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Ramachandran Subramaniam has been appointed as Vice-President and Managing Director of Yodlee India, an online financial solution company. Subramaniam will be driving the company’s international growth in India. Yodlee is planning an investment of $55-75 million and an estimated 50 per cent increase in personnel hires over the next five years. Subramaniam has over 27 years’ experience in growing and managing large teams at leading Indian corporations. As VP and MD of Yodlee India, his responsibilities include overseeing more than 250 employees and creating a team that would uphold Yodlee India as a nerve center for all core product development, design, operations, customer care and quality assurance activities in support of the company’s overall roadmap.

exchange4media Staff Mar 20, 2008 3:05 PM

Patni Computer Systems, a global IT services provider, has appointed Robert Rando as the company’s new Vice-President, Sales, in the Product Engineering Services (PES) practice. He will operate out of Patni’s North American headquarters at Cambridge, Massachusetts, and will lead the company’s business development efforts for high technology clients in the storage, computing and networking sub-verticals. Rando brings with him over 25 years of sales experience, primarily in the storage industry. Previously, he held the position of Senior Management/Vice-President, Sales at Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi Data Systems, EMC, Data General/Clariion, 3ParData, and, most recently, OpenText Corp. Rando has worked in direct and channel sales models, including services.

exchange4media Staff Mar 20, 2008 3:04 PM

Chandan Lahiri has joined BrandStewards, a communications consulting agency in Delhi, as General Manager. The consultancy plans to open it offices in Mumbai, Bangalore and Chandigarh. Lahiri brings with him nearly two decades of communications experience across HTA (now JWT), Response, Lintas and MAA Bozell. After taking a hiatus from advertising, Lahiri had embarked on a journey as an explorer and adventurer. OutThere Adventurers, the organisation he started, is dedicated to the development and promotion of adventure sports and tourism in India among Indians.

exchange4media Staff Mar 20, 2008 3:03 PM

Mukund Sharma has been appointed as Creative Head of Rediffusion DYR, Bangalore. Sharma, who moves from O&M Bangalore, replaces Montu Bassi. He will partner Arun Kumar, who heads the art function at Rediffusion DYR, Bangalore. Sharma began his career in advertising with a couple of local agencies. He joined JWT Bangalore in 1997 as copywriter and left the agency nine years later as Creative Director. In 2007, he joined O&M Bangalore as Associate Creative Director. During his stints with JWT and O&M, Sharma had worked on brands such as Foster’s, IBM, Levi’s, Kingfisher, Van Heusen, i-Flex Solutions, Wipro, and Standard Chartered among others.

exchange4media Staff Mar 20, 2008 3:02 PM

FMCG Federation of India presented the 5th Consumer World Awards in the Capital on March 19. Awards were given in three categories – FMCG, Consumer Durables and Service Segments. Prominent among the winners were Bajaj Fans, Air India, Godrej, Café Coffee Day, Priyagold, and Blue Dart, among others.

exchange4media Staff Mar 20, 2008 8:21 AM

Revv, the men’s jewellery brand from integrated jewellery manufacturer, Gitanjali Group, has acquired the sponsorship rights of the Kolkata Tigers team at the Indian Cricket League (ICL).

exchange4media Chennai Bureau Mar 20, 2008 8:20 AM

Colours, food, fun, music, contests – shake them all together in a riotous mix and you get an array of Holi fare on FM radio stations in the country. exchange4media speaks to the major FM players to get an idea of what’s on offer for listeners this Holi.

exchange4media Staff Mar 20, 2008 8:19 AM

Deccan Chronicle, the largest selling English daily in Andhra Pradesh, on Tuesday unveiled the name, logo, flag and anthem of Hyderabad’s DLF Indian Premier League team. The team has been christened the ‘Deccan Chargers’ and has a charging bull as its logo.

exchange4media Chennai Bureau Mar 20, 2008 8:18 AM

CHICAGO (AdAge.com) -- General Mills cited product innovation and increased consumer-marketing spending for third-quarter earnings that beat analyst expectations. The company's earnings shot up 61% for the period ended Feb. 24 despite higher ingredient costs and a slowing economy.

exchange4media Staff Mar 20, 2008 8:08 AM

Fast moving consumer goods major Hindustan Unilever (HUL) has added Rs 97.4 crore to its capital expenditure for personal products, foods and ice creams in FY08.

exchange4media Staff Mar 20, 2008 8:07 AM

California-based Jivox, a self-service online video advertising platform, has commenced its Indian operations, Jivox Software India Pvt Ltd, through a sales and development office in Bangalore. The company is now all set to launch its online video advertising service for the Indian market.

exchange4media Bangalore Bureau Mar 20, 2008 8:05 AM

Phonethics has ventured into brand advertising through its set of animated characters. Each of these characters comes with personalised content like videos, blogs, and derived from native Indian landscape with varied background and culture. These characters are also increasingly being licensed by brands looking to tap into their fan base.

exchange4media Staff Mar 20, 2008 8:04 AM

Dentsu India has announced the elevation of Rajesh Aggarwal as President of Dentsu’s India operations. Dentsu’s three advertising agencies and two media-buying companies would now report to Aggarwal. He is one of the founding members of the Dentsu India team, having been Executive Director of Dentsu Marcom for the last four years.

exchange4media Staff Mar 20, 2008 8:03 AM

OMS, the Mudra Group's specialist media independent, has retained the Amway business which it has held for the past four years. The Amway media business is reviewed annually, but this year the pitch process was given a miss. The account size is pegged at upwards of Rs 15 crore.

exchange4media Staff Mar 20, 2008 8:01 AM

Hungama has made three key senior appointments to strengthen its business operations in South Asia. The digital entertainment company has appointed Anand Jhingan as Senior VP, International Mobile, and Hemant Jain as Senior VP, Domestic Business, of Hungama Mobile. Manan Chhatrapati is the new Chief Technology Officer.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Mar 20, 2008 8:01 AM

After a stint of nearly two years, Deep Malhotra, Group Sales Manager, Google India, has put in his papers. He is joining MySpace India as Director, Sales, for the founding team of MySpace India, which will be launched in India shortly. Malhotra will be reporting to Sung Lee, VP Asia, MySpace.

Tasneem Limbdiwala Mar 20, 2008 8:00 AM

Close on the heels of winning the Kotak Credit Cards account, JWT has bagged the creative duties of Nutrine Confectionary, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Godrej Hershey Foods & Beverages Ltd. The estimated account size is well upwards of Rs 10 crore. Mudra is the incumbent agency.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Mar 20, 2008 7:59 AM