September 2023 – Page 51

Marriott International promotes Khushnooma Kapadia to vice president – marketing

Khushnooma Kapadia started her career at Arther Andersen as senior associate. She has worked with Good Relations India too.

Prior to this, Khushnooma Kapadia was Marriott International’s area director – marketing.

Campa Cricket: Reliance Consumer Products introduces a sports themed Campa drink

The carbonated drink, which is lemon flavoured and has the specialties of electrolytes will be made available in 250 ml and 500 ml packs at Rs 20 and Rs 30, respectively. (Image source: Moneycontrol)

Campa Cricket will be available in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, Gujarat, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh.

India is going through a phase of creative confidence: Diageo’s Amitabh Pande

"India is the capital of creativity." - Amitabh Pande, chief consumer planning, strategy and digital officer at Diageo India

Amitabh Pande, chief consumer planning, strategy and digital officer at Diageo India shares his bullish views on India’s creative industry, Storyboard18’s YoungGuns, YoungGuns all around the globe and more.

No Luck By Chance: IIT study shows skill prevails over fate in online poker, rummy

India's sizable youth population is identified as a driving force behind the gaming sector's growth, with India and China collectively contributing to 50% of the world's data traffic.(Representative Image: Onur Binay via Unsplash)

As per the report, in both games, skill improves as users play more and more games, and there’s no difference in this whether the games are played online or offline.

Nazara Technologies secures Rs 100 crore investment from Zerodha founders

The new directors join chief executive officer Anirban Mukherjee and chief finance officer Arvind Agarwal on the board of PayU India. (Representative Image: Towfiqu barbhuiya via Unsplash)

Among other things, the infusion of fresh funds will be utilized to invest in funding requirements and growth objectives of the company for making strategic acquisitions and investments in various companies.

ShareChat launches ad film “What’s Trending Today” created by Schbang

The film portrays a scene in an office where two colleagues are trying to strike up a cordial conversation. Through their conversation, they discover the perks of being connected to the whole world through ShareChat, allowing them to stay updated with "Poori Duniya ki Kahani" (the whole world's story).

Titled ‘Aaj Kya Trending Hai?’ (What’s Trending Today?), the brand film aligns with ShareChat’s positioning as a hub for all things trending and culturally significant.

MRF Tyres appoints Pratip Francis as general manager – advertising and digital marketing

Pratip Francis started his career at Haier as assistant manager - sales and marketing.

Pratip Francis will lead brand management across, above the line (ATL), below the line (BTL), digital and public relations.

Ranveer Singh promotes message privacy in Whatsapp campaign

In a candid conversation, the actor opened up about what's in his phone and how he protects his most private conversations on WhatsApp.

The video almost has Ranveer Singh spilling the beans but instead educates people on the importance of private and secure messaging with simple privacy features like end-to-end encryption, chat lock, screenshot blocking for view once messages on WhatsApp.

PhonePe collaborates with Amitabh Bachchan; introduces celebrity voice feature

PhonePe SmartSpeakers provide voice payment notifications in multiple Indian languages, with up to four days of battery life, data connectivity, a battery level LED indicator for ease of use, audio alerts for low battery levels, and a replay button for the last transaction.

The celebrity voice feature is currently available in Hindi and English, with plans to roll this out for other languages in the future.