Category: Brand Makers

SpiceJet’s Shilpa Bhatia and Arun Kashyap resign

In February, SpiceJet announced its plan to cut down on its workforce. Around 1,400 employees, which constitutes 15 percent of the total workforce are likely to be given the pink slip. (Image sourced via CNBC-TV18)

Shilpa Bhatia and Arun Kashyap, who are likely to start their own charter airline business, March 31 will be their last working day at SpiceJet.

Oscars gets 19.5 million viewers on TV, largest in four years; Full list of winners

The 96th edition of the Academy Awards were held at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, United States. Cillian Murphy took home the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in "Oppenheimer". The Oscar for the Best Actress was won by Emma Stone for "Poor Things". (Image source: CNBC-TV18)

Walt Disney Co-owned ABC network got an audience of 19.5 million viewers on television, a 4.3 percent increase from last year’s Oscars ceremony.

Meta sues former VP Dipinder Singh Khurana for ‘brazenly disloyal’ conduct

Over the last eight years, Meta says it has rolled out industry-leading transparency tools for ads about elections or politics, developed comprehensive policies to prevent election interference and voter fraud, and built the largest third party fact-checking programme of any social media platform to help combat the spread of misinformation. (Representative Image: Dima Solomin via Unsplash)

Khurana, also known as T.S. Khurana, had worked at Meta for 12 years and was the company’s VP of infrastructure.

Aman Gupta and boAt: From humble beginnings to rocking the global wearables market

A Delhi native, he carved his path from humble beginnings to becoming a prominent figure in India's entrepreneurial landscape. Born in 1982, Gupta received his early education at Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram. Despite familial expectations, Gupta diverged from the conventional career trajectory by venturing into entrepreneurship.

Launched in 2016 by Aman Gupta and Sameer Mehta, boAt emerged as the world’s second-largest wearable device manufacturer in 2023.

DDB Group Singapore ropes in Subodh Deshpande as chief strategy officer

Subodh Deshpande joins from a global consulting firm Innate Motion, where he led teams to build human-centric brand narratives for global companies such as Unilever, HP, Kellogg’s, Upfield, Suntory, and Reckitt’s across India, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.

In his new role, Subodh Deshpande will work alongside chief executive officer Jeff Cheong and chief creative officer Vinod Savio, and will spearhead the agency group’s strategic product for local and regional clients.

Pepperfry onboards Mahip Dwivedi as VP – marketing and head of marketing

Prior to joining the ecommerce furniture company, Mahip Dwivedi served as the chief marketing officer at Tyke Investment & the Head of Performance Marketing & SEO Growth at Flipkart.

Mahip Dwivedi will spearhead the organisation’s marketing strategy, brand communication, performance marketing, retention, and public relations functions.

IAMAI’s DNB committee appoints Happilo’s Vikas D Nahar as chair; Smytten’s Swagat Sarangi to be co-chair

The IAMAI Digitally Native Brands Committee contributes towards the progress and growth of the digital consumer brands sector through policy engagements with governmental departments, regulatory bodies, opinion leaders and industry captains. The committee engages in key sectoral issues pertaining to logistics and supply chain, marketing and advertisement and regulations hampering industry efficiency. (From left to right: Vikas D Nahar and Swagat Sarangi)

Vikas D Nahar is the founder & chief executive officer, Happilo, and Swagat Sarangi is the co-founder, Smytten. They have been appointed to chair IAMAI.