Jury
Grand Jury
Avneesh Khosla
Chief Marketing Officer, Vodafone Idea Limited
Avneesh Khosla is the Chief Marketing Officer of Vodafone Idea Limited, India’s leading telecom service provider. As the CMO, he spearheads the company’s consumer initiatives and is focussed on building a strong franchise for Brand Vi - India’s newest telecom brand, born out of the world’s largest network integration. At Vodafone Idea, Avneesh is spearheading key strategic agendas around driving a strong business transformation through a digital first approach. Avneesh Khosla’s 25+ years of professional experience spans across diverse industries such as Telecom, Retail and Advertising. He joined Hutchison in 2002 and has since held various leadership roles in Vodafone India and Vodafone Idea across the business spectrum of Sales, Distribution, Marketing and Customer Experience. He has led the marketing efforts for Vodafone India in his earlier role, and more recently in the combined entity of Vodafone Idea Ltd. Avneesh holds a post graduate degree in Business Administration from IMT Ghaziabad and a bachelor degree in Economics from Hindu College, Delhi University. He is a culinary enthusiast and loves to travel to different parts of the world seeking pleasures of the palate.
Ashish Tiwari
Chief Marketing Officer, Future Generali India Life
Insurance
Ashish is a marketing professional with over 16 years of experience into various verticals of marketing. He currently leads Marketing & Digital transformation for Future Generali India Life Insurance as its CMO.
During the career span of 17+ years, he had worked for brands like Hero, Vodafone, HCL, Jubilant, Nokia, eBay etc. and is extensively trained on consumer/trade/B2B marketing. He has handled assignments of Digital Marketing, Consumer Insights, Data Analytics, CRM, ecommerce, product management, consumer promotions, brand & PR management to name a few.
Ashish is decently tech savvy in amalgamation of various platforms (mobile/web/voice) & technologies and the usage of data mining & visualization softwares. Off-work, he is a music buff besides being an avid reader, and loves to cycle around in his free time.
Ashim Chatterjee
Chief Marketing Officer, India, Aliaxis
Seasoned CXO with 24 years of multi-sector experience in P&L management & growing large brands. Successfully launched Aditya Birla's fashion E-commerce portal abof.com, built Tetley in India and led major brands Sundrop/Saffola/SugarFee. Vast expertise across multiple sectors – FMCG (Foods, Beverages, Personal Care, OTC), E-Commerce, BFSI & Building Materials. Continuous recognition for innovation-led strategy.
Amitt Sharma
CEO & Founder, VDO.AI
Inventor, Artist and Serial Entrepreneur. Started first company at age 15. Loves innovation and building for future. Passionate about Technology, Philosophy and Physics. Have built category leading software products having millions of users globally. 2 Exits. 3 Patents pending. 5 papers published in IEEE. Traveler, explorer and always on lookout for the next adventure.
Ankit-Oberoi
CEO & Founder, AdPushup
Mr. Ankit Oberoi is the CEO and Co-Founder of AdPushup, a leading advertising technology company which helps web publishers and e-commerce companies accelerate their revenue growth.. At AdPushup, he has led the product development, market strategy, and business development efforts, which has allowed the company to scale to 4 billion+ monthly impressions for over 300 publishers worldwide.
Prior to AdPushup, Ankit dropped out of college to lead the strategic development at Innobuzz, an EdTech startup he co-founded in 2007. Under his supervision, Innobuzz had grown from a two-room office to a multi-national information security brand.
Recently, Ankit has become a member of the exclusive invitation-only ‘Forbes Business Council’. He is also a member of SaaSBooMi, a community of founders and product builders shaping India's SaaS industry, which came together in the summer of 2015 as an informal group of SaaS founders looking to network and learn from each other. The community’s mission is to help SaaS founders learn from each others’ journeys across different life stages of their companies--from ARR of $0 to $100 million and beyond.
Ankit is a published author on The Entrepreneur, YourStory, SocialMedia Today, among other publications. Ankit has a wide area of expertise ranging from growth hacking, inbound marketing to UX design. Apart from work, he loves to travel and is obsessed with learning new languages.
Arpanarghya Saha
Chief Digital Officer, Nippon India Mutual Fund
Arpanarghya Saha, or Arpan as he is fondly called is a Digital veteran in India & APAC. He has 20 + years of experience across e-Commerce, BFSI & Retail industries. He has an MBA from the prestigious FMS Delhi & an alumnus of the renowned St. Xavier's Collegiate School, Kolkata..
Arpan is the Chief Digital Officer at Nippon India Mutual Fund. He is responsible for all aspects of Digital at Nippon India Mutual Fund (NIMF) & for building Digital quotient, driving proliferation & transforming NIMF into a Digital Leader. Earlier to this Arpan was heading Digital Transformation and Go to Market for the ecommerce major in APAC called Snapdeal.
