Speakers 2023

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Jayen Mehta

Managing Director , Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Sudhanshu Pokhriyal

Chief Executive Officer - Bath and Tiles Business

SPECIAL ADDRESS

Ayush Gupta

Business Head-Domestic Business

Anoop Manohar

Chief Marketing Officer

Raj Rishi Singh

Chief Marketing Officer & Chief Business Officer - Corporate

Puneet Dua

Co-Founder & CMO

Anuj Sidharth

Deputy Director - Marketing & Corporate Communication

Mayuri Saikia

Director of Marketing (Consumer), India

Shivam Ranjan

Marketing Head - Asia Pacific

SHIVANI CHOPRA

Marketing Head - Consumer PC & Peripherals, India

SESSION CHAIR

Sameer Mitha

Associate Director - Marketing & Business Development

Gaurav Mehta

Chief Marketing Officer

Kishan Panpalia

Founding Team

Madhur Acharya

Vice President-Ecommerce

MANAV SETHI

Head of Martech & Growth

Puneet Arora

Vice President - Marketing

SACHIN VASHISHTHA

Chief Marketing Officer

SESSION CHAIR

Kanika Mittal

Country Head - India

RAM SURESH AKELLA

Executive Officer – Marketing

Gaurav Dhawan

Chief Revenue Officer

Amit Gujral

Chief Marketing Officer

Kunal Sharma

Head Of Marketing

Monika Mishra

Director – Marketing

Puneet Avasthi

Director - Specialist Businesses, Insights Division

Vinit Kapahi

Head of Marketing

Shivam Ranjan is a renowned marketing leader in the mobile and telecom industry with over 18 years of diverse experience cutting across marketing and communications, business strategy and general management.

Shivam is currently the Marketing head for Motorola Mobility, Asia Pacific region – part of over USD 60 billion Lenovo group and one of the fastest growing mobile brands globally and in India since 2019. Shivam has enabled the brand to more than double its brand preference in the Indian market while also enabling the brand to be recognized as the Best Brand in India for two years in a row. During his tenure as the marketing leader for Motorola, the India business has witnessed consistent profitable growth in a highly challenging and competitive market with a consistent double-digit premium to market growth, year over year.

He has been instrumental in successfully launching some of the key innovations from Motorola in the Asia pacific region, including the world’s first clamshell phone – the Motorola razr, the world’s thinnest 5G smartphone – Motorola edge 30, the world’s first 200MP camera smartphone – Motorola edge 30 ultra and more.

Under his leadership, the brand has also seen strong growth in other key markets of Asia pacific region including - Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Korea.

Before joining Motorola, he was heading Marketing for Airtel’s fintech business and was responsible for setting up the brand positioning, social media presence as well as the end-to-end media and communication strategy. At Samsung India Electronics, he was leading various large product and brand marketing initiatives for their smartphones, tablets and services such as Samsung Pay, before that.

In 2022, Shivam Ranjan was recognized by various leading publications and Industry bodies for his contribution to the field of marketing and business. His recent industry recognitions include ‘40 under 40’ marketing leaders by BW Business World, ‘40 under 40’ leaders by Times Group, as well as the ‘Most Innovative Mar-tech Leaders’ by the World Marketing Congress.

As a senior Industry leader, Shivam has been featured in top advertising and marketing as well as mainstream media publications such as ET Brand Equity, Best Media Info, Business Standard, The Financial Express among others and is also a regular feature at various industry forums and panel discussions.

Amit Gujral is the Chief Marketing Officer at JK Tyre & Industries Limited. He’s been associated with many award winning campaigns and successful product launches in the last twenty-five years. Prior to working with JK Tyre, he helmed marketing excellence at LG Electronics as the Chief Marketing Officer.

A leader par excellence, Mr. Amit Gujral, has always impressed with his prowess and passion for storytelling which lies at the heart of him being a great marketer.

He is a strong advocate for digitalization; he has consistently led efforts to amplify marketing impact through digital channels. At JK Tyre, he has been instrumental in launching digital-first initiatives that have positively improved JK Tyre’s marketing efforts, especially during the pandemic. Under his aegis, JK Tyre has won numerous brands & marketing awards, ranging from Iconic Brand of The Year by ET to Brand of The Decade by BARC Asia. For his efforts, he has been awarded the ‘Digital Person of the Year’ title by Golden Feather Awards ‘Marketing Professional of The Year’ by Asian Leadership Awards, ‘Marketer of The Year (Gold)’ by Digixx, and the ‘Best CMO’ by Exchange4Media.

A computer science graduate, Mr. Gujral’s foray into marketing was the result of him mastering the art of strategy by interlinking it with creativity, getting deserving recognition. A true change maker, he has harnessed the power of digital and helped navigate his brand through the e-commerce boom in his current role.

Mr. Gujral has participated as a keynote speaker and has been a part of various events for panel discussions, conferences and as a jury, to name a few. He is also an enthusiastic poet, follows the poetry of Mr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan & Mr. Gulzar and recently penned the lyrics to the brand film, “Zindagi Ke Pahiye,” - Digital You Tube Campaign, a moving piece that celebrates truckers for the tireless work they do and also a beautiful reflection and commentary on the circle of life. It went on to become the No. 1 Most Watched YouTube content in Indian Tyre Industry and won almost all Industry coveted Awards and recognitions.

Anuj Sidharth is a marketing communications specialist who has spent over 18 years working with some of the most innovative and storied brands worldwide in the telecom and IT industry. Anuj believes that organizations create value for their brand and customers with a 360- degree approach that blends technology and marketing. He is passionate about initiating strategies to realize long-term business goals while increasing the visibility and reputation of brands.

Anuj joined MediaTek in 2008, where he now leads the Marketing and Communications efforts across India and MEA. Additionally, he strategizes customer relationship programs with key OEMs in Europe. Anuj's knack for fostering industry connections led him to craft many unique and innovative outreach initiatives, including the 'MediaTek Technology Diaries.' This engaging series spans twelve chapters across Delhi, Mumbai, and Bangalore.

About MediaTek Inc.

MediaTek Incorporated (TWSE: 2454) is a global fabless semiconductor company that enables nearly 2 billion connected devices a year. We are a market leader in developing innovative systems-on-chip (SoC) for mobile device, home entertainment, connectivity and IoT products. MediaTek is the number one Wi-Fi supplier across broadband, retail routers, consumer electronics devices and gaming, and its Wi-Fi 6 chipsets are powering the latest networking equipment for faster computing experiences. Our dedication to innovation has positioned us as a driving market force in several key technology areas, including highly power-efficient mobile technologies, automotive solutions and a broad range of advanced multimedia products such as smartphones, tablets, digital televisions, 5G, Voice Assistant Devices (VAD) and wearables. MediaTek empowers and inspires people to expand their horizons and achieve their goals through smart technology, more easily and efficiently than ever before. We work with the brands you love to make great technology accessible to everyone, and it drives everything we do.

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