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 Award in 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]
Binda has over 14 years of experience in Marketing, Brand Management, Digital Intellegence & Consumer Analytics. She comes with a deep understanding of the Indian media and entertainment space and has led marketing campaigns across categories for different markets. She has been awarded by BBC Knowledge as one of ‘the Greatest Marketing Influencers of 2017.
She currently heads marketing for Red Chilies Entertainment and is responsible for customer loyalty and creating business opportunities across platforms. She has led 360 degree campaigns for wide range of movies like Dilwale, Raees, Dear Zingagi, Jab Harry Met Sejal, Ittefaq, Zero and ongoing projects like Badla.
She has also led the marketing initiatives for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in 2016, developed the #AmiKKR campaign, which deeply resonated with the fans. KKR became the first team to have an exclusive television show, called ‘Knight Club’ on Star Sports and the fan engagement rate on social media not just surpassed other IPL teams, but also long established teams with global following like Manchester United, Barcelona, Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea.
During her stint at Star India, she has steered strategic projects for their Hindi, Regional and English Entertainment channels. She was instrumental in developing campaigns such as ‘Rishta wahi, Soch nayi’ for Star Plus, which catapulted the brand back to its leadership position, ‘Cholo Paltai’ as the war cry for Star Jalsha launch in West Bengal, which connected with the audience at a personal level and took the channel to the #1 position and ‘Watch with the World’ for Star World Premiere’s launch, which created a paradigm shift in TV viewing trends in India.
Balaji is an integrated marketing communication professional with over 16 years of extensive experience in building brands for both global and Indian companies.
In his current role as Marketing Director, CEEMEA for Franklin Templeton, Balaji is responsible for marketing strategy and building brand SOV for the CEEMEA region. The region covers over 20 countries across Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa and focuses both on institutional and retail businesses.
Prior to this role, Balaji was Deputy Head – Marketing for Franklin Templeton India and was responsible for leading all key brand initiatives. Balaji has been one of the early adopters of leveraging gamification, video content and storytelling in the mutual fund industry to promote investor education in the online space. His deep understanding of consumer marketing and customer lifecycle journeys have won him multiple awards in India and globally across creativity, content, innovation and effectiveness. Very recently, he was conferred with the citation of “Marketing Influencer of the Year” by DMA Asia at the 2018 DMA Asia Echo Awards.
Mr. Siddharth Bhardwaj is the Chief Marketing Officer & Head of Enterprise Sales at UFO Moviez India Limited. With over 21 years of experience he leads the ad sales function and drives ad revenue generation strategies. Under his leadership, UFO Moviez has built a strong pan India Sales network. He strongly advocates in-cinema advertising as he believes cinema brings larger than life feel to brands through large screen formats to a highly receptive audience. Apart from the sales function Siddharth also oversees all aspects of pan- India marketing for UFO and its subsidiaries including strategy, advertising, branding, communications, and alliances marketing. With his rich sales experience he is paving the way for newer opportunities and growth for UFO Moviez.
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.
Amit is an avid #Marketer with extensive experience in Digital and traditional media strategy. He loves mining for consumer insights and building brands through storytelling #advertising. He is currently putting a method to the madness for non-linear hyper-growth as Head growth marketing for Zoomcar.
An Engineer and an MBA graduate, with 10+ years of global experience in the digital & branding space, Amit has led Marketing, digital transformation and growth for companies in his previous assignments with Noon, Shopclues, PayU, ZO, Maxus & Percept. Established marketing of a MENA region biggest e-com Noon from scratch as a Head Performance and branding, in his last role.
A decade of experience in Marketing and Brand Communication with specialization in Digital.
Astute understanding of various digital marketing channels coupled with solid technical knowledge gives me an edge in implementing brand related campaigns derived from the overall business objectives. Data is an integral part of my work style ensuring a fair balance of execution and result KPIs, important for any strategy to be successful.
The work done during my stint with Godrej won awards by “Asia Retail Congress” and “CMO Asia Brand and Marketing Excellence Awards”.
Relevant areas of core strengths – Digital strategy in Search, Social, Mobile, User Experience on web and mobile, Analytics mapping on Search and Social channels, User journey management, SEM, Online Reputation Management, SEO, eCRM, Media planning and performance marketing.
Sriram Padmanabhan is the Vice President for marketing at Nissan Motor India Pvt. Ltd. (NMIPL). In his current role, he is leading the marketing strategies for Nissan and Datsun brands in India, with the aim of delivering long-term product portfolio, brand value and market share growth.