With an astute strategic Digital roadmap & razor-sharp execution, Arpan has delivered exceptional growth. Digital contribution to overall transactions has moved upward to levels of 50 % at Nippon India Mutual Fund
Arpan has driven a mindset change within NIMF, building an organisation-wide Digital focus. He has set up a Digital Centre of Excellence consisting of a cross-discipline team to deliver best-in-class, innovative digital practices. He established the Digital Asset Re-engineering Programme that aims to deliver scalable & futuristic, frictionless & user-friendly experiences. His focus on building paperless channels for investors & driving Digital adoption amongst the salesforce has yielded great dividends. Arpan implemented a robust framework for user growth & engagement via contemporary tools & technologies like Adobe stack, real time AI based analytics, etc. Such rigour has led to more than 1/2 of new customer acquisition driven Digitally (as compared to the erstwhile 1/10th).
Arpan forged strong alliances with Digital distribution partners to drive greater penetration. His game-plan of 'go where the traffic is' has helped garner a substantial market share on partners' platforms, from traditional ones to new age ecommerce & Fintech players.
Arpan has driven many path-breaking innovations like Conversational Commerce - APAC’s first AI powered, cutting-edge solution that allows investors to transact using Voice. It has won many awards & accolades. The same has been featured in global forums by Google as an Innovation study. Another noteworthy mention is the BusinessEasy2.0 App which empowers Independent Financial Advisors to transform into a Virtual Salespersons & remotely service customers & help them transact electronically in a paperless way.
His earlier work is featured in global case studies for pioneering referral campaigns using social media. He was responsible for inventing the LinkedIn and Facebook based referral campaigns that are now adopted by various multinational corporations across industries. For this he won the Yahoo – Big Idea Chair award across the industry and was felicitated with the Chairman’s Award for Innovation from American Express Worldwide. He has been also awarded the prestigious ET BFSI Awards for Digital Excellence in Nov 2019 and CII Award for Digital Transformation across Industries in Dec 2020. In 2021 Arpan was appointed as a Key Personnel for Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd
His future vision is to drive financial inclusion across real Bharat with the 3 pillars - Voice, Vernacular & AI/ML based intelligent assets. For him, Digital is a Perpetual Beta & he believes that learning here is a continuous boot & reboot.
Allen Sharma
Director Sales - India, Outbrain
Allen Sharma is the Director Sales of India for Outbrain, where he is responsible grow and bring scale to the demand side revenue in India. Allen will spearhead the advancements in market penetration of the entire range of Outbrain’s Amplify product portfolio across advertisers, brands and agency partners in India.
Allen has over 12 and half years of formal experience in the Indian media industry. Akin to the evolving nature of the Indian media landscape, Allen has handled various roles and responsibilities across both digital and broadcast media companies; ranging from business research, advertising sales, branded content & intellectual properties sales, programmatic (RTB monetization), content syndication, and strategic partnerships.
Prior to taking this position, Allen was the Head of Digital Sales at ABP Network where he was responsible to establish and grow revenue from partner brands, agencies, launch new products and revenue verticals. A seasoned digital professional and sales leader in the digital and broadcast media industry, Allen has previously worked at ABP Network, Times Network, Bloomberg UTV and Network18.
Anindya Khare
Marketing Head, Zee Media Corporation Ltd
Anindya Khare currently holds the position of the Marketing Head at Zee Media Corporation limited. Mr. Khare comes with a strong Brand & Product Marketing background having spent 22+ years in the Electronics/Oil & Gas/Automobile/Energy Storage industry. Prior to joining the Zee Group in 2021 he has worked with brands of national/international repute like Valvoline/Livguard/Piaggio/AkzoNobel/Shell/BPL and has been primarily heading marketing for these brands.
He has delivered many successful brand campaigns and
initiatives in various industries and been also associated
with global brand launches & brand revitalization
projects.
Mr. Khare is an alumnus of XLRI, Jamshedpur .
Ashima Kakar
Head Marketing, NLB Technologies
Ashima Kakar, a Brand Strategist and Marketer firmly
believes in the power of 3D (Data, Design and Digital) as
the premise of any new age marketing. During the course of
her career thus far she has she has focused on creating an
intertwined culture of performance and passion.
In a marketing career spanning close to two decades she
has worked across B2C and B2B aspects across 7 industry
vertical ranging from nation branding to consumer retail
and technology with global brands such as Tech Mahindra,
IBEF, Trident Group, Publicis Sapient. Currently as the
Head of Marketing for NLB Technologies she ideates with
the business on the emerging vectors of growth for product
and services equally.
