Head of Digital
Ashwin Sheth Group
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 his work style ensuring a fair balance of execution and result KPIs, important for any strategy to be successful.
The work done during his stint with Godrej won awards by “Asia Retail Congress” and “CMO Asia Brand and Marketing Excellence Awards”.
Chief Marketing Officer
Shisham Digital
Trained from Dale Carnegie in Mentoring to Develop Talent, a CMO Council Member, an Advisory Board -Marketing Department at ISBR Business School, Ankoor is a marketing practitioner, a coach, a knowledge manager, a team builder, a thought-leader, an avid writer with more than 50 published articles and has his guest column with Businessworld , Reputation Today and CEO Worldwide: speaker and jury in multiple esteemed forums including reputed B-Schools.
Recognized by DMA Asia as a marketing Ace. A Marketing & Communications practitioner, advocate of social impact, driven by kaizen, Ankoor believes in the power of Energy and Energize while bringing to the table a pedigree of 23 years with a rare combination experience across the spectrum of media – print, digital, mobile, event productions & successful pilot projects. Worked across functions – ad operations, business operations & strategy, content, brand strategy, sales, events, media planning & buying and spearheading P&L. Ankoor has been part of six Sigma Green Belt project and also worked in cross functional roles with – MNCs, media conglomerates and start-ups. Ankoor has been part of the core pilot team of launching and scaling International IPs such as ad:tech, iMedia Summits, Modern Marketing Summit and TechCrunch events in India. Ankoor has directed and enabled the winning of multiple pitches while actively involved in overall and tactical strategy. Ankoor is POSH Certified and has been selected to be part of core Committee for POSH at two organizations during his work tenure till now. Ankoor is an active speaker and jury member at multiple esteemed marketing and advertising forums.
Vice President and Head of Marketing
Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Accomplished marketing professional with over 16 years of experience in financial services. Expertise in designing marketing strategy, and conceptualizing creative, and business-intelligence driven campaigns. Leveraging Video, Voice, and Vernacular to communicate with India and Bharat. Building the organization brand at scale in the age of digital. Instinctive people engagement skills in fostering business relationships with leading professionals, and artistes, coupled with the ability to coordinate across all levels and functions of management. Experience in marketing, digital marketing, social media marketing, content marketing, product development, P&L management, business development in AMCs, NBFC, general and life insurance industry.
Senior Vice President and Head of Digital Acquisition/Website/Content & Social Media Marketing
HDFC Bank
An astute Digital Marketing professional with over 16 years of experience in the BFSI sector. He has been instrumental in institutionalising Data driven Digital Campaigns, Mar-Tech and Transformation set ups across various BFSI organisations.
One of the early adopters of Content led marketing, he has used content strategies to drive brand salience and consideration. Currently heading Digital, Content and Social media Marketing at HDFC Bank where he looks after Online Acquisition ,Website Growth hack, Analytics, Social Media and Content marketing.
His Digital Mantra is to drive hyper personalised relevance in customer’s digital journey by seamlessly weaving Channel Orchestration, Design and Tech innovation
Digital Marketing Expert
Ex- ZEE5
CMO
Bajaj Financial Securities Ltd
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
Executive Vice President & Head – Digital Business Unit
Kotak Life
Prasad is a firm believer in the process of ideation – experimentation – learning fast – succeeding faster & scaling up cheap.
A Chemical Engineer from UDCT & MBA from JBIMS, Prasad has 19 years of experience in Digital business, brand & product management, customer acquisition, customer life cycle management, strategy, business planning and research across insurance, telecom, banking and engineering sectors.
Prior to Kotak Life, Prasad has worked in HDFC Life, Tata Docomo, Vodafone, ICICI Bank & Kotak Mahindra Bank.
Partner, Marketing Advisory Services
Ernst & Young LLP
Amiya Swarup Heads Marketing Advisory and is Partner for Ernst & Young. He has nearly two decades of experience in fostering collaboration within the intricate web of marketers, media agencies, martech partners, and media houses, building a better working world
Chief Marketing Officer
VerSe Innovation
Samir Vora is the Chief Marketing Officer at
VerSe Innovation. Samir is responsible for
leading all marketing operations including
brand, ATL communication, corporate
communication, performance marketing,
and social media across all of the VerSe
brands – Josh, Dailyhunt, Public Vibe and
One India.
In his career spanning over 20 years, Samir
has specialized in marketing, sales, and
market development across industries like
finance, media, and technology.
Prior to joining VerSe Innovation, Samir was
the Vice President for Star Sports where he was instrumental in launching
regional sports channels across India with a special focus on marketing,
content, and distribution. He has also led premier sports and the channel’s
football portfolio. Under Samir’s leadership, Star Sports witnessed the
highest ever ratings for Hero ISL and massive digital traction for the sport.
Within the Star family, Samir has also led the brand for Star Plus and has
played a significant role in reinstalling the channel as the no. 1 GEC of the
country.
Samir has also worked in the financial sector with companies like Birla Sun
Life and ICICI Prudential Life Insurance where he was responsible for direct
marketing, digital marketing, and distribution marketing. He started his
career as a client servicing manager at JWT.
Samir holds an MBA in marketing from Narsee Monjee Institute of
Management Studies, and is an alumnus of University of Mumbai
Head- Creator,Content Ecosystem and Monetisation
VerSe Innovation
Head - Marketing
Saint-Gobain India Pvt Ltd- Gyproc Business
Sharmila has 18yrs of Brand and Marketing experience across various industries. Prior to Saint-Gobain, Sharmila led marketing and product management at ICICI Bank, Bisleri, Pidilite, Hatsun Agro, Radio Mirchi & Future group retail. Sharmila has vivid interest and acquired skills in numerous handicrafts, conducts workshops and loves being a swimming coach. She unwinds by watching movies and social networking.
Head Growth Marketing
Godrej Capital
Head, Global Digital & Content Marketing
Tata Communications
CMO
Manipal Cigna Health Insurance
AVP- Product and Strategy
JioNews
Chief Marketing Officer
VerSe Innovation
Samir Vora is the Chief Marketing Officer at VerSe Innovation. Samir is responsible for leading all Marketing operations including brand, ATL communication, corporate communication, performance marketing, and social media across all of the VerSe brands – Josh, Dailyhunt, and Public Vibe.
