‘He always had a smile on his face and something new to share every time we met’
Industry veteran Dr Kushal Sanghvi remembers Ratish Nair
It’s definitely really crazy times that we’re living in and while we continue to leapfrog ahead in #digital its some of our dear friends from this #digitalmarketing world that we’re continually losing
Ratish Nair a dear friend for so many years unfortunately left us all on Friday. As many would know, he was one of the earliest advocates of digital advertising and was the strong force of the founding team of a company that many would remember as Mediaturf. Many from that same team then created Interactive Avenues, which was also one of the biggest digital advertising agencies of the times then
He always had a smile on his face and had something new to share each and every time we met. One of the early veterans to even launch an ad network called Ad Magnet then
It’s terribly a déjà vu or crazy co incidence that we had also lost Ramani from a few years ago, and can’t seem to understand why GOD takes some of the best people so early
In fact, an Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta alumi, he continually found ways to give back to various students and we often crossed paths at various B schools too. There’s probably hundreds who have worked and learnt under him across all these years and they’re spread across the whole industry.
There’s been so many of his close friends/ associates like Ishan Raina Sir Anjali Hegde Sunil Miranda Shams Jasani Shantanu Deshpande Harish Iyer Kewal Lohia Paras Mehta Abhishek Punia Amey Kshirsagar Imtiyaz Punjabi Reem Saied Lynette Fernandes Dsouza Atul Hegde
It’s a terrible loss for the whole digital marketing industry of another stalwart and I’m sure so many of us would remember the times that we had with him and his contribution to our industry across various platforms like Internet and Mobile Association of India where many of us have been with him on various boards over the years.
Subho Ray a time for all of us to pay our tributes to this brilliant peer
Let’s all take a minute and remember him
RIP dear friend Ratish. Gone too soon ??
