Mr. Prodipta Sen is co-founder and Executive Director of Marketing, Corporate Affairs & Retail at Alpha G: Corp Development Private Limited. Mr. Sen was invited to join as part of the core team of Alpha G: Corp with equity participation in November 2003. As an active member of the Alpha Team, he heads Retail, Vertical, Marketing, Sales, Administration and Corporate Affairs and is also responsible for strategising Alpha G: Corp’s brand image and establishing the correct public perception of its projects. Mr. Sen also spearheads the Retail vertical for Alpha G: Corp and has attained new standards of interaction, trust and cooperation in the large-scale retail developments of Alpha G: Corp. He is constantly seeking ways to learn from experiences and incorporating the same in retail by constant improvisation to facilitate team effort with retail partners in areas of design, convenience to the end users as well as in addressing growth opportunities in a transparent and win-win manner thereby setting benchmarks in teamwork and helping to usher in the eagerly awaited retail renaissance. Mr. Sen also introduced the Revenue Share Model for the company’s retail developments, ‘AlphaOne’, by incorporating a fresh, professional approach where retailers are now able to feel the confidence to share CAM at actuals. To promote optimum co-ordination and co-operation between the residents of Alpha G: Corp’s debut residential project, GurgaonOne and to sustain it as a model habitat, Alpha G: Corp along with the residents formed the Residential Welfare Association during the hand-over. Under Mr. Sen’s Presidentship, he undertook the responsibility for 3 years and one of the most significant milestone left behind was the arrangement of evolving a system of transparency and the decision making process on the basis of consensus. GurgaonOne was during that time short-listed as semi-finalist for the Asia Pacific Sustainability Project of the Year Award, a category for Sustainable Projects featuring Green Projects from the entire Asia Pacific Region.

Mr. Sandeep Bhatnagar has more than 10 years of experience in invigorating business processes, carving market spaces and revamping brands in the infrastructure & CPG industries. His forte is in strategic planning, implementation and monitoring results – and his stint’s scorecard rates high on delivering the value proposition to stakeholders. His participative style of leadership creates an intrapreneurial culture with a defined mission, unwavering priorities and collaborative accomplishments. As Head of the marketing planning department at ATS, Sandeep is responsible for planning & executing the entire sales & marketing strategy – including the gap identification, idea generation, process creation and tactical execution. Reporting to the CEO & Directors, he is responsible for laying the strategic pricing strategy within the boundries of the target cost to generate the desired value curve and differentiation. He is in charge of streamlining the marketing functions - namely the strategic planning of sales, customer experience and consumer perception - with a core leadership team of Brand and Product managers. Prior to ATS, Sandeep was Head of Marketing - South Asia for Grohe AG where he led the planning, marketing and communication functions.  He has also held management positions at Kallipareia Cosmetic and Systopic Labs.

Mr. Rakesh Bamzai has been associated with the biopharmaceutical industry in India for over 15 years and currently serves as President of Marketing at Biocon Ltd and is also a part of the key management at Biocon. Biocon was established in 1978 as an enzyme company but since the late '90s has developed into a fully integrated biopharmaceutical enterprise. Since joining the company in 1995, Mr.Bamzai has been a key player in spearheading this change. Today Biocon is a research-driven, global healthcare company with a strong matrix of capabilities along the biopharmaceutical value chain. Its priority has been the unaccounted medical needs in cancer, diabetes and inflammatory diseases, and offers novel and groundbreaking therapies on a platform of affordable innovation. Within this context Mr. Bamzai has spearheaded many strategic licensing partnerships which have rapidly provided Biocon with a wider global access and greater market penetration enabling it to deliver breakthrough therapies to millions of patients worldwide. Not only has he helped establish and strengthen Biocon in the international front, but has also carved a niche for the company in the Indian life sciences industry. Today, Biocon enjoys a global presence in over 75 countries and has witnessed the launch of trusted products such as Insugen (Human Insulin), Biomab EGFR, Erypro and Statix. A Food and Fermentation technologist from the University Institute of Chemical Technology in Mumbai, Rakesh Bamzai also has a Post-Graduate degree in Management from the Narsi Monjee Institute of Management Studies (Mumbai). He is an exemplary recipient of the 'Marketing Professional of the Year-2004' award accorded by Forbes at the India Brand Summit. In April 2008, Mr Bamzai was selected to be on the panel at the Harvard Business School to represent India at  "India Conference 2008". On July 31st, 2009 he received "Pride of the Industry," which was given to him by the Pride of the Industry Group. He was also awarded the "Best CMO of the year" at the Asia Brand congress recently.

Ravi Kathuria, in his role as Senior Vice President Marketing, Birlasoft, is responsible for employing best practices to deliver new customers, productively manage existing customer life cycle and provide strategic insights that contribute to the overall achievement of Birlasoft's business and financial objectives. An acknowledged IT marketing expert, he specializes in Branding, Market Research & Consumer Insights, Analyst Relations, Public Relations, etc. With a highly successful 20-year corporate career, Ravi has been involved in the IT industry for a decade and has held responsible positions in various companies including SSA Global, a Chicago-based MNC, where he held the Asia-Pacific charge; Invensys, a Fortune 500 UK-based company; and BAAN, a Netherland-based MNC. Ravi completed his B. Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and MBA from Punjab University, Chandigarh.

Ketan Kulkarni is Head-Marketing, Corporate Communications & Sustainability at Blue Dart Express Ltd.   Blue Dart is South Asia's premier No. 1 express air and integrated transportation distribution and logistics company. As part of the DHL group (DHL Express, DHL Global Forwarding & DHL Exel Supply Chain), Blue Dart offers an entire spectrum of distribution services including air express, freight forwarding supply chain solutions and customer clearance. He joined Blue Dart in December 2006, and is responsible for product innovations, customer activation and loyalty, market research, strategic intelligence, public relations, corporate communications and corporate social responsibility. He has also been entrusted with the role of the Senior advisor and Head-First Choice, the customer centric program underway at Blue Dart. A certified Master Bronze, he is accountable for leading & guiding change, organizational transformation and development of a Customer Centric strategy. An experienced sales professional, prior to Blue Dart, he has successfully led goal oriented national sales teams. He has been involved in running sales coaching & training, incentive programs, portfolio management, trade channel & distribution set-up & strategizing & operating Key Account Management structures. As part of the national sales leadership responsibility, he has had the opportunity to travel extensively across the nation and has virtually been to every state and its interiors, enabling him to gain tremendous insight & knowledge of the Indian market-space and its consumers. A thoroughbred Marketing professional with expertise in Sales Management and Advertising, Ketan has tremendous insights into the national, regional and global market trends and evolving scenarios in the future marketing planning & strategy, managing customer & targets, brand architecture, market research, retail management, buyer behavior, environment scanning & strategy develop are also his areas of core competence.

Sangeeta is responsible for all marketing and communications activities across the various business units for Capgemini in India. In this role she is responsible for market development activities for local business, managing the brand reputation in India through advertising, PR and TPA relations, along with the task of building employee engagement through internal communications. Sangeeta has nearly 13 years of experience in various fields of Marketing and Communication, across corporate communications, market research, consumer behavior, internal communication, branding and PR, across IT and other industries. She has worked with AC Nielsen (was ORG MARG then) and The Gallup Organization as a market researcher. She helped create brand identity for Accurum which was acquired by Kanbay in 2005. Post this, she managed corporate communications for Kanbay, which was acquired by Capgemini in 2006. At Capgemini she previously played the role of brand manager for India before moving to her current role in 2009.

