PRATIK SHETTY is the Chief Marketing Officer at N. Ranga Rao & Sons, a leading home worship brand and the largest manufacturer of incense sticks. With various lifestyle products under their portfolio, NR Group is the maker of ‘Cycle Pure Agarbathies’ brand. Mr. Amarnath is responsible for driving business growth and brand innovation at the organization, leveraging his wealth of experience and a proven track record of transformative marketing strategies. Mr. Amarnath was awarded the Marketer of the Year Award as part of the CMOs' Charcha - Bengaluru Chapter.
With an impressive career spanning nearly two decades across some of India's most prominent consumer brands, Mr. Amarnath’s professional journey includes his tenure at Red Bull as the Marketing Director, and at The Coca-Cola Company, where he spent 15 years in various marketing leadership positions. During his time as Region Marketing Director for South West Asia, Mr. Amarnath demonstrated exceptional strategic insights by navigating complex market challenges, particularly during the pandemic. He also led various digital transformation initiatives that helped propel the business forward.
Beyond Coca-Cola, Mr. Amarnath has showcased his versatility in marketing leadership roles, with his stint as Managing Director at Accenture and his notable contributions at United Breweries and Whirlpool, where he developed brand strategies and established regional marketing structures that delivered impressive growth.
Mr. Amarnath received his Master’s in Business Administration from FORE School of Management in 2004 and completed his Bachelor’s in Engineering from L.D. College of Engineering in 2001.

Vikram Bahl, Chief Marketing Officer, United Breweries Limited, has over 30 years of rich marketing experience. At UBL, Vikram is responsible for driving category penetration, portfolio premiumisation, and enhancing the iconicity of brand Kingfisher. He has worked previously with organizations like P&G, Gillette, Kellogg, GSK Consumer and Unilever across local, regional and global assignments. Prior to joining UBL, Vikram was leading the nutrition business of Unilever as the Global Brand Vice President. Vikram is a highly regarded marketer with a proven track record of building brands, driving business growth, and nurturing great marketing talent. He graduated from St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi and holds an MBA from IIM Bangalore.

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Siddharth Gupta is the General Manager, Marketing at Britannia Industries. He is a seasoned marketing and sales leader with over 17 years of experience in brand management, strategy, innovation, communication, customer marketing and sales roles.
He joined Britannia in 2018 and currently leads the team that drives marketing initiatives across Biscuits, Crème Wafers and Salty Snacks. He has been instrumental in shaping the growth of several key brands - Britannia Marie Gold with a strong purpose-led brand-building approach, strengthened the core of the Creams portfolio (Britannia Bourbon, Jim Jam) while spearheading the innovation strategy (Pure Magic), and contributed to the long-term portfolio-building for Crackers (Britannia 5050). His expertise spans brand strategy, positioning, and consumer insight-driven communication, along with a deep understanding of innovation, tech adoption, and market dynamics.
Prior to Britannia, he worked with Colgate Palmolive, where he joined as a Management Trainee from JBIMS in 2006, where he played a pivotal role in managing P&L, driving category growth, and spearheading innovative brand campaigns. Starting his career as an Area Sales Manager in Varanasi, he progressed through roles in product innovation and brand management, leading to the journey at Britannia on Crackers and the Tiger portfolio.

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Sooraj Balakrishnan is currently functioning as Associate Director & Head of Marketing at Acer India. In the current role, he is responsible for the entire product portfolio across PCs, tablets, monitors, projects, and smart IoT devices under consumer and enterprise segments. He oversees responsibilities to drive brand preference, customer acquisitions, product marketing, and strategic alliances. He also leads all GTM marketing efforts for the brand across e-commerce, LFR, and channel for impact and product positioning. He has been a marketing professional with over 10+ years of experience in managing large brands, creating brands and alliances, enabling sales and growth of the business.
Sooraj isinstrumental in establishing Predator asthe leading PC gaming brand in India beating multiple records and setting the trend in the gaming industry for brand preference and sales growth. He also has led many impactful strategic partnerships with brands like Royal Challengers Bangalore and launched the Acer Smartphone range successfully. Prior to Acer, Sooraj had a successful stint at Intel, driving the retail marketing and working with all large retail and e-commerce brands to drive PC ecosystem growth and processor leadership for Intel products. He spearheaded multiple award-winning brand campaigns at the Acer like Brand Excellence Award by World Marketing Congress, Digital Marketing Award by BBC Knowledge, Gold medal as Best Social Media Brand by Social Samosa, Best VM Store design by GCC Retail Congress and more.
As a marketing leader, he is leading the Acer brand in the new normal and establishing new GTM and marketing model to reflect the changing consumer behavior and driving the next chapter of marketing excellence and growth.

