Month: January 2024

Priya Nair takes over as Unilever’s Business Group President, Beauty and Wellbeing

In 2023, Priya Nair became a part of the Unilever Leadership Executive which also comprises Nitin Paranjpe, Unilever's Chief People and Transformation Officer, and Rohit Jawa, who is the current CEO of HUL

Priya Nair joined Hindustan Unilever in 1995. As Business Group President, Beauty and Wellbeing for Unilever, Nair will oversee a €12 billion business.

UpGrad announces appointment of CP Gurnani to its board of directors

Under Gurnani's 19 years of leadership as Tech Mahindra’s Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, the company scaled up significantly, both in terms of operations/innovations and topline, retaining its position among the Top 5 Indian IT marquee players.

Gurnani becomes the second non-executive director after the India HQskilling giant announced the appointment of Chegg’s Dan Rosensweig in March last year.

What makes Deepika Padukone a brand?

Deepika Padukone has endorsed several Indian brands such as Asian Paints, Jio, Dabur, Tanishq, and Axis Bank, as well as international brands such as Chopard and Levi’s.

As Deepika Padukone turns 38, Storyboard18 deciphers what makes the Bollywood actress a brand.

India’s media landscape drives Asia Pacific video industry surge, clocks $13 billion revenue in 2023

Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam have high conversion ratios, Hindi and Kannada record mid conversion ratios, Gujarati, Marathi and Bengali record low conversion ratios. (Representative Image: Nicolas J Leclercq via Unsplash)

According to an MPA report, the fastest growing revenue generating video industry markets over 2023- 2028 will be Indonesia, Philippines, India, Vietnam and Thailand.

Explained: How Disney’s most famous characters have been affected by copyright law

Since 1928, Disney has come up with various versions of the cartoon character, and for each version, its copyright law will expire after 95 years. (Representative Image: Evan Fitzer via Unsplash)

Storyboard18 looks into the history of Mickey Mouse and other personalities that will witness its copyright expiring and being readily available in the public domain.