During the course of her career Ashima has partnered with
key global influencers such as WEF, Wall Street Journal,
GSMA, IBC, USIBC, CII, Invest India and also served as
member of the board for formulating the digital marketing
strategy for the Future Skills initiative of NASSCOM.
An alum of IMT Ghaziabad, Ashima loves going back to her
alma mater to engage and discuss on digital marketing and
integrated communication strategy. Outside of work she is
a diversity champion and invests time in upskilling of
self and others.
Charandeep Singh Chawla
Head Marketing & CRM, TVS Credit Services
Charandeep Singh heads Marketing and CRM function at TVS Credit. He is an Agricultural Engineer from Punjab Agricultural University and an MBA graduate in Marketing from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai. With over 15 years of experience in marketing, sales, CRM, and strategy across BFSI and automotive companies, he has led various initiatives in brand communication, market research, digital business, analytics, and customer relationship management. He has been at the helm of several transformational initiatives, including the development of corporate websites and mobile apps, and several award-winning brand campaigns. He has also successfully executed programs to enhance customer experience and engagement. He has been instrumental in developing the new brand identity for TVS Credit leading to a new visual identity system and re-positioning for the brand in line with changing business requirements. Under his leadership, the organisation has won several accolades for various marketing campaigns, such as the prestigious RMAI Flame Awards Asia 2018 for The Best Visibility and Visual Campaign of the Year. He was also named as APAC’s Top content mogul for the year 2020 by CMS – Asia, Top 100 Digital Marketers by Adobe Digi100 for the year 2018, and Top 50 Content Marketing Leaders by LinkedIn for the year 2018. In addition, during his stint at MMFSL, he won the Youth Achiever of the Year at the Rural Marketing Awards 2017.
Gaurav Mehta
Chief Marketing Officer, Zupee
Gaurav Mehta is the Chief Marketing Officer of Zupee. In his previous employment, Gaurav was Chief Marketing & Content Officer of the largest Auto tech company in India – CarDekho Group. Prior to CarDekho, he was the Chief Marketing Officer for OLX South Asia & General Manager - OLX Pakistan. He drove OLX to become among the most trusted and admired consumer internet brands in the region.
A post graduate in Brand Management and Media Planning from MICA, Gaurav has diverse experience spanning 19 years, which includes 13 years as a leading digital business executive in companies such as Yahoo, OLX & CarDekho. An analytics and research driven marketer, Gaurav has been in the mobile marketing space since 2008, and has also showcased his entrepreneurial streak with his company, BrandDNA, a branding and marketing consultancy. He has been felicitated with the ‘Marketer of the Year’ award by Exchange4Media Indian Marketing Awards in 2015 and Power Profile by LinkedIn in 2016. He was also recognized as ‘Forty under Forty’ by Exchange4Media Group in 2018 & 2019. He is an avid reader with interest in the field of politics, economics, and history.
Girish Hingorani
Head - Marketing & Ecommerce, Cooling & Purification
Appliances Group, Blue Star Limited
Coming soon...
Ishan Bose
Chief Marketing Officer,KreditBee
Ishan is currently the Chief Marketing Officer for KreditBee (India's Largest FinTech Platform for Personal Loans for Professionals). With a decade of experience, he has handled Field Sales, Inside Sales, B2B Sales, Business Development, Collections, Customer Support, Learning & Development, PR and Events at various stages at KreditBee. He has previous experience in Social Media Consulting (Social Analytics, Social Intranet, Gamification, Social Media Management) and Product Management. He is also a TEDx Speaker and has been invited as a Keynote Speaker, Guest Lecturer, Panelist and Judge by many renowned forums & colleges in India.
Jaskaran Singh Kapany
CMO, Xiaomi India
Jaskaran Singh Kapany (popularly known as Jas) heads marketing at Xiaomi India, the country's number 1 Smartphone & Smart TV brand. He took over in 2021 & in his current role he overlooks all marketing initiatives across the company.
Before joining Xiaomi India, Jas headed Marketing at Paytm & was responsible for making Paytm one of the most trusted household names in India. During his journey at Paytm, he was instrumental in building the brand from scratch since 2015 & helped the company's user base reach 350 million+ people. His efforts were instrumental in Paytm sweeping all noteworthy international & national Marketing Awards, including a Lions at Cannes, Envies, D&AD & the most coveted 'EFFIE Client of the year 'for Marketing Effectiveness ahead of many iconic incumbents.
Prior to joining Paytm, Jaskaran was Vice President, Marketing & E-commerce, at ICICI Prudential Life, India's number 1 Private Life Insurance company. At ICICI Prudential Life, he also managed the companys' E-commerce business. Before ICICI Prudential, he spent 5+ years with premier advertising agencies such as LOWE LINTAS & JWT.