In his career spanning over 20 years, Samir has specialized in marketing, sales, and market development across industries like finance, media, and technology.
Prior to joining VerSe Innovation, Samir was the Vice President for Star Sports where he was instrumental in launching regional sports channels across India with a special focus on marketing, content, and distribution. He has also led premier sports and channel’s Football portfolio. Under Samir’s leadership, Star Sports witnessed the highest ever ratings for Hero ISL and massive digital traction for the sport. Within the Star family, Samir has also lead brand for Star Plus and has played a significant role in reinstalling the channel as the no. 1 GEC of the country.
Samir has also worked in the financial sector with companies like Birla Sun Life and ICICI Prudential Life Insurance where he was responsible for direct marketing, digital marketing, and distribution marketing. He started his career as a client servicing manager at JWT.
Samir holds an MBA in marketing from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, and is an alumnus of University of Mumbai.
Co-Founder & CEO
Big Bang Music
Gaurav Wadhwa is the co-founder and CEO of India’s leading pop culture-driven music label, Big Bang Music (BGBNG Music). Built with a fresh Gen Z team, he is rewriting how hits are made by combining music with Bollywood, marketing, gaming, and more.
When Gaurav started BGBNG Music, the company’s aim was to bridge the gap between mainstream Bollywood music and the then rapidly emerging Indian hip-hop space. The early iteration of BGBGNG Music saw the label signing up hip-hop rapper Naezy (on whom the film Gully Boy is based) and playback singer Shalmali Kholgade to bridge these worlds.
During the pandemic, with the complete disappearance of live shows, Gaurav turned BGBNG Music more nimble through alternative models, making it one of few companies still producing music and videos.
Under his leadership, huge deals were cracked which include the launch of Triller after partnering with Instagram for the project Born on Instagram, the UNBollywood Approach which provided alternative musical careers for Bollywood stars including Tiger Shroff and Sonakshi Sinha.
Simultaneously, the label’s focus started to shift towards promoting up and coming indie artists through the Big Indie Bang IP. The new initiative saw Big Bang Music release ten songs with ten different indie artists over a year, seeing the viral sensation Khwaab come from it.
Gaurav Wadhwa has always had his hand on the pulse of the nation’s youth. Through pioneering collaborations with Indian influencers and Bollywood stars, chartbusters like Chup, Jhoome, and Kinni Kinni Vaari were born. Big Bang Music has also been able to turn a brand anthem into a viral sensation. Kill Chori, a Diwali campaign for the mobile game Garena Free Fire, featuring Shraddha Kapoor and Bhuvan Bam, trended at #1 on YouTube and earned a spot in Spotify Top 200 in India.
In 2022, Gaurav started Betting on Young Artists: Building Social Superstars, a platform to promote younger and newer artists under Big Bang 2.0.
In an illustrious career spanning over 15 years, Gaurav Wadhwa has earned many feathers in his cap, championing brands including Red Bull, PepsiCo, and MTV (Viacom Network). He was also the founding head of the Originals & Entertainment division at JioSaavn.
In his free time, Gaurav is a travel enthusiast who loves exploring different places and is always on the lookout for new talent. Through BGBNG Music, he aims to veer away from the established roles and functions of a music label and hopes to transform and disrupt India’s musical ecosystem while building future superstars.
Chief Executive Officer
Hungama Digital Media
Siddhartha Roy is the Chief Executive Officer of Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Private Limited, India’s leading digital entertainment company.
Siddhartha leads the company’s consumer and business initiatives across its multiple verticals including Hungama Music – one of the most popular music streaming services in India, Hungama Play – Hungama’s video streaming service, Artist Aloud – a platform for independent artistes and Hungama Games – a publisher, distributor and marketer of mobile games.
Siddhartha has championed multiple innovations in the digital entertainment space. He spearheaded the launch of Hungama Music, Hungama Play and Artist Aloud. He has also been instrumental in crafting unique consumer experiences such as
Hungama Drive – the first of its kind in-‐car music app available in Jaguar Land Rover vehicles, linear channels – ad-‐free and pre-‐programmed OTT channels and exceptional gaming experiences for Hungama Games with the launch of multiple movie and cricket IP games.
Siddhartha has also led the creation of multiple touchpoints with Hungama’s users through its associations with leading telcom operators like Vodafone and Airtel, DTH services like Tata Sky and smart devices like Amazon Echo. He has been the driving force behind the company’s international expansion and delivered Hungama’s services to users across the globe through associations with international telecom operators. Under his leadership, Hungama has further strengthened its distribution business and partnered with over 400 content creators, record labels, studios, broadcasters and game publishers globally for digital and mobile content. Today, the Hungama service has over 45 million monthly active users across its consumer destinations, and is available in over 70 countries worldwide.
Siddhartha was the erstwhile COO & co-‐ founder of BigAdda, India’s largest youth network, a part of the Reliance ADA Group. Prior to Bigadda.com, he has worked with MTV Networks and Star TV In
Chief Marketing Officer
Octro Inc.
Manav Sethi leads ALTBalaji as the Chief Marketing Officer. He launched this platform in April 2017 and oversees the company’s overall communication strategy in India and internationally.
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. While at Reliance, he also 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.
Head of Digital
Ashwin Sheth Group
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 his work style ensuring a fair balance of execution and result KPIs, important for any strategy to be successful.
The work done during his stint with Godrej won awards by “Asia Retail Congress” and “CMO Asia Brand and Marketing Excellence Awards”.
Head of Content & Brand Solutions
HT Digital Streams
As the Head of Digital Content & Brand Solutions, I define, curate and deliver strategic content & communication led monetizable initiatives for brands at HT Digital.
With story-telling becoming mainstream, my aim is to create engaging experiences that make for great narratives. Decoding a brand’s requirement, identifying the need-gap and achieving the defined objective through a compelling story is what I do best!
In my 20+ years career, I have worked with the best of the companies and sharpest minds, be it The Economic Times, Network 18, HT Media, TinyOwl Technologies, Percept or Rediff.com.
With experience panning all formats of media and communication and profiles which are as diverse as managing P&L to story based marketing campaigns, I believe these are exciting times for marketers as the world of ‘content’ and ‘communication’ is democratized by technology. It’s an era to employ technology to engage with your community led by EQ, aided by storytelling and driven by value.
