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Bates 141 search for a National Creative Director has finally ended with the appointment of Sagar Mahableshwarkar, who is all set to take charge as NCD of Bates 141 India & Bangladesh region. It may be recalled that exchange4media had reported this development nearly a month back. Mahableshwarkar will partner Sonal Dabral and Sandeep Pathak in furthering the creative agenda.
Deva Dutta has joined DNA as Vice-President – Revenues for the Bangalore operations. He will be reporting to Dipayan Chowdhury, EVP (Revenues), DNA. In his new role, Dutta will be responsible for the group’s overall operations, including Ad Sales, Circulation, HR and Administration, Production, and Marketing.
Kushal Sanghvi has joined StratosHear as Executive Director - Business Development, Media and Alliances. He came on board on April 7, 2010 and is in the process of settling in. Sanghvi moves from Media Contacts, where he was Managing Director. In his new role, Sanghvi will be responsible for forging alliances with telecom companies to grow the business.
Joseph Eapen has been appointed as CEO of Media Research Users Council (MRUC). The development was announced by Andrey Purushottam, Chairman of the Council on behalf of the MRUC Board. Eapen will join by the end of this month. His last assignment was as CEO of aMap.
Navin Pirshali has put in his papers as CTO at Meow FM (Radio Today Broadcasting Ltd) and joined Radio DesiBeat (Entertainment Ecosystem Inc) as COO. Prior to his stint with radio, Pirshali had worked with the India Today Group, Reliance ADA Group, UTV, JAIN TV and Business India Group.
Amee Sanghvi, former Vice President & Creative Head at INX Network, has joined Orbit Corp as Head - Branding and Communications for the entire group. She is reporting to Pujit Aggarwal, Managing Director & CEO, Orbit Corp Pvt Ltd.
Arvind Mahendru has put in his papers as Vice President and Business Head at India TV Interactive (ITVI) Pvt Ltd. His next destination is not yet known. He had joined India TV Interactive in November 2008 from GroupM, where he was Managing Partner.
Microsoft India Global Technical Support Centre (India GTSC) has appointed Thomas Payyapilli as Senior Director. In his new role, Payyapilli will be responsible for the growth and performance of the India GTSC, which is an integral part of Microsoft Customer Services and Support (CSS). He will oversee a wide spectrum of management functions such as customer satisfaction, fiscal improvements, talent acquisition, service delivery, quality and employee satisfaction. He represents the India GTSC as part of the Customer Technical Services (CTS) leadership that oversees strategic planning and execution for CTS worldwide. He is also a part of the Microsoft One India leadership team, which is led by Ravi Venkatesan and drives active collaboration to grow Microsoft business in India. Payyapilli had joined Microsoft in 1996. He was a key member of the team that set up the India GTSC in Bangalore in October 2003. Prior to his current role, he had led the Global Partner Services (GPS) team as Busi
Alex Kuruvilla, MD, Condé Nast India, has announced the appointment of Divia Thani Daswani as Editor and Sunaina Talwar Khiani as publisher of ‘Condé Nast Traveller’ magazine in India. As is known, ‘Condé Nast Traveller’ is launching its Indian edition in October 2010.
After a stint of nearly two years, Jagdeep Singh Pawar has put in his papers at Red FM as National Head Events and Station Head, Delhi. Pawar is currently serving his notice period and March 31 is believed to be his last day with the FM player At Red FM, Pawar was reporting to CEO K Shanmugam.
After a stint of more than four years at Red FM, Anuj Singh has put in his papers as National Marketing Head and West Head. March 31 will be his last working day at Red FM.
Dominic Braganza has joined the creative hot shop of Freddy & Naved ‘Shop’ as Account Planner. At present, Braganza is working on Lava Mobiles. His role is to absorb advertising activity and inject this value-through-insight into the creative work pertaining to the categories that the agency’s clients operate in. Braganza had started his career in advertising with an agency called Plus3 in Pune when he was just 18. In 2007, he joined Ray agency, the AOR for Maruti Suzuki India Ltd for ROW2 region (Pune & Rest-of-Maharashtra). In 2009, he returned to Ray for a short stint after completing his post-graduate diploma in Advertising and Marketing from XIC, Mumbai. However, after a few months, he joined Shop to work with Naved and Freddy as copywriter, but was appointed as account planner. Between Ray and Shop, he took a break to finish a book that he had started on Coca-Cola.
Gauri Awasthi Srivastava has joined Seventymm as Associate Vice President – Marketing & Product. Srivastava brings with her a rich experience in Digital Marketing, having worked with Timesjobs, Rupiz Infotech and Ignitee (formally Mediaturf), where she was involved in product development as well as strategising and conceptualising digital media initiatives. Her last assignment was with Ignitee Digital Solutions, where she was heading the Bangalore-Karnataka region as Business Head.
UK-based Naked Communications has appointed Gitanjali Sriram to head its India operations. Sriram joins from Lowe Lintas, where she was Director, Channel Planning. Sriram has over 20 years of experience, having taken on strategic roles in planning, retail, CRM, digital and promotions and having worked across brands such as Titan, Nestle, McDonald’s, Nike, and Coke, among others. On the agency side, she was with Leo Burnett Malaysia as Director, Strategic Planning, where she launched Arc. In 2006, she took on the role of GM of Arc, Hong Kong and joined Lowe Lintas in 2008.
Daniel Upputuru has quit Rediffusion Y&R after a stint of two and a half years with the agency. He was the Creative Head at the agency and had handled brands such as Airtel, Sleepwell, Bacardi and Amway, to name a few. Prior to this, he had worked with O&M, Delhi for more than six years and had won a Cannes Lions Gold for the Discovery Channel campaign. While working with O&M, Upputuru also managed many nominations at Cannes Lions.
Atrayee Chakraborty, Director - Planning Sciences, Lintas Media Group (LMG), has joined MEC as Business Head to handle the newly-acquired Colgate Palmolive business. She has 10 years of industry experience, having worked with agencies such as LMG, Lowe, Lintas India and Hindustan Thompson Associates (now Mindshare). She specialises in strategic communication planning for brands across categories. As part of her last assignment with LMG, Chakraborty was involved in making communication planning for brands more scientific and time saving. At the organisation, she had looked after strategic planning for brands such as Maruti, ITC, Etisalat, Bajaj Auto and Jyothi Laboratories. At the same time, she also contributed to business development.
After a stint in the TV and radio industry, Gautam Dalal has joined daily DNA as VP, Marketing. He is reporting to KU Rao, CEO, DNA. Prior to joining DNA, Dalal was with Reliance Media World Ltd (Big FM) as Associate Vice President.
Eros International Media has appointed Star India’s Rajesh Bahl as Chief Digital Officer for their digital initiatives across all the new media platforms.
Niranjan Tadanki has joined Mantri Developers as Head of Marketing. Mantri Developers is a leading name in the real estate industry in South India with several landmark properties. Prior to joining Mantri, Tadanki was with Madison Media as CEO of Madison Outsel Promotions and had been with the agency for the last three years.
R (Chandru) Chandrasekar, who had moved on from Bharti Airtel as Senior Vice President and Head of Brand and Media after a three-year stint, is on his way to Nestle. At Nestle, he takes on the role of Marketing Manager – Beverages. Chandrasekar brings in 13 years of experience, of which he spent seven years with Britannia and three with Marico, besides his stint with Airtel.
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