He was adjudged as an IMPACT 40 under 40 winner in 2019 - A Top Achiever under 40 in the Indian Marketing, Media & Advertising domain. He has also featured in the Campaign Asia- Pacific "Power List 2020"- Asia-Pacific's 50 most influential and purposeful marketers. He was also adjudged as a top 30 CMO by IAMAI in their Super30' – CMO Honor Roll 2019 & 2020- a premium listing of India's 30 most innovative & effective Chief Marketing Officers. He also won top honours at E4M Pitch' CMO Awards 2020.'
He is a passionate long-distance runner & a travel aficionado.
Lucky Saini
VP & Head of Brand Marketing, Meesho
A marketing leader and brand strategy speaker with over 12 years of brand management and marketing strategy experience. A whole brain leader, Lucky is potent combination of left and right brain thinking with valuable brand management, brand launch, category building and advertising experience across some of the leading brands in India.
- 12 years of marketing and advertising experience
- Indeth experience in building and managing internet
brands
- Valuable experience of branding strategy and brand
launch, relaunch and refresh.
- High performer across stints
- Team management experience
Brands worked with : Ogilvy & Mather | Flipkart | Vedantu | Dentsu | Manipal Education | Star Den
His experience in both advertising and marketing equips me to handle a marketing campaign not just from the creative point of view ( consumer insights, briefing, segmentation, creative development ) but also from the marketing point of view ( media choices, consumer and brand research inputs, campaign performance on brand and business measures etc).
He has managed campaigns spanning 360 degree touch points to highly tactical made for digital campaigns with business focus.
Mahuya Chaturvedi
CMO and online Business Head, Baggit
Mahuya is a marketing and Ecommerce professional who has
worked in large multinationals, media and advertising
agencies, Indian conglomerates as well as entrepreneurial
set ups
Her diverse experience includes media planning and
analytics at Lodestar Universal, heading brand and
Marketing at Aditya Birla, DDecor, Shaze , running a
marketing consultancy with FCB as Managing Partner ,
heading an advertising agency as COO Leo Burnett Orchard
and now she heads the ecommerce business across market
places and is the CMO at Baggit
She has created marketing analytics tools, is curious
about martech and propelled by the effectiveness and
experimentation that marketing analytics can yield in
increasing ecommerce revenues for businesses
She believes in the power of authentic brands that deliver
wonderful customer experiences, brands that come from a
purpose, and build a strong relationship with the
consumer.
She has been awarded multiple times with Gold at Ad Club , Mumbai; she has been nominated by Economic Times as an emerging professional, has authored articles, and taught in Business school
Nipun Kaushal
CMO, PNB Metlife Life Insurance
Nipun is the Chief Marketing Officer at PNB MetLife and has been associated with the company since March 2018.
Nipun leads the team responsible for full spectrum of marketing activities for PNB MetLife including Brand Communication, Digital Marketing and managing marketing and communication activities relating to building and supporting Sales channels. He is also responsible for all corporate communication including internal communication and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities for the Company.
Nipun holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Management Degree in Marketing. He also holds Fellowship in Leadership and Strategy from London Business School. Nipun has over 20 years of experience across varied Industries.
Ranjivjit Singh
Chief Marketing Officer, Hero Moto Corp
Ranjivjit is the Chief Marketing Officer at Hero MotoCorp since 1st July 2021. He has worked in the top multinational companies at CXO level for over 20 years, and has over 30 years’ work experience in building businesses and brands.
He was the Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Samsung Southwest Asia for 6 years from 2014 to 2020, having helped built a $10 billion (INR 75,000 Crores) company and the Most Trusted Brand.
He has varied experience in sales, marketing, go-to-markets, business operations, business development and consulting across diverse categories such as technology and consumer marketing and is a founding member of ICA (Indian Cellular Association). While at Ericsson, he also led the first Telecom outsourcing deal with Airtel.
Ranjiv started his career with Unilever and grew into CXO positions with Levi's, Ericsson, Microsoft, HP and Samsung. He is an MBA from Mumbai University with specialization in Marketing.
He is passionate about equestrian sports and mentoring and building businesses, brands and teams.
Roshni Das
Marketing Director, India Sales & Marketing, Intel India
Roshni has over 20 years of marketing experience spanning consumer, banking and technology sectors.
At Intel, Roshni has held both India and Asia Pacific roles. She brings rich insights from the Indian market as well as a deep understanding of brand building and marketing across APJ markets.
In her current role, Roshni is responsible for strengthening the Intel brand, driving product preference, supporting growth strategies and cultivating go to market opportunities across Intel’s client and data centric portfolios.
Before joining Intel, Roshni held a corporate sales and product management role at Standard Chartered Bank. She has also previously managed leading consumer brand accounts at Lowe Lintas.
