengths lie in incubating & managing new businesses and projects that help meet long & short term objectives of the organization.
An alumnus of the reputed Bournemouth Media School, UK, Vidyut has spent over 13 years in the Media and Entertainment industry. Starting his career with brands like Radio Mirchi & Channel V, Vidyut went on to become the brand manager for 9XM. He later moved on to a content solution role at MTV and also spent time heading events and client servicing for them. Post his stint at Viacom 18, he further went on to take up leadership roles; beginning with heading the Mumbai station for Red FM and then as the Business Head of Femina Believe.
Coming from a strong broadcasting background, Patra’s forte lies in brand development, content creation, strategy & revenue.
Angad Bhatia is a part of the senior leadership team at Times Internet. He is the Founder of MensXP and the COO of TIL’s emerging media track called Indiatimes Lifestyle Network. At Times Internet, he founded the Indiatimes Lifestyle Network which includes Indiatimes.com, MensXP, iDiva, WhatsHot etc. and led it through an explosive growth phase, from 5 million to over 40 million unique users in 18 months. ILN is a youth and new media collective that is built around the social web. In December 2016, Indiatimes.com was
ranked the world’s most engaged brand on Facebook ahead of Fox, CNN, Nytimes, Huffington-Post, Buzzfeed, etc.
• Senior Professional, with eighteen years of experience in feature Film/Tv Productions.
• Director for an Indo-Swedish Production film “Boy In Bollywood”.
• Screenwriter for feature films “Hum Tum Shabana” and Jia aur Jia”.
• Five-minute feature director for nonfiction Tv shows.
• Pre-Wedding film director for India’s biggest wedding filming “Ram Bherwani Productions”.
• Strong leader with motivational management style and reputation for building and retaining highly motivated film Production teams and networks.
• Results-oriented achiever with a successful track record for completion of films, Tv projects on schedule; within budgets.
• Established relations with key players, strategic partners and significant talents from the Indian Film Industry.
• Expertise in all filmmaking aspects having hands on experience on all pre-production, on floor filming and postproduction on all size of films and Tv fiction / non-fiction shows.
Anay is currently Advisory Consultant and CTO Ambassador at Dell Technologies . He has 15+ years of experience in IT and has worked with some of the large enterprise organization’s & customers across the world. Anay is a trusted advisor & an eminent Industry Speaker creating mindshare around next-gen technology trends & employability skills. He has also written lot of Technology blogs & has been part of renowned Industry events as Keynote Speaker or Panelist. He has multiple Industry certifications and is also passionate about giving back, photography, exploring new places & trying new cuisines.
A FinTech Marketeer, striving to make financial ecosystem inclusive for millennials! “My success lies in turning cost centers into revenue centers for organizations and building organic ecosystems, which deliver not just sustainable but also scalable business growth,” says Vishesh Sharma who has recently joined Bajaj Financial Securities as its first Chief Marketing Officer. Vishesh belongs to a rare breed of professionals with a journalistic background who have transcended the world of Finance and entered the highest echelons of Marketing. Previously, he was the Chief Marketing officer at Ashika Group, India’s leading diversified financial services group with four key business verticals including Retail Broking, Institutional Broking, Startup Funding and Global Family Office Services. Vishesh’s experience cuts across diverse marketing disciplines, including brand communication, content marketing, corporate communications, reputation management, product marketing, public affairs, and financial education. He started his professional career with The Hindu, and continued his journey with renowned publications, including Dalal Street Investment Journal and Progressive Media Group. Thereafter, Vishesh switched to the corporate world and worked with reputed companies including Sharekhan by BNP Paribas and Angel One before joining Ashika Group. Throughout his career, Vishesh has been recognized for his remarkable professional accomplishments. In 2020, he was named Content Marketer 40u40 by Exchange for Media and the Marketing Leader of the Year in the BFSI segment by Nasscom. A year later, he was honored as the Rising Media Star by Best Media Info, Corporate Communications Person of the Year by AdGully, and 40u40 PR Professional by Reputation Today. He won Gold at Inkspell awards under the category of Content Marketing Professional 2021. Vishesh was also bestowed with Excellence in PR award by Adgully under their Leader 2.0 awards in 2022 and was also felicitated by World Marketing Congress as one of India’s Top 50 Influential Marketing Leaders. Recognised as a thought leader in Fintech Marketing, Vishesh is a frequent keynote speaker at many educational institutes and thought-provoking events like IIT FinFest, Amity University, IMT Nagpur, NMIMS, among others. He strongly believes that 3Vs (Voice, Vernacular, and Video) are the key pillars that will define his legacy as a Marketeer over next 10 years
An energetic result oriented Brand, Media and Marketing Strategy enthusiast with over 15 years of experience in leading media organisations. Enjoy conceptualizing & executing innovative integration concepts via a creative, dynamic, & challenging mix of media platforms.
Worked extensively with advertising and media agencies on multimedia marketing approach and consumer and trade centric brand connect advertising solutions.
Specialties:
Corporate Communication, Brand Strategy, Product Marketing, Media strategy, Media Planning/Buying, 360 degree marketing campaign, Pricing, Innovation, Account Planning, Agency Handling, Sales Planning, Research, Customer Insights, Data Analysis, Product Marketing, Negotiations & associations, Team management and development
Leverage 4Cs (Category, Competition, Customer & Consumer) insights and analysis to drive better effectiveness and efficiency
Vaibhav is the Head of Marketing, Foods at Marico and has a rich & diverse experience spanning 15+ years across FMCG & Technology sector. He has held leadership roles in Marketing & Sales leading large scale portfolio of brands Including Saffola, Parachute & TATA TEA. He is a technology enthusiast and a firm believer of leveraging technology in marketing to unlock great brand experiences for consumers.
Shobha Vasudevan is an industry stalwart with an extensive experience of over 23 years. She currently heads the communication strategy for Dell Technologies India’s Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) – one of the largest portfolios of the company in the market. Previously, Shobha has also successfully spearheaded communications strategy for several IT and consumer giants such as Microsoft and Canon.
Following EMC’s merger with Dell in 2015, Shobha has successfully shaped and driven integrated enterprise marketing communications campaigns for Dell Technologies in India as a front runner in using new age communication tools to create a better impact for the brand. Under her guidance and encouragement, Dell Technologies has been able to break the barriers of technical B2B tech communication to emerge as a disruptor in meaningful conversations around the industry wherein Dell Technologies’ spokespeople have been established as thought leaders in India.
Additionally, Shobha is a graduate in Bachelor of Arts from Delhi University with a Business English Communication level 2 certificate from Cambridge University.
Bimalendu Tarafdar is a seasoned marketing strategist with over two decades of experience across FMCG, fashion retail, automotive, and hospitality industries. His expertise encompasses consumer insights, strategy, innovation and brand management. At Weikfield Foods, as the Vice President of Marketing & Ecommerce, he leads the brand’s rejuvenation, focusing on enhancing market presence through integrated marketing communications and e-commerce strategies. He is passionate about creating substantial value for the customers and the company through his strategic marketing leadership.
