Shantanu Banerjee has been appointed as Xansa India’s Director-HR. He move from Bharti Airtel where he was Head of HR Engagement of Bharti Airtel. Prior to that he was with Bharti Televentures and Indo Rama Synthetics.
Subita Bhagotra has recently joined MBD Group as Head-Corporate Communication Division. She will look after Radisson MBD Hotel, MBD Alchemie (web-based learning programme for students appearing for medical & engineering examinations), MBD Publishing and Mixed Use Development (Hotels-cum-Malls). She moves from Era Group where she was Senior Manager-Group Corporate Communication & Brand Promotions.
McCann Erickson has seen action down South with Dileep Ashoka, VP & GM, Bangalore, being promoted as Senior VP & GM-South. In his new role he will also look at Chennai operations besides his current role of managing the Bangalore branch. Ashoka, who has spent a large part of his career with McCann, has also worked with Contract and O&M, Bangalore.
Sharad Goel has joined as VP-Corporate Communication in Reliance Capital, part of the ADA Group led by Anil Ambani. He moves from Dabur India where he was Corporate Communication Head for four years. He has earlier worked with Max Attev, an IT firm. He began his career as a journalist with The Economic Times for six years.
HLL is beefing up vending operations for its ice cream brand Kwality Walls to perk up sales. The company has set a sales growth target of 30% through trikes and carts, much higher than the past two years' growth of 16% and 22%, respectively. Vending accounts for nearly 75% of sales for Kwality Walls.
Consumer electronics major LG Electronics will soon restructure its business model in India. It plans to move from a supplier-focused business to a more customer-focused management approach to achieve a quantum leap in its Indian operations.
The Audi has launched a new vehicle in India after a long gap. The latest offering from the German carmaker is perhaps India’s most expensive SUV – Q7 – which will be available in two versions priced at Rs 61 lakh and Rs 77 lakh.
Geodesic has launched the beta version of an innovative mobile Internet radio service called Mundu Radio. Mundu Radio offers free access to unlimited music or broadcast content of choice to its users from any part of the world on their mobile devices.
MTNL has taken yet another initiative to improve its communication with its customers. The telecom service provider launched the second edition of its e-newsletter ‘MTNL Buddy’ in the Capital on Friday.
McDonald’s and National Geographic Channel have come together for their latest in-store promotion. With the ‘Roboraptor Contest’, both of them are trying to woo the young audience with a Jurassic experience.
Sports lovers will have more than one reason to watch Ten Sports this weekend. The channel has lined up an action-packed weekend with the finals of the men’s Hockey World Cup, round 14 of the Moto GP and the Sunfeast Open Tennis tournament.
The Indian Cellular Association will be organising Mobile Asia 2006, the erstwhile Mobile Expo, from October 13-16, 2006 in New Delhi. Through Mobile Asia, the mobile industry will display its new products and technologies. There will also be a special exhibition on ‘Evolution of Handsets’, displaying the saga of the cell phones from the first handset launched in 1994 to the latest handsets.
Grey Cells brings under the scanner the affluent 40-45 year-old urban men, who are at the peak of their careers and the height of their earning power. Essentially, these are the chief wage earners in the family set-up. They are effectively every marketer’s dream come true.
Envisaged on the same lines as ‘Nach Baliye’, Vijay TV is gearing up to launch ‘Jodi No 1’. The Tamil satellite channel has already roped in as many as eight couples in order to add glamour and colour to the show. ‘Jodi No 1’ would be launched on October 7 and will be aired on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm.
Shantanu Khosla, MD, Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care, was unanimously elected Chairman of the Board of The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI). Bhaskar Das, Executive President, BCCL, was elected Vice-Chairman.
Michael Moritz, the man behind the set-up and growth of Internet giants like Google and Yahoo!, was in Mumbai on September 15 to share his experiences of investing in Internet companies.