Selection Board
Akshay Tapase
SVP- Digital Marketing, AU Small Finance Bank
Consumer Marketing and Brand Management Professional with areas of work across Digital & Social Media Marketing Strategy, Campaign Management, Marketing Analytics, Strategic Brand Alliances, Product Marketing, Sports Sponsorship Management, Visual Merchandising, BTL Activations and Vendor/Agency Management.
Sameer Jain
VP & Head D2C Ecommerce, Max Life Insurance
Sameer is a leader focused on Growth and Innovation, with a passion for solving problems at an intersection of customer and business, leveraging technology and data. He is currently working with a team that sets benchmarks for the industry and is focused on their mission to build the largest and most loved D2C Insurance business in India
Ankit Desai
Head - Media, Digital Marketing & Brand PR (India & Global COE), Marico
A media professional with extensive experience in digital marketing, strategic media planning/buying and revenue strategy.
Specialist in building digital strategy which links back to brand objectives.
Sai Thota
Head - Digital Marketing, Ferns N Petals
Sai Thota is the Head of Digital Marketing at FNP. He is responsible for digital marketing across all the global locations viz., UAE, Singapore, Saudi & Qatar other than the home country India. He is a postgraduate from the University of Hyderabad & did his executive program in Management from IIM Ahmedabad. Sai aspires to be a social entrepreneur and is also currently researching on that future project.
Shaurya Tyagi
Head Digital Marketing and Loyalty, Reliance
Shaurya started his career as an Engineer and worked for quite a bit before deciding to join marketing instead. He learnt the basics of marketing communications from MICA and after passing out, has been working in Digital Marketing teams. He has varied experience from FMCG to entertainment, gaming to insurance, and apparel to retail. He thinks that communication and technology when weaved seamlessly can help in creating compelling content formats.
Athul Uday
Head of Brand on Digital, CureFit
Athul Uday leads brand initiatives that intersect digital and community experiences at Curefit. He is the custodian of cultfit’s multi-million strong social communities, evangelizing the importance of fitness and celebrating the transformative journeys of customers. Prior to this, he was Head of Digital at United Breweries Ltd, where he drove SOEs to the tune of 80% for Kingfisher and Heineken family of brands on digital. Previously, Athul co-founded Happy Cook, then India’s largest meal kit brand and had marketing stints with Godrej, Amagi and Kirusa in Indian and African markets. Apart from his passion for marketing, he enjoys badminton, reading and traveling.