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With over two decades of experience in the marketing arena, Mr. Diptakirti Chaudhuri has carved a remarkable path as a dynamic marketing leader. His journey is a rich tapestry of strategic vision, innovative campaigns, and impactful results across a diverse range of industries. Before joining Casagrand, Diptakirti helmed the marketing campaign for the 2023 blockbuster film 12th Fail by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. As the Business Head, he spearheaded the movie’s marketing efforts through its release and theatrical success, showcasing his ability to seamlessly bridge entertainment and business acumen.
Diptakirti’s tenure as Vice President of Marketing at Bajaj was marked by the launch of over 10 new motorcycles, each of which earned widespread recognition, bagging multiple advertising and media awards. He also crafted and implemented a social and influencer marketing strategy that achieved a staggering 50 million organic views within the first year. Under his leadership, Bajaj’s Chetak EV franchise saw exponential growth, with a 4.5x surge in sales during FY23, driven by a perfect blend of organic and paid media strategies.
He was also part of the founding team at UNext Learning, playing a pivotal role in launching Manipal’s first foray into online degrees. His earlier stints include leadership roles at HT Media and PepsiCo, where his contributions were equally distinguished.
As CMO at Casagrand, Diptakirti brings his vast expertise and a proven track record to elevate the brand’s marketing strategy, ensuring its continued success in the real estate sector.

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Smarajit Mishra has close to 2 decades of experience in Marketing, Strategy, Sales & Digital Transformation and has worked with Real Estate leaders like Brigade, Lodha and Total Environment Building Systems post completion of his MBA from IIM Lucknow. He is currently employed at Brigade Enterprises Limited, since May 2017, holding the title of Sr. VP – Marketing & CX. In his present role he is responsible for the Long-term Strategy, Marketing, Engagement across all channels, Loyalty & Referral Initiatives and has recently taken on the mantle of overseeing Customer Experience as well. Since January 2022, he has been driving Digital Transformation projects for the organization (part of a special initiative called 'Katalyze').
Previously, he held the position of AVP & Head-Marketing, while working at Total Environment Building Systems where he was responsible for marketing activities across their residential, commercial, hospitality and music foundation verticals. Before this, he held the position of General Manager, Marketing, while working at Macrotech Developers Limited (Lodha Group) and worked with them for 3 years and was responsible for the launch of India's biggest real estate project (in terms of revenue) and was also leading the Commercial Marketing portfolio for the group.
Prior to real estate, Smarajit worked for about 5 years in the telecom space in the domain of Sales, Corporate Strategy & Marketing. He is familiar with all parts of the country as he hails from the Eastern region and has lived and worked in NCR, Mumbai & Bangalore.

Vineet Sharma currently heads Marketing & Trade Marketing for AB InBev India and has been with the company for more than nine years. During this time, Vineet has held key positions, including the Trade Marketing Director for India and Associate Marketing Director at Budweiser.
As the Associate Marketing Director for Budweiser, Vineet was instrumental in shaping the marketing strategy for AB InBev’s flagship brand in South Asia through innovative campaigns and initiatives that fueled the top and bottom-line growth. As the Trade Marketing Director, a growth-focused marketer, Vineet helped define the strategic roadmap for the company to create impactful in-trade programs backed by technological innovations and relevant customer & consumer trends. Leveraging more than a decade of experience in Marketing and Sales, his purpose-driven vision anchored on strong consumer and customer insights has led to several category-leading initiatives such as the 360 Budweiser campaigns for the FIFA World Cup 2018, Music and Equity campaign along with the launch of innovative Digital Trade initiatives such as Bud4Trade & Digital Menu which have delivered strong commercial results. Vineet possesses strong leadership skills and has a proven track record in managing high-performance teams across the region.
Vineet’s work experience includes roles at leading conglomerates such as ITC Limited, Dabur International Limited and Unilever, where he managed a diverse portfolio of global and Indian brands, equipping him with in-depth knowledge of managing complex marketing operations. With over a decade of experience in global business management, Vineet has fronted crucial brand projects across multiple FMCG categories in Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East, and the North African region.
With an MBA in Marketing and Strategy from XLRI Jamshedpur, Vineet’s core strength lies in Commercial Business Management, New Product Development, Communication Development, In-Market Execution and People Management, which helps him drive robust business results. He is adept at uncovering new consumer trends and adopts a dynamic approach towards brand-building and strategising, leading to powerful growth initiatives across brands.
Vineet loves to travel and understand diverse cultures in his leisure time and is a voracious reader of history and business strategy.