Sriram brings to Nissan over two decades of international marketing experience with specific India business expertise in launching new products in the automotive industry, building digital go-to-market competencies, establishing customer engagement, preparing dealer network for expansion and P&L ownership. He has led diverse teams across Europe, Australia, China, Thailand, India while providing thought leadership to internal and external stakeholders.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Statistics and Master’s in Finance & Control, both from the University of Delhi.
As Group CMO, Manav looks after both Eros Now and the studio business. He is responsible for brand, consumer growth & retention, talent, trade and PR across both these businesses. In his earlier role he was founder CMO for ALTBalaji, India’s first SVOD OTT platform which broke the notion that Indians don’t pay for content.
In his last role at Getit he launched multiple businesses and brands in India and Malaysia across Yellow pages, Horizontal Marketplace and verticals like grocery and furniture, mobile wallet and a merchant lending platform.
At Reliance Big Entertainment, he was the founder of then India’s largest online local search platform that got investment interests from Navteq & acquisition interest from Justdial. He was also part of founding co worked on launching businesses across FM Radio, Music, Motion Pictures, Movie rental & download, online gaming & a JV with Dreamworks Animation SKG.
In his earlier stints, Manav exited a startup in stealth mode that created an IP that helped telecom towers reduce their energy costs.
He has formal education in Management and Law.
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.
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.
• 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.
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
Binda has over 15 years of experience in Marketing, Brand Management, Digital Intellegence & Consumer Analytics. She comes with a deep understanding of the Indian media and entertainment space and has led marketing campaigns across categories for different markets. She has been awarded by BBC Knowledge as one of ‘the Greatest Marketing Influencers of 2017.
She currently heads marketing for Red Chilies Entertainment and is responsible for customer loyalty and creating business opportunities across platforms. She has led 360 degree campaigns for wide range of movies like Dilwale, Raees, Dear Zingagi, Jab Harry Met Sejal, Ittefaq, Zero and ongoing projects like Badla.
She has also led the marketing initiatives for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in 2016, developed the #AmiKKR campaign, which deeply resonated with the fans. KKR became the first team to have an exclusive television show, called ‘Knight Club’ on Star Sports and the fan engagement rate on social media not just surpassed other IPL teams, but also long established teams with global following like Manchester United, Barcelona, Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea.
During her stint at Star India, she has steered strategic projects for their Hindi, Regional and English Entertainment channels. She was instrumental in developing campaigns such as ‘Rishta wahi, Soch nayi’ for Star Plus, which catapulted the brand back to its leadership position, ‘Cholo Paltai’ as the war cry for Star Jalsha launch in West Bengal, which connected with the audience at a personal level and took the channel to the #1 position and ‘Watch with the World’ for Star World Premiere’s launch, which created a paradigm shift in TV viewing trends in India.
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.
Nidhi S Mittal, a distinguished professional in the marketing and branding arena, boasts an impressive
career spanning almost two decades. Her expertise encompasses growth marketing, business development,
lead generation, and profitability. Armed with an award winning International MBA from a Top-100 B School
worldwide and a plethora of industry certifications like Six Sigma green belt, Price2Practioner, ISO 27001,
and more, she brings extensive knowledge and experience in marketing and global account management,
having lived and worked across diverse industries and cultures in India, the UAE, the US, and Australia.
Nidhi has a proven track record of laying the groundwork for services and functions in both fast-paced
startups and large enterprises. She elevates people, processes, products, and partners to drive success. Her
leadership has been instrumental in spearheading projects that contribute to yearly business growth through
service delivery, brand establishment, marketing, and sales enablement.
Recently appointed as Group CEO of Blue Vector, a group of creative agencies in India providing the best
creative, marketing tech solutions, and creative process offshoring,Nidhi will be spearheading the company’s
growth and overseeing its international expansion initiatives. Blue Vector caters to a diverse clientele,
ranging from burgeoning startups to Fortune 500 corporations.
In her last role with JioSaavn, as Head of Brand Marketing, Nidhi was at the forefront of leading B2B
solutions for the audio streaming service. Prior to this, she played a pivotal role at Tata Advanced Systems,
establishing and integrating marketing and inside sales functions. She has also provided consultancy to
startups, orchestrating projects such as up-selling, cross-selling, and creating OEM distribution and reseller
channels across Pan Asia and the Middle East. Her rich professional history includes associations with DXC
Technologies, the British Council, Steria Sopra, and Toyota Financial Services.
