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.Attachments area
• 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.
Coming from a family of Advertising professionals, she has derived her training in advertising from Damodar Warrior, (ex Creative Director JWT) one of the leading creative gurus of Indian Advertising. She managed an advertising agency for more than 25 years and now is a branding and marketing consultant. She is Brand Director at UJA, a global advisory and business consulting firm, where she is responsible for GTM strategies, marketing and branding advisory to international companies coming to India.
Her core competencies lies in developing branding and marketing strategies, design & aesthetics, brand building, having serviced various B2C and B2B brands (process, food, hospitality, wellness, entertainment, manufacturing, retail, real estate, infrastructure etc).
She has a special interest in providing branding and marketing strategies to startups and social enterprises.
VISITING FACULTY
Over the last 15 years she has been invited by all the leading management and mass communication institutes in Pune as a visiting faculty. Her area of expertise is Advertising Management, Integrated Marketing Communications and Brand Management.
Visiting faculty to
Symbiosis Institute of Mass Communications (SIMC) PG and UG
Symbiosis Institute for Business Management (SIBM)
PICT School for Information and technology management.
MITSOB
MIT School of Design
PICT School for Information Technology and Management
International School of Business and Media (PG)
School for Fashion Techonology (Karve Shree Shikshan Sanstha)
University of Pune’s Mass communications department
Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies
Vishwakarma Institute of Management
Indira Institute for Communication Studies etc
BOOKS: AUTHORED
‘Integrated Marketing Communications’ for DY Patil University of Distance Learning
Co Authored ‘Advertising and Public relations’ for Symbiosis Centre for Distance Education
WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING PROGRAMS
Conducted workshops on branding for women entrepreneurs under the Goldman Sach’s Women Entrepreneurship training program conducted by ISB and SIIB.
Conducted workshops on ‘Marketing for SMEs’ under the aegis of Sakal Media group and Posiview Consultants
She conducts creativity workshops / training programmes for industry professionals, corporates and students. These training programs and workshops help to discover and build creative thinking.
AWARDS
1986 – President’s gold medal for the best children’s book ‘Mother Nature” for BAIF
1988 – Best poster design award by CEAD, Pune for poster on propagating agroforestry for BAIF.
1990 – Best packaging award by CEAD Pune for chocolate box for Baker’s Basket
2004 – Best Menu design for La Brasserie restaurant by the International Tourism Council
2009, 2010 – Best presented wine booth for Good Earth Winery – Upper Crust show (both years)
OTHER INTERESTS
Student and practitioner of BKS Iyengar School of Yoga
Currently writing a book on branding and marketing communications
Invited by NGO called SMILE run by Vandana Chavan (ex mayor of Pune city and currently Rajya Sabha Member) to provide expertise in marketing and building the brand SMILE. SMILE is a platform for women to showcase their handcrafts. These women come from economically weaker sections of the society
Was invited to anchor the communications committee for ‘Branding Pune’ initiative by Mahratta Chambers of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA) and Janwani.
She is well-networked and is respected for her expertise and business ethics.
Professional site: https://sites.google.com/site/rembrandconsultants/
A transformational leader with foresight and imagination, Mr. Prashant Kulkarni is the Chief Marketing Officer at Carnival Group – a rapidly expanding conglomerate with a diverse range of business interests. Through its subsidiaries, the group continues to expand its current business by venturing into new areas, thereby increasing growth and profitability.
Mr.Kulkarni is now building brands such as Purple Foods and Gourmet Potato Chips, Crispy Meow from the ground up & expanding them to new horizons in the domestic market.
With multiple brands and lines of business, he has implemented integrated sales & marketing strategies aimed at increasing conversions, loyalty, and brand recall among the target audience at large.
He holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree as well as a Masters of Management (Marketing) and a professional Diploma in Digital Marketing from DMI Ireland.
A digital leader with over 15 years of experience Has led the business function across TV, OTT, and Social platforms. Currently heading GTM strategy for Verse Innovation
Video communication has always been an area of core interest and passion, and I have worked across formats starting GEC soaps, digital web series, short format, vertical videos. I feel privileged to be on this forum
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.
Aman Dhall is an Indian communications specialist, widely known for his role in building the insurtech brand, Policybazaar.com. The company has emerged as a go to digital platform for death, disease & disability products in India, and is currently the most valued insurtech entity in the world, after its recent listing on the Indian bourses.
In 2019, Exchange4Media recognized Aman among India’s most influential gamechanger in the corporate communications and PR field. He has been also identified as India’s best young talent from the field of marketing, advertising, public relations and media, in various 40 under 40 lists by media houses.
He carries 16+ years of experience in media, financial services, consumer internet & development sector, and has worked in editorial, communications & advocacy roles with influential brands such as the Times of India group, UNICEF, SEDA and Magic Bus India Foundation.
He identifies himself as a proud intrapreneur, prior to PolicyBazaar, he established and ran a not-for-profit venture in the sport & development space for three years. In 2020 after his 6-year stint at Policybazaar Aman founded CommsCredible, an integrated communications agency.
During his time as an entrepreneur, he co-managed & implemented a sport development project, ‘Khel Vikas’, in collaboration with award-winning rural development organisation, Gram Vikas in Odisha and parts of Andhra Pradesh. The project supported over 1,500 tribal children with opportunities to play a sport, and pursue sporting excellence.