Roshni is the Vice chair for the CII SME Vector and is a contributor to the Women Mentor Connect forums. Frequently invited to be part of panels and award juries, Roshni ison the 2020 shortlist for IMPACT’S 50 Most Influential Women in Indian Media, Marketing and Advertising Awards.
Sujatha V Kumar
Head of Marketing- India & South Asia, Visa
Sujatha has over 25 years of working experience in the field of Marketing. She has worked extensively in all key areas, such as Brand development, Launch strategy, Category Management, Retail strategy and promotions, Creating Advertising, Media, Consumer Behaviour, Client Engagement, Market Research and In-market implementation of Programs.
Current Position and Responsibilities
Sujatha is the Head of Marketing for Visa India and South
Asia. She is responsible for driving the overall marketing
strategy and execution, including consumer, retail and
digital marketing initiatives for India and the emerging
markets of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and the Maldives.
Previous Positions
Prior to joining Visa, Sujatha was the Head of Brand &
Reputation, Marketing & Strategy at Google India. She has
over 25 years of experience in strong consumer marketing
companies. Sujatha started her career at Procter & Gamble
and, over the years, has gathered rich experience in sales
and marketing across companies such as Gillette, Nokia,
The Royal Bank of Scotland and Coca-Cola.
Simran Hoon
CEO, The Q
As Chief Executive Officer at The Q, a fast- growing Hindi general entertainment channel, Simran leverages her experience and insights to provide strategic direction to create new opportunities for the company and drive organizational growth.
Since her appointment, Simran has built a strong and robust entertainment ecosystem for The Q. Under her aegis, the Hindi general entertainment channel has witnessed exponential growth in the industry with numerous milestones.
With experience of over two decades in the media industry, Simran is one of the youngest women in a senior C-level leadership role in India.
With a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management (PGDMM) from The Times School of Marketing, New Delhi, Simran worked as a Senior Officer with The Times of India Group, thus beginning her journey in the media and entertainment industry. Prior to joining The Q, Simran held the position of Executive Vice President and Head of Ad Sales at Viacom18. At Viacom18, under her leadership, the team successfully established COLORS channel as the leader in revenue amongst all Hindi general entertainment channels. She has also worked in various leadership positions at leading media and entertainment conglomerates such as Zee Entertainment Enterprises, Star India and Sony Entertainment Television.
Simran, a Delhi University graduate, completed her B.A. Economics (H) from Miranda House. Her passion and ethics come from her defence upbringing, taking all the organizations she worked with, on a proven growth track. An ardent result-oriented personality who values hard work, Simran is a risk-taker with astute thinking and creativity.
As a proud pet mom, Simran is a member of Pet & Animal Shelter Forums. She is also a keen traveller and a sportsperson with interests in marathons and horse-riding.
Udit Malhotra
Head of Marketing, MG Motor India
Udit is a result oriented Marketing and Communications Professional with over 11 years of rich experience in Integrated Marketing, Content Marketing, Digital Marketing, Digital Transformation, Social Media Marketing, Content Strategy, Online Reputation and Crisis Management, Technology Products and Services.
He has worked closely with Small Businesses as well as large Multinational Organizations and delivered effective and award winning Digital Marketing Solutions for Fortune 500 brands like Ford Motor Company, American Express, Avon, PepsiCo and Nestle in a short span of time.
As a part of his current stint he is the Head of Marketing at MG Motor India.
Udit Jain
Chief Marketing Officer, Airtel Payments Bank
Udit Jain is the Chief Marketing Officer at Airtel Payments Bank, the first Payments Bank in India. In this capacity, he leads brand building, marketing and communication for the Bank.
Udit has over 16 years of progressive experience in long term business strategy development, brand management, communication, digital marketing, new product development, customer and shopper marketing and sales which straddles across leading business conglomerates. A passionate business manager and marketer, Udit is credited with a strong sense of long-term vision and an eye for detail. He also plays a key role in shaping long term growth strategies for the Bank.
Prior to joining Airtel Payments Bank, Udit worked with brands like Airtel, Reckitt Benckiser, and Tecumseh Products Company. During his tenure with Airtel, Udit is credited with achieving ever highest scores on saliency and consideration in highly competitive and disruptive category. He also played a key role in the conceptualization and execution of some path breaking campaigns like “Sab Kuch Try Karo, Fir Sahi Chuno” and Airtel Thanks, one of the first telecom rewards program in the industry.
An alumnus of Management Development Institute, Udit holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering. Beyond work, Udit is an avid reader especially on startups and their business strategies.
Virat Khullar
Group Head – Marketing, Hyundai
Currently Group Head - Marketing, Hyundai India Overall
20+ years in India with Auto Majors. Suzuki, Renault and
Tata.
Diverse experience in Sales, Advertising and Marketing and
New Product Strategy.