Sameer Kaul is an accomplished visionary with 18 years of experience in spearheading marketing operations at a country level and a proven industry track record of delivering impressive business growth and top-line sales figures. He currently leads the entire pan India marketing operations at Dr. Lal Pathlabs, Gurgaon as Vice President-Marketing. Sameer has been instrumental in turning Dr. Lal PathLabs into a 'national consumer brand' since joining the company less than 4 years ago. His expertise lies in handling all sales & marketing/business development activities, analysing market trends & establishing healthy & prolonged business relations with clients, thereby ensuring higher market share. Sameer is the winner of numerous awards including the 2010 Trailblazers Brand Innovator of the Year in Healthcare (by Milagrow), 2011 Marketing Hall of Fame Award (by Paul Writer), 2012 Retail Leadership Award (by the Asia Retail Congress), and was selected to the 2012 MITR-50 - recognizing the top 50 CMO's in India (by IBM). Sameer is an avid speaker at the All India Management Association (AIMA) Brand Summits and was part of the Steering Committee for the AIMA's 2nd World Marketing Congress held in March, 2012. He received his MBA from Bond University, Australia and completed Specialized Executive Programs at two of India's leading business schools, IIM-A and ISB.

Nita, as the head of Corporate Affairs, oversees Godfrey Phillips Bravery – the company's long-running Corporate Social Responsibility initiative. With a fresh perspective on Bravery and its relevance to youth, she was instrumental in re-modeling the Godfrey Phillips Bravery Awards. Today from awarding acts of bravery it has grown to become a motivational movement. The initiative has now widened its scope to include championing the cause of women's empowerment through financial independence. The Women's Empowerment initiative is being promoted as ‘Amodini’, in partnership with leading NGOs in the field. There are various other programmes under Amodini created to directly benefit the women to live their life with pride and dignity. In Marketing Nita is responsible for a wide portfolio of brands within tobacco, tea and confectionary business of Godfrey Phillips India. Nita has completed a management programme from IIM Ahmedabad and also an advance management course from Harvard Business School.

Girish is a well known and accomplished MBA qualified sales and marketing professional with over 17 years with leading firms across Consumer Goods and Services sectors Formerly the Head Branding ADA Group and  part of the corporate strategy team Girish has over the past 3 1/2 years  played various leadership roles having launched the  high impact Reliance Power IPO campaign then been CMO at Reliance Capital the Financial Services wing  and now Head Branding managing the BIG brand across the Media and Entertainment vertical & CMO BIG Pictures. He also supports the brand development Strategy for NIS SPARTA and the KDA hospital. Girish’s notable contributions have been  the launch of Reliance Power, developing  the BIG brand architecture  across the Entertainment vertical straddling Music ,Home Video, Social Networking, Cinemas among others, establishment of the groups brand guidelines and Brand Knowledge portal and marketing of Bollywood blockbusters such as PAA among others.. Campaigns that he has been associated with have won awards both in India as well as Internationally. During his tenure the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group brand has moved up from Number 13 to number 3 among the Impact Buzziest Brands survey and to number 2 in the most valuable brands of India survey by 4Ps. Girish has earlier been with the UB Group as Head Marketing of their JV with Scottish and Newcastle Europe’ s largest brewer having successfully grown their strong beer portfolio to volume and value leadership and then being offered a global position at group HQ which he declined to stay on and launch Kingfisher Airlines  easily the most visible and high impact brand launch in the recent past . Girish has also held strong leadership roles  with Johnson & Johnson having launched their Consumer pharmaceuticals division and with Reckitt Piramal in various Sales and Marketing positions.

Mehernosh Pithalwalla is Head of Marketing and International Business for Godrej Security Solutions, India's leading brand in the Security Industry. He is responsible for marketing communications and developing international operations since 2007. While driving the brand strategy he has led several innovative and cost effective marketing communication solutions which have not only helped in building the brand but has also resulted in category adoption and development. Under his leadership, Godrej Security Solutions have won numerous esteemed consumer awards including the prestigious 'Superbrand' Award making it the only brand in the Industry to have ever won this celebrated award. Mehernosh has also been instrumental in managing Godrej Security Solutions' foray in the developed markets of US and Europe where he is responsible for ensuring the Growth strategy in the Global Market Mehernosh started his career as a Senior Executive in Godrej Locks post when he joined Godrej Security Solutions and has over 11 years of experience in the sales and marketing function. He has been successively promoted within the organization, to manage a variety of portfolios in Marketing. Mehernosh has graduated in Mechanical Engineering and has an MBA in Marketing. He has also completed a management program from the IIM-A.
During the weekend he prefers to watch movies with family and friends. He is a yoga enthusiast and enjoys travelling.

Virginia Sharma is the Vice-President of Marketing, Communications and Corporate Citizenship for IBM India/South Asia. She has been with IBM 12+ years in various global and regional roles, including Asia Pacific and North America, with IBM Software Group. Under her leadership, IBM has won several awards and received recognition for various digital marketing campaigns, particularly social media. In addition to her expertise in developing and executing go-to-market strategies, particularly using social media, she has proven business development experience with business partners. Most recently, she was awarded the Indy’s Marcom Professional of the Year award in the IT and Software Category by the CMO Council and CMO Asia. Virginia is also an active member of various CMO advisory councils in India and also speaks regularly at various IT and digital marketing conferences. She has an undergraduate degree from the University Of Virginia and an MBA from New York University. Virginia moved from New York to Mumbai with her husband in June 2009. She enjoys golf, yoga and travel.

Sumit heads corporate and product marketing at Infosys and is responsible for realizing Infosys brand ambitions globally. He also leads marketing for the Infosys products and platforms portfolio and has driven the evolution of multiple brands including the Infosys flagship product brand Finacle. He joined Infosys in 2004 and has since held multiple strategic portfolios in marketing. He champions marketing effectiveness and enjoys the challenge of building strong connects between marketing metrics and business outcome. Sumit comes with over 15 years of experience in international marketing. Prior to joining Infosys, he has worked with Polaris Software and the Tata Group where he acquired his specialist skills in brand development, marketing communications and demand generation.

Prakash Bagri is currently Intel's Director of Marketing for South Asia and responsible for driving brand and market growth strategies for all Intel’s products and technologies in the region. Prakash joined Intel in 1999 and has carried out a gamut of business roles over the past decade. His last assignment was as Director of OEM business covering all aspects of engagement with MNC and local OEM customers. Prior to Intel, Prakash spent 7+ years with Hindustan Unilever Ltd (then Hindustan Lever Ltd) in different sales and marketing functions. Prakash is an engineering graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and received his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He is also the recipient of the Intel Achievement Award in 2004.