In his initial career, he was a journalist, and worked in the leading publications of The Times of India Group for six years. He was Principal Correspondent at The Economic Times, India’s largest business daily, when he left journalism, editing the two personal finance pages in the Sunday edition, and writing news stories & features on BFSI space.
His vision is to create a legacy for the communications fraternity who have been transforming India’s narrative with their storytelling prowess.
Aman also co-hosts #CommsChat, a first-of-its-kind chat series on LinkedIn, and contributes regularly as a guest speaker/teacher/author at various industry events/education institutions/media publications. He also sits on the jury of several prestigious media, marketing & communication forums.
Aman authored the India chapter for the Global Publisher, Routledge in its Handbook of Physical Activity Policy and Practice across the world, released in December 2017. He strongly believes that India needs a ‘sport & physical activity’ culture among masses to truly become a healthy society.
Content, Product, Strategy, Revenue, Brand building and communication. A TV & Digital professional, 20 years of experience- launched leading television channels and digital platforms. One of the first to leverage TV & Digital synergies. Content monetisation across genres.
Launched Award winning IPs, the first to launch Digital IPs and monetise them.
•Created first of its kind primetime programming, created, sold & executed IPs, turned around TV ratings, set up broadcast chains, forayed into regional content and managed P&L Lead teams of over 200
•Setup TV channels & digital properties; created produced and directed programmes/ content at NDTV, ET NOW, Times Now & Network 18
•Launched the Branded Content division at Times Now; led brand strategy, media agnostic campaigns drove concept selling & revenue generation for the National & International market. Created award winning IPs
•Worked with brands across sectors; example – BFSI (Aditya Birla Mutual Fund, BSE, Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICICI Bank, Bajaj Allianz), Tech (Blackberry, GE, IBM, Schneider Electric, Cisco, Microsoft), FMCG (Gillette, Britannia, Cloudnine hospitals, Tatas, Godrej, Thyrocare, HUL, Eureka Forbes, Kansai Nerolac, Mother Dairy, Nestle), Automobile (Skoda, BMW, Audi) and Public Sector (GOI, LIC)
Awards:
•Awarded Most influential Content Marketing Professionals
•Awarded Top 50 Most Influential Digital Marketing Leader
•Awarded Women Leadership Achievement Award in 2016 at World Women Leadership Congress
•Awarded the Women Super Achiever Award in 2017 at World Women Leadership Congress
•Won Content Marketeer of the Year award at DMAI for Moneycontrol in 2015
•‘Power of Shunya’ won a silver at the Goa Fest Creative Abby’s 2014
•‘Amazing Indians Awards’ won at the WOW awards in the on ground event category
•‘Gillette Soldier for Women’ won at Cannes; trended #3 worldwide on Twitter
•NDTV 24×7 won the Best English News Channel of the Year award; responsible for overseeing programming
Mr. Rahul Mishra joined Shemaroo Entertainment in November 2017 and currently holds the position of Head, Marketing and Communications.
Over the course of three years, Rahul has played a key role in shaping Shemaroo’s brand’s identity by leveraging emerging trends, thus striking a chord with the audiences and seeing success amongst competition. He is a seasoned marketing professional and has a demonstrated history of helping brands excel in theMedia & Entertainment sector. His areas of specialization includes Marketing Management, OTT Marketing, Digital Strategy, Content Creation, Market Research, and Partnerships. He recognizes the true call of customer satisfaction and impactful delivery, right at the core of his audience, gaining positive traction all along the way of success.
A digital leader with over 15 years of experience Has led the business function across TV, OTT, and Social platforms. Currently heading GTM strategy for Verse Innovation
Video communication has always been an area of core interest and passion, and I have worked across formats starting GEC soaps, digital web series, short format, vertical videos. I feel privileged to be on this forum
Saurabh has 24 years of experience in: Content Creation | Content Acquisition | Filmed Marketing | Strategy Planning | Film Production & Distribution | Script Doctor | Advertising | Film Programming | Content Acquisition | Cinema Management | Movie Promotions | Strategy Development | Developing Film, Production, Cinema Process and Systems | Retail Marketing | Brand Building | Advertising | Cinema Launch | Corporate Communications | PR | Event Management | Visual Merchandising | Merchandise Development and Promotion.
Abraham is the SVP & head of the digital division at Toonz. The division operates a very successful bouquet of You Tube channels with close to 20 million subscribers, digital distribution partnerships with leading OTT platforms & Toonz’s own OTT platform, MyToonz. MyToonz is live across all the leading play stores, Smart TV play stores & is also integrated with leading Telecom player platforms.
Abraham Uthup has multi-industry & multi location work experience. His experience straddles from industries like FMCG, Consumer durables, FMCD, Telecom, Cable & Broadband and Media across regions. He has been into media business since 2010 with experience in Television, Print & Digital media. Abraham has been personally involved the design & roll out of MyToonz & is actively forging a strategy to get MyToonz into multiple geographies.
Mansi Bihani, is the Co-Founder of Video Factory, an explainer video specialist company, sparked by the passion to “build visual awareness amongst communities that prompt them to think, reflect and react”.
Trusted by over 500+ enterprises, such as WHO, United Nations, Reserve Bank of India, Indian Army, and corporates like Tata & Sons, HDFC Bank, GE Healthcare, Cisco, Berger Paint, Dr. Reddy’s Lab, Times of India and more, the factory produces original and compelling content that gives their clientele an impetus to grow.