I am adept in content and communications across all forms, platforms and flavours. I believe one can learn sector specific nuances if one is trained & skilled in the art, science and commerce of curating engaging & experiential marketing communication. Understanding customer journeys with high EQ and implementing these curated content with right tech tools and platforms with data and analytics is the sweet spot of any marketing strategy. To top it, when we work creatively and collaboratively with the ecosystem in which we operate, we not only achieve the targets but also earn the trust of our TG.
I have always chased challenges and learnings. The agile and ‘learning always on’ attitude towards life and livelihood has helped me to transcend the boundaries be it roles or sectors (technology, FMCG, hospitality, BFSI, consumer durables etc). Sharp business and marketing strategy with a ahead of the curve go to market plan supported by experiential & engagement led outreach strategy is what I am skilled and trained to deliver.
In my current role at HT Digital Streams, I head the Digital Content function. I am responsible for creating content based digital marketing solutions for HT and brand partners that we work with. At HT Digital, I have initiated ‘original content, fiction & nonfiction’ business stream which is delivering the next level RoI for the clients.
Chief Marketing Officer
Zupee
Gaurav Mehta is the Chief Marketing Officer of Zupee. In his previous employment, Gaurav was Chief Marketing & Content Officer of the largest Auto tech company in India – CarDekho Group. Prior to CarDekho, he was the Chief Marketing Officer for OLX South Asia & General Manager – OLX Pakistan. He drove OLX to become among the most trusted and admired consumer internet brands in the region.
A post graduate in Brand Management and Media Planning from MICA, Gaurav has diverse experience spanning 19 years, which includes 13 years as a leading digital business executive in companies such as Yahoo, OLX & CarDekho. An analytics and research driven marketer, Gaurav has been in the mobile marketing space since 2008, and has also showcased his entrepreneurial streak with his company, BrandDNA, a branding and marketing consultancy. He has been felicitated with the ‘Marketer of the Year’ award by Exchange4Media Indian Marketing Awards in 2015 and Power Profile by LinkedIn in 2016. He was also recognized as ‘Forty under Forty’ by Exchange4Media Group in 2018 & 2019. He is an avid reader with interest in the field of politics, economics, and history
Director - Content & Communications
upGread.com
An entrepreneurial and creative leader with 18 years of experience across multiple functions of content, communications, context, creativity & community building. With a proven track record of delivering strategic content objectives across platforms including digital, on-ground, broadcast & print, Archana has an experience in building value driven business from grounds up. A performance-based b2c and b2b content & communication strategist, she has persistently and visibly driven direct and measurable impacts on brand equity, engagement and business returns. A life long learner, she has a visionary approach in strategising and developing rich brand engagements, customer journeys & experiences, high on EQ, storytelling and well supported by analytics and sharp research earning both trust & RoI. A people’s person, she is a team player driven by ‘can do’ attitude and positivity.
VP - Media
Airtel
Archana Aggarwal is a passionate marketeer with 20+ years of experience. She is responsible for some critical and strategic areas such as media planning and buying, analytics, digital capability building, performance management of the media agencies, etc. Prior to Airtel, she was Country Media Manager for P&G, India. 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.
Chief Marketing & Digital Officer
Future Generali India Life Insurance
Ashish comes with 16+ years of corporate experience across consumer (FMCG/FMCD), telecom, and new media domains. Earlier he was leading digital transformation strategy for HMC, A Hero Motors Company where he led the digital for the group across the globe. Before HMC, while working at Jubilant, he proactively planned and implemented best-use practices in marketing communications across mediums – trade, digital, mobile, ATL and BTL.
He is equipped with a post-graduate degree in Business Management from LBSIM, New Delhi combined with a digital and social media specialization from IIM, Bangalore
Head - AVOD (Voot)
Viacom18 Digital Ventures
Chanpreet Arora helms AVOD (Voot) at Viacom18 Digital Ventures.At Viacom18 Digital Ventures, Chanpreet Arora drives the AVOD business – VOOT and is responsible for leading AVOD led partnerships that are key to VOOT’s overall growth.Chanpreet has close to 2 decades of experience across strategy, revenue, partnerships and sales operations with media and digital brands. She was responsible for successfully launching VICE Media in India as its CEO. She was also associated with The New York Times, Times Internet Limited, Buddh International Circuit – Formula One, India, and Ernst & Young in her previous roles.
Chief Manager - Marketing & Communication
Nippon Life India AMC
Seasoned Marketing professional with over 15+ yrs. experience in marketing strategy, brand building, marketing communications, digital marketing, media planning & SEO.
Worked with leading business houses in Retail [Ashok Piramal Group, Essel Group], Oil & Gas [Totalfinaelf India Ltd] & BFSI [MoneyGram International & Reliance Capital]
Affable, consensus builder with sound marketing knowledge and a good blend of strategic & operational skills. Passionate about producing the quality output to drive business, market share and strong equity growth.
A self-driven individual who loves doing challenging work and my core areas of strength include marketing strategy, advertising, Digital marketing, brand building, SEO & media planning.
The latest marketing challenge came with execution of our New Year campaign 2021, geo targeting campaign – wherein we accommodated more than 4000 individuals across 2000 pin codes to promote mutual funds. A mammoth task requiring project management skills, but all in all a great experience. https://tinyurl.com/1m4phjum
Have been gladly sharing my experience with the young generation by way of guest lectures, judging presentations in various colleges on the subjects of marketing, advertising & business models. Must say the marketing knowledge sharing is mutual.
Happy to connect about marketing, adventure & life, do feel free to connect on
[email protected] or call on 9819166194
Founder & COO
MensXP & 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.
Head- Content & Experience
KidZania India
Gayatri Sundaram is an experience enthusiast, vibrant content creator and marketing professional with
over 12 years’ across the entertainment industry. In her role at KidZania India as Head of Content &
Experience, she handles a key portfolio of driving customized experiences during the launch of two
facilities in India [Mumbai and Delhi NCR]. Her job is to create mindful and purpose-driven experiences
for brand and business amalgamation.
She has worked with Doordarshan in the films and marketing division, TBWA as a copywriter, At
Big FM she was responsible for the programming, show strategies and brand solutions. During
her tenure with Zee TV, she was largely handling reality shows for Zee Café and Zee Studio
alongside Innovations and AFPs for niche channels.