Ambitious and a Go-getter, Infectious and Fun-loving, All
with a Goal to be the best in whatever I do, wherever I
be!
Traversed through front line franchise management to a
regional manager role onto several diverse national
portfolios. Been in varied dynamics of different regions
across the country.
Lead teams of professionals and have man management as a
major strength.
Selection Board
Ajay Dhyani
Head- Marketing & E-commerce, Timex Group
*Marketing Communication & Brand-change evangelist with
nearly 19 years of rich experience in developing winning
marketing communication
* Change leader through digital transformation, striving
towards business volumes & growth in ecommerce sales
channel
* Entrepreneurial mind-set professional with consistent
success in starting, building, growing, and improving the
profitability, performance, and value of business
* Spearheaded all aspects of digital strategies across
various channels such as Google ads, SEO, SEM, Display,
paid campaigns, Social & Influencer Marketing &
Digital/Programmatic Media for maximizing online
visibility with increased traffic and conversion
* Think-tank and Creative Strategist for end-to-end
marketing functions including ATL Marketing Communication,
trade marketing, PR, GTM and Campaign Management
* Exhibited excellence in diversified communication
portfolios including, websites, media activities, events &
exhibitions & newsletters
* Unique blend of visionary leadership with expertise in
attainment of top-line and bottom-line by driving
portfolio pricing & product conceptualization
Amit Saxena
Associate Vice President - Marketing, Times Network
Indra has close to 2 decades of working experience in IT & Digital Technologies, IT-OT integrated applications and Industrial automation related solutions. At present, he is leading IT & Digital function in Cairn Oil & Gas, Vedanta Limited, responsible for designing the technology roadmap aligned with business objectives of higher recovery, greater resources & reserves, better asset integrity and reliability driving efficient operations, more automated business processes and improved HSE. He is also very keen on spreading the culture of innovation, holding a patent granted by USPTO. He is an evangelist for digitalization in various forums.
Avi Kumar
Chief Marketing Officer, Join Ventures
Avi Kumar is the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), Join
Ventures. He leads global marketing for Join Ventures and
its portfolio companies - IGP.com, IGP for Business and
Interflora India. Recognized among the Top 30 CMOs by
IAMAI, Kumar brings over a decade’s experience in online
business and marketing leadership roles to Join Ventures.
He is a digital eclectic recognized for converting data to
consumer insights to market strategy for growth and has
built large brands in the Tech, Content and CPG space. As
the Head of SVOD and Brand Marketing for India's leading
OTT platform, ZEE5, he was responsible for the growth of
D2C and B2B business through a host of multimedia
campaigns and industry-first innovations to establish the
brand as the streaming platform of choice for millions of
consumers in a short span of 3 years. Prior to ZEE5, Avi
has led the marketing for India's largest radio brand Big
FM and was instrumental in the growth of Oriflame in
India.
Ankit Rawal
Senior Director - Sales & Marketing, MAAS
Ankit is Senior Director Sales & Marketing at Affle. Over his 15+ experience he has worked across both bigger companies from Microsoft, Oracle to startups like InMobi & Affle. His expertise lies in converting white spaces into sustainable business revenues across several Emerging markets (IN, SEA, MEA, LATAM, CIS). Prior to Affle he was at InMobi where he GM-India in the last remit spending 6.5 years from the early founding days. A prolific columnist & writer, a mindful practitioner who teaches digital marketing at various B schools.
Adil Sanwari
Head - Digital Media and Transformation- HP India, SL & BD,
HP India
Digital Marketing professional with 11+ Years of Digital Media strategy and Transformation experience, with a focus on customer engagement, data driven marketing and automation capabilities that strengthens the funnel, and helps achieve effective ROAS. Singing is my passion, an amateur cook and a travel junky!
Abhishek Kumar
Digital Marketing Head (Domestic & International Business),
Natural Remedy
A creative, entrepreneurial and self driven professional with proven leadership qualities, seeking an environment that would offer a fitting platform to optimize existing skill sets.
I have marketing experience with Technology leaders like IBM India and National Instruments, Fashion giant like ELLE Fashionwear and FMCG like Coca Cola. And Currently, working as digital marketing manager with United Spirits Ltd.
Handling the marketing and sales of these distinct brands have given me ample opportunities to get learn the basics of marketing plans, sales and digital marketing.
I hold Masters Degree from Symbiosis International University in MBA (Marketing Communication).
My keen interests are in the domain of Marketing and Sales, Advertising, Social Media & Digital marketing, Brand Building, Events & promotions and Marketing Communication.