Mr. Ranju Kumar Mohan is the Director & Business Head of JK Ansell Ltd. He is responsible for the consumer healthcare and Professional healthcare business. Ranju is focused on establishing Kamasutra as the most preferred brand in India, and Gammex surgical gloves as the most preferred brand by doctors. His strong consumer focus, executional excellence and innovative marketing initiatives have driven exponential growth of both businesses. Ranju joined JK Ansell in 2009. Prior to this Ranju was the Vice President - Marketing, Laundry and Homecare division of Henkel India Ltd. and has established Pril and Henko as top preferred brand among Indian consumers (brand equity survey). Ranju has been instrumental for entry of Henkel into the cosmetics and cleansers category and established Fa in India. Ranju has experience of over 21 years both in sales and marketing and is a post graduate from IIM Ahmedabad. Ranju has been President of the Advertising club of Chennai.

Aravind Sankaran is a highly qualified executive with over 16 years experience in global marketing, field sales, account management, digital marketing, pre-sales, sales and marketing leadership, mergers and acquisitions, company incorporation, strategic business unit and country/SBU management.  As the Director of Global Marketing at Marlabs Software, a leading IT Solution and Services company headquartered in the USA and India, he is responsible for driving Marlabs' marketing initiatives across the globe. His primary focus will be to build the Marlabs brand in the extremely diverse Indian market, as well as expand the company's presence in the Asia Pacific region. Aravind has multi-geography work experience through marketing, direct sales and channel partnerships across United States & Canada (6.5 years on-site), Asia-Pacific (3 years on-site), Europe, Middle East and India. In various head of global marketing and sales functions, he has enabled multi-million dollar growth for organizations both as a hunter and farmer through new customer acquisitions from USA, Europe, Middle East, India and Far East. He is a results-focused effective leader with a demonstrated ability to create strong organizational results on all balanced parameters for financial and operational excellence. Aravind has a Masters in Business Management from the Asian Institute of Management, Manila (Philippines) and a Bachelors in Applied Sciences and Computer Technology from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore (India).

Subhrangshu Neogi drives Brand Marketing and Corporate Communications as a consistent agenda for strategic business growth at Religare. In his current role he leads Marketing communications, Strategic communications and PR and strategic digital initiatives across the group. Subhrangshu has worked extensively in sales, marketing and brand management across categories such as FMCG, Telecom, Media and Financial Services and has consistently been a part of industry and category success stories. Subhrangshu started his career with the leading Indian FMCG transnational, Dabur India Limited, where he spent his early learning years in sales, distribution and brand management, post which he moved on to the global sports and lifestyle major- Reebok followed by the much talked about telecom start up firm Data Access – NOW ISP. (co-promoted by Asian billionaire Richard Li). Subsequently, he joined India’s largest media conglomerate Bennett and Coleman Group managing the flagship Times of India brand. He was also part of an Indo Japanese venture as their Head of Marketing and Strategy. Prior to joining Religare in February 2007, he has worked across different geographies in Asia and successfully handled pan India roles in brand marketing. Subhrangshu completed his schooling from St Columba’s School, New Delhi. He has a Bachelors degree from Hindu College, University of Delhi and also a MBA from Delhi. A regular speaker at various forums, he was also awarded the Best CMO of the year by the CMO council in the Financial Services category in 2009.

Srinivas B Vijayaraghavan has a decade of marketing experience behind him with companies such as IBM, HP and Tejas Networks. Prior to running marketing for Roamware, his most recent role was to head marketing for Tejas Networks, India’s leading high-tech product company where he handled all aspects of marketing covering - brand management, product marketing, field marketing, marcomm., market research, PR & analyst relations. Prior to Tejas, he worked as product marketing manager in HP’s Industry Standard Server group and in a variety of engineering, biz dev and services marketing roles in IBM’s Global Business Services & Systems & Technology Group. He has spoken at marketing conferences such as Silicon India Marketing Forum and presented papers on marketing at events such as India Marketing Summit 2011. He is also a marketing volunteer and writes movie-oriented product campaigns for Seventymm, India’s largest dvd rental company and is also a marketing consultant for a social enterprise that promotes Indian hand-crafted products. He is a published writer, with his short story released as part of a book titled ‘Seven Deadly Sins’. The book was released by Gurcharan Das at the IIT-Delhi Literati Festival recently. In his spare time, he teaches a Business Communications Course at the Alliance Business Academy, Bangalore. He is also an avid movie fan and runs a movie review site ‘Srini at the Movies’ (http://srinivasbv.blogspot.com). He has an engineering degree in Computer Science and an MBA from IIM-Bangalore.

Mr. Vineet Kanaujia is one of the most passionate and finest Marketing Leaders of India Inc. He received his MBA Degree in Marketing from Faculty of Management Studies (Delhi) in 1999. and received his Bachelors in Engineering from MMM Engineering College (Gorakhpur) in 1997. Post his MBA, Mr. Kanaujia started his career with HCL and went on to work with ConAgra Foods. Later he had a long stint with the world’s largest conglomerate Samsung. Working as Head – Marketing, Mr. Kanaujia created Market Leadership for Samsung across multiple Business Lines. For his tremendous contribution in developing Samsung brand equity in India, he was honored with the highly prestigious Award of '"Best Employee of Samsung." Mr. Kanaujia joined Safexpress 3 years ago. Since then he has made a colossal contribution in the rapid growth of the company. He has been instrumental in carving out a Holistic Marketing Strategy for Safexpress, with an extraordinary focus on the fundamentals of Marketing. Having impeccably positioned Brand Safexpress as the 'Market Leader' and 'Knowledge Leader' in the Supply Chain & Logistics industry, in a very short time-span Mr. Kanaujia has managed to radically enhance Safexpress brand equity in India. Under his exceptional leadership, Brand Safexpress has won numerous prestigious awards including the 'Golden Peacock Award' and 'CII Supply Chain Award'. However, his most remarkable accomplishment came about recently when Brand Safexpress was rated as 'India’s Most Promising Brand' in a study by Indian Council of Market Research that involved over 40,000 brands. For his incredible contribution in establishing Safexpress as one of the foremost brands in the country, Mr. Kanaujia has been conferred with several highly venerated awards. These include 'Brand Leadership Award' by World Brand Congress, 'Professional of the Year Award' by Express Logistics & Supply Chain Council, as well as 'Glory of India Award' and 'Marketing Man of the Year Award' by Institute of Economic Studies. He received his best-ever accolade recently when he was bestowed with the highly coveted 'Best CMO of the Year Award' by the CMO Council, USA. With a rich experience of over a decade, Mr. Kanaujia is a very well known name in the corporate fraternity.

Mr. Sachdev Ramakrishna has a rich and variegated professional experience, spanning two decades across a spectrum of industry sectors. His first stint straight out of college was with the engineering major, Larsen & Toubro Limited, Bombay, wherein, as a commissioning engineer, he started up cement factories, totaling about 8 million tons of annualized capacity in collaboration with FL Smidth A/S of Denmark. He moved to A.F. Ferguson & Co. (now Deloitte), India’s largest management consulting firm, where he progressed to being an Engagement partner, advising several MNCs and Indian business houses in the areas of business and marketing strategy. He then joined Piramal Enterprises, where as VP-Strategy, he led the Ajay Piramal-owned group into sunrise sectors such as Retailing.  He was also part of a start-up team to build what was then India’s largest 'shoppertainment' complex, Crossroads in Mumbai. Today at Steria India, Sachdev drives the overall marketing strategy, and stands instrumental in building both the Steria brand as well as business leveraging India capabilities. Headquartered in Paris, Steria is a European IT Services provider serving a large number of prestigious clients both in the public and private sectors for well over 40 years. Under Sachdev's leadership, Steria embarked on a strategic marketing approach that focused on building its brand using public relations and through establishing key relationships with influencers and analyst firms.  Steria today has key relationships with premium trade bodies such as Nasscom, FICCI and CII.  Sachdev was also instrumental in getting Steria accepted at the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Switzerland.  He has also strategically established the Steria Retail Centre of Excellence, an innovation centre focused on creating solutions for the Retail industy.