She practices “Adapt, Adopt, Evolve!”,as the mantra for success in content creation and
consumption. She loves travelling, reading, scuba diving and equipping new moms to tricks and
tips of motherhood. Even in her leisure she continues storytelling but to her toddler son.
Managing Director
Magnon\TBWA
Nitin leads one of India’s largest digital-first marketing communications agencies, Magnon\TBWA, in the capacity of its Managing Director. In March 2014, Nitin became one of the youngest multinational agency Managing Directors
in the history of Indian advertising. The agency he leads is part of the Fortune 500 Omnicom Group, and is an integral arm of TBWA, a global top-10 advertising network. While leading the award-winning agency, Nitin loves to stay hands-on with the business. He has directly led winning numerous key relationships for the agency including- Suzuki, Michelin, Standard Chartered Bank, UNICEF, Sony, Hyundai, Daikin, Valvoline, Hilton etc. His deep understanding of the digital medium and the ability to adapt & align in the ever- evolving advertising domain has resulted into creative disruption for numerous brands. As part of his zeal to give-back, Nitin is associated with several industry & academic forums including IMT Institutes, DMA ASIA ECHO Awards and Silicon India. He is also on the advisory panel of several start-ups in the digital marketing & advertising domain including
The Higher Pitch, Nine Triangles and RefEarn. A Google certified mobile advertising expert and an alumnus of Omnicom University, at heart, he remains a self-proclaimed auto-expert, Schumacher cult follower and a thorough
foodie!
Assistant Vice President & Head- Marketing and Digital Solutions
WorldWide Media
Priyadarshi Banerjee is a cross functional media & marketing strategist with a decade’s experience having worked across multiple functions in the publishing industry – including Consumer Marketing, Retail Sales, Digital Brand Solutions, Content and Audience strategy, Circulation Sales & Distribution, CRM & Analytics, E-commerce, Creative Strategy and Campaign Management. He has spent over 10 years working for global publishing brands like Readers Digest and National Geographic in India and Singapore, where he looked after their Direct-to-Consumer, International Licensing and Merchandising Businesses.
Priyadarshi has also had a short stint in the business of Advertising, where he worked in the area of Aviation, Lubricants, BFSI and FMCG brands specializing in running consumer & trade loyalty programs. His educations background includes prestigious names like St. Xavier’s College Kolkata and IMT Ghaziabad. In his current role with Worldwide Media Pvt Ltd, Priyadarshi handles a unique dual portfolio of being a product marketer and a digital brand solutions strategist, championing both traditional and new media causes for the company, by focusing on print readership growth, as well as digital ad revenues.
Priyadarshi is an empiricist to the core, a firm believer in the new media revolution and consumer evolution theories, apart from being a part time musician and an avid traveler.
Founding Member & Chief Editor
Momspresso
Starting her career in 1994 as the youngest member of a PR firm, Parul went on to work in different aspects of Corporate Communications over the next decade at organizations such as Perfect Relations, Media Workshop and Ascom India. This wide ranging experience gave her a comprehensive understanding and hands on exposure to various aspects of Corporate Communications – from media strategy to content creation across print, multimedia and Internet.
She took a break from full time corporate work only when her children arrived and then decided to spend quality time with them. While she may have stepped back from a full time corporate career, she found a new calling in creative content generation. She credits her two daughters for unleashing her creative side like never before. Parul continued to write on a project basis and also co-founded Tweetmintt, a creative agency that conceptualized and produced personalized, innovative products for children.
Parul is part of the founding team of Momspresso (mycity4kids) and was responsible for the content generation for the website. With a combination of her experience with content and the unique ‘mums’ perspective, she has been able to contribute immensely to the strategic positioning of the platform, including coining the new name – Momspresso.
In addition to her role as Chief Editor, Parul is also heading Momspresso Studios, the video production arm of the company. She brings her core strength in content creation to conceptualizing, scripting and producing videos across several formats. The films that hold particular place of pride in her portfolio include funny slice-of-life videos shot entirely on an iPhone, documentaries made on women’s health issues and critically acclaimed concept-based digital campaigns for brand partners. While conceptualizing these films, her focus is to ensure a progressive and realistic portrayal of women, smashing stereotypes pushed by commercial media for years. She has also anchored over 200 panel discussions, live social media sessions with other mothers and experts and interviews with celebrities.
On Women’s Day 2019, Parul launched Momspresso’s very own talk show, ‘Let’s Talk with Parul’. The talk show stands for Momspresso’s vision to be a driving force of inspiration for women and aims at taking up issues that impact their lives, but are rarely spoken about. Each of our topics leads to thought-provoking conversations with the accomplished guests on our panel – whether an expert, a celebrity, a survivor, an inspirational personality or the quintessential mom-next-door, but each one with a personal story of strength and inspiration. ‘Let’s Talk with Parul’ is produced in partnership with Facebook and is broadcast live from the Facebook Studio every fortnight.
Chief Business Officer
KidZania India
Mr. Mandar Natekar is the Chief Business Officer at KidZania India, He is responsible for building business & taking forward the brand with his vast knowledge and focus to deliver Magical and Memorable experiences.He has over two decades of experience in the media & entertainment industry working with leading media brands like TOI, Sony, BigAdda, HBO, Movies Now & MTV, During his last stint with Viacom 18, Mandar was responsible for managing the entire revenue stream for brand MTV, Pepsi Mtv Indies & Mtv Beats across Ad-Sales, Large Format Sponsorships, Digital Properties & Branded Content. His expertise lies in creating large format revenue partnerships and creating newer opportunities for scaling up revenue streams across start-ups to established businesses. An avid cricket player and a trained boxer, Mr. Mandar is also passionate about story-telling and has his own blog – soccerdad.in
Program Director - South Asia
Media Investment Development Fund
• 18 years across Venture Investments (media/B2C) & Media Businesses
• South Asia Director for global impact fund – Media Development Investment Fund
• COO of India’s 1st funding organization for independent news media – managed US$20 million
• Strategy & corporate roles at India’s largest media house – The Times Group – closed US$160 million in deals
• Senior editorial leadership roles in – CNBC-TV18, Bloomberg TV India – led large pan-India teams
Chief Marketing Officer
ScoopWhoop Media Pvt Limited
Meghana Bhat, Chief Marketing Officer at ScoopWhoop Media Pvt Limited, has spent over a decade in experiential & digital marketing. In her current role, she is responsible for brand building and B2B marketing strategy while also overseeing ScoopWhoop Mumbai operations. She joined Scoop Media Pvt Ltd. in 2016, as part of the senior management team.