Indradyumna Datta
Chief Digital Officer (Dy.), Cairn Oil and Gas
Indra has close to 2 decades of working experience in IT & Digital Technologies, IT-OT integrated applications and Industrial automation related solutions. At present, he is leading IT & Digital function in Cairn Oil & Gas, Vedanta Limited, responsible for designing the technology roadmap aligned with business objectives of higher recovery, greater resources & reserves, better asset integrity and reliability driving efficient operations, more automated business processes and improved HSE. He is also very keen on spreading the culture of innovation, holding a patent granted by USPTO. He is an evangelist for digitalization in various forums.
Jahid Ahmed
Vice President and Head - Digital, Content and Social Media
Marketing, HDFC Bank
Jahid Ahmed is an astute Digital Marketing professional with over 14 years of experience in the BFSI sector. He has been instrumental in institutionalising Data driven Digital Campaigns, Mar-Tech and Transformation set ups across various BFSI organizations. One of the early adopters of Content led marketing, he has used content strategies to drive brand salience and consideration The winner of CMO Asia's ‘Top 50 most influential Marketing Professional' in BFSI Category, he is also an ardent Digital evangelist, speaking in multiple forums like IAMAI, Adobe Symposium, Facebook community, Exchange 4Media forums, etc
Jahid is currently heading Digital and Content Marketing at HDFC Bank where he looks after Online Acquisition ,Website innovation, Analytics, Social Media listening and Content marketing. His Digital Mantra is to drive hyper personalised relevance in customer's digital journey by seamlessly weaving Channel Orchestration, Design and Tech innovation.
Kapil Ohri
Head- Digital Marketing, Dabur
Kapil Ohri, has more than 15 years of experience in digital media across digital transformation, digital strategy, media planning, programmatic advertising and content. Currently, he is leading digital marketing at Dabur India. Prior to this he has worked with organizations like Arvind Lifestyle, Mindshare, Ogilvy, afaqs! and FCB Ulka and has worked on digital marketing for categories like FMCG, Consumer electronics, Home appliances, Automobile and Aviation etc. Kapil has also authored a series of books titled – The Curious Digital Marketer.
Kaushik Chakraborty
Senior Vice President - Digital, Tata Capital
Kaushik is a digital-first marketer with over 20 years of extensive cross-functional experience in marketing, digital transformation, online sales and service excellence. He has been at the forefront of the digital transformation journeys of organisations like Tata Capital & UTI Mutual Fund. He has set up digital businesses for Retail & Commercial banking consumers from scratch in various organisations and in his current role he is driving digital initiatives along with digital marketing at Tata Capital. Other organisations where he has worked in Sales and Service functions are Standard Chartered Bank and ICICI Bank. He is a true blue BFSI marketer with rich and varied experience across NBFC, Consumer Banking, Asset Management and SME Banking spaces during his professional career.
Kirtiman Kohli
Digital Marketing & CRM Lead, Reckitt Benckiser India
Digital Marketing Professional with eight years of diverse experience in setting up and scaling Digital Marketing practices and E-commerce channels for a variety of verticals like Food & Beverages (Domino’s Pizza), Tech Media(91mobiles), Luxury E-commerce(Lootlow.com) and now FMCG (Reckitt). Currently leading Digital Marketing and CRM at Reckitt for their Personal Care Portfolio including brands like Durex and Veet. Previously managed eminent consumer brands like Dettol, Enfagrow, Moov, Strepsils, Itch Guard, Ring Guard, DermiCool, Gaviscon and Disprin.
Namrita Mahindro
Chief Digital Officer, Aditya Birla Chemicals, Filaments and
Insulators
Coming soon...
Nikhil Kumar
Senior Director Brand & Strategy, IN & SEA, Mediasmart
Consumer Marketing professional with over a decade of experience working in FMCG, Retail, F&B & Ad-Tech set-ups with global brands like Puma, L'Oreal, Cafe Coffee Day and recently Bytedance & InMobi. He was voted & awarded as one of India's Most innovative Mar-Tech leaders in 2019 by World Marketing Congress. With a career spanning over 14+ years - Nikhil has worked across multiple functions with his domain expertise primarily being Brand Marketing (digital & offline), Business strategy/ Sales & Go-To Market plan/ execution across consumer goods, retail & start- up eco system. In his recent roles, he has led business functions across India, SEA, EU & has previously led marketing/business functions at Cafe Coffee Day, L'Oreal, Puma, HouseJoy & InMobi.
He currently leads the business of India & Southeast Asia for mediasmart, an Affle company.
Priyadarshi Banerjee
AVP –Marketing & Digital Solutions, Worldwide Media Brands,
The Times Group
Priyadarshi Banerjee is a cross functional media & marketing strategist with a decade’s experience having worked across multiple functions in the publishing industry - including Consumer Marketing, Digital Brand Solutions, Content and Audience strategy, Creative Strategy and Campaign Management. He has spent over 15 years of experience working in the media and publishing industry including working for licensed businesses of global brands like Readers Digest, Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes International and National Geographic.
