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Entrepreneurship is not a TikTok trend: Rohit Raj, The Glitch founder

"I want to work closely with fintech startups and help them scale during their acquisition phase," says Rohit Raj

The Glitch’s founder Rohit Raj has quit the agency to start his own fintech venture. He tells us about his advertising journey, new opportunities for agencies, and more.

Megha Tata, Discovery‘s former MD joins Cosmos Maya as CEO

At Cosmos-Maya, Tata aims to leverage her wealth of knowledge and decades of expertise to drive the organisation’s next phase of growth.

Megha Tata was a managing director at Discovery Communications India. She joins the animation company Cosmos Maya as chief executive.

Varun Duggirala, Rohit Raj, co-founders of The Glitch, quit to start own ventures

Varun Duggirala, Rohit Raj, co-founders of The Glitch

Varun Duggirala is working on a slow-growth project; Rohit Raj plans to set up a fintech startup after quitting the WPP-owned The Glitch.

Wunderman Thomspon appoints Preeya Vyas as its first global chief experience officer

Preeya Vyas, global chief experience officer, Wunderman Thompson

Prior to this, Vyas was the chief strategy and innovation officer at DeVito/Verdi.

Ogilvy CEO Devika Bulchandani: ‘When I started in advertising I was one of the few non-White people’

Devika Bulchandani said India is one of the top five markets for the agency.

Devika Bulchandani, global CEO of Ogilvy, joins the club of Indian-origin business leaders at the helm of big multinational corporations.

Dentsu Creative India hires Joy Mohanty as its chief creative officer

Joy Mohanty is the new chief creative officer of Dentsu Creative India. Prior to this, Mohanty led Goldilocks - an agency from the Usha International group.

Mohanty will report into Ajay Gahlaut, group chief creative officer, Dentsu Creative

CXO Moves: Meta, Havas, Unilever, McDonald’s, Zenith, MediaCom, Hero Motocorp

Meta elevates Arun Srinivasan, Wieden+Kennedy India gets a new business head, and Havas Worldwide India continues to strengthen its leadership team. (Representational image via Unsplash)

Key executive moves in the world of brands and agencies. Find out who’s moved up, in and out.

Dan Wieden of Wieden+Kennedy, who created Nike’s ‘Just Do It’, dies

Dan Wieden, American advertising executive and co-founder of Wieden+Kennedy, was widely regarded as one of the industry's greatest creative minds, who had built a culture at his indie agency that put creativity over conformity.

Dan Wieden, co-founder of Wieden+Kennedy, dies. Global ad industry mourns the passing of the revered adman and brain behind Nike’s Just Do It.

Bookstrapping Review: The Crimson Spring by Navtej Sarna

In The Crimson Spring, when Navtej Sarna writes about fights, he becomes a warrior. When he writes about temples, he becomes a believer. And when he writes about love, he becomes a poet. (Image: Amazon)

Navtej Sarna’s The Crimson Spring leaves you wondering what could possibly motivate the atrocities inflicted by Dyer and Dwyer. Bookstrapping Rating: 3.5 stars.

ASCI appoints NS Rajan as chairman

NS Rajan - Chairman, ASCI

At the meeting, Saugata Gupta, managing Director & CEO, Marico Limited, was elected vice-chairman, while Shashidhar Sinha, chief executive officer at IPG Mediabrands India, was appointed honorary treasurer.