Ashish Shetty heads Marketing for the Insurance Industry Business Unit at Tata Consultancy Services, a USD 8.2 billion global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization. In his decade of experience in the IT industry he has served in a variety of business and consulting roles and is currently responsible for worldwide integrated marketing and communications including brand building, demand generation, analyst/partner relationship, digital marketing and market research. Prior to joining the Tatas in 2004, Ashish worked as an e-Business consultant with a large Dairy company in the Middle East. His research paper on a management topic won a national level award in August 2010, from All India Management Association (AIMA) - an apex body of management in India since 1957. He is also the winner of the Standard Chartered Banking Experience Innovation Award in 2008. Ashish holds an MBA in Marketing from University of Hong Kong and London Business School and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer science from University of Mangalore, India.

Wadhawan Holdings provides leadership & vision for the growth & management stability at the enterprise level. A statistician by qualification, his career path has been in B2B & B2C sectors including Automobile, Power, eCommerce, Advertising & Consumer Business industries through his roles in operations, marketing & brand management and strategic planning. Currently, he heads Strategic Alliances at the Mumbai-headquartered Wadhawan Holdings, which is the group holding company & the group Corporate Office for the Wadhawan enterprise that has brands in the sectors of Housing Finance, Venture Capital, Real Estate, Food & Grocery, Food & Beverage, Education, Lifestyle, Retail and Hospitality. Srinath holds the responsibility of ensuring strategic alliance initiatives for the group, cutting across all its business verticals. His team looks into all relationships in the current & prospective corporate relationships for the group. This includes leveraging knowledge within the system & competitive intelligence to identify and analyze opportunities, developing networks towards positive trade / governmental / business relationships across its areas of operations. Currently, he also has the additional responsibility of incubating the developmental activities of the group’s hotel business in India. Prior to this role, he incubated & headed the Lifestyle Business unit at the Holding Co level. His team invested in and/or incubated businesses in the lifestyle segment covering Food & Beverage including fine dine concepts, Luxury retailing, Lifestyle products including apparel & accessories.

Himanshu Khanna is Director Marketing with Wrigley India, the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of gum, with a presence across 182 countries. Himanshu is responsible for strategic planning and strengthening the company's marketing capabilities within India, bringing its brands closer to the Indian consumers mindset. He has spearheaded some of Wrigley’s key initiatives by establishing its national footprint in sports in India by partnering with IPL teams and Formula one. Under his leadership, Orbit® received Indian Dental Association’s (IDA) Seal of Acceptance and became the first and the only food brand to have been credited with it. Appointment of Indian film actor and youth icon Deepika Padukone as brand ambassador for Orbit® was another landmark initiative . Some of the marketing campaigns led by Himanshu have resulted in prestigious international recognitions and industry awards for the company. The path breaking BTL initiatives for Boomer Bubble Blowing Championship, bagged Gold for the category ‘Best New Event Property of the Year’ at the WOW award while Mumbai Smiles, India’s largest oral care marathon won three prestigious awards.
Himanshu brings with him over 16 years of experience in both sales and marketing. He has led leadership roles in some of the largest FMCG players like PepsiCo, Cadbury and Nestle. Himanshu has a strong understanding of brand positioning and communication and operational knowledge of sales and marketing.
Himanshu began his career with Nestle India Ltd in June 1994 as a management trainee. At Nestle, Himanshu’s professional portfolio included brands committed to food, nutrition health and wellness like Milkmaid, Everyday and Maggi Sauces and Soups. During his tenure, he was also responsible for one of the toughest market – Uttar Pradesh as the Area Sales Manager.

Mr. Rajendra Dhandhukia oversees Sales and Marketing for Abbott Healthcare and plays an integral role in formulating the processes and strategy of the organization. His key responsibilities include the profits and sales of Neuro Psychiatry (2 divisions), Derma, Dermocosmetic, Multi Therapy, and Acute Care divisions. He is in charge of building the divisional teams for sales and marketing with a focus on talent and high performance culture, as well as initiating, sharpening and standardizing business practices and formulating customer-centric strategies. He also coordinates with support functions to formulate processes and systems to enhance operational excellence in the organization. Rajendra has a consistent track record at Abbott (erstwhile Piramal Healthcare) of surpassing sales and profit objectives, resulting in personal and team growth. Previously, Rajendra was Vice President - Sales & Marketing at Piramal.  Before that, he held various sales and business management roles at RPG Life Sciences, Sun Pharmaceuticals, Cipla Limited and GSK. He has a B. Sc in Zoology from Bhavan's College, Mumbai and received his DMS from the Chetna Institute of Management - Mumbai.

Vitika Banerjee joined Aircel Limited - a group company of Maxis Telecom - in January 2012 as the Marketing Head for India. In this role, she leads marketing initiatives across the value chain and functions to target lucrative market and consumer segments for growth. The role involves working closely with all conventional functional team leads, marcom, customer service delivery, IT and network planning functions to engage segments of strategic focus through first creating compelling propositions and thereafter leading the Go To Market strategy for these segments in close partnership with circle sales, marketing and service teams. Previously, Vitika worked for Philips Electronics India Ltd. as General Manager of Consumer Marketing. She led consumer marketing for the Kitchen Appliances category, part of the Consumer Lifestyle (CL) business vertical and oversaw the implementation of strategic initiatives for the category to drive growth and market leadership in India, including innovation management for new product development. She has a weath of experience in product management and marketing, having held management positions at Dabur India Ltd, Hindustan Lever Ltd and Avon Beauty Products India Ltd, where she headed marketing for the skin care and personal care business. As a member of the India Marketing Council, she drove an initiative around building higher "consumer intimacy" for the organization, a program that was also shared as Best Practice in Marketing within Philips global forums. She has a BA in English Literature from Lady Shriram College, Delhi University and a Post-Graduate diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) from FORE School of Management, New Delhi with specialization in Marketing.

1981 – With Dalmia Dairy Industry, an FMCG , worked as a Management Trainee and moved to Superflame Appliances as Branch Manager in consumer durable division. Moved to  Blow Plast ltd.  In their  Luggage division [VIP]. Joined NICCO Batteries ltd, a JV between NICCO & Crompton Greaves, as all India marketing manager. 1989 moved to the media industry and joined Bennett Coleman & Co Ltd, The Times Of  India Group as Chief Manager-Response. Was elevated to the position of Assistant Vice- President as head of Times Television in 1993. 1994 moved to WORLDCOM Multimedia Ltd as Director and CEO. 2000 moved to Channel nine Entertainment Ltd as CEO. 2004 Joined Dainik Bhaskar Group as State Head. 2006 Moved to Bates PAN Gulf, Muscat as CEO. 2007 Moved to Amar Ujala Group as President Marketing and responsible for Advertising Sales, Circulation and Brand Management.

