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Mallikarjunadas CR has been named the new CEO of Starcom MediaVest Group, India. Mallikarjunadas, who takes charge from May 25, will report to CVL Srinivas, Chairman, Starcom MediaVest Group India and Managing Director of LiquidThread APAC.
John Brittas, senior journalist and icon of modern visual media, has been roped in as Business Head for Asianet Communications Ltd (ACL), which runs two entertainment channels – Asianet and Asianet Plus.
Publicis Capital has brought in Lavanya Anirudh Verma as Vice-President on its Nestle and United Biscuits businesses.
P Subramanian has joined OTS Hyderabad as Vice President. He moves from O&M Chennai, where he was Head of Client Servicing.
After a two-year stint, Manjiri Kamat, General Manager for Mumbai and Bangalore operations at MEC India, has put in her papers. She is moving back to Malaysia.
Mail Today has appointed Rahul Thappa as COO. Thappa, who has joined the company on May 2, 2011, takes over from Suresh Balakrishnan, who would be leaving the company shortly.
GroupM has strengthened its social media team with Karthik Nagarajan joining as National Director - Social Media. He will report to Tushar Vyas, Managing Partner, GroupM South Asia.
Shailesh Velandy, Vice-President, Mudra Max has put in his papers after a three-year stint. Confirming the news to e4m, Velandy said, “A long solo travel plan is on the cards”.
The Dentsu India Group has appointed Nobuki Sakai as Chief Financial Officer. Based out of Delhi, Sakai will report to Seiichiro Hayata, Acting Chairman, Dentsu India Group.
Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific (DNAP) has appointed Arun Thapar as Vice-President, Programming - India. He will be responsible for DNAP’s six brands in India.
C Shyamsundar has been promoted as the Chief Executive Officer of Asianet News Private Limited (ANPL).
Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd, the multi-media entity from Reliance Group, has appointed Asheesh Chatterjee as Chief Financial Officer.
Turner International has promoted Monica Tata to VP and GM- Entertainment Networks, South Asia and Siddharth Jain to VP and GM – Distribution & Business Operations, South Asia. In another development, the company has also appointed Dhawal Katkar as Director, Marketing & PR South Asia.
After a stint of eight years with the company, Rajesh Aggarwal, President, Dentsu India, has decided to move on. Aggarwal confirmed the development to exchange4media.
In Asianet News, HS Balram, who’s career spans over 38 years in top media houses, will also be looking after Suvarna News.
Radio One has announced the elevation of its key team members, starting with Rajeev Bhandari, who is now COO. Rajesh Ranjan and Eathesham Azam have been made Station Directors of Delhi and Kolkata, respectively.
Viacom18 has signed on Raj Nayak, who owns Aidem Media as the CEO for Colors. It is still unclear what the road ahead for Aidem would be.
STAR India’s COO Jagdish Kumar is moving on from the organisation. The company has appointed Gayatri Yadav as Marketing Director.
Scarecrow Communications has roped in Anindya Banerjee to head its creative function in Delhi. The agency is also set to announce a big signing in Delhi in the next few days.
The Dentsu India Group announced today the appointment of Titus Upputuru as Executive Creative Director, Dentsu Marcom. In his new role, Titus will lead the agency’s creative efforts on Honda (cars and bikes), Sharp and new businesses. Based out of Delhi, Titus will report in to Hiroshi Omata, Chief Operating Officer, Dentsu Marcom.
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