Priyadarshi has also had a short stint in the business of Advertising, where he worked in the area of Aviation, Lubricants, BFSI and FMCG brands specializing in running consumer & trade loyalty programs. His education background includes prestigious names like St. Xavier's College Kolkata and IMT Ghaziabad. In his current role with The Times Group, Priyadarshi handles the over-all marketing, brand solutions strategy, short form content production and digital monetization for the entire portfolio of Worldwide Media brands that include the flagship lifestyle and entertainment businesses like Femina and Filmfare.
Priyadarshi is an empiricist to the core, a firm believer in the new media revolution and consumer evolution theories, apart from being a part time musician and an avid traveler.
Rachin Khanijo
CMO, Beginnen Media – Azaad
Rachin Khanijo is a renowned media professional with over 17 years of extensive MarComm experience. He has worked with Large Organizations and Start-ups in the Media & Entertainment industry, constructively providing strategic marketing impetus and direction to their growth plans. His career includes stints such as 'Associate Director - Marketing I COLORS: 'Marketing Head - &TV: 'Brand Director - Filmfare, Femina, Good Homes: Vice President - Marketing, Eros Now. As Beginnen Media Pvt Ltd’s (BMPL) Chief Marketing Officer, Rachin heads Marketing, On-Air Promotions, Research, Corporate & Digital Communications, Public Relations & Distribution..
Vishal Jacob
Chief Digital Officer, Wavemaker India
As a digital marketer Vishal Jacob has witnessed the roller-coaster ride of India’s digital marketing transformation journey from up close and personal – from the dotcom burst in the early 2000’s to the current age of data driven marketing. The purpose has remained the same – enabling brands to establish a deep connection with the consumer - yet the means whether through Search, Social, Mobile, Programmatic etc. have dramatically evolved and are continuing to do so at a frenetic pace.
Vishal considers himself fortunate to have worked with some of the best clients and the best talent in all aspects of digital marketing across India and parts of South East Asia. Vishal has led and assisted clients across industries (Auto, FMCG, Telco, Media & Retail) in their digital transformation journey hinging it on creating a connected ecosystem of paid, owned & earned properties. The result has been a purposeful digital media strategy that drives business outcomes.
During his previous roles he has been instrumental in helping a small 8-member team grow into a 100-member team and become one of India’s finest and most successful digital agencies. Their work has been recognized and awarded in multiple global forums such as the Festival of Media, M&M Global, World Media Awards & WPPED Crème.
Vishal is also a published Author and a certified coach from ICF with further specialization in transactional analysis and NLP, Vishal continues to nurture and coach talent to prep them for leadership roles. In his current role Vishal continues to drive this transformation with a focus rooted deeply in nurturing talent and enhancing digital product capabilities.
Vigyeta Agarwal
Head Of Brand Marketing, Voot
Vigyeta leads brand marketing for digital products at Viacom18, encompassing Voot, Voot Select and Voot Kids. Before Viacom18, Vigyeta was leading the on-platform marketing for Mobiles, the largest category for Amazon, and was also part of the founding team at Amazon Business. She started her career with Hindustan Times, working across a diverse set of roles in both Print & Radio.
In 2012, Vigyeta took a sabbatical to pursue a course in Baking & Cake Decoration and founded and operated a home-run bakery called The Answer is Cake. She finds peace at home by pursuing creative interests such as pottery and furniture painting. At the height of the pandemic, she fulfilled a long- harbored desire and brought home a 10-month-old Indie, called Ollie. He is a rescue and now their lives center around him.
Zubin Kutar
Head - Digital Marketing, Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India
Zubin brings with him 20 + years of Digital Marketing expertise in the industry. He has been responsible for pioneering and transforming digital marketing platforms, techniques and approaches to construct new and exciting ways of creating awareness, engagement and generating revenues from the Digital medium – Web and Mobile across the global markets (namely India and North America)
He has rich experience of more than a decade in the Banking and Insurance industry where he set up and led the online digital marketing functions across ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and ICICI Lombard General Insurance.
Prior to joining Mahindra Holidays he was with Dr Reddy’s Laboratories where he led the foundation to build the digital road map for Dr Reddy’s brands.
Zubin’s work has been recognised by industry experts and thought leaders. He has been jury member and a speaker at numerous digital marketing awards ie. Brand Equity’s India Digital Awards 2021, IDMA (Indian Digital Media Awards ) by Exchange4Media, Drivers of Digital & Market Summit, Digital MarCom leadership awards to name a few.
He was recently recognised as the Top 100 thought leaders in Digital by “IMPACT Digital Power 100 by Business World & Exchange4Media”
He loves reading about technology, innovation and its impact on business and our daily lives. He has a very keen interest in Indian Mythology and Indian stock markets.