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Janani is a seasoned marketer with 13+ years of experience in the industries of Automobile, Telecom, FMCG & FMCD. She is currently heading marketing of Preethi brand at Versuni India Home solutions (erstwhile Philips Domestic Appliances).
She is responsible for consumer, growth, shopper, trade, digital and service marketing for entire Preethi portfolio of Mixer Grinders, Gas Stoves, Wet Grinders, Chimneys, Cookers & Cookware and other kitchen appliances.
Prior to her role at Versuni, she was
• Heading category and digital commerce for ITC’s stationery division, leading a team of 3 brand and 2 digital marketing managers.
• Managing the brand portfolio of Classmate & Paperkraft notebooks, diaries and journals
• Leading the digitization efforts through setting up own commerce (D2C platform ‘Classmateshop’) and building service revenues (through a roadmap for a learning app ‘myclassmate’ and a school contact program ‘Classmate All Rounder’)
• Accelerating premiumization and innovation in the space of educational / learning aids
• Analysing strategic investments and forging partnerships in potential education services and Edtech start-ups from the perspective of inorganic growth through M&A
• Leading the drive for sustainability through setting up of carbon neutrality projects that democratize the offset of carbon footprint of the stationery business
• Has led the incense sticks category for ITC’s FMCG business exponentially growing the revenues and brand equity of Mangaldeep incense & fragrances between 2017-2020 making it the no 1 brand by volume in India. She has also built and scaled the Mangaldeep devotional App to a subscriber base of 1 Mn+ users between 2017 – 2021.
Prior to ITC, she has been associated with marquee companies such as Mahindra Group where she had managed the company's two wheeler portfolio, launching and marketing novel motorcycles both in the commuter (100 CC) & performance segment(300 CC). As the Senior Product Manager in Vodafone, she has handled the rural and mass segment where-in she constructed content led Telco products for the farmer, women and rural youth. She has represented India in global cross - functional teams for inter-country pilots and learning and implementation of segment marketing principles.
She has pursued her MBA in International Business from IIFT (2009-11)
Awards & other achievements
As Women & Business Leader of ITC, she has been awarded outstanding contribution in marketing. She is in the prestigious list of IMPACT Marketing 40Under 40 2023 & 2024. She is a Jury board member & speaker for Brand Equity and Modern Marketing Association. She contributed to a GSMA Publication on women's mobile related safety. She received the Vodafone Star Award for speed and meticulous execution of mWomen program in India. She is an early leader certified by Centre of Creative Learning. She has been a Guest lecturer in NMIMS & is currently involved in teaching assignments as a visiting faculty in IIFT and conducts guest sessions in Management institutes like IIM Trichy & SPJIMR. She is also involved in curriculum creation and updation for marketing and digital transformation courses in MICA. She is co- authoring a Marketing case study on ‘Re-structuring brand portfolio basis consumer segmentation’ for global publications for academic purpose of teaching management students
She is an avid writer and has published opinion – based articles for Bestmediainfo, Financial Express and IIFT Alumni newsletters across various topics in marketing.
https://bestmediainfo.com/public/2020/07/rural-and-small-towns-to-drive-the-fmcg-sector-over-the-next-nine-months-says-janani-kandaswamy-of-itc https://www.financialexpress.com/business/brandwagon-bloggers-park-boon-or-bane-3227038/
As a Member of Board of Advisors for V-Excel Educational Trust, she has provided guidance on strengthening network and building visibility. She is a revenue, growth and marketing consultant to her Family’s entertainment business (South Indian Film production house). She has also begun to mentor startups in the consumer products and D2C space.
Apart from her passion in marketing and human insights, she is a fitness enthusiast with running (including marathons), aerobics, yoga, pilate, zumba, bolly – fit, strength & cross – training being her go to work-out routines. She is also an ardent reader and writer of both fiction & non – fiction across genres.

