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MakeMyTrip.com has appointed K N Anand as Vice-President, Outbound Tourism. In this capacity, Anand will be heading the outbound leisure service offerings of the company. Anand joins MakeMyTrip from Kuoni Travel India. He has previously held positions at Cox & Kings and Thomas Cook.

exchange4media Staff Dec 21, 2007 11:42 AM

Manoj Padmanadhan has joined ZEE’s new venture, Digital Media Convergence Ltd (DMCL), as Vice-President, Marketing. DMCL is an Essel Group venture that has forayed into the emerging business opportunities of digital entertainment. The products would include portals, content that can be viewed on mobile devices and the Internet. Prior to this appointment, Padmanadhan was associated with Tata VSNL as DGM.

exchange4media Staff Dec 21, 2007 11:41 AM

Manoj Sharma has joined MaXposure Group as Senior Sales and Marketing Manager for North India. His last stint was with Dainik Bhakar as Deputy Manager. He was with the Group for three years. Sharma has also worked with Sepia Advertising as Media Manager for seven months. He was earlier with Dainik Jagran as Senior Executive for two years. Sharma began his career with Hindustan Times in the circulation and events departments, where he spent one year.

exchange4media Staff Dec 21, 2007 11:41 AM

Alok Dutta has been appointed as CEO of SIXT India, a leading car rental, leasing and fleet management services provider of the Sona Group. Prior to this, Dutta was with the Eicher Group for 25 years, where he was responsible for various functional areas like procurement and management of materials, manufacturing, engineering, marketing and group finance. His last assignment with Eicher Group was as MD of Eicher International, the Group’s export arm. Besides the Eicher Group, Dutta has also worked with the Baxy Group, one of the leading manufacturers and exporters of auto components. The Group had acquired a company in Europe called Vege for remanufacturing engines in which Dutta was actively involved and turned around the company within a year.

exchange4media Staff Dec 21, 2007 11:40 AM

Gurneesh Khurana is joining General Motors as General Manager India from December 21, 2007. He will be reporting to Ankush Arora, Vice President – Sales, Marketing and After Sales, General Motors India. Khurana’s last stint was with Star News where he spent a year as Regional Manager, Ad Sales. Khurana has also worked with DNA for one and a half years, and Hindustan Times for four and a half years as Deputy General Manager. He began his career with Xerox India, where he spent eight years. Khurana has 14 years’ experience.

exchange4media Staff Dec 21, 2007 11:39 AM

British Telecom (BT) has appointed Sudhir Narang as Managing Director for its India operations. Narang’s appointment is effective from December 20, 2007. As Managing Director, Narang would lead BT Global Services’ strategy, growing BT’s presence and spearheading services in India. He will be reporting to Allen Ma, President, BT Asia Pacific. Narang has over 20 years’ experience in the Indian IT sector. Beginning his career at HCL Ltd, Narang took up the position of General Manager at HCL Comnet, the networking line of business for HCL. In 1998, he moved on to Cisco, where he was subsequently appointed Senior VP, India and SAARC, and most recently held the position of CEO at Tulip IT Services.

exchange4media Staff Dec 21, 2007 11:37 AM

Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific, Inc. (Turner) has promoted Eslinda Hamzah as Senior Vice-President for CNN Broadcast and Commercial Sales and Marketing and Affiliate Relations, Asia Pacific. This expansion of Hamzah’s current responsibilities will allow added focus on the hotel, in-flight and travel sector, upholding CNN’s existing leadership position. She will continue to be responsible for the management of CNN’s broadcast affiliate relations and sales of the network’s broadcast services, which include CNN’s breaking news coverage and feature programming to broadcasters across the Asia Pacific region.

exchange4media Staff Dec 21, 2007 11:36 AM

Aegis Media has successfully defended Pernod Ricard's estimated $200 million global media account following a review. Publicis Groupe's Optimedia and WPP Group's MindShare also pitched the account, according to executives familiar with the matter. Paris-based Pernod Ricard started a global media review this summer, less than two years after Aegis' Carat won the account in the US.

exchange4media Staff Dec 21, 2007 7:33 AM

Indian conglomerate Tatas are set to be named today the top choice for buying the US auto giant Ford’s iconic British brands, Jaguar and Land Rover, according to a media report here.

exchange4media Staff Dec 21, 2007 7:32 AM

Miditech is all set to unveil the new Kishore Kumar through its talent hunt show ‘K for Kishore’, which premieres on Sony Entertainment Television on December 21, 2007. The reality show will air on Fridays and Saturdays at 9 pm. The 20-episode series is the first ever show dedicated to a legend.

exchange4media Staff Dec 21, 2007 7:30 AM

Campusyogi.com, a website aiding students in finding employment, was launched recently. The website helps students send their profiles for campus recruitment and interact with corporates. The enables companies to save a lot on time as well as financial resources while recruiting talent.

exchange4media Staff Dec 21, 2007 7:29 AM

Saurabh Dasgupta, Creative Director of Innocean Worldwide India, has been invited as a jury member at the New York Festival 2008. Dasgupta would be in the panel for the ‘Innovative Competition’ category, which is a new category inclusion this year.

exchange4media Staff Dec 21, 2007 7:28 AM

Yahoo! India has appointed Publicitas Digital to handle its online sales in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Kerala. Publicitas Digital will oversee the promotional, sales and management of Yahoo! India’s digital advertising function on the Yahoo! website as part of its agreement for these states.

exchange4media Staff Dec 21, 2007 7:27 AM

Percept’s media planning and buying arm, Allied Media, has entered into a strategic alliance with Mercantile Advertising. As per the alliance, Allied Media would be handling media planning and buying for all the clients of Mercantile Advertising, which amount to a whopping Rs 100 crore.

exchange4media Staff Dec 21, 2007 7:26 AM

Mudra Ahmedabad has won the creative mandate for the launch of Star Cement, a product offering from Deepak Cements & Chemicals Ltd, following a multi-agency pitch. The media mix for the launch of the brand would include a 360-degree approach that would engage the consumer at different touch points.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Dec 21, 2007 7:23 AM

I think in general, you are selling your country a little bit short- I think Indian creatives should lighten up a bit more. If we look at the Thailand advertising community, they are quirky, funny, and they produce a lot more creative that appeal to the international juries. So, I think Indian creatives can look at the Indian consumers more closely and create humourous ads like we have seen internationally.

exchange4media Staff Dec 21, 2007 12:00 AM