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  • The list puts the spotlight on professionals that have emerged as top voices by publishing compelling content

    LinkedIn unveils India’s Top Voices of 2016

    By A Correspondent

     

    LinkedIn, with 467 million members globally and 39 million in India, announced the LinkedIn Top Voices list for 2016. Of nearly three million unique writers on the platform, LinkedIn Top Voices list puts the spotlight on professionals that have emerged as top voices by publishing compelling content. These storytellers of the year are from industries such as advertising and marketing, media, financial services and others.

     

    LinkedIn Top Voices list for 2016 identifies 15 popular writers including Prabhakar Mundkur, ‎Chief Mentor, HGS Interactive, Ester Martinez, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, People Matters and Subhash Chandra, a leading political consultant.

     

    The LinkedIn Top Voices 2016 List – India:

    Writers – Member List

    1.   Prabhakar Mundkur

    2.   Abhijit Bhaduri

    3.   Ester Martinez

    4.   Subhash Chandra

    5.   Tamal Bandyopadhyay

    6.   Prabal Basu Roy

    7.   Procyon Mukherjee

    8.   Purnima Menon

    9.   Hari TN

    10.   Roshni Dhal

    11.   Jayashree Patnaik

    12.   Vartika Kashyap

    13.   Ritesh Kumar Singh

    14.   Parag Kar

    15.   Lakshmipathy Bhat

     

    “LinkedIn Top Voices 2016 is our way of celebrating professionals who have developed an influential voice by investing in the exchange of knowledge, ideas and opinions. There are exciting times ahead for our members as they can leverage the opportunity to expand their knowledge and develop perspectives by following influential writers and honorees (influencers) to discover professionally-relevant local insights,” said Akshay Kothari, Country Manager and Head of Product, LinkedIn India.

     

    The top voices list also features seven influencers as honorees, including  Narendra Modi, Shradha Sharma, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Vani Kola, Santosh Desai, Ravi Venkatesan andShashi Tharoor. The Top Voices 2016 also unveiled some interesting insights.

    • ‘India’ ranks first as discussion topic in 2016

    ○        The top content topic for 2016 was India, followed by management, branding, and advertising and marketing

    • Indians are reading as much as they are writing

    ○        On an average, Indian top writers garnered almost twice as many follows (96,000) compared to the global average (54,000)

    ○        Indian Honorees overtook their global counterparts by publishing on an average of 44 times this year while the global average stands at 36

    • Trending industries

    ○        Marketing and advertising was ranked as the number one industry followed by Information technology and services. In the third place was a mix that includes research, financial services and political organizations.

     

  • Former CEO and Co-founder of Pulse will also lead product initiatives in India

    LinkedIn appoints Akshay Kothari as Country Manager for India

    By A Correspondent

     

    Akshay Kothari

    LinkedIn has announced the appointment of Akshay Kothari as Country Manager for India, effective immediately. Akshay will report to Olivier Legrand, LinkedIn’s Managing Director for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, and join the company’s APAC senior management team.

     

    Akshay joined LinkedIn in 2013 when Pulse, the company he co-founded and was CEO of for almost three years, was acquired by LinkedIn. Since then, based out of LinkedIn’s global headquarters in Mountain View, California, he successfully led several major product and content initiatives, including making Pulse one of the fastest-growing consumer product on LinkedIn, and boosting the number of members publishing on LinkedIn from 1,000 to nearly 2 million in the last two years.

     

    “My journey with LinkedIn started when Pulse became part of the LinkedIn family almost three years ago. I’m excited to have this opportunity to work with our teams across India, from sales to product and engineering. This new role also brings me back ‘full-circle’ to India, a high-growth market where there are opportunities abound to create even more value for our members and clients. Ultimately, my dream is for LinkedIn to play an even more significant role in helping to transform professionals and businesses in India, and showcase their success to the rest of the world,” Akshay said.

     

    Olivier commented, “India continues to be a strategic market for LinkedIn. While we have come a long way over the past 6 years in the country, we still have a long runway of opportunities to deliver even more compelling experiences and value for our members and clients. Akshay’s successful track record as an entrepreneur, leader and product executive will be a boost to our efforts, as he leads our team to the next stage of growth in India.”