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IBLA Jury Meet: The best is yet to come for India, according to Hindustan Unilever CEO Rohit Jawa

According to Jawa, India cannot focus on a few quarters of inflation, deflation, because that's really a small sliver in the larger arc of the country's trajectory. "We are very, very as Hindustan Unilever, very optimistic, we have been here 90 years, and we have seen this our business and our country, go from strength to strength, and I think the best is yet to come." (Image source: CNBC-TV18)

Manny Maceda, CEO, Bain & Company, Chair, India Business Leaders Award (IBLA) Jury. Maceda was speaking at the IBLA Jury meeting alongside other IBLA Jury members such as Standard Chartered Bank’s Zarin Daruwala, Mahindra Group’s Anish Shah, Federal Bank’s Shyam Srinivasan, HUL’s Rohit Jawa etc.

Creator Economy Summit: Finfluencers self-policing as a community will be ideal, says SEBI official

Ananth Narayan of SEBI said that finfluencers need to communicate and help the market regulator form better regulations. (Representative Image: Towfiqu barbhuiya via Unsplash)

SEBI whole-time member Ananth Narayan asked the finfluencers to help identify the snake oil sellers and help make regulations better.

SAT’s decision clears path for smooth Zee-Sony merger, easing legal hurdles

The NCLAT will be hearing a challenge to the Zee-Sony merger on May 17. (Source: Moneycontrol)

The tribunal’s decision to set aside Sebi’s order has come as a significant relief to Zee Entertainment, alleviating the company from the legal uncertainties that clouded its merger plans with Sony Pictures India.

Publicis Groupe’s BBH onboards Anupam Chauhan as senior vice president – account management

As the senior vice president - account management, Anupam Chauhan will shape the agency's future growth.

Based out of the agency’s Gurgaon office, Anupam Chauhan’s date will be to lead and drive the account management function.

Omnicom picks up Ascential’s e-commerce business, Flywheel Digital

NIC Ice Cream was co-founded in 2012 by Jeetendra Bhandari, Sanjiv Shah, and Raj Bhandari, and it serves in 86 cities across India. (Image source: Claudio Schwarz via Unsplash)

This is for a net cash purchase price of approximately $835 million.

Pureplay Skin Sciences’ Shivani Behl joins Foxtale as chief marketing officer

Shivani Behl started her career with Tata Motors and went on to work across Reebok India Company, VIP Industries, Reliance Brands, Lakme Lever and Shoppers Stop.

Prior to this, Shivani Behl was the CMO of Pureplay Skin Sciences.

TRAI grants second extension for comments on National Broadcasting Policy Pre-Consultation Paper

The framework provides for using cross-sector cooperation in carrying out RS testing with the help of other ministries and agencies.(Image source: News18)

A National Broadcasting Policy is seen as a critical step to guide the development and growth of the broadcasting sector, especially in the context of new and emerging technologies.

TRAI extends deadline for comments on 5G digital transformation consultation

The consultation paper on the new broadcast policy will be released within the next few days, said the TRAI chairman. He added that Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has completed the process of pre-conversation for a broadcast policy. (Image sourced from Moneycontrol)

TRAI has decided to extend the deadline for the submission of written comments until November 27, 2023.

Why it’s critical for ad agencies to sometimes say ‘no’ to clients

As Seth Godin beautifully puts it, “If you’re not proud of it, don’t serve it. If you can’t do a good job, don’t take it on. The short run always seems urgent, and a moment where compromise feels appropriate. But in the long run, it’s the good ‘no’s that we remember.” (Representative Image: Max Böhme via Unsplash)

Taking on work way beyond their capacity is a chronic mistake many ad agencies make. Both agency founders and clients are guilty of being passive witnesses when this happens.

Nikhil Kamath invests in Sharan Hegde’s The 1% Club

The 1% Club is a members-only platform founded by Sharan Hegde and Raghav Gupta. (From left to right: Sharan Hegde, Nikhil Kamath, Abhijeet Pai and Raghav Gupta)

The investment will help strategically position Hegde’s startup at the forefront of fintech innovation and influencer-driven businesses.