Category: Brand Makers

Bookstrapping: Just Aspire – Notes on Technology, Entrepreneurship and the Future By Ajai Chowdhry

One of the most insightful things in the book has to be Ajai’s reference to Harvard professor Harry Lewis’s indictment of the education system and its inability to focus on character building of the students as follows, “Universities have forgotten their larger role …rarely will you here more than promised about their personal strength, cooperation, compassion and how to leave the world a better place than you found it.” (Image source: Amazon)

In Just Aspire – Notes on Technology, Entrepreneurship and the Future, Ajai Chowdhry touches upon the concept of pen friends, references to Harvard professor Harry Lewis’s indictment of the education system and its inability to focus on students’ character building, and throws light on the real meaning of charity.

GroupM Nexus India makes Saif Shaikh the head of non-biddable

In his new role at GroupM Nexus, Saif Shaikh will focus on the long-term prioritization of campaign implementation, leveraging cutting-edge tools and software for media planning and data management, and providing media activation solutions to clients.

Saif Shaikh takes over from Sidhartha Patnaik, who has assumed a regional remit as head of non-biddable at GroupM Nexus APAC.

India is open to Chinese investments: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

This was followed by similar questions on former American president Donald Trump and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

In 2020, over 300 Chinese apps were ban and several electronics companies including Xiaomi, Vivo and Oppo experienced stringent interrogations for their operations in India.

Dentsu X India onboards Jose Leon as CEO

Prior to joining Dentsu X, Jose Leon held the position of managing director at the Publicis Groupe for over five years. His leadership experience also extends across global technology giants like Adobe.

Jose Leon will report to Anita Kotwani, CEO Media, South Asia, Dentsu.

Kingshuk Mitra moves on from Essence to join Star Sports

At Essence, Mitra’s role entailed reporting into the Global COO, ensuring the ongoing success and profitability of the agency by delivering consistent work quality to their clients across APAC, and making sure their business strategy translates into smart day-to-day operational decisions.

At Star Sports, Kingshuk Mitra would be reporting to Ajit Varghese, Disney Star’s Head of Network Advertising Sales. Mitra’s appointment comes after Ambarish Bandyopadhyay’s departure from the company in March during the IPL season.