K Ramakrishnan has joined Café Coffee Day (CCD) as its President - Marketing. He moves from Lenovo India, where he was Country Manager of Marketing. In his new role, Ramki will be heading marketing function of CCD across the country. This will include improving walk-ins, expanding the retail presence of CCD in the country and overseeing the implementation of the new branding template of CCD. Ramki has varied experience in marketing and branding and has spearheaded many success stories. Notable among those is the launch of TVS Star and TVS Apache. He had spent close to seven years at TVS overseeing various brands.

Mr. Alok Bharadwaj is the Senior Vice President of Canon India. He is the force behind the sales, marketing, PR, Corporate planning & brand building activities of Canon which have led to the company's exponential growth in India. With the goal of establishing Canon as a leader in digital imaging industry, Alok has honed Canon's strategic focus with a customer-centric approach in consumer, Corporate, Govt & commercial segments. His strong belief on execution excellence has improved Canon's operational efficiency, speed and quality of performance in various marketing programs as well as its financial performance and customer focus. The result has been increase in market shares, sales growth and profitability, greater customer loyalty, and a stronger competitive position in the industry across all the five business divisions of Canon India. With his visionary leadership skills, Alok has garnered high recognition & respect within the industry. Alok joined Canon in 2001 and has assumed responsibilities of 5 Business Divisions. Under his leadership, Canon India recorded its best growth of 38% in 2007 & 35% in 2008. An industry veteran with over 24 years of experience, Alok has led sales & marketing initiatives across diverse businesses and industries like consumer durables, Telecom & IT. In his current role he has been the driving force in leading the company to the No 1 position across various product categories. Alok has been awarded "The most influential person in photography for the year 2008" by the leading photography publication Asian Photography. He is a charter member of TiE, a global non profit organization focused on building entrepreneurship, and has contributed a chapter on 'Technologies for Core development' in a book released by Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Govt of India. Alok was also chosen for the Canon Executive Development Program to develop 'Top Management' global leaders within Canon.

Shashank Sinha graduated in Economics from Nagpur and went on to specialise in marketing from Pune (1996). He joined Eureka Forbes in July 1996 as a management trainee and rose up to be its Head Marketing - Direct Sales. Some of his experiences include brand management, involving brand extension and repositioning as well as management of national sales and marketing programmes. His 13-year journey in Eureka Forbes has taken him from marketing to business development to sales operations and back now to marketing. In this journey, Sinha has been a member of the prestigious 'Dream Team' of Eureka Forbes - an exclusive group of high achievers charged with the development and initiation of turnkey assignments that have a crucial bearing on the future path of the organisation. Though Sinha does not have any engineering degree, Eureka Forbes gave him the opportunity to set up their own vacuum cleaner manufacturing company and today, Forbes Aquamall Ltd is one of India's largest manufacturers of high quality vacuum cleaners. As Head of Eureka Forbes' Marketing function in the Direct Sales Division, Sinha looks after iconic brands like Aquaguard Water Purification System, Euroclean Vacuum Cleaners, Euroair Air Purifiers and Eurovigil Electronic Home Security Solutions. "Most professionals may wonder 'why such a long stint in one organisation?', I know why. Eureka Forbes has ensured I enjoy each moment of this journey. The pride of running 'my own company'; earning well to support my family; learning together while growing and I say with immense pride… I am a Eurochamp," says Sinha. The scent of a challenge is what drives him. Having been nurtured in the vibrant and aggressive environment of Asia's largest direct sales company, Sinha's pursuit has always been new and loftier pinnacles of performance, which continue to spur him on.

Kartik Jain is responsible for marketing communication, digital marketing and customer analytics for HDFC Bank in India. Prior to joining HDFC Bank, he was Head Marketing and Direct for ICICI Lombard General Insurance, India, overseeing advertising, marketing communication, corporate communication, CRM and the direct sales channel including telesales and e-commerce. Kartik joined the organisation in 2002 as Vice President Business Development and was initially also involved with building the non-motor retail business, developing alliances and launching new products including Health and Travel Insurance. He developed and launched ICICI Lombard’s eCommerce proposition which was the first in the industry to offer instant online issuance of insurance policies. Kartik has been responsible for defining the corporate brand image and has focused on innovative and cost effective branding solutions. He has championed an ‘RoI’ led approach to communication be it on TV, print, radio, outdoor, online or sms by linking marketing spends to customer response. He brings a strong business orientation to his work and believes in differentiation through innovation. Prior to joining ICICI Lombard, Kartik worked with KPMG Strategy consulting in London and Mumbai where he project managed assignments in Europe and India in the areas of business strategy, e-strategy and process re-engineering across a range of sectors including telecom, consumer goods, real estate, auto, industrial goods and media. Kartik started his career with Cadbury India where he held various roles in Sales and Marketing. Kartik is a British Chevening Scholar. He has been recognized with the Pride of the Industry Awards 2009 and was awarded Best CMO of the Year in the General Insurance Category by the CMO Council India in the 1st CMO Awards 2009. He completed his B.Tech degree from IIT Mumbai and his PGDBM from IIM Kolkata.

Shantanu Bhanja is a Senior Marketing professional with significant experience in global and local brand strategy and management, product innovation and marketing communication in a leading multinational consumer products company. He has proven ability to deliver market-leading results and to devise and successfully implement original business strategies. He is a passionate team-player that has created and directed successful multi-country cross functional business teams.

Sujit Ganguli has taken over as GM and Head of the Corporate Brand Group at ICICI Bank after heading marketing at ICICI Prudential Life Insurance for almost 6 years.  He was previously in charge of the overall brand & communications at ICICI Prudential Life and was also responsible for Service Quality. He was earlier in charge of the Direct Sales channel of the company. Sujit is a Physics graduate from Fergusson College, Pune and has completed his PGDBM from IIM Bangalore. He began his career with Hindustan Lever Ltd. where he was the Area Sales Manager and then Senior Product Manager for various brands. He then moved to Reliance Infocomm and was part of the core team that launched Reliance India Mobile. Sujit relaxes by reading magazines, watching sports programs on TV, traveling to various places and spending time with his wife & daughter.

Suvodeep Das is the Marketing Head for Kaya Limited. He looks after Marketing, Communication and PR for brand Kaya. He moved to Kaya from Marico Ltd. in February 2009 where he was the category head for Hair Oils and handled various hair oil brands viz. Hair and Care, Silk and Shine, Shanti Badam Amla and Nihar. Suvodeep has over 12 years experience working in various capacities in the field of Marketing and Brand Management. He has previously worked with O&M Advertising for 5 years on brands like Dove, Cadbury’s, Perk, Sunlight and Comfort. He also worked as Brand Manager on Sunlight at Hindustan Lever and then joined Western Union as the Marketing Manager, South Asia. He spent over 3 years at Western Union and at the time of leaving he was the Marketing Director South Asia where he was heading the Marketing and Communications of Western Union in India and neighboring countries and was also responsible for Inbound Marketing from Europe and Asia Pacific. Suvodeep holds an MBA in Marketing from Pune University and a BSC, Electronics from St. Xaviers, Ahmedabad. Amongst his various accolades, he was featured amongst the “Young Marketers of the Year” in Brand Equity in 2005. Suvodeep is an avid follower of Formula 1 and football and loves to travel.

