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Suchi Singhal and N K Machhiah have joined Mindshare Delhi as Business Directors on the Motorola and Pepsi Beverages accounts, respectively. Prior to joining Mindshare, Singhal was with FCB Ulka’s media agency Lodestar Media, where she was Media Director. She had worked there for two years on clients like Whirlpool, SC Johnson, HCL, etc. Prior to joining Mindshare, Machchiah, popularly know as Mack, was with Mudra Mumbai as a Vice-President handling the Reliance business. He was with Mudra with six years.

exchange4media Staff Apr 8, 2006 9:52 AM

Rajiv Gautam, who was Unit Head, Hindustan Times, Lucknow, has recently moved to the Dainik Bhaskar group and will head the Operations of the newspaper for the Punjab region as General Manager - Operations (Punjab). In his five-year tenure as the Unit Head with HT Lucknow, Gautam was in charge of the company’s overall growth in Uttar Pradesh division that included business generation, budgeting, recovery controlling of all the departments, circulation, accounts, production, HR and marketing.

exchange4media Staff Apr 8, 2006 9:50 AM

Aditya Khanna has quit Businessworld magazine to join Quasar Media as Client Servicing Executive. His new role would be expanding business in the Delhi region and providing innovative solutions to existing clients. He had worked with Businessworld for 18 months, prior to which he was with Ernst & Young for a year.

exchange4media Staff Apr 8, 2006 9:47 AM

After trying out the 'branded affordability' platform for a couple of years, fast food major McDonald's is changing its marketing focus to zero in on its core products.

exchange4media Staff Apr 8, 2006 7:20 AM

CavinKare, one of the leading FMCG players in the country, plans to grow its international business for food and personal care products. Keeping this in mind, the company has scaled up investment at its new facility at Haridwar.

exchange4media Staff Apr 8, 2006 7:12 AM

Sifymall.com, the online store on Sify.com, the consumer portal from Sify Ltd, has announced the launch of magazine subscriptions online at attractive prices.

exchange4media Chennai Bureau Apr 8, 2006 7:11 AM

Google Inc on April 7 announced the winner of the 2006 Google India Code Jam, Google’s second annual computer programming competition in India. The winner is Singapore’s Ardian Kristanto Poernomo, who competed against thousands of registrants from around the world to take home the Rs 122,000 grand prize. Poernomo was also the winner of the 2005 Google India Code Jam.

exchange4media Staff Apr 8, 2006 7:10 AM

Telecom operators are all set to bring Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) in India in a big way even as the industry on Friday urged the telecom regulator to bring in laws to regulate the content.

exchange4media Staff Apr 8, 2006 7:09 AM

‘Employment News’, the flagship publication of the Publications Division, has gone online. The website, www.employmentnews.gov.in, was launched by S K Arora, Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, on Friday.

exchange4media Staff Apr 8, 2006 7:08 AM

Maharashtra has released a special Lifebuoy Swasthya Chetna Postal Cover on the occasion of World Health Day. The postal cover has been released to recognise Lifebuoy’s pioneering rural health and hygiene education initiative, called Lifebuoy Swasthya Chetna.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Apr 8, 2006 7:06 AM

Mid Day has bagged the first International Newspaper Marketing Award (INMA) for India at the INMA World Congress being held in Chicago on April 6-7. The publication won a gold in the Printed Materials: Advertising category for Sunday Mid Day’s 25th Anniversary Sales Brochure, and a silver in the Newspaper Premiums/Incentives category for Mid Day Diary.

Noor Fathima Warsia Apr 8, 2006 7:05 AM

Thums Up has come up with a new mega budget ‘Taste the Thunder’ campaign. The TVC features Akshay Kumar donning a dynamic, cool look and a confident attitude. The commercial’s teaser ad will be aired on April 8 2006, while the full ad will be aired on all channels from April 9 onwards.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Apr 8, 2006 7:04 AM

Sampark Public Relations has made two key additions to its core management team in the form of Sanjay Rammoorthy, former Bureau Chief, Sahara Samay, Mumbai, who joins as as Senior VP, Corporate, and industry veteran, O P Thomas, who is slated to join as Senior VP, Technology and Finance.

Noor Fathima Warsia Apr 8, 2006 7:03 AM

Walt Disney India and Britannia Industries are happy with the results of their joint initiative seen in the Jetix ‘Power Your Rangers’ contest. Over 5.23 lakh kids across India had taken part in the contest and the presenting sponsor, Britannia, had recorded a 49 per cent increase in sales of its brand, Britannia Treat.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Apr 8, 2006 7:02 AM

Public Relations Council of India (PRCI), a registered national body of PR and communication professionals, has initiated the process for accreditation of PR professionals in India.

exchange4media Chennai Bureau Apr 8, 2006 7:01 AM

Cannes 2006 organisers have named the last two juries for the international advertising festival. The lone Indian in the Lions Direct jury is Rakhshin Patel, Senior Vice-President and General Manager, RMG Connect, India.

exchange4media Chennai Bureau Apr 8, 2006 7:00 AM

The chaos that Conditional Access System (CAS) has become synonymous with continues on the issue of pricing of individual channels as broadcasters are vehemently opposed on any such move, whereas MSOs and cable operators are expressing their ire against broadcasters and the government.

exchange4media Staff Apr 8, 2006 6:59 AM

<p align=justify>Retention is a problem across the board - any good company is facing it. I think what O&M instills into each individual is great sense of belonging and a great sense of pride. The brand name is very strong and if you are here with the best, monetary benefits really don’t mater. If you look at the attrition rates across the industry, we would be one of the lowest. So you have to motivate people. That said, if someone has to go, he would go any way. Fundamentally, because the team is so strong, we have never been dependent on any one person.

exchange4media Staff Apr 8, 2006 12:00 AM