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Genpact’s Piyush Mehta’s role expands as country manager, India

“India’s talent has always been a prime differentiator for economic growth in the country,” said Piyish Mehta, CHRO and country manager, India, Genpact.

Piyush Mehta, who is Genpact’s CHRO, in his expanded role, he will leverage his expertise to drive Genpact’s AI-first strategy in India, driving value for key India stakeholders while continuing to lead the company’s HR function globally.

Sandeep Walunj joins Motilal Oswal Financial Services as Group CMO

Sandeep Walunj has 20-plus years of a track record in building and transforming businesses to higher profitability through nurturing brands, process and product innovation, and digital transformation with sharp focus on the consumer value chain. He has worked across Blue Chip FMCG, BFSI and modern retail companies across India and Middle East, and North Africa. Walunj is an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad.

Sandeep Walunj was previously with Nippon India Mutual Fund.

BARC Ratings: CNBC-Awaaz leads Hindi business news segment with 52.4 percent market share

As a multi-platform brand with a stronghold on both TV and Digital, CNBC-Awaaz continues to evolve, adapting to the dynamic business world. The commitment to providing viewers with the news, analysis, and insights needed to navigate the complexities of today's global economy remains unwavering.

According to the BARC data, CNBC-Awaaz captured the maximum market share at 52.4 percent, leaving behind Zee Business on the second position at 47.6 percent.

Hilton acquires majority controlling interest in Sydell Group

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)

Sydell will be responsible for design, branding and management of the NoMad brand while Hilton will lead all development.

Inshorts Azhar Iqubal takes over as chairman

Azhar Iqubal co-founded the company as a Facebook page along with Purkayastha and Anunay Arunav, where in 2013, Inshorts was released as an app.

Deepit Purkayastha will take over as the chief executive officer.

InMobi elevates Aditya Varadarajan to director – India & SEA

Aditya Varadarajan started his career at Google as risk analyst and his innings at InMobi started off in 2019 as senior manager account management.

Previously, Aditya Varadarajan heading business development and account management across India & SEA for Microsoft Advertising at InMobi.

Layoffs: Amazon Web Services cuts hundreds in sales and marketing teams globally

According to a Moneycontrol report, at least 500 Indian employees too were laid off previously, but the impact came in a month later after the global downsizing. (Image source: Facebook)

A year ago, AWS let go of around 27,000 employees in multiple rounds.

In election season, lessons marketers can learn from politicians, and vice-versa

Most politicians understand the power of storytelling. People are more likely to remember and be inspired by a compelling narrative than just facts and figures. Marketers can take a page out of their playbook by framing their brand message in a way that tells a story and elicits an emotional response from their audience, writes Lloyd Mathias. (Image source: News18)

As the politics heats up and politicians get about their campaign, it’s a good time to look at the learnings, writes Lloyd Mathias.

Martech firm SingleInterface gets $30 million funding from PayPal Ventures, Asia Partners

The funds will be used to continue deepening SingleInterface's portfolio of hyperlocal marketing, engagement, and commerce products, particularly around advanced audience segmentation and personalized re-engagement. It also plans to use the capital to build its portfolio of AI-driven products. (Representative Image: markus Winkler via Unsplash)

Tarun Sobhani and Harish Bahl founded SingleInterface in 2014 as a full-stack SaaS platform that offers digital marketing, customer engagement, and ecommerce solutions for multi-location brands.

The Good Glamm Group ventures into the US; partners with Serena Williams’s cosmetics brand Wyn Beauty

Celebrity backed brands are raking in the sales, with stars like Rihanna and Priyanka Chopra all in the fray and leading the pack. As many as 43 celebrity beauty brands tracked by NielsonIQ collectively surpassed $1 billion in sales for the first time in 2023. Brands with star power grew at nearly 60 percent, which was faster than the overall beauty industry growth of 11 percent. (Image source: Moneycontrol)

The Good Glamm Group has been working closely with the tennis super star over the last 2.5 years to launch WYN BEAUTY by Serena Williams.