Meghana has been instrumental in setting up and growing the Mumbai operations from 4 person to now a 20+ member team with editorial fiction, branded content and regional sales all based there. She's also been a key facilitator of the growth in revenues from branded content, expansion of the client roster as well as building strategic relationships with brands and agencies.
Meghana was previously with Dentsu Webchutney as National Creative Director and Chief Operating Officer where she was responsible for delivering award-winning solutions and achieving record revenue growth. Apart from work, she loves parenting, travel and trying out new experiences.
CEO
Showbox
A Dada Saheb Phalke Film Foundation awardee, Rajiee M Shinde is CEO, Showbox, and a
prominent figure in the Punjabi music industry with wide-ranging experience in
entrepreneurship, programme planning and production. She is a well-known film producer with
chart-busting Punjabi films like Disco Singh and Zorawar to her credit. She has conceptualized
and launched numerous events and talent hunt shows in India and abroad.
Ms Shinde was CEO with PTC Network, where she launched and managed four Punjabi
channels. Ms Shinde is a former business head at ETC Punjabi channel of Zee Group.
Ms Shinde has been conferred with many prestigious awards such as Dada Saheb Phalke Film
Foundation Award for ‘Women Entrepreneur of the Year for TV & Films’. She is the recipient of
Magicka Women Achiever Award 2016, Sangrur Heritage Award 2016, and Vishwa Punjabi
Gaurav Puraskar 2016 for her immense contribution to the Punjabi entertainment industry.
Additionally, she has been conferred with Excellence in Media in the BIMSTEC-SAARC Women
Empowerment Forum 2017 organized by ASSOCHAM under the Ministry of External Affairs.
Co-founder & CEO
Adlift
Prashant Puri is the co-founder & CEO of AdLift, a global digital marketing agency. An alumnus from Columbia University, Prashant is a digital marketing expert having an extensive 15+ years of industry experience. With his ability of building websites into multi-million dollar enterprises, he played an instrumental role in setting up the company and taking it to a high growth trajectory. Prior to founding AdLift, Prashant played the Head of Global Marketing at eBay’s comparison-shopping arm – Shopping.com, where he established footprints of the company worldwide. Before that, Prashant’s leadership role at Yahoo! revolved around cutting edge technologies that focused on driving synergies between search and display.
In 2005, he successfully nurtured A&T Interactive into the second largest local search player by leading their foray into the digital marketing world. Today, AdLift is one of the country’s top search-marketing firms, focused on delivering digital marketing ROI. To keep company’s elevations high, Prashant works closely with a number of Fortune 500 companies.
Brand Head
Indiatimes Lifestyle Network
Gaurav Bansal is the Brand Head at India’s No. 1 millennial focused lifestyle network, the Indiatimes Lifestyle Network featuring MensXP, iDiva, WhatsHot and Indiatimes.com. Gaurav has 17+ years of experience in creation and placement of brand marketing efforts that support some of India’s largest businesses including Philips, Pepsico, Wrigley’s, HBO & Twinings through media planning, creative development, metrics, market research, and vendor management. Before joining Times Internet, Gaurav was the Senior Associate -Content & Creative Excellence with Coca Cola India, and was working with some of its key brands including Sprite, Limca and Thums Up. He has also held senior roles in some of the biggest ad agencies in the country including DDB Mudra Group, Ogilvy & Mather and Dentsu. Gaurav holds a PG Diploma in Advertising & Marketing from the Institute for Management Studies & Information Technologies, New Delhi YMCA.
National SEO Director
NEO Media World
Anil Kumar Singh comes to Neo@ogilvy with more than 17 years of experience in digital advertising. currently working with neo@Ogilvy as a National Director of SEO. There he is Accountable for the agency’s SEO and content vision, and managing the growth of the product by overseeing the SEO Leads, supporting the Client Services team, and playing an active role in New Business opportunities. He was previously India Head of SEO in Interactive avenues, Digital arm of IPG Mediabrands . He had built SEO team & business from scratch and stabilised IA into a leader in SEO for the Indian market working with major brands like ICICI BANK, Micromax, Cleartrip, SBI, Mahindra & Mahindra, GENPACT,Dishtv, Airtel and BookMyshow. Anil helped Interactive Avenues SEO Business reach
scale in less than 3 years. Qualification : Master of Computer Science (M.Sc) Honors and Awards : Best SEO -India Digital Media Awards 2015 Exchange4Media & Jagran June 2015 Best SEO Category Award by Afaqs! At DIGITAL AGENCY AWARDS 2015 Afaqs! & Jagran.com August 2015
Associate VP
Digital at World Wide Media (The Times of India Group)
Nayan Patel currently works as Associate VP – Digital at World Wide Media. Nayan is responsible for enhancing the online user experience across brands, whilst ensuring consistent growth in traffic to all of the group’s digital assets. This includes managing and enhancing the user experience of over13 million followers across social assets, and growing this fan base in line with the organizational
strategy. Prior to joining World Wide Media, Nayan worked as General Manager (Products) at musafir.com, where he managed the P&L for the business and vendor relationships, together with driving technology and ROI-led marketing initiatives amongst other responsibilities. Prior to this, Nayan held key positions at Thomas Cook India Ltd, including General Manager (Products) and Senior Manager Leisure Travel (Outbound). Nayan’s work led him to receiving the National Annual Pride Award 2012for “Pioneering the Future” at Thomas Cook India Ltd. Nayan began his professional career at Larson & Turbo Ltd, where he worked on two of the most critical projects for the Indian Naval Weapons System Upgradation. He has been a recipient of the “Order of Merit” Award by the Marketing Agencies Association’s Global Academic Challenge 2009 for paper on promoting India as a tourist destination during recession. Nayan graduated from the University of Mumbai, and further went on to pursue an MBA from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai. Nayan is an E-commerce enthusiast and a passionate reader.