Mr. Sanjay Bhattacharji is an entrepreneurial professional and heads the Marketing Function at L&T Investment Management Ltd. He looks after Marketing, PR and the Online Channel for two business offerings namely L&T Mutual Fund and L&T Portfolio Management Services (PMS). He is responsible for building the brand and marketing the various products of these divisions. He is also a member of the Strategy Council of the L&T Financial Services Group and oversees several Group marketing Initiatives. Prior to joining L&T Investment Management, Sanjay was an entrepreneur in the milk and milk foods industry and has hands-on experience in setting up a new business. He has also worked as Head of Marketing at JM Financial AMC and Head of Corporate Communications at SBI Mutual Fund. During his stint at SBI Mutual Fund, the company was ranked as the ‘Most Preferred Mutual Fund Brand’ by CNBC Awaaz for two consecutive years and was also ranked No 1 in the ‘Mutual Fund Winning Brands Track -2006’ by AC Nielson. Sanjay started his career with Zee Network which is India’s largest Television Network and has worked in various companies of the same group under Essel Corporate Services. Sanjay is a BSc, MSc., and MBA from NLDIMSR, Mumbai University.

V. Ramachandran is a veteran in the sphere of sales and marketing of consumer products. He brings with him rich experience of over 2 decades gained during his tenure of working with reputed brands across various industries, handling key profiles in international business, general management, brand development, consumer insight and strategic network development. At LG, Ramachandran has been spearheading LG's Sales and Marketing team and is responsible for enhancing both internal and external competitiveness and growth of the company. His vast exposure to international markets will help LG India to gain global competencies in the arena of brand innovation and marketing. His core skills include understanding key consumer behavior and strategy implementation which will play a vital role in taking LG's association with consumers and trade partners to the next level. He earned his Master's Degree from Somaiya Institute of Management, Mumbai and is a graduate in Science from University of Mumbai.

With several years of marketing and strategy experience in the internet industry, Sandeep has held leadership positions in his past assignments at Yahoo!, MySpace and Networkplay. He has extensive experience in B2C and B2B marketing, Product Marketing, Market Research, Marketing Communication, and Analytics. In his current role as Head of Marketing at LinkedIn India, Sandeep is responsible for driving all marketing efforts for LinkedIn India. As part of the LinkedIn India leadership team, his key focus is to drive Consumer, Brand, Product marketing and B2B marketing efforts across both lines of businesses viz. LinkedIn Marketing Solutions and LinkedIn Corporate Solutions. Sandeep’s LinkedIn profile can be seen at: http://in.linkedin.com/in/sandeepsuvarna

There are very few brands that establish a definite emotional connect with the common man. Maruti Suzuki India Limited represents a brand that many Indians swear by. The man leading Maruti's marketing initiatives is Mayank Pareek, who has over 15 years of experience in the automobile industry. Having joined MSIL in 1991 and experienced various functions like Sales, Corporate Planning, Dealer Development, Mayank Pareek now heads Marketing & Sales. This management graduate from IIM-Bangalore attributes Maruti's acceptance to the way the company has taken care of customer preferences. A perfectionist who swears by his customers, Mayank Pareek is an inspiring name in the industry.

Anisha Motwani is a marketing veteran with strong brand management credentials. She has an established track record in building consumer brands in a highly competitive environment. In the past, Anisha was Director Marketing at General Motors, where she was honoured with the best marketing employee award for Asia-Pacific. Earlier Anisha had a successful stint in advertising and won over 25 awards in creative excellence during her advertising career. Anisha is a core committee member for marketing initiatives with Confederation of Indian Industry. She is a visiting faculty at Delhi School of Economics, Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad, ISB Hyderabad and various other management schools. She has been felicitated as a "Super Achiever" by Indira Group of Institutes. She has recently been identified as a "Rising Star" amongst the Most Powerful Women in India Business by a leading business magazine. Anisha has been also awarded as the Indy's Personality of the Year for her excellence in Mass Communication, Advertising and Public Relations.

Neeraj Sanan is the head of marketing for three national broadcast channels; Star News, Star Ananda and Star Majha. Neeraj also heads MCCS’ Digital arm and it’s central creative cell. An avid marketer, Neeraj has more than 16 years marketing experience across product categories including FMCG (skin care, hair care, and confectionery), semi durables (paints) and services (broadcast, mobile). Prior to joining MCCS, Neeraj was the CMO at Web18, the mobile & internet arm of Network18. He has proved his acumen across some of the leading brands in the country such as Dabur, Wrigleys, Network18 and now MCCS. He is an Electronics & Communications engineer, and has completed his Post Graduation in Management from IIM, Bangalore.

Kinshuk Kunwar leads marketing for Mead Johnson Nutrition India’s start up operation as Marketing Director. Mead Johnson Nutrition, with global headquarters in the USA, is world’s leading nutrition company for babies & children. Kinshuk is a consumer marketing specialist with a career spanning fifteen years with leading FMCG companies in India. Prior to Mead Johnson, Kinshuk worked with Hindustan Unilever and the Godrej group (Godrej JVs with The Hershey Co and Sara Lee Corporation) where he had roles of increasing responsibility in marketing, sales and strategy across multiple businesses like foods, beverages, confectionery and home care. His last role was Vice President- Marketing for Godrej Hershey. Kinshuk has a Masters degree in Management Studies from Mumbai University and holds a Bachelor of Science (honors) degree from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi.

Sanjay Ramakrishnan is currently working for myntra.com as Senior VP - Marketing. He is part of the leadership team and responsible for driving the overall marketing mandate for myntra. This includes Go to market strategy , Brand development and activation , distribution and partnerships , corporate communication and PR. He brings in over 15 years of experience in consumer & business marketing, retail sales & distribution, online sales & marketing, business development and public relations. Prior to this he worked with Geodesic ltd as VP of global marketing . True cross domain expertise is what sets him apart - be it Internet, Telecom, Media or Entertainment. He has worked in senior marketing positions with Google , Intel, Worldspace, Spice telecom & Lycos, after starting his career with The Times of India group. Sanjay holds an MBA in Marketing from the Xavier Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship.

OOH Media was started in 2007 and today it is India's largest out of home television company. OOH Media has more than 4500 screens in 22 cities and reaches more than 50 million people per month. An advertising veteran, Ishan has over 25 years experience in advertising and media. An MBA from Indian Institute of Management, (IIM) Calcutta, Ishan has lent his management expertise to several leading advertising agencies including Lintas and Contract Advertising (a subsidiary of JWT) in India. In 1995, at the age of 37, Ishan became the Founder-CEO & Joint-venture Partner of Euro RSCG Advertising Worldwide. In 1996, Business India selected him as one of the top 50 influential Indians under 40. From 1998 to 2006, Ishan served as Chairman and CEO of Euro RSCG group in India. He has also served as a board member for Euro RSCG Asia Pacific and a member of the Executive Committee of Euro RSCG Worldwide. Ishan still serves as Chairman of Ignitee, India's online media solutions company.

