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Sun Pharma’s Tarundeep Singh Rana joins Zydus Healthcare as CMO

Tarundeep Singh Rana has also worked with Win Medicare, Hamdard Laboratories and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories.

At Sun Pharma, Tarundeep Singh Rana was head of marketing and e-commerce, consumer healthcare.

Zoo Media appoints Vishnu Kanth Gokul BJ as head of sales and partnership

In his new role, Vishnu Kanth Gokul BJ will report directly to Pratik Gupta, founder and CEO, Zoo Media ensuring streamlined communication and alignment with the company's overall objectives.

In his new role, Vishnu Kanth Gokul BJ will be responsible for driving strategic growth and fostering valuable partnerships to further expand Zoo Media’s market presence.

Puneet Chandok to lead Microsoft’s India operations

Chandok will oversee the integration of Microsoft’s businesses across South Asia, including Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.

Puneet Chandok’s appointment as corporate vice president of Microsoft India and South Asia will be effective September 1. He will assume the operational responsibilities from Anant Maheshwari.

Make My Trip’s Vipul Prakash joins DFM Foods as CEO and MD

Vipul Prakash started his career at PepsiCo as marketing director for the brand Pepsi, and he rose to the ranks to head the multinational food, snacks and beverages corporation as senior vice president.

Previously, Vipul Prakash led MakeMyTrip as chief operating officer.

Medlife’s Meera Iyer joins SkinQ as CEO and co-founder

Meera Iyer's career includes a tenure as the CMO at BigBasket, during which she significantly expanded the private label business to 25 cities and achieved substantial topline growth. Furthermore, she spent nine years at Unilever, last as the regional brand manager for Dove and Pears.

Prior to SkinQ, Meera Iyer served as the business unit head for the RPSG Group (Dr Vaidya’s), where she steered the brand through a post-acquisition phase and readied it for relaunch.

TVS Motor Company gets Ron Bhuyan as head of social media and content for EVs

His innings at OnePlus began as a social media specialist and his last position there was as the lead - social media, content and community. Then, he joined Byju’s as senior manager - brand and creative strategy.

Ron Bhuyan has previously worked at OnePlus and Byju’s.

Ogilvy India’s Karthik Krishnan joins The Content Lab as executive creative director

At Ogilvy, Krishnan handled the creative mandate for brands like Cadbury Silk, Cadbury Bournville, Cadbury Dairy Milk, Cadbury Bites, Cadbury Desserts Corner, Marico Set Wet, HUL Love & Care.

Karthik Krishnan comes with an experience of more than 15 years. Till most recently he was a creative director at Ogilvy India.

Diageo India’s Deepika Warrier joins Bajaj Auto as head of marketing

Deepika Warrier spent 20 years with Pepsico, where she was instrumental in driving strategic development, innovation, brand equity enhancement and resource allocation across a range of beverages, and juice-based drinks.

Deepika Warrier was most recently the chief marketing officer at Diageo India.

D2C firm The Sleep Company appoints Ripal Chopda as CMO

Chopda will be responsible for overseeing all marketing endeavors, strengthening the brand's market presence, and implementing robust marketing strategies that resonate with the target audience.

Chopda joins the company from Vini Cosmetics where he was serving as the category director.

Omnicom Media Group elevates Deep Singh as national head of strategy

Deep Singh has over 17 years of experience in the fields of advertising, media, brand, process consulting and teaching. Before joining PHD, he was leading the strategy product at Mindshare for its North and East regions.

Deep Singh’s responsibility will include addressing the strategic requirements of OMD and PHD India’s key clients, followed by leveraging the agency’s future-facing offerings to help clients unlock new potential and build a strong, strategic foothold for Omnicom Media Group in the market.