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Bookstrapping: Supermindful by Eliza Lay Ryan

A quote by Meryl Streep features in the book Supermindful. It reads, "I'm curious about people. That's the essence of my acting." Our reviewer thought that was impressive and insightful. (Image source: Amazon)

Supermindful by Eliza Lay Ryan is a book that attempts to teach readers to be not only creative but also has insights to be a better person. Bookstrapping rating: 3.5 Stars.

Anant Maheshwari joins Honeywell as President and CEO, to lead high growth region

Anant Maheshwari joins Honeywell from Microsoft, where he served as president and chief executive officer of Microsoft India.

Maheshwari returns to Honeywell with more than a decade of experience working in Honeywell’s high growth regions and most recently leading Microsoft India for seven years.

DDB Tribal appoints Purva Ummat as Group Creative Director

Purva Ummat will report to Iraj Fraz, who heads creative for DDB Tribal.

In Purva Ummat’s decade long career, she has also worked on brands such as Aditya Birla Group, Paytm First Games, Marico. Her journey as a creative leader began early with agencies such as Dentsu Creative, McCann Worldgroup and Ogilvy.

Rediffusion appoints Dipty Gurjar to lead Bombay client servicing function

Gurjar with over 15 plus years of experience across India and Australia; having worked on a varied brand categories.

Previous to Rediffusion, Gurjar has worked in India with agencies such asThe Womb, Leo Burnett, Havas Media (earlier known as Euro RSCG) etc. and agencies like Chameleon and Impact in Australia.

Dentsu Creative appoints Manzoor Alam as ECD

As per the mandate, Alam will spearhead teams working on brands like Honda Cars, Max Healthcare, Catch Spices, Royal Stag, 100 Pipers, Herbalife, Hamdard, and Carlsberg, to name a few from the agency’s Gurgaon office.

Avyan Global appoints Gautam Dutt as CEO

Gautam Dutt brings with him extensive industry experience having held senior marketing and agency roles across India, China, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

In his new role, Gautam Dutt will be responsible for driving expansion of Singapore headquartered Avyan Global through accelerated client acquisition and regional expansion primarily focussed on Southeast Asia and India.

Havas Worldwide onboards Kundan Joshee as managing partner and head – West and South

Kundan Joshee will be based in Mumbai and will report to Tarun Jha, chief executive officer, Havas Worldwide India.

In his new role, Kundan Joshee will oversee Havas Worldwide India’s West and South India operations, which handles some marquee clients including Citroën, Britannia The Laughing Cow, JBL, Celio, Tata CLiQ Luxury, among others.

Nykaa CMO Shalini Raghavan quits; Founder and CEO Falguni Nayar takes charge

Nykaa's founder and CEO Falguni Nayar stepped up to take direct oversight of the marketing function, given its criticality, as per the report. Shalini Raghavan was the CMO at L’Oréal India for around two years before she joined Nykaa.

Shalini Raghavan is among six executives who have resigned since April as per the company.

Nykaa’s marketing head among six executives to quit, CEO takes charge

During the quarter, the company acquired 100 percent stake in Iluminar Media Private Ltd for a total consideration of ₹29.27 crore. (Image source: Moneycontrol)

Among the key exits is the departure of Chief Marketing Officer, Shalini Raghavan, prompting Nykaa’s founder and CEO, Falguni Nayar, to assume direct oversight of this crucial function.

Emami Agrotech’s Debabrata Mukherjee to join Bata Bangladesh as MD and CEO

Debabrata Mukherjee started his career at Hindustan Lever as area sales manager. Then, he began his journey at Coca-Cola India as sales manager.

Debabrata Mukherjee led Emami Agrotech previously as chief marketing and strategy officer.