Vipan has recently returned to India after spending several years in USA. Prior to joining Reliance, he was Corporate Marketing Head for Times Publishing Group in Tampa, Florida. He has gained in excess of 18 years of successful marketing, sales, business development and international business experience in USA. He is an award-winning, seasoned professional with an extensive background in all aspects of business including highly diversified experience in multiple industries. He has the honor of working in Fortune 500 companies in media, entertainment, publishing, telecom, broadband and technology sectors. Some of the companies he has held senior management positions include PepsiCo, Time Warner, Cox Communications, and Comcast. He has also gained valuable experience in India for two years working as an American expatriate for a large US communications company. Vipan has ingrained understanding of both the Indian and the US business environment. Vipan joined Reliance – Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group in July 2007 as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. His primary responsibilities include marketing strategies and planning for the entire Home Business Group including entertainment, information and communication consumer services such as DTH, IPTV and broadband.

Andy is the Chief Brand & Marketing Officer at Reliance Industries Ltd, working across their wide consumer retail banners and forthcoming 4G and financial service brands. He has over 30 years of experience in designing, developing, building and delivering customer centric brands. He has worked as a strategic consultant covering trade marketing, business planning and implementation management and has held senior roles across branding and communication, store design, merchandising and retail operational functions. He has worked in the UK, USA and South America and more recently in Asia, first with Tesco and now with Reliance Industries.

Kaushik Roy has spent three decades in the sphere of marketing and communication. In 1979 he started his career with Hindustan Thompson Associates (JWT), Kolkata, in the Creative Department and later moved on to become a profit centre head. Since 1990 Kaushik has held the positions of General Manager – South, Clarion (now Bates), Executive Director & Chief Creative Officer – Mudra Communications (DDB) and Head Corporate Brand Strategy – South Asia, Philips. In 2003, Kaushik left Mudra, a Reliance group company, and joined Reliance Infocomm as Head Branding and Marketing Communication and was responsible for the launch of Reliance Mobile, which became the biggest operator within a short span of 18 months.  He is currently President, Brand Strategy & Marketing Communication with Reliance Industries Limited, and reports to the Chairman, Shri Mukesh Ambani. Kaushik has been responsible for some of India's most successful and effective campaigns such as "We also make steel" for Tata Steel, "World in your Pocket" for Max Touch launch (now Vodafone), "Let's make things better" Star Products Campaign for Philips, "Karlo duniya mutthi mein" for Reliance Mobile. Recently in 2008, he had the distinction of branding and managing the Mumbai Indians team for Indian Premier League Season 1. Kaushik has held many important industry positions such as the President of the Advertising Club Bombay, Member Executive Committee – Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI), Member Steering Committee – Ad Asia 2003, Jaipur.   He is currently the Vice President of the International Advertising Association (IAA) India Chapter, and continues to be associated with the "Subhas Ghosal Foundation" and the "Bimal Roy Memorial Committee" as a founder member and is an active member of the Film Producers' Guild, Indian Independent Filmmakers Worldwide and the Forum for Autism.

Driving diverse marketing assignments over the last 14 years, Chandramohan Mehra has been associated with some of India’s largest brands including SBI, Kotak, HDFC Bank and Tata Motors. Currently, Chandramohan is responsible for the entire gamut of strategic branding and communication initiatives at SBI Life Insurance, India’s leading private life insurer. At SBI Life, Chandramohan has been instrumental in impacting high mindshare and market-share through efficient resource utilization.  Brand transition at Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance and launch of e-age products for HDFC Bank and managing one of the largest automobile CRM programs in Asia Pacific for Tata Motors at FCB Ulka Advertising are some of the key marketing initiatives Chandramohan has been involved with. Chandramohan is pursuing an Executive MBA program from Insead, France. He is a post graduate in Science (M.Sc Hons, Chemistry) and Management (MMS) from BITS, Pilani. Chandramohan is a recipient of Young Achiever of the Year, 2010 at CMO Council Asia Awards, Singapore and Indy's Young Achiever 2009. He has also won Best Brand Innovation 2010 and Insurance Communication Cup 2007 and 2008 by BNP Paribas across its 42-country network.

Gayatri Yadav is the EVP and Marketing Director for STAR India. In her new capacity, Yadav will report to the CEO and will lead channel marketing, media planning and buying, presentation, network brand strategy, consumer insights, affiliate marketing, and events for the network. Yadav has more than 18 years of experience in marketing. Her last assignment was as marketing director, General Mills India. She joined the company as the second employee and led the launch and development of a portfolio of food brands, most notably the flagship brand, Pillsbury Atta. She was with the company for about 14 years. Earlier, Yadav worked with Procter & Gamble India. She has a strong marketing functional experience across brand building, communication development, strategy planning, market research/consumer insight, new product development and launch support, and trade marketing/sales support. Gayatri has been recognised among the "Top 10 Women Marketers in India" (Brand Equity, Times of India article: 2004) and has been awarded "India’s Greatest Brand Builders" by BVMSR (2005).

Deepa Misra Harris, Senior Vice President - Sales & Marketing, successfully leads and enhances critical hotel sales and marketing programs in India and abroad. Deepa oversees all sales and marketing initiatives for Taj Hotels worldwide, celebrated as India’s original and finest hotel chain offering inspired hospitality, culinary innovation and more. This includes 109 hotels around the globe under four brands: Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, the Luxury brand which includes the flagship - Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai, city hotels across key metros, three hotels in the U.S., authentic royal palaces in India and Taj Safari Lodges; 23 Vivanta hotels & resorts and 10 upper upscale hotels in India and beyond; 25 Gateway Hotels and Resorts with its footprint across India and South Asia and 24 Ginger hotels. Previously Vice President of Marketing, Ms. Harris has spent 28 years with Taj Hotels. She is the only specialist to have served separately as VP of Sales and VP of Marketing before taking the lead job to oversee both functions. Having worked across most markets, she has played an integral role in the growth of Taj, including the roll-out of the new Vivanta by Taj and Gateway brands. She serves on key industry boards, including PATA, Experience India (the India Ministry of Tourism’s private/public think tank partnership), the Luxury Marketing Council of India, and on the marketing advisory board for Leading Hotels of the World. Ms. Harris is also the first hospitality executive representative to be named by a leading business publication to India’s prestigious list of the top 50 women (two years in a row) whose proven leadership skills have helped them successfully break through the glass ceiling to triumph in their fields. She began her career as a features editor with India’s only Fashion magazine of the time, where she spent two years shaping editorial coverage and trends. She holds a post graduation degree in English from Delhi University’s Lady Sriram college, one of India’s top colleges along with a degree in Mass Communications.

Vikrant Mudaliar currently heads Brand Marketing for Tata Sky Ltd- the leading DTH television company in India. He is a founder member of the Tata Sky team and has been with Tata Sky since 2005. A career spanning 15 years has presented Vikrant the opportunity to work across industries in the area of marketing and brand management. His specializations include new brand launches and category development. His grasp on market pulse and an inherent understanding of his audience, formed the backbone of some strategic marketing initiatives at Tata Sky including several successful advertising campaigns. Informed efforts lead Tata Sky to be one of the youngest brands to achieve the "Superbrand" status within two years of its launch. The magnitude of the Tata Sky brand today bears testimonial to his ability to be innovative and is a manifestation of his strong belief in hands on "go to market" approach. A recipient of the CEO's Special Excellence Award for his contributions to Tata Sky, he continues to focus on enhancing Tata Sky’s brand leadership, together with maximizing Tata Sky’s share- both in volume and value terms. Vikrant completed a Bachelors in Business Studies from Delhi University, followed by a MBA in Marketing from ENPC, Paris. Armored with a well-rounded exposure for a marketing professional, Vikrant has covered the entire value chain. His first exposure to consumer behavior was through FMCG marketing with Frito Lay (erstwhile PepsiCo Snacks Foods and Marketing Company). He then moved on to consumer durables marketing with Jumbo Electronics, Dubai where he was involved in product management including sales and distribution with international trading and export. It was in the auto sector, where he focused on launching new brands with General Motors India. He played a critical role in the launch of the Chevrolet brand followed by product launch of Optra and Tavera. He continued to specialize in new product launches when he joined the DTH industry with Tata Sky, where he continues to follow his passion of exploring ways of selling new concepts to consumers.