I am a passionate Brand Builder with over 25 years of experience in Marketing Leadership Roles, journeying a rich, diverse spectrum of Markets (Developed & Emerging economies), Roles (national, regional and global), and Brands (Mature as well as Nascent); in large complex as well as small nimble teams.
My marketing journey has been fuelled by Brands like Dove, Tanishq, Titan, Fastrack, Yardley London, Hindustan Times, Lever Ayush, Santoor, Giffy, Tasty Tales, across diverse markets of India, SEA, Japan, North America, EU, and Middle East, allowing me to explore shores, people, ethnicities, appreciating the homogeneity of mankind and the diversity of cultures.
My tryst with marketing across FMCG, Lifestyle, Media has fuelled an insatiable curiosity and urge to build strong, endearing, enduring brands that sit on the beautiful cusp of consumer love and respect. I feel privileged to have worked at some of the new age as well as legacy brands, building winning teams, championing progressive narratives on modern India, essaying their journey of confidence, spirit and strive rooted in strong life insights while equally being global in lifestyle expressions.
I believe Marketing is a paradoxical juxtaposition of art and science. And as a student of the art and a researcher of the science, I passionately pursue my dream of building real, human, authentic brands that cherish a personal and an intimate relationship with their consumers.
Accolades/Awards/Recognitions certificate
1. Marketing Leader of the Year category at ETPrime Women Leadership Awards 2023
2. Wonder Woman Award by Indian Television 2025
3. IMPACT 50 Most Influential Women 2022
4. Navashakthi Awards by Sankara TV, one among nine women of excellence in Tamil Nadu
5. Pitch Awards 2022 – The CMO Social Responsibility Award
6. Jury Member Pitch Marketing 30 under 30 2025
7. Jury Member: Mobile Marketing Awards, Maddies 2022
8. Jury Member: Kyoorius Creative Awards, 2022
9. Panellist at Adobe's Experience Makers Live Keynote Panel
10. Panellist at Digital Marketing Conference TechManch 2022 organised by Exchange4media
11. Speaker/ Presenter at AIMA’s 4th BusinessUnusual Series
Membership/Association affiliations or accreditation certificates
1. Titan Representative | CII National Committee on Marketing Leadership
2. Member executive council | The Indian Society of Advertisers (ISA)

Ullas Vijay is a seasoned marketing professional with over 15 years of experience in managing large brands across lifestyle, fashion, sports and food categories. A progressive leader, he has successfully led teams in building and revitalizing brands across retail and FMCG. He has spearheaded new category development, brand extensions, NPDs and variating for various brands by understanding gaps, consumer insights and product-brand fit.
In his last role as Head Category & Communication at Bata India, Ullas led the brand marketing team to accelerate market share gain through sharp brand positioning campaigns like “Surprisingly Bata”, brand alliances, elevating customer experience through visual merchandizing across channels, retail & social activations, PR and CRM - all integrated through channel relevant communication roadmap.
With his strong business acumen, he drove the sneakerization journey of the brand with Sneaker Studio concept and Unlimited Sneakers at Bata that contributed to business growth and were recognised as best practice globally, adopted across all opcos. He spearheaded the launch of Floatz, the first 2-mile fashion brand from Bata globally, which is on the road to become ~100 cr brand within 2.5 years of launch. With his passion for innovation, he launched 1st 3D OOH, AR Tryon on website, interactive Lift & Learn in stores and a new brand proposition for Hush Puppies.
He was previously associated with Perfetti Van Melle India Limited as the Associate Director Marketing where he handled a portfolio of global and domestic brands the group’s largest brand Center Fresh, and extensions, Mentos. He anchored campaigns like “Mentos Dimag Ki Batta Jala De” and “Center Fresh: Tazi Saans Hamesha Rakho Paas”. During his stint with Ferrero India Limited, he drove profitability agenda through new formats in packaging and communications. He has also been associated with ITC Limited where he successfully repositioned and re-launched Dark Fantasy portfolio, making it one of the biggest premium biscuit brands in the country.

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Saurabh Sharma is the Head of Marketing at Ather Energy, bringing with him over 15 years of experience across marketing and P&L roles in diverse industries and company life stages. Before joining Ather, Saurabh led several successful brands at organisations like Nerolac Paints and Mahindra SUVs. He joined Ather six years ago as the company’s first brand head and played a pivotal role in shaping its brand portfolio, including the Ather 450X and the family scooter, Ather Rizta.
In the last two years, Saurabh took on the role of General Manager for Ather’s scooter business, steering operations through a competitive phase marked by new product launches and increased activity in the EV two-wheeler segment. Now, he leads Ather’s marketing function, bringing together deep brand experience and sharp business acumen to drive the next phase of growth.

Shawn Chandy serves as the Chief Marketing Officer at Paragon, bringing to the role a wealth of experience and a strong focus on driving growth. With over two decades of expertise spanning Marketing, Brand Management, Promotions, and Advertising, Shawn has consistently delivered outstanding results. His distinguished career is underscored by a proven track record in building and elevating brands, employing a diverse range of strategies, including advertising, event management, and targeted product promotions, all geared towards enhancing product acceptance and boosting profitability.
Throughout his career, Shawn has left an indelible mark, holding pivotal positions in Marketing & Branding Leadership at renowned organizations such as Raymond, Samsonite, Aditya Birla Retail Limited, GroupM, and Rediffusion. His extensive knowledge, honed through years of dedicated effort, has firmly established him as a highly esteemed figure in the field of marketing.
Shawn holds an MBA degree in Marketing from IES MCRC and a Bachelor's degree in Accounts from H.R. College of Commerce & Economics.

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