Nidhi’s innate ability to connect with people and adaptability position her as an expert in fortifying complex
partnerships, be it with internal stakeholders or strategic business and technology alliances, all aimed at
achieving desired business goals. Beyond her corporate pursuits, she has been a distinguished thought
leader, actively contributing to prestigious institutions like IIT Delhi, IIM Lucknow, Symbiosis, NIIT University,
Shiv Nadar University, Emeritus, and renowned industry forums such as IAMAI, MMA, ET Brand Equity,
E4M, Financial Express, Exchange 4 Media, The Drum (UK), and Inkspell.
Praveen Rao is a marketing and business professional with 22 years of experience in B2B marketing, digital marketing and CRM solutions. He is currently working as Director-Marketing at SAP India and heads the mid-market, digital marketing and strategic projects. He started his career with The Times of India group and went on to work with companies like D&B, Microsoft and Arvato Bertelsmann. During his 9 years stint with Arvato, he was instrumental in setting up the marketing services business.
Over the past decade, he has been working closely with the CMOs and marketing teams across leading tech players in helping them create strategic projects.
Before joining SAP, he had initiated a martech venture, where he has set up a green field digital marketing technology backed solutions serving B2B and B2C programs. During the two years of covid, he consulted and helped several international brands set up D2C platforms and digital marketing campaigns.
Archana Aggarwal is a passionate media advocate with 20+ years of media experience. She is a Marketing professional and Angel Investor. has an Extensive experience in Digital and Traditional media marketing with a proven track record working in the FMCG, Telecom, Marketing and Advertising industries with Indian and global brands such as P&G, Unilever, L’Oreal, Coca-Cola, Diamond Trading Corporation and Airtel to name a few. Having the experience, she understands the consumer and brand context brand and the aim is to deliver BIC strategies to reach the consumer. She is always on the look out for the next big trend and believe in early experimentation be it Connected TV or the Metaverse or AI.
Experienced Media strategist, Integrated Communications Expert,
Digital evangelist and Marketing professional having more than 18 years of diverse experience at various organizations in making strategies, plans and driving execution for achieving business goals. Currently Steering the digital and Omni-Channel landscape of Dr Reddys globally as Head of Digital and Omni Channel Marketing for global markets. Developing the digital strategy and roadmap. Responsible for the definition & implementation of strategy across Countries, Collaborating with stakeholders globally for various verticals and businesses and integrating relevant touchpoints throughout the customer decision journey. Have worked with companies like Philips, DuPont, GroupM, Hindustan Times, Indiamart etc. in the past.
Various Industry awards for my work and individual recognitions are –
Global Woman Leader Award 2023 and World Women Leadership Award 2020 by World women leadership congress 100 Smartest Digital Marketing Leaders 2019, CMO Asia
BBC Knowledge Women Leadership in Industry Award 2017
‘Woman Super Achiever in Digital and Social in Asia’ in 2014 by CMO
Most Influential Digital Media professional 2015 and 2018 by World Marketing Congress,
Adobe Content100 Brand & Content custodians in 2017.
Best Digital Marketing Professional’ Mobby’s award in 2013
Prady is a highly accomplished professional with expertise in the digital/performance marketing industry. With an impressive track record spanning over 15 years, Prady has excelled as a digital marketer, entrepreneur, and multi-agency owner. Prady is currently the CEO and Managing Partner of NP Digital India and the Founder & CEO of Stan Ventures. He has successfully built multiple companies through bootstrapping, including NP Digital India, establishing himself as a leading figure in the industry.
Subhamoy Das is a former journalist and communication professional based in India. He has two decades of experience in corporate communications, marketing, and global public relations, having led multicultural teams in top multinational companies including GE, eBay, PayPal, Deloitte, and Accenture. As a blogger and columnist, he has worked with media houses such as the New York Times Company, Hindustan Times and India Today. He has authored several books and speaks on business communication, social media, and B2B marketing. Subhamoy currently leads marketing and communications for a leading global professional services company in India and serves as the president of IABC’s India Chapter.
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Mihir Bagga is an accomplished professional with a robust track record of fostering partnerships across diverse industries and driving corporate growth. As the Country Head at UNiDAYS in India, Mihir effectively engaged with student audiences, gaining invaluable
insights into their preferences and behaviors. His extensive experience working with multiple brands has honed his expertise in social commerce.
In his previous roles, Mihir held leadership positions including heading the platform division for JioSaavn and managing the payments business for online commerce at Paytm. Mihir’s ability to work with audiences across generations has enabled him to develop
strategies that build and manage consumer trust while ensuring transparency