Chief Marketing Officer
Syska Group
A marketing strategist with a penchant for creating and establishing regional and PAN India brands across segments like Steel, Real estate and consumer electronics segments over the last 15 years. He has a passion towards influencing customers mindset across national and international markets by being a creative and business choir for generating optimal brand equity using traditional and digital media. Radio Jockeying, writing, travelling and teaching are the other interests on the personal front that primes up skill sets pertaining to customer understanding, story-telling, project planning, team handling and training etc eventually adding up to the functional efficacies.
Corporate Head– Marketing
Dish TV India
Vice President and Head of Marketing
Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Accomplished marketing professional with over 16 years of experience in financial services. Expertise in designing marketing strategy, and conceptualizing creative, and business-intelligence driven campaigns. Leveraging Video, Voice, and Vernacular to communicate with India and Bharat. Building the organization brand at scale in the age of digital. Instinctive people engagement skills in fostering business relationships with leading professionals, and artistes, coupled with the ability to coordinate across all levels and functions of management. Experience in marketing, digital marketing, social media marketing, content marketing, product development, P&L management, business development in AMCs, NBFC, general and life insurance industry.
Senior Vice President and Head of Digital Acquisition/Website/Content & Social Media Marketing
HDFC Bank
An astute Digital Marketing professional with over 16 years of experience in the BFSI sector. He has been instrumental in institutionalising Data driven Digital Campaigns, Mar-Tech and Transformation set ups across various BFSI organisations.
One of the early adopters of Content led marketing, he has used content strategies to drive brand salience and consideration. Currently heading Digital, Content and Social media Marketing at HDFC Bank where he looks after Online Acquisition ,Website Growth hack, Analytics, Social Media and Content marketing.
His Digital Mantra is to drive hyper personalised relevance in customer’s digital journey by seamlessly weaving Channel Orchestration, Design and Tech innovation
Digital Marketing Expert
Ex- ZEE5
CMO
Bajaj Financial Securities Ltd
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
Executive Vice President & Head – Digital Business Unit
Kotak Life
Prasad is a firm believer in the process of ideation – experimentation – learning fast – succeeding faster & scaling up cheap.
A Chemical Engineer from UDCT & MBA from JBIMS, Prasad has 19 years of experience in Digital business, brand & product management, customer acquisition, customer life cycle management, strategy, business planning and research across insurance, telecom, banking and engineering sectors.
Prior to Kotak Life, Prasad has worked in HDFC Life, Tata Docomo, Vodafone, ICICI Bank & Kotak Mahindra Bank.
Partner, Marketing Advisory Services
Ernst & Young LLP
Amiya Swarup Heads Marketing Advisory and is Partner for Ernst & Young. He has nearly two decades of experience in fostering collaboration within the intricate web of marketers, media agencies, martech partners, and media houses, building a better working world
Chief Marketing Officer
VerSe Innovation
Samir Vora is the Chief Marketing Officer at
VerSe Innovation. Samir is responsible for
leading all marketing operations including
brand, ATL communication, corporate
communication, performance marketing,
and social media across all of the VerSe
brands – Josh, Dailyhunt, Public Vibe and
One India.
In his career spanning over 20 years, Samir
has specialized in marketing, sales, and
market development across industries like
finance, media, and technology.
Prior to joining VerSe Innovation, Samir was
the Vice President for Star Sports where he was instrumental in launching
regional sports channels across India with a special focus on marketing,
content, and distribution. He has also led premier sports and the channel’s
football portfolio. Under Samir’s leadership, Star Sports witnessed the
highest ever ratings for Hero ISL and massive digital traction for the sport.
Within the Star family, Samir has also led the brand for Star Plus and has
played a significant role in reinstalling the channel as the no. 1 GEC of the
country.
Samir has also worked in the financial sector with companies like Birla Sun
Life and ICICI Prudential Life Insurance where he was responsible for direct
marketing, digital marketing, and distribution marketing. He started his
career as a client servicing manager at JWT.
Samir holds an MBA in marketing from Narsee Monjee Institute of
Management Studies, and is an alumnus of University of Mumbai
Head- Creator,Content Ecosystem and Monetisation
VerSe Innovation
Head - Marketing
Saint-Gobain India Pvt Ltd- Gyproc Business
Sharmila has 18yrs of Brand and Marketing experience across various industries. Prior to Saint-Gobain, Sharmila led marketing and product management at ICICI Bank, Bisleri, Pidilite, Hatsun Agro, Radio Mirchi & Future group retail. Sharmila has vivid interest and acquired skills in numerous handicrafts, conducts workshops and loves being a swimming coach. She unwinds by watching movies and social networking.
Head Growth Marketing
Godrej Capital
Head, Global Digital & Content Marketing
Tata Communications
CMO
Manipal Cigna Health Insurance
AVP- Product and Strategy
JioNews
Chief Officer - Content
Nykaa.com
Madhavi, Chief Officer – Content at Nykaa, has Senior-level Content Management experience with start-ups, specializing in beauty, health and wellness. A founding member of India’s largest online beauty e-commerce company Nykaa.com, Madhavi also has extensive local and international experience, specifically with US-based health aid agencies in Africa and international NGOs and healthcare insurance companies. Besides working with various newspapers in The Times group in Mumbai, she has also worked as a Health and Wellness Consultant with corporates offering customized health and disease management programs and newsletters.
Specialties: Content Management, Start-ups, Health Counseling, Coaching, Disease Management, Writing
COO
Eros Digital
Ali Hussein who is spearheading Eros’s digital initiatives including Eros Now (Eros International’s OTT platform), brings with him extensive experience through his impressive track record of over 15 years in the media entertainment and digital space.
Ali has been an entrepreneur and Board Advisor to Discovery Networks and other start-ups in the media and technology domain.
His experience spans across organizations such as Google, Viacom 18 and Hungama where he has held key positions.
His expertise comes from complex mandates across mobile marketing, content syndication and distribution
Chief Executive Officer
DAN Performance Group
Vivek Bhargava has been elevated as the CEO of DAN Performance Group. The former CEO of iProspect now heads all digital performance agencies of Dentsu Aegis Network. This includes iProspect, SVG, Sokrati and the newly launched iProspect Consult.