Anil Grover is Director of Marketing for The Park Hotels. In this role, he is responsible for building The Park Hotels corporate brand as a collection of contemporary boutique hotels in India. Anil's key focus is to drive Consumer, Brand, Product marketing efforts, gain consumer insights and positioning the group as a preferred choice for leading corporate travellers, designers, entrepreneurs, fashion fraternity and leisure travellers. With over 10 years of rich experience as a focused services marketing professional, Anil is a versatile marketer with a creative flair. He has worked across a range of world-class service brands including Kingfisher Airlines, Singapore Tourism Board, Taj Luxury Hotels and Regent International Hotels. His strong skills in strategic planning and emphasis on quality execution have greatly contributed to superior brand preference as well as noticeable improvements in financial performance and customer focus. In his previous assignments Anil has been instrumental in driving exponential growth in market shares, increased customer loyalty and much stronger competitive positions in the respective industries. In his free time Anil likes to travel, read and spend time with family and friends. You can view Anil's LinkedIn profile - linkedin.com/in/anilgrover.

Mr Sandeep Sharma is Senior Vice President with  Times Global Broadcasting Ltd and heads Sales and Marketing for TIMES NOW and ETNOW. He is part of the core management team instrumental in launching TIMES NOW  and building it to a leadership position and its recent offering in business ETNOW. Prior to this he was also instrumental in launching Star Radiocity. Sandeep has 19 years of track record offering effective business solutions and a wide experience encompassing Marketing (LAKME, WIPRO), Brand communication (JWT, LINTAS) and Media ( STAR, TIMES GROUP) where he has worked with the best companies and handled, launched and built iconic brands. He is an alumni of IIT Mumbai and MBA from NMIMS.

Anshu currently heads Marketing at Tupperware. He joined Tupperware in 2004 and has made a significant contribution in making it an omnipresent brand and taking the products to every home in India. He is responsible for designing and implementing strategic initiatives to drive growth in India. This includes developing India specific Products, Market Research, Brand Management, Incentive & Loyalty programs, Events and Institutional alliances. A career spanning 18 years has given Anshu opportunity to work across industries with hands-on Marketing and Sales experience. He moved to Tupperware from Sodexho where he was responsible for Marketing & Affiliations. He was responsible for making Sodexho vouchers a widely recognized brand and building the Sodexho retail network to a record 8000. Prior to Sodexho, Anshu was part of the start-up team at De Beers and was responsible for innovative Marketing and Sales programs which positioned the brand at the top-of-league in the highly competitive jewellery market. As a Brand Manager at De Beers, he launched Nakshatra which was the first brand in the jewellery industry. Anshu is a Graduate in Electronics and Communications from Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi University and a MBA in Marketing from NMIMS, Mumbai.

Pradeep Shrivastava is Director of Operations for Videocon Telecommunications after serving as Chief Marketing Officer at Idea Cellular. He was part of a dynamic Executive Committee of this leading cellular service provider in India. A post graduate from St. Stephen's College, Delhi and an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Pradeep’s career spanning 22 years has taken him to manage business such as food in Hindustan Lever, advertising in Lintas and start up operation in computer, software, EPABX, retailing etc. Some of the career highlights include successful launch of EPABX business for Blue Star, Computer retailing for Computer Point, advertising & brand extensions for Fair & Lovely during Lintas stint, mega launch of  Wall’s in India for HLL, major expansion in Bakery SBU for HLL, launch of agri-export business of Global Green to European & American markets, gaining of market leadership in MP Circle for Idea Cellular. Earlier, Pradeep  has handled business operations for Idea  Cellular in Andhra Pradesh Circle.

Nitin is a senior marketing professional with over 13 years of experience of working with brands across aviation, media, consulting and Internet companies. He has extensive experience of both B2B & consumer marketing with expertise in marketing strategy, integrated marketing communications, market research, analytics & corporate communications. In his current role as Senior Director of Marketing, Nitin is responsible for leading marketing for Yahoo! in India. He is part of the Yahoo! India leadership team and directs all consumer, brand, B2B marketing and corporate communications efforts. In his short tenure at Yahoo! India, he has played a key role in the launching of several new products, consumer-focused integrated marketing campaigns and several key B2B marketing programs to influence the advertiser ecoâ€�system. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Nitin was Director of Marketing at Sapient (NASDAQ: SAPE), a global technology and interactive marketing consulting firm. As a member of Sapient’s marketing leadership team, his role entailed developing marketing strategy and programs to enhance brand leadership and drive revenues. He was also responsible for the CRM and analytics functions globally. As the leader of the marketing team in India, Nitin played a key role in transitioning multiple global marketing functions to India focused at driving business in Sapient’s client markets in North America and Europe. Prior to joining Sapient, Nitin was a Product Manager at Times Internet Limited (www.indiatimes.com), part of Times of India group, where he played a key role in launching and growing Indiatimes eâ€�commerce business. During the height of the Internet boom in India, Nitin had a short stint with Indiainfo.com, a leading Indian portal, as a Business Manager of Alliances. He started his career with the corporate group at Sahara, where he managed marketing and communication programs for the group’s aviation business. Nitin holds a Bachelors degree in Statistics & Economics and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management.

Avik joined Saffron in February 2010 to head the India operations based out of Mumbai after 18 years in the automotive and oil industry. He brings experience in sales, marketing, strategy, branding, product planning, portfolio management and consumer understanding to the practice of strategic brand consulting. Avik has done two stints in Maruti Suzuki India [the country's largest automaker] and a stint each in Caltex [part of Chevron Corporation], ExxonMobil and Apollo Tyres [a leading Indian tyre brand]. He has worked on corporate brands like Maruti Suzuki, Mobil and Apollo Tyres as well as product brands like the Maruti Suzuki Zen & Swift, Caltex lubricants, Mobil 1 synthetic oils and Apollo tyres. Avik plays and follows football, sketches & paints, listens to all types of music, writes still-unborn scripts for feature films and dabbles in some social projects. Originally from Kolkata, he and his parents have settled in Gurgaon, adjacent to Delhi, India. Avik graduated in Economics from the University of Delhi, obtained a business management stamp from XLRI Jamshedpur [India] and has taken leadership courses in ISB Hyderabad [India] and IMD Lausanne [Switzerland].

22 years of experience post MBA, with achievements across Telecom, Retail, Financial Services, FMCG and Media. Contributed and made a number of start-up organizations successful. Launched brands and products and attained market leadership status for each of them. For the last 10 years, been a part of the Leadership Management Team. Launched and built strong Brands. Successful at building relationships with key decision makers, seizing control of critical business problems and delivering on commitments. Led and motivated teams comprising more than 1500 people and managed P&L of Business Division of revenue exceeding Rs 600 crores.