He consults an impressive roster of 500+ clients in offices based out of Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata and Pune. He advises clients on the most effective digital strategies for their brands.
SVP - Marketing & PR
9x Media
Over the last 18 years, Kapil launched as well as re-positioned brands, set up new business verticals and led cross functional teams on challenging projects – and across all of these experiences, this above mantra has been his driving force. He has been part of the core team that scripted the turn-around of 9XM and rebuilt it from a one TV channel operation to India’s largest music broadcast network. He is passionate about branding and marketing and its impact on consumer behaviour. Over the years, I’ve bridged traditional forms of mass media with both experiential marketing & new forms of digital marketing, to build a lasting connection between the brand and end consumer
Head – Digital Business
ABP News Network
Ramakrishnan is a Digital management professional with more than 18 years experience starting up Digital Businesses for Media companies in India. He has worked for leading media players in India viz. Mid-Day Multimedia in Mumbai, ABP group in Kolkata and part of the startup team of Publicitas Digital in India. At present he is with ABP News Network since 2008 where he has laid the foundation of the Digital Business in the organization.
He has a Masters degree in Physics and an MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management. He is a keen Yoga buff
Head - Digital Business
Sony Pictures Networks India Private Limited
Uday Sodhi has been heading the digital and new media business at SPN for the SonyLIV
platform since 2014.
SonyLIV is SPN’s premium Video on demand (VOD) service providing multi-screen
engagement to users on all devices. Launched in January 2013, it enables users to discover
22 years of rich content from the network channels of Sony Pictures Networks’ Pvt. Ltd.
SonyLIV refreshed its brand identity in December 2017. The renewed brand ethos “We LIV
to Entertain” promises to make SonyLIV the ultimate destination for rich entertainment
across genres, screen types and audience preferences. With the best sporting action line-
up, this year from cricketing extravaganza of India series, biggest football tournament like UEFA Champions league, UEFA Europa League, FIFA Under 17 Football World Cup along with other adrenaline sports like WWE, Moto GP, SonyLIV is all set to continue to enthrall its audience.
At SPN, Uday is responsible for driving SPN’s OTT platform’s growth trajectory and revenue
streams of the new media initiatives by broadening the networks’ horizons to digital and
mobile businesses and has over 27 years of experience across varied broadcast and digital
business verticals.
Co-Founder
Pocket Aces
Aditi is part of the founding team at Pocket Aces, a Sequoia Capital-funded, new age socially-distributed, multi-format, digital entertainment company making highly engaging content for the millennial audience via its channels FilterCopy, Dice Media, and Gobble. Aditi also advises Intellecap, where she set up the Intellecap Impact Investment Network, the world’s largest angel network investing in for-profit businesses, dedicated to creating a positive social impact across India and East Africa. She has worked closely with entrepreneurs, advising them on their business models and growth strategy.
Prior to joining Intellecap, Aditi spent over 5 years at Goldman Sachs in New York, specializing in quantitative equity research, trading and portfolio management. Aditi graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University majoring in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. She is a CFA (USA) charter holder, a Shaper in the World Economic Forum Global Shaper Mumbai Hub, and a TiE Mumbai Charter Member.
She currently serves on the advisory boards of Jibu, an affordable clean drinking water enterprise in East Africa, and Impact Business Leaders, an organization dedicated to grooming more talent for the impact space.
Aditi is passionate about problem-solving, dance, and travel. She calls Kuwait (where she grew up) and Mumbai (where she currently resides) home.
Vice President
Artist Aloud (Hungama Digital Media Entertainment)
Soumini Sridhara Paul is Vice President of the Talent and Independent content platform, Artist Aloud (Hungama Digital Media Ent. Pvt. Ltd.). Launched in January 2010, Soumini has spearheaded the set up of Artist Aloud, South Asia’s premier digital platform for established and new talent with independent audio and video content along with a dedicated team. She also is Head of Operations and Content Development for Kids and other channels on YouTube and Special Content Creation and Event IP projects for Hungama. One of her pet projects is the channel she is building along with a wonderful team for Hungama Kids creating content which is age appropriate, entertaining and educational. She has over 20 years experience as a Pop Artist, Artist Manager as well as assignments with Channel [V] including Bollywood, Independent and International talent and Universal Music including album launches and promotions and artist relations. As a hobby, Soumini has been dabbling into writing for the last 5 years and Disha The Challenge is her first ever-published work through Partridge. She started her artistic stint as a singer almost 20 years back but chose to work in other aspects of the industry to build something that would change the face of Talent and Independent Content Space.
Co Founder and COO
Grapes Digital
An itch for innovation and smart creativity drove her towards advertising, media and communications in 2007. Since then she has worked with corporates, startups, agencies and has been lucky enough to interact with some of the finest people of our industry. While doing that she explored the need for cutting-egde & leading-edge communications in today’s market.
Her entire league has been in the digital front which comprises of strategy, social media, digital engagement and mobile derivative. Having essayed roles from Account Managers to Marketing Manager to Head digital strategy and engagement in her roles with Zoom tv, Interactive Avenues, Dealsandyou.com, Airtel and now GRAPES DIGITAL; the key thing she believe lies in ‘UNLEARNING’. This helps you to think of “out of the box” to campaign ideas with the help of newer platforms to engage with your audience.
A bronze medalist from the Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad for academic excellence during her PGDM (Communications) and a distinction holder in computer engineering, Shradha is a digital strategist and believes in no fool-notion.
Specialties: Digital Media Intelligence, Innovative thinking, Analytics and Consumer Insights to get creative bend. communications. Building and running teams, setting processes and people for companies.
Head - Digital Marketing & PR
Hero Cycles Ltd
Ashish is a marketing professional with over 16 years of experience into various verticals of marketing. He currently heads the Digital Marketing function for Hero Motors Group which includes companies like, Hero Cycles, Firefox Bikes, Hero Motors, BSH (Srilanka), Avocet Sports (UK), Munjal Kiriu, Hero ZFH, Hero Global Design Centre (Manchester), Munjal Hospitality & lifestyle chain OMA.
During the career span of 16+ years, he had worked for brands like Nokia, eBay, General Motors, HCL, Vodafone, Jubilant and extensively trained on consumer/trade/B2B marketing/ Analytics. He has handled assignments of Digital Marketing, Consumer Insights, Data Analytics, CRM, ecommerce, product management, pricing, placement, consumer promotion, brand launch, brand management, events, incentive schemes, PR management, trade promotions, branding & visibility planning to name a few.
Ashish is decently tech savvy in amalgamation of various platforms (mobile/web/voice) & technologies and the usage of data mining & visualisation software’s like Tableau apart of advance excel.
Ashish is a music buff besides being an avid reader, and loves to cycle around in his free time.
National Head, Original Content & Licensing
Radio Mirchi
Ganesh is an entertainment business professional with over 18 years of experience across the Indian Digital Content, Music, Radio, Movies and Advertising businesses with a deep understanding of and experience in content management. He is an alumnus of IIM, Calcutta and NIT, Rourkela. Across his stints with Sony Music, The Times Group and FCB Ulka, Ganesh has helped create, market and distribute video and audio content across multiple Indian language markets. He has also worked closely on film projects with Dharma Productions, Aamir Khan Productions, Madras Talkies, etc. as well as with eminent music talent including Gulzar, Javed Akhthar, A.R. Rahman, Shankar Ehsan Loy, Vishal Bhardwaj and Shreya Ghoshal. He was instrumental in getting popular sports content published on home video format before the digital boom.
Ganesh now heads the Original Content business for Mirchi, through which he has successfully lead managed the creation, monetisation and marketing of the company’s multiple digital shows across languages including the biggest Tamil series ever, ‘Kalyanam – Conditions Apply’, and more recently the Gujarati web series ‘Jalsa Party with Dhvanit’.
Ganesh has also served as guest faculty at multiple business and media colleges including MICA and COMMITS, Bangalore. He has also featured as part of expert cricket panel discussions on television and has been part of a team building exercise for the Mumbai Indians IPL team.
Chief Marketing Officer
Angel Broking
Mr Gagan Singla is the Chief Marketing Officer of Angel Broking and the core member driving Angel in its growth trajectory in the digital world. A technologist by training and marketer by passion, Mr Gagan Singla is one of those rare professionals who can simultaneously handle responsibilities of a marketer and a data scientist. In fact, his analytical, data-driven approach adds a new dimension to marketing. With unmatched skills in Marketing, Technology and a thorough understanding of Analytics, Mr Singla is leading the Digital Transformation at Angel Broking. Mr Singla’s Core Competencies include digital and mobile strategy, digital marketing and scaling, customer analytics and insights, product management, data and technology driven enterprise transformations, brand building, Corporate Communication and
E-Commerce.
With more than 12 years of experience –primarily in delivering large analytics-driven transformations across multiple sectors and geographies, Mr Singla is the go-to man when it comes to devising strategies that are extremely focused and stakeholder-specific. In his eventful professional career, Mr Gagan Singla has worked with prominent names like Hughes, PwC, Deloitte and Quikr India with extensive assignments in the UK and the USA. Prior to coming on-board with Angel Broking, Mr. Singla was the global CMO of Simplilearn, an online education provider of professional certification training, based in Scotts Valley, California, USA. Mr Singla contributed significantly to Simplilearn’s marketing efforts in India and Global Markets.
Chief Executive Officer
Skillopedia
With close to a decade of combined experience in public relations, corporate communications, digital and social media communications, he has worked with Twitter, Bandhan Bank, Crompton Greaves, Kotak Group, Future Generali, DSP Black Rock Investment Managers and Tata Group, to name a few.
He has also been a speaker at Dubai international HR Summit and Start up summit by PayUmoney.
A part of the faculty at some of India’s top education institutions/ colleges, he shares expertise on digital media, social media, public relations, marketing strategies, web designing and a number of related software
Chief Executive Officer
Skillopedia
A dynamic professional and proud recipient of the prestigious award – ‘Best PR & Corp Comm Head Of The Year.
Adept at Corporate Communication and Public Relations, Brand Building, Content — through strategic narratives for several sector-leading brands, Video and Digital content creation — and Brand Ambassador training. In an illustrious career spanning 26 years, associated with august organisations like Adfactors Public Relations, Sony Entertainment Television, MAX, The Times of India Group, INX Media (9X, 9XM), Eros Multimedia’s B4U, Sahara One Media & Entertainment, Zee Telefilms, All India Radio, Times FM and DD.
Head- Brand Partnerships
TheViralFever
Mr. Vijay Koshy has been working with The Viral Fever as Head- Brand Partnerships since June 2016. Before TVF, he was Vice President -BIG RTL Group since June 2013. Vijay is responsible for driving revenue along with profitability growth for the TVF Network alongside the overall BD operations in India.
With over 20 years in the advertising and media industry, he has worked with leading ad agencies and broadcasters. He has worked with some reputed names in the Ad World like Enterprise, Trikaya Grey, Lowe Lintas and JWT Fulcrum before moving to the broadcast industry
Director – Marketing
KidZania India
Tarandeep is the Director of Marketing at KidZania India.
Previously, he has worked as Senior Manager of Marketing at Pan India Paryatan Pvt. Ltd. Of which Essel World & Water Kingdom are a part.
He has also played the role of Head Marketing with Fame India Ltd.
He completed his MBA in Retail Management & Marketing from ITM Group of Institutions.
His key specializations include Brand Management, Marketing and Team Management
President
Building Products Division (HSIL) & CEO (EVOK Retail)
Mr. Manish Bhatia, holds a Master’s degree in Management from Xavier’s Institute of Management and a certification in Blue Ocean Strategy from one of world’s leading business schools – INSEAD, France.
Mr. Manish Bhatia handled various positions as Head of Marketing and Head of Sales with Decorative Business at AkzoNobel. He was Business Director for Middle East, South and South East Asian markets where he played a Leadership role and contributed to various aspects of sales, marketing, innovation and was part of Global Management Team of the business.
CCO & Co - Founder
WittyFeed
WittyFeed’s third Co-Founder & CCO Mr. Parveen Singhal. He is the youngest of the trio. He is just 24-year- old at the moment. He is the man who takes care of the social media, content, and traffic acquisition. He is one of the youngest entrepreneurs of his motherland.
Parveen was also part of the Under 25 Summit which is India’s largest youth festival for entrepreneurs, innovators, creators, designers, musicians, food